Chapter 306
The enormous Giant Demon vanished, and the mist that had enveloped the sky disappeared without a trace. The strange sight attracted the attention of passersby, but that was all.
But no one saw it.
Below the Giant Demon, among the onlookers, a hooded girl was gazing in the direction where the Magical Girls had disappeared.
Only when she was certain that the Giant Demon had been drawn into the Magic Barrier did the girl look away. She lowered her head and pulled her hood up to cover most of her face.
Only her lips were visible, slightly upturned.
That smile, as if a scheme had succeeded, carried a hint of ill intent.
After the close-up, the camera pans to the girl's back.
She walked into the crowd, disappeared into the throng, and then vanished from sight.
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Volume 4 <Magic Autumn> Theatrical Edition and Season 3: Chapter 334 The Impure Nightmare Seed
Is it that Bear-Eared Girl?
Xiao Bai squinted.
Although the hood completely covered the girl's body, it was still possible to tell from her exposed chin that the girl was the bear-eared girl who had escaped from the laboratory!
She actually came to Spring City?
No, judging from the earlier parts of the movie, the bear-eared girl learned of the Magical Girls' existence and location through a special mental connection.
It's perfectly normal for her to choose to come to Spring City.
But what is her purpose?
Why come to Spring City? Was that Giant Demon suddenly appeared also her doing?
Why did she do that?
And since she already knows about the existence of Magical Girls, she might also know about her current situation, so why doesn't she just ask the Magical Girls for help?
These are all problems!
The questions Xiao Bai was thinking about were also the topics being discussed in the live chat.
However, there is too little information available so far, and neither the comments section nor the Magical Girls have been able to reach a conclusion.
All they could do was keep watching.
However, it's safe to assume that the bear-eared girl's arrival in Spring City wasn't simply to visit these Magical Girls 'seniors'.
She definitely has ulterior motives!
The bear-eared girl disappeared into the crowd.
Within the barrier, the Magical Girls launched a siege against the Giant Demon.
Perhaps because it was the first battle in the movie, even though the Giant Demon was only a Lesser Demons, the three Magical Girls still displayed various techniques to defeat Giant Demon.
Amidst the special effects of light and shadow, Chen Xiaoxia's giant sword delivered the final blow to the Giant Demon.
Then she stood on the giant's body, frowning, and said:
"Where did this weakling come from?"
"Yes," Xiao Chun chimed in, "It's not the middle of the night yet. Even if there really are Nightmare Seed, they should only appear at night."
The giant's strength is too weak, but it depends on who you compare him to. If you compare him to the Speed Demon, the Giant Demon is obviously stronger.
However, the Magical Girls of today are not the same as those in the first season. Having gone through two trials, their strength has far surpassed that of the girls in the first season.
Even if only one of the three Magical Girls attacked together, let alone the three magical girls, they could easily defeat the Giant Demon.
Therefore, the Giant Demon's strength is not important.
What's important is when it appeared.
As we all know, the Nightmare Seed needs to absorb nightmares and human Desire to form Demons, and under normal circumstances, humans are creatures that work at sunrise and rest at sunset.
Nightmare Seed are more likely to form Demons at night.
Of course, fully formed Demons are not included in this category.
It was obvious that the Giant Demon had just taken shape, and it shouldn't have appeared at this time, especially at midday when few people were sleeping.
But the reality is that it did indeed happen.
When it shouldn't have appeared.
"... Something's not right. This Nightmare Seed... something's not right."
Nino held the Nightmare Seed in his hand after defeating the Demons, his face full of solemnity.
Xiaoqiu asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
She looked the Nightmare Seed up and down.
It was pure black, like a gemstone, and no different from the Nightmare Seed.
At least Xiao Qiu couldn't tell the difference.
Nino hesitated before saying, "It seems there's other magic within this Nightmare Seed..."
"Other magic?" Chen Xiaoxia was taken aback. She instantly thought of Dongdong and asked, "Could it be that, like Dongdong's situation, a new Magical Girls has appeared? And that Magical Girls... can create Nightmare Seed? Just like Youyou?"
"Impossible! Youyou is an exception. There can't be any new Magical Girls in this world!" Nino said seriously.
Xiao Chun pointed to the Nightmare Seed in her hand. "Then what's the deal with this Nightmare Seed?"
"..."
Nino remained silent.
She did sense a magical power within it that didn't belong to Demons, but she was also certain that this magic was different from that of Magical Girls; although it was similar... it was something entirely different.
"There's nothing I can do..." Nino sighed. "Although I don't like that rabbit, I have no choice but to ask her now."
"... Is there anything you're unhappy about with me?"
Covered in cream and flour, Youyou, even while suffering at Xiao Bai's hands, couldn't help but question Nino.
Nino, who was secretly eating cookies, blinked her clear eyes when she heard Youyou's question and said:
"That's me in the Sky Screen, not me here. I don't care what you did right now."
"..."
Youyou had nothing to say.
That's true. Sky Screen she could even cause trouble, she was stopped by someone.
Even if Nino has some issues with Youyou, those issues are probably less important than her eating snacks.
Even so, hearing the foolish cat's hostility towards her from the Sky Screen, Youyou couldn't help but retort:
"... You should eat less. Look at yourself now, and then look at Sky Screen! You're practically two cats!"
"So what if I'm fat! I'm on a diet too!"
Nino suddenly turned his head and glared angrily.
Her chubby little face even swayed twice as she turned her head.
Youyou:"..."
I don't think I mentioned the word 'fat'...?
And since you say you want to lose weight, could you please throw away that chocolate puff you're holding?
Don't think you can eat whatever you want just because you're Magical Creatures!
"Huh? Another Demons has appeared?"
The scene shifts to the school rooftop, Youyou in surprise at the Nightmare Seed in Nino's hand. "I was wondering why you all ran away," she exclaims. "So you ran into Demons... Hmm, let me see what happened."
Youyou took the Nightmare Seed from Nino.
She checked herself over and over, then suddenly paused, a moment that Xiao Chun noticed.
Xiao Chun asked, "Have you found the cause?"
"Hmm... something's strange..."
Youyou hesitated, looking up at the Magical Girls, wondering whether she should reveal the truth.
Song Niandong hugged Youyou from behind and whispered:
Is there something you can't say?
"It's not that I can't talk about it, but I need to get the opinions of a few people first... Um, tell me what you all saw at the time?"
Youyou temporarily put the topic aside.
Xiao Chun guessed that Youyou might be hiding something, but since Youyou had already joined the team and was now a companion, Xiao Chun didn't press the matter.
Following up on Youyou's question, she answered:
"When we arrived, the Demons had already taken shape, so we don't know the specifics, but... there's one thing we're very concerned about."
Hearing this, Chen Xiaoxia looked at Xiao Chun in surprise. "Eh? Was there anything strange about it back then?"
"..." Xiao Chun glanced at her silently, then said to everyone, "When we rushed over there, there were still quite a few passersby below where that Demons was born."
"And their gazes seemed to be fixed on the sky."
"You mean... they saw the Demons?!"
Youyou asked in surprise.
Xiao Chun shook her head. "No, they must have seen something that caught their attention, and Demons... generally speaking, they wouldn't be seen by ordinary people, right?"
"Lesser Demons are indeed difficult for ordinary people to see, and even Mid-Tier Demon can only be seen as outlines by ordinary people. Only Upper Demon can be observed by ordinary people..."
Youyou provided the answer.
Xiao Chun said, "But the Demons at that time probably didn't even have the strength of Middle Rank, yet he attracted so much attention. Isn't that strange?"
Ordinary people probably didn't see the Demons appear, otherwise the scene wouldn't have been so calm; instead, they would have been shouting and causing a riot.
But they definitely saw something and mistook it for a natural phenomenon.
This is something that ordinary Lesser Demons cannot do.
"It was observed...?" Youyou nodded, "Just as I expected..."
"What do you know?" Xiao Chun asked in surprise.
Nino was a little annoyed. "Just tell me what it is!"
"Shut up, you bottom-of-the-barrel student! These are things we were taught in school. Don't you remember them? What are you yelling about here?"
Youyou rolled her eyes at Nino.
The answer is actually quite simple.
The Seed of Magic contains a special Mutant Magic.
That's right, it's the Mutant Magic that appeared on those weirdos in the Americas District.
Mutant Magic is actually not difficult to identify, because it originates from the magic of Magical Creatures.
Normally speaking... Youyou meant 'normally speaking', anyone with above-average grades in school should be able to discern the source of the magic.
Unfortunately, Nino is an idiot.
Nino, the bottom-ranked player. "..."
Okay, you're right, you top student!
Nino couldn't refute her, and he couldn't win an argument with Youyou. In the end, he angrily sat down to the side and ignored Youyou.
Xiao Qiu helplessly hugged Nino and gently stroked him before looking up at Youyou and asking:
"So what exactly is the special magic within this Nightmare Seed?"
"... It's Mutant Magic."