Chapter 496
"Star Path?"
Seeing the comments on the screen, Yu Muqiu tilted his head in surprise.
She had no idea about the company called Star Path.
Fang Ming explained simply, "I previously established Star Path Group in the Americas District under your names, specifically to handle matters related to you. Hmm... I mentioned it to you before, but it seems you didn't take it to heart at the time."
"Haha, after all, we don't really pay attention to these things."
Holding Fang Ming in her arms, Chen Xiaoxia rubbed the Sheep Ming's fur while smiling shyly.
Fang Ming smiled helplessly, "It's alright, it's okay if you don't know these things. I'm just... slightly changing this world in your name."
In fact, the establishment of [Star Path] Entertainment Group owes a great deal to the churches in the Americas District that worship Magical Girls as gods.
Fang Ming established this group in order to suppress the existence of these churches and prevent some churches from doing bad things under the guise of Magical Girls.
Everything Star Path has done so far, and its current development, has been within Fang Ming's plan.
The same applies to the major western regions, including the reorganized Americas District. Compared to Aurora and Stella's previous lives, the Americas District is now infinitely better off.
After all... no matter what kind of power it is, it can't compare to Star Path, which has Magical Girls in charge.
Even if someone really wants to plunge the Americas District and surrounding areas into chaos again, they should consider whether they can withstand Xiao Qiu's Magic Cannon.
In short, what happened to Stella will certainly never happen again in this world.
Unless... this world loses the existence of Magical Girls.
After Aurora and Stella reached an agreement, they parted ways again.
A few days later, Aurora began to work with the Magical Girls of the Eastern Ocean District, leading them on night patrols and talking to them about other Magical Girls.
Surprisingly, after the attack at the hospital, the Aurora Society members seemed to stop causing trouble.
The rate at which Demons are born has slowed down; in the past few days, only one Demons, not even a Lower Rank, has appeared.
Other strange phenomena that occurred in Eastern Capital gradually disappeared, as if the Aurora Society knew that the Magical Girls were investigating them.
Aurora wasn't sure if this was because Stella had already started taking action, or for some other reason.
But Aurora had a bad feeling about it.
Because it's like the calm before the storm, leaving a vague sense of unease.
Aurora hoped her premonition was wrong, but unfortunately... her ominous premonition came true a few days later.
In the District Three ward of Eastern Capital, there is a street that is famous throughout the entire Eastern Ocean District.
This street is lined with various world-renowned companies and groups, and also features a super-large screen that is more than ten stories high.
Normally, this screen displays advertisements or important news.
But on the third day after Tsukinomiya Yuki started her summer vacation, a twin-tailed girl wearing a black electronic screen mask suddenly appeared on the screen.
"Hi everyone! Let me introduce myself. My name is Information Demon. You can call me Information-chan, Little Xin, whatever you like!"
The girl with pigtails on the screen spoke to passersby in public:
"Sorry, because of time constraints, I'll keep it brief."
"Magical Girls, you should be able to see me, at least in this city. Let's play a game from now on."
"Over the next twenty-four hours, I will randomly release an extremely powerful monster from one of the sixteen districts of Eastern Capital. Your task is to guess the area where the monster will appear and eliminate it."
"This game is simple, right? So now..."
The girl on the screen, with a cute 'smiling' expression on her electronic mask, then loudly announced:
"Game start--!"
The fifth episode ended with her plea.
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(The situation has really taken a sharp turn for the worse...)
(She's a cyber Demons... Wait, is the reason Kelly couldn't find the Aurora Society because of her?)
(No way...)
(Wait, is this guy really Demons?)
(What's the meaning?)
(Look, this guy speaks so naturally, right? And he seems quite intelligent too. Most importantly, he's humanoid!)
(I understand now. Normally, the closer Demons looks to a human, the higher its rank. So she is very likely Middle Rank... or even Upper Rank- rank Demons?)
(Only Xiao Qiu and her friends could handle Demons of this level, right?)
(That's why I asked her if she was Demons or not!)
Some viewers noticed the blind spot.
The Information Demon that appears at the very end of episode 5 of Sky Screen has almost no Demons characteristics.
Even the mask made of an electronic display screen on her face looked like it could be removed.
While it cannot be ruled out that the other party used magic similar to a virtual avatar to transform into this appearance, just like Kelly.
But... even disregarding her appearance, her ability to converse freely is enough to prove that her rank is definitely not low.
At least in the Middle Rank, and very likely among the best in the Middle Rank!
Looking at the Magical Girls ranks in the Eastern Ocean District, apart from Aurora, the rest are all Lower Rank. However, Aurora is a violent Magical Girls, so dealing with Information Demon, who has almost no physical form, seems like a difficult task.
"The Information Demon..."
Sheep Ming touched his chin with his paw, tilted his head in thought, and asked with considerable doubt:
"Information, whether born of fear or Desire, seems unlikely to create Demons, right? How exactly does such Demons come into being?"
For humans, 'information' is a completely neutral attribute.
Even if some people dislike hearing messages or hate the appearance of messages, for most people, this aversion or liking is only directed at the person sending or receiving the message.
Information is not like a knife; even just having it there can instill fear.
Except for a few particularly Paranoia individuals, most people don't have Desire or fear for 'information'.
Fang Ming was very surprised that this thing could actually be created.
"Well, after all, it's something the Aurora Society created..." Youyou replied to Fang Ming.
Kelly is currently hunting Stella with Aurora and has no clones left behind, so only Lien and Youyou can answer Fang Ming's questions now.
Hearing what Youyou said, Fang Ming nodded slightly to show his understanding.
Perhaps Aurora Society indeed, to some extent, mastered the method of creating Demons.
In fact, this kind of thing isn't that difficult. As long as they have similar methods to Stella, they can adjust the emotional trend in a certain area to some extent.
It's not difficult to resonate with everyone's emotions and create a specific Demons.
Moreover, whether the Information Demon is truly Demons is another matter entirely.
"Ah, episode six has begun!"
While Fang Ming and Youyou were discussing, Chen Xiaoxia raised her hand and pointed to the sky.
Just as Fang Ming had predicted, three episodes aired today, followed immediately by the sixth episode after the fifth.
However, the beginning of the sixth episode raises some questions.
"Hi everyone! Let me introduce myself. My name is Information Demon. You can call me Information-chan, Little Xin, whatever you like!"
The image of the Information Demon appeared on the large screen in the District Three of Eastern Capital, as well as on all the surrounding screens that could be used for projection.
Just like in the previous episode, she first greeted everyone and introduced herself.
(Huh? Is this a replay? Is there fast-forward...?)
(Water duration www)
(No, the description here is a little different, and the camera work is also different...)
(So that's how it is. The end of the last episode actually compressed a lot of information. After this Demons appeared and greeted them, he probably said something else, but it was compressed because the last episode didn't have enough time...)
Some viewers with expertise in this area analyzed why the beginning of this episode was repeated here.
As expected, after the Information Demon finished greeting, the following scenes and words differed slightly from the ending of the previous episode.
"Ah, sorry, I'm afraid you'll find this confusing, right?"
On the Information Demon's display screen mask, an apologetic emoticon appeared, and she continued:
"Demons and such... are probably hard for ordinary people like you to understand, right?"
"But please don't doubt it, Demons really exist, Magical Girls really exist, and the relationship between Demons and Magical Girls... hehehe, they are undoubtedly enemies~"
Information Demon spoke, he crossed his fingers in front of him, as if making an 'X'.
At this point, the Information Demon continued, "Demons have always been eliminated by Magical Girls. Every time they appear, they are wiped out very quickly. Every single time..."
"Information-chan, it's so heartbreaking to see my teammates being wiped out one by one~"
The Information Demon in her girl form spoke in an extremely affected manner, and the display screen mask even turned into a crying emoticon as she spoke.
But then, the Information Demon's mask expression changed to happy, and she said:
"So, as a little revenge on the Magical Girls, Information-chan plans to play a little game with Magical Girls. The game is called--"
Ding ding ding ding--
A background music melody, seemingly a surprise, began to play. The Information Demon opened its arms, and virtual text appeared between its hands, displaying several large characters:
--Race Against Time.
"This is it, Race Against Time!" The Information Demon snapped her fingers, and a clock appeared in front of her:
"Magical Girls, I believe you can definitely see me, at least in this city, so... I plan to use this city as a battlefield and play this game with you."
"See this clock? From now until the hour hand completes two revolutions, that is, within twenty-four hours, I will randomly release an extremely powerful monster from among the sixteen districts of this city!"
"And all you have to do is fulfill your duties as Magical Girls and eliminate the monsters, nothing more."
"Of course, I'm releasing more than one monster, and it's very likely I'll be releasing super monsters in more than one area. So, you'll need to think carefully about which area's monsters to eliminate first..."
"Additionally, this game doesn't allow outside help; the game is limited to those of you in this city."
"If you can eliminate all the monsters and protect the city and ordinary people within 24 hours, then this game will be considered a victory for you."
"On the contrary... I, the cute and amazing Information-chan, win!"
"How was it? The game was easy, wasn't it?" The Information Demon snapped her fingers again, and the text and clock all disappeared before her eyes.
A bright emoticon smile appeared on her mask again:
"Now—the game begins!"
With that shout, the opening theme for episode six began playing!
(Wow, this Information Demon... it actually looks kind of cute, what should I do?)
(Are you out of your mind?)
(Cute? If you consider treating the entire city like a playground and having a disregard for human life as cute... then I suggest you go see a psychiatrist for treatment.)
(If this were just a fictional work, I believe quite a few people would like it.)
(But unfortunately... the Sky Screen is showing reality, albeit a reality from another world...)
(By the way, does that Information Demon's voice sound familiar?)
(That name does sound familiar... it seems to be some kind of virtual YouTuber...)
(That's enough! There are plenty of characters with the same voice. Don't mention other people's names here. What if we accidentally hurt an innocent person?)
(Sorry, I didn't think this through.)
The voice of the Information Demon did sound somewhat familiar.
Fang Ming also felt he'd heard her voice somewhere before... not from some virtual YouTuber, but more like... a voice actress?