Chapter 504
The reason for the temporary lack of sound is that he/she is seriously ill, which has damaged his/her vocal cords.
This is the information Fang Ming investigated.
Currently, Aisaki Ai is undergoing private recuperation and treatment at the District One Hospital in Eastern Capital.
Based on this information, everything about Aisaki Ai is normal, and there is almost nothing suspicious about her.
But...
The First Hospital of Eastern Capital is a private hospital, and the group behind it is the once well-known "Senmu Biotech Limited Group." in Eastern Ocean District.
As for 'Senmu Biotech Limited Group.'... yes, it used to be a member of the Aurora Society.
In other words, this hospital is technically an asset of the Aurora Society.
However, it has now been taken over by the Federation and is currently one of the properties under 'Star Path'. Legally, Yu Muqiu is the owner, but in reality, it belongs to Fang Ming.
"I never imagined it could actually be her..."
Sitting in the office prepared for him at the hospital, Fang Ming sat at his desk, looking at the information related to Aisaki Ai, and muttered to himself.
Upon hearing this, Stella asked with considerable curiosity:
"You suspect Aisaki Ai is Information Demon? You've confirmed it?"
"Pretty much... Guess what Aisaki Ai was doing during the time she wasn't taking on any voice acting work?"
"Hmm... aren't you supposed to be healing?"
"Although I'm healing, I'm also working as a 'virtual idol'."
Fang Ming spoke, he took out another document.
The main character in the material is a virtual streamer named 'Ruby', whose persona is that of a homebody, but whose main traits are 'steadiness' and 'composure'.
His daily live streams mainly consist of watching and commenting on less popular anime series with viewers, and occasionally collaborating with other virtual YouTubers to play cooperative games.
Sometimes I play some Healing games by myself.
She spoke very little, and her voice was slightly hoarse, completely unlike Nicole's clear and crisp voice.
However, many people enjoy listening to her husky, smoky voice, so her popularity is surprisingly high.
In short, this is how Aisaki Ai made a living during her recovery period.
"She's just a virtual anchor; we can't be sure she's the Information Demon, can we?"
"Of course," Fang Ming said, then presented three more documents. "But if we add these, then we can be pretty much certain."
"This is...?"
"Yoshida Megumi, 32 years old, housewife, suffers from pneumoconiosis."
"Nagai Ami Nagai Yumi are sixteen years old, twins, and suffer from ALS and myasthenia gravis..."
"Hori Suzune, 21 years old, suffered a spinal injury in a car accident, leaving her completely paralyzed from the neck down, and... it seems she was abandoned here by her family..."
Fang Ming presented Stella with information on one person after another.
Looking at these people's information, Stella suddenly realized:
"Desert Demon... Puppet Demon, and... Forgetting Demon?"
"Understood? The source of the 'Demons' in Eastern Capital within the Sky Screen is clearly here. Compared to reality, the Aurora Society within the Sky Screen has already mastered a method to turn 'monsters' into Demons."
"For example, the Aging Demon, or the Sculpture Demon..."
"These terminally ill patients are the source of the Aurora Society's Demons. The women in the Sky Screen were deceived by the Aurora Society, willingly becoming their experimental subjects, and ultimately turning into Demons."
Fang Ming sighed as he spoke:
"But the Magical Girls in the Sky Screen are completely unaware of this."
"..."
Stella, who was also transformed by the Aurora Society and nearly turned into Demons, showed a rare gentleness in her expression when she looked at the documents this time.
While the Demons inside the Sky Screen are indeed despicable, those Sky Screen it haven't yet been transformed into Demons and still have a chance to start over.
Perhaps this is why Fang Ming came here to find these people.
He wanted to change all of this and guide all the outcomes towards the best possible result.
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Volume 5 Side Story <Magic Mystery> Season 2: Chapter 542, Episode 7 begins!
The information in the archives confirmed the identities of those Demons in the Sky Screen.
Stella went through the documents again and suddenly discovered a common thread among them.
"The patients here... all seem to be women..."
The Demons that have appeared in the Sky Screen so far, including the Forgetting Demon only appeared for a moment, all seem to have female forms.
Even though Demons don't distinguish between genders, and at the Aurora Society indiscriminately turned both men and women into monsters and Demons.
Why is it that the prototypes of the Demons that have appeared in the Sky Screen now all seem to be female?
"Perhaps it's because of you and Xilisi." Fang Ming guessed the truth in a short while.
He picked up the coffee on the table, leaned back in his chair, and said slowly:
"If Xilisi hadn't died, she would undoubtedly have been the most perfect Demons Aurora Society, possessing both the qualities of Magical Girls and the characteristics of Demons. Most importantly..."
"She is somewhat controllable."
"At least she won't be like ordinary Demons, who, once converted, harbor hostility towards Magical Girls and even try to send signals to the outside world to summon the Demon Army."
Fang Ming finished speaking, he looked at Stella and said, "You're the same way in this respect."
"Despite undergoing so many modifications, you have still managed to retain your minds and even fully control your powers. It is precisely because of these two exceptions that the Aurora Society has focused its experimental subjects on women."
"But it's because of Sister Lesos..."
Stella hesitated.
If Lesos hadn't contacted her and told her how to transform into Witch, Stella might have ended up like Xilisi.
Fang Ming smiled and said, "But the Aurora Society doesn't know that."
Ordinary people would never know about Stella and Lesos's conversation. Even the Magical Girls probably wouldn't know what was going on if Lesos hadn't taken the initiative to appear and Stella hadn't revealed everything.
Of course, this refers to the Magical Girls in the Sky Screen.
Similarly, the Aurora Society in the Sky Screen naturally had no idea that Stella was safe and sound because of Lesos's help.
They would only see it as a sign of the success of their experiment.
Furthermore, since Magical Girls are beings who truly possess magical powers, the Aurora Society naturally believes that being 'female' might be a prerequisite for mastering magical powers.
If another 'special case' occurs after that, the Aurora Society be even more likely to agree with this conjecture.
Therefore, it makes sense to choose female participants for the experiment.
"Okay..." Having roughly understood the Aurora Society's thinking in the Sky Screen, Stella couldn't help but say sarcastically, "They really are stupid."
"No, they just don't understand magic. In reality... they're terrifying."
Fang Ming spoke highly of the Aurora Society.
Being able to research everything related to magic from scratch and create a unique magical path, if viewed entirely from a human perspective, the Aurora Society might actually be able to find a way for humanity to deal with Demons without relying on Magical Girls.
Unfortunately, the Aurora Society's leadership is a collection of capitalist groups. Their first thought upon seeing magic was whether it could be used for their own purposes.
Even now, the attempt to uncover the identities of the Magical Girls within the Sky Screen is the same.
They're probably thinking about whether they can find Magical Girls who have mastered magical powers through this method, control them, and force them to reveal... or even use them for experiments in order to find magical powers that they can completely control.
From this perspective, Avery, who in reality took the initiative to eliminate the true high-ranking Aurora Society, might be considered a hero in a certain sense.
Although he's a bit disgusting and has a Paranoia fanaticism for Magical Girls, deep down, he might genuinely be acting for the sake of humanity.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to eliminate the top executives of the capital group, which was essentially his 'financial backer'.
I wonder if Avery in the Sky Screen will do that.
If Avery in the Sky Screen could also eliminate all the high-ranking members of the Aurora Society before he dies, so as not to dirty the Magical Girls' hands, then Fang Ming wouldn't necessarily be unable to forgive him.
The person is already dead anyway.
With plenty of time before the Sky Screen projection, Fang Ming decided to go see Aisaki Ai first.
Although Aisaki Ai's thoughts must have changed after becoming Demons, judging from their relatively rational appearance in the Sky Screen, they may still retain their personalities from before the transformation.
Based on Aisaki Ai's personality in reality, Fang Ming can roughly deduce the Information Demon's attitude towards the Magical Girls in the Sky Screen, and thus determine whether the Information Demon is an enemy or a friend.
"So she really is the enemy!!!! That damned Stella!!!!"
In Yu Muqiu's room, Murong Xiaochun let out a roar that was anything but ladylike.
She clutched the note Stella had left behind in her hand, crumpling it into a ball.
Aurora pressed Kelly for answers:
"Little K! Where did that damn bear go?! You know, right?! You know, right?!"
"Don't worry... don't worry... I'm looking... but... Fang Ming seems to have changed his phone..."
Kelly was busy on her phone.
It's true that she can now control the global network, but before that, Fang Ming had asked her to make several backup phones with backdoors that wouldn't be tracked by the network.
Fang Ming is using this phone right now.
It sounds a bit strange that I can't even hack into the backup phone I made myself.
But the blame lies with Kelly for trusting Fang Ming and the Magical Girls too much. When Fang Ming asked her not to leave any backup plans on her phone, she actually listened and didn't leave anything!
So now, even if Kelly wants to find Fang Ming, it will take her a lot of Kung Fu.
After all, she had no idea where Fang Ming and Stella had gone. If she wanted to find them, she would have to check each surveillance camera one by one.
"Brother Fang Ming... Brother Fang Ming, do you like Stella's type?! Waaah! Why didn't you tell me sooner! I'll try my best, I really will try my best...!"
Upon learning that Stella and Fang Ming had 'eloped,' Xiao Chun was not only furious but also deeply saddened.
She never expected that after pursuing him for so long, Fang Ming would remain unmoved.
That wicked woman who appeared out of nowhere managed to steal him away so easily!
Although Xiao Chun knew that her height and age were the reasons why Fang Ming dared not make a move, she was still growing up!
It's not possible now, but it will be possible in a few years!
Why not wait a few more years?!
Waaaaah, Fang Ming is so mean!
Xiao Chun's sorrow flowed like a river, Aurora, watching Xiao Chun cry as if her tears had burst forth, also felt a pang of regret.
But now it's too late for regrets. Looking at her rival, Aurora suddenly reached out to help her.
The red-haired girl placed her hand on Xiao Chun's shoulder and said calmly:
"Alright, let's have some faith in the uncle, okay?"
"Waaaaah--"
"We've been pursuing this guy for so long, and he hasn't reacted at all. How could he possibly be seduced by a bad woman!"
"... Huh?"
"So they must have gone off to do something together. You see, the uncle said he had some things to take care of before the end of the second season of the spin-off, and he'll be back after the second season ends."
Aurora pointed to the crumpled note in Xiao Chun's hand and said.
The note Fang Ming left behind mentioned that he was going out with Stella and that he would be back soon.
But Xiao Chun, whose mind was only on Fang Ming, was immediately consumed by jealousy when she saw Stella's last provocative words. Her reason was completely consumed, leaving only the thought that 'Fang Ming ran off with a bad woman'.
However, after listening to Aurora's persuasion, Xiao Chun gradually regained some of her rationality.