Moon-Hiding Veil

(Bai Ziye)

I disappeared.

But it didn't completely disappear.

Although my five senses, including sight and hearing, are still there, I can no longer see my body, and not only that, I can't see any other objects either.

When you enter Ceruno's mother's magical range, everything becomes invisible?

There might be a trap ahead of me, or it could be Sirius, or even the Shark Princess Witch should be kept in a cage.

This seemingly empty cell felt dangerous to me, yet I couldn't just pull out a watermelon knife and start hacking around.

I dare not make a sound, for if the other party locates me, I might be attacked.

Even more deadly is...

I don't know if others are like me, unable to see anything, or even if they are still in this space.

However, inaction is not an option either.

Since everything I see is unreliable, I simply closed my eyes and tried to explore with my hands, reconstructing my understanding in my mind.

Thinking about it this way, Fenghua is more suited to handle the current situation. She's a swordswoman who can deflect bullets with her eyes closed; I wonder if that's magic or some other trick of hers...

"Um?"

I touched someone's shoulder, and judging from the width of the shoulder blade, it certainly wasn't Ceruno's father.

She's shorter than me, so she couldn't possibly be Secretary-General Anjie.

I touched her neck again; the touch was icy cold. Could it be that man in the black robe?

No, these scales are rough to the touch, like shark skin...

Realizing I had touched something, I instinctively pulled my hand away, and then I heard a click—the sound of teeth clashing together.

Obviously, I almost had my hand bitten off by the Shark Princess Witch.

Not to mention those sharp serrated teeth, this thing can also drain my bodily fluids and cause my blood to flow backwards. Her magic is quite dangerous, and I shouldn't make contact with her rashly.

However, the Shark Princess Witch is still in the cell, which means that Ceruno's father and the others have not yet achieved their goal. Although they were released from the cage, Seluno's mother made everyone transparent in order to deal with Sirius who broke in.

That should be the case.

Since they didn't open the portal to escape immediately, does that mean even they themselves couldn't figure out their location?

Just as I was thinking this, someone grabbed my arm.

She was a woman shorter than me, but with hands that were somewhat normal human-sized... not Sirius... I didn't smell that intoxicating perfume.

Is it the man in black robes this time?

I reached out my other hand to check her clothing, but she grabbed my wrist—it seemed she could see my movements.

"..."

Then, she grabbed my hand and began writing in my palm.

...?

A strange request, could she possibly be...?

Although I felt apologetic, I had no time to hesitate. Understanding her intentions, I raised my hand and struck her neck with a horizontal slash. However, a blow to the brainstem can easily cause unconsciousness and is more likely to be fatal, so I dared not use too much force.

If she really intends to cooperate, all she needs to do is pretend to be knocked unconscious.

The girl in his arms collapsed limply, marking the beginning of their bond.

The magic that had enveloped the entire cell and made everything invisible was also dispelled.

"!"

The cell wasn't very big. Secretary-General Anjie was just a few meters in front of me, looking completely bewildered, probably unable to comprehend the situation.

Several blood-red threads were wrapped around her fingertips, one of which was tied to the wrist of Ceruno's mother... Aunt Yuehan.

The man in the black robe and Chairman Sun also had the same red thread on their wrists.

This is for positioning purposes.

The four of them used this method to confirm each other's positions while completely invisible, but she didn't expect that I would be the first to take down the "array eye". As the only person who could see everything clearly within the range of the invisibility magic, Aunt Yuehan shouldn't have been caught by me so easily.

However, she offered herself up.

Anjie's Bloodline magic was incredibly fast, but her own reaction was still too slow. At least in my opinion, she was as slow as a sloth in a zoo. In the instant she manipulated the Bloodline to launch an attack on me, my fist had already slammed into her soft belly.

"Gurgle--"

The expression on his face after being hit hard in the abdomen was not pleasant; saliva or throat fluid was spitting out of his mouth.

She crashed against the wall, curled up on the ground, writhing, unable to make a sound. Although she didn't lose consciousness immediately, she couldn't stand up for a while.

Artificial Magical Girl?

It's still too weak.

Although I don't want to attack women, this crazy woman is really hard to like. If we can deal with her here, Sirius and I will only have the Shark Princess Witch, the man in black robes, and the reinforcements who haven't come out of the wormhole yet.

The Twins magical girls will arrive soon, and there are other magical girls waiting downstairs, not to mention the magical girls who were already recuperating at the treatment facility.

The situation is in our favor.

The custom-designed cell is dry, so the Shark Princess Witch can't exert her power here. Although direct contact would drain her dry, I'm confident I can take care of her before that happens.

The man in black robes is the final, uncertain factor.

"A-Ji... I have nothing to say to you right now."

Sirius, filled with emotion, fired several materialized laser beams, binding Ceruno's parents and Anjie dumplings, before looking at the still mysterious man in black robes.

"You're really calm. You don't actually think you can handle the two of us, do you?"

A hand reached out from beneath the black robe.

He was holding a pistol.

Bang bang bang--

She fired a magazine at me and Sirius. Such a direct attack was obviously ineffective, but in the instant we dodged or parried the bullets, she vanished from our sight.

"The hunter's clone... is Betelgeuse!"

Beneath the black robe lay a gaze as fierce as a ravenous dog.

"... Invisibility? No, where did she go?"

This is the first time Sirius has faced off against the Hunter Witch.

"This clone was created from her magical 'Arsenal'! She can move at will as long as she dispels the magic—tsk!"

Perhaps annoyed by my explanation, she suddenly appeared in front of me in a very low posture and brandished a dagger to attack my lower body. Fortunately, I was standing on solid horseshoes, and I stepped on her dagger.

However, the hunter's fighting style meant she wouldn't care about a small defeat. If she missed her first attack, she would wait for the next opportunity. Even if her magical clone was destroyed, it wouldn't matter to her.

But I didn't expect that even this offensive was just a feint.

"Aha!"

Her figure appeared behind the Shark Princess Witch.

Immediately afterwards, the black blade pierced through the latter's chest.

"... Huh... why...?"

The Shark Princess Witch's eyes were filled with astonishment, anger, and resentment. She died without understanding why she had been betrayed by her "comrade."

I had a vague idea that this was possible, but I never expected it to actually happen...

The Hunter Witch's primary objective upon her first appearance was flow.

It is a rebellious wolf.

The duty of the Hunter Witch is to purge those who break the law.