(Miluno)
Falcon drifted around the corner in midair.
She was fast, catching up with the child at the next intersection.
Liu Qilan...
She was the little girl who had brought her grandfather onto the stage to become the first test subject for the Rejuvenation Potion.
By the time we caught up, Falcon was already crouching in front of Liu Qilan, calming her down.
Beside her lay a man clutching his stomach and rolling around...
A floral shirt, a black suit, black sunglasses, slicked-back hair, and a little mustache.
With that stereotypical getup, he might as well have written "gangster" across his face.
Wasn't that incredibly rare?
Gangsters were practically extinct these days.
The Dantai Society couldn't even get by in the suburbs, so how were there still gangsters operating downtown, where public safety was even better?
"Who is this guy?"
Having calmed the little girl down, Falcon stood up.
"I don't know, but he was holding Xiao Qilan hostage. It wasn't obvious on the surface, but she's hardly a professional agent. What would she know about controlling her emotions? The fear on her face didn't lie."
I tried to get some answers out of Liu Qilan.
"Don't be scared. Can you tell me what happened?"
"Miss Magical Girl, Grandpa, she..."
Xiao Qilan's voice was so timid that I had to lean in to listen.
"...She was kidnapped by bad guys!"
At that sudden blast of sound, my deafened ear felt as though water were rushing through it.
Wait, kid... kidnapping an old man?
Sure, she was a girl now, but that would only last four to eight hours. Hadn't more than an hour already passed?
It had happened right after they left the event. That seemed far too coincidental. Had someone targeted her because of the Rejuvenation Potion?
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