My Girlfriend Is a Magical Girl!

"Hello, could you tell me where the grave with the surname Rao is?" His voice was low and hoarse.

Seeing that Lu Annuan was still paying her respects, Lu Ming pointed down the path to the right. "Go forward a hundred meters from here, then turn right and walk two hundred meters, then go left fifty meters, and finally turn around and walk forward another hundred meters. You'll get there."

"You... know that pretty well." He was a little dumbfounded.

Lu Ming nodded. "If you can't remember that, it's right beside you."

The man in the black raincoat turned his head and saw a gravestone bearing the surname "Rao," and his mouth twitched.

Are you sick or something?!

It's right next to me, so why did you say all that? Why not just tell me to turn around and look?!

When did humans evolve into something this weird?!

"Are you here to pay your respects too?" The man in the black raincoat crouched before the gravestone, his laugh especially hoarse.

"Mm."

Lu Ming saw that Lu Annuan had finished paying her respects.

"Alright, let's go!" Lu Annuan said with a soft smile. She glanced at the man in the black raincoat, finding him somewhat strange and not wanting to interact with him.

"I'll pack up my backpack first," Lu Ming said.

The person in the black raincoat suddenly said, "Do you know why I like coming to cemeteries?"

"Oh? Why?" Lu Ming asked as he rummaged through his backpack.

The man in the black raincoat laughed hoarsely. "Because I really enjoy watching the living cry before the graves of the dead, especially those I killed..."

He had only gotten halfway through his smug declaration when Lu Ming suddenly pulled a baseball bat studded with nails from his backpack. Gripping it tightly, he twisted his waist and swung with all his strength. The bat crashed into the black raincoat's head, shattering instantly, while the nails brutally smashed into his skull and sent his entire body flying more than ten meters away.

Lu Annuan froze beside him, staring blankly at Lu Ming and the black raincoat sprawled on the ground, dead or alive unknown.

"Lu Ming, why did you suddenly hit someone?!" Lu Annuan clutched her head uneasily. "What do we do? He flew more than ten meters—he has to be dead! We're screwed... Should we hurry up and bury him?!"

No, Lu Annuan, why were you even scarier than me?

Seeing something like this, your first thought was actually to bury him so nobody found out?!

She had not even considered reporting him. She only wanted the two of them to hide the evidence together.

Lu Annuan really had the makings of a yandere.

Lu Ming pointed the broken baseball bat at the black raincoat. "I asked the guard at the entrance. No one else came today except us, especially around these graves. The family of this Mr. Rao has also passed away one after another, so nobody will come to pay their respects, right, Mr. Wendigo?"

Lu Annuan turned around and stared at the black raincoat in disbelief. Two protrusions slowly rose from his head, resembling antlers—the same kind of Evil Beast she had seen on that rainy day, the one that had killed her mother.

A Hundred Skills

Haiyang City's Citizen Home website had published information about high-risk code-named Evil Beasts that had appeared in the city. Wendigo ranked third among them. The top two had already been eliminated, which meant that, theoretically, this was the most dangerous Evil Beast in the city.

It possessed the appearance of a man-eating monster from Indian legend: antlers, fangs, single-toed feet, sharp claws, and bones and a heart made of ice. Its appearance alone sent chills down one's spine.

And now it was lying on the ground, completely dumbfounded.

It prided itself on its intelligence, often concealing its appearance and deceiving humans with words. Watching the disbelief in human eyes was its pleasure, but today, it experienced those humans' feelings for itself.

No, you're human?!

You actually pulled out a baseball bat studded with iron nails and smashed a stranger right in the head?!

"Jingle."

Wendigo looked down, and its pupils shrank. The nails were fucking rusty!

Its scarlet eyes fixed on Lu Ming and Lu Annuan, flashing with cruelty.

Looking at the antlered monster, Lu Annuan suddenly recalled that rainy day when she had just started middle school. She had put on her school uniform skirt and wanted to share it with her mother, only to find her mother lying in a pool of blood and an antlered monster walking away.

She took a deep breath, her gaze firm as she pressed a hand to her chest. Silver magic power surged from her chest and spread across her body. She grasped the wand formed from magic power out of thin air. Magical Girl Polaris had transformed!

"Lu Ming, actually, I... am the Magical Girl Polaris!" Lu Annuan said seriously as she turned toward him, her long silver hair drifting behind her.

Whether Lu Ming already knew or not, she wanted to tell him now.

"You said yours, so I won't hide mine either," Lu Ming said. "I accidentally saw you bathing before, but it was an accident, and I didn't see the front."

Lu Annuan nodded, then froze and turned around. "Huh?!"

You were bringing that up now?!

And you really did peek at me.

You pervert!

"It's coming! Watch out!" Lu Ming shouted.

Wendigo was roughly the size of an ordinary Evil Beast, three to four meters tall, but its speed was astonishing—fast enough to surprise even Magical Girls.

Wendigo charged through the public cemetery, leaving solid footprints in the ground. It rushed before the two of them and swung down its claws!

Clang!

A crisp sound rang out.

A silver magical barrier blocked the attack.

Lu Annuan had nearly failed to react in time.

Lu Ming ran to the side of the barrier and threw something from his backpack at Wendigo. Remembering what had just happened and feeling traumatized, it immediately shredded the object with its claws.

Then white smoke exploded outward, engulfing Wendigo and blocking its vision.

Of the hundred skills, this was dry ice spray!

Lu Ming saw the iron nails embedded in Wendigo's head and its shattered skull. That proved his attack had worked.

If he could break through its defense, then a player could kill it!

Lu Ming leaped up and slammed a fist down onto Wendigo's head with all his strength. This time, he held nothing back.

This was Concept God: Lu Ming at Full Strength!

Crack!

Wendigo howled as another half of its skull shattered.

So hard. Lu Ming felt as if his fist had struck Ran Yanyue's chest—a steel plate.

At that very moment, he could even think of a dirty pun involving Ran.

Then, in the next instant, Wendigo roared in fury. At lightning speed, its claws swung before his eyes. Lu Ming could not dodge, and the sharp claws tore into him.

Wendigo's eyes widened.

There were no bones or blood where Lu Ming had been torn open. Instead, shredded paper fluttered out. Several thick purple books had been tightly taped to his chest, with words written across them.

"Five Years of College Entrance Exams, Three Years of Simulated Tests."

Taking advantage of Wendigo's stunned moment, Lu Ming punched it again, sending it flying into several gravestones. Deep marks gouged the ground, and fragments of ice scattered across it—Wendigo's bone shards.

"I told you the purple books were stronger than the red ones!" Lu Ming shouted. "This is the power of knowledge!"

Lu Ming only recognized the purple books. The red books focused on fundamentals and were trash books only liberal arts students used. Anyone using purple books was the real deal!

"You prepared all this?!" Lu Annuan asked in surprise.

A baseball bat, dry ice spray, and Five Years of College Entrance Exams, Three Years of Simulated Tests?!

Oh, the last one probably did not need preparation. There were some at home.

"I only bought the baseball bat. I pulled the iron nails out of scrap wood in the neighborhood, and the dry ice spray was made from those cans you used for training," Lu Ming said.

Before Lu Annuan could get angry, Wendigo had already risen again. It panted, white mist spilling from its mouth as it stared cruelly at them. Its body creaked and shifted several times. Instead of growing larger, it shrank to around two meters tall, but Lu Ming could clearly feel the prickling pain on his skin intensify.

It had entered its second phase.

Wendigo charged at them like thunder, its claws stabbing toward Lu Annuan. It had always known that the greater threat here was Magical Girl Polaris.

Lu Annuan waved her wand, creating a magical barrier before them. Faced with the terrifying Wendigo, there was not a trace of fear on her face as she calmly watched it beyond the barrier.

Mom, don't worry.

I will... let you rest in peace.

The magical barrier creaked as Wendigo shattered it. Lu Ming and Lu Annuan both leaped away from where they stood, while several magical beams Lu Annuan fired from her wand were knocked aside by Wendigo.

Lu Ming truly saw Wendigo's strength now. Usually, Lu Annuan took down Evil Beasts one punch at a time. Those had been complete curb-stomps.

But against Wendigo, she had fallen into a stalemate. Several times, Wendigo had nearly managed to wound Lu Annuan with its claws, only for her to narrowly evade each attack.

That meant the only key to victory was... Lu Ming!

Lu Ming ran toward Wendigo from behind. When only two meters remained between them, Wendigo roared, turned, and stabbed at Lu Ming.

It had discovered him long ago!

Of all the humans, Lu Ming was the one who had left the deepest impression on it. It would never forget him.

Though he was a little stranger than other humans, he was still flesh and blood. This strike would skewer him like a candied hawthorn.

The claws drew closer and closer to Lu Ming.

One centimeter, one millimeter, contact!

Wendigo revealed a cruel smile.

Then, in the next instant, Lu Ming vanished into thin air, and it struck nothing but empty air!

Time stop!

One second!

Lu Ming leaped before Wendigo and punched it to the ground, then took several steps back and ran toward Lu Annuan.

Wendigo howled as it got up, only to suddenly realize that its body was soaked in a dark brown liquid!

Gasoline!

It heard the click of a lighter. Looking up, it saw a lit lighter arc through the air and land on its body. Blazing flames erupted instantly!

The pain of the flames burning it made it roar.

Lu Ming tossed the bucket in his hand aside and wiped away his sweat. "Gas prices are getting more expensive these days."

"You don't even have a car," Lu Annuan could not help saying.

"I'll buy one sooner or later," Lu Ming said. Between the traditional gasoline cars and the trendy electric cars, Lu Ming was still undecided.

It was not because he thought gasoline cars were outdated or new energy vehicles were unhealthy.

The problem was that he had no money.

The two watched Wendigo in the flames, when suddenly they found it increasingly difficult to breathe. And the flames... slowly went out.

Wendigo sneered hoarsely. "Evil Beasts like me all possess special abilities, and mine is controlling the air around my body."

With that ability, why didn't you help develop the aerospace industry?

Lu Ming felt mostly fine, probably because his +3 physique and endurance were keeping him going. But Lu Annuan beside him had already gone pale and could not even lift her wand.

There was nothing left in Lu Ming's backpack treasure chest, and Lu Annuan was weak as well.

If Lu Ming carried Lu Annuan, there was absolutely no way he could dodge Wendigo's attacks.

It looked like they had reached a dead end.

Wendigo slowly walked before them and stretched a hand toward Lu Annuan... It would kill this Magical Girl first, then slowly "entertain" Lu Ming.

But Lu Ming, holding Lu Annuan in his arms, suddenly jumped to the side.

Wendigo sneered. Its ability covered a thirty-meter radius. No matter how well Lu Ming ran, he could not escape it. Even if he could run, could Wendigo not chase him?

In less than ten seconds, Lu Ming would collapse from suffocation. Then both of them would die!

But when Wendigo turned its head, it suddenly froze.

Because... Lu Ming had not run away.

Instead, holding Lu Annuan, he lowered his head and kissed her on the lips. Then he puffed out his cheeks and blew, sending all the oxygen in his lungs into her.

Take it, Lu Annuan!

This is my last oxygen!