RBCT Chapter 272 The Storm in the Port City
Chapter 272 The Storm in the Port City
"A traitor or a familiar?"
"Yes, it's the one we talked about last time."
That night, on the temporary rooftop of the port city, the villains...
Su Tianqing was reviewing the movie footage edited by the familiar Palu when she heard the person next to her say this, and she turned her head curiously to look.
The deep blue catgirl sat beside him and spoke:
"Didn't you plant a mole in their team? Did you let that mole work today?"
"Hmm, that's true." Hearing this, Su Tianqing grinned.
"And it not only played a role, but a very important one."
"Hmm... but that familiar has already left the stage, so what use could it possibly be?"
The gray wolf girl sitting to the side curiously raised her wolf ears and asked in confusion.
As a newcomer to the team, Grey Wolf Fei Yelan was once again assigned a very important task today:
While Cheshire Rabbit draws everyone's attention by piloting an armed helicopter, he covers the evacuation of Heartmoon Fox and Hellcat from the mall.
The method of cover was simple: appear on the street in front of everyone and forcefully break through, ensuring that a gap was torn in the cordon established by the Hero Association.
Fenrir did a beautiful job and seemed to enjoy it very much.
"This is an area where your knowledge is lacking, dog!"
Su Tianqing cheerfully raised a finger and said to the gray wolf girl.
The latter bared its teeth for a while to express its dissatisfaction with the term "dog," but there was nothing it could do.
"But aren't traitors just there to provide intelligence? What use are they once they're eliminated?" Fei Yelan continued.
This statement was immediately refuted by Su Tianqing.
"Hmph... Doggy, have you heard this saying? 'The best traitor is the one who disappears.'"
"…………?"
The gray wolf girl pondered for a long time, her wolf ears drooping and then perking up, her eyes gazing at the coastline of the port city. After thinking for a while, she finally spoke:
"...What do you mean?"
"If Fox Fox just had an inside man pass on information to them, and we just followed the information to beat people up, that would be so boring."
"So, I'm going to give them a big surprise!"
Su Tianqing smiled as she turned off the magic light screen in her hand, turned around and walked to the middle of the rooftop, facing the three people in front of her.
"As long as there is a mole, he will be exposed sooner or later. There is no mole in the world that will not be exposed."
"But if I want to create a mole that will never be exposed, how should I do it?"
"The answer is, there was no mole."
The three of them were stunned at the same time.
This highly jarring statement caught everyone off guard, leaving them frozen in place, their minds overloaded.
The catgirl, quick-witted as ever, immediately clicked with the golden fox girl and softly replied:
"I see... As long as there's no mole, they'll never be able to find one, and they'll start to suspect each other of being the mole, which will lead to even more delicate situations..."
"Oh, oh, oh, I understand now," the rabbit girl replied, her eyes shining.
"In other words, they will become confused due to mutual suspicion, followed by deeper doubts and questioning, which may even escalate into confrontation!"
"Ah... that wonderful scene... I'm really looking forward to it..."
"That's it, Bunny, you're really on the uptake."
The golden fox was laughing heartily, already looking forward to what would happen tomorrow.
"Especially after I, Fox, revealed the truth, their expressions of remorse and their incredulous eyes were an even more wonderful sight," Xin Yuehu said, making a villainous statement.
"Yes, yes, I really want to see Hyacinth's surprised and bewildered expression! Hellcat, what about you?" Cheshire Rabbit chuckled foolishly.
"...Me? I'd much rather have a good fight with her." War-mad Cat remained as always.
The three villains shared their understanding of pleasure, leaving the gray wolf girl alone and bewildered.
But then I thought about it again, and the scene that Xin Yuehu had just described seemed quite interesting, so I decided to look forward to it too.
...
"Anyway, let's just wait and see what happens!"
After arranging the follow-up plans, Su Tianqing returned to her seat and watched the first draft video of the Fox Fox movie, which the familiars had worked overtime to produce, with her companions. She also listened to the three of them's opinions and made some revisions on the spot.
Fox Fox Director's Cut!
But he was soon drawn to the message coming from the familiar who was looking through the secret manual.
[Mission accomplished: Make a big splash]
[Featured on the front page of the Hong Kong City Daily, 1/1]
[Reward: 2000 Divine Tome Stones, 200 Ancient Divine Tome Stones]
mission completed!
The sound of the Divine Stone being placed into the tent came from the familiar's side, and Su Tianqing's mood brightened a bit.
This was a mission that was secretly issued by the secret manual before I occupied Victoria Mall this morning, and it felt like a perfect solution.
But compared to the reward, Su Tianqing cared more about something else:
The tail of an inari!
Since obtaining this item, I haven't had a chance to see what kind of memories Ms. Inari left inside.
Hopefully, this time it will provide some valuable clues, at least enough to let me know why Inari deliberately left these items imbued with memories throughout the port city—
The magic unfolds.
In his field of vision was a petite red fox girl, slightly taller than him, but not by much, and still with a youthful appearance.
Contrary to her previous memories of her daily life, she adopted a serious expression and stared directly at herself.
The image of this memory is many times clearer than before, as if it had suddenly turned into a 16K ultra-high-definition large screen.
...Wait a minute, is she looking directly at me?
Isn't this Inari's memory? Why would she make such a gesture?
"Hello, Miss Heart Moon Fox."
silence.
Su Tianqing felt her heart skip a beat, and she almost instinctively wanted to stop the playback of this memory to see if she had made a mistake somewhere.
"Please don't panic, Miss Heart Moon Fox. What you are seeing is just a memory image I left in this tail comb."
"You must be wondering why I can talk to you in my memories?"
Su Tianqing's astonishment intensified.
"—[Higher Astral Magic: Legendary Master]."
"This is the magic I left deep inside this comb, the strongest and most sophisticated magic I can currently use."
"Through it, I can see a very one-sided view of the future, which is why I had this conversation with you."
Shocked.
Aside from being shocked, Su Tianqing was filled with nothing but curiosity.
Seeing the future? No one has ever heard of such magic before!
Even resorting to such powerful magic to send a message to the future, Inari, Inari, what have you been through?
What thoughts did those serpent eyes of the astral behemoth Jormungandr evoke in you?
"If you hear what I'm saying now, you must be collecting the props I left behind in various parts of the port city."
"I've left my past memories in those props. By reading these memories, you should have noticed the strangeness in the port city."
"...The magic of the port city is more concentrated than that of any other city."
Su Tianqing frowned deeply.
Inari is right.
If it were my past self, I would never have come to this conclusion about Inari.
Given the control and precision of her magic granted by the fox mask, Su Tianqing could easily reach the same conclusion as Inari.
Compared to Guangzhou and Chengdu, the charm of this port city is far greater!
Magic is like water poured from the astral plane into the mortal world; it naturally gathers where there is a high degree of convergence.
The dense population in a city often creates a high degree of magical energy concentration, like a sponge that continuously draws magical energy into the city, thus giving birth to astral monsters.
If Chengdu is a dry sponge, and Guangzhou is a large water tank that was once breached but was plugged by the selfless red rose, then Hong Kong is a bottomless abyss.
"The concentration of magic in the port city is so exaggerated that I was forced to deploy the Harvest Magic to filter out this massive amount of magic and transform it into guardian stars."
"Although this may result in many magical girls who are not recognized by the stars, it is the best option I can make at the moment."
"Everything I've done is to postpone that day as much as possible..."
At this point, the Inari in her memory clenched her fists, gritted her teeth, and looked solemn.
"...You may not believe it, but according to my investigation, the reason why Hong Kong has such a high concentration of magic power lies underground in Hong Kong."
"Beneath this city lies a slumbering astral behemoth!"
"It is greedily absorbing magic power. If I don't set up a harvest spell to filter it, it will burst forth from the ground in a terrifying manner within two years, at which point the entire port city will face annihilation!"
"But unfortunately, with my current strength, I am simply not capable of penetrating deep enough to eliminate it. I can only place my hopes on you in the future, Miss Heart Moon Fox."
After a brief silence, the red fox girl said softly:
"I have recorded all the theories for destroying it in the remaining items."
"I hope you can collect them and destroy that giant beast that threatens the entire port city!"
The memory images end here.
Su Tianqing snapped out of her daze, drenched in sweat. The catgirl beside her was supporting her with concern, her face showing a look of fear and astonishment.
"Fox! What's wrong? You suddenly stopped responding! Are you feeling unwell?"
The catgirl's concern was almost overflowing.
Both the rabbit and the gray wolf looked worried, but neither of them understood what had just happened.
Su Tianqing closed her eyes tightly, her head throbbing, trying hard to recall the images she had seen.
You really gave me a huge surprise, Inari-senpai.