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Early the next morning, Qian Shu came to the door happily, and then took Mu Geng to go shopping.

The reason why Qian Shu was so proactive was simple. Duanmu Huai not only made her responsible for purchasing the daily necessities and clothing Mu Geng needed, but also made her responsible for purchasing furniture for her own home. After all, although Duanmu Huai has money, he has no interest in wasting time in this kind of place. When he went shopping with his mother, Duanmu Huai knew that women are the kind of shopping malls that can spend a whole morning shopping just for a chair. Just to find out which one is the best and cheapest.

The worst thing is when you feel like your feet are about to break when you walk, my mother, who compared it all, felt that the discount offered by the store at the beginning was the most economical...so she had to go back to the beginning. Going up, for Duanmu Huai, this is a complete waste of time, isn't it...

MMP, going shopping with women to buy things is considered PTSD for Duanmu Huai.

So this is equivalent to Duanmu Huai giving Qian Shu a black card, telling her that you can buy whatever you want, I just want the results, it doesn't matter how much you spend. Anyway, Duanmu Huai also has a lot of gems here. If you run out of money, you can just exchange them. You don't have to worry about not having enough money to live.

So for Qian Shu, isn’t this the best way to satisfy their shopping desires? You can buy as much as you want, there is nothing better than this!

What? You said the things you bought didn't belong to her?

Haha, this is like saying that some of the things women buy when they go shopping are things they usually use...

Forget it, it doesn't matter.

After Qian Shu took Ki Geng out, Duan Mu Huai also went to the DA headquarters - Qian Shu and Ki Geng went shopping on the street, while Duan Mu Huai went to the DA headquarters to investigate the Magical Girl incident with Yugiri Ayano. Trace.

The reason why we chose the DA headquarters is because the DA headquarters has the largest surveillance system and information collection system in the city. If we want to thoroughly search the entire city, we naturally need the analysis and support of big data.

The first is the goal of big data, for which Duanmuhuai is already prepared.

"A girl who died of weakness?"

"That's right."

Facing Yugiri Ayano's inquiry, Duanmuhuai nodded.

"I learned from Editor Tengchuan that he had asked the forensic doctor and learned that similar incidents had occurred across the country. Most of the deceased were young girls, with no external injuries or signs of taking drugs, and they were simply dead. Therefore, the police In the end, we can only give the theory that they died of weakness... From the current point of view, these girls who died of weakness are probably sacrificed magical girls. Therefore, I want to see how many people fall into this category. dead."

"I see."

Ayano Yugiri nodded, and then quickly typed on the keyboard. Soon, a map of the entire city appeared on the big screen in front of them. Then, light spots emerged from it and quickly spread out on the map.

"Also, the witch will manipulate others into entering the barrier and devour them. These people are generally considered to be either suicides or missing in the real world, and the number of suicides and missing people is also included."

"no problem."

"Finally, in chronological order, let's see... Oh, this is really interesting."

"Yes, this is really interesting."

Hearing Duanmuhuai's emotion, Yugiri Ayano also nodded seriously. Frankly speaking, if you separate these data, they look like unrelated events. However, when these events are divided into those that are relatively concentrated in the same area and then arranged in chronological order, then a very obvious feature emerges.

"The first deaths were all girls, and they were no more than 18 years old. Most of them were between ten and sixteen years old."

Duanmuhuai's voice was low as he stared at the death cases arranged on the map.

"This really fits the characteristics of a magical girl."

"Yes, I really didn't expect that we would miss such a clue..."

Staring at the screen, Yugiri Ayano also gritted her teeth. The reason why these cases can be connected so smoothly is very simple, that is, the time interval between these cases is not long.

To put it simply, if a girl dies on August 5th, then within two months after that girl’s death, there will be various suicides, accidental deaths, and disappearances in the area. event.

If it is an area, then you can blame the area for having bad feng shui.

However, similar situations have occurred in several districts in a city, so it cannot be said that they all have bad feng shui.

And because the information used was internal police information and not public information, the cause of death of these girls was not the kind of "death of weakness" that fooled the media and family members.

But——The cause of death is unknown.

That's right, the first girl to die in each region died of unknown causes.

This is just the result of Yugiri Ayano's analysis and investigation of the city's data in the past few years in accordance with Duanmu Huai's request.

"I really didn't expect that such a terrible thing has been lurking here for so long?! I have not received any similar reports at all!"

"That guy seems invisible to most people."

Duanmuhuai recalled how he had just come into this world and was spoken to by QB on the street. At that time, people were coming and going, but no one looked at the animal that could speak human language. Probably, as QB said, only the selected people can see it... Well, for an organization like AAA, it is indeed a quite troublesome problem.

"What to do now? Are we going to investigate all the places?"

"There's no need to go to such trouble."

Duanmuhuai shook his head and rejected Yugiri Ayano's proposal, then stretched out his hand and pointed at the screen.

"Look carefully, most of these incidents lasted for one to two months, and then they broke off. If I guessed correctly, the witch who caused the trouble here should have been eliminated by the magical girl, so there will be no more troubles. In this case, even if we go to investigate, we probably won’t gain much, so I suggest we start from the back.”

"later?"

"Yes, it will be within this week or so. Lock these areas, and then filter the areas where similar incidents occurred within one week."

Soon, the icon on the map changed again, shrinking from several areas to two.

"what's next?"

"Wait, then."

Duanmuhuai pulled the chair next to him and sat down, staring at the screen silently.

"If the witch wants to act again, there will definitely be people who want to commit suicide or disappear in these two areas. We just need to focus on observing the surveillance cameras in these two areas. Of course, if we can meet a magical girl by the way, then It’s even better, we don’t have to go to the trouble of collecting information.”

"...It seems like this is the only way."

Hearing Duanmu Huai's proposal, Yugong Ayano was stunned for a moment, and found that this seemed to be a relatively reliable method...or, other than that, they actually had no good method. After all, only Duanmu Huai can deal with such a thing as a witch. Although Yugiri Ayano has destroyed demons, she is still very cautious when facing such an unknown monster to avoid overturning.

Fortunately, this kind of thing does not require two people to keep an eye on it. As long as the conditions are given, DA staff will naturally be responsible for handling it. Duanmu Huai took the opportunity to change the camera and watched Qian Shu and Mu Geng go shopping and fish through the surveillance camera. went.

I don’t know whether the two of them are unaware of the existence of surveillance or don’t care. At least on the surface, they seem to be having a good time. Qian Shu is as excited as a golden retriever, running around the streets with Kisara, and will go to this store later. Look, I'll go over there and have a look soon, and every time I go out, I'll have an extra big bag in my hand - Duanmu Huai also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it here. It's a shame he didn't go there, otherwise he would be at the end of the shopping mall in Qian Shu, I was afraid that I might have directly triggered PTSD and died on the street.

For example, when choosing cosmetics, just follow Duanmuhuai's idea and find a store to buy them.

In the end, Qian Shu went to Mu Geng to buy lipstick in the east market, blush in the west market, earrings in the south market, and skin care in the north market... Aren't they all cosmetics? Do you need to buy them in four stores?

Wouldn’t it be enough if the whole family bought it?

"Report!"

Just as Duanmu Huai was secretly complaining, suddenly, the DA staff member who was previously responsible for monitoring the city spoke immediately.

"There is an abnormality in Area C-16!"

"Release it."

After hearing the report, Yugiri Ayano immediately issued an order, and then saw the big screen flash, and then a dark, narrow alley appeared. Immediately afterwards, several men and women wearing suits who looked like office workers appeared from one end of the alley and walked feebly towards the end of the alley as if they were summoned by something.

Then... they just disappeared from the screen, never to be seen again.

"How is this going?"

Yugiri Ayano also screamed when she saw this scene. This is normal, because this alley has a camera at the entrance and exit, which are mainly used to monitor intersections, so there will be a surveillance camera in the middle of the alley blind spot. Although it is said to be a blind spot, it is actually only a few meters away. Logically speaking, if a person disappears from the sight of camera A, then he only needs to take five or six steps at most to reach the eyes of camera B.

However, several minutes had passed since these men and women disappeared from the shooting range of camera A, but they were not seen appearing in the shooting range of another camera B!

"This, this is...!"

"Let's go."

Before Yugiri Ayano could react, Duanmuhuai had already stood up and walked towards the elevator.

"It's time to act."