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When Duanmu Huai and Xitong Lingnai arrived at the target location, it had been completely blocked by AAA staff on the grounds of "pipeline maintenance."

"How is the situation? What have you found?"

Xitong Lingnai, who came out of the van, had changed out of her original work suit and replaced it with a combat suit similar to a single-soldier armor. She was holding a rifle that looked quite futuristic and sci-fi in her hand, although Duanmu Huai thought that this thing should be useless to the witch... Well, maybe it is indeed useless.

"Nothing was found."

The AAA staff dressed as cleaners also came up at this moment and shook their heads at Xitong Lingnai.

"We have searched this alley, but found nothing, no clues."

"This is impossible... Where did those people go?"

Xitong Lingnai frowned and looked carefully at the alley in front of her. This alley between two buildings was very narrow and could only allow two people to pass side by side. Moreover, there were no other forks or places to hide people around, and there should be at least five or six people captured by the camera just now… Just as Yutong Lingnai was thinking, Duanmu Huai also came over, looked around, and then came to a round trash can in the middle of the alley. Then Duanmu Huai reached out and picked up the lid of the trash can.

"Oh, this is really…"

"What's wrong? What did you find?"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, Yutong Lingnai came over and looked into the trash can.

"Nothing?"

"You can't see?"

Hearing Yutong Lingnai's answer, Duanmu Huai looked at her and asked.

"Can't see? What can't you see? In my opinion, this is just an ordinary trash can."

"Oh…"

Duanmu Huai hummed silently. Although Yutong Lingnai couldn't see it, Duanmu Huai could see that the bottom of the trash can in front of him was constantly rotating, like the neon lights at the door of a barber shop, flashing a vortex of strange light.

It's so obvious, but Yutong Lingnai can't see it?

Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai stretched out his hand.

"Give me your hand."

"???"

Although she didn't know what Duanmu Huai was going to do, Yutong Lingnai still stretched out her right hand as Duanmu Huai said. Then Duanmu Huai grabbed Yutong Lingnai's hand and threw it directly into the trash can!

"Wow!!"

Obviously, Yutong Lingnai had never expected this to happen. Looking at the dark trash can in front of her, she couldn't help but scream. Just as Yutong Lingnai closed her eyes and raised her hands to block the coming impact, suddenly, a strange feeling of weightlessness suddenly emerged. This made Yutong Lingnai's eyes widen in surprise, and then she saw a scene she had never imagined.

The originally dark environment in front of her turned into a strange stage at some point. At the same time, there was a movie countdown like a black and white silent film, flashing in front of Yutong Lingnai's eyes.

【5, 4, 3, 2, 1………】

As the countdown ended, the curtain in front of Yutong Lingno suddenly opened, and then she fell from the air and sat heavily on the ground.

"What is this place?"

Looking around in surprise, Yutong Lingno was stunned. It was no wonder that the space where Yutong Lingno was now was a world that looked like a child's crayon drawing, like a primary school student's graffiti. The rough earth, hanging in the sky, the sun with a curved arc, and the grass that looked like it was painted with green crayons... To be honest, this place has no sense of reality at all.

Just as Yutong Lingno was at a loss, suddenly, a voice came from behind her.

"Ah, as expected, I guessed it would be like this."

Hearing this voice, Yutong Lingno turned around and saw Duanmu Huai also falling from the void and standing next to her.

"Wait, what's going on? Where is this place?"

"This is the witch's barrier, Miss Ayano."

Duanmu Huai reached out and took out a war hammer taller than himself from his cloak.

"This is your first time seeing it. It's quite childlike and interesting, isn't it?"

"Witch's barrier?"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, Xitong Ayano also calmed down and began to think.

"In other words, there is an entrance to the witch's barrier in that trash can? How did you find it?"

"I saw it."

Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders.

"I opened the lid of the trash can and saw the entrance that looked like a whirlpool at the bottom of the trash can."

"Huh? But I didn't see anything. In my opinion, it was just a simple trash can."

"Hmm......"

Faced with Xitong Ayano's puzzled questioning, Duanmu Huai was silent for a moment.

"Maybe because you are no longer a girl?"

"……………!? Wait, that's too rude, I'm still very young!"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, Xitong Lingnai was immediately unhappy. Although Xitong Lingnai was indeed the oldest among the four of them, she was also a pure newcomer to society, the kind that children would call sister instead of aunt when they saw her!

How can you call me not a girl? Can't I have a girlish heart?

However, Duanmu Huai obviously would not argue on such a boring issue, but put forward his own opinion.

"What I mean is that it is possible that only girls can see the entrance to the witch's barrier. This can also explain why QB only chooses magical girls to deal with the witch."

"This, this is it..."

Hearing Duanmuhuai's answer, Yugiri Ayano's cheeks twitched. Although this statement is indeed insulting, it seems to be quite reasonable now...

By the way, why can only young girls see it? Isn’t this age discrimination? !

"Okay, it seems we don't have time to chat anymore."

As he spoke, Duanmuhuai clenched his war hammer and looked forward. Looking in the direction Duanmuhuai was looking at, Yugiri Ayano saw dozens of weird crayon figures on the other side. Something is coming towards them...

"what is that?"

"They must be the witch's familiars, kill them!"

"good!"

As an elite of AAA, it is not the first time to deal with the demon-possessed Yugiri Ayano. In fact, many demon-possessed people will summon a large number of low-level demons during battle. Although the style of the witch barrier in front of her was different from the demon-possessed people Yugiri Ayano usually dealt with, she hurriedly raised the weapon in her hand and pulled the trigger on the crayon monster in front of her.

"Bang bang bang bang!!"

Rapid gunshots rang out, sending sparks flying off the crayon monster's body. However... the other party didn't seem to care about it at all and continued to move forward.

It's no wonder, after all, this thing doesn't look like a living thing at first glance, and it doesn't seem to be of any use if you use a gun to hit a crayon?

"I knew it."

Seeing this scene, Duanmu Huai, who was swinging his war hammer in front to smash the crayon monster in half, rolled his eyes, then stretched out his hand, took out something from his robe, and threw it directly towards Yugiri Ayano!

"use this!"

"What's this?"

After receiving the weapon thrown by Duanmu Huai, Yugiri Ayano couldn't help but be stunned. The appearance of this gun was really a bit too unusual.

Although overall, it is similar to an ordinary firearm in structure, with a gun body, a gun handle, a barrel and a trigger. But its appearance is quite strange. First of all, this gun has no loading part, and it seems to have no magazine. Secondly, there is a rectangular structure that looks like a transparent crystal on the silver-white gun body, and on the muzzle in front, there is a golden eagle head as decoration, coupled with the black skull pattern next to it, what do you think? Why is it more like the kind of weapon that would appear in science fiction movies?

Secondly, this gun is quite large. Although it looks like a pistol, it is actually about the same size as the battle rifle used by Yugiri Ayano.

"How to use this thing?"

"There is a safety on the left side of the gun handle. Just open it. When the charging crystal reaches red, it will overheat! Be careful!"

"Ah, oh......"

Although she didn't know what Duanmuhuai was talking about, Yugiri Ayano still nodded, then quickly opened the safety, aimed at the crayon monster in front of her, and quickly pulled the trigger.

Immediately afterwards, a scene that shocked Yugiri Ayano appeared.

“————————!!”

The moment Ayano Yugiri pulled the trigger, a beam of light that shone like lightning suddenly burst out from the muzzle of the gun, directly piercing the crayon monster in front of him. The monster let out a miserable cry the moment it was hit by the beam. He screamed, and then his entire body quickly shattered and turned into a pile of pitch-black charcoal.

"This, this, what on earth is this?"

Holding the gun in her hand, Yugiri Ayano was stunned and speechless. She had never seen such a powerful weapon. More importantly, although this gun looks big and heavy, it is extremely convenient to use!

She had never thought that there was such a weapon in the world!

But soon, Yugiri Ayano quickly came to her senses and continued to hold the gun and attack the monster in front of her. After all, there are crayon monsters rushing towards the two of them from all directions at the moment. If you want to express your feelings, you should wait until the battle is over!

Duanmu Huai's fighting style has not changed at all. Holding the warhammer in her hand, she turns into a tornado that brings destruction and fragmentation, smashing all monsters that dare to enter her range into pieces. On Yugiri Ayano's side, she dodged the monsters attacking her while seizing the opportunity to fight back.

Soon, with the cooperation of the two, the crayon monsters around were swept away. At the same time, the ground began to tremble slightly, and a roar like a strong wind also sounded.

"What's going on?"

"Hit the younger one, and the older one will come out. If I guess correctly, it's almost time to come out!"

"boom-----!!"

As if to verify Duanmuhuai's words, a huge hole was suddenly torn open in the "drawing board" of the sky that was originally painted blue, and then, a pair of colorful arms that were as huge as a train stretched out from it. And in the darkness of the hole in the drawing board, a bright red eye stared at this side.

")#@!(Q) # (*)( # *() @!!!"

"what is that!?"

"That's a witch. How about it? It's very rare."

"This is not a rare problem anymore, okay!"

Looking at the huge monster in front of her, Yugiri Ayano couldn't hold her breath. She had seen many demon-possessed people, and many of them had mutated into bloody or terrifying forms. But the witch in front of me is no longer bloody or terrifying, but more like some kind of incomprehensible distortion, just like the kind of monster that appears directly from nightmares in reality, just because of the red one, The eyes that looked like they were drawn casually with red crayon looked at each other, making Yugiri Ayano feel an unimaginable fear.

"Woo!!"

Staring into that eye, Yugiri Ayano instinctively raised the gun in her hand and pulled the trigger. Then a beam of light suddenly erupted and shot directly into the dark, eye-white hole.

“￥ # （\u0026 # ）#@）(!!”

Yugiri Ayano's blow seemed to have an effect. The witch also let out a shrill scream when it was hit, and then saw it raise its arms and block it in front of him. At the same time, there was another Two arms stretched out from the dark hole and grabbed Duanmu Huai and Yugiri Ayano!

"go to hell!"

Facing the big hand grabbing towards him, Duanmu Huai was not afraid at all. He only saw Duanmu Huai take half a step back. The war hammer he held tightly in his hand drew an arc on the ground, and then Duanmu Huai spun and leaped like a cannonball. He stood up and shot directly towards the witch in front of him!

"\u0026*...\u0026% # ￥)!?"

Facing Duanmu Huai's attack, the witch on the opposite side hurriedly raised her hands to try to resist. However, under the bombardment of Duanmu Huai's thunder hammer, the witch's arms were as fragile as slender branches. Almost in the blink of an eye, the witch and Duanmu were blocked. Huai Jian's arm was directly smashed off, and then Duanmu Huai accelerated again, and even the man with the war hammer flashed past, and he ran directly into the witch's bright red pupils! !

“Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!”

Accompanied by screams like a baby crying, the next moment, the whole world began to collapse. Yugiri Ayano only saw the scene next to her gradually becoming transparent, and then quickly disappearing.

When Duanmuhuai landed on the ground again, the two of them were already standing in the alley again.

"Captain, are you okay!!"

At this moment, the AAA staff also hurried over, looked at Yugiri Ayano and asked worriedly.

"I'm fine... No, I'm not sure either. What did you just see?"

"We only saw that lady throwing you into the trash can, and then jumping in. Then... we didn't know what to do, and our contact with you was cut off. It wasn't until just now that the two of you suddenly Appeared again from the sky...What on earth is going on?"

"………………"

Facing the questions from her subordinates, even Yugiri Ayano herself couldn't answer for a while, but she still took a deep breath, shook her head, walked to Duanmu Huai, and handed over the gun in her hand.

"Thank you for the weapons."

"Oh, you can keep it."

"no problem?"

Hearing Duanmuhuai's boring answer, Yugiri Ayano was shocked. Although she didn't know what this gun was yet, she was sure that it was a weapon beyond her and others' knowledge. To be honest, Yutong Ayano was also quite surprised. She liked this gun, but she didn't expect that Duanmu Huai would give the weapon to herself so easily!

"I have plenty of them anyway, and they're of no use to me."

Duanmu Huai is not talking nonsense. After all, this plasma gun is the reward for the previous mission of Duanmu Huai. It is not worth much money at first. Coupled with Duanmu Huai's disaster-like shooting skills, he will be early anyway. I gave up shooting, and whoever wants to use it can use it.

"Thank you then...Is it really okay? AAA will probably dismantle it and analyze it."

"Haha, don't be afraid of death and dismantle it at will."

When the Empire's plasma weapons can be copied by anyone? If you're not afraid, just dismantle it. At most, it will just go to heaven where it is.

Duanmuhuai sneered, then turned around.

"By the way, I need your help with something."

"What's up?"

"Remember when we demarcated this area, we targeted the girl who died here first with unknown causes."

"……………certainly."

"I hope to get detailed information about her, what she likes, what her hobbies are, what she does in her daily life, how her relationships are, in short, all the information."

"That's no problem, but what do you want these for?"

"I have a guess."

As he spoke, Duanmuhuai turned his head and looked into the distance. At the top of the lighthouse, a blond girl was standing there, staring. Perhaps sensing Duanmuhuai's gaze, the blonde girl turned around and jumped down, then disappeared into the dark shadows of the city's horizon.

"Well... I hope my guess is wrong."