Chapter 38: Lies

“He went that way!”

The magical girl trio, led by Ying Guang, the senior among them and the one with the most experienced magic power on the scene, searched along the path White Lion had taken.

After arriving at a clearing, their faces were filled with solemnity.

“There are obvious signs of fighting here… White Lion fought someone here!”

Ying Guang placed her hand on the ground and carefully sensed it. 

After confirming that the residual magic power on the scene indeed belonged to White Lion, she stood up and said to Hai Lan.

“Who exactly… is the other person?”

Hai Lan’s face was equally filled with repression and seriousness. 

She really wanted to go home to check on Li Chi’s safety, and wished she could call her brother right now.

But she was afraid White Lion was still hiding in some corner. 

If she recklessly exposed her brother’s location, that guy might take the opportunity to follow the vine to the melon, find her brother, and take him away!

However, the fighting traces left in this clearing made her extremely worried. 

She didn’t think Li Chi could go back and forth with the leader of the Dark Organization—even her brother might not be able to beat White Lion’s pinky finger.

Unlike her, who was a magical girl, Brother Li Chi was a pure-blooded ordinary person! 

How could a harmless ordinary person be targeted by such a dangerous guy!

Now, she was even more afraid of another thing: what if her brother got caught in the crossfire between White Lion and that mysterious person he fought?!

The sibling pair had one thing in common: they both regarded family as extremely important. 

Plus, the two had spent quite a long time together, so each held an irreplaceable position in the other’s heart.

Now, her brother had been targeted by a top-tier dangerous figure like White Lion, but she was powerless, and didn’t even have the courage to call and confirm if her brother was safe and sound.

A fear called “loss” cast a shadow over her heart, and an indescribable anger burned in her chest.

If something really happened to her brother, then she would save him at all costs, no matter the price!

“That mysterious person… their strength should be very strong. They actually… actually could go back and forth with ‘Silver Edge’!”

Ying Guang was so shocked that she became incoherent. 

She sensed the nearby magic power fluctuations; everything that ordinary people couldn’t see around had been messed up into a complete chaos. She realized that the nearby space had even been nearly shattered by this battle!

“My goodness… these two are way too powerful…”

What followed were several questions.

Why did White Lion fight that mysterious person on the way to find Li Chi?

Why did White Lion want to capture Li Chi, an ordinary person?

Did White Lion succeed or not?

And what exactly was the relationship between Li Chi and that mysterious person?

A conjecture emerged in Ying Guang’s mind:

White Lion might have captured Li Chi, but then was intercepted by that mysterious person, who saved Li Chi. 

The male lead of this incident might have already gone home safe and sound.

No! Can’t say safe and sound… getting entangled with a guy like White Lion, Li Chi was very likely injured now!

As for why Ying Guang was so sure Li Chi would be captured by White Lion, it was precisely because Li Chi’s ordinary person image had been thoroughly established in her mind under the verification of other magical girls.

Capturing an ordinary person—for the leader of the Dark Organization, wasn’t that as easy as drinking a cup of water?

The more Ying Guang thought about it, the more she felt this idea was very reasonable. She excitedly looked at Hai Lan, who was about to cry, and comforted her.

“Don’t worry, your brother very likely has already gone home.”

“Re… really?”

Hearing Ying Guang say this, Hai Lan hurriedly wiped away her tears, anxiously rushed forward, grabbed Ying Guang’s shoulders, and shook her left and right.

“Brother, he—brother, he’s really okay?!”

Ying Guang, who was almost shaken dizzy by Hai Lan, quickly stopped her from abusing her senior. This girl was simply full of brute strength—just that shake almost made her vomit. 

After all, she had just woken up from a coma, and her condition wasn’t good to begin with, let alone after taking those shakes. 

How could she not feel uncomfortable?

After calming down a bit, Ying Guang told everyone her conjecture. 

After the three magical girls and three spirits listened, they carefully sensed the nearby shattered magic power fluctuations again, then nodded one after another, agreeing with her conjecture.

“Now there’s one more thing to confirm: who exactly is that mysterious person?” 

Ying Guang pondered with her hand on her chin, then looked at the worried Hai Lan and added, “So, Hai Lan, you should still call your brother first to confirm. After all, he’s your family.”

Hai Lan nodded without a sound. Afraid that White Lion would follow the vine to the melon and find her brother, she hesitated, then hurriedly took out her phone and dialed that most familiar number.

Beep—beep—beep—beep—

“Hello! Xiao Guang! Where are you?! Did you encounter any danger?!”

Seeing the call finally connect, the huge rock hanging high in Hai Lan’s heart finally fell.

“Thank goodness…”

A sense of relief after surviving a disaster and the long-held grievance of comforting her family surged toward her heart like a dam bursting with floodwaters, like giant waves.

Perhaps because her emotional fluctuations were too intense, Hai Lan’s face instantly flushed with blood, her entire body softened a bit, and even the strength to support her body and stand suddenly disappeared.

Hai Lan nearly fell, but fortunately, Crimson had been accompanying her by her side, so she didn’t let her have an intimate embrace with the ground.

“Xiao Guang! What’s wrong with you? Where are you now? I’ll come find you!”

When receiving the call, Li Chi had already transformed into Dark Fang, and in just a few seconds, rushed from home to near the park.

Through super perception, Li Chi had already captured the magical girls’ positions, but he didn’t rush forward. Instead, he stood on a giant tree, gazing at them from afar.

Even without looking, Li Chi could “see” everything happening with the magical girls. Seeing his sister like this when she thought he had encountered danger, a warmth called family affection surged in his heart.

Gratifying—

It’s really too gratifying!

This is my good little sister!

“Brother… what happened on your side?”

Hai Lan used her last bit of strength to press the phone to her ear.

“You might not believe it if I say it, but that guy called himself White Lion, saying something about me being a heaven-sent genius, wanting me to learn the sword.”

Seeing his sister so worried, Li Chi also unhesitatingly revealed a bit of White Lion’s information, of course, with a little embellishment.

After thinking for a moment, Li Chi also came up with the follow-up fabrication.

“But fortunately, just when he was about to catch me, a black dinosaur armor monster suddenly appeared and saved me.”

Putting a skin on himself—this way, it could be considered adding a layer of insurance. The conjecture that “Li Chi is Dark Fang” would be very hard to appear in the future.

“A black dinosaur armor monster?!”

Gold, who hadn’t spoken from the beginning, suddenly widened her eyes.

A black dinosaur armor monster… among all the monsters that had appeared so far, only one fit this characteristic.

—Dark Fang!!!

Everyone expressed surprise, including Ying Guang.

Chi Zaozao and Li Guang had already interacted with Dark Fang; they had even fought once, but in the end, determined that the other party might be a good person.

As for Gu Qingchuan, that was even more extraordinary—Dark Fang was her lifesaver!

As for Ying Guang, she was even more shocked, because her purpose for coming to Canghai City was that black dinosaur armor monster!

However, afraid that White Lion was still nearby, she didn’t dare to make a sound at the moment.

But now, she was very happy.

Ying Guang’s original purpose was to use every possible means to recruit Dark Fang into the Magic Association. 

Originally, she had been troubled because the other party was a cadre of the Dark Organization.

But now it seemed that there was internal conflict in the Dark Organization.

Ying Guang secretly rejoiced in her heart.

And on the magical girl trio’s side, because of Gu Qingchuan’s description of Dark Fang, that dinosaur monster had already become a wandering, neutral-positioned good monster in their hearts.

Then everything made sense…

Conveniently thinking that the male lead at the center of this incident was saved by a mysterious person, and on the other side, coincidentally producing a mysterious person, this lie was thus perfectly rounded.

“Is that so… that’s great…”

Confirming that Li Chi was really safe and sound, Hai Lan’s last bit of strength was also used up. 

Her eyelids were now exceptionally heavy; after stubbornly blinking twice, she powerlessly closed her eyes.

After she completely fell into a deep sleep, the magical girl’s transformation was thus released, and Magical Girl Hai Lan turned back into that Li Guang.

“Hello! Hello! Xiao Guang!”

Although he knew what was happening on the scene, one had to do things thoroughly, so Li Chi still pretended to anxiously call out to his sister.

“Hello, Brother Li Chi, Xiao Guang is at my house now. She’s fine, just too tired and fainted.”

“Chi Zaozao? So that’s it… your house is indeed closer to that park… I’ll come over right now!”

Beep—beep—beep—beep—

The call hung up, and the remaining magical girls looked at each other.

“Let’s go, head to my house now! Settle Xiao Guang first! Get everything sorted before Xiao Guang’s brother arrives! Can’t let him discover anything!”

Chi Zaozao was the first to speak.

The few didn’t delay any longer; Crimson carried Li Guang on her back and led everyone dashing toward her home.

On the distant giant tree, Li Chi didn’t move. He chose to wait until everyone had arranged everything, then go to Chi Zaozao’s house and knock on the door. 

After all, he still had to give them enough time to prepare.

From the looks of it now, everything was very perfect.

The lie was achieved, his own strength had grown, and Xiao Guang’s body didn’t have any major issues.

Whew—what a gentle lie…

However, that agreed-upon dinner was thrown to the back of his mind.