This unexpected delight nevertheless startled Luo Xiaoyu.
“Are you from the Moon Church…?”
“That is correct—my name is Yuan Dong, a nun within the Church.”
The smile on the pink-haired loli’s face grew even more radiant.
She looked around with considerable interest, her gaze finally settling on the somewhat at-a-loss Luo Xiaoyu.
She was very pretty, yet appeared quite timid, and there was no aura of the Orthodox Church about her either…
The little loli’s name was Yuan Dong.
She was a Church member who had only recently come to Qiufeng City of her own accord, and she was currently rushing about in every direction in order to deal with the anomalies that had appeared here.
She was a devout believer who held firm faith in the “Lord.”
“Although Qiufeng City is a remote region of the Federation, the Church will still strive to shelter this place and ensure that everyone can continue living well.”
Yuan Dong spoke these words, and she certainly thought the same in her heart as well.
Luo Xiaoyu could see it from that devout expression.
Yet beyond the piety, there was also a trace of nearly imperceptible fervor on the pink-haired little loli’s face.
She clearly looked like a very young child, yet was so obsessed with faith.
Would it be better to keep some distance from this Church in the future…
While thinking, the black-haired girl subconsciously took half a step backward.
Yuan Dong clearly noticed it as well.
She slightly reined in her emotions, then spoke with a somewhat deliberately serious air:
“Please do not be afraid. I have only come here to understand a few matters.”
“Has the young lady clerk seen anything strange nearby, or perhaps those monsters resembling hallucinations that cannot be explained by common sense?”
The meaning in Yuan Dong’s words was already quite obvious.
She was referring to matters related to “Weirdness,” or rather the “Fog Person.”
Luo Xiaoyu could not help feeling a little surprised—
It had only been a matter of time before this type of Mystery incident was discovered by someone.
In her expectations, even the most basic public security incidents in the current Qiufeng City would drag on for quite a while before being resolved.
Even if she were exposed, she would still have a considerable amount of time to plan countermeasures.
Yet Yuan Dong’s efficiency could no longer be called merely fast.
The Moon Church had almost arrived to inquire about the situation the very moment the crisis ended.
The girl did not feel she could hide it from the other party.
Thus she simply made it straightforward and had no intention of putting on an act whatsoever.
“Th-that kind of thing?”
As though a fragile girl who had suffered a tremendous blow was once again recalling the terror of that time, Luo Xiaoyu thoughtfully recalled something, then somewhat darkly lowered her head.
“I’m sorry… I’m not very clear about that kind of thing. Please ask someone else. If there’s nothing else, I’ll continue working…”
Yuan Dong was somewhat puzzled.
According to her observations, the Weirdness aura near this convenience store was the densest.
Even if she were told that a Weirdness had directly occupied this place just now, she would not feel surprised.
Under such circumstances, Luo Xiaoyu was naturally the first eyewitness on the scene.
Moreover, with the store manager’s half-severed yet still lingering connection to the mysterious side, if an investigation could begin from here, nothing could be better.
Yuan Dong looked at the somewhat shrinking Luo Xiaoyu.
In the end, she chose not to press aggressively.
After thinking for a moment, she apologized in a direct manner:
“It’s all right. Thank you for being willing to listen to me.”
It must be because she lacked the Lord’s protection that such a pitiful girl had experienced that kind of terrifying thing.
She needed to appropriately spread the Lord’s gospel and grace.
Yuan Dong took out an exquisite hard card.
Faint embossed traces could be seen upon it—a curved full moon lay at its center, the faint light it released bringing a grace-like color to the world.
“Could I ask you to accept this? When it reacts, simply run in the direction of the Moon Church and your safety can be guaranteed. Ordinarily this sort of thing is only given to internal members.”
Luo Xiaoyu hesitated for a moment.
The other party’s face wore an expectant expression.
She then nodded and accepted the card with a sense of relief.
“Thank you… As repayment, I… I’d like to give you this…”
Since she had accepted the other party’s item, she could not fail to repay this kindness.
The girl handed a bottle of mineral water from the counter to the other party.
Luo Xiaoyu intended to pay for this portion of money herself and simply treat it as treating the other party to a bottle of water.
Although it was only mineral water, under the current conditions of Qiufeng City, being able to ensure that several basic natural drinking water sources remained uncontaminated was already quite good, let alone water that had been specially transported from a high-quality spring source.
At the very least, ordinary people would normally be reluctant to drink it.
“What is your name?”
“Me? Luo Xiaoyu…”
Yuan Dong accepted the mineral water, her face carrying a maturity that did not match her childish figure.
“Xiaoyu, don’t treat me like a child. My age may be much greater than you imagine.”
Strictly speaking, Yuan Dong had been the only customer at the convenience store today.
And she was the kind of customer who had been treated.
After finishing work, Luo Xiaoyu tidied up, closed the store, and then headed home.
[Pathway]
[Witch]
[From a formal perspective, this Pathway ought to be considered one of the major branches of extraordinary power in the present world. They usually possess a full aptitude for extraordinary power, yet this is also one of the greatest obstacles on their path of growth going forward.]
[The Pathway is subdivided into many nodes. Please explore this content on your own, Host.]
On the way, the girl could not wait to open the panel and see whether the system had updated any content.
As for the card Yuan Dong had given her, Luo Xiaoyu naturally handed it over to the system for inspection as well.
[Moon Card]
[Capable of detecting certain approaching Weirdnesses and Mysteries and then producing a reaction.]
This item was naturally useful to her.
Yet under the circumstances in which Luo Xiaoyu herself possessed the system and had an extremely urgent need for points, the card’s function was not limited to serving merely as an alarm.
It could also become a source for her to earn points.
Speaking of points…
Of the two points she had obtained, Luo Xiaoyu had allocated them all to physical attributes.
There was nothing new in the shop, and she still did not know what use mysterious aptitude had for the time being.
If she wanted to improve as quickly as possible, she could only place the points here.
In the gap between her thoughts, Luo Xiaoyu suddenly noticed that a layer of thin mist had begun to gather around her at some unknown time.
It was another “Fog Person.”
Weirdnesses grew stronger by devouring the mysticism on a human’s body.
Yet aside from humans, Weirdnesses themselves already possessed far higher mysticism than humans.
Therefore, aside from targeting humans who ordinarily had no means of fighting back, some Weirdnesses would also choose to have their companions sacrifice themselves for their sake.
However, under normal circumstances, low-level Weirdnesses would not possess the ability to think so much.
They would only act according to instinct.
This Fog Person appeared considerably larger in build than the one inside the convenience store earlier.
It had originally approached after sensing the aura of the “candle.”
As a result, the person who appeared before its eyes looked completely different from an ordinary Fog Person and seemed very weak.
It quickly made its judgment.
It would tear apart this strange “Fog Person” and then become even stronger.
Thus the Fog Person began to move at an extremely swift speed.
Luo Xiaoyu watched the scene before her eyes and was only startled for an instant before silently drawing the firelock.
Bang—!
The hammer struck the primer heavily.
A silver bullet whistled straight forward, faintly carrying a force that tore through the air as it flew.
After the single shot, the black-haired girl silently withdrew her hand.
The Fog Person’s body was torn apart by more than half, then shattered completely, turning into powder-like white mist that drifted to the ground and vanished.
Along with it, the surrounding hazy white mist also dispersed and disappeared.
Judging by eye alone, Luo Xiaoyu could roughly tell that the firelock seemed to possess somewhat greater power than when she had first purchased it.
Originally, spending one point to obtain an old-model firearm that current industrial capacity could not mass-produce had already felt worthwhile to her.
Even if this weapon could only serve as a transitional tool in the early stages and was sufficient for concealing its presence, it was already enough.
What’s more, it could take effect against Weirdness.
[Contact with Weirdness +1]
[Allocatable Points +2. Remaining Allocatable Points: 4]
She needed to hurry home.
Various matters had already caused Luo Xiaoyu’s after-work time to run a little late.
Although she had contacted them in advance via phone, if she still did not arrive home, her older sister would worry.
Putting the gun away, Luo Xiaoyu quickened her pace.
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