The last trace of confusion in the tiger-shaped monster’s scarlet beast pupils was quickly dispelled by the undisguised fighting intent rising from the three magical girls, transforming into a certain heroic resolve to face death.
It raised its head and let out a mighty roar that, upon closer listening, seemed to carry a slight tremor.
Its four limbs exerted force, its massive body wrapped in dark purple energy, charging first toward Sea Blue at the front!
The momentum was strong, quite like an ancient fierce general charging on horseback.
Then—
“Water Stream Slash!”
Sea Blue calmly swung her sword, azure magic turning into a sword qi that rushed toward the tiger-shaped monster.
The tiger-shaped monster couldn’t dodge in time, taking the slash head-on.
Its mid-air body stumbled, instantly losing balance, falling to the ground and writhing in pain.
“Good opportunity!” Crimson’s eyes lit up, her figure turning into a crimson meteor, instantly appearing in front of the tiger-shaped monster’s exposed abdomen due to its struggling.
Her flame-wrapped fists hammered out like pile drivers in succession!
Bang bang bang bang bang!
Muffled striking sounds accompanied the smell of scorched fur spreading.
The tiger-shaped monster howled in pain, its dark purple energy armor rapidly dimming and shattering under the water stream restraint and flame heavy strikes.
“Now’s the time! Gold!”
At Sea Blue’s command, Gold, who had been gripping her magic wand and charging power, took a deep breath, condensing the Word Spirit’s power at the wand’s tip:
“Crush!”
An invisible massive gravity instantly applied to the tiger-shaped monster!
Already suffering from the water stream sword and flame fists, it could no longer hold up.
With a boom, the entire tiger was slammed harshly onto the ground, smashing out a shallow pit.
Amid the flying dust, the tiger-shaped monster that had been majestic moments ago was now battered and bruised, its body scorched in multiple places, lying wretchedly at the bottom of the pit, its throat emitting “hulu hulu” whimpers of grievance and pain.
It struggled to raise its claw, seeming to want to paw toward Dark Fang’s direction.
Those scarlet beast eyes looked at Li Chi, its tiger mouth opening and closing.
Finally, this tiger person uttered the first words of his monster life: “Leader… Save me… This job really isn’t for monsters… It’s deadly…”
The corners of Dark Fang’s mouth under the mask had twitched to numbness.
He lowered his head to look at this subordinate at his feet who had been quickly educated into submission, a model negative example, then raised his head to look opposite.
The three magical girls had already regrouped.
Sea Blue held her swords in both hands, her gaze sharp; Crimson patted the nonexistent dust on her hands, looking eager; even Gold, who had been pale-faced earlier, now had a bit more determination and brightness in her eyes due to successfully participating in a beautiful coordinated attack.
Three against one, the advantage clearly not on his side. More importantly, if the fight continued, if he revealed some flaw in urgency or was forced to use more conspicuous abilities, that would be greatly bad.
The task… could be considered completed, right? Attract magical girls, create conflict, show the new executive’s presence… though the method was a bit that… Um, anyway, the process was done! Can withdraw!
Dark Fang made a decisive move, fiercely leaping back, pulling distance from the three magical girls.
He bent down, in a seemingly rough but actually careful and gentle motion, picked up the miscellaneous soldier monster on the ground that had been beaten back to its original form, re-wrapped in tattered bandages with a weakly flickering green light circle on its head, and casually stuffed it into the Storage Box.
From the earlier battle, this monster’s strength after evolution was still decent, but unfortunately, the elite monster that just got the newbie buff encountered three gatekeeper BOSSES, so it lost so miserably.
But this precisely proved that it had some potential.
Then, he straightened up, his scarlet compound eyes sweeping over the three magical girls in full array, lingering especially on Sea Blue for a second.
Little sister, wait till we get home to settle accounts, though you don’t know anything!
Using the voice that always changed after transformation, he issued the final declaration as the Dark Organization’s new executive Dark Fang in this mission, striving to make his tone sound both cold and graceful, also to salvage a bit of the earlier embarrassment:
“Hmph… This ends here for now. Magical girls, remember today! This is merely the beginning! I, Dark Fang, and the great Dark Organization, are irreconcilable with you! We… have a long future ahead!”
After saying that, he didn’t dare linger a second more, afraid that Crimson’s mouth would spout some shocking accusation again, or Sea Blue would suddenly charge and slash a sword.
So, he decisively chose to activate invisibility.
Under the three magical girls’ vigilant and puzzled gazes, that pitch-black ferocious figure rapidly faded, became transparent, and finally disappeared completely.
Leaving only the mess at the amusement park entrance, a few dim magic crystal cores, and the three magical girls looking at each other.
A gentle breeze blew, curling up the remaining scorched fur on the ground.
“…He ran really fast.” Crimson scratched her head, deactivated her transformation. Chi Zaozao looked at where Dark Fang disappeared, muttering softly, “But, that last line… seemed pretty cool?”
Li Guang deactivated her transformation, her brows slightly furrowed, looking at the direction Dark Fang disappeared, always feeling that back and the way he left… had an inexplicable familiarity?
Was it an illusion?
Gold transformed back to Gu Qingchuan. She let out a soft sigh of relief, her tense body relaxing.
Gu Qingchuan looked at her palm; the real sensation of successfully casting Word Spirit during the coordinated attack earlier was still there. But compared to that, she was more concerned about… Mr. Dark Fang, is he really an executive of the Dark Organization?
The way he saved her that day, and today’s appearance and style…
“Hey, Qingchuan, you said you know that Dark Fang? What exactly happened?” Chi Zaozao leaned close to Gu Qingchuan, curiously asking.
Gu Qingchuan bit her lip, glanced at Li Guang, then at Chi Zaozao, saying softly: “We… let’s find a quiet place to talk.”
And at this moment, Li Chi, who had already slipped several streets away, deactivated his transformation and blended into the crowd, was leaning against the wall, slowly exhaling a turbid breath.
“Finally muddled through…”
He wiped the nonexistent cold sweat on his forehead, lingering fear, “Next time for this kind of task… can I apply for remote command? Face-to-face is too hard…”
Especially when the opponents include his own little sister.
He took out the work phone specially assigned to executives by the organization, hesitated, but still sent a short message to Lina:
[Task completed. Contact occurred, conflict triggered, our units have withdrawn. Report finished. —Dark Fang]
Soon, Lina’s reply came with a smiling emoji:
[Received~ Hard work~]
Li Chi looked at that emoji, always feeling Lina’s words had implications.
He put away the communicator, looked up at the sky.
The first day of summer vacation… really fulfilling in a way that’s unforgettable for life.
Next, as long as he goes back to the company for handover first, then home to face the little sister who might have a bit low pressure because “her friend was bullied by a monster”… Hope this misunderstanding can be cleared up soon.
Sigh, this job… really isn’t for humans.