manynovel Chapter 239 The Talent for Courting Death
Chapter 239 The Talent for Courting Death
Chapter 239 The Talent for Courting Death (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)
"Captain, Captain!"
At the school gate, Detective Chen and Detective Zhou stood on either side of Zhang Wei, gently swaying his body.
"Captain, Captain Zhang."
Detective Chen called out a few more times, but seeing that Zhang Wei was still unconscious, his expression turned serious. "It's not working, what should we do?"
"How much longer until the medical team arrives?" Detective Zhou couldn't help but ask.
Upon hearing this, Detective Chen glanced at his watch. "I made the call 30 seconds ago; it should take about two minutes for it to arrive."
"Two minutes?"
Detective Zhou frowned. He looked at Zhang Wei, who was completely unharmed, and his expression was somewhat grave. The cause of the captain's unconsciousness was still unknown, but it was certain that he did not appear to be in any life-threatening danger.
Whoever caused this coma, he had no intention of killing anyone.
"It seems that this strange method can't be solved by pressing the philtrum. You support the captain, I'll give it a try."
"Okay." Although Detective Chen didn't know what the other party wanted to do, he had no other choice at this point.
Detective Zhou carefully took out Zhang Wei's personal cell phone from his pocket, turned it on, and then dialed Zhang Wei's number using his own phone.
Then, a pleasant melody started playing from the phone. Detective Zhou took the opportunity to lean close to Zhang Wei's ear and whispered something.
"Captain, your ex-wife is calling."
"What?!"
The next second, Zhang Wei, who was on his deathbed, suddenly sat up and opened his eyes.
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Detective Zhou's lips twitched, and then he saw Detective Chen across from him secretly give him a thumbs up.
He originally just wanted to give it a try, but he didn't expect it to work so well.
"Captain, Captain, you're finally awake! Are you alright?"
"Um... what's wrong with me?"
After the sudden awakening, a jumble of chaotic thoughts followed.
Zhang Wei raised his hand to rub his head, frowning as he observed his surroundings.
"Mr. Tang informed us that you were ambushed by the Shadow Gang at the school gate," Detective Zhou explained. "An ambush by the Shadow Gang?"
Zhang Wei was stunned when he heard this, and his already confused mind became even more muddled. He tried to stand up, but as soon as he moved, he felt pain all over his body.
"Hiss!"
"Captain! Captain, are you alright?"
"I'm fine, just a slight muscle strain, and my head...it hurts a little..." Zhang Wei waved his hand, then immediately asked, "Wait, where's Mr. Tang? Where is he?"
"The leader said he'd lured the Shadow Clan away and told us to hurry over and support you. By the time we got here..."
"I saw you lying here all alone," Detective Zhou replied truthfully.
"Yes, and we didn't see any Shadows, or even any signs of a fight. It's really strange."
Detective Chen, standing nearby, frowned and asked.
"Captain, you really can't remember anything?"
"I"
Zhang Wei opened his mouth, and his chaotic mind cleared up a little at that moment.
Tang Zijun's smile flashed through my mind, along with the brick she was holding high—heaven knows where that guy got that brick from.
After a moment of silence, Zhang Wei swallowed.
"I remember now."
"We were indeed ambushed by the Shadow Clan."
"Huh?!" Detective Chen and Detective Zhou were both stunned.
Zhang Wei rubbed his temples and stood up with the help of the two men.
"Those guys were too fast, they didn't give me any time to react. But since Leader Tang was able to contact you, it means he's already solved the problem. I owe him my life."
"But this...this doesn't match the bureau's previous report. It's true that the Shadow Gods are elusive, but being targeted by them..."
Without magical girls, there have never been any survivors.
As soon as Detective Chen finished speaking, Detective Zhou next to him nodded repeatedly.
"Yes, Captain, and you don't have any wounds on your body, which doesn't seem like the way the Shadows operate."
Just as Zhang Wei was pondering how to answer them, the sound of flapping wings suddenly echoed in the night sky above the school.
The already vigilant agents instantly prepared for battle, but when they looked up, they saw a gray parrot flying over from afar.
"Stretcher, stretcher! Contact the medical team! We've found the magical girl and her spirit beast; they're in very bad shape. Contact the medical team immediately!"
Little Grey's voice came from mid-air, and the expressions of the agents changed instantly.
"The medical team is on its way and will be there in less than a minute," Detective Zhou called out.
Zhang Wei steadied himself, withdrew his self-illumination from Xiao Hui, and turned to look at Detective Zhou.
"You stay here to support the medical team. Xiao Chen, you come with me to help Qing and Bai with the cleanup."
"Yes."
After taking only two steps, Zhang Wei suddenly stopped.
After a moment's pause, he abruptly turned his head.
"Remember, if you don't want our squad to be disbanded, don't tell anyone that I was ambushed by the Shadows tonight."
Upon hearing this, Detective Chen and Detective Zhou exchanged a glance.
It was not easy to get such an important mission. Not only did I get to connect with the three magical girls, but I even met the only six-star agent in the department.
It would be such a waste if the higher-ups in the bureau were to be disappointed in their team and disband it simply because the captain was ambushed.
Thinking of this, the two nodded at the same time.
"Understood, Captain."
Snow City, Northeast Headquarters of the Demon Surveillance Bureau.
In the office, Tang Zijun and Chang Lei could clearly see the actions of Zhang Wei and the other two through the reflection in the glass of the guard window at the school gate.
"This Captain Zhang is quite capable; he saved me an extra trip." Chang Lei took a sip of his tea.
A smile appeared on his face.
Tang Zijun adjusted her glasses. "It's not bad, but look at how he stood up just now; his left and right feet were a bit uncoordinated. In my opinion, it still needs some adjustment."
"It does look a bit off. Okay, I'll have Xiao Ma make the trip sometime." Chang Lei said casually, then turned to look at Tang Zijun. "How about it? This six-star agent status isn't bad, is it?"
Tang Zijun waved her hand. "Let's not talk about that now. What are your plans for Bingcheng?"
Upon hearing this, Chang Lei's gaze became somewhat complicated.
He hadn't paid much attention to Ice City before, but compared to the Shadow World, the chaos caused by the Outer Demons was much more troublesome.
No one could have imagined that Sir Skull's death would cause such a huge uproar in the underworld. In just a few days, news of heretics harming people spread all over the country.
Although the main battlefield of the Outer Path Demons' civil war was in the Inner World, quite a few of them still managed to escape to the real world through the gaps.
For Sir Bones' men, coming to the real world might offer a glimmer of hope, but staying in the underworld meant certain death.
Rather than dealing with their own kind, they preferred to interact with innocent magical girls, at least the latter could give them a quick and easy experience.
After a long silence, Chang Lei asked in a deep voice, "That magical girl, is she truly beyond saving?"
"Staying alive is easy; the Flower Fairy's vitality is enough to save her. But turning her into a magical girl is probably impossible."
As she spoke, Tang Zijun placed the black rainbow crystal flower on the desk in front of Chang Lei.
"The rainbow crystal flower must not be defiled, not even in the slightest."
"Oh no, this is troublesome."
Chang Lei sighed heavily.
"There are already few magical girls in the North, and now that the magical girls in the Ice City have encountered an accident, the breach in the Ice City has been opened and cannot be closed in a short time. This empty space will not be easy to fill."
Tang Zijun did not deny it. "The situation in Ice City this time was indeed special. Although the spirit beasts choose magical girls from those who meet the Rainbow Crystal Flower's approval according to their own preferences, they usually don't choose randomly. But this time, the rabbit was forced to choose a foreign girl, which is enough to show how complicated the situation was at the time."
In fact, the spirit beasts also need to conduct background checks when choosing magical girls. After all, they are the ones who protect the city. It would be a joke to choose a random passerby who could leave at any time.
Therefore, choosing a local person as the local spirit beast is a fundamental principle.
However, there have been instances in history where local spirit beasts have signed contracts with people from other cities, but such cases are extremely rare and are always special circumstances.
Even so, this is the first time we've ever seen a local spirit beast sign a contract with a foreigner.
"Actually, looking on the bright side, it's good that the foreign girl didn't become a magical girl. Otherwise, this matter could very well have escalated to the level of national diplomacy."
Chang Lei said in a low voice, "Right now, the attitudes of various countries towards magical girls are rather subtle, and there's even a growing trend of judging national strength by the number of magical girls they have."
"What an idiot! Doesn't having more magical girls mean a country has more negative energy?" Tang Zijun frowned.
"Ha, that's true, but what makes you think those guys are normal people like you?"
Chang Lei smiled dismissively, raised his hand to pour tea for Tang Zijun, and continued speaking.
"I picked up some letters when I went to the meeting today. To verify the authenticity of the intelligence from the bureau, I went out for a walk. Guess what? There really were some people intentionally creating negative energy, trying to artificially create magical girls."
"Man-made?"
"Yes, when negative energy reaches a threshold, a gap will appear in the inner world, and magical girls will be born. Those people have taken advantage of this, so they want to actively create a gap."
"Is this even possible?"
Tang Zijun was genuinely surprised this time. He discovered that humans do indeed have a certain talent for courting death.
"I feel pretty hopeless."
Chang Lei waved his hand.
"The emergence of a negative energy gap is not so simple; it cannot be achieved through killing and oppression. The current issue is how we deal with the troubles posed by the Shadow Clan."