"Sui City is a very wonderful city."
"It is close to Hong Kong City and Macau City, very close to the sea, with convenient transportation and developed economy. It is a city where countless people pursue their dreams and a haven for life."
"But in recent years, due to the continuous appearance of Monsters, Sui City's public security environment has faced an unprecedented challenge—"
Nan Jiayu put down her phone, paused the Sui City tourism introduction video on the screen, and looked up at the startled pedestrians fleeing not far away.
This is a food street in the center of Sui City.
The surroundings should have been a scene of peace and prosperity, with the aroma of food and the joyous laughter of tourists filling the bustling streets, but at this moment, they were replaced by screams and strange roars:
On the road not far away, a gigantic ape Monster was pounding its chest, roaring loudly at a stalled cement mixer nearby.
"Help!"
"Run! There's a Monster!"
"Where's the Hero Association? Call the Hero Association!"
Once most of the surrounding crowd had fled, Cat Girl sighed, stood up with her shoulder bag and suitcase, and walked into a public restroom nearby.
The dark blue Magic Girl emerged from the door, Cat Claw gauntlets on her hands, tilting her head to stretch, and met the roaring ape Monster's gaze.
"Really... I was clearly here for tourism, why am I encountering something like this..." Nan Jiayu muttered to herself.
But the ape Monster's roar quickly interrupted her monologue. It casually picked up an unoccupied car and violently smashed it towards the small girl in front of it!
"Roar oh oh oh oh oh!!"
"Crack Boom!!!"
Flames and explosions.
The twisted remains of the car were casually tossed aside. The dark blue Magic Girl slowly stepped out of the smoke, her magic power surging, almost forming a materialized magic armor.
"...Just mindlessly smashing things, boring."
"Is Sui City such a place of outstanding people and spirits? The ecological environment is really good, I can see such small animals just by passing by..."
As if insulted, the ape Monster let out another furious roar, directly leaping towards Cat Girl and throwing a heavy punch!
"Rumble!!!"
But it was the pitch-black ape Monster that was thrown over the shoulder onto the asphalt road.
Following that was a continuous barrage of Cat Punches. The entire street could hear terrifying roars and explosions, and the ape Monster's angry roars gradually turned into wails, finally falling completely silent.
Looking at the Monster's remains on the ground, its entire head smashed into the earth and motionless, Cat Girl floated in mid-air, shaking her wrists, looking completely unsatisfied.
The feel wasn't good, too soft. Nan Jiayu thought.
Once she had experienced the wonderful sensation of beating up Hyacinth, even the former ace punching bag Bai Lili would pale in comparison, not to mention small animals like the ape Monster.
Soon, a magical hum resonated in the sky. The flying trails of three Magic Girls arrived from the horizon, and they met Hellcat's gaze.
"...You are, Hellcat?" A emerald green Magic Girl tilted her head and asked.
"Oh, you're late. This guy has already been taken care of by me." Nan Jiayu glanced at the three people in the sky, then motioned with her chin towards the gradually dissipating ape remains on the ground.
"I'll leave the cleanup here to you. I'm in a hurry."
"Ah... Ah, wait a moment! Hellcat!"
The emerald green Magic Girl was about to say something, but Cat Girl, in her shrike form, had already shot into the sky, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Only the three of them were left staring blankly at the large crater and car wreckage on the ground.
"...I say."
The light blue Magic Girl next to her gripped her magic wand, curiously saying,
"Don't you think the Monster's destruction level today seems very low?"
"............"
The three looked at each other, pursing their lips, and no one said anything more.
... ...
Later in the evening, in a hotel room somewhere.
The hotel door opened from the outside, and Cat Girl walked into the room, dragging her suitcase, holding up a lunchbox in her hand to Golden Fox, who was sitting at the desk.
"Tianqing, try this. I heard it's a very famous snack in Sui City."
"Yay—"
Golden Fox sat at the desk, raising her hands high, wagging her tail excitedly.
"Hmm... Is this called Cheong Fun?"
"I think so, the sign at that shop called it that."
"This is my first time eating this. Do I pour the sauce over it?"
"Let me see..."
Cat Cat Fox Fox huddled at the hotel desk, seriously studying how to eat Cheong Fun.
Although Su Tianqing had never eaten Cheong Fun, she had seen in many newspapers and videos the disdain of Sui City people for various fancy ways of eating Cheong Fun.
Such as adding cola to Cheong Fun, adding Sam milk tea to Cheong Fun, or pouring Red Bull and beer into Cheong Fun—
"Mmm, mmm, this is very delicious." Golden Fox's eyes widened, holding the disposable bamboo chopsticks in her hand, she said with a smile.
The rice noodle skin was springy with a hint of stickiness, and her mouth was filled with fresh aroma, making her unable to help but cup her cheeks and smile contentedly.
"This place's is indeed delicious, it also has shrimp and sliced meat inside." Nan Jiayu nodded in evaluation.
Cat Girl isn't particularly picky about food, but other than fish, she doesn't have any other demands, so it's rare for any snack to receive a high evaluation from Nan Jiayu.
"I just saw the news, Xiao Yu, you took care of a Monster on your way back, right?"
Su Tianqing said with a smile, taking small bites of the Cheong Fun in the lunchbox.
Nan Jiayu was stunned for a moment, then scratched her head with a wry smile.
"Yes, I just happened to see it, and couldn't resist taking action..."
"But Xiao Yu protected the people of Sui City, you see, everyone in the comments section of the news is praising you."
After speaking, Su Tianqing handed her phone to Cat Girl next to her, pointing to the comments in the comment section.
"Zero casualties?"
"The surrounding damage is also super small!"
"Why don't we ask the Suicheng Hero Association to hire Hellcat? This level of damage has never been seen before."
Looking at the unanimous praise in the comment section, Nan Jiayu scratched the side of her face with a wry smile.
"Ahaha... This..."
"It's probably because Maisui Squad's past performance was very poor, so everyone just..."
Nan Jiayu could already imagine what kind of strange scenes the people of Sui City had encountered before. Perhaps the damage caused by Maisui Squad was much more severe than the Monster's damage.
"Anyway, let's take a good rest and shower today. Tomorrow morning, we'll go out for dim sum, and then visit Suicheng Tower."
"Okay. I'll go wash first, I feel sticky after a fight."
Watching Cat Girl take off her coat and walk into the bathroom, Su Tianqing happily continued to eat the snack in the lunchbox, and also had her familiar confirm the mission on the secret codex.
"Mission: Red Rose Exploration"
"Find Red Rose, learn the secret of Star Shadow"
"Reward: secret codex Shop Page 6, secret codex Intelligence Page Update"
This was a new mission that Observer Fox Fox had found this morning while they were on the plane.
The secret codex is quite generous, knowing that Ben Hu was coming to Sui City to take the initiative, so it just gave such a mission?
In that case...
As she thought, Su Tianqing looked towards the bathroom covered by the curtains, vaguely seeing Cat Girl's small and graceful figure.
...Should I tease Xiao Yu?
Golden Fox quietly slipped into the bathroom, and the room was filled with Cat Girl's startled cry and Fox Fox's joyful laughter.