“An inside Monster?”
“Yeah, the one we talked about last time.”
That night, on the temporary villain rooftop in Hong Kong City.
Su Tianqing was flipping through the movie footage edited by the Palu Monsters responsible for the editing. Hearing what the person beside her said, she turned her head curiously.
The dark blue Cat Girl sat beside her and said, “Didn’t you arrange an inside Monster in their team? Did that inside Monster play a role today?”
“Uh-huh, indeed,” Su Tianqing grinned upon hearing this.
“And it didn’t just play a role; it played a very important role.”
“Hmm… but didn’t that Monster already exit the stage? What role could it still have?”
The Gray Wolf Girl sitting beside her raised her wolf ears curiously, asking in confusion.
As a newcomer to the team, Gray Wolf Fei Yelan was still assigned a very important task today:
While Cheshire Rabbit drove the armed helicopter to attract everyone’s attention, she was to cover Xin Yuehu and Hellcat’s evacuation from the Victoria Mall.
The method of cover was simple: appear on the street in front of everyone and force a breakthrough, ensuring a gap was torn in the Hero Association’s Cordon.
Fenrir completed it beautifully and enjoyed it very much.
“This is your blind spot, Doggy!”
Su Tianqing happily raised a finger and said to the Gray Wolf Girl.
The latter bared her teeth for a while, expressing her dissatisfaction with the nickname “Doggy,” but there was nothing she could do.
“But isn’t an inside Monster just for providing information? What use is it after being eliminated?” Fei Yelan continued.
This was immediately refuted by Su Tianqing.
“Hmph hmph hmph… Doggy, have you heard this saying, ‘A vanished inside Monster is the best inside Monster’?”
“…………?”
The Gray Wolf Girl thought hard for a long time, her wolf ears drooping then perking up. She looked at Hong Kong City’s coastline, pondered for a while, and finally spoke:
“…What do you mean?”
“If I, Fox Fox, only let the inside Monster transmit information from their side, and we just follow the information to beat people up, that would be too boring.”
“So, I plan to give them a big show!”
Su Tianqing smiled, turned off the magic light screen in her hand, walked to the center of the rooftop, and faced the three people in front of her.
“As long as an inside Monster exists, it will be exposed sooner or later. There is no inside Monster in the world that won’t be exposed.”
“But if I, Fox Fox, want to create an inside Monster that will absolutely never be exposed, what should I do?”
“—The answer is, no inside Monster.”
The three of them froze simultaneously.
This highly enigmatic sentence made everyone unable to react for a moment, remaining still with overloaded brains.
The Cat Girl’s mind worked the fastest, immediately connecting with the Golden-haired Fox Girl, and she replied softly:
“I see… As long as there’s no inside Monster, they’ll never be able to find one, and they’ll start suspecting each other of being the inside Monster, and this suspicion will lead to even more subtle situations…”
“Oh oh oh, I understand too,” Rabbit Girl interjected, her eyes shining.
“That is to say, they will fall into confusion amidst mutual suspicion, followed by deeper doubt and mutual questioning, even evolving into mutual antagonism!”
“Ah ah… that wonderful scene… it truly makes one look forward to it…”
“Exactly, Rabbit, you’re very quick to catch on.”
Golden Fox smiled very happily, already looking forward to what would happen tomorrow.
“Especially after I, Fox Fox, reveal the truth of the matter, their expressions of regret and their incredulous eyes will be an even more wonderful scene,” Xin Yuehu said, making a villainous statement.
“Yes, yes, yes, I really want to see Miss Hyacinth’s surprised and flustered expression! What about you, Hellcat?” Cheshire Rabbit giggled foolishly.
“…Me? I’d rather have a good fight with her,” the battle-crazed Cat Cat said as always.
The three villains shared their understanding of pleasure, leaving the Gray Wolf Girl alone in confusion.
But on second thought, the scene Xin Yuehu just described seemed quite interesting, so she might as well look forward to it too.
…
“In short, let’s just wait and watch the show!”
While arranging the subsequent plans, Su Tianqing returned to her seat and watched the initial version of the Fox Fox Grand Movie, rushed out by the Monsters working overtime, with her companions, and made modifications on the spot based on their opinions.
Fox Fox Director’s Cut!
But she was soon attracted by the news from the Monster who was looking through the secret codex.
【Task Completed: Make a Big News】
【Appeared on the front page of the Hong Kong City Daily, 1/1】
【Reward: 2000 divine code stone, 200 ancient divine code stone】
Task completed!
The clinking sound of divine code stones entering the account came from the Monster’s side, and Su Tianqing’s mood brightened a few points.
This was a task released by the secret codex this morning before she occupied Victoria Mall, feeling quite like a targeted remedy.
But compared to the reward, Su Tianqing herself cared more about another thing:
Inari’s tail comb!
Since getting this item, she hadn’t had a chance to see what memories Miss Inari had left inside it.
Hopefully, this time it would provide some valuable clues, at least to let her know why Inari left these memory-attached items in various places in Hong Kong City—
Magic unfolded.
In her vision was a petite Red Fox Girl, slightly taller than herself, but not by much, still with a youthful appearance.
But she was not in her usual everyday life appearance from previous memories; instead, she wore a serious expression, looking directly at herself.
This memory image was countless times clearer than before, as if it had suddenly turned into a 16K ultra-high-definition big screen.
…Wait a minute, she’s looking directly at me?
Isn’t this Inari’s memory? Why would she make such an expression—
“Hello, Miss Xin Yuehu.”
Silence.
Su Tianqing felt her heart skip a beat, almost instinctively wanting to stop the memory playback to see if she had made a mistake somewhere.
“Please don’t panic, Miss Xin Yuehu. What you are seeing is just the memory image I left in this tail comb.”
“You must be very curious right now, why can I talk to you within the memory?”
Su Tianqing’s inner astonishment grew even more.
—【Advanced Star Realm Magic: Comprehend Legend】.”
“This is the magic I left deep within this comb, and it is also the strongest and most precise magic I can currently use.”
“Through it, I can see very fragmented future scenes, which is why I am having this conversation with you.”
Shock.
Besides shock, Su Tianqing’s heart was filled only with curiosity.
Seeing the future? This kind of magic was unheard of by anyone!
To use such powerful magic to transmit information to the future, Inari, Inari, what exactly did you encounter?
What kind of thoughts did those snake eyes from the Star Realm Giant Beast Jörmungandr make you have?
“If you are hearing what I am saying now, then you must be collecting the items I left throughout Hong Kong City.”
“Those items all have my past memories left in them. By reading these memories, you should have also noticed the abnormality of Hong Kong City, right?”
“…Hong Kong City’s magic concentration is higher than any other city.”
Su Tianqing frowned tightly.
Inari was right.
If it were her past self, she would never have been able to reach Inari’s conclusion.
But thanks to the magic control and precision granted by the fox mask, Su Tianqing could easily draw the same conclusion as Inari.
Compared to Sui City and Rong City, Hong Kong City’s magic concentration was not just a little bit higher!
Magic is like a stream of water poured from the Star Realm into the present world, naturally gathering in places with high concentration.
Dense populations in cities often create a considerable magic concentration, like absorbent sponges, continuously drawing magic closer to the city, thereby giving birth to Starry Sky Aberrants.
If Rong City was a large dry sponge, and Sui City was a large water tank that once had a breach but was blocked by Red Rose’s sacrifice, then Hong Kong City was a bottomless abyss.
“Hong Kong City’s magic gathering is extremely exaggerated. I was forced to set up Harvest Magic to filter these massive amounts of magic and convert them into guardian stars.”
“Although this might give birth to many Magic Girls not recognized by the stars, this is the optimal choice I can make right now.”
“Everything I do is to try to delay the arrival of that day…”
At this point, Inari in the memory clenched her fists, gritted her teeth, and her expression was solemn.
“…Perhaps you don’t believe it, but according to my investigation, the fundamental reason why Hong Kong City has such a high magic concentration lies beneath Hong Kong City.”
“Beneath this city, a sleeping Star Realm Giant Beast is hidden!”
“It is greedily absorbing magic. If I hadn’t set up Harvest Magic to filter the magic, it would break out of the ground in a terrifying form within two years, and then the entire Hong Kong City would face a devastating disaster!”
“But unfortunately, with my current strength, I cannot go deep underground to eliminate it. I can only place my hope in you in the future, Miss Xin Yuehu.”
After a brief silence, the Red Fox Girl said softly:
“I have recorded all the theories for eliminating it in the remaining items.”
“I hope you can collect them and eliminate that giant beast that threatens the entire Hong Kong City!”
The memory image ended there.
Su Tianqing returned from her daze to reality, already covered in sweat. The Cat Girl beside her was supporting her with concern, her expression one of fright and surprise.
“Fox Fox! Are you okay? You suddenly became unresponsive just now! Are you feeling unwell?”
The Cat Girl’s concern almost overflowed.
Rabbit and Gray Wolf also showed worried looks, but no one understood what had just happened.
Su Tianqing closed her eyes tightly, her head throbbing, trying to recall the memory image she had witnessed.
You really left me a super huge surprise, Senior Inari.