Gang City Central Bank.
The lobby manager sat calmly in her chair, staring blankly at the tranquil business counters.
Today, the tellers were very well-behaved, and the people coming to do business were also very patient. There were no noisy incidents all morning, and she even felt a bit bored.
Recalling the past, VIPs came one after another, and the crowd of people doing business was bustling. The entire bank lobby was as lively as a wet market.
Moreover, arguments would break out from time to time, and her daily WeChat step count was at least ten thousand.
“It’s so peaceful today,” the lobby manager said with a smile, taking a sip of tea from her thermos cup as she watched the security captain walk towards her.
“Indeed, no mishaps all morning. It’s truly a peaceful day.”
“I wonder if this situation can continue into the afternoon.”
“That’s hard to say.”
Their brief pleasantries did not bring about any change.
Watching the security captain return to his post, the lobby manager leisurely planned to close her eyes and rest for a while.
The drowsiness from her midday nap still lingered. It would be good to rest for a bit, lest later…
“Ding-dong~”
A melodious doorbell.
Four small figures walked in from the entrance.
The lobby manager subconsciously opened her eyes to look at the newcomers, initially thinking they were four children who came in to get warm, but their attire made her suddenly freeze:
Four loose, colorful coats, all wearing strange masks—a dark blue Cat mask, a pink Rabbit mask, and a gray Wolf mask.
The one leading them had a Fox mask covering her face.
White base, red smudges, outlined with gold thread, emitting a peculiar aura. The pair of emerald Fox eyes hidden beneath the mask were full of smiles.
Upon seeing the attire of these four, even the security captain was momentarily stunned, but he immediately reacted, shouting loudly and reaching for his gun.
“Stand still! You—”
“Bang!!”
A gunshot.
A dark blue magic bullet struck the security captain. Magic enveloped him, and he instantly fell to the ground, falling into a deep sleep.
A harmless, potent stun bullet.
Hearing the gunshot, the bank customers and tellers immediately screamed and sought cover. The security guards also immediately drew their guns, attempting to retaliate.
But how could the firepower of an automatic rifle contend with a handgun?
In an instant, all the security guards in the lobby fell, and amidst the hail of bullets, the laughter and voices of the Fox Girl filled the air, making the lobby manager, who was completely frozen in place, awaken as if from a dream:
“Good afternoon, everyone at Gang City Bank! I’m your favorite Magic Girl—Xin Yuehu~”
“I apologize for interrupting your business. Please leave the bank and hide within two minutes~”
“Because next… it’s Fox Fox’s robbery time~”
After the opening speech, the lobby fell into a brief silence.
Regardless of whether they knew Xin Yuehu’s modus operandi, everyone scrambled to escape. The tellers also fled to the safe room to hide, and the lobby quickly became empty except for countless stunned and unconscious security guards.
The lobby manager stared blankly as the four Magic Girls walked towards the stairwell, chatting and laughing.
Then, very skillfully, they tampered with the sturdy blast door a few times. After a loud explosion, the stairwell door was completely detached and thrown aside, and the four swaggered into the vault stairs behind the door.
It was only then that the lobby manager snapped out of her daze and frantically rushed to the nearest intercom, dialing the distress channel.
“Mayday! Mayday!”
“This is the Gang City Central Bank lobby manager! We’ve been robbed! The robbers are heading to the underground vault, requesting backup!”
“All the security guards are down! There’s no one left in the lobby who can…”
“What? You’re asking how many robbers there are?”
The lobby manager took a deep look in the direction where Xin Yuehu and the four had disappeared.
“…Four people.”
“The one leading them… is 【Xin Yuehu】.”
…
“Xin Yuehu? Gang City Central Bank??”
“Robbery???”
At the same time, Hong Kong City Logistics Park.
Hyacinth stopped her continuous firing and looked towards Nightingale, who was on the phone behind her.
“That’s right, Zi Ying Shi and Hai Lan Shi received a distress signal. Xin Yuehu broke into the Gang City Central Bank, saying she’s going to rob the underground vault.”
Hyacinth looked back at the roaring Monster not far away.
Iris and Bai Lili were suppressing it with their firepower. Magic bullets were very effective against it, and just a few rounds of shooting left it on the verge of death.
The strength of these Monsters was very low, not at all like Xin Yuehu’s style. Could it be her feint?
But why the bank??
“Are we going back to support now?” Nightingale asked.
“No, we must thoroughly deal with these Monsters before we can leave,” Hyacinth said with certainty.
This was the biggest dilemma at the moment.
If they gave up fighting the Monsters to go back and support the bank, these Monsters would surely cause extensive damage to the logistics park.
But if they split up and fought separately, just herself, Iris, and Nightingale wouldn’t be able to defeat Hellcat and her group…
“Damn it! What on earth is that Xin Yuehu thinking?!”
Hyacinth gritted her teeth in anger, wishing she could rush back immediately to ask that Golden-haired Fox Girl for an explanation, but the Monster in front of her still hadn’t been eliminated by the magic bullets and was still roaring and counterattacking.
“Deal with it as soon as possible, then rush back to support! We must block Xin Yuehu and their escape route!”
…
Walking on the way to the underground vault, Su Tianqing leisurely played with the Xin Yue Magic Wand in her hand.
A few wisps of magic drifted from the wand’s tip, outlining a thin circle of magic around herself and the three people beside her, colliding with the dense magic in the surrounding air, producing sporadic sparks.
However, even so, the four of them did not encounter any obstruction from the barrier, walking unhindered on the vault stairs, which had the most stringent barrier defenses.
“We just passed through like that…”
“So amazing… How did you do it?”
Nan Jiayu’s eyes were full of shock, and Xia Taotao and Fei Yelan were no exception.
Upon reaching the barrier defense, Nan Jiayu had tried to force her way in.
But the barrier’s sturdiness exceeded the Cat Girl’s expectations. Even using a Black Hole Cat Punch in the Star Shadow state could only barely create a few breaches, making it impossible for anyone to pass through.
The three couldn’t imagine how Fox Fox would break through this barrier, which countless Magic Girls had collaboratively set up.
Could she alone truly challenge the most solid barrier in the Magic Girl world?
Would she use a massive amount of magic to violently tear open a crack? Or would she use delicate and clever magic to find a weak point in the barrier and enlarge it?
And the layer of magic ripples around them, similar to a magic shield but several times thinner, gave the three a new understanding of 【Magic】.
“I analyzed the principle of this defensive barrier,” Su Tianqing said softly.
“Since it can be passed through with a barrier pass card, it means it must have a magic-level 【identification】 process for anyone who comes into contact with the barrier.”
“By applying magic to the contact person, and then letting the barrier observe the ripples caused by that wisp of magic, it can ‘recognize’ the identity of the entrant, thereby choosing to refuse or allow passage.”
At this point, the Golden-haired Fox Girl looked at the few strands of magic emanating from the Xin Yue Magic Wand in her hand. It was these that formed the thin magic barrier around the four of them.
“By using carefully adjusted magic to envelop the body, and emitting opposite fluctuations to the external magic, their identification process can be canceled out.”
“And without the identification process, the barrier itself will consider us to be 【a harmless wisp of magic】, thereby allowing us to pass.”
Su Tianqing softly explained the working principle of this magic.
As the three were either enlightened or thoughtful, the stairs reached their end, and the defensive barrier also disappeared and terminated there.
In its place was a bright hall and corridor, and the giant vault door, thicker than any wall.
“We’ve arrived at the deepest underground vault.”
Su Tianqing chuckled as she dispelled the magic, looking up at the sturdy barrier before her.
The underground was silent, as if the world had receded.
And in this deep underground, isolated from the world, there was such a massive vault iron door…
Fei Yelan could not hide her excitement, taking several deep breaths to calm herself. This small movement was not lost on Su Tianqing.
“Doggy,” the Fox Girl said with a smile,
“Behind this door, perhaps the secret of your origins is hidden.”
“Come on, let’s… open it together!”