sinovels Chapter 590 Past Events
Chapter 590 Past Events
The best solution discussed at the roundtable meeting was to evenly distribute a dozen or twenty people among the remaining mental images and have them lie in ambush beforehand.
With enough manpower and prior observation in the mental imagery, one can "see" how Garuda invades this mental world, thereby gathering as much information as possible.
This is roughly what is meant by the "exhaustive search method".
Although sending magical girls into the mental world one by one would be very energy-consuming and magical, Red Rose had promised to assist in the process, which solved even the last problem. Su Tianqing naturally raised both hands and her tail in full agreement.
Although Hyacinth was still worried about letting Heart Moon Fox handle this matter, the endorsement from Red Rose, Inari, and Akatsuki was too powerful, and even Hyacinth, who was the most steadfast anti-fox leader on the surface, had nothing to say.
At most, when assigning ambush points, they would look at the little slip of paper in their hand and shout for a long time, "There's something fishy going on!" but they were quickly silenced by Iris and Nightingale.
Hyacinth drew a leopard in the lottery—[Foxkov].
"It's certainly difficult for one person to ambush someone in Foxkov, but you're the genuine Shadow of the Stars, shouldn't taking you down be a piece of cake?"
Hellcat stood in the line for drawing lots and said to Hyacinth, who was looking very depressed, next to him.
Hyacinth really wanted to roll her eyes at her right then and there, but with so many people around, Hyacinth was forced to act more reserved, which is why she didn't utter her classic line.
After everyone drew their lot from the lottery box and showed it to Red Rose and the trembling Marigold beside her for confirmation, the group, now with nothing else to do, formed their own teams and left to wander around Chengdu and pass the time.
After all, it's not right for so many people to be crammed onto the villain's rooftop. They've come all this way, so we can't just let them sit in the living room and watch TV, can we? It would be more reasonable to temporarily disperse them for free time and call them back once the event officially begins.
In order to gather so many magical girls, the Hero Association mobilized all forces and carried out a large-scale personnel transfer. However, such a large-scale transfer could not be concealed. They even publicly announced the "Chengdu Magical Investigation and Survey Activity" in the name of Red Rose to avoid enthusiastic fans flocking to Chengdu.
"In this way, all the mental worlds are assigned to one person to guard."
Su Tianqing sighed, looking at the list of talented individuals from various mental worlds, and her eyes twitched violently again.
You don't know until you see it, and the summary is astonishing. I never imagined that Marigold and Sasha could come up with so many top-notch creations—besides card games, racing, and the underground dungeons of GTA casinos, the Frankenstein's monster worlds they created include, but are not limited to:
"Play as a malfunctioning robot in a tower and engage in Rogue-like combat, but the combat style is no-holds-barred octagonal fighting against each opponent in each level."
"I piloted the easy-to-operate Zaku robot to stop Axis from landing, but the radar showed that the opponent's models were RX93μ and RX105ξ."
"And then there's this... Surviving and exploring in a world where characters and building models are all blocky, with the ultimate goal of entering the End and defeating a giant dragon called the Ender Dragon, but for some reason, you're wearing the Seven Cursed Rings on your hand."
"And this... what is this? Oh, driving a tank to fight the enemy, you can use powerful tanks like the E-100 and IS-7, but the enemy's model is called the M1A2-SEPv3 Abrams."
"What is all this?! What is this garbage?!"
"Wait a minute, there's this avatar where you play an idol and perform on stage to earn points, it sounds pretty good... What does it mean to run 2500m before starting the performance?"
After glancing at the increasingly incredible mental worlds behind her, Su Tianqing felt that this plan might not be so reliable.
Theoretically, the idea is to use the mental world to intercept Garuda's invasion of the mortal realm. But once it reaches the point of casting a wide net, it seems that the chaos of these mental worlds will become an obstacle for the observers.
"Forget it, instead of racking my brains here, I'd better trust the magical girls' initiative. After all, they're all good kids recognized by Fanxing, so this little difficulty shouldn't be too hard for them," Su Tianqing thought.
...It seems like it's not entirely accurate.
Well, anyway, today's activities won't officially begin until tonight, and this fox still has a rather important thing to do—
Sasha's gaze is key to Garuda's choice of victims.
She kept this news very secret, only discussing it with Inari. After thinking for a while, the two fox tails swayed in unison and decided not to reveal it for the time being, so as not to affect everyone's attitude towards Sasha.
However, concealing the news did not mean ignoring this important intelligence. After carefully discussing countermeasures with Inari, Su Tianqing decided to do something very important during the day.
"That's right, we're going to meet Sasha's dad."
Standing in front of the Orc Mutual Aid Association, the cat and fox looked up at the building they had visited before.
Nan Jiayu slowly swayed her cat tail, tilted her head, and whispered to the fox girl beside her:
"Tianqing, are you sure Sasha's dad will talk to us about these things?"
"Don't worry, I've done my research beforehand, they'll definitely be happy to talk to us." Su Tianqing gave a thumbs up, very confident.
While it's not something Su Tianqing enjoys prying into other people's lives, in the current situation where she urgently needs to gather information, talking to Sparrow's father about Sasha's past is crucial for deducing Sasha's true identity.
As they entered the mutual aid association and walked towards the meeting room, they encountered Messiah, a white-haired girl who was on the phone, at the door.
Seeing the almost unchanging duo arrive, Messiah briefly explained the situation to the person on the other end of the phone before hanging up and turning to face the two of them.
"Good morning, Miss Su Tianqing and Miss Nan Jiayu."
"Good morning," the golden fox greeted politely, its tail wagging happily a few times.
Nan Jiayu gave a brief greeting and was just about to say something when the previously closed conference room door suddenly opened from the inside, revealing a small winged human head.
"Chirp chirp?"
The sparrow-winged man with several hair clips and bows hanging on his head tilted his head and stared at the cat and fox for a while before casting a questioning look at the white-haired girl Messiah who was turning around to look at him.
"Hmm...could these two be...?"
"That's right, Miss Su Tianqing and Miss Nan Jiayu are two specially certified sponsors of the Orc Mutual Aid Association," Messiah said with a smile.
"Although they are still relatively young, they have already made a long-term sponsorship commitment to a poor orc girl, making them very trustworthy partners."
"Mr. Shishi, if you have any concerns, please feel free to mention them, and we'll try our best to find a solution—" "Wow! It's the two of you!"
Before Messiah could finish speaking, Sparrow Dad hopped out of the meeting room, flapping his wings several times and making surprised and astonished noises.
Su Tianqing and Messiah exchanged a glance, then Su Tianqing shrugged at Messiah, who was wide-eyed and bewildered by what had happened.
The conversation went quite smoothly.
Based on the script that Su Tianqing and Daohe had devised, and considering that Wang Xiaowang had previously brought Xiaoyu to the mutual aid association to provide long-term assistance, they easily made contact with the association.
Furthermore, having used his internal access to the Dandelion Association to investigate Sasha and her father's financial situation, he had the final say on the matter of providing financial assistance.
"We and the Hero Association are deeply saddened by the tragedy that has befallen your family, and we hope to offer any assistance we can," Messiah said calmly to the old man in front of her.
"But we also understand that Sasha is actually an adopted daughter that you and your wife adopted more than 1 years ago. Could you give us a brief explanation of this, Mr. Zhizhi? This would be helpful for our subsequent financial assistance."
"Chirp chirp... This one..." The sparrow father, called Zhizhi, was a little flustered and nervous, his wings wrapped around his body as he looked awkward.
He was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly reached into his collar with his wingtip and lifted a small flip-top pendant from his neck, showing the people in front of him an old photograph tucked inside the pendant.
The photo shows a flamboyant sparrow-winged person standing next to another smiling sparrow-winged person—slightly taller and noticeably more robust.
"This is a photo of my wife and me on our wedding day." Sparrow Dad gazed at the photo, a nostalgic smile on his face.
Su Tianqing and Nan Jiayu exchanged a glance. Messiah remained silent, both quietly giving the topic to this sparrow-winged human who looked no different from a human girl but was actually the father of several children.
"When I first met her... I was in high school at the time. She was the best fighter in the school. Even Yanzi, who was a size older than her, would be suppressed and beaten up by her at low altitude."
Suppressed at low altitude? It seems the fighting style among winged people is quite unique. Su Tianqing thought to herself.
"Because she lives next door to me, we have a pretty good relationship. I often help her sew up her school uniform after it gets damaged by the people across the street, and I also bring her band-aids."
"Then one day when I was coming home from school, she and several of her sisters, who were about the same size as her, cornered me by the field and shoved a crooked love letter into my hand."
"Her handwriting is really ugly."
At this point, Sparrow Dad's smile became even sweeter.
"And then..."
"The year I graduated, I was admitted to university, but she didn't continue her studies. When she saw me off at the station, she said to me, 'Ah Zhi, you are the only university student in the village. I can't study as well as you, so I won't go to study in another place with you.'"
"...I have never forgotten her, and she has never forgotten me."
"After I graduated from university, I returned to the village and led everyone to do business together. The village gradually became richer, with small buildings being built, shopping malls being opened, and an amusement park being opened."
"Two years later, I married her, and together we laid many eggs and hatched many babies."
Sparrow Dad's smile became even sweeter, yet it concealed an indescribable sadness.
"...It was probably 1 years ago, one night."
"I was in my bedroom studying the latest fashions when she rushed in and said to me, 'Oh no! A rock has smashed our front door!'"
"We rushed to the gate together, but the gate had completely collapsed. All we could see in the crater was a dusty object... with black patterns..."
The sparrow father spread his wings and gestured to indicate the size of the thing.
"A really, really big egg."