Chapter 231 Player, Witch, or Magical Girl?

Gujiu Sichan Coast, a room on the second floor of a villa near the resort.

"She is actually... a player?"

The owl stood there in a daze, with a storm of emotions rising in his heart.

It tilted its head, and stared at the back of the girl in front of it with its beak and eyes. It was not until Shi Naian's back left that a little light appeared in its dull blue eyes.

Immediately, the owl lowered its head in despair, and its beak and wings drooped down and rested on the soft bed.

At this moment, Ke Mingye, who was sitting on Platform No. 7 in the abandoned train station in the Laojingmai District, suddenly opened his eyes and woke up from the public wooden chair.

"Wait a minute, how did my contracted beast fool the player? Am I fooling others or is she fooling me? Have I fallen into a trap?"

Ke Mingye murmured, staring blankly at the rusty railroad track in front of him.

He bent over slightly, crossed his hands under his chin, and cold sweat ran down his forehead.

He thought to himself, "My judgment is absolutely correct. How can playing the piano be that kind of gesture? That's clearly how you operate the player panel. I do this every day, how could I be wrong... Then should I go meet her now and send her a friend request to determine whether she is a player?"

No...

This is too risky. Her background and the purpose of concealing her identity are still unclear. I need to observe her for a while. It would be a mistake to let my real body approach her rashly.

Thinking of this, Ke Mingye closed his eyes and continued to focus on the perspective of his contracted beast Kobe.

The coolness on my cheeks, the early morning sea breeze was blowing the curtains, and Owl could hear the sound of the waves coming from a corner of the beach. I sniffed, and the hot wind with a salty and humid smell filled my nostrils. This is the beauty of living by the sea.

It’s nice to have money…

Why am I the only one born in such a chaotic environment, filled with intrigues every day and afraid of dying the next second, and have to squeeze into one house with eight other people during summer vacation? Why are my parents not apparently wealthy? Why am I not the only child living in a big villa by the sea?

The owl sighed silently in his heart.

Then it got up from the bed, and while Schnaian wasn't back yet, it wanted to search the room for any clues, so it flapped its wings, flew to the bedside table, and opened the drawer with its beak.

There was nothing noteworthy in the drawer except a girls' comic, a roll of tissue paper, and a tablet computer.

It closed the drawer silently, and then looked at the clothes hanger, under the bed, balcony, toilet, and scanned every corner. Finally, it found that everything it saw was ordinary, and there were no items unique to the player.

Owl shook his head and sighed.

Fortunately, the contracted beast does not shed its hair, otherwise its feathers would be scattered everywhere.

It stood on the handrail of the balcony, glanced at the beach not far away, and the bright sunshine was blowing towards it.

"How unlucky must I be to have contracted a player? She's not already thinking about how to kill me, is she? But the contracted beast is not a superhuman, so killing me won't do her any good..."

"Wait a minute, my plan to get her into the Tongmenghui seems to have failed. As long as Xi Ziyue takes out the brain imaging helmet, won't Shi Naian be finished?"

Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on Owl's head.

Originally, it planned to transform Schnaian into a magical girl, then take her to meet Little Red Riding Hood, and then let Little Red Riding Hood lead her to join the Magical Girls League - but all these ideas were based on the premise that Schnaian was an ordinary person.

Now think about it, if he really did that, he would be doomed.

If Ke Mingye hadn't discovered that she was a player, he would have tricked her into coming to Little Red Riding Hood and let her join the Magical Girls League and become one of its members.

Then her identity will be exposed during routine brain imaging helmet testing, and then Little Red Riding Hood, as the introducer, will also be suspected by the three giants of the Tongmenghui.

After that, if Xiziyue suddenly has time one day and uses some means to observe Little Red Riding Hood intensively, she will find out that Little Red Riding Hood is actually played by Ke Mingye using a trick puppet, which is why she can avoid detection by the brain imaging helmet.

It's hurting others and yourself...

"Damn it... Why did I choose her? I was deceived by the S-level potential identified by the system. I thought I had drawn an SSR - this is a player. Her potential after becoming a magical girl must be S-level! After all, just adding points every day for a year can increase her spiritual attributes to nearly 500. How can it not be S-level?"

The owl pecked at the balcony handrail with its beak, thinking with great sorrow and anger.

At this moment, it suddenly recalled that this man's personality was obviously like that of a lazy dog. He spoke weakly and looked like he was going to die on the road in the next second. However, he was running hard on the beach early in the morning with dark circles under his eyes and doing sit-ups. He was really strong-willed despite his physical disability!
however……

It turns out that this guy is not physically disabled but mentally strong, but... she is just doing her fucking daily tasks!

And she is also an ultimate lazy dog. After she finished daily task one and daily task two, she only did less than 5 of the sit-ups and then she just lay on the ground and gave up!

The owl suddenly realized and reflected on his mistakes.

Immediately, his expression suddenly became serious.

Wait, if this Shi Naian is really a player, then why doesn’t she join our local player discussion group?

Every time you enter a new city, you should be able to join the local discussion group of that city - my real body has always stayed in the Beijing area, so I have no way to verify this, but Wenhuaren and Orange Peel have experimented with this in Tokyo.

But after she came to the Beijing area, she did not join our local discussion group, nor did she contact us secretly in any way. Instead, she hid quietly in the city.

What's the reason?
Could it be that... this is a player like "Gastro" who has developed feelings for her rich parents, so she lurked in this city without notifying us and wants to kill us all?
Thinking of this, Owl took a deep breath.

After all, there is Gastro's previous experience. Now he knows that not all players are trustworthy.

So it secretly decided to find out the origin and purpose of this player. If this person has bad intentions and wants to kill other players like Gastro, then it will first trick her into the Magical Girls League, then let Little Red Riding Hood report her to the Magical Girls League, bring her to justice, and establish a great reputation.

After all, Shi Naian is not like Cai Bing, Fan Quan and others who have important information about Ke Mingye. It is even possible that Shi Naian has not yet contacted the players here.

Therefore, even if she was caught by the authorities, she would not reveal any key information that would be harmful to Ke Mingye. If she had ill intentions, it would not be a bad thing to sell her out as soon as possible.

But this is just speculation. What if Shi Naian has secretly obtained the information of these players through some means?

So the key point now is...

Does she know about our situation?

"No hurry, let's observe first to see if she knows of our existence."

With this in mind, the owl turned on stealth mode, tiptoed out of the room carefully, walked around the villa, and finally came to the kitchen on the first floor.

It raised its eyes and glanced at the three people sitting at the dining table, namely Shi Naian and Shi Naian's parents.

Her parents were both ordinary people, with no superhuman features on their heads. They had a very noble temperament and wore expensive pajamas, and it was obvious that they were very rich.

"Her parents are ordinary people." Owl breathed a sigh of relief, thinking, "That's good. There are no superhumans in her family. They won't become traitors to save the people around them like Gastro did."

Just as he was thinking, he saw that Shi Naian had stood up from the dining table and said to his parents, "I'm full." The owl did not stay any longer to avoid being discovered. Soon, it carefully returned to Shi Naian's room.

After finishing breakfast, Shi Naian quickly returned to his room.

She stood outside the door, holding a popsicle in her mouth, and glanced at the empty bed expressionlessly.

Then he walked into the room, closed the door, locked it, and said to the air in front of him: "You can come out now."

Hearing this, Owl canceled his stealth mode.

At the same time, Ke Mingye, who was at the train station, took out a Class C item - a "lie detector necklace" from his bag and held it in his palm.

[Ability of the "lie detector necklace": Press the necklace to confirm within 10 seconds whether the other person is lying. (Cooling time is 24 hours)]

This is what Ke Mingye learned from the personality of the strange thing:

——You can let one clone ask questions, and the other clone use the polygraph necklace to determine whether what the other person says is true or false. In this way, there is no need to worry about the existence of the polygraph necklace being discovered by the other person - after all, the two clones are tens of thousands of miles apart.

[The effect of the lie detector necklace has been activated. It can confirm whether a subject's words are lies within 10 seconds. ]

At this time, Ke Mingye took a deep breath and immediately asked her a question with the contracted beast: "Do you know the failed Man Anti-Dog, the inexplicable Dream Caibing, and the paranoid Orange Peel?"

After finishing all of this in one breath, Owl held his chest and took two breaths.

Shi Naian tilted his head, raised his eyes with heavy dark circles, and said without thinking: "What are you talking about? These names are too abstract to be human names. You ask me if I know them. Do you think I'm a Martian?"

"So... do you know them?"

The owl stared at her and spoke very quickly, "These people are the gods of magical girls throughout the ages, especially this one called Anti-Dog. She is the first male magical girl in human history, and her significance is huge. She is recorded in history and praised by countless future generations. If you have hallucinations when you hear their names, it means that you have very high qualifications as a magical girl. So when you heard their names, you really didn't feel your magical girl heart burning, didn't you really feel that they sounded familiar?"

"do not know."

As he spoke, Shi Naian yawned and added expressionlessly, "What kind of magical girl god would have such a name? I feel like they are more like... the Shamatte God. Especially this inexplicable dream, it's invincible."

【According to the test results of the lie detector necklace, the other party did not lie. 】

Owl breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that she didn't seem to know the details of other players in this city.

It thought for a moment, and before the effect of the lie detector necklace wore off, it quickly asked, "Do you have any thoughts of murdering anyone?"

"What are you talking about?" Shi Naian nibbled on a piece of chocolate biscuit and said listlessly, "Do contracted beasts like to ask these inexplicable questions... Oh, I understand. Are you worried that I will use the power of a magical girl to harm people?" "Really? Answer me quickly!" Seeing that the ten seconds were almost up, the Owl's face gradually became serious.

"No, I just want to lie down. Are you satisfied?"

Schnaian said calmly, taking a sip of his popsicle.

【According to the test results of the lie detector necklace, the other party was not lying. 】

[The duration of the polygraph necklace's ability has expired. ]

"That's okay."

Seeing this, Ke Mingye breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this person didn't seem to be a traitor, but just a lazy guy who wanted to live a life of idleness and wait for death. No wonder he didn't contact them even though he came to the Beijing area.

"It is said that if the superhumans are not exterminated in a year, they will die. But this guy can still lie down. His concentration is really great. He must have been a Buddhist in his previous life." He thought secretly.

What should we do now?
Should I reveal my identity to her?

That's not good. She looks like she doesn't want to interact with other players, otherwise she would have no reason to avoid us.

No, since she wants to lie down, I must not let her lie down.

I have signed a contract with her. Her magic is my magic. If she gets stronger, I get stronger. If she keeps giving up, then wouldn't this contract be in vain?
Besides, where can I find a magical girl with such high potential? She is a player, with daily tasks and a bunch of miscellaneous enhancements. Her growth rate must be several times faster than other magical girls.

It is impossible for other magical girls to grow to Xiziyue's level within a year.

But Schneien can.

Therefore, the value of a contract with her must be much higher than a contract with other magical girls.

Ke Mingye didn't want to miss this opportunity. Besides, he didn't know if Shi Naian would die if he forcibly terminated the contract and took back the comet fragments from her body. So he naturally couldn't risk her life and terminate the contract with her...

"Everyone knows that players are a community of shared destiny. They are all thinking about how to exterminate the superhumans and save each other's lives. You're the only one who wants to lie down, right? Haha, then you're done. Just work for me, Kobe. After a year when you have mastered your skills, I will take back your magic power and leave it to Little Red Riding Hood."

When the owl thought of this, its body and wings twitched as if it was laughing.

In order to prevent such an evil plan from being exposed, it naturally could not reveal its identity as a player to Shi Naian, otherwise she would probably hide as far away as possible immediately, so it had to disguise itself as a contracted beast and stay by her side for the next year.

Schnaian shuddered and hugged his shoulders in disgust.

She said, "Can you please stop laughing so strangely? It scares me."

"Why do you, a girl, call yourself 'Master'?" Owl coughed, "We have all been chosen to be magical girls, can't we be a little more girly?"

"Because I have a wild heart, don't you accept it?" Shi Naian responded listlessly, holding a popsicle in his mouth.

"You're invincible." The owl used its wings to imitate a thumbs-up.

Shi Naian rubbed her dark circles and said listlessly, "So I am already a magical girl, how do I transform?" She paused, "By the way, I don't even seem to see my own magic wand, but other magical girls have magic wands..." At this point, she took a sip of the popsicle, "You are not kidding me, are you?"

The owl thought for a moment and said, "Before that, give me your phone first."

"You also want to search my browsing history to confirm whether I have any special habits?" Shi Naian said as he handed over his phone and added lightly: "I'm sorry to disappoint you. I am a pure and good boy. I don't have any bad habits except staying up late."

"No, I want to Baidu how a magical girl should transform after the first contract."

Owl said calmly, took Shi Naian's phone and opened the Baidu APP.

Shi Naian sighed: "Are you a contracted beast or not? The first time I saw a contracted beast, I had to Baidu how to transform my magical girl?"

"I have a partnership with Baidu. Don't worry, let me check it out first."

As the owl spoke, it held up the phone with its wings, pecked the screen with its beak, typed in the search box, and finally read the search results word by word in a serious tone:

"Listen carefully. Put your hands together in front of your chest, close your eyes, feel the magic power in your body, mobilize the magic power in your body, and then imagine what it would look like if the magic power were released externally. Finally, feel the shape of that magic power. The first stream of magic power that flows out of your body will slowly form your magic wand after it comes into contact with the air."

"Oh."

Upon hearing this, Shi Naian reluctantly sat cross-legged on the bed and closed his eyes.

She followed the owl's instructions and quickly mobilized the magic power in her body. At the same time, a distorted and illusory ripple appeared on her chest, and the shape of the comet fragments could be seen. At this moment, the fragments were emitting a faint light, looming.

Then, two dazzling halos slowly appeared in front of her, floating in the air.

"What's happening here?"

The owl was stunned and looked down at Baidu. Baidu showed: Generally speaking, there should be only a halo at this time, and the magic girl's wand is wrapped in this halo.

But at this moment, the scene seen by the owl was inconsistent with the Baidu search results: there were two halos floating in front of Shi Naian's body?

It shuddered with fear, and dropped the phone on the bed with its trembling wings, saying in disbelief:
"You... actually have two wands?"

"Two wands?"

Shi Naian was slightly stunned when he heard this, then he opened his eyes and saw the two balls of light floating in front of him.

As the light faded a little, she and the owl were finally able to see the objects wrapped in it. The light on the left side was an ordinary black wand, and the light on the right side was a slender black whip.

"Kobe, what's going on?" she asked, her face shrouded in a faint halo.

The owl glanced at Baidu on his phone, then looked at the two objects, and then took a deep breath.

"There's something wrong with you."

"What's wrong?"

"You have two wands," the owl explained, "normal magical girls only have one, and only one."

"Ah?" Shi Naian was puzzled.

The owl was silent for a while. "Anyway, why don't you transform first and see. Maybe if you use two different wands to transform, you can have two different transformed forms."

As soon as he finished speaking, the wand and whip wrapped in two balls of light fell down and landed on the bed.

Shi Naian moved closer to the owl and whispered, "It's not a good time to transform. My parents are still at home."

"Do you think this is an anime transformation with its own background music? You've locked the door, so what are you afraid of?"

"You make it sound like one of your contracted beasts has transformed."

Ke Mingye sighed and wanted to say that I have really changed, but he didn't say it in the end.

"Forget it... Which wand should I take to transform first?" Shi Naian asked dejectedly.

“Ordinary.”

As soon as the owl finished speaking, Shi Naian had already grasped the black magic wand that fell on the bed, and then her body was instantly covered by a layer of cocoon light.

The next moment, as the cocoon light shattered, Shi Naian's body was dressed in a pink and purple magic dress, and the wand in his hand was embedded with a gem of the same color.

"So ordinary." Owl narrowed his eyes and blurted out, "Not recognizable at all, like a small fry among magical girls."

"Oh, I get it. But as a contracted beast, wouldn't it be discouraging to your magical girl if you speak like this?" Shi Naian asked listlessly.

As she spoke, she looked at her changed face in the mirror opposite the bed. She saw that her facial features had become more delicate and mature, and the dark circles under her eyes had disappeared.

If she used to be like a bad girl who hadn't slept for ten days, now she is a beautiful girl who has become more coordinated and normal in all aspects. But she is just a standard beautiful girl without any recognition.

"It's all right, you have another wand," said the Owl, thinking that this was the main event.

"Okay, let me try."

As he spoke, Schnaian grabbed the ordinary black whip that had fallen on the bed.

The next moment, her clothes changed. A black beret appeared on her head, and her body was wrapped in a black and purple long skirt. A pair of bat-like wings grew from her back. At the same time, the black whip lengthened several times, and a handle suddenly appeared at the end, with an almost broken black gem embedded in the handle.

The owl was stunned: "What...what happened?"

"I still want to ask you."

As Shi Naian spoke, he lowered his head and checked his body, "What's going on... This transformed state feels weird, as if my heart is being pulled by something."

At this moment, the owl stared at her and suddenly its pupils contracted slightly.

"Wait, isn't this..." Ke Mingye was startled, and recalled the appearance of the witch Black Rose that he saw that day. He murmured hoarsely, "The appearance of a witch?"

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