Get off work and become a magical girl

Chapter 5 Crisis
"Watch out for the beast tonight?"

These words made Lin Yun a little uneasy during his work all afternoon.

There is no other reason, because this sentence reveals too much information, making it impossible for him to regard it as a simple harassing call or a prank.

His daughter is a magical girl, except for himself and Hong Siyu, no one else should know about it now; as for the fact that he himself was a magical girl, probably only a few people know about it.What's more, he can confirm that the only ones who know this information are his companions, or former companions.

So, could this call be from Hongsiyu?

There is a possibility, but what reason does she have to play tricks and make such an anonymous call?As an official, Hong Siyu had solemnly promised him that he would take care of his daughter more, and this kind of topic could be put on the table.

Adhering to the attitude of preferring to believe in what he has, he sent a message to Hong Siyu:
【You called me? 】

[? ] This is the other party's reply.

It doesn't seem to be her.

Several candidates flashed across his mind, and they were rejected one by one. Lin Yun still couldn't find a clue.

So, is it just a prank call made in a wrong way?
This possibility is actually not small, and it can even be said that it is very large. After all, many scam calls these days are based on this kind of routine. There are reasons for believing it to be true.

Lin Yun wanted to convince himself with this, but his heart was not peaceful at all.

In this way, it was evening.His preoccupied appearance was noticed by his subordinates who worked with him all the year round, and even asked him if he was in any trouble. Lin Yun shook his head, and did not share this hysterical-sounding topic with the other party.

Riding the tram, he didn't return home until dark. Lin Yun looked at the shoe cabinet in the entrance with worry, and he was sure that his daughter's shoes were already there.Across the living room, I saw the dishes and chopsticks that had been washed in the sink in the kitchen. When I walked to the door of my daughter's room, I saw the light shining through the crack of the door. All signs indicated that Lin Xiaolu was still at home.

This made Lin Yun somewhat relieved.

Even if there are some dangerous beasts, as long as the daughter is still at home, it means her safety is guaranteed.

What's more, there is no reason for Hong Siyu not to notify him of such a thing as a crippled beast.

With a strange mood in mind, Lin Yun finished his dinner, walked into the study, and started to deal with the unfinished work in the company.When he was not working, he also kept a certain amount of attention on his daughter's room to ensure that there would be no situation where Lin Xiaolu sneaked out but he didn't know about it.

Until midnight, nothing unusual was found.When the clock reached 12 o'clock, Lin Yun, who had been working all day, felt that it was really difficult for him to stay awake, so he lay down on the bed after a long wait and fell asleep.

In the haze, he didn't know how long it had passed.

Just at a certain moment, he seemed to hear some kind of strange noise.

Then, in the darkness, Lin Yun woke up from the bed.

His heart beat inexplicably faster, and his breathing also became short of breath. He didn't remember whether he was dreaming, but after waking up, his mood seemed to have changed a lot.

Picking up the phone in the dark, the screen lit up, and the time display was ten past two.

Obviously just woke up, but after figuring out the situation, Lin Yun felt a very strong premonition in his heart.

This premonition was even strong enough to make him feel very familiar, so that he instantly remembered when the last similar experience happened.

— the day his wife died.

"...Impossible, right?"

The words came out of his mouth, with a kind of uncertainty that even he could hear.

Lin Yun got off the bed, hurriedly opened the bedroom door, and looked in the direction of his daughter's room.No longer caring about any taboos and hesitation, he rushed to the door of his room and knocked on the door.

Nothing happened.

Lin Yun was not discouraged, but knocked on the door repeatedly, getting louder and louder. The empty knock echoed in the dark corridor, but still did not get any response.

"Impossible?" he repeated.

Glancing at the door and the blurred note in the dark, Lin Yun gritted his teeth and started to twist the doorknob.

creak.

The door is locked.

He didn't know if his daughter's door was locked on weekdays, after all, he had never tried to open the door, but now, this situation had to make him have some negative associations.

Did she sneak out alone?

Picking up the phone, he started to call Hong Siyu, but he got the answer "no answer".

Clicking on the search engine, he began to enter keywords such as "Fangting City" and "Remnant Beast", but it was still like finding a needle in a haystack. Even the events of last week had been covered by various new hotspots, and there was no news.

It seemed that in an instant, all the coincidences collided, and he suddenly lost all clues about the movement of the remnant beast in Fangting City.

Naturally, he also lost all control over his daughter's movements.

He tried to calm himself down, telling himself that no one answered the door, and it was not because his daughter ran out to deal with the beast alone in the early morning.It's just that the daughter hates him as always, and she doesn't want to talk to the neurotic father who came knocking on the door for no reason in the middle of the night. This kind of explanation is actually very reasonable, and it is much more reasonable than the unreasonable guesses in his mind now.

However, he was inexplicably convinced of the premonition in his heart.

So he looked at his call log, the second page, the third from the bottom.It was at noon, that completely unfamiliar number called suddenly.

His finger hovered over that option for a long time, and with some expectation, he pressed the number.

can dial.

It made his breathing stagnate.

Every second of the standby tone during the call seemed as long as a century. Listening to the long tone of "beep-beep-", Lin Yun clenched the communicator tightly.

Then, the other side connected.

"Hiss".

Still a heavy noise.

As if the signal had been seriously interfered with, the sound of the call was intermittent, hitting Lin Yun's eardrums, and then, until a certain point in time, all the noise dissipated.

"On the outskirts of the city, a wetland park."

After just a few words, the call was hung up.

The surroundings returned to tranquility again, as if it was still that ordinary night.

Putting down his phone, Lin Yun turned his head and looked at the living room inside the house, only to see the faint moonlight cast a hazy white glow on the ground, bright and quiet, plain and peaceful.This seemed to be another image deep inside him, another voice, telling him at this point, "Don't go".

Once he stepped out of the house at this moment, those things that he had sacrificed so much to maintain would no longer exist.

It's just that for Lin Yun, this kind of decision-making is meaningless.When the child's safety is put on the scale, the chips on the other end of the scale have long been irrelevant.

Taking steps, he rushed out of the house almost as fast as he could.

He opened the door of the SUV that he hadn't opened for a long time, and he put the car key on it.Then, amidst the roar, the horsepower driving at the speed limit in Yuanyuan supermarket rushed onto the road.

"I have to go."

As if trying to instill a certain concept into himself, he talked to himself like this.

Now he can even feel the flow of his own blood, rushing to the buzzing of his brain.

The speed of the car was still increasing, and he stepped on the accelerator to the controllable extreme with a speed comparable to that of a drag racer, passed through an unknown number of signal lights, and ran wildly all the way.Whether it is a violation of the rules or a car accident, these risks are not worth mentioning at this moment, because he knows that no matter what, he must go to his daughter first.

He brought the flower of the heart that had been silent. Although he had tried before and he hadn't been able to transform into a magical girl, he still had some unrealistic hopes.

In other words, there is an idea in the dark, telling him that he can do it this time.

The distracting thoughts in his mind have been messed up for a long time, and he can't explain his current state clearly. The chaotic emotions, memories, and high physical tension make his thinking become illogical.

The only clear idea is "I don't want my daughter to have an accident".

(End of this chapter)