I have found out your real name

Chapter 279 Is it really okay to have a decisive battle in such an atmosphere?
"Although I think this is our first meeting, you seem to have an impression of me? Could it be that we have actually met before?"

Sunlight slants into the room from the glass of the cafe, and dust in the air floats up and down in the light beam.

The woman with red hair and a long ponytail picked up the tea cup in front of her and gently stirred it with a spoon.

On the day when Chiyo City recovered from the summoning incident from another world, Li Wu met the magical girl from the Countermeasures Bureau mentioned by Shiratori Mai.

In addition to Hikaru, who was temporarily in a coma, and Airisa, who was watching her in the hospital, Shiratori, who had been in contact with her before, and Aoi Hoshikawa, who might have known each other, were also present. At this moment, the three of them were crowded on a bench, with this person. A sister wearing a long trench coat and looking a bit like a movie agent sat opposite each other.

"I heard Xingchuan mention you. It is said that you are a reliable senior."

In fact, a more accurate statement is that when he first met Aoi Hoshikawa, due to Uehara Yuichi's illusion attack, he had a glimpse of her memory when she was 12 years old and became a magical girl.

At that time, it was the magician in front of me who tricked Xiao Xingchuan onto this path - what is magic?

"What do you call people over 20 years old in your industry? Are they still called magical girls?"

Although there was a line of words "Senior Magical Girl" on her head, Li Wu, who was not sure whether she should be called that, whispered in Hoshikawa Aoi's ear.

After all, what does senior type mean?It doesn't sound very good for your brain health.

Aoi Hoshikawa kept her posture upright and stepped on him lightly.

"20 years old...it seems that I look quite young."

The other party sighed, "It's really too shameless for an aunt in her 30s to call herself a magical girl, isn't it? I think so too. Should I report to the bureau to promote the age-based classification system as soon as possible and increase the number of magical girls? What about titles like sister, magic aunt, magic grandmother, etc.?”

"Is there no retirement age for the Countermeasures Bureau?"

Li Wu imagined the scene of a group of sixty-year-old magical grandmothers tremblingly throwing away their crutches, transforming and fighting monsters from the negative realm for [-] rounds, and shudderingly glanced at Aoi Hoshikawa next to him.

"I don't want to be called that!"

The girl, who is obviously too early to retire, firmly resisted, "And our appearance will not age after a certain stage. It doesn't matter even if we are over 100 years old and call ourselves magical girls."

"Is it so convenient?"

This was the first time he heard such knowledge.

"Yeah, yeah, so don't worry about the longevity theory."

The red-haired woman put down her teacup, put her chin in one hand and looked at the two people talking with interest, "How about this classmate Li, is he confident that he can live as long as Xiaokui?"

"I'll do my best."

He answered subconsciously, while Hoshikawa Aoi next to him straightened up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

"How did you know?!"

"High school students' love is as obvious as a puddle five centimeters deep, and you complained to Miki last time that you saw a boy in your class being bitten by a female vampire..."

Before she could finish her words, a shy and angry junior covered her mouth across the table.

"Does that refer to Airisa? Has Hoshikawa-san ever done something like this?"

Shiratori Mai, who finally found a chance to interrupt, gave her a meaningful look.

It turns out that so early...

"Don't go off topic."

Li Wu helped her out, "Sister, maybe you heard Xingchuan mention us, but we don't know your name yet?"

Hearing his call, the magical girl of unknown age brightened up and took off the hand that blocked her mouth: "My name is Shika Ryoka. My brother-in-law, just call me Ryoka."

"Oh, it turns out you have a sister, Li Wujun?"

Shiratori Mai pretended to be surprised and covered her mouth.

"Little Zhenyi can also be my sister."

Shika Ryoka smiled and dismissed her teasing.

The two of them had known each other since they were dragged into the gap between another world and this world in Chiyo City. It was also with the help of each other that she was able to reconnect with several people trapped in it.

"So, what happened?"

When Hoshikawa Aoi gradually began to cut the snacks in front of her angrily, the senior said with a straight face, "We only know that a city suddenly disappeared, and then the frequency of nearby negative realm monsters began to increase sharply, until we encountered a small After the exchange with Zhenyi, we pieced together the general situation, but the specific details need to be supplemented by you, as those who have experienced it firsthand."

Li Wu glanced at the magical girl on his side, and she nodded.

To be honest, the amount of information he just heard from Lilith was indeed too great, especially the part about himself. Apart from informing several partners who had experienced this incident together, he was not sure whether he should leak it to others.

But when it comes to secrets such as world consciousness, they may not be able to deal with them more efficiently on their own than communicating with long-established civilian extraordinary organizations. In addition, with the relationship of Hoshikawa Aoi, there is an extra layer of protection.

So Li Wu picked up the important parts, including the existence of Lilith; the collision between the two worlds; known as the principle of the world, the basic law that regulates supernatural power and the balance of the daily world is collapsing; he is called the world by the other party Consciousness recovers extraordinary power, a cleaning tool to survive this crisis; the purpose of the existence of the Guiyi Association...

The heat rising above the coffee cup dissipated over time.

Lu Liangxiang's expression also changed from calm to colorful, and finally returned to numbness.

She rubbed her temples: "In this case, it corresponds to some of the information we had in the past."

"Do we have any information related to this incident?"

Hoshikawa Aoi's eyes are clear and foolish... innocent.

"You only became a magical girl in the past few years, so it's normal that you don't know."

Lu Liangxiang began to show off her qualifications, "Nearly ten years ago, someone in the bureau proposed that the negative realm monsters come from another dimension that is completely different from ours. Therefore, they cannot be accommodated by any supernatural system and are labeled as outsiders. The names of animals. Like this incident, we originally thought we had finally discovered their native world."

"But if what you just said is true, there is another guess."

She became excited like a mathematician who had solved a century-old problem. "It is not an alien creature, but a new species born from the collision of two worlds."

"This can explain why the Unification Society can use its power to coordinate different cultural systems and achieve unprecedented results, because in the symbolic sense of occultism, it is the product of the hybridization of our worldview and the other world! It is simply like a wound in the world It’s the same existence after becoming a sperm.”

"You have such a big imagination, Sister Liangxiang, but does this conjecture help the current situation?"

Li Wu recalled that Guiyihui used them to create monsters and turned Airisa's father into a dragon, and had to admit that the other party's guess had some truth.

"Not yet, but it might make sense in the future."

Shika Ryoka waved her hand nonchalantly.

"I want to ask a question."

Shiratori Mai, who had been observing from the sidelines, raised her hand, "Ms. Ryoka, you don't seem to be very interested in the identity of the president of the Institute?"

Generally speaking, when you discover that "the leader of an evil organization turns out to be a young girl," you have to be a little surprised, right?

"No, I'm intrigued and pretty shocked."

Her tone didn't sound like she was shocked at all, "The guy you described sounds like the same person as the creator of magical girls."

"Eh?!"

"Why are you surprised too?" Xingchuan Aoi's exclamation directly dispelled the unexpected feeling in Li Wu's heart.

However, during the battle, Lilith did demonstrate the ability of magical girls to transform. It is not incomprehensible that she is related to them.

"Magical girls are a very young supernatural group created by a powerful witch to deal with monsters from the negative realm - according to you, if the other party has witnessed the existence of world collision, then it is not enough to be able to make corresponding preparations. strange."

The older magical girl frowned, "What's more, there are rumors about the founder itself that are not true or false. The Countermeasures Bureau was not founded by her, but was originally an organization founded by several magical girls. So rather than caring about each other, It’s better to focus on other issues.”

"For example, if she thinks that you play an important role in the script written by the world's consciousness, and will eventually kill all supernatural individuals including herself, wouldn't the easiest way be to eliminate you from the beginning?"

Li Wu recalled his previous conversation with Lilith: "She seemed to firmly believe that such a thing could not be done, and believed that including creating an earlier series of events was part of her plan."

Aoi Hoshikawa sighed: "It's like acting as a villain who harasses me every day. It's so troublesome."

"Being...a villain?"

After Lu Liangxiang repeated her unintentional words, she stood up from the table, "I'm going to discuss this matter with everyone."

"Slow down, Ryoka-senpai."

Aoi Hoshikawa, who called her that for the first time today, grabbed the other party's wrist, "I want to know how the Countermeasures Bureau would react if they knew Lilith's views on Li Jun?"

She stared at Lu Liangxiang's face: "Will you contact other people...to implement the easiest method you just mentioned?"

The red-haired magical girl took out her hand and shook her head: "Have you ever heard of self-fulfillment of prophecies, Xiaokui?"

"...say something I can understand."

Li Wu patted the frustrated girl on the shoulder to express comfort. Lu Liangxiang pressed her forehead helplessly: "To put it simply, the actions you took to avoid a certain future situation actually led to that situation. Happen. In this case, taking hostile or annihilative actions without authorization may lead to a situation that the world consciousness is happy to see."

"So don't worry, I'm here to find Lilith's whereabouts and find out the purpose of her plan."

She patted her chest and assured, "As for you, just take a break for a while like high school students. I have a hunch that things will still involve you in the future."

*
"It's been almost half a month since the last time she said that."

In early November, the season gradually enters the prelude to winter. The red maple leaves seem to be seizing the last moment of autumn, swaying slightly in the chilly wind.

But contrary to the temperature outside, the doors and windows inside the club activities are closed and the temperature is pleasant.

Li Wu threw the pumpkin ghost mask in his hand into the glove box in the corner and sighed as mentioned above.

So far, I haven't seen Shikamaru Ryoka - she is probably dead.

"Don't worry, Mr. Li. I saw the senior's blog was updated before. He should still be alive."

Aoi Hoshikawa lay lazily on the table in the activity room like a sleeping Maine Coon cat, with a pink blanket covering her legs in pantyhose.

Is she really afraid of the cold?
"I accepted the candy from the Halloween event."

Hikaru reached for the snack plate in front of him, but the target was removed by another hand.

"No, Xiaoguang has already eaten a third of it by himself, and the rest belongs to everyone."

Airisa protested feebly, yawning as she pushed the plate further away. After trying hard to reach it a few times, she stopped in place like a salted fish that failed to jump.

"Forget it, don't do it. The destroyer of one-third of the world sounds pretty cool too."

"The only thing you destroyed was sugar..."

Their interactions also exude a candy-like softness, which is truly heartwarming.

But, that's not right.

There was a desire to say something out loud rushing in my chest.

"——After the last sports festival, didn't we already make a declaration of decisive battle to unite as one and unite as one?"

It seems that the atmosphere at that time was full of enthusiasm to fight!Let’s defeat the final enemy and finish the first season!
"Why did you spend Halloween as if nothing had happened after it was over, and then returned to normal, no, even more lazy than usual?!"

"There's nothing we can do about it. It's this season after all, Li Wujun."

Shiratori Makoto comfortably took a sip of the hot green tea, "When I bring the electric heater from home here in the winter, the situation may become more serious."

"Ah, let's put it under the table and make it into a kotatsu."

"good idea."

She and Aoi Hoshikawa on the opposite side asked and answered questions and decided on the winter strategy.

"Um, what did everyone say before that they will definitely cure me and face the cruel future with me?"

"I don't think I said the second part...but we will face it together. I love you."

"I don't know why I can't feel love at all..."

Hoshikawa Aoi grabbed her boyfriend's hand, put it against her cheek and rubbed it lazily.

"Actually, if you think about it carefully, if you follow what I said in the other world, after establishing a new world through Lilith's plan, it wouldn't be a bad thing to be able to have just Xiao Wu and me together... As long as I can find a way to reconcile with her by myself. Enough."

"Don't reconcile easily!"

What happened to his childhood sweetheart?

"This is just a joke. Xiaoguang did this to make you less nervous...right?"

"Why did you end it with a question? And you just yawned again."

"I can't help it, because I'm a cold-blooded animal."

It really is.

"It's all the fault of the climate, which makes everyone lazy."

Shiratori Mayi cheered up, "I'm going to practice my abilities more. Maybe a battle will come at any time——"

As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the activity room was suddenly pushed open, and cold air poured in.

"Finally found Lilith's whereabouts - what are you doing?"

The red-haired magical girl, whom she hadn't seen for half a month, stared at a room full of useless people.

Her cute junior maintained his posture of lying on the table and raised his right fist: "The decisive battle with Guiyikai - yeah!"

"yeah--"

It was completely untidy, and there were many cheering chants that were prolonged due to lack of energy.

Li Wu: "..."

"Is it really okay to have a decisive battle in such an atmosphere?"

(End of this chapter)