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Chapter 1160 The depths of darkness (the sparkling water is quite delicious)

 “Hey... PMC?”

Facing the woman in front of him, Qian Shu still looked confused, but Commander Kusunoki, who was sitting behind the table, gave an explanation.

“PRIVATEMILITARYCOMPANY—a civilian military company, mainly responsible for solving D disasters.”

 “What is D disaster?”

 “Simply put, it’s demonic possession.”

Facing Qian Shu’s inquiry, Yugiri Ayano gave a very detailed explanation.

"You should have seen that in many movies and novels, there will be plots where demons sign contracts with humans and grant humans power. We call those who sign contracts with demons and gain power as demon-possessed people, and solving these demons The trouble caused by possessed persons is what our AAA is responsible for.”

“Oh, I see... Hey!? Is there such an organization in our city? Why don’t I know about it at all?”

Hearing Yugiri Ayano's answer, Chishu nodded first, and then immediately looked at Commander Kusunoki with dissatisfaction like a cat with fried fur. You know, Qian Shu can be regarded as the ace elite of the DA organization. Even she has never heard of similar information!

“Because you Licoris don’t need to know that it is the PMC’s responsibility to solve the D disaster, and Licoris’s job of maintaining social order is not the same, so the jurisdictions are also different.”

 “Oh…that’s right…”

Thinking of this, Qian Shu felt somewhat close to Ayano Yugiri in front of her.

 “Hey, Qianzhu!”

“But the most important thing is that most demon-possessed people need power because they want to cause commotion in real society, are dissatisfied with politics, have broken social relationships, or have failed in love...”

It's more like a serial murderer... just like the mysterious murderer Qian Shu saw in the movie who committed serial murders on American highways. People disappear mysteriously all the time, but no one ever thought that it was a serial murderer, or even that a murderer existed.

"But that's not the case with witches. They just hide in the barrier, kill others secretly, and never appear at all..."

 Qian Shu also thinks this is indeed strange. After all, from this perspective, the witch is not like ordinary demon-possessed people who seek revenge on others or cause social chaos. On the contrary, they even try their best to prevent others from noticing their existence. This is not like the behavior of terrorists or demon-possessed people at all.

“Ordinary demonic possession is when humans sign a contract with demons and gain power from demons. As a result, they will become very strange beings that far exceed human form..."

While speaking, Yugiri Ayano even lowered her head to Qian Shu and saluted, which made Qian Shu somewhat embarrassed.

"ah……"

“Indeed, as you said, we are not able to deal with existences such as witches, because they are somewhat different from ordinary demonic possession.”

 And in this way, she also understood why Yugiri Ayano said it was different.

Hearing Qian Shu's question without mercy, Commander Kusunoki couldn't help but stop him. After hearing Qian Shu's question, Yugiri Ayano's expression changed slightly, but soon returned to normal. .

"different?"

 After all, everyone is eating this bowl of rice.

 It’s just that the enemies they face don’t look like monsters.

"That's right, so the investigation we can conduct is very limited. In fact, so far, we don't have enough intelligence to prove the existence of the witch, or even find her specific location. It's shameful to say that what we know, I'm afraid there is no Miss Qian Shu, you know a lot. So when we learned about the report you submitted from Commander Kusunoki, we urgently wanted to meet with you so that we could understand the actual situation as soon as possible, please."

Recalling the monster with a head like a fly that he saw in the witch's barrier last night, Qian Shu silently complained.

Speaking of which, Qian Shu can understand. After all, the targets of Lycoris are similar terrorists. No matter what the reason is, the ultimate goal of these people is to retaliate against society and cause social chaos. That's why Lycoris defeated them in an unknown way before they took action.

 In fact, if Qian Shu is concerned, if the witch does not hide in the barrier, but appears directly in front of everyone, it will trigger a large-scale panic in the entire society. After all, that shape... is really difficult to describe. I have nightmares when I see it, and I don’t know if I will dream about it tonight.

"In my opinion, that witch is already inhuman enough..."

Hearing this, Qian Shu also pouted in dissatisfaction. She could understand what Commander Kusunoki meant. It was like a firefighter and a police officer from the crime squad. Although they were both part of the establishment, their respective jobs were generally different. There will be some communication. After all, you can't ask firefighters to investigate serious crimes, and the latter are not good at putting out fires, right?

Um?

“But you haven’t solved the problem yet? That witch was killed by Xiao Ai... Miss Duanmu.”

“Ahaha, saying this really makes me a little shy and embarrassed. To be honest, I don’t understand this aspect at all, and I don’t know if I can report it accurately.”

“It doesn’t matter, just tell me what you saw at that time.”

"Oh well."

Since Yugiri Ayano said so, Qianshu is not the kind of person who looks forward and backward, so she quickly explained everything she encountered last night to Yugiri Ayano in detail. The latter also listened very carefully. Not only did he take out his voice recorder to record, but he even asked some questions from time to time.

Because of this, it took a lot of time. It was almost dusk, and Yugiri Ayano, who seemed to be sure that nothing could be asked, nodded to Qian Shu.

 “Thank you for your cooperation.”

 “No, it would be great if I could help...”

 Touching his hungry flat belly, Qian Shu also smiled bitterly. It seemed that he might not be able to wait until he returned and would have to eat in the DA headquarters cafeteria.

 But I have to say that Qian Shu is also quite interested in this matter.

“Miss Ayano, do you think that QB will be a devil?”

  “Like.”

Yutong Ayano nodded seriously.

“According to your statement, the other party appears in front of you and asks you to sign a contract to overcome the current difficulties. This is very similar to the method used by demons to seduce humans into signing contracts.”

“Ah hahaha, Xiao Ai said the same thing...”

Qian Shu could only smile bitterly when he thought of the other person asking him speechlessly last night, "Do you believe in that animal or in himself as Qin Shihuang?"

But she was not without doubts.

"But isn't this strange? According to QB, signing a contract with it to become a magical girl is to destroy the witch. If it is a demon, why should it destroy the witch? Isn't the witch also a demon?"

"I can't understand this either. There's no way to give an answer at the moment. But in fact, the devil is not monolithic."

"is that so?"

"Yes, since ancient times, it has been very difficult and dangerous for humans to deal with demons. Moreover, human weapons have almost no way to cause harm to demons. Even if they cause damage, it is difficult to kill them. On the contrary, demons It can effectively kill demons, so in historical records, there have been records of humans and demons entering into contracts and driving demons to destroy demons.

"Is there such a thing?" "Yes, so if everything you said is correct, then it is very likely that the QB and the witch belong to different races of demons, and the two sides may still have some degree of hostility, so the QB This method will be used to increase the number of demon-possessed people and use them to deal with and eliminate witches."

 Speaking of this, Yutong Ayano was silent for a moment.

“To be honest, I’m also very interested in Miss Duanmu and the Tribunal she belongs to. Can you invite her to come here and talk to me?”

“It doesn’t matter to me, but I can’t contact her now. I don’t have my mobile phone here.”

 Qian Shu spread her hands helplessly. Yes, the DA headquarters is just like a school. Even Licoris is not allowed to bring her mobile phone into the headquarters. Naturally, Qian Shu's mobile phone has been confiscated when she entered the headquarters.

 “Commander Nanmu?”

"I see."

Commander Kusumu sighed helplessly, and then made a gesture. Not long after, he saw Commander Kusumu's secretary walking over with Qian Shu's mobile phone, and handed the phone back to Qian Shu's hand.

 “Aha! Thanks!”

Taking the phone back, Qian Shu thanked her excitedly, then she turned it on quickly and skillfully, and then glanced at the screen.

"………ah."

"What's wrong?"

 “I may not be able to call Xiao Ai here.”

As he spoke, Chishu showed the phone screen to Ayano Yugiri.

"She sent a message a long time ago, saying that she had found some clues about the witch and that she was going to N County...Judging from the time, I'm afraid she has arrived now..."

"………Why…………?"

Just as Qian Shu said, when she got the mobile phone, Duanmu Huai had already driven to the location recorded in the ancient book.

　　………Good guy, this is really a good guy.”

Standing in the barren mountains and ridges filled with wind and snow, Duanmu Huai also looked confused.

If I remember correctly, judging from my mobile phone, it’s still September in this world. Although the mountains here are a bit higher, it’s not likely to snow. If you do this, I thought someone was being wronged.

 “Is this really here?”

Duanmuhuai turned over the ancient books in his hand again in confusion. Although the climate here was very abnormal, there was no atmosphere of subspace at all, and it didn't look like a witch's barrier... Well, I always felt that I was in the wrong place. That's right.

 In short, let’s find a place to take shelter first.

It was still morning when Duanmuhuai left the city. When he drove here and then climbed up the mountain, it was already dusk. Although with Duanmu Huai's physical condition, it is not impossible to walk even in a snowstorm, Duanmu Huai is not willing to suffer this fate. Fortunately, when he was climbing the mountain just now, Duanmu Huai had already seen a small wooden house not far away. , it should be a place where hunters rest while hunting. It would be good to stay there for a night and then continue the investigation.

Thinking of this, Duanmuhuai also faced the heavy snowfall and walked towards the direction of the cabin.

The climate in the mountains always changes. When Duanmuhuai arrived in front of the cabin, the entire mountain was already dark, with only the whistling wind echoing in the mountains, mixed with blizzards blowing in the face.

"Um?"

However, when Duanmuhuai walked to the door of the cabin, he found obvious signs of fire in the cabin.

Besides yourself, is there anyone else going up the mountain at this time?

No matter what, let’s go in first and talk about it later.

Thinking of this, Duanmuhuai knocked on the door, then opened the door and walked in.

 “Sorry to bother you.”

 “Click.”

The thick wooden door blocked out the cold air and blizzard outside. Duanmuhuai walked into the cabin and found that the cabin was very clean, and there were still flames and firewood burning in the fireplace next to it. Not only that………

Wow.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Duanmu Huai said nothing, but whistled in his heart.

This is no wonder, after all, anyone who opens the door and walks into the house and sees a blonde beauty facing him, dressed in messy clothes, will inevitably want to feast his eyes on her.

 “Sorry to bother you.”

 “Ah, don’t worry about it.”

Seeing Duanmu Huai come in, the blonde beauty seemed very calm, and even smiled at Duanmu Huai cordially. Well, this is because Duanmu Huai is currently using a clone. If he switches to his main body, this is the right time to call the police.

 It's just...it's really weird.

Duanmu Huai walked into the hut, sat on the chair next to him, and looked at the blond woman in front of him curiously. The latter was obviously changing his clothes because his clothes got wet in the heavy snow. However, what surprised Duanmuhuai was that this blonde beauty was not wearing hiking clothes, and she didn't look like she was hunting. On the contrary, judging from the headscarf she is wearing and the dark blue robe she is wearing, she is closer to a nun...

 A nun dressed like this to climb a mountain?

What is rhythm?

Of course, strictly speaking, Duanmuhuai is not qualified to criticize the other party. After all, Duanmu Huai himself usually wears a robe and a long skirt. At least the nun's clothes look warm. Duanmu Huai's outfit is just like summer.

Although strictly speaking, it is indeed summer, I don’t know why the inside of this mountain nest looks like this in Antarctica.

 “Ah, I haven’t introduced myself yet.”

Duanmu Huai also spoke at this moment.

 “My name is Duanmu Ai, hello, please give me some advice.”

 “Hello, Miss Duanmu.”

Hearing Duanmuhuai's words, the blonde beauty also smiled slightly.

 “I am Sharon Holly Greer. This is my first time meeting you. Please give me some advice.”