novelones Chapter 291 An Encounter on the Subway
Chapter 291 An Encounter on the Subway
"Welcome aboard Metro Line 2, Hong Kong."
"Please put your bags through security. Passengers, please board the train in an orderly manner."
A subway station in the port city.
Bai Li, carrying a small shoulder bag, stood in the waiting hall, calmly waiting for the train to arrive.
The true form of the magical girl Bai Lili—Bai Li—is much shorter than the tall magical girl in her magical girl form, and appears even more petite when standing next to her companions.
The girl next to her, dressed in a winter dress and waiting obediently for the bus, is one of Bai Li's magical girl companions.
"Senior, which way should we go to catch the bus?"
The girl stared at the route map for a long time, then asked Bai Li in a low voice.
"It's Tsim Sha Tsui, we'll have to make two or three round trips."
"Hey...why do we have to take so many trips...can we go down to the surface and play for a while along the way?"
"Let's finish this first before we go have fun," Bai Li said helplessly.
Ye Xin, the true form of the magical girl "Four-Leaf Clover", is Bai Li's junior.
She had only recently joined the group and was fascinated by everything about magical girls, but after the zoo incident involving Kokoro, some subtle changes occurred.
For example, she discovered that Clover had recently been watching videos from the account 【Magical Girl Fox Official】.
Although it was a team member's private life and she had no right to interfere, Bai Li still felt that something was not quite right.
Xin Yuehu! Look what you've done! Don't corrupt Ye Xin!!
After mentally ranting for a while, Bai Li immediately thought of Hellcat, who had a close relationship with Xin Yuehu.
...His old rival has been very active in Hong Kong recently, playing an important role in a series of attacks planned by Xin Yuehu.
What exactly are they planning to do in the port city? And what's with this massive magical reaction in the underground center of the port city?
"Beep beep—"
The sound of the train doors opening.
Bai Li temporarily stopped thinking and walked into the carriage with Ye Xin beside her. They found a seat and sat down to stretch their swollen legs.
My mission is to investigate the underground situation in the port city.
However, it was impractical for the magical girls to directly drill underground to investigate, so they turned their attention to the subway lines that covered the port city, hoping to investigate the distribution of magic in different locations in this way.
By integrating information from various sources, a detailed map of the distribution of magical energy can be drawn, thereby allowing us to infer the possible state of this magical energy.
"Senior, do you think this is really reliable?" Ye Xin asked Bai Li in a low voice.
Bai Li shook her head.
"I don't think it's very reliable, but it's the most reliable solution we can come up with right now."
"Is that so..."
Ye Xin said no more, closed her eyes with great enthusiasm, seemingly dozing off, but actually earnestly sensing the changes in the earth's magical energy as the subway moved.
Bai Li looked around.
Experiencing magic is something that can't be done by two people together; someone always has to be alert to their surroundings.
With that glance, Bai Li met the gaze of the expressionless orc girl across the carriage.
“…………”
Deep blue hair, a simple and warm dress and white tights, a cat tail that swayed from behind her to her knees in front of her, and a pair of yellow-green cat eyes that were staring intently at her.
Bai Li's eyelids twitched violently.
Beside the deep blue catgirl, the golden fox girl leaned on her shoulder, her head drooping, her ears drooping, fast asleep.
Even her fluffy tail was casually held in the cat girl's arms, looking very soft and docile.
"...(Why is it you?)"
Not wanting to disturb Ye Xin beside her, Bai Li mouthed the words to the cat girl.
The catgirl picked up her phone expressionlessly, quickly typed a few words, and Bai Li's phone immediately vibrated slightly with a friend's message notification.
Open WeChat, and the message page is immediately filled with a friend's profile picture of a cat's paw.
Note: 【Battle Maniac Cat】.
【Battle Maniac Cat】: What, can't I take the subway?
Upon seeing this message, Bai Li was speechless for a moment.
That makes sense. Who would know she was Hellcat before she transformed? Besides, she came to Hong Kong for tourism with Miss Tianqing, so there's nothing wrong with that.
Bai Li silently sent a message on her phone, and Nan Jiayu looked down at the message bar.
A friend with a latte coffee icon as their profile picture, whose nickname is 【白璃】 (Bai Li), is concise and to the point.
[Bai Li]: I'm just a little surprised. You seem to have a lot of magic power.
【Battle Maniac Cat】: Of course, I'm full. Are you afraid I'll come looking for you to fight again? Didn't I apologize to you last time?
[Bai Li]: (Expression)
Bai Li sent a silent image emoji.
[Bai Li]: So you came to Hong Kong to rob a bank? Do you even know what two thousand tons of gold means?! This will cause huge problems!
【War-crazy Huffing Cat】: The stuff is with Fox, not with me. She's the one who calls the shots here.
[Bai Li]: So you came all this way to take the subway today, you wouldn't happen to be trying to spy on us, would you?
【Battle Maniac Cat】: If that's how you think, then you can take it that way.
Nan Jiayu shrugged and gave Bai Li a signal.
Actually, I never intended to monitor the righteous people's movements.
Line 2 is an outer line of the port city's metro system. I strictly followed Fox's requirements to conduct the investigation and did not rashly venture into the central area.
But unexpectedly, they ran into Bai Li here.
【War-crazy Huffing Cat】: Speaking of which, why did you come to Hong Kong? I remember you were still staying in Guangzhou.
[Bai Li]: The Port City Hero Association sent a request for help. Otherwise, do you think I would have come willingly?
Bai Li typed a message in a huff, but still felt it wasn't enough, so she spammed the screen with several angry emojis.
[Bai Li]: Look what you've done! The entire Wheat Ear Squad is still lying in the hospital.
[Berserk Huffing Cat]: That was Fox's familiar's doing, it has nothing to do with me. You should know that my favorite person to beat up right now is Hyacinth.
[Bai Li]: Hyacinth will definitely get angry with you if she hears this.
【Battle Maniac Cat】: Tell her to come to the rooftop tonight. I'm itching to have a good fight today and want to find a punching bag to hit.
[Bai Li]: Then let's not.
[Bai Li]: I have another question. Did Xin Yuehu really set up a bomb barrier? Did she really plan to blow up the entire port city?
【Battle Maniac Cat】: Hehe... This is a secret.
The catgirl was paired with a cute cat emoji, but the direct gaze from her heterochromatic cat eyes only made Bai Li feel like she had a thorn in her side.
It seems I won't be able to get any information out of Hellcat, but since she doesn't intend to stop me, there's no need for me to clash with her here.
Bai Li glanced at the increasing number of passengers in the subway and thought to herself.
In such a confined space, neither he nor Clover could possibly be a match for Hellcat. It would be best if they could resolve the situation peacefully and each get what they needed.
"Beep beep~"
The sound of the subway arriving at the station.
Nan Jiayu looked up at the station information, gently patted the sleeping golden fox on her shoulder, and helped the drowsy fox out of the subway.
Bai Li breathed a sigh of relief as she watched the cat and fox leave the carriage.
Well then... I should start my work for today.
"Ye Xin, what are the results of the investigation along this section of the road?"
Bai Li asked the girl beside her.
Ye Xin opened her eyes, her expression somewhat hesitant.
"Hmm... Senior, the magical reaction on this path is strange."
"The magic power of the entire ley line shows signs of being artificially manipulated, and it is converging towards the center of the port city, which is the high-reactivity magic source we detected earlier."
"Adjusting the earth's leyline magic?... Heart Moon Fox actually has such great abilities?"
Bai Li's surprise was palpable.
However, if the barrier is supplied with ley line magic, it will only be a barrier that continuously consumes magic power, and will have nothing to do with bombs.
Heart Moon Fox... what exactly is she trying to do...?