blogombal Chapter 580 Preparation is essential before any test.
Chapter 580 Preparation is essential before any test.
Making conjectures, proving hypotheses, and verifying conjectures in a scientific way—this is what Su Tianqing believes to be the correct approach.
Although this conjecture and the proposed verification method seem unreliable, it is, in any case, the best way to confirm the conjecture at present.
"But why are they Ye Lan and Aurora?" Nan Jiayu asked curiously.
In her mind, if you want to verify a guess, you have to bring in heavyweights, such as showing Sasha the story of Red Rose and Mercury, or strongly recommending the recent TV show recordings that Inari has participated in, or even telling her a series of stories about Ye Xiaomei.
If necessary, we could also recount Chi Xue's achievements before her retirement, but if that were to happen... Nan Jiayu couldn't help but imagine the grand spectacle that might appear in her dreamlike mind afterward:
Two fox girls held their ground at the rear, while Red Rose took charge of the overall situation in the center. Mercury and Red Snow attacked from both sides. The only three people in the world who could use the Mind World were gathered here, making their combat power incredibly explosive.
This will surely bring Garuda endless surprises.
But if we were to replace that target with my two companions... it's not that I don't trust Fenrir's ability to slap Jormungandr away, nor that I don't believe in Alice and Jack's combined abilities, but I just feel that they're not as fierce as Old Deng's combined forces.
"After all, it's just a test, so I plan to go in with someone I know to check things out first. That would be safer," Su Tianqing replied cautiously.
"If that's the case... it sounds pretty good." Nan Jiayu thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
Sasha and Sparrow's father burned two sticks of incense in front of the temple. Not far away, Hualing, who had been admiring the spring flowers, also returned. The group chatted and laughed as they strolled around the scenic area, admiring the various sights, before calling out to prepare to descend the mountain and leave.
"I didn't expect there to be so many temples around Chengdu," Su Tianqing exclaimed. "I thought there were already two or three temples in the southern suburbs, but I didn't expect there to be such a large temple in the east."
"It is said that this temple has a long history," Hua Ling replied.
"I had seen promotional materials about this temple before, saying that it was the most popular temple in the area, very efficacious, and attracted many people to burn incense."
"Wow, it really works! Looks like we've come to the right place," Su Tianqing replied with a chuckle.
After leaving the mountain gate, Sparrow Dad huffed and puffed as he ran to the incense burner at the mountain gate to burn the last stick of incense. Sasha helplessly accompanied her father—Sparrow Dad could barely see the inside of the incense burner even when he jumped up, and he couldn't possibly stick the incense stick in.
"Chirp chirp! Now it's all burned! Hehehe, this way I'll definitely get the Bodhisattva's blessing when I sell goods in Rongcheng."
As they left the mountain gate, Sparrow Dad skipped along beside Sasha, looking relaxed and carefree.
Looking at his back, which was no different from that of a human girl, even though she knew very well that he was Sasha's adoptive father and not her biological father, Su Tianqing still couldn't completely change her perception and easily mistook Sparrow Dad for one of Sasha's younger sisters.
Su Tianqing was even more surprised when the winged father and daughter walked into the subway station and she saw them standing on the escalator.
"Hmm? Sister Sasha, aren't you planning to fly straight back?" Su Tianqing asked curiously.
"I was planning to fly straight back, but my dad..."
Sasha turned around 180 degrees and said to Su Tianqing. The eagle-winged man was so startled by the sudden turn of his head that the fox's tail instantly grew thicker.
Even Hualing, standing behind the cat-fox, was startled by Sasha's habitual turn of her head. The winged girl was completely unaware that her head-turning ability was like a horror story in the eyes of humans and beastmen, and said nonchalantly:
"My dad can't actually fly very far. He has to find a tree or an open space to stop and rest after flying a short distance. I've never really liked flying long distances with my dad. It's more convenient to take the bus."
"I heard you! How dare you talk to your father like that!"
The sparrow father turned around in dissatisfaction, but dared not hop around on the escalator. He could only stretch out his wings and flutter them repeatedly over Sasha's broad feathers to express his displeasure.
Then Sasha spread her wings and shoved her under the eagle owl's thick feathers, making a series of chirping protests.
While waiting for the subway, Sparrow's dad was once again criticized by Sasha, and he had no choice but to lower his head and admit that his daughter had said something.
"Well... Sasha isn't wrong, actually. She was the village's flying champion since she was little. When she was five or six, she was as tall as me and her mom. When she was eight, she could fly from one end of the village to the other and then fly halfway around the village back home. She was amazing."
"Dad, what are you doing?" The winged girl was a little shy and poked her sparrow father's wing with her wingtip, but she couldn't stop him from continuing.
"But unfortunately, Sasha can't fly at night for some reason. Her mother and I have consulted many doctors over the years to see what's wrong with her. I also asked many doctors when I went to other places to sell goods, but no one could figure it out."
At this point, Sparrow Dad looked up at the people waiting for the subway not far away and gave a helpless, bitter smile.
Then he turned around and glanced at the winged girl sitting silently next to him, stretched out his wing and patted Sasha on the back, his face immediately turning into a happy smile.
"Sasha can see clearly at night, unlike everyone else in the village. If I could, I would love to see her soaring freely at night—like those magical girls."
"Dad! Why are you saying all this..."
Sasha answered hesitantly, but the anticipation in her eyes was undeniable; she was clearly looking forward to "night flying."
Although Su Tianqing didn't know how the topic had suddenly shifted to this, since Sparrow Dad had just mentioned magical girls, wasn't this a perfect opportunity?
Thinking of this, Su Tianqing quickly looked up from beside the catgirl and said to Sasha:
"By the way, did Sasha see Bai Lili's post last night? How was she described in the post?"
Upon hearing what the golden fox said, Nan Jiayu also became interested. She swayed her tail a few times and turned her head to look, revealing the same curious expression.
"Hmm...actually, I only got a general idea..." Sasha scratched her cheek with her wingtip and said, "I first saw it on the forum homepage...is that called the homepage? I saw a very popular post there."
"I don't quite remember the title of the post, but it was something like—【The Great Collection of Stars and Shadows, Lily Bai's Edition】."
"That post? I know it. It's a very popular series of posts." The topic had finally come to her area of expertise, and Su Tianqing quickly took over, expanding and deepening the discussion.
"It summarizes almost all known Star Shadows, including those from foreign countries."
"The shadow of stars..." Sasha repeated involuntarily, seemingly unfamiliar with the term.
After all, she's a newbie who just started playing, so it's normal to feel unfamiliar. Su Tianqing thought to herself, "That's all expected."
"But the post said that there was another villainous magical girl from Shanghai who came to Chengdu. I think she changed her name to Hellcat? She's a catgirl just like Sister Jiayu."
Nan Jiayu's cat tail suddenly stopped. Although she was already used to people around her saying such things, a hint of curiosity couldn't help but show in her cat eyes as she looked at Sasha.
What exactly did that post say? It was clearly Bai Lili's summary post on Starry Night, so how did Hellcat's name appear?
This also indirectly confirms Tianqing's earlier guess—while she was "paying attention" to Bai Lili, Sasha also started paying attention to "Hellcat." Two of the three victims appeared, and no matter how coincidental it was, it shouldn't be so fitting.
Thinking of this, Nan Jiayu didn't hesitate and pretended not to know anything, asking:
"Wasn't that post Bai Lili's summary? How come it mentioned Hellcat?"
"Sister Jiayu, I heard that Hellcat and Bai Lili are old rivals in Shanghai. Maybe the post mentioned it." Hua Ling chimed in. In her opinion, Nan Jiayu didn't know much about magical girls, so it was normal for her to ask such a question.
"That's what the post said too. The poster said that Lily and Hellcat fight a lot, and the win rate is basically 30/70...? I don't remember very well." Sasha nodded and replied.
The sparrow father watched with a smile as his daughter discussed things with her friends. His smile deepened, and although he couldn't get a word in edgewise, he began to carefully groom the thick eagle owl feathers on Sasha's wings.
It's a wonderful thing that my daughter has something to talk about with her friends.
This shows that Sasha has moved on from the trauma of her mother's situation, which makes her father very proud. Sparrow Dad thought to himself.
Sasha continued:
"After reading the comments section, I realized that there are quite a few Xin Yuehu's companions in Rongcheng. But I fell asleep after reading the introductions of Hellcat and Cheshire Rabbit last night and didn't read any further."
Lily White, Hellcat, Cheshire Rabbit.
The three victims from last night were all gathered in Sasha's words. Although Nan Jiayu's face remained calm, a hint of fear appeared in her eyes as she looked at Sasha.
"I see. Sasha, you're currently more interested in villainous magical girls," Su Tianqing chimed in.
The winged girl flapped her wings, then seemed to sense something was amiss, and shook her head.
"It's not that I'm interested in villains... well, you know, everyone on the forum is praising them, but they did cause damage to the city... but, but I think Xin Yuehu and the others aren't really bad people, everyone likes them, and..."
Sasha was a little embarrassed, unsure how to describe her inner thoughts. Perhaps she was still stuck in the common newcomer mindset that "good magical girls protect the city, therefore villainous magical girls are bad guys"?
As expected of the newcomer whom the Secret Codex specifically requested me to recruit, they even prepared a stepping stone for me.
"Since that's the case, why don't we start by learning about the villainous magical girl from Chengdu? What do you say?"
Su Tianqing grinned, as if she had everything under control.