bullyxtreme Chapter 173 The Secret of the Wheat Ears
Chapter 173 The Secret of the Wheat Ears
Dinner time at a grilled fish restaurant.
"【Ears of wheat】?"
While eating the grilled fish on the plate in front of him, Nan Jiayu tilted his head curiously and said.
"Little Fish, didn't you see the news just now? Look at this."
The golden fox put down its chopsticks, moved closer to the catgirl, and stuck to her, showing her its phone screen as it did so.
"Let me see... 'Magical Girl Wheat announced that she will be conducting assistance activities in Rongcheng,' it really is true." The cat girl perked up her ears and twitched them twice.
Su Tianqing's fox tail swayed happily.
"See? I didn't lie to you, did I?" The golden fox chuckled and clung to the cat girl. "I heard she's the leader of the magical girl team in Suicheng. I wonder why she suddenly came to Rongcheng."
"Maybe it's because I've recently come to Chengdu for tourism, and I don't know her very well," Nan Jiayu answered honestly.
With winter break fast approaching, it's quite common for magical girls to travel with their families, and many, like myself, are moving to different cities for their studies.
I don't know what's going on with Mai Sui.
The golden-haired fox's gaze fell on the rabbit girl across the table, who was timidly looking around. A thought struck him, and he spoke up:
"Tao Tao, do you know what wheat ears are?"
"Huh?... " Suddenly called out, the rabbit girl's ears perked up.
"Wheat Ear...is it Wheat Ear, the magical girl from Sui City?"
"Yes, she recently came to Chengdu. Tao Tao, you know more about magical girls than any of us, so you should know something about this Mai Sui, right?" Su Tianqing asked tentatively.
The bunny girl in front of me is a huge fan of magical girls, practically a walking encyclopedia of magical girls, so you can't go wrong asking her.
The last time I learned about the villainous magical girl's new form, it was from Xia Taotao that I started to understand her information, which increased my trust in this pink-haired bunny girl.
But she showed a rare look of embarrassment, appearing somewhat awkward.
"This..." Xia Taotao looked embarrassed and scratched her ear.
"Although Mai Sui has a long history, she almost always works alone except when fighting monsters. I only know that she has been active all along, and I don't know much more about her."
"I see. So he seems to be someone who only cares about himself." Su Tianqing nodded thoughtfully.
"However, I've only heard rumors—Mai Sui seemed to have had a disagreement with her teammates recently, and I don't know if it's because of that."
"Huh? A dispute? Didn't I hear that the Suicheng team has always been quite harmonious?"
Su Tianqing said in surprise.
This was quite different from what she had heard, quickly stirring up Fox's gossipy nature.
The magical girl squad in Suicheng appears very harmonious and friendly in public, while the Qiugui squad in Shancheng occasionally has some disputes or quarrels, and the Maisui squad has almost no such gossip.
The "dispute" that Xia Taotao mentioned was something I had never heard of before.
"I saw this on a forum post and I'm sharing it with you, Tianqing. I'm not sure about its authenticity, so just treat it as a bit of unreliable gossip."
The fox's ears twitched twice, silently memorizing the information.
Just then, Nan Xiaofeng and his two companions from the next table came over with a plate of grilled fish. The conversation paused for the moment as everyone became engrossed in the delicious food.
After dinner, the group went for a stroll in a nearby shopping mall.
"I'm so full today!~"
The golden fox patted its belly contentedly.
Nan Jiayu's expression was also very satisfied.
"Yeah, I didn't expect the grilled fish here to be so delicious, especially since it's all-you-can-eat," Lin Muyao chimed in.
She had changed out of her magical girl nightingale cosplay outfit and put it in her bag. She was now wearing casual autumn clothes, but still looked lively and clever.
"Let's walk around around here. I want to check out if they have any new nice clothes! Little Fish, you want to come too?"
The little fox hooked its arm around the catgirl beside it, and before Nan Jiayu could say anything, it was pulled away by the excited golden fox.
Everyone silently watched the large, fluffy tail that kept swaying, and the cat's tail that was being rubbed against by the fox's tail and didn't know where to put it, and they all smiled in unison.
It has the feel of a date between young couples.
...
The two strolled around, from the clothing section to the toy section, and then to the electronics section.
Nan Jiayu is trying out an adjustable headset designed for orcs, while Su Tianqing is playing with a magical girl-themed phone at the store entrance.
Fox glanced around the mall floor and quickly noticed a small figure sitting on a bench, staring blankly at a phone.
Her glamorous brown curly hair and her beautiful, delicate girlish dress were very familiar.
Li Kexin is the true form of the magical girl Mai Sui.
Why is she sitting here in a daze? Is she waiting for someone?
"Hey, Tianqing, these headphones are pretty good. Want to try them out?"
The catgirl's voice from not far away caught the golden fox's attention. Su Tianqing quickly went over to try adjusting her headphones and stopped paying attention to the small figure outside the store.
Even after the two left, Su Tianqing could still see Li Kexin's figure on the bench.
Is she really waiting for someone?
Or perhaps... she's just spacing out there?
.
After finishing his trip to the anime convention today, the villainous fox gave the shy catgirl a light kiss and sent her back to her dormitory. Once home, the villainous fox immediately began his investigation into the new magical girl.
"First of all, I think you can definitely give me enough information."
Su Tianqing looked at the secret manual in her hand, placing high hopes on this book.
The secret text does indeed record a series of information about wheat ears—
Magical Girl Mushroom
[Real Name: Li Kexin]
[Brighton International School, Guangzhou, Private Customized Class A3]
But that was all the information I got; there was no more news I wanted.
Why did Mai Sui come to Chengdu? And what was the "internal dispute within the Mai Sui team" that Xia Taotao mentioned?
Does the scene I stumbled upon while strolling around after dinner suggest another possibility?
With a glimmer of hope, Su Tianqing turned to the mission page of the secret manual.
The text that then appeared made the villain Fox's expression even more serious:
[Mission: The Arrival of the Wheat]
[Mai Sui, a magical girl from Suicheng, has arrived in Rongcheng. She seems to be hiding many secrets, and we must find out.]
[Reward: 2000 Divine Tome Stones, 200 Ancient Divine Tome Stones]
Look, here it is.
As expected, Mai Sui was hiding a secret; her reason for coming to Rongcheng was definitely not as simple as tourism!
If I want to uncover her secrets, I must approach her as a respectable fox spirit.
However, the "arrogance" emanating from her that disgusted Su Tianqing made her frown slightly, and the arc of her tail wagging became much smaller, or even stopped completely.
To make myself chat with someone who exudes aristocratic superiority? Spare me, Mystic Codex, you better not come up with such a terrible idea, or I'll go on strike right here and now.
[Task: A New Target for Finding Fault]
[To complete Daily Task 1 once, wheat ears must be included. 0/1]
[Reward: 1000 Divine Tome Stones, 100 Ancient Divine Tome Stones]
...Got it.
Upon seeing this second task, an interesting idea immediately came to Su Tianqing's mind.
Why must this fox approach them in a righteous manner?
If you go to her in the form of the Moon Fox, wouldn't you get more fun?