Watching the Blood Moon Witch pull Sirius away, Xiao Keke suddenly felt a strong sense of deja vu. Then, she realized something very important…
Back in the Mirror Space, she and Sirius had worked perfectly together to deal with the Red Hood Ghost, right?
At the time, Sirius had reacted as if she knew the Red Hood Ghost’s weakness, but she hadn’t had the chance to tell Sirius the solution yet!
“Holy crap!”
Xiaohongmao slapped her thigh, her thoughts clearer than ever.
She could have explained away the previous suspicious points, but it was impossible this time.
That creepy fairy tale version of Red Riding Hood was something her Sister had made up to tell her.
There were only two people in the world who knew the details of that story: herself, and… her Sister!
Amidst her shock, Xiao Keke’s face instantly turned red.
Generally speaking, she wasn’t someone who liked to talk about herself, but her mood had been quite low earlier.
Sirius was one of her few good friends in the Association, and she had just shared a heart-to-heart with her!
Thinking back to Sirius sitting beside her just now… ‘Damn it, Sister must have been barely holding back her laughter back then, which is why she kept clutching her face!’
This feeling was like sending an intimate message like “What are you doing, baby?” or “I miss you, baby~” to a partner, only to realize you sent it to your sister by mistake, and two minutes had already passed, so you couldn’t retract it.
Xiao Keke felt like killing someone to silence them right now.
She quickly rushed downstairs and ran out, but she only saw the Silverflame Dragon Princess at the entrance, who was responsible for guarding the members of the Seeking Truth Society.
“Senior, did you see where Sirius and the others went?”
The Silverflame Dragon Princess didn’t speak, only pointing in the direction of the subway station.
Senior Silverflame Dragon Princess seemed even more taciturn today; it looked like she wouldn’t be able to catch up with her Sister.
After hesitating for about fifteen minutes, Xiao Keke ended up just sending her Sister a [Smiling Face] emoji.
She wasn’t going to be the one to bring it up; she was going to wait for that jerk of a Sister to come and apologize to her!
After all, with such an obvious flaw, her Sister would surely realize it herself, right?
Meanwhile, just as she got off the subway, Xiaoxi suddenly slapped her thigh. “Crap!”
“What’s wrong? Did you suddenly think of something?”
“…Youzi, didn’t you say you liked the sugar-roasted chestnuts from that shop? I said I’d buy some on my way home today, but I forgot… Oh, wait, Keke seems to have sent me a message.”
Just as Xiaoxi was about to click on the chat with Xiao Keke, a video call from the Astrologer suddenly popped up.
“Lady Astrologer… Ah, sorry, I’m not home yet. Xinglan and I will call you back as soon as we get back!”
The Astrologer seemed to have something important to say, so after returning home, Xiaoxi didn’t have time to look at Xiao Keke’s message and immediately returned the video call to the Astrologer.
In the video, the Astrologer was sitting facing the camera, with a small projection screen in front of her.
On it was a woman wearing a dirty white lab coat, somewhat hunched over, with heavy dark circles under her eyes.
“Hmph, long time no see, Blood Moon Witch. I heard you’ve been doing well lately.”
“Ms. Delta… Hello.”
The other party actually took the initiative to say hello, so Ye Xinglan sat up straight a bit stiffly.
Xiaoxi was a little surprised. Did this woman actually know Ye Xinglan?
“Let me introduce you,” the Astrologer said with a smile.
“This is Ms. Delta, the head of the Hidden Bone Hall. She is also one of the Six Seats. She should have been quite familiar with Miss Xinglan in the past, right?”
“Not really. The Blood Moon Witch project was managed by other research members from the Six Seats stationed at the Hidden Bone Hall. I and the Blood Moon Witch… she’s called Miss Ye Xinglan now, right? We’ve only met a few times.”
Xiaoxi sat up straight, looking serious. Unlike other organizations that merged into the Association, the Hidden Bone Hall had always been a semi-independent, pure research organization.
The Hidden Bone Hall did not participate in any of the Association’s external management or activities, unlike the Tianqi Church, which felt like a local warlord occupying North Blossom City.
What was the Astrologer doing calling the head of the Hidden Bone Hall today?
“I promised Miss Xiaoxi before that if you helped me investigate the disappearance cases, I would find a way to help Miss Xinglan solve the problem of her Magic Power out of control—look, haven’t I called the person who can solve the problem?”
Delta nodded. She didn’t seem like the type who liked small talk, and she gave a straightforward introduction.
Simply put, the Hidden Bone Hall had a core technology regarding Space Link Magic.
Its most direct application was that no one knew the actual location of the Hidden Bone Hall, but there were “Doors” that led directly to it, such as in the basement of the Summersea City Association building.
If this technology were applied to a person, it would mean binding a fixed Magic Power source to Ye Xinglan.
This could replenish her Magic Power at any time, which would directly solve the problem of Ye Xinglan losing control when her Magic Power was low.
“This technology is already very mature, and there are precedents for its use on people, so there’s no need to worry about any risks. The technology the Tianqi Church uses on the Judgment Scales was provided by the Hidden Bone Hall.”
“The only drawback is that the maximum range of the link between the Magic Power source and the person is approximately the size of one city. Once outside this range, the link will break.”
Xiaoxi suddenly realized.
She had been wondering—even if the Judgment Scales was an S-Class Magical Girl, maintaining magic twenty-four hours a day without interruption would consume a lot of Magic Power.
So it was solved through this method?
“Once you return to Summersea City, or go to other cities that have a Hidden Bone Hall Door, we can solve this problem for you.”
It seemed that this matter couldn’t be settled just yet. Xiaoxi nodded.
Seeing that she had digested the information, the Astrologer brought up the next question.
“Miss Xiaoxi, speaking of which, how is the investigation into the Silverflame Dragon Princess going?”
“Originally, I shouldn’t have been so urgent since you’ve been busy infiltrating the Seeking Truth Society lately. But I’ve already made preparations on my end. As long as you can provide direct evidence proving the Silverflame Dragon Princess is not the murderer, the Association will have a reason to thoroughly investigate the Tianqi Church under the guise of intervening in the Moon Elegy Incident investigation.”
Xiaoxi was stunned. Previously, the Astrologer only wanted the Association to have a legitimate reason to intervene in the investigation of the Moon Elegy Incident.
Why had it changed to a thorough investigation of the Tianqi Church? Could the Astrologer… already be certain that the Tianqi Church had a problem?
“The Tianqi Church seems to be hiding something very important. I might even need your help when investigating the church later. However, if we find something this time, it will greatly damage the church’s status among the Six Seats.”
Xiaoxi immediately understood the Astrologer’s subtext.
The Tianqi Church was the faction among the Six Seats that insisted on imprisoning Ye Xinglan.
If the church’s status among the Six Seats could be damaged, it would also benefit Ye Xinglan’s situation.