On a street in the old city district, a petite figure flashed by.
The girl’s long black hair fluttered in the wind as she pressed down the brim of her baseball cap, trying her best to hide her face.
All around, police cars sped by with their sirens blaring, and there were hardly any pedestrians on the road.
This was the place where the news had reported finding the culprit. Vivi glanced around but found no trace of Eno.
She wasn’t in a hurry either, just playing the part of a passerby, wandering aimlessly.
Suddenly, she willed her senses, and detected a faint change in the Magic Element in the air.
A smile tugged at the corner of Vivi’s lips. In this world, the only one who could use magic was probably that fellow Eno.
Her deduction couldn’t be wrong. She couldn’t think of anyone else who could use magic.
Her steps quickened, and the palm holding her phone was slick with sweat.
A little afraid, and a little timid.
With her current strength, she definitely couldn’t defeat Eno. There was even a risk of being captured.
Her only safeguard was the constant patrol of police officers in the area.
Passing an old residential building, she arrived at the entrance to a small alley and stopped there.
The chaotic Magic Element in the air pointed to this place. Vivi simply took out her phone; if anything happened around her, she would call the police immediately.
As soon as she lifted her leg to step in, a chill locked onto her.
Vivi shivered, her gaze sweeping the surroundings.
All she saw were ordinary buildings—nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
She scratched her cheek, thinking she was just being paranoid.
But in a shadowy corner, a gaze was fixed on Vivi’s petite form.
Vivi didn’t notice a thing, but as the breeze stirred the hair at her temples, a wave of chill rose in her heart.
Whoosh~
A sudden sound of something slicing through the air rang out. Vivi’s body tensed, and she instinctively dodged left.
Bang—a dazzling Ice Flower bloomed where Vivi had been standing.
Though she dodged the attack, the freezing cold still grazed Vivi, making her body stiff for a moment.
Whoosh~~
Another whoosh in the air, and this time Vivi saw it clearly.
The attack came from behind her, and before her brain could even process it, her body reacted on its own.
Like a nimble cat, she effortlessly dodged the strike.
“Tch, you’re pretty tough to deal with.”
The voice came from the stairwell, but it wasn’t Eno’s.
The voice was unfamiliar. Vivi was certain she had never heard it before.
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In the next moment, she saw a figure in pure white step out of the shadows.
It was a girl, a little taller than herself, with long silver-white hair and a beautiful face set in a cold expression.
Vivi frowned, unable to figure out whose side she was on.
She didn’t seem to be a Slime Girl. Was she human?
But how could a human use magic?
Vivi couldn’t figure it out, but since the other party was human, they should be able to communicate.
Vivi had just opened her mouth when an Ice Spike came hurtling toward her.
It was so fast, she didn’t have time to react.
Bang—the Ice Spike pierced Vivi’s arm, and her whole arm instantly went numb.
Looking down, she saw the freezing cold had already attached to her body and was slowly spreading.
“So that’s why I couldn’t find you near Eno. Turns out you separated.”
The Silver-Haired Girl muttered to herself, not making any other move.
Vivi’s body trembled uncontrollably, the cold gnawing at her.
Watching as Irena drew closer, Vivi retreated a few steps and her hand touched a Mop Handle.
In a flash, an idea struck her. She picked up the Mop Handle with one hand and stared at her.
“Are you… human?”
She asked the question, and Irena paused, tilting her head with a strange look.
“Yeah, I’m human. Can’t you tell?”
Vivi was at a loss for words. She could sense this person wasn’t a Slime Girl, but she had truly never seen a human who could use magic.
“Don’t! Don’t come any closer, or I’ll call the police!”
“Huh? Call the police?”
Irena’s expression grew strange. In a way, she was a police officer herself.
A Slime Girl calling the police, trying to catch a police officer—what a twist of fate.
She felt a little stifled, but the amusement in her eyes couldn’t be hidden.
Vivi noticed it, growing even more confused.
“You’re not a Slime Girl?”
“Of course not. I was going to ask you, actually. You’re a newly born Slime Girl—why aren’t you with Eno?”
Vivi’s pupils shrank. She knew—she knew everything.
She backed up a few steps until she was against the wall. Suddenly, she understood—this person must be working with the authorities.
No wonder the authorities had learned about the Slime Girls’ existence so quickly—it was because of her.
It’s over. It’s all over.
Vivi’s eyes were vacant, her whole being as if her soul had left her.
“Hm? What’s wrong with you?”
Irena looked puzzled, unable to make sense of this Slime Girl’s train of thought.
Vivi didn’t answer, just tilted her head forty-five degrees to the sky and let out a helpless sigh.
“I still… am a little afraid of dying.”
Her voice trembled, but her gaze grew resolute, and her black hair shimmered faintly with a touch of cherry blossom pink.
The chill on her body was being dispelled, and her stiff limbs gradually recovered.
Vivi used the magic she’d only just mastered—not very skilled, but enough.
Irena watched, her eyes narrowing slightly.
A newly born Slime Girl, able to sense Magic Element and even use her own magic to dispel a Negative State.
Without a doubt, this was also a Magic Genius. So the rumors were true—the perfect form of a Slime Girl was that of a little girl.
Irena’s eyes turned cold. Vivi was a big threat—once she grew up, she’d be even harder to deal with than Eno.
Faced with such an opponent, she had to strangle her in the cradle.
Whoosh~
Another blast of ice magic, and Vivi, her attention focused entirely within herself, had no time to notice what was happening outside.
In an instant, her other arm was frozen solid.
The cold swept over her again.
Even if she had magic to dispel the chill inside, it was like trying to put out a fire with a cup of water.
After all, she was just a little Slime Girl who’d only recently learned magic.
Her confidence in coming out here relied on the police everywhere and her own physical skills.
Now, neither of those things could help her, and she felt miserable.
Despair and unwillingness filled her heart. She still hadn’t eliminated the threats near her little sister.
But… what power did she have left to fight back?
Vivi seemed to lose all will to resist and slumped to the ground.
She looked up at the approaching Silver-Haired Girl, a trace of despair flickering on her lips.
“So… in the end… I still can’t escape the fate of death?”
Step. Step. Step…
The footsteps drew closer and stopped in front of Vivi.