Chapter 57: King Kong

By the time Jiang Lingwei arrived at Central Avenue, the crowd was rushing outward in panic.

Of course, quite a few people noticed her presence, but at most they only paused briefly before continuing to run.

To be fair, modern people really aren’t that foolish. The cliché scenario where someone stands still watching a magical girl and ends up taken hostage simply didn’t happen.

This put Jiang Lingwei’s mind at ease quite a bit.

There had been numerous incidents like that before, with some even asking them to hand out magic costumes so they could become magical girls and fight alongside them.

Back then, Jiang Lingwei didn’t even know where to begin complaining.

Leaving aside the fact that being a magical girl isn’t about having a magic costume first, or that magic costumes can’t be duplicated, how could so many men make such requests? Did they think everyone was like her?

High school boys were one thing, but even a balding middle-aged man carrying a briefcase acted like a young man again.

She really couldn’t tell if they genuinely wanted to fight side by side, or were just envious of the magical girls’ powers, which to ordinary people looked like superpowers.

Sometimes, these situations really slowed down their rescue efforts.

However, now people knew to run away obediently—not just because they’d gotten smarter, but likely also thanks to the public acknowledgment of the existence of dark enemies and magical girls.

Like firefighters rushing to put out a fire, most sane people knew to get out of the way and not interfere with their life-saving work.

Those who block firefighters are truly clueless.

With that, Jiang Lingwei quickly reached the scene.

“…Huh?”

Holding her staff, she could sense an amplification of magical power. Here, besides the dark magic raging from that giant gorilla, there was also the aura of light magic.

“Wasn’t it said no reinforcements were coming?”

With a puzzled mind, she quickened her pace.

Those who could use light magic were mostly magical girls—fairies could too, but judging by Xiao Bai’s condition, there was no way it could take action. It had been swallowed by bugs along with Jiang Yao earlier. If it were the old man, he would’ve blasted a path from the inside by now—there would be no need to wait for her arrival.

No need to look too hard, Jiang Lingwei soon found the main party.

The gorilla beast hadn’t changed much in form, just grown larger. Its fists were wrapped in dark magic, and some spikes had sprouted on its body, though the corruption wasn’t too severe.

But the one facing it was interesting—a magical girl wearing a red safety helmet and work clothes, holding a large crowbar as she fought the gorilla beast.

“Oh, right.”

Jiang Lingwei remembered.

There wasn’t only her and Jiang Yao as magical girls in the city.

There was also a civil engineering magical girl who had originally come to help repair damaged areas.

Now that she saw her, she certainly couldn’t just leave it at that.

Jiang Lingwei raised her staff and shouted from above, “I’m here to help!” before jumping down.

There were multiple trouble spots in the city, and when conserving magic, close combat was usually better.

Then, unexpectedly, something happened.

Whether it was Jiang Lingwei’s shout that startled the magical girl, or the crazed gorilla beast, the beast suddenly trembled in its fist.

Instead of blocking the crowbar, it struck the civil engineering magical girl directly on the head with a fist, making her dizzy and dropping her crowbar.

The gorilla glanced cautiously at Jiang Lingwei, grabbed the magical girl, and began climbing up the outer wall of the Central Building.

Seeing this, Jiang Lingwei was startled.

“This is bad. I hope I didn’t cause trouble.”

[“Not really. The civil engineering magical girl’s combat ability wasn’t strong to begin with. If you hadn’t come, she would probably have been defeated.”]

[“I can’t access too many nearby surveillance feeds, or the official bureau will lose control. Xiao Jiguang, quick and decisive.”]

“Understood.”

Listening to Wen Yaquan’s voice in her earpiece, Jiang Lingwei sighed.

“What exactly are magical girls these days…”

Words aside, her hands didn’t slow down. She wasn’t foolish enough to blindly follow behind the gorilla.

At this moment, the gorilla beast named Pangbo was climbing with the nearly unconscious magical girl in its grasp.

Its limited brain had already made up its mind: today, it would cosplay as the legendary Kongō.

Holding the magical girl, it dashed for the highest point of the building.

Yes, the giant gorilla Pangbo had seen Kongō before.

In fact, its performances at the zoo were exactly as Kongō, climbing tall iron bars arranged like towers while holding a doll.

Many people think gorillas only stay on the ground and can’t climb trees.

This is a misconception. Gorillas can climb trees, but most trees can’t support their weight, and usually there’s no need.

But Pangbo truly disliked climbing.

Every time it had to carry a lifeless object and struggle to reach the top, shouting loudly only to be bombarded by a swarm of remote-controlled toy planes’ water balls.

Not much damage, but a huge insult.

If it didn’t do this, it would face the harsh whip instead.

When Pangbo had the mind of a wild beast, it barely understood what insults were, but after being corrupted by dark powers, it had gained some intelligence, yet failed to use it wisely.

Instead, it transformed its anger into rage against insults.

“Ah, humans are so mean!”

It wanted to be Kongō for real! Not a fake!

And just right, this human woman emitting a hateful aura wasn’t running away but approaching it willingly.

So it decided to treat her as the woman in Kongō’s grasp.

This time, it really had a living creature in its grasp.

Pangbo was very proud in its heart. Once it reached the top, the other woman would be like the planes.

Now, with this special power, it was sure it could change Kongō’s fate: knock down all those planes, crush this woman to death, and then find the next!

No, it was Kongō itself—it would become Kongō!

Its life was wild and unrestrained. It was a wild ape; it would not be defined.

Then, halfway up, a hint of confusion appeared in the gorilla’s eyes.

Its path was blocked, forcing it to stop.

Because right above its head, a pink-haired girl seemed to have been waiting for a long time.

By the way, under the girl’s skirt glowed a cluster of white holy light that dazzled the gorilla’s eyes.

This wasn’t right. The script didn’t say this.

It was supposed to reach the top first, then be attacked.

But the pink-haired girl seemed to see through its thoughts and waved her magic wand.

Before the shallow consciousness disappeared, Pangbo heard her words:

“Good night, Kongō.”

“Oh ho!”

Pangbo was delighted.