Yes, I did all of this!

"Oh, yes."

Yuzhi laughed in agreement, then turned to look to the side: "However... I'm worried."

"Did you feel it too?"

Duanmu Mo calmly asked, "Has Cangyi given any explanation?"

"No, Cangyi said the future has changed, and she can't help us with the current situation."

Yu Zhi frowned, then suddenly paused, "Mr. Duanmu, what do you mean by 'You felt it too'?"

"Literally, people have been listless lately."

While eating his sundae, Duanmu Mo acted as if he knew nothing: "It's like the whole city has been unknowingly infected with negative emotions."

"...The whole city has been infected by negative emotions?" Yu Zhi paused for a moment, then suddenly frowned. "Impossible, right?"

So it's just a metaphor.

Duanmu Mo spoke casually, setting aside the sundae he had finished eating, and then took a sip of tea.

"..."

However, Yu Zhi couldn't ignore these words. After pondering for a while, she suddenly stood up and quickly left: "I'm going out to take a look. Mr. Duanmu, please tell Ling and the others about this!"

"Alright, take care." Watching her leave, Duanmu Mo smiled: "The clues have been given, now it's up to you to see how far you can go, magical girl."

. . . . . .

"Cangyi, do you think what Mr. Duanmu said is possible?"

Huangyi had already transformed and was leaping between tall buildings, quickly arriving at the tallest building in Kamishiro City.

Upon hearing Duanmu Mo's words, she thought of the spider demon she had encountered before, and the being he spoke of had kept Huang Yi uneasy.

"You can choose to believe it. I've already said that the future has changed, and even if I wanted to, I couldn't give you any suitable advice."

Cangyi's voice rang out, calming Huangyi down.

She looked at the city, then suddenly exhaled, drew her katana from her waist, and planted it in the ground.

He then sat down cross-legged, gripping the hilt of the knife in his hands.

Huangyi closed his eyes and spread his power to the maximum extent.

Purple arcs of electricity were released, and Huangyi's senses were stretched to the limit; no corner of the city could escape her perception.

If she were to search thoroughly, a single city would be her limit, and she wouldn't be able to persist for long. But Huangyi didn't need to do that—she blurred the target, shifting from people's every move to simply perceiving negative energy. In this way, the scope could be greatly expanded.

People's faces had become infinitely blurred, and in the end, all that remained in Huangyi's perception were clusters of starlight. Not only Kamishiro City, but also the surrounding cities appeared in Huangyi's perception.

She frowned, held her breath, and focused on sensing the presence of these orbs of light.

Time passed slowly, and several magical girls arrived without her noticing. However, they all tacitly avoided interrupting Yuzhi's senses and instead silently surrounded her.

Sweat began to drip from Huang Yi's face, and finally, she sensed a slight fluctuation in a portion of the light orb.

Those orbs of light surged up from time to time, expanding and contracting, emitting irregular rhythms.

They weren't scattered; the irregular rhythms of these orbs of light coalesced and spread out in a regular pattern, but the range was very slow, as if they were worried about being noticed by the magical girl.

I can feel it!

When the ball of light turned black, Huangyi suddenly opened his eyes wide.

"Huangyi, how is he?"

When she opened her eyes, the others immediately gathered around.

"There's a slight fluctuation... Follow me!"

Huangyi drew his katana, stepped onto the upper floor, and swiftly flew towards another city.

She knew there were quite a few here too, but only those people who had just shown negative emotions were in that direction.

Without using the help of the Listening Sound to fly, she has the fastest speed when her feet are on the ground, as long as there are no obstructions to slow her down.

The other three immediately followed and chased after it in that direction.

—From a distance, Duanmu Mo looked in their direction and nodded with satisfaction: "I've worked so hard on the main storyline for so long, it's your turn to get busy now~"

Currently, Duanmu Mo has been following the strange man for so long, but he still doesn't know how the negative emotion seeds were planted. He only heard the guy mutter a couple of things in an ordinary person's ear and that was it.

He even followed her in the shadows for several days, which Duanmu Mo considered to be quite efficient. However, even so, he only managed to gather this few clues, all of which he had just unconsciously given to the magical girl.

Now, it remains to be seen whether they can obtain any useful information.

"Magical girls, don't disappoint me!"

Watching them leave, Duanmu Mo also slipped into the shadows and chased after them.

Chapter 329: Nonsense

"—It's just ahead."

Huangyi looked ahead and stopped what he was doing.

Ahead was an amusement park, where many people had gathered despite the cold winter weather, their laughter echoing joyfully.

Are you sure we're here?

Looking at the scene here, Xi Ri couldn't help but ask.

"The location is definitely right... Those people with negative emotions must be inside." Huang Yi frowned, a look of confusion on his face.

Yuhi said suspiciously, "But this place is full of laughter and joy. It's really strange that people with negative emotions would come here..."

"..." Flying in the air and watching all this, Lingyin was silent for a while, as if she had thought of something.

After a moment's hesitation, she said, "I think it's not impossible for people with negative emotions to come here. First, it's different from other situations, and whether we can judge it using normal circumstances is a question; second... we might as well think about what kind of people would come here."

“People who seek joy.” Looking at her sister’s expression as she reminisced about the past, Fengling came to the answer: “People who are depressed will naturally come to such happy places, trying to hide their bad mood with a cheerful atmosphere, right?”

"Ah."

Lingyin also felt the same way. She knew the trouble this feeling caused and what people with this emotion would do.

"In other words, negative emotions are right here."

Xi Ri suddenly realized and looked at Huang Yi: "Is there any way to force them out?"

"I'll give it a try."

Huangyi raised his hand, looked at his wristband, and then pointed it at the ground.

The aura of the Key to the Underworld emanated from the gemstone on the wristband.

call!

A gray orb of light condensed in the palm of the person wearing the wristband, and then Huangyi shot it out, the orb quickly falling to the ground.

The sphere of light burst slightly like a bubble, and the energy inside instantly spread, sweeping over everyone in the amusement park.

Everyone present couldn't help but shiver, which was not surprising, as people only felt a cold wind blowing.

But this only applies to ordinary people. Those who harbor negative emotions will feel the chill not only, but it will become even more pronounced.

"Ugh... Ah—"

The trembling of those people grew more and more intense, until finally, they even clutched their heads in agony and let out miserable screams.

Immediately afterwards, a dark green mist appeared on their bodies, coalescing amidst their painful screams.

Under the horrified gazes of the crowd, the mist condensed in the air, forming an entity completely different from the monsters of the underworld.

A gaunt, eerie green figure floated in the air, its neck tentacles connecting it to the crowd. It was distinctly different from the previous skeleton; although it was all skin and bones, it was at least more human-like than the previous monsters.

"What a weirdo!"

Upon seeing the strange man, the people around him immediately showed expressions of terror and scattered in all directions.

Looking at these people, the hanged man opened his arms and let out a low growl:

"Stop—"

The strange man's voice intensified people's fear, causing them to flee even faster.

Seeing this, it spoke again, asking with a puzzled look, "Why...why are you afraid?"

Why be afraid?

If a normal person heard this question, they would definitely scoff at it, but now, the strange man's voice is spreading like a booming bell, making people feel strange as well.

"Why...why should we be afraid?"

Some people stopped in their tracks, turned to look at the strange man with puzzled expressions, their eyes filled with confusion.

"—So it was it." Seeing this, Cangyi appeared beside Huangyi and said in a deep voice, "Shut this guy up. These people have been bewitched. Let Yin wrap the people in wind and not listen to its nonsense."

"Alright! Yin, Cangyi wants you to protect the people! And don't let them leave."

Huang Yi snapped out of his daze and immediately turned around and shouted.

"Understood!"

Upon hearing this, Lingyin immediately raised her hand, and the people in the amusement park instantly felt a gust of wind blowing around them. Then they all floated up and flew into the air.

After doing all that, the magical girl finally had time to look at this strange, odd person.

It is rare to find a being with such a clear mind; it is hard to believe that it has been sealed for over a thousand years.

"Also, Cangyi said to shut it up."

Looking at this strange person, Huangyi pointed his katana at it and said.

"No need to remind me!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the thrusters behind Xi Ri burst into light, accelerating her descent.

Seeing her rush forward, the other three magical girls immediately followed.

"Magical girl..."

The hanged ghost raised its head, its empty eye sockets staring at the four magical girls in the sky, and opened its mouth:

"Can you... really beat me?"

"—Watch me tear the rope off your neck! Then I'll really strangle you to death!"