Yes, I did all of this!

Cangyi glanced at Duanmu Mo and said.

“That’s true.” Duanmu Mo raised his hand and placed it on the tree trunk beside him.

The shadows writhed in the moonlight, connecting with the darkness of the entire night.

At that moment, the surrounding darkness transformed into empty spider silk, and Duanmu Mo, the outsider spider, naturally accepted this place, crawling in the center of the web and feeling the tremors on the web.

While Duanmu Mo was sensing the surroundings, Cangyi also looked around, parted the weeds, and looked at the trees.

"...If I remember correctly, it was here that Poison Vine obtained the Netherworld Key of Ara-no-Mikoto."

"Huh?" Duanmu Mo looked at her, recalled for a moment, and nodded: "Yes, we even had a match back then, it was quite fun."

He thought for a moment and said, "After that, you seemed to appear?"

"I was supposed to appear on the day Yuri got the Driver, because I used Yuri as my anchor point for reincarnation. So only when she reached a certain level of strength could I grasp the fluctuation of that power. But on that day, you took the Driver away."

"Haha." Duanmu Mo laughed, not feeling embarrassed at all:

"I remember Yuzhi went into overdrive to save that landlady, so I guess that's why."

"Mrs. Katsuragi..."

Cangyi remained silent for a while, then sighed.

It seems that Cangyi can never forget her... Yuzhi is the same. She had planned to return the apartment, and had discussed it with her parents in Fengchuan City, but she couldn't bear to leave it every time she came to that apartment, as if she didn't want to forget this memory.

In the end, she only cancelled Xia Yan's room. As for her own room, she didn't know what to do and planned to keep it until she made a decision.

In Duanmu Mo's view, this landlady, like her friend Huizi, was a representative of ordinary people.

Perhaps it is through these experiences with ordinary people that Yu Zhi is able to fight more resolutely for them.

With a smile to himself, Duanmu Mo released his grip: "If we can't find it here, where should we go next?"

"...I just thought of one. If it's for concealment, that place would be quite suitable."

As Cangyi spoke, he pointed in a certain direction.

Chapter 426: Ten Seconds

"call--"

Duanmu Mo carried her through the air, and each time he jumped from the ground, he could fly a long distance. This was the same as most modes of transportation that do not have the ability to fly; if you can't fly, there's no other way.

"Hmm... I almost forgot about that place if you hadn't mentioned it."

Duanmu Mo stepped onto the tall building, pushed off forcefully, and flew into the sky again, carrying Cangyi.

"Didn't you say you would regularly survey the entire city?"

"There's nothing we can do, Kamishiro City is just too big." Duanmu Mo shrugged helplessly.

"And for you it's a place to gain power, but for me it's just a factory."

"But you also seized the drive there and met Yuzhi."

As Cangyi spoke, he looked into the distance.

The place the two were heading to was the warehouse from before, the place where Duanmu Mo first transformed.

Yu Zhi and another magical girl were ambushed by a strange man and even hid in that warehouse for several days before being rescued by Duanmu Mo.

It's one thing that the flying magical girl was ambushed, but Yuzhi also suffered a setback, which just goes to show how weak she was.

However, Duanmu Mo later heard from Du Man that she had actively ordered the interception of the driver. It was normal for the two initial magical girls to suffer a setback due to the elite monster's ambush.

“I don’t have much of a sense of ritual about what happened on what day or where,” Duanmu Mo shook his head and said. “To me, it was just a factory, nothing more.”

"But for other weirdos, it's a good place to hide."

"That's true."

As Duanmu Mo spoke, he fell from the sky.

—With a few leaps, he had already entered the factory.

"It feels so quiet. There are no workers working overnight in the factory. It's so different from Kazekawa City."

Duanmu Mo released Cangyi, looked around, and strolled leisurely.

"After all, this place has been abandoned."

Cang Yi's expression remained calm, his gaze sweeping warily over his surroundings:

"Alright, hurry up and sense the presence of the strange person. My intuition tells me something's wrong here."

"Alright, alright, seeing how wary you are, I'll have to step up my game too..."

Duanmu Mo turned around without any guard up, facing Cangyi and smiling:

"That's what they say, but I actually felt it a long time ago."

Pfft!

As soon as he finished speaking, the sounds of flesh being crushed and bones breaking rang out. Duanmu Mo's body shuddered as an arm pierced through his chest, and blood splattered from his chest.

—Behind him, a gaunt humanoid figure stretched out its hand, its body covered in bluish-green scales, and a long, thin tongue dripped from its mouth, leaving corrosive marks on the ground.

"you--"

Cangyi's eyes widened suddenly, and he was stunned for a moment before quickly reacting.

He sensed it but didn't resist. Does this guy really enjoy selling blood?

"Forehead......"

Duanmu Mo's face stiffened, and he trembled as he gripped the arm that pierced his heart. Suddenly, he let out a sigh of relief, and a joyful smile spread across his face:

"I have to say, this zombie monster isn't very intelligent, but it's quite good at catching jokes."

"Ow?"

Hearing that there was no weakness in Duanmu Mo's voice, the strange man was stunned for a moment and did not react.

At the same time, the shadow beneath Duanmu Mo's feet spread out, densely enveloping the interior of the factory.

"Ow!"

Sensing something was wrong, the strange man immediately retreated, his scales scraping against Duanmu Mo's chest flesh, causing him to gasp, "Ouch... Ouch... But it's done. Cangyi, you can start now!"

He snapped his fingers, and the phantom of Cangyi Baileika shot out from her chest, forming a tatami-sized shape in front of Cangyi, before quickly slapping towards him.

Her body passed through the afterimage, and power surged into her body, causing a change in her clothing.

"Next time, no need for words, just give me a look!"

Cangyi glanced at Duanmu Mo, a black mask appearing behind her eyes. She suddenly raised her hand, and a katana appeared in her hand.

Clang!

The clanging sound of the katana rang out, and at the same time, Cangyi's body disappeared from the spot.

Duanmu Mo looked at the hole in his chest, moved his body a bit, and then took out his driver.

"It's time to get rid of the pests."

Black mist surged from Duanmu Mo's body, transforming him into Neville's form. He grinned, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth.

"Neville Driver!"

Wearing the driver on his waist, Duanmu Mo took out the energy card and inserted it into his belt.

—Just as he was making these movements, Cangyi had already arrived in front of the strange man, raised his katana, and unleashed hundreds of slashes in an instant.

The sharp blade slashed at the monster, cutting through its skin, but it couldn't kill it instantly.

Unfortunately, this card is somewhat outdated. It was given to me by Cangyi before the gate opened, and in terms of quantity, it's probably less than one-tenth the energy that Yuzhi can provide now.

"Stop with those useless poses and get into the fight." White lightning appeared beneath Cangyi's feet, and he kicked the strange man toward Duanmu Mo.

"Are you kidding me? My movements are already quite simple. Transform!"

Armor surged from his belt, covering Duanmu Mo's entire body.

Duanmu Mo shook his hand, which was not yet covered by armor, and threw a punch at the zombie monster flying towards him—armor quickly appeared on his arm, and just before his fist hit the zombie monster, his arm was covered by armor.

After blasting the monster away, Duanmu Mo had completely transformed, his eyes glowing red as he recovered from his punching stance.

"Thick-skinned and tough, is this a zombie or a ghoul?"

Duanmu Mo straightened the collar of his armor and looked at the fist marks on the monster's body.

"Ow!"

Upon seeing this, the strange man lunged at Duanmu Mo.

"Cangyi, finish this in the next ten seconds!"

"Ten seconds?" Cangyi frowned, but quickly understood the meaning behind Duanmu Mo's words.

White arcs of electricity surged from her body, causing her to accelerate further.

Duanmu Mo, seeing the strange man rushing towards him, also took out Hejia's card.

Should I say—Clock Up?

Duanmu Mo inserted the card into the slot on his waist. In that instant, a brownish-red aura surged from his body, and the zombie monster in front of him visibly slowed down.

—During this slow passage of time, the only two people who could move at a normal pace were Duanmu Mo and Cangyi.

“A dead person cannot be killed. Only by inflicting damage on it and sealing off the flow of its power can it be completely annihilated.”

White arcs of electricity crackled around Cangyi, leaving trails of shadow as he moved.

Her voice seemed somewhat ethereal, perhaps because of this slow passage of time.

“A hundred words are not as good as one demonstration.” Duanmu Mo raised his hand, and the Black Corrosion Greatsword appeared in his palm, which he carried on his shoulder.

The two moved around the zombie-like figure that seemed to be frozen in mid-air in perfect unison, and the brownish-red aura around Duanmu Mo left a long tail in the air, just like the electric arcs of Cangyi.

The two stopped simultaneously, followed by Duanmu Mo's teasing words:

"Shall we have a race to see who's faster?"

． ． ． ． ． 铮．

Cangyi didn't speak, but simply drew his katana, and a white light emerged from the blade.