Monster Hunter Gathering

"I really enjoyed your story."

Nie Chiwu took a deep breath. "To me, your future is a story I've seen in the past. I believe and am certain... at least some of the hope and courage in that story has become a part of who I am today."

"But that story isn't all I am. I acknowledge some of the beauty in it, but I also deny some of the concepts within it...On the road of life, we always stop and go, letting the scenery along the way gradually fill in the framework of our lives and ultimately shape our personality."

“So…I have my own thoughts and ideas.”

Nie Chiwu grinned, facing Xiaoyuan with his brightest smile possible: "I don't think hope and despair are equivalent, because hope... will give rise to equivalent despair."

“I believe that…both hope and courage are born out of nothing.”

Nie Chiwu raised his hand and pressed it on his heart, feeling the rhythm that came from life itself.

“It is a flame, born out of coincidence, fragile yet illuminating everything around it.”

"That lit flame is gently protected in someone's arms, preventing it from being extinguished by the strong wind and heavy rain, and then carefully shared with others... The seeds of hope and courage are passed on bit by bit."

“Sometimes that hope and courage dies.”

"But sometimes, hope and courage can emerge again in the darkness."

“That’s my answer, and that’s what I’m going to do next.”

"Madoka, let me repeat myself here... From the time I read that story as a teenager until today... I still love that story that sometimes makes me sad but always speaks of hope and love."

Nie Chiwu reached out and grabbed Xiaoyuan's hand, placing her hand on his wrist so that Xiaoyuan could feel his heartbeat through her fingers.

"Above life...we will always seek the power that transcends life itself."

"This is the strength I've gained little by little from others, from many stories, and from everything in my life. Within this strength, there's also the courage that your future has given me."

"Before despair truly arrives, let me still have this hope and courage..."

"Give some back a little."

Chapter 362: Even Hunters Can’t Solve the Problem of Absenteeism

After Nie Chiwu expressed his thoughts to Xiaoyuan as much as possible, facing the girl in front of him who would never despair... and would only become a witch when her magic power was exhausted, Nie Chiwu smiled brightly at her.

"Witch Night has been affected by the Mad Dragon virus, and should speed up its actions... If it appears in Mitakihara City early, Tenkai Dragon will probably try to prey on it to replenish its energy."

"The Tianhui Dragon is very vigilant and hides its location very well. This is partly why we were unable to discover it before."

"On the other hand, the other witches in Mitakihara City..."

Nie Chiwu paused and said, "I want to get in touch with Homura Akemi, so Madoka... after you return to your own world, I hope you can go with me to meet Homura Akemi."

"Also, regarding Tomoe Mami and Sakura Kyoko, I also want to find a way to bring them together..."

Nie Chiwu paused at this point and said, "Actually, there's a very troublesome thing going on here."

"It's just that I... can't show your story to other people the same way I show it to you."

"You should have seen that in the original story, Mami collapsed after learning the truth."

"Also, Sayaka...she probably hasn't become a magical girl yet." Nie Chiwu recalled the order of the story. "If it's just to heal someone's wrist, there's no need for such a cruel price as becoming a magical girl. We hunters can do it for them."

"There's one last aspect of the problem... Kyubey."

Nie Chiwu narrowed his eyes. "If they knew about us hunters, they would definitely try to stop us. They would probably try to trick you into becoming a magical girl."

"Is it okay as long as... I don't agree?" Xiaoyuan said hesitantly.

"Actually, there's an even worse scenario." Nie Chiwu scratched his head: "Quppy will lead other magical girls to attack us."

"!" Xiaoyuan was stunned: "But Mr. Captain, aren't you here for..."

"But the perspective of the magical girls is different." Nie Chiwu scratched his hair. "From the perspective of other magical girls, Kyubey's true identity hasn't been revealed, right? We only know this because of Homura Akemi, who has reincarnated countless times..."

"In the eyes of other magical girls, even if Kyubey is pretending, he's really acting like a magical girl mascot." Nie Chiwu said, "That's why I want to contact Homura Akemi. Only in this way can I cover up the matter about Hunter as much as possible."

"I understand." Madoka took a deep breath. "As long as we go to see Homura together... that'll be fine, right?"

"what!"

Nie Chiwu suddenly remembered something and his expression changed.

"It's over! I forgot something very important!" Nie Chiwu's face darkened, and even his expression became complicated: "It's over, it's over... This is really a problem."

"!!!"

Nie Chiwu's tone made Xiao Yuan nervous: "Mr. Grand Commander! Is there something else that cannot be solved?"

"That's right! It's a huge problem! And it's a problem that a hunter's power can't solve!" Nie Chiwu looked regretful, and then said to Xiaoyuan: "Xiaoyuan, I'm sorry... I actually forgot such an important thing..."

"What...what exactly happened?" Xiaoyuan's expression became nervous along with Nie Chiwu's.

Then Xiao Yuan heard Nie Chiwu slowly say, "Xiao Yuan, you should remember that normally, after a hunter temporarily leaves their own world and comes to the gathering, time doesn't flow very much... And after you came to the gathering, Xiao Yuan, in order to buy time before Witch Night, you never went back."

"Um...what's wrong?" Xiaoyuan hesitated for a moment, not being able to figure out what went wrong.

"Then... when the target monster entered the world, time would flow normally..." Nie Chiwu looked at Xiaoyuan dimly. "Because I forgot about this matter, so... Tianhuilong arrived in your world yesterday, and Xiaoyuan, you have already been here for a day..."

"Do you remember what you were doing before you suddenly showed up at the rally?"

"I'm... in school!!!"

Madoka suddenly realized something.

She missed a whole day of school!

Moreover, he didn’t come home the entire night!!! He didn’t come home at all!

From the perspective of her family and friends, Yuan suddenly disappeared for a whole day on her way to school!

And Madoka clearly remembered that the morning she came here was the morning she dreamed of Homura Akemi, which meant that the day she skipped class was also the day Homura transferred to the school!

Thinking of this, Xiaoyuan started to panic: "Captain! What should I do? I've been gone for so long..."

"I'm sorry, Madoka, but this is a life problem that hunters can't solve."

Nie Chiwu lowered his head in pain: "But this is a big problem. We have to go to your world quickly. You seem..."

"We've already skipped over the most important first day in the plot..."

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"Mr. Policeman! I'm serious!"

Xiaoyuan's father held Xiaoyuan's younger brother in his arms and frantically told the police: "My child has been missing for a whole day!!!"

"Could it be that she ran away from home?" the police officer said casually, "After all, there are many cases of children of this age running away from home..."

"Impossible! My Xiaoyuan is not that kind of child!" Xiaoyuan's mother also began to argue with the police.

What the couple did not notice was that outside the window of the police station, a black figure flashed by and then appeared in the distance in an instant.

"Madoka... is truly missing."

Homura Akemi hugged her shoulders, her heart filled with fear.

This was the first time she had encountered such a situation.

After she transferred to the school yesterday, she found that Xiaoyuan, who should have met her for the first time at school as usual, did not show up at school today.

Even Madoka's two friends, Sayaka and Hitomi, had no idea where Madoka had gone.

Homura Akemi paused time like crazy and searched everywhere in the city. In the process, she killed many witches' familiars, but she could not find Madoka at all.

"what is going on……"

As Homura Akemi thought about this, her expression suddenly darkened: "It must be... Kyubey!!!"

Arrange the plot of Xiaoyuan and add more later

I will sort out the story of Xiaoyuan and try to find the feelings at that time and try to solve it quickly.

There is also the issue of new members. Since there are new members, I must write about them. Otherwise, there is no need to write about them, so I kind of want to prepare... the whole thing.

In addition, Kyubey must die, this beast should be BBQ

Chapter 363: Dark clouds over Takihara Castle, and the angry hair of Yan Niang pierces the sky

At this moment, Nie Chiwu and Xiaoyuan did not know that Homura Akemi had completely put the blame for Xiaoyuan's disappearance on Kyubey.

And Kyubey was also very confused.

They had just locked onto Madoka and discovered this girl with powerful cause and effect... but as a result, the girl suddenly disappeared on Madoka's way to school.

The Kyubits were also confused. They couldn't understand how Madoka disappeared, and they couldn't even find Madoka in the entire city.

But just one day later, things suddenly changed.

A magical girl who appeared inexplicably began to hunt Kyubey frantically.

The attack on Kyubey was completely reckless, and even stunned the Kyubey in Mitakihara City.

The scene was a...

Seeing dark clouds covering Takihara Castle, Yan Niang’s angry hair pierced the sky.

However, regardless of the extremely angry Homura Akemi for now, Nie Chiwu has already returned to Mitakihara City with Xiaoyuan.

Regardless of whether the hunters can find a suitable excuse for Xiaoyuan's disappearance, they still have to send Xiaoyuan back home first.

“Sure enough, we should bring Kazuma here too at a time like this.”

As Nie Chiwu and Xiaoyuan walked towards Xiaoyuan's house, Nie Chiwu kept muttering to himself, "When an apology and apology is needed, it's better to have Kazuma kneel down in front of the other side. That should solve the problem..."

"Although the middle school, high school, and elementary school students in various works don't study at all, and are either saving the world or playing cards, spinning tops, or playing with some weird toys...but this kind of thing must not happen in our gatherings!"

"Cultural workers must be cultured! Students should study hard in school!" Nie Chiwu walked towards Xiaoyuan's home with her, muttering in her ear like a nagging old man: "Magical girl and hero stuff... those are resumes that won't get you a job!"

Xiao Yuan followed Nie Chiwu, listening to his ramblings. Although she could understand his concern for the assembly members, she felt that what he said was a little too realistic...

When Xiaoyuan and Nie Chiwu arrived at the door of Xiaoyuan's house, they could hear the anxious voices of Xiaoyuan's parents inside.

It is obvious that Xiaoyuan's parents are still concerned about where Xiaoyuan has gone and are ready to continue looking for her.

then……

Xiaoyuan's mother rushed out of the room and saw Xiaoyuan standing at her door.

"Xiaoyuan!" Xiaoyuan's mother rushed over and hugged Xiaoyuan: "That's great! I'm glad you're okay!"

"Are you hurt? How are you? Are you hungry? What happened..."

Xiaoyuan's mother checked Xiaoyuan's condition in a panic, and then noticed Nie Chiwu standing next to her, touching his nose awkwardly.

About ten minutes later, Nie Chiwu sat at the table in Xiaoyuan's living room, facing Xiaoyuan's family, and explained... the situation that the hunters had fabricated for Xiaoyuan.

"You mean... Xiaoyuan was walking on the street, and suddenly a small white animal jumped out, causing her to fall and hit her forehead, and she fainted, so she was sent to the hospital?"

Xiaoyuan's mother looked at Nie Chiwu with some suspicion, then reached out and gently parted Xiaoyuan's hair, and actually saw a small bump that had been treated.

Nie Chiwu swallowed nervously.

The bump was real, and he had made it himself just to explain why Xiaoyuan disappeared for a day.

Of course, as the head of the group, Nie Chiwu naturally could not beat up the members of the group for no reason, so Nie Chiwu did not attack Xiaoyuan.

Nie Chiwu simply found an excuse to have a fight with Kazuma, and then asked Junji to help use the cause and effect reversal in the universe to transfer a bump on Kazuma's head to Xiaoyuan's head...

How could daily quarrels with Kazuma be considered assaulting a member of the group? After all, Kazuma was always thinking about rebelling against him, the leader!

"There have been more and more wild animals in the city recently, especially a small white wild animal..." Nie Chiwu rummaged through his pockets and took out a fake medical examination form from a small clinic, which had been forged by the Creator World official. He placed it on the living table of Xiaoyuan's family. "There's nothing wrong with Kaname-san's health. Aside from the wound on his forehead, he's in perfect health."

"But I'm sorry I didn't contact you right away. I seem to have worried you." Nie Chiwu said with a sincere expression, "Since Lumu has already returned home, I won't stay any longer. Uh... As for the cost of the examination..."

"Thank you for helping to send Xiaoyuan to the clinic." Xiaoyuan's father shook Nie Chiwu's hand gratefully and said, "We will pay for the consultation! If possible, please be sure to leave a contact information..."

Xiaoyuan's mother stared at the examination form for a while and expressed her gratitude to Nie Chiwu. Finally, after some excuses, Nie Chiwu walked out of Xiaoyuan's house with the non-existent medical fee that Xiaoyuan's family gave him.

"It's... I've passed for now." Nie Chiwu breathed a sigh of relief.

Nie Chiwu looked back at Xiao Yuan's family, but the bitterness on his face still remained.

The day that Madoka is missing is not only the day she and Homura Akemi met for the first time, but also the day when Madoka and Sayaka first encountered a witch and were saved by Mami Tomoe.

"Anyway...it's completely messed up. There's no need to continue like this, right?" Nie Chiwu scratched his hair, then...called the winged lion.

"Hmm?" The winged lion appeared from thin air and landed lightly on Nie Chiwu's shoulder. It shrank in size and lay lazily on Nie Chiwu's shoulder. "Do you need my help?"