About becoming a magical girl

Saori didn't know what the "thing in the box" was, but she knew that since it was a key, one way to invalidate the key was to destroy the lock.

"Of course. But... that's the second question. I can only tell you about the 'thing in the box', but I can also reveal one thing: you have seen the so-called lock."

"I have seen?"

The girl obviously didn't intend to continue, she smiled, "Or, I can tell you what you want to know, but in exchange, you also have to accept a question from me, how about it? This is a very fair deal, right?"

"Heh... to get the information you want from me, is this your real purpose?"

Saori thought: Sure enough.

This girl was just trying to send out a signal, and what she elicited was her purpose—information exchange, or in other words, the comparison of information collection.

Either Saori may have the information the girl wants, or the girl is using Saori to screen the information in order to find real and valuable clues.

however……

Since the appearance of the "thing in the box", Saori has already fallen into the guidance of the girl - the girl obviously knows that Saori will not let this information go unnoticed.

"That's right, but don't you humans just like to emphasize fair trade? I think this is a reasonable request."

The girl said indifferently.

"How about it, do you want to make a deal? Maybe you will like it."

Saori was thinking in her heart - from the conversation just now, she had drawn some useful information.

But obviously, the girl will not always give her information about whoring for nothing, or in other words, the information in the girl's hands is also limited, and she should use these things in the most valuable places instead of giving them away for free.

Saori was silent for a moment.

"Why did you make a deal with me?" Saori looked up and stared at the girl, "I'm just a poor agent, and I don't know half as much as the intelligence department. You can continue to hold me hostage and ask for any information .”

"I don't think so," the girl didn't answer directly. "People's Federation needs secrets. Compared with them, you are more suitable."

Saori shook her head, "You can't prove what you said."

"Then you might as well contact your friends now and ask them about the 'Constrainer' and the 'Time Mechanism'," the girl raised her lips, her eyes were deep, "Believe me, it won't take long for you to understand me."

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At the same time, outside the former Sakagawa station——

The engine of the motorcycle roared in the deserted and festering street, and a long crack was torn under the light of the headlights in the dark night.

The tires took away the grass and crushed the muddy water pool. Efnir rode the motorcycle all the way, passing through the transition zone between Xijing City and Qianbanchuan, and it was still far away. The soldiers in the tunnel removed the roadblocks, and the motorcycle passed through the temporary checkpoint in the garrison area and headed straight to a garrison camp.

Underground Research Institute——

"Major General Evenier, you are here."

"commander."

Jiusheng Maki still had that poker face, she had been waiting here for a while, and in front of her, Efnir looked up at the huge tower in the center of the underground space, narrowing his eyes slightly.

Compared with the previous few days, the area of ​​the underground research institute is now filled with bright lights.

A large number of researchers in white uniforms and soldiers of the engineering troop were busy, and the figures walked between the buildings.

It seems that the current underground research institute has undergone basic repairs. Although various research equipment is not yet complete, the researchers stationed in the area have already invested in the investigation of the central tower.

If there is no code name J, the work here will definitely be the top priority of Xijing City at this stage.

But the code name J disrupted the process.

So Efnir appeared here. Besides Efnir, Repis and her team also came underground, but considering that they might be affected by "radiation", they stayed in the tunnel and stood by. .

"Have you made up your mind?"

"Well, otherwise I wouldn't be here—in order to deal with Code J, this is one of the feasible solutions."

After code-named J kidnapped Saori, Efnir and Immortal Hara Ayaka discussed for a long time.

In the end, they divided the final crusade into three directions-three plans that might wipe out the threat of Code J.

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169. Tower Fragment

——After saving Saori, there must be a confrontation between Xijing City and Code J, which is inevitable.

So combat preparation is necessary.

In fact, the plan discussed by Efnir and Immortal Hara Ayaka is also very simple, either find a way to subdue Code J, or kill her.

Code-named H, code-named J, these people are absolutely dangerous people, it would be better if they can be captured and interrogated for information, but if it is not possible, then killing them directly is also a way - of course, the premise is that they can be killed.

Still have to try.

One is revenge, to give an explanation to the city and those comrades who were victimized, and the other is to choose a position.

All in all, Evenier and Immortal Hara Ayaka put forward three tentative plans for the time being.

The first one is for Evenier to fight Code J and subdue him. The key is Evenier's ability to temporarily seal the apostle's attunement.After the Battle of Qianbanchuan, this mysterious ability of unknown origin has been tried many times by Avenier, and it has been verified that it is effective for both agents and apostles. It was originally reserved for angels.

But whether this ability can work on the mysterious code name J is still unknown, so the feasibility is unknown.

Also, the working principle of Code J's ability is unknown, so even if Evenier's ability is really effective, how to deal with it is a question worth discussing.

The second one, by Avenier or any other person who will not be disturbed by "fragment radiation" to contact Code J, is to use the power of "fragment radiation" that can affect agents to interfere with Code J, and then subdue him.

However, the mechanism of "fragmentation radiation" has not yet been clarified. Now it is only known that it can work on some agents. Even agents as powerful as Yanilas will be deprived of almost all their energy in a short period of time. But after all, this kind of thing is still in the exploration stage, and it is not yet known whether it will affect the code name J.

But all in all, as long as the hostage Saori remains in a non-coherent state, she will not be affected. If the first plan is not feasible, the second plan will be an alternate plan.

Third, the mourning bird squad will be temporarily dispatched to Xijing City for an ambush.Once the first and second battles failed, Efnir immediately took the fragments and yarn away, and Leipis and others took over the task, fighting with the purpose of "shooting and killing".Try to kill Code-J before she can use her eerie escape ability.

There is no doubt that these three plans have huge loopholes - because of the serious lack of information about the code name J, they can only achieve this level for the time being.

But Avenier was going to give it a try anyway.

"Very well, then the central tower investigation mission will proceed ahead of schedule."

Jiusheng Maki said.

For a few days, Efnir has not had any abnormal reactions, so Asaki Kuo approved the plan of Efnir and Immortal Hara Ayaka. Efnir came here to take out the "shards", which is also to prepare for tomorrow's battle.

"We have already cleaned up the 'variants' and 'plants' on the first floor. According to the information we have obtained, the 'debris' should be stored on the fourth floor—that is, the topmost position, which is also the bottom of the ground water tower."

Efnir followed Kuso Maki's line of sight to the central tower.

"My people will assist you to advance to the top floor as soon as possible. My adjutant will follow you all the way. He serves as the combatant and the on-site deputy commander at the same time. If you feel any discomfort during the mission, please stop immediately and put the The beacon is given to him for safekeeping—it's the engineering drawing."

"Ah."

Evenier nodded, and took a blueprint from Maki Kuo.

"There are two passages leading to the top floor marked here. When you are carrying out the mission, my people will slowly advance from the other end. The electromagnetic interference inside the tower is serious, and our equipment cannot be used. You follow the original plan."

Kuo Maki said, and then looked at Evenier, "The rest will be left to you."

Towers are vertical structures.

From the ground to the top of the underground research institute, the top is said to be connected to the external water tower, and there is also a complete isolation and stability maintenance structure in the middle.

——It seems that these two buildings were built at the same time from the beginning.

This has to be thought-provoking, is that water tower designed to deceive people or...

"War of the old generation..."

Avenir stared at the engineering drawing and shook his head inexplicably, "If you look deeper, you don't know when it goes back."

This world is always full of secrets. Even in the era when the old generation of humans occupied the absolute dominance of the world, the unknown still accompanies them.

The answer cannot be found only by intuition and guesswork, but the clues have already disappeared with the destruction of the old generation.Even at the ICS Research Institute in former Sakagawa, those researchers either died or disappeared, leaving nothing for Xijing City.

Perhaps we can only slowly find the answer from the records they left behind.

Evenier turned around and handed the engineering drawing to the adjutant, "Is this the first time we've acted together? I'll leave my rear to you."

"Yes," said the adjutant, who had changed into combat gear and held an assault rifle in his hand. "It's my honor."

Evenier rubbed the apostle beacon on his finger, his chest heaving and the not so clear air from the ground pouring into his lungs.She raised her hands around the back of her neck, untied the water-colored hair band, and tied it around her wrist.

She put her wrist between her eyebrows.

The scattered black hair was dyed as silvery as moonlight, the combat uniform replaced the tights, and the silver spear appeared in Evenier's hands.

"Let's go... we must finish the mission before dawn."

"Yes!"

Maki Kuo watched Efnir and the adjutant leave, looked up at the tower, pursed his lips, not knowing what he was thinking.

……

The central tower is like a straight nail, drilled into the ground from the outside ground, and the water tower is outside the ground.

As the very center of this huge underground space, the bottom and top of the tower are relatively thick, but the middle is slightly narrower. It looks like a funnel-like shape with wide sides and narrow middle.

Evenier came to one of the entrances——When Evenier first came here to investigate, there was an entrance in the tower that seemed to have been opened by someone. The route Avenier chose this time was from Enter that entrance.

Because of the search and investigation in the past few days, a passage has been cleared on the first floor thanks to the efforts of the soldiers, so Evenier, the adjutant and the accompanying soldiers came directly to the second floor.

"Major General, we are now on the second floor, and the road ahead is all blocked by this kind of plant... There are also dangerous 'variants' inhabiting it, so be careful."

said the adjutant.

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170. Central Well

Long spears are not suitable for fighting in narrow areas, but even so, Efnir's forward speed is not slow at all.

On the contrary, the soldiers at the back could hardly keep up with the speed of Evnir who opened the way—there was no light inside the passage of the tower, and they had to lay temporary communication cables along the way, and then they had to pay attention to possible mutant attacks , in the dim environment, bundles of tactical lights swept across the blood-stained aisle, and each step was on vines that were as soft as some kind of biological tissue, walking with fear.

And Evenier walked in the front alone, and with a single shot, the blade of the gun cut off all the vines, revealing half of the decapitated corpse behind the vines, and gray blood covered the wall - relying on the capture of "dust", Avenier was not afraid of the mutants hidden under the vines, and every shot could kill the mutants awakened from dormancy with exceptional accuracy.

The vines wrapped around Evenier's ankles. She didn't even look at it. She raised her feet and retreated, then raised her feet up almost in a line, and stepped down with one foot. Tightening the vines, she tore off the vines covering the wall and top, and then continued to walk forward with a single shot.

And seeing this scene in the eyes of the other team members, they just felt a little strangely relieved.

"It's full of troublesome things." Avenir pierced the mutant with a single shot. When he came to the pass, he suddenly frowned and glanced sideways. "Wait, what is this place?"

"The corridor between the second and third floors."

The adjutant replied quickly.

He has memorized the engineering drawings here, and he is very good as a combatant.

"Entering from here is the main control room and laboratory on this floor, and the central area is the isolated central transmission tower, which is also the rectification and transformation hub and the working well of the ion beam."

"Strange... I remember that all equipment should stop working?"

"Yes, after the fall of Qianbanchuan, all the equipment here has completely stopped working."

Although the adjutant said so, Evenier clearly felt the strong fluctuations emanating from the working well - the restless dust was like the foam in a soda bottle, and there was no "bottle cap" in this place .

Evenier thought for a while, then raised his hand to signal.

"You wait for me here for a while."

After finishing speaking, Evenier walked towards the working well alone, stepped on the metal hole bridge, and the soles of his feet made a clanging sound of steel—halfway, Avenier stood on the bridge and looked down.

The bridging plate is actually just a few layers of simple metal plate structures with holes. It is about four or five meters long from one end to the other. It is the only connection point between the main shaft and the central working shaft. There are manual placement and retractable structures on both sides. It seems that these bridging plates are usually put away, that is to say, the central working shaft and the main shaft are not actually in contact with each other.

Efnir stood on the bridge board, put her hands on the railings on both sides and looked down—she canceled the coherence, and what she saw was pitch black, but there was a faint purple awn at the bottom.

However, under the coherent field of view, only some cables and complex equipment casing structures can be seen, and the deeper structures cannot be seen by Avenier due to the limited viewing angle.Evenier raised his head again, took a step back, and looked up - he still saw the same scene, and even that annoying plant didn't exist in the "blank" area in the middle.

Efnir stepped a little harder, and the crisp metal vibration echoed in the deep darkness, and went away.

"strangeness……"

Efnir frowned slightly - the structure of this huge tower is... unusual.

Looking down from here, it seems that the main structure of the tower is divided into two parts, one is the inner working well, which is the central structure, and the other is the outer laboratory and external structures such as elevators and stairwells.This in itself is not a puzzling part, because Avenier does not understand the points of these architectural and engineering designs.