What?! My anime figurines have all come true!

"Black Rock, let's go home."

Black Rock Shooter: ... (nods)

To outsiders, it would appear as if a girl with spatial abilities (opening doors) suddenly appeared on the scene, calling out Black Rock Shooter's name with great familiarity, and telling her to go home.

Black Rock Shooter nodded after a moment of silence.

It's certain that the two know each other, and they might even be business partners.

Then, Black Rock Shooter, as if riding a steed, floored the accelerator, causing the motorcycle to rear up and crash heavily to the ground before quickly driving into the portal opened by Mary.

Then the portal closed, and Mary turned back inside, casually closing the wooden door behind her. The passage then disappeared from the wall.

It's as if it never existed.

Throughout the entire ordeal, the mysterious girl (Marie) never gave Liu Yaowen and his group a second glance.

"...Return to base."

Liu Yaowen wiped his sweat, raised his hand to give orders to the team members and armed police soldiers behind him, and led Luo Yuan (the hooded man) to the Bureau of Abnormal Events before the news reporters arrived.

More important than those two mysterious girls is uncovering more secrets from the criminal and the mastermind behind the events.

For others, especially the onlookers, tonight was a sleepless night.

Furthermore, given that Shanghai is an international metropolis, the video of the incident quickly spread both domestically and internationally.

It was a global internet frenzy.

It turns out that people of all genders like dark-themed characters, and given that the villain in this incident is a standard 'monster,' people naturally imagine Black Rock Shooter as a demon hunter knight who roams the dark world.

Or perhaps a cute girl version of Ghost Rider?

Not only is she beautiful and cool, but she is also aloof and taciturn yet doesn't reject ordinary people.

In no time, Black Rock Shooter's image became a hot topic on the internet, with almost everyone talking about this unusual 'superpowered person'.

Mary, on the other hand, didn't get much attention because she didn't have much screen time and the lighting behind the door was too bright, making it impossible to see her clearly in the videos and live streams.

Of course, there were also some 'different' voices under the various videos of this incident.

"Haha! As expected of a wild beast! Covered in stinky fur, all it knows is howling everywhere, making a laughing stock for the whole world."

"What nonsense are you spouting upstairs? Look at those ugly, torn-off wings and that flat, pig-like snout—they look like close relatives of some bats!"

"Then what about the dog's paw that didn't even scratch the little girl's skin? Was the puppy scratching an itch?"

"Hilarious! Lying in a coffin every day must have blinded them. Aren't those hooked claws bat claws?"

Oh dear, who are these two people arguing?

It's so hard to guess!

…………

While Black Rock Shooter sparked a global frenzy among netizens, what was Chen Xiao doing?

A: He is 'harassing' the person involved.

"Wow……"

After Chen Xiao's spirit returned to his body, he first let Alice and the others, who had turned back into figurines, know that he was safe. Then, with a face full of curiosity, he walked up to Black Rock Shooter, looking her up and down and circling her several times.

Just like when a certain trash-loving guy first saw Shinobu Oshino in her teenage form, he was completely immersed in the unique charm of Black Rock Shooter.

Faced with Chen Xiao's overly intense gaze, Black Rock Shooter stood still, completely unmoved, without the slightest hint of shyness, like a life-sized, exquisitely crafted doll.

"It should be okay to touch it, right?"

A bold idea popped into his mind.

The next moment, Chen Xiao slowly raised his right hand towards the defenseless Black Rock Archer in front of him.

He had never done this flippant thing to any other physical figurines before; on the contrary, it was the female physical figurines who would flippant him from time to time.

Therefore, Chen Xiao's actions at this moment have a somewhat contradictory flavor of offense and defense...

perhaps?

However, before Chen Xiao could even reach out to touch her, the expressionless Black Rock Shooter impatiently lowered her head and placed her face in his palm.

Like a cat that seems aloof and difficult to get along with, but is actually a clingy little thing that will come and rub against your hand as soon as you reach out.

But this strong contrast was quickly overshadowed by the wonderful tactile sensation from the palm of my hand.

"Wow, wow, wow..."

The slightly cool and smooth little face, the feeling of sinking into his hand, made Chen Xiao love it so much that he couldn't put it down. Then he boldly let his thumb run across the Black Rock Shooter's lips, revealing the white and moist teeth as if plucking a string.

If you put your finger in...

"abnormal!"

At this moment, a voice interrupted Chen Xiao's impending outburst.

Turning around, they saw Mary, looking displeased, standing behind them with her arms crossed.

“Marie! Ah, this, this I can explain…”

Chen Xiao quickly pulled his hand back.

He insisted that he was not a pervert, but that the atmosphere was just too good and he couldn't help but reach out.

Black Rock Shooter: ... (Disappointed)

"Tch! I don't want to hear any of this! I also deserve credit this time (opening the door and bringing the two back), so why is Black Rock Shooter the only one being rewarded?"

Chen Xiao: Award, reward?

Then, Mary turned her head slightly and said in a low voice.

"Touch me a little too..."

Chen Xiao stood there stunned for a long time before, amidst Mary's angry and embarrassed shouts of "Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and touch them!", he raised his hands to stroke the faces of the two figurine girls, one on each side.

Or should I say... a reward?

However, Chen Xiao, immersed in the joy of petting his cat, was unaware that a suffocatingly low atmosphere was emanating from the direction of his bedroom.

Chapter Sixteen: The So-Called Great Disaster

After half an hour.

Black Rock Shooter and Mary, whose time limit for physical transformation had finally expired, were satisfied and turned back into figurines, leaving Chen Xiao standing there dumbfounded, his hands still carrying the fragrance and warmth of the young girl.

It took him a few minutes to come to his senses.

"What...what did I do..."

He instinctively wanted to cover his face, but the lingering scent on his palm made him take a light sniff.

"No! I'm not a pervert!"

Chen Xiao, who hadn't yet crossed the line, couldn't hold back any longer.

When did I become so repressed?

Damn it, it must be because Alice deliberately teases me every day that things have turned out this way!

Alice: ?

"I need to take a shower to calm down..."

However, the moment Chen Xiao entered the bathroom, he felt something was wrong. Although he found nothing after checking, he still had the feeling that someone was watching him.

"Maybe I'm being too sensitive... After all, I just experienced being attacked by the villain and the awakening of my superpowers."

Chen Xiao clenched his fist and muttered to himself.

He then locked the bathroom door as a precaution before entering the shower to take a shower.

However, what Chen Xiao didn't know was that at this moment, in the corner of the bathroom wall, there was a gap-like spatial crack filled with countless eyes.

And opposite this gap is Chen Xiao's bedroom, which is directly opposite the huge display case of figurines.

However, at the same time, Black Rock Shooter and Mary Nightmare's eyes were blocked by another pair of gaps, and they couldn't see the live stream from the bathroom side no matter what.

May good people live long and prosper! (Praying)

A certain sage demon: Hehe~

We've made Black Rock Shooter and Mary feel good just now, now it's their turn to reward themselves!

Black Rock Shooter: ... (angry)

Mary Nightmare: You can't take a game, huh?! A bunch of CS players!

…………

The scene shifts again to the global internet frenzy sparked by the existence of Black Rock Shooter, and to Chen Xiao being spied on at home.

The superpower crime countermeasures team, acting as a 'background element', has taken the prisoner Luo Yuan to the secret base of the Abnormal Events Management Bureau under the protection of the Armed Police Brigade.

They locked the hooded man, Luo Yuan, who had been yelling and screaming since waking up, to a restraint frame. After scanning him up and down with various machines, the researchers, looking shocked, finally came out of the control room.

"How is the situation?"

Liu Yaowen, who was resting with his eyes closed in the lounge, saw the researchers come out and went up to ask about Luo Yuan's health, as he still needed to get information out of him.

After all, Huang Qingque's ability only allows her to see a portion of the scene; she can't see anything more specific.

However, the researchers shook their heads upon hearing this.

"This person's body has been completely deformed. Not only is the DNA completely destroyed, but most of the organs have also swelled and proliferated like they have a serious tumor, especially the brain tissue... it is no longer recognizable as a human brain."

After saying that, the researcher added a complaint.

"This outrageous thing must have been made by a giant corporation in the Arabachi Federation. They really have no sense of ethics or morality at all."

"I see..."

Liu Yaowen was also helpless about this.

The trail went cold here, and the few bits and pieces Huang Qingque had seen were not enough to continue the investigation.

You should know that on the way to the base with Luo Yuan, he had already sent a team to raid the abandoned warehouse in the suburbs, but there was nothing there.

The other party clearly fled the moment the incident was broadcast live.

"The King of Spades...it must be you."

Liu Yaowen, having left the room, stood under the night sky, gazing intently at the heavens.

He then reached into his pocket to take out a cigarette.

Only in this quiet, secluded place and at this time would he secretly smoke to relieve his inner stress.

"Team leader."

But at this moment, Huang Qingque appeared beside him, her expression suggesting that she, like Liu Yaowen, was feeling repressed.

"What's wrong, Lieutenant Colonel? Are you out for some fresh air too?"

Liu Yaowen smiled.

He put the cigarette he was about to take out back down the drain.

"Ah."

Huang Qingque nodded.

"I just reported the information about Black Rock Shooter and that mysterious girl to the director."

Liu Yaowen's smile gradually turned into a serious expression.

"Did you see their information?"

Liu Yaowen knew very little about the abilities of the Celestial Masters, only that ordinary people had no secrets from them.

"I've done my best with only a part of it... If they were teachers, they should be able to see through the forces behind them."

Huang Qingque closed her eyes slightly.

It seems she recalled something painful.