Give children a little self-destruction shock to their worldview.

According to her intelligence, the oddballs in this city didn't seem to amount to much. They were easily defeated by two rookie magical girls and hadn't even formed a significant force.

Before she arrived, she thought that with her strength, she would only encounter one weirdo in Miracle City who was worth her serious attention.

But where did this formidable enemy come from...?

Did they not put so many teddy bears in their territory before?!

The second level of the game turned into a 1v1 battle between two monsters, and the monster had no chance to fight back, which greatly hurt the pride of the mischievous monster.

But now is not the time to talk about that; we must get out of here quickly...

Having climbed up the exhaust pipe, the prankster breathed a sigh of relief and crawled into the gap.

An open door is definitely a trap; you can't follow the direction the other person has laid out for you.

Therefore, as long as I pass through this place, I can see a glimmer of hope...!

Fortunately, after being shrunk, the prankster's size allowed her to move freely in the narrow pipes, so she ran through the ventilation ducts.

As long as I can get to that place...

She crawled out of the pipe without any trouble. Her eyes lit up, but before she could see the outside world clearly, she was grabbed by a hand.

The prank met a pair of tearful eyes with an eerie violet hue.

The girl caught the defenseless prankster in her hand. Due to the hierarchy among the monsters, the prankster monster seemed to have truly become the other's toy, being held and played with in her hand.

It was only the size of the other person's palm and was completely unable to move.

"...You're not human?!" The prankster was struck dumb. "No, impossible, I'm practically indistinguishable from a human..."

Even that guy didn't reach the evolutionary terminal...

Sadness blinked, two tears rolled down her cheeks, the remaining glistening droplets clinging to her eyelashes. She sniffed twice, her voice plaintive:

"I finally got to go out with Mayumi, and you...you ruined it all."

I'm so sad, so sad. Why did I have to ruin my date experience?

I finally get to hang out with my friends.

She tilted her head slightly, tears streaming down her cheeks, and began to sob softly.

“It’s all your fault,” she said, then reached out and broke the prankster’s arm.

"Don't bother me..." The voice was soft, but it still managed to rip the prankster's head off his neck.

With a cracking sound, the prankster instantly lost consciousness.

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"Wa ...

"Shut the hell up! Shut the hell up!" came an angry roar in my ear. "If you keep making noise, I'll attach your arm to your leg!"

The prankster was startled and immediately fell silent.

……here it is?

She shrank back and shut her mouth, her eyes brimming with tears as she looked at the dark-skinned monster in front of her who was furiously assembling her disassembled limbs.

She had never seen such a dilapidated house before... Could it be that they had been captured by the enemy?

"Sorry, sorry, please be quiet. Angry doesn't like people yelling in her ear." The Abyss Gentleman, wearing an apron and peeking out from the kitchen, quickly apologized. "She didn't mean it."

The mischievous freak looked at the abyss gentleman with the oil-faced, white, line-drawn expression, and then at the apron he was wearing.

……who?

Chapter Sixty-Two: The True Bow is About to Drop the Little Pearl

In the mischievous man's mind, the Abyss Gentleman was an elegant oddball with a black face, no facial features, a well-proportioned and upright figure, and who always wore a meticulous suit and top hat.

The other party is actually very close to being human, but due to a personality flaw, it has never been able to develop facial features, so it looks quite terrifying when you look closely.

At least when the other person suddenly gets close, it will startle her.

Because it has no facial features and no expression can be seen on its face, it is difficult to fathom the thoughts of the Gentleman of the Abyss.

but now……

It looks like a smiling hash brown.

Although staring at that face for a long time still gives off a non-human feeling, the terrifying feeling it evokes has been greatly reduced. Its physique is no longer close to human; it is thin and tall, like Jack the Skeleton from "The Nightmare Before Christmas".

It's like transforming a faceless, terrifying monster into a cute villain in the style of American comics or claymation.

And she was even wearing an apron...

"...Who are you?" Unable to believe that the Gentleman of the Abyss from back then would become such a virtuous wife and loving mother, the Prankster asked tentatively after being struck by lightning.

Is he some kind of weirdo from the same source as the Abyss Gentleman? Or was he beaten so badly back then that he lost his memory...?

"Me? Gentleman of the Abyss. Anna, don't you remember me?" The man in the apron, calling her by her first name, spoke in a clear, melodious voice, a stark contrast to the playboy of yesteryear.

The prankster closed his eyes in pain.

I really haven't lost my memory.

He's like a completely different person! How did he manage that? Did some strange, unknown person or prisoner happen to my former boss over the past ten years?

Furious, she looked at the prankster and then at her older brother: "You two know each other?"

She thought her older brother was being overly compassionate again and was picking up the defeated monster who had been utterly humiliated by the magical girl.

"It's not a magical girl." The Abyss Gentleman felt a little embarrassed. The scene of him seeing his friend whom he hadn't seen for many years was that his own Little Sadness had dismantled the other party. "It was a fight with Little Sadness."

"And then you lost?" His eyes widened in anger.

"Anna lost terribly." The Abyss Gentleman felt a little guilty, scratching his head. "Who told her to be so clueless and run into Little Sadness when she was in a bad mood..."

From the conversation between the brother and sister in front of him, the mischievous monster finally realized that the powerful monster who had defeated him earlier was the youngest sister of the Abyss Gentleman.

They are all negative emotion freaks who survive by absorbing emotions, and they are all extraordinarily powerful.

"But it was me who got torn down..." The prankster cried, tears welling up in his eyes. "She didn't say she was a monster. If she had known, why would I have attacked her?"

The Abyss Gentleman said awkwardly, "Then be careful next time, and don't provoke her."

The prankster felt wronged and wanted to lash out, but then realized that the pranksters in front of her were all at the same level as her, and she wouldn't get away with it here. Not to mention, the sadness that had torn her apart might come back at any time... She sniffed and whispered angrily, "You put my arm on backwards."

"You hit my sister, and you expect me to fix it for you?" Anger glared at her unhappily after realizing that the person in front of her had a grudge against Little Sadness.

The prankster felt even more aggrieved: "I didn't even touch a single hair on her head!"

It's a misunderstanding! She's already been torn up like this, what else can we do for her?

Despite his anger and complaints, he still disassembled and reassembled it for her.

Seeing the scene become harmonious, the Gentleman of the Abyss breathed a sigh of relief, then realized that the meat patties on his pan seemed to be overcooked, and hurriedly flipped them over.

He flipped the meat patty over in the pan, and it turned a slightly darker brown, but it wasn't burnt yet, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Today is a rare meat day at home, and he would be very sad if he burned any of the meat patties.

Uh.

Oh right, Anna's here too. Judging by the looks of it, she's not going to stay for dinner, is she?

On the day of the meat, in addition to having just paid a large sum of tuition fees, I bought a new schoolbag for Little Sadness.

Why did it have to be this time of all times?

The abyss gentleman, who had developed a slightly stingy habit due to his meticulous calculations, felt a pang of heartache.

Let Jealousy buy some more groceries when he gets home.

He sighed, feeling utterly exhausted.

He had been keeping an eye on which strange people had come to the city, and the fact that Anna was leading the charge was quite surprising to him.

Based on his understanding of the prankster Anna, she wasn't actually the type to like being in the spotlight, but she was very concerned about her image.

If other weirdos make a fuss about coming to Miracle City, then Anna will come along as soon as she's provoked.

As a result, none of the other oddballs who had spread the word beforehand set off, but Anna arrived... She was definitely made the first one to stick her feet.

This old friend doesn't seem very bright.

But at the same time, this is also a sign of impending danger.

After he relinquished control of Miracle City and only wanted to take care of his own family, the city entered a delicate state of balance.

The shadow of that magical girl from ten years ago still looms over this city, forcing many eccentrics to temporarily suppress their grand schemes and flee to other cities to recuperate. Right now, many of them probably still believe this place is in deep trouble.

Now, because of the existence of the [Spark], his ambitious old friends will arrive one after another, disrupting the peace of Miracle City.

To be honest, it's none of his business.

Isn't maintaining peace the job of magical girls?

However, if it affects his daily life, that's another matter.

The Gentleman of the Abyss will not help either side, provided that no one is foolish enough to provoke him.

What the prankster did today crossed the line. Her arrival and involvement with Little Sadness was already a very unruly thing to do.

However, out of consideration for their past relationship, the Gentleman of the Abyss did not intend to pursue the matter further.

Whether it's an eccentric schemer or a magical girl... as long as his family isn't dragged into this "battle for the spark," his mood can remain "pleasant."

He hummed a song as he scooped the meat patties out of the pot and piled them on a plate, his fingers tapping the countertop as if by habit.

It's time to use telepathy to call everyone home for dinner.

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Mayumi Haga felt she should repack her backpack.

It wasn't that the number of kisses exposed by the weirdo was so scary that she decided to organize them... She didn't actually care about those things, but rather she realized something.

Through telepathic conversations with Sugiyama Rika, Terasaki Ayasa, and others, she discovered that the "Spark" seemed to be in her own hands.

Originally, she didn't know what the "Fire Seed" was. To her, the soil of Karamor was a fragment of the world's core, a weapon that could be used to annihilate the calamity.

But when she went out with the bear, she heard the Abyss Gentleman calling the bear home for dinner in a telepathic conversation.

The strange person who represents fear rarely appears in Mayumi Haga's sight. Unlike Rika Sugiyama, whose voice is loud enough to be heard by the whole world, she rarely hears messages from him.

However, the little bear happened to be next to her at that time, and Mayumi Haga overheard it.

The Abyss Gentleman told Little Bear about the [Fire Seed], instructing him to keep his distance from strange people he didn't know... at least not to tear them to pieces and leave them on the street crying, as that would be very ruthless.

The little bear reluctantly agreed.

Through this conversation, Mayumi Haga finally sensed that a storm was brewing.

She herself has little connection with magic, and her communication is rather sluggish compared to that of the eccentrics.

If you want to know any key information, you have to endure your guardian's loudspeaker. Moreover, the guardian and the doctor don't explain all the important information like in a novel, so that Mayumi Haga can understand.

Most of the time, their telepathic conversations are somewhat enigmatic; they can communicate using just a few keywords.

But the Abyss Gentleman and the Guardian Lady are different.

Despite being the eldest brother, he was still willing to provide shelter for the little bear.

But after discovering that the prankster was easily defeated by the bear, he had to admit that the bear was strong enough to be a monster on his own. So after some hesitation, he decided to follow Sugiyama Rika's example and entrust some of the responsibility to the next generation.

He patiently explained everything to Little Bear, hoping she could make her own decision and choose her place in this battle for the flame.

The definition of "fire seed" made Mayumi Haga suddenly realize something.

Through the magical knowledge provided by the Shrike, she realized that among the things she had previously embedded in the ancient arrow was the most precious legacy left to her by her original world—the "Spark."

The [Spark] contains the most core power of the original world, enabling Mayumi Haga to use her blessings in another world and serve as a key to create a new world. Due to her special experiences, she also possesses special attack abilities against calamities.

She now possesses a special weapon against calamity, a weapon that came long overdue.

But it is also tragic to think that such a weapon was made from the original world's "fire seed," which had been completely eroded by calamity. Its birth meant the destruction of the original world.

Having suffered destruction, they transformed everything remaining into weapons to fight against calamity, entrusting them to the final guardian.

This is revenge, and also protection.

Haga Mayumi will not easily hand it over.

In order to preserve this important item, which was not properly sorted after being recovered along with the dragon bones, Mayumi Haga plans to place it in a more important position.