Chapter 583 Dual-Line Operation
Chapter 583 Dual-Line Operation
Robbery of a casino.
Upon hearing this, Chi Xue scrutinized the three people in front of her with a blank expression. Strictly speaking, there were four.
Alice, Jack the Ripper, Fenrir, and Heartmoon Fox.
Can Alice and that little guy who calls himself Jack really be considered two different people? Akayuki couldn't help but have some existential dilemmas, but with her strong self-control, she eliminated these unreliable thoughts and focused her attention on the other two.
They are all top-tier villains, and they also share almost every hobby: having fun and causing trouble. And they happen to have exceptional talent and skill in this area.
"But the only problem now is..."
Chi Xue looked up at the whiteboard that Fenrir had brought out, and as she looked at the various photos and handwritten plans neatly pasted on it, a strange doubt arose in her mind.
These things definitely couldn't be collected in just a few minutes. When I and Xin Yuehu entered the Illusionary Dreamscape, the two of them were being wanted by FBL with a four-star warrant in a helicopter. How could they have had time to put together such a detailed plan?
Upon seeing the detailed plans on the whiteboard, which seemed to cover almost every single detail, Chi Xue felt something was amiss and quickly asked:
"Wait a minute, I have a question for you. How long have you three been in this mental world? Why do you seem so familiar with it?"
"You suddenly asked this..."
Fenrir paused for a few seconds, exchanged a glance with Alice and Jack, and then the petite blonde girl with blue eyes took over the conversation:
"We stayed here for about half an hour, and after figuring out the situation, we explored the area... About half an hour later, when we saw Fox and Miss Akashi, we were doing our first mission."
"Hmm...so that means..." Chi Xue listened blankly, looking a little embarrassed.
"Let me speak. Akashi doesn't seem to understand you very well, Alice," Fenrir said helplessly, taking over the conversation.
"sorry……"
Although Alice's Chinese was already quite good, her pausing style of speaking made Chi Xue a little stunned, so she had to steer the conversation back to herself and explain to Chi Xue.
This explanation only confused Chi Xue and Su Tianqing even more. Half an hour? That doesn't make sense, Su Tianqing thought.
From the moment I received Rabbit's call to the moment I contacted Chi Xue and quickly entered the mental world, at most five minutes had passed. Why were they able to stay here for half an hour?
Something's not right. Something's definitely wrong.
"Perhaps the flow of time here is different from the real world? I've seen this kind of setting quite often," Fenrir said, seemingly unconcerned.
"Although it doesn't sound like a very important issue, let's record it as part of the clue for future investigation." Su Tianqing tilted her head, agreeing with Fenrir's words, but still had her familiar record this cryptic message.
Chi Xue seemed to gradually accept the reality that she had been dragged onto the villainous team in front of her. She shook her head helplessly and took another look at the whiteboard in front of her that was full of plans.
Well then, since we've decided to investigate Garuda, and they've already devised these plans in advance, let's just proceed as they say.
The first task has been crossed out: [Reconnoiter the casino's perimeter and security situation]
The second step is currently underway – [Finding an escape vehicle].
"The casino has an abandoned underground facility. We found a photo in the surveillance footage during our investigation, and this is it." Seeing that Chi Xue was interested in the whiteboard, Fenrir walked to the whiteboard and pointed to the photo at the bottom labeled "Final Goal".
The photo showed a sturdy blast-proof door, but it looked quite dilapidated compared to the surrounding city buildings, which immediately reminded Su Tianqing and Chi Xue of the dilapidated abandoned factory in their card-playing mental image.
"This is it, there's definitely something wrong with this place," Chi Xue said without hesitation.
"Based on the conclusions drawn from previous Dream Imagery, Garuda will choose a stronghold after invading the Dream Imagery world, and depending on the extent of its invasion, it will distort that stronghold and the entire Dream Imagery into a chaotic and disordered state."
Alice and Jack exchanged a glance, both showing thoughtful expressions.
"Chaos and disorder, is this how all of Garuda's intrusions into the mind manifest?" Little Jack asked.
Su Tianqing had no idea why Little Jack spoke Chinese so much more fluently than Golden Alice. Even Fenrir was taken aback and couldn't help but complain:
"Hmm? Your Chinese is pretty good!"
"..." Little Jack remained silent, while Alice, with her golden cheeks slightly flushed, didn't know how to answer and could only shyly curl up into a ball.
A heated investigation is underway in the Dreamscape, while simultaneously plotting a casino heist that sounds incredibly exciting.
In the real world, however, a pair of emerald fox eyes quietly gleamed under the starlight.
"Hmm... I remember flying from here first, then heading this way..."
"Yes, this is it."
A tiny fox spirit lingered by the bathroom window, murmuring to itself as it peered through the crack in the window into the pitch-black interior, using its magical night vision to see what was inside.
The stargazer gazes at the moon's heart, in an automatic transmission.
Having lost the computing power of the FoxNetwork's mainframe, Yue Tianxin, now in automatic mode, could only leisurely stroll around Rongcheng, incidentally providing some magical communication relay services for Bai Lingfengxin and the others who were responsible for patrolling tonight.
However, while checking the unread messages on the Tail Network, the command "Investigate Sasha's mobile phone browsing content tonight" appeared in Yue Tianxin's mind.
My true form is currently conducting an investigation within the Dreamscape, and as an automatic stargazer familiar, I naturally have to shoulder the task of investigation as well. Not to mention, this task is so simple that it's just checking a phone, which can be done with ease!
"Splash..."
The fox spirit landed by the living room window, stretched out its paws, and carefully pried open a crack in the window, just enough for it to squeeze through. The whole fox squeezed into the room, flapped its wings, and flew to the bedroom with the door tightly closed.
If we can find out exactly what videos Sasha watched tonight, we can then compare them with the information gleaned from the Dream Imagery and analyze the true situation hidden beneath it.
But Yue Tianxin was stumped in front of that door.
The bedroom door was closed from the inside, and Sasha's smartphone was not visible from the outside. She must have placed it on the bedside table where it was easily accessible. How could I sneak in and grab the phone without anyone noticing and start looking through it?
It's possible to pass through this bedroom door using magic, but that might wake Sasha due to the magical fluctuations, which would be troublesome.
Yue Tianxin flew around the gate a few times, scratching her fox tail, but couldn't find even the slightest gap to squeeze through.
How about trying to get in through the window? Or find something to help turn the doorknob, then quietly close the door, or I can just try turning the doorknob myself—
"Click".
"!!!!!!!!!"
Before Yue Tianxin could even fly to the doorknob to try, she suddenly heard the sound of turning the handle to open the door from inside. Startled, her fox tail swelled up a lot, and she hurriedly darted away to a corner, staring blankly as the sleepy-eyed owl girl in her pajamas walked out of the door and shuffled towards the bathroom in her slippers.
Then I heard the sound of someone trying to open the door only to find it closed from the inside, followed by Sasha's weak movements and another muffled voice:
"Dad? Are you in there?"
"Yes, I'm still squatting down, you wait a bit."
"Dad, hurry up—"
"Oh, what's the rush? Let Dad think about it a bit more..."
"I can't hold it in any longer! Dad, come out now!"
Isn't this a perfect opportunity?
Seizing the opportunity of the father and daughter fighting over the toilet, Yue Tianxin tiptoed into the bedroom, quickly ran to the bedside, picked up her phone, entered the lock screen password that she had memorized in advance using her camera-enabled familiar, and looked at the last browsing item on Sasha's video website.
【Kokoro's Magical Girl Impressions ~ Chengdu Chapter】
This is a video that I, the fox, and Karin recommended to her. I, the fox, spent a lot of time recording these episodes last time, using my perspective as a magical girl named Shingetsuko to explain the magical girl teams in different cities. I made this special episode for my friends in Rongcheng and the Hyacinth Team.
Sasha hasn't finished reading all the content yet. She's following the order arranged by this fox, starting with the villain team. Yesterday she watched Cat and Rabbit, and today's history shows that she watched the introduction video and interactive content of Alice and Fenrir tonight, perfectly matching the expected guesses.
Sure enough! Things turned out almost exactly as I had guessed!
Based on the current information, if Sasha focuses on a certain magical girl before going to sleep, Garuda's gaze will descend upon that magical girl, thus dragging them into a dreamlike state of mind.
But what exactly is the logic behind this dreamlike vision, and what is the purpose of capturing the magical girl into the dream? Perhaps we can only wait for the original body and Akashi to find more clues in tonight's dreamlike vision.
"Splash splash splash—"
The sound of flushing came from the toilet. The door opened, and Sasha, who was bursting to hold it in, rushed into the toilet and slammed the door shut.
"Dad, you should use the public restroom downstairs next time!" She even couldn't resist making a sarcastic remark about her own father.
"You unlucky kid, making your old man fly to find a public toilet in the middle of the night, aren't you afraid I'll hang from a tree? Ugh... you didn't even turn on the hallway light..." Sparrow Dad muttered under his flashlight, fumbling to turn on the hallway light, and finally found his bedroom by the light.
No one noticed the little fox that quickly slipped away from Sasha's bedroom.
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