area51novel Chapter 242 Tang Zijun's Past
Chapter 242 Tang Zijun's Past
Chapter 242 Tang Zijun's Past
On the way back to Snow City, Tang Cao and Qin Nan slept soundly.
Perhaps they were too tired from last night's experience, or perhaps they had used up too much magic in the surface world dominated by the power of shadows. Not only them, but even Little Grey and Little White were dozing off in the passenger seat.
With his hands on the steering wheel, Tang Zijun's thoughts were not as calm as he appeared on the surface.
The Shadow World is an unfamiliar existence to everyone, and this situation, where the enemy is in the dark while we are in the light, leaving us only able to passively respond, is precisely what Tang Zijun is least adept at.
Just like when dealing with Sir Skull, Tang Zijun prefers both sides to get into a proper fight.
Even if she loses, Tang Zijun will accept it; she can always fight back when she becomes stronger.
Now, the creatures in the shadow world are like toads, crawling on your feet, disgusting even if they don't bite.
If the other side really starts targeting new magical girls on a large scale in the next few days, it will be an extremely painful blow to the new generation of magical girls in the country.
It's unclear whether the Bureau of Demon Surveillance has made the necessary preparations.
After parking the car steadily in front of her house, Tang Zijun turned around and woke up the two sleeping beauties in the back seat.
"...Ugh, I was hoping to explore Harbin properly, but now I'm so busy I haven't even had a moment to breathe. My May Day holiday has been a complete waste..." Tang Cao sighed helplessly, rubbing her eyes.
"It's alright, it's not far. There will be plenty of opportunities to visit Harbin in the future." Tang Zijun waved her hand and then restarted the car. "You guys go ahead, this car belongs to the bureau, I need to drive it back."
Qin Nan had no intention of getting out of the car, but after hearing Tang Zijun's words, she immediately said, "Are you going back to the station? I'll go with you."
"Huh?" Tang Cao said with a pained expression. "Is Sister Nan going too? I wanted to play some games with you."
Qin Nan shook his head slightly. "You should get some rest. Casting that level of magic isn't something you can recover from just by taking a nap."
"Hmm...okay..."
Tang Cao pouted, her gaze sweeping over Tang Zijun and Qin Nan for a moment before she spoke.
"You guys need to come back early, bro. I'm having cola chicken wings for dinner."
"Okay, go on up now." Tang Zijun waved her hand with a smile.
Watching Tang Cao carry Xiao Bai upstairs with a bouncy gait, Tang Zijun drove Qin Nan and Xiao Hui away from the community again.
The wheels turned, and soon the vehicle was traveling on the main road.
Qin Nan glanced at the pedestrians outside the window, yawned, and lay down on the back seat without any decorum, even crossing her legs.
Seeing this in the rearview mirror, Tang Zijun rolled her eyes. "Hey, do you have a switch on you? You revealed your true colors as soon as Tang Cao left. This is the bureau's car, don't get it dirty."
"Nonsense, this chair is expensive." Qin Nan's nonchalant voice came from behind.
"You know it's expensive, why are you still like this?"
"You don't understand. The only downside of expensive things is that they're expensive. With this kind of material, footprints can be wiped off with a single wipe, and even if you spit on it, it won't smell."
"That's not the point, okay? What I meant was that you should sit properly. As a young lady, you should behave with more decorum."
"Hey, you old-fashioned 90s kid..." Qin Nan mumbled indistinctly.
"What did you say?" Tang Zijun didn't hear clearly.
"Boss, you're not as old-fashioned as those people, are you?" Qin Nan sat up abruptly, then poked his head out between the two front seats. "What era are we living in?"
"The era has nothing to do with etiquette, don't try to confuse the two... Ee-ee, what are you doing?"
As Tang Zijun was speaking, she turned her head and saw Qin Nan climb directly from the back seat to the passenger seat.
After fastening his seatbelt, Qin Nan grinned at Tang Zijun.
"You took that rainbow crystal flower last night, didn't you?"
Tang Zijun had intended to have a proper discussion about the code of conduct, but she was slightly taken aback after hearing Qin Nan's words.
"Don't try to deny it. I asked Tangcao. When she and Hyacinth arrived, the foreign girl and the rabbit had already been rescued. Although I am confident in Xiaohui and Xiaobai's fighting ability, it is obviously not something they can do to repel the Shadow Clan and rescue people in such a short time."
Tang Zijun gripped the steering wheel; he hadn't intended to hide anything. "I took it. That thing was already corrupted and carried a strong shadow power. Keeping it in your hands is like leaving a time bomb."
"Do you have a way to purify it?" Qin Nan asked.
"No." Tang Zijun shook her head. "The power of shadow has corrupted the rainbow crystal flower, but it has also transformed natural energy and strengthened it into another kind of existence. This process is irreversible."
"This shadow power is so outrageous..." Qin Nan leaned her elbow against the car door, propping her chin up with one hand. "Speaking of which, this power is really strange. A newborn magical girl can actually be twisted like this."
"How did it feel to fight her?" Tang Zijun asked casually.
"Let's split it 30/70," Qin Nan replied without hesitation.
Tang Zijun looked at her with some surprise. "So 'modest'?"
"What are you thinking? Seven points belong to others. I only got three points because I benefited from the wind element."
Qin Nan pursed her lips, then continued speaking.
"However, the other party also has the advantage of the environment. If this were in the real world, I could take her down with some effort. Although that guy has the strength of a low-level cadre, he can't use it yet."
"Low-ranking officer, if I remember correctly, that's equivalent to a Green-level magical girl, right? You're about to break through?"
Tang Zijun turned her head and asked.
"It'll be soon. The huge loss of magic power this time has actually given me an opportunity to advance. I need to go see Sister Tan in a couple of days to learn from her experience and see how I can quickly upgrade to a Green-level Magical Girl."
As she spoke, Qin Nan sighed softly again.
"Damn it, it's so troublesome for me to level up, while those bastards created a monster in the blink of an eye."
Seeing Qin Nan's indignant expression, Tang Zijun couldn't help but smile.
"What are you laughing at? Did I say something wrong?" Qin Nan said sweetly, arms crossed.
"That's right, that's right," Tang Zijun chuckled. "Heh, I was just thinking about my own past. That's how I got through it all. Back then, I was also thinking about the same thing as you."
"You have a headache that gets worse?" Qin Nan asked, looking incredulous.
"You think I was this strong from the start?" Tang Zijun retorted, then continued, "Don't laugh at me, but when I first fought the Greedy One, I was almost scared to death."
"real?"
"Yes, that was my first battle. Strictly speaking, it wasn't that I provoked the greedy one, but rather that the greedy one actively sought me out..."
Tang Zijun gazed at the road ahead, her mind churning with thoughts.
"At that time, I had just obtained the belt and was still enjoying the joy that this extraordinary power brought me. As a result, when I was traveling through the Reverse World, I accidentally entered the territory of a greedy person."
"Thinking back on it, it was my fault. After all, that dimension was their territory, you could even call it their home. You don't understand the greedy ones, so you don't know that every greedy one has their own world that other greedy ones can't enter."
"When I went in, I startled the guy. He rushed at me, ready to fight me to the death. I knew I was in the wrong, and besides, I had never seen that kind of monster before, so I turned around and ran away."
"After I finished, I ran and he chased me. I didn't care much at the time and just ran around recklessly in the reversed world. When I came to my senses, I realized that I had run all the way to Antarctica."
"And then?" Qin Nan suddenly became interested.
"Then he didn't let me off the hook either. Using the mirror-like surface of the Antarctic glacier, he set a trap for me. When I realized I couldn't escape, I thought I should have a good talk with him."
"But he ignored me and tried to snatch my belt. He kept using all sorts of illusions to scare me, like killer whales, leopard seals, and all sorts of other things. He really scared me."
"Finally, he pushed me to the limit, so I fought him. While he was mocking me, I located him, feigned weakness, and when he got close, I kicked him to death."
"Wow, that was ruthless! You must have felt really good back then, right?" Qin Nan asked with a smile.
"What's so great about it? I didn't think that much back then. I used to have to mentally prepare myself for half an hour before killing a chicken, let alone killing a 'person'. It was only later that I realized those guys were monsters, and they were harmful to people."
"So, because of this, you started fighting against greedy people?"
"Pretty much. After learning that life existed in the Reverse World, I started tracking them, hoping to understand them. I discovered they frequently kidnapped humans, brought them back to the Reverse World, and tortured them. I did this to save people..."
So I started fighting them, and gradually, both sides got more and more heated, and I ended up killing them all.
Hearing Tang Zijun's calm words, Qin Nan couldn't laugh at all.
At that time, Tang Zijun was probably about the same age as Tang Cao. Only he himself knows how many hellish situations he had experienced beneath those calm words.
After a moment of silence, Qin Nan asked curiously, "You killed all the Greedy Ones, so what about Old Chang?"
"Him? He's an exception."
Tang Zijun said softly.
"We've clashed thirteen times. He really messed me up the first three times, but he doesn't like to cooperate with other greedy people, otherwise I might have been in real danger."
"What about the next ten times?"
"The next ten times," Tang Zijun said with a hint of helplessness. "I beat him ten times, and he faked his death ten times."
"puff."
Qin Nan couldn't help but laugh.
She then continued asking with great interest.
"And then, given your personality, you shouldn't let him off so easily, right? He's lied to you so many times, how come you're still letting him go?"
"I let him go because he had never killed anyone. The last time I thought he was dead, I didn't expect that he would secretly run into the real world and replace the original Chang Lei."
Upon hearing this, Qin Nan's expression changed slightly. "What about the original Chang Lei?"
Tang Zijun turned her head and glanced at her, then shook her head slightly.
After parking the car, Tang Zijun opened the car door.
"Let's talk about it next time, we've arrived."