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July 25, morning, Yandai Elentary School.
Several delicate bird calls echoed softly as the dawn light spread evenly, climbing up each of the school's teaching buildings, burning away the shadows on the walls and walkways.
Shi Neian, cradling Kobe, walked listlessly across the empty playground, her head hung low.
She ambled around the track, kicking a twisting, falling leaf with her foot. At that mont, her mood was quite puzzled; she had clearly gone to attend the Alliance interview, yet she had been cast aside.
Not long after leaving Yandai Elentary School with Kobe in her arms, she took the bus back to Wine Reflecting Coast.
Fingerprint authentication unlocked the door; upon returning to her room, she collapsed onto her bed.
"Going to sleep so early?" the owl asked.
"Mind your own business."
With that, she got up languidly and took a shower in the bathroom.
After her shower, she wrapped herself in a towel, lay on the bed, leaned her head against the pillow, and started playing a ga called Fast Knife Waterlon Cutting on her phone, completely engrossed.
The owl perched silently beside the pillow, the scent of lemon shampoo radiating from her damp hair.
As Shi Neian continued to play, she suddenly asked, "So does this an I've joined the Alliance?"
The owl replied, "Yes, you have. Now you just wait for their notification. Hasn't Xiaohongmao already given you the contact details?"
"Oh, right." Shi Neian paused, "Then how do I join the Witch Church?"
"Before that, think about how to make yourself stronger. Otherwise, once inside the Witch Church, if you make even a slight mistake, you might end up becoming a doll for those Witch dolls..."
"Then maybe I should just forget about it."
"You can't give up!" The owl's eyes widened as it hastily spoke, "This is a great opportunity to infiltrate the Witch Church. If you help catch those damned Witches, my achievents will easily surpass those of other Contracted Beasts."
Seeing no response from Shi Neian, the owl resorted to begging: "Don't make kneel and beg you."
Shi Neian rubbed her nose and said languidly, "What if I find I prefer being with the Witches over being a Magic Girl and suddenly betray you?"
"That's not going to happen, the Witches are all nuts." The owl shook its head, "Just in case you do betray us, rember to spare a way out for Lord Kobe. I'll be grateful."
"Fine." Shi Neian yawned and collapsed onto her pillow, "I'm off to sleep, good night."
"It's barely even ti yet..."
"What's the rush? We'll be together for a long ti anyway." As Shi Neian spoke, she closed her eyes, "And don't you dare do anything strange while I'm asleep, good night."
The owl sighed: "Fine, good night."
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Ti slipped away like sand through fingers, silently flowing by.
Before one knew it, August 15th had arrived; to others, it might be just another ordinary day, but for Ke Mingye, this day held two significant anings:
Firstly, it was Bai Ziling and Bai Zini's birthday;
Secondly, it was the day of his challenge match with Octopus Man; the Bai Yi Squad and Octopus Man Squad's friendly match would be held on this day, live-stread by the most professional photographers and self-dia journalists on the Superhero Association's official website, accessible to the entire net.
As the ti on August 15th approached noon, the 25th floor of the Superhero Association was packed with people.
Hearing that the Bai Yi Squad and Octopus Man Squad would engage in a friendly match in the tal testing chamber on this floor, many superheroes gathered from afar. They were a diverse lot: so envied the blue owl for gaining such fa and attention as a newcor, so disliked blue owl's style and his act of riding on Qing Ya's notoriety to gain popularity, thus wanting to see him fall in this match; others disliked Octopus Man's haughty deanor and his unwavering, cold justice-like principles.
In a word, although these two heroes' popularity among the public was polar opposites, their appeal within the Superhero Association was equally high.
So, no matter who ended up losing face in this match, it was an event not to be missed by those superheroes.
At this mont, as the Commander of the Bai Yi Squad, Che Zhengchen naturally ca to watch the match. Missing such an occasion could easily lead so gossipy individuals to say: The Commander didn't show up, which ans he has no confidence in his own team, he's afraid of being embarrassed, so he's chickening out.
In such a situation, you've lost half the battle before it has even begun.
Che Zhengchen certainly did not wish to see that happen, so despite being busy, he made ti to arrive at the venue as scheduled.
The elevator doors opened to both sides, a clamor of noise rushed in, and the sll of disinfectant mixed with alcohol seeped into the mouth and nose, in stark contrast to the silence inside the glass elevator cabin. So staff set up booths like those in a movie theater entrance, selling popcorn, cola, and cocktail bars.
The plump Balloon Hero, still in his eye-catching yellow suit which was slightly bulging at the belly from his fat, was holding a box of fried chicken. Seeing Che Zhengchen, he waved with a smile, "Commander Che, hello!"
Che Zhengchen raised his hand, smiling back in response as he moved through the crowd.
Suddenly, a unbearably foul odor reached him; Che Zhengchen brought his hand to his nose, raised an eyebrow slightly, and followed the source of the sll to see a man with curly hair in a brownish yellow suit, spraying himself with perfu as he hunched over and headed this way, as if he didn't want to be seen, not even lifting his head.
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