novelcrest Chapter 715 Action
Chapter 715 Action
In Hyacinth's memory, Akashi was a steadfast and reliable senior.
Meticulous, taciturn, and decisive in her actions, she is highly efficient when necessary. Coupled with her reliable Starry Shadow and Mind World as a safety net, one can completely entrust their back to this senior with complete peace of mind.
But the impression that this "Crimson Snow" gave Hyacinth was completely different from what she had seen before—
"What's your codename? When did you become active? We've been in Chengdu for so long and haven't seen you before. Did you come from out of town?"
Chi Xue stood beside Hyacinth and asked a barrage of questions, leaving Hyacinth dizzy and unsure which to answer first, or even if she should answer at all.
Hyacinth felt that compared to the solid and reliable veteran in reality, this "Red Snow" was more like her peer, more lively, but her reliability had been greatly reduced.
"Stop teasing the newbie. He's only been here a short time. We finally have a reliable junior to help us. Don't scare him away."
Albatross said with a smile. Chi Xue didn't ask any more questions. She chuckled and waved, saying, "Then I'll go find Zidingxiang and the other one first." She then turned and slipped out of the reading room and disappeared without a trace.
Hyacinth looked back blankly in the direction where Red Snow had flown away, then looked back at Albatross, even more puzzled.
"You probably guessed it already, Hyacinth," the albatross said. "The Crimson Snow you just saw, and the Lilac you met yesterday, are not the people you know."
"Senior, you mean...?"
Hyacinth felt a chill run down her spine, a strange sense of dread.
The implication behind the phrase "not the person I know" is quite clear. It's practically telling me that this isn't the real Chi Xue and Zi Ding Xiang, and that it might be similar when I meet Qiu Bai Yang later.
In the present day, Qiu Baiyang is enjoying her retirement life, using the generous pension and subsidies from the Hero Association to open two arcades, continuing the magical girl's protective will in another way.
If she were to meet Senior Qiu Baiyang in this strange alternate dimension, how would she react? Hyacinth felt a small sense of anticipation rising within her.
"Hehe... As for how to explain it, you'll have to figure that out yourself, or perhaps let the other person analyze it?"
The albatross's gaze swept over the sacred stone in the hyacinth's pocket, without explicitly stating it, but merely hinting at it indirectly.
"Alright, enough chit-chat. We'll have plenty of time to talk about these things later."
"You're here to find the remaining two victims, right? If they stayed in the safe house as I instructed and didn't wander around too much, they shouldn't have been discovered by the Kraken yet..."
"If you were here, this time we might be able to solve the problem once and for all... who knows..."
The albatross muttered to itself, then smiled and looked up.
"Let's go, Hyacinth, we need to find the victims as soon as possible."
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"They seemed very nervous when they first arrived here."
"They ran around in a panic, shouting and yelling, trying to escape as quickly as possible, but the more they did so, the more attention they attracted to Kraken."
The albatross flew slowly close to the buildings, while the hyacinth followed beside its senior, listening to her recount what happened when she made contact with the missing persons.
"I don't know why they've been targeted by the Kraken, but if Mengmeng's guess is right, it's definitely up to something bad."
"I contacted them the moment they fell in and told them about the safe house, hoping that this would help them get through this ordeal, or at least... delay their being eaten as food by the hydra."
Hyacinth squinted her eyes and pursed her lips.
It seems that Senior Albatross does indeed know some inside information. At least she knows that these victims are actually innocent people who were swept into this alternate dimension from the real world. She taught them the corresponding evasion techniques as soon as she came into contact with them.
The name she mentioned also caught the attention of Hyacinth and Nightingale, who were watching the whole thing.
Kraken.
The nightingale squinted and wrote down the name or code it had heard from the albatross on the paper.
The name iris is familiar to many; it frequently appears in numerous films and novels. In ancient mythology, it was used to describe a terrifying giant beast living in the ocean, often depicted as a huge monster with tentacles that attacks ships and destroys ports, and is even associated with legends of the end of the world.
"However, if Albatross is referring to an astral behemoth, there is no behemoth in the astral realm named Kraken to date."
Yue Tianxin sat on the nightingale's shoulder, shaking her fox tail in confusion as she spoke.
"The only possible connection to the ocean behemoth is the astral jellyfish that attacked Chengdu sixteen years ago. However, such monsters have existed in the star sea for a very long time. Some scholars even believe that they cannot be classified as behemoths, but are just large-sized star sea creatures."
"Hmm... Could it be a newly confirmed behemoth, which is why it's not registered in the behemoth directory?" Iris said.
"It is indeed possible, but unlikely," Yue Tianxin replied. "I often go to the Astral Library to read books, and I never miss the latest periodicals. I have never heard of any behemoths adding their names to my collection."
"I see. So, who exactly is this Kraken...?"
The group was puzzled for the time being, so they looked at the hyacinth in the alternate dimension. The nightingale wrote a line of words and showed it to the hyacinth without the albatross walking beside her noticing.
[Remember to use Heart Moon Fox's items to gather information at appropriate times.]
Upon seeing this line of text, Hyacinth understood immediately and quickly recalled what kind of information could be obtained from the pile of props given to her by Heart Moon Fox.
First up are the weirdo's compass and the magic display.
The compass didn't react, nor did it identify the albatross beside it as a strange person. The magic display, however, steadily recognized the albatross's magic. The senior who was searching for the missing person with him seemed to be a genuine albatross.
Fortunately, it wasn't some strange fake. Otherwise, with all the information Bai Ling had just revealed... Hyacinth didn't dare to imagine what might have happened, so she could only reach out and pinch Bai Ling's butt.
"Ouch! Why did you pinch me?!"
"I just wanted to pinch you, that's all."
Before the hyacinth could use any more props to observe, a magical light screen unfolded in front of the albatross, and the voice of the magical communication sounded:
"Albatross, we've run into a bit of trouble here. You and that new guy need to come and help out."
"Oh? What happened?"
"A person is trapped in a building surrounded by hydra, and the situation is not optimistic."
The hyacinth slightly opened its mouth, instinctively wanting to ask for more details, but the albatross had already answered:
"We're coming right away, just hang in there for a bit."
The call ended, and the albatross turned to look at the hyacinth; the two nodded slightly at the same time.
"Let's go. The person trapped here is most likely a missing person who broke into this place. We need to find a way to rescue him as soon as possible."