Chapter 732 - 277: Bat and Mouse (Part 7)

Chapter 732: Chapter 277: Bat and Mouse (Part 7)

With such a bright future, as long as she makes it through this examination, a destined successful life awaits.

"...Sweet Angel’s next episode."

However, what came out of her mouth was completely different from what she was thinking.

Tears overflowed from her eyes, also not the reaction she wanted to have.

"I haven’t watched it yet."

Arrowroot paused.

She just stared blankly at Mint, and then her eyes turned red.

This sentence, only Mint could say, and only she could understand.

Because the night that strange man came to their house, when she was led to the door by him, anxiously, yet somewhat expectantly looking at her "parents" and "sister." Her sister came to call her back, just to watch cartoons together.

The cartoon playing on TV at the time was Sweet Angel, and when they stood at the door, the TV was on episode 37.

Yes, Arrowroot actually remembered the episode number. While Mint could only utter phrases like "next episode." But simply saying the next episode was already enough.

"Xiao Yu, this time, you should return home."

Mint looked at her, her face full of tears: "I’ve already been back, so this time it’s your turn."

Fuhui snuggled at her side, but she just gently stroked the mouse’s back, with no intention of making it act.

The mouse gazed at the magic armor by Arrowroot’s side, or rather, at the bats in the air.

From their appearance, mice and bats have quite a few similarities.

But mice and bats are ultimately not the same species.

"What nonsensical... things are you saying..."

Arrowroot’s voice trembled along with her words: "I brought you in, not to hear you say stuff like this..."

"Thank you for telling me, your plan is a Food Sacrifice."

Mint’s voice was weak: "If I were kept in the dark, I’d probably never know the truth until you were dead, right? But now... heh, it’s fine."

"Swallow me, then your odds of winning should be higher than theirs."

Arrowroot fell silent.

Mint didn’t urge her, and because she was indeed very weak now, without using Fuhui’s power, merely relying on magic power, she had no chance of turning the tables.

"Do you know? Mint?"

Arrowroot was expressionless: "What I originally thought was, whoever survives between us, it’s the end for me."

"If you lost, I’d kill you and take everything from you; if you won, kill me, and I’d return all I owe to you."

"But if you had told me this earlier, discarded that meaningless mask earlier..."

Her voice drifted, yet began to grow increasingly restrained: "How could I... think you were going to abandon me?"

—"Because I planned to abandon you all along."

Mint grinned: "Right now it’s just my conscience suddenly awoke, otherwise, I intended to ruthlessly kill you, the one who brought me so much harm."

"Is there anything true from your mouth? Big liar."

"Same goes to you, little liar. How many times have you said you’re going to kill me, why haven’t you done it yet?"

"It’s all your fault."

"Yes, it’s my fault."

Mint was reckless like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water.

But after saying this sentence, she suddenly felt something was off.

She was too familiar with Arrowroot, familiar enough to sense from just the last two sentences’ tone that things seemed to be taking a turn she didn’t want.

Simply put, Arrowroot had unknowingly grasped her Heart’s Gem tightly, while her other hand had formed a magic technique, aimed at her own gem.

A Magical Girl’s Heart’s Gem isn’t a traditional weakness; if needed, it can be incredibly sturdy, hard to destroy, or perfectly just a decoration.

However, when a Magical Girl herself targets her own Heart’s Gem, and has already taken actions to commit suicide, the magic source is likely residing inside the Heart’s Gem. And the exterior shell of the Heart’s Gem is also most likely completely defenseless.

Mint’s pupils shrank.

"It’s all your fault; originally I could have killed those wastes and gone out victorious to meet you."

Arrowroot laughed, but it was not her usual malicious and proud smile: "Now, I can only let you go once more, my dear sister."

"Stop—"

"Haha, in the end, I won, idiot. That childish cartoon, just leave it to you to..."

"Xiao Yu!"

Mint’s urgent call ultimately failed to stop the technique in Arrowroot’s hand.

With the flash of light between her fingers, the technique Arrowroot launched traversed that tiny distance, striking her Heart’s Gem accurately.

Then...

Nothing happened.

No sound of shattering, no sound of falling, no sound of essence dissipating.

Or rather, Arrowroot didn’t self-destruct as she intended due to her own technique.

It wasn’t a mistake on her part, nor Mint suddenly awakening potential to stop all this.

But because there was external interference.

—"I’ve heard it all, someone’s talking about Sweet Angel, right? Now I know everything, the mutual destruction, only one can live, sister and sibling things."

Golden hair danced in the air, a Magical Girl in a light blue dress hovered behind Arrowroot, flashing threads extended from her magic armor, blocking Arrowroot’s hand and Heart’s Gem.

Seeing this scene is enough to explain what just happened.

And this suddenly appearing Magical Girl was naturally none other than Lin Xiaolu.

"No, this won’t do, such sad and cruel things are absolutely not allowed."

Lin Xiaolu wagged her finger and loudly declared to the slightly stunned pair:

"I must educate you properly, stories of Magical Girls—absolutely cannot unfold like this!"