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Hiluva asked this question, which implied several things: the other person's name, raising some questions, and probing the origin of the clothes.
After all, clothing of this style can be found in the black market that sells relics; perhaps the other party's parents bought it because they thought it looked nice.
"Hello, I'm Bai Zhi, and I'm Ling Ke's friend."
Bai Zhi stepped forward, her body floating up, and then extended her hand in a friendly manner.
"You...can fly?"
Hiluva subconsciously reached out and shook hands with Bai Zhi, then realized what she was doing and was somewhat surprised.
Although there were also Fate Walkers in Belloberg who could fly, she had seen them before, but those who could fly were not like this. Those people controlled the power of the wind, while the girl in front of her named Bai Zhi was more like a pure levitation than being lifted by the wind, with no wind power surrounding her at all.
"Just a little trick, after all, I'm Lingkou's magical girl mentor~"
"Linke, now it's time to show your magical girl transformation to your sister Pera."
86. Miss Pera, would you like to be Linco's knight?
"Huh, magical girl transformation?"
Hiluva looked at Bai Zhi and Ling Ke with some confusion.
"Um... could we please not perform?"
Ling Ke lowered her head shyly.
“But, Lingke, if you don’t perform, your dear sister Pera will cause me trouble.”
Bai Zhi shrugged and said.
Pera looked at Bai Zhi with a suspicious gaze, "That's right, Lingbao, why don't you try that so-called transformation and expose this fraudster!"
Hilva found it quite interesting. In her opinion, magical girls were nothing more than the fantasies of teenage girls, but Reiko happened to be at that age, so it wasn't hard to understand why she was a little bit immature.
However, she was also very curious whether this transformation would actually work.
As for whether it can be realized, since the power of destiny exists, it's not impossible for magical girls to appear.
Maintaining an optimistic attitude towards everything is her motto.
"Well... okay then, I'll try transforming."
Ling Ke took a deep breath, then took out the pendant that Bai Zhi had given her, clasped her hands together, and said, "Key that hides the power of darkness, show me your true power. Ling Ke, who made a pact with you, commands you to release the seal!"
As these words were spoken, Bai Zhi could feel the Heart of Darkness being stirred, and the joyful power within it being transmitted outwards.
A gentle breeze blew by, ruffling Reiko's hair and clothes. She closed her eyes tightly and began to concentrate. An invisible force began to surge within her, and all the aspects of a magical girl were gradually awakening.
Lingke's body began to be enveloped in a layer of golden light, which was incredibly warm and seemed to emanate from the depths of her heart.
Her hair began to grow longer, and some intricate hair ornaments appeared on her head, radiating a soft luster. At the same time, her eyes became deeper, sparkling with wisdom.
Her skirt began to flutter, transforming into a long, azure dress adorned with shimmering stars, as if the brightest star in the night sky had descended upon Ling Ke. Then, a book appeared in her hand, hovering there.
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"this...."
Upon seeing the scene after Ling's transformation, Pera was so shocked that she couldn't speak.
This was completely different from what she had expected. In her mind, even if Bai Zhi was a destiny walker who used her special powers to deceive people, it would only be a matter of creating some special effects.
But this transformation is completely different! A magical girl transformation that even comes with hair growth?
"Tsk, what a pity. If only I had the ability to make Clow Cards, that would be so much fun."
Looking at Ling Ke's transformation, Bai Zhi shook her head with some regret. Although Ling Ke's transformation was beautiful and came with some other abilities, it was still a bit boring to just transform into a magical girl.
Unfortunately, she did learn some interesting magic from the Ancient One, including the skill of encapsulating power into scrolls or other containers, but those spells were simply unusable unless unlocked by the system, due to the different rules of the universe.
"Ding! Aha has once again provided the power of pleasure, which the system has accepted. He now unlocks the ability to create magic cards/scrolls for you. He wants you to create cards and spread them out."
"...You're watching me, aren't you!"
Bai Zhi remained silent for a long time before uttering this seemingly random statement.
"Bai Zhi, what are you saying?"
Lingke, who had just transformed, asked with some confusion.
"Ah, it's nothing, I just suddenly thought of something. Miss Pera, what do you think of Ling Ke's outfit?"
"I think it's amazing, it's incredible! How did they do that? The power of fate can't be that strong, right?"
The first to answer Bai Zhi was not Pella, but Ling Ke's older sister, Shiluwa. With a face full of curiosity, she walked to Ling Ke's side, reached out and touched Ling Ke's head, then squatted down and tugged at Ling Ke's gorgeous blue dress.
"This is actually real, and it feels amazing."
"Pera, you should touch it too."
"Sister Pera... your eyes look so strange..."
Ling looked at Pera and saw that her usually calm and collected sister now had a fanatical light in her eyes, which made her feel a little scared.
"Ahem, is it that obvious?" Pera pushed up her glasses, trying to hide her fanatical gaze.
"I just think this outfit is really beautiful. No matter what, the person who designed it must be a genius. It perfectly suits your temperament, Lingbao. And that long hair is so attractive to me. Lingbao, do you know, right now you look just like a princess!"
Pera walked over to Ling Ke and circled around her repeatedly, her voice filled with amazement.
"That's right, just like the blonde princess in fairy tales, wearing gorgeous dresses, holding a magic wand or a magic book, and all that's left is to wait for the perfect prince."
Pera spoke at an extremely fast pace, rattling off words of praise like a machine gun.
"I don't like princes, but I'd be very willing to date Sister Pera."
“Ah…” Pera, who had been showering praise with compliments, was momentarily speechless after hearing Ling Ke’s innocent words.
"How could I replace the prince? Haha, Lingbao, you're talking nonsense again."
Although Pera's words were full of humility, Bai Zhi could clearly see the surprise that Pera was hiding behind his glasses.
"But, Sister Pera is such a reliable person. At such a young age, she is already an intelligence officer for the Silvermane Guard. She speaks in a logical and organized manner. Compared to some fake prince, I like Sister Pera much more."
Ling Ke said very seriously.
"So, Miss Pera, would you like to become the princess's knight?"
Walking up to Pera, Bai Zhi whispered in her ear.
“Riding… a knight or something.” Upon hearing Bai Zhi’s words, Pera’s ears turned bright red.
"Tsk tsk, it seems Miss Pera doesn't want to become Linco's knight. Oh dear, I actually have other magical girl transformations here, one of which is a knight magical girl with a sword. Since you don't want it, I'll give it to someone else."
"I think there must be quite a few girls who want to be Princess Lingke's knight."
Bai Zhi's words were like a devil's whisper, entering Pera's heart and throwing her into turmoil.
"Who says I don't want to? Lingbao is such a lovely girl, of course I'm willing to be her knight and protect her."
87 is a prophecy given to me by Ahab!
"Haha, stop teasing Pera. Look how shy she is. Pera is just very concerned about Ling Ke."
Hiluva, who witnessed all of this, smiled and shook her head, helping Pera out of the predicament.
"Haha, I was just saying." Bai Zhi was very understanding and didn't whisper any more devilish words in Pella's ear, but added, "But I do have a knight-type magical girl transformation."
"However, I think that Miss Pera, as an intelligence officer of the Silvermane Iron Guard, certainly doesn't need such childish things. Instead, she relies on her own wisdom to accomplish everything."
Upon hearing these words, Pera, whose mood had improved slightly, was once again caught in a strange dilemma.
"Alright, let's talk about what's going on with this magical girl."
Hiluva had more experience in communication than Pera and Lingke, and easily ignored what Bai Zhi had said before, then asked about the important information in it.
"Um..."
Seeing a playing card with a clown image suddenly appear in her line of sight, Bai Zhi stroked her chin and said:
"I'm sure you've all figured it out, I'm not from this planet, right?"
“Yes, that’s easy to see because you are clearly different from the Beloborgs, not just in your clothing style, but also in the horns on your head. I don’t look like a prop, but like they are really growing on me. Your appearance is also clearly different from ours.”
Hiluva stated directly some of the information she had deduced.
“That’s right.” Bai Zhi agreed, “Sister Xiluwa is very smart. I come from the Immortal Ship. Well, you probably don’t know what the Immortal Ship is, so let me introduce it. The Immortal Ship is a starship civilization. We live on several huge ark ships, with a population of hundreds of billions. And I am the Dragon Girl of the Wisdom Clan.”
"You can call me Bai Zhi, but of course I also have other titles, such as the Dragon Girl of the Divine Capital."
"Hundreds of billions of people? That's terrifying, and they're not even on a planet."
The bespectacled girl, Pera, opened her eyes wide. As an intelligence officer, she was quite knowledgeable. She knew that Yalilo 6 was a planet, and even knew that there were extraterrestrial visitors hundreds of years ago.
But the sheer size of the population on the Immortal Ship still surprised her.
"That's right, that's the number of people. And most of the residents of the Immortal Ship are long-lived species. Even the smallest group, the fox clan, has a lifespan of 300 years. There are nearly 600 people like me who are enlightened, and the largest group, the Immortal Ship people, have a lifespan of about 800 years."
"With such a large population, and all of them being immortal, how much food and resources must they consume every day?"
Pera felt a little dizzy. She saw that even the affairs of a city like Belleberg were not easy for Cocolia to handle by herself. If there were hundreds of billions of people, wouldn't there be an explosion of things to deal with?
Even though she knew that mature systems have the ability to digest and handle things on their own, even so, with such a huge population, even the smallest things amount to a terrifying number.
Hiluva nodded slightly, and after carefully digesting this information, she asked, "Then what brings someone as distinguished as you here?"
"You've hit the nail on the head. Actually, I'm here for a prophecy."
"A prophecy?" Hiluva asked curiously.
"That's right, it's a prophecy, a prophecy given to me by the great Pleasure Star God Aha. He mentioned that there is a great disaster here, so I need to come here to activate the power of the magical girl and collect some cards with special powers to save this planet."
Looking at the Joker playing cards that had fallen onto the table, Bai Zhi smiled slightly and quickly came up with a reason.
Anyway, Ah-ha doesn't care about saving face, so he can just make things up however he wants, and maybe this funny guy will even be happy about it.
"This reason..."
Hiluva was somewhat at a loss for words, because the reason sounded a bit far-fetched.
But even if it's all nonsense, Lingke did successfully transform, which at least shows that the girl named Baizhi in front of her possesses a strange power that can truly turn people into magical girls.
No matter how outrageous something is, as long as it is based on facts, then it is true.
"So, what exactly is this so-called enormous disaster, and what are those cards?"
Hiluva thought for a moment and asked again, hoping to get as much information as possible.
"Hmm... If it's a huge disaster, it's probably the bewitching thing that caused this endless winter. The prophecy tells me that it may have bewitched a person of a very high position, which will bring great harm to Beloborg, and may even cause this place to fall into eternal damnation."
"The entity that caused this winter has bewitched people in very high positions..." Hilva frowned.
"That's right. Think about it carefully. Among the people you know, is there anyone in a high position who has recently undergone a drastic change in temperament?"
Bai Zhi guided the group, and this was the advantage of having seen the plot beforehand; Bai Zhi could easily use that information to increase her credibility.
Clearly, this move was very effective; almost instantly, the image of a certain person appeared in the minds of Pera and Shiluva.
“If she was bewitched…” Hiluva murmured to herself.
"That lord actually issued the absurd order to move the position 50 meters to the left of the front line, and it's getting increasingly strange. The upper and lower city areas have also become like that. Could it be...?"
Pera pushed up her glasses. Although she had some reservations about Cocolia's actions, because all of her decisions had led to the deaths of many Silvermane Iron Guards and made the relationship between the upper and lower city extremely tense, which was unnecessary.
But she also always believed that it might be because of their different positions, so Cocolia's orders had their own reasons.
However, now that Bai Zhi has said that, Cocolia seems strange.
Because the other party was a very wise leader at the beginning, who was very skilled in both military and political affairs, and would never issue such outrageous orders.
If, as Bai Zhi said, they were bewitched by something, then all these recent events, everything, can be explained.
But despite thinking this way, Pera still didn't completely believe what Bai Zhi said.
As an intelligence officer, she was always skeptical of information, but Cocolia's situation was indeed very suspicious.
So she decided to secretly test the waters later.