Chapter 84: Playing Dirty
“Wait a minute, why have I never heard any of these things before?” Xia Mo couldn’t help but interrupt.
She wasn’t doubting that Luo Shuangyue was deceiving her; after finding out that the Dark Butterfly was Luo Shuangyue, her trust in her childhood sweetheart had almost reached its peak.
But not doubting Luo Shuangyue didn’t mean she wouldn’t question the authenticity of this information.
After all, Luo Shuangyue could have believed some incorrect news, thinking it was true, only to be deceived.
“Because Bai Ye is not a Magical Girl affiliated with the Magic Department; she’s a lone wolf, and during battles, she only brags to her good friends.” Luo Shuangyue scratched her head. This wasn’t that hard to understand, right?
Her mother didn’t have a good relationship with the Magic Department, and after she took down the magical beasts, she wouldn’t tell the Magic Department about the battles that had occurred.
So how could the Magic Department know how Bai Ye handled the residual magical energy in the end?
As for why the Evil Organization knew about the existence of the sealing cards, it was thanks to those reckless bad guys. Who knows which guy discovered these sealing cards and treated them as a good source of high-purity magical energy?
Monise had heard Bai Ye mention the sealing cards a few times, but she never took it to heart until a few years ago when the sealing cards first circulated in the black market, which made her take it seriously.
At that time, it just so happened that Luo Shuangyue’s body underwent a transformation that allowed her to transform. Struggling with how to retrieve the sealing cards, Monise immediately set her eyes on Luo Shuangyue, assigning her to handle this matter.
Such a great tool, why not make use of it?
“Our head in the Polar Night was once friends with Bai Ye, so he knows about this.”
“But if what you’re saying is true, then why doesn’t Senior Bai Ye handle these herself? With her current strength, getting rid of this remaining magical energy shouldn’t be difficult at all, right?”
Yeah, if the real Bai Ye was here, these problems would be no problem at all…
But the current problem is that Bai Ye isn’t here!
Luo Shuangyue’s mother has been missing for several years, with no news at all!
“Who knows, maybe she doesn’t have the ability to deal with these things anymore,” Luo Shuangyue replied, her lips twitching slightly.
And this comment, in Xia Mo’s ears, took on a different flavor. She thought about Senior Bai Ye’s previous odd state, her inability to maintain the transformation for long, and her pale face.
All of this hinted at a possibility: what Luo Shuangyue said might really be true.
Senior, she might not have the strength to handle those sealing cards she left behind…
While Xia Mo was lost in thought, a very soft voice suddenly rang in her ears, “Didn’t Bai Ye die already?”
Huh?
Xia Mo was momentarily at a loss upon hearing this voice.
Died? Impossible! And where did this voice come from?
“I’m in your pocket… I’m not dead yet, don’t really think of me as dead.” The voice belonged to Ye Lin, who had her body torn apart by monsters. Her true form was sealed magical energy by Bai Ye; as long as these magical energies didn’t completely disappear, she wouldn’t die.
Being torn apart
For her, it was indeed a significant loss, making her lose the ability to interact with the outside world, but talking with people outside was still no problem.
“The seal left by Bai Ye is actually very secure. As long as she still exists in this world, the power of the seal will continue to be replenished, and the magical energy in these cards won’t leak.”
“But four years ago, the magical power maintaining the seal disappeared, and that’s when I found the opportunity to break through a crack and see the light of day again.”
Ye Lin continued to explain.
In fact, the seal created by Luo Shuangyue’s mother was quite solid. As long as Bai Ye didn’t have any issues, these sealing cards couldn’t be destroyed, and the magical energy sealed within would be gradually purified by Bai Ye’s magical power.
Like Ye Lin, her current state was vastly different from normal magical beasts; she now resembled a mix of Bai Ye’s magical power and magical energy, becoming a refined being.
“But I saw Senior Bai Ye just a few days ago; she clearly still has the ability to transform.” Xia Mo immediately retorted. How could her senior possibly be dead?
If Senior was already dead, then who was it that she saw a few days ago? Was it a ghost?
Since when could a ghost possess the strength of a Blooming Level Magical Girl?
“Huh? Are you sure the Bai Ye you saw was the real one and not a fake?”
“Absolutely real; Senior was exactly the same as ten years ago, and her aura is definitely that of a Blooming Level… Xia Mo, why are you sweating? Is it too hot in here?”
Xia Mo’s conversation with Ye Lin wasn’t hidden from Luo Shuangyue, but their topic was far too dangerous; Luo Shuangyue couldn’t help but sweat.
Most of what Ye Lin said was correct; the current Bai Ye wasn’t real, but a counterfeit created using her mother’s power!
However, one point that Ye Lin got wrong was that Luo Shuangyue’s mother definitely hadn’t passed away; otherwise, Luo Shuangyue wouldn’t be able to gain Bai Ye’s power through the hairpin.
This method of borrowing power was developed by Luo Shuangyue’s father, and his first and only creation was the hairpin that Luo Shuangyue was currently using.
“It’s fine, you all continue your conversation…” Luo Shuangyue’s gaze drifted, but she still feigned calmness in her response.
This reaction caught Xia Mo’s attention; why did Shuangyue become so flustered when talking about Bai Ye with Ye Lin?
If what Ye Lin said was true, and the current Senior Bai Ye was actually not Senior Bai Ye, then who played the role of this fake Senior Bai Ye?
The appearance of this fake Senior Bai Ye coincided perfectly with the moment Xia Mo was torn apart by the Dark Butterfly, as soon as the Dark Butterfly left, Senior Bai Ye showed up right after; the timing was indeed too coincidental.
Moreover, Shuangxing said that Shuangyue’s training plan was exactly the same as that of Senior Bai Ye. Previously, both Xia Mo and Luo Shuangxing suspected that Luo Shuangyue’s boss was Bai Ye, but now that she thought about it carefully, there seemed to be another possibility.
Could it be that there was more than one disguise on Luo Shuangyue?
The Dark Butterfly was her, and Bai Ye… was also her.
“Oh, let me think…” Xia Mo withdrew her probing gaze; she felt that she might need to find another way to confirm the identity of Senior Bai Ye properly.
“Ahem, don’t forget to give me the sealing card.”
“…Sorry, I originally thought this card wouldn’t be of any use to me, but now that it concerns Senior Bai Ye’s safety, I can’t temporarily hand it over to you.”
Faced with Luo Shuangyue’s demand, Xia Mo decisively chose to play dirty, “I’ll give it to you after I sort out the matter regarding Senior.”
