allendalepharm Chapter 86 Investigation
Chapter 86 Investigation
Chapter 86 Investigation
Ye Qiu, from the First Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of the city: "Classmates, thank you for coming to see our Chen Yao... Please have some fruit."
In the ward, Chen Yao's mother warmly welcomed Yang Yi and Ding Ling.
These two girls were none other than the Tulip Magician and the Hyacinth Magician, who came to visit Chen Yao under the guise of being high school classmates.
"Thank you, Auntie."
Yang Yi smiled and accepted the apple, while Ding Ling hesitated for a moment before accepting it as well.
"Sigh, a year has passed, and the only ones who still remember to visit Chen Yao are Teacher Bai and you guys."
Chen Yao's mother pulled the two aside and whispered.
"Teacher Bai?"
Yang Yi and Ding Ling exchanged a glance, a hint of doubt flashing across their faces. "Yes, Teacher Bai is a very good teacher. He makes time to visit Chen Yao every week," Chen's mother added.
"That's what we think too."
Yang Yi nodded, a look of strong agreement on her face, and silently kept the news in mind.
Noticing their awkwardness, Chen's mother offered to leave the room, giving them some space. She even closed the door behind her when she left.
"Alright, then let you young people chat. I won't bother you anymore."
Yang Yi and Ding Lin arrived at Chen Yao's bedside and found her reading a book.
The midday sun shone through the gaps in the trees by the window onto the hospital bed, casting dappled shadows. Chen Yao held a book, serene and elegant, exuding a tranquil beauty.
"Hello, we are..."
"No need for introductions, I know who you are. I just want to know, are you here to investigate Captain Violet or the Abyss Demoness Illusion Butterfly?" The girl's indifferent words interrupted their self-introductions.
"What's the difference between the two?"
"If it's the former, please leave now; you're not welcome here. If it's the latter, I can cooperate with your inquiries." The girl's tone was somewhat sarcastic and she didn't even look up at them, appearing extremely impolite.
Yang Yi smiled wryly and could only continue to offer words of comfort.
"The Abyss Demoness has murdered so many of her comrades, we certainly won't let her go, but ever since the Abyss Lord Titan was killed by the magician Kikyo, the Abyss Demoness has completely disappeared..."
"That's none of my business," the girl coldly interrupted Yang Yi.
"you!"
Yang Yi hurriedly stopped the furious Ding Ling. She suddenly realized why Kikyo-senpai had given her that reminder at the end; she must have anticipated this situation.
"Lotus Mage, I know you have deep feelings for Violet Mage, but our patrol team is here to investigate the whole story. We will not let any bad person go unpunished, but we will also never wrong any innocent person. If we leave, no one will ever come to clear Violet Mage's name again."
After Yang Yi finished speaking, Chen Yao remained silent, and a silence fell between them.
After a long while, Ding Ling finally couldn't hold back and coldly stabbed her in the back.
"I don't know if anyone has told you, but the Violet Mage has recently reappeared in Yeqiu City, and hasn't even seen you once yet."
That's enough.
Upon hearing this news, Chen Yao, who had been calm just moments before, looked up, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
He suddenly roared at Ding Ling.
"Sister Violet didn't look at me, so she must have her reasons. It's not your place to babble here."
Seeing Chen Yao's extreme anger, Yang Yi quickly covered Ding Ling's mouth and whispered, "Don't say anything from now on, I'll do the talking. After all, the Lotus Mage was injured in the battle against the disaster beasts, we should at least show her basic respect."
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Ding Ling's gaze involuntarily shifted to the other person's lower body. Only then did she realize that she was not facing a villainous witch who had committed heinous crimes, but a senior who had retired due to a disaster beast attack. She hurriedly apologized to Chen Yao.
"I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have talked to you like that."
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"Hmph, who cares about your apology?" The girl turned her head away, still looking angry.
"Lotus Mage, we just want to ask, when you were on your mission, did you encounter any other magical girls or mages besides the Abyss Demoness?"
After a long silence, Chen Yao finally spoke, "No, at that time, Sister Violet used herself as bait..."
Originally, we only intended to lure out a few Abyss Demon Generals, but we ended up drawing out three Abyss Demonesses. To ensure our safe retreat, Sister Violet chose to stay behind alone to cover our retreat.
"And then..." Hearing Chen Yao's words, Ding Ling, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but speak up, looking somewhat excited.
They consulted many sources, but the databases only briefly mentioned the details of the Akizukiyama Incident and the 0721 Incident, without providing any detailed information.
But then he remembered what Yang Yi had just said, so he obediently covered his mouth.
Chen Yao glanced at the latter and said coldly,
"Of course we couldn't abandon our teammates, especially since it was Violet, who treated us like her own sisters, so we discussed it together."
He ran back, only to find that the three Abyss Demonesses were gone.
Only Sister Violet remained, lying in the blood. I will never forget that scene.
Violet Sister's beautiful pale purple eyes lost their former luster; she was completely blind. Her limbs had been severed by something, and there wasn't a single intact part of her body. Her pale purple magical girl dress was stained crimson with the blood on the ground.
She seemed to be holding back something, constantly urging us to leave quickly, otherwise it would be too late.
"According to you, the Violet Mage should have retired by now. Why is she still active in Yeqiu City? And didn't the Abyss Demoness leave? What happened to your team after that? You know, your Violet Team was an S-rank team back then. Apart from the Abyss Demoness, neither the Abyss Demon General nor the Villainous Witch were your match."
Yang Yi wrote down the key points Chen Yao made in her notebook and then raised her own questions.
Chen Yao didn't answer their questions, but talked to herself, as if she was venting.
"I only remember that when I saw Violet's pitiful state, my mind went blank. I ignored my teammates' warnings and rushed over to hug Violet's body and cry desperately. I have never been so sad in my life."
At that moment, I felt like the sky had fallen. Ever since I became a magical girl, it was Violet who guided me in my studies. No matter how clumsy I was, she never gave up on me. I was almost an adult, but I still couldn't summon the magical artifact, and she had given up on me.
It was Sister Violet who took on a special mission that no one else dared to take on. She ventured alone into the lair of the abyssal monsters, slew the abyssal demon general, rescued the magical elf, and exchanged the [Morganite] crystal core with the World Tree, which allowed me to become a magician.
Later, she guided me step by step to slay the calamity beasts and complete various missions, and then guided me to participate in the Magical Girl Contest, eventually making me a member of the S-class magician team.
When I first became a magical girl, I never even dared to imagine these things.
At that moment, I literally cried myself unconscious.
When I woke up again,
I discovered that both my legs had been severed. Medical personnel in white uniforms were standing beside me, trying to stop the bleeding. I turned my head...
Her teammates were all gone, for the surrounding area was littered with their bloody corpses. Even her beloved Violet sister was gone, without a trace.
At that moment, I felt as if I had fallen into a bottomless abyss, and I couldn't hear anything anymore.
I couldn't see anything anymore; it was as if I had lost my five senses and become a living person who was already dead.
Yang Yi and Ding Ling looked at each other; even though they hadn't witnessed the scene firsthand, they could sense the extent of the tragedy from each other's words.
"...I'm very sorry to have brought back unpleasant memories for you."
At this point, the atmosphere became somewhat heavy. Yang Yi cautiously asked, "Then why do you firmly believe that it was Demoness Illusion Butterfly who killed your teammates, and not other villainous witches, demonesses, or calamity beasts?"
"Because I was disabled and retired, I became a cripple, but I will never give up finding the killer. I used network equipment to analyze the attack methods, magical structures, and personality traits of most Abyss Demonesses, Abyss Demon Generals, and Abyss Calamities..."
Ultimately, it was discovered that only the Demoness: Phantom Butterfly's fighting style most closely resembled this point, based on the known battle scenes.
She never left anyone alive; she enjoyed dismembering and mutilating bodies...
And I must be the only one who escaped from her clutches.
At that moment, the girl gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with rage and hatred.
"One last question: when you learned that the Violet Mage was still alive, how did you feel? Or is there anything you wanted us to convey to her?"
"I'm so happy. The happiest thing for me is that Violet is alive."
For the first time, a smile appeared on the girl's gloomy face, and her smiling eyes shone with a clarity and brilliance like countless stars.
A smile played in her eyes, making her previously sickly appearance appear so gentle and charming.
Yang Yi could still see a faint longing in the other person's eyes, a simple desire to meet someone close to her again.