NIP Chapter 151 Aozaki Touko's Pleasure
Chapter 151 Aozaki Touko's Pleasure
Inside a dimly lit, spacious abandoned factory far from Misaki Town.
The rusty iron walls completely blocked out the night wind, cutting off the fresh air from the outside world as well.
The air was filled with the strong smell of nicotine.
Under the single, cold-glowing incandescent light in the center of the factory, a woman with short, neat orange hair was lounging in a leather swivel chair that seemed out of place with the dilapidated surroundings.
She is Aozaki Touko.
A peerless genius who was nurtured by the Aozaki family with all their might as the rightful heir to magic.
However, at the last moment, his grandfather ruthlessly stripped him of his inheritance rights, leading him down a profound and dangerous path of magic—the path of a top-tier puppeteer.
On the table in front of Orange is a crystal ball that visually resonates with the bat familiar.
Just seconds ago, the crystal ball clearly transmitted images of the deep mountains of Misaki Town:
The perfectly restored barrier, the figure of a tall man with dazzling golden hair, and Kuonji Aratsu, who turned her head and whose gaze seemed to pierce through the screen.
"Snap!"
The next second, accompanied by a terrifying, chilling chewing sound, the scene inside the crystal ball instantly turned into a blinding white, and then fell into complete silence.
"Oh dear, was it eaten by a fairytale monster?"
Orange's long, slender legs were elegantly crossed, and a half-burnt cigarette was held between her fair fingertips.
She felt not even the slightest bit of anger at the destruction of her familiar.
Those deep eyes, hidden behind the non-prescription glasses, instead sparkled with intense pleasure and interest.
"Yuzhu's temper is still as volatile and ruthless as ever."
Although the view was forcibly cut off at the last moment.
But for a magician of Orange's caliber, those few seconds of footage were enough for her to extract a massive amount of information.
Orange brought the cigarette to her lips, took a deep drag, then tilted her head back slightly and slowly exhaled a wisp of smoke.
As the smoke rose, her mind, like a sophisticated high-definition slideshow, repeatedly froze and dissected the image of the blond man.
"His tall stature and the perfect proportions of his muscles and bones make him seem almost superhuman. What's even more striking is..."
Orange licked her red lips, her voice low and dangerous:
"It seems completely unprepared and full of flaws, but it also exudes a terrifying sense of danger."
"A representative of the Holy Church? Impossible."
"That extremely xenophobic pure-blooded witch, Yuzhu, if she saw any of the church's dogs step into the core of her barrier, she would absolutely awaken her familiars on the spot and chew that person to pieces, bones and all."
"A seal-designated executor sent by the Clock Tower? That doesn't seem like it either."
That guy didn't have the stench of a magician constantly immersed in intrigue and formaldehyde.
On the contrary, even through the screen, one could feel a pure, almost dazzling aura of light emanating from him.
"Could it be... some extremely rare familiar that Youzhu recently signed? Or perhaps a precious fantasy species that got lost in the mortal world?"
Thinking of this, Orange's smile became even more dangerous.
She knew her younger sister and Kuonji Yuju all too well, not to mention that stupid girl Aozaki Aoko.
Yu-chu has an extremely severe case of "territorial fastidiousness," and is extremely averse to any outside interpersonal relationships.
How could these two people allow an adult male of unknown origin to enter the core of the newly repaired Misaki Town barrier in the dead of night?
She even stood beside him without any guard up, without showing even the slightest bit of hostility.
To Orange, this unusual phenomenon was even more unbelievable than the mysterious hole that was smashed into the barrier of Misaki Town.
Her primary goal in sneaking back to Misaki Town this time was to take advantage of the situation and seize this spiritual vein belonging to the Aozaki family at all costs.
They arrived too late; the huge hole in the barrier, which had apparently been smashed by something, had already been repaired.
However, Orange has now become interested in the blond man.
"if……"
Orange gently propped her chin up with the hand holding the cigarette, her eyes flashing with a wicked sadistic desire and a perverse sense of humor:
"If I could poach this man from Aoko's group, or even strip him of his consciousness and turn him into a killing puppet under my control..."
"I bet Aoko's expression will be priceless then, won't it?"
Taking away Qingzi's belongings and watching her collapse in a helpless rage is a rare source of amusement for Chengzi these days.
"Aoko, Aoko, as your long-lost older sister, shouldn't I prepare a generous 'welcome gift' for you?"
Orange chuckled softly, brought the cigarette closer, and took another deep drag.
Inside the dimly lit, abandoned factory, the flickering, scarlet fireworks were extremely glaring.
Then, thick gray smoke billowed from her red lips.
The smoke, like a thick curtain, completely obscured the dangerous glint in her eyes behind her glasses, shrouding them in darkness.
……
The lights inside the mansion were completely off, and the old clock ticked regularly deep in the corridor.
In the spacious hall on the first floor, Arthur lay quietly in a simple sleeping bag on the floor.
Just as Yushu warned, at night, strange gazes would indeed occasionally emerge from the shadows of the mansion.
For example, right now.
At the highest point of the wooden staircase handrail leading from the first floor to the second floor, a robin radiating a faint blue light was perched quietly.
Its sapphire-like eyes were fixed intently on the blond man lying on the ground, like a dutiful midnight sentinel.
Arthur did not feel offended.
He turned his head slightly, smiled gently at the robin, and even nodded slightly in greeting.
"Good night, little one. You've had a good night patrolling the territory tonight."
The robin seemed taken aback by Arthur's actions.
It tilted its small head, let out a clear cry, then flapped its wings and transformed into a ball of blue light particles that disappeared into the air.
Besides it, the other familiars lurking in the shadows of the mansion all seemed to sense the terrifying power within Arthur.
Therefore, none of them dared to approach within three meters of him.
The hall fell silent once more.
Arthur closed his eyes, and the image of seeing that bat in the deep mountains flashed through his mind again.
He tried hard to grasp that fragment from the deep sea of memory.
But no matter how hard he tried to concentrate, the image was shrouded in a thick fog, and he could never see the whole picture.
"It seems we can only wait for a certain opportunity."
Arthur stopped this futile internal struggle, calmed his breathing, and soon fell asleep.