get-shopping Chapter 582 Guess why they're villains
Chapter 582 Guess why they're villains
"...Heart Moon Fox, are you over here?"
"I'm here, I'm right here."
"Oh, it seems we've been assigned to the same place this time."
Opening her eyes in the mist, Su Tianqing heard a familiar voice beside her.
But when she turned her head, she saw nothing at all, not even a shadow of Chi Xue. A big question mark immediately appeared on Su Tianqing's forehead.
Hmm? Why can I only hear sounds but not see anyone? Is it because the fog is so thick that you can't see your hand in front of your face?
"Chixue? I can't see you. Where are you?"
"I can't see you either. Please wait a moment. Perhaps this mental world is on a larger scale—"
Before she could finish speaking, the thick fog quickly dissipated in the direction of the sound, and Su Tianqing finally saw the person standing not far from her:
Her long, red hair was tied into a side ponytail that fell over her shoulder. Instead of wearing a magical costume, she wore a one-shoulder draped sweater and a spring pleated skirt that just went past her knees. Combined with her calves and sandals, she was dressed as a trendy and youthful girl.
...Although Akashi could hardly be considered a girl at her age.
"Wow, you're dressed quite fashionably." Su Tianqing looked Chi Xue up and down and said.
Chi Xue also glanced back at the golden-haired fox girl beside her, paused slightly, and then relaxed her brows:
"You're dressed quite well."
"Really? Then I need to find a mirror to check myself."
Su Tianqing curiously pricked up her fox ears and looked around, talking to herself.
The surroundings are a modern city street scene, with a few cars occasionally driving by on the road. There aren't many pedestrians on the sidewalk, but there are quite a few shops along the street. I should be able to see what I'm dressed like through the reflection in the shop windows.
Thinking this, Su Tianqing walked curiously to the store entrance and looked at her reflection in the glass.
Hmm… a spring dress and simple over-the-knee socks—isn't this my usual outfit when I'm not wearing my school uniform? It seems pretty normal, which proves my taste is definitely on point! Hehehe—
Seeing the golden-haired fox girl start wagging her tail violently, Chi Xue silently glanced a few more times at the fluffy tail that left afterimages as it swayed, then looked around curiously and said:
"I don't know what's wrong with my mental state this time; it seems no different from that of an ordinary city."
"Hmm... While it may seem that way on the surface, don't underestimate this place. After all, this is Dream Heart—"
Before he could finish speaking...
A burst of gunfire shattered the tranquility of the street, and the pedestrians on the roadside, who had been copying and pasting each other, immediately began to run away screaming and covering their heads, fleeing in panic in the direction away from the sound of gunfire.
Su Tianqing and Chi Xue were so startled that they shrank back and instinctively tried to find cover.
What?! Is this a map setting from before the war with Foxkov?! I don't remember ever making Foxkov look like this!
But this quiet street and the sudden gunshot... or is this actually the set of some robot anime? Is Akagi going to fall to the ground, riddled with bullets, and sing "Flower of Hope" next?
Before the two could react, a jet-black sports car suddenly sped out from the corner of the road not far away. The windows and front and rear windshields were smashed, but the body was still relatively intact. It sped towards the two, and gunshots could be heard from the car from time to time, as if it was engaged in a fierce firefight with something behind it.
There really is a black luxury sedan?!
Just as Su Tianqing was about to find a flower bed to hide behind and hug her tail, the bullet-riddled sports car braked and stopped in front of them. A familiar figure leaned out from the driver's seat:
A gray hood covered her face, obscuring all facial features, but her wolf ears and the sound coming from her throat easily revealed her identity:
"Fenrir?" "A dog?"
Chi Xue and Xin Yuehu spoke differently, but their meanings were quite similar.
"What are you doing? Are Alice and Jack in the back seat? You two... no, the three of you..."
"I've already told you I'm a wolf. Don't rush to say anything else, you two get in the car quickly, those guys are about to catch up!"
"later?"
The piercing sound of police sirens echoed through the streets.
Two black and white cars with flashing lights and sirens rushed out from the street corner, and several copy-pasted NPCs sat in the cars, firing at Fenrir's car.
Su Tianqing hurriedly ducked to avoid stray bullets. The two of them didn't have time to think and rushed into the back seat of the passenger seat. Fenrir stepped on the gas and sprinted at full speed, rushing straight up to the overpass not far ahead, staging a tense chase that seemed rather inexplicable but was very exciting.
"...Hello, Miss Akashi."
Alice, who was lying in the back seat firing a submachine gun, pulled her head back to change the magazine. She saw Akashi sitting in the passenger seat, still shaken, and waved to her in a friendly greeting.
"Hello. But I don't think now is the time for greetings. Can you two try to suppress that thing behind you first?" Chi Xue had no intention of greeting or exchanging pleasantries at this moment, and said to Alice and Little Jack, who was silently shooting and suppressing it beside her.
But Little Jack just turned her head to look at Chi Xue, reached into the magic space, and handed her a brand-new submachine gun, along with a red hood.
The two looked at each other, and Little Jack gestured towards the back of the car with his chin, the meaning of which was clear: You come and fight too.
"Should I play too?"
"right."
"Basic magic is not prohibited here; you can use magic bullets, like this."
The black-clad girl, taciturn, nodded in agreement, then raised her hand and injected magic into the magazine to shape bullets, loading and mounting the gun in one smooth motion, once again unleashing a barrage of suppressive fire.
Su Tianqing tentatively peered out to observe her surroundings.
From the elevated road, you can see the towering skyscrapers in the city, as well as the small buildings in the suburbs and some factory buildings whose purpose is unclear. However, after staring at it for a long time, I still don't know what this mental world created by the two newcomers, Sasha and Marigold, is all about, or what kind of trouble Garuda has caused here.
Su Tianqing turned her head to look at the front of the car.
It was at this glance that Su Tianqing's attention was immediately drawn to the row of cars blocking the road at its end.
But Fenrir, wearing a hood, showed no signs of slowing down. Instead, he floored the accelerator and sped toward the tiny gap at the edge of the traffic jam ahead!
"Fasten your seatbelts! Hold on tight! We're about to break through!"
"Charge through? Doggy, you don't mean to try and run through that traffic jam..."
"Of course, we'll squeeze through that gap on the side. As long as we tilt the car and drive onto the guardrail, we'll definitely be able to get through!"
"...I think we should also ban you from driving next time, you dog." Su Tianqing silently tightened her seatbelt in the passenger seat and complained to Fenrir in the driver's seat.
"I am a wolf!!!!"
With a shout, the sports car sped off at full speed. The NPCs guarding the car formation immediately screamed and dodged. Half of the car was squeezed against the reinforced concrete guardrail, and the people inside were nearly thrown out, but fortunately, they were held firmly by their seatbelts.
Sparks flew from the car door, which was jostled and impacted at such a high speed, but it still maintained a considerable speed until it broke through the blockade of cars and landed steadily. Only then did Su Tianqing have time to show the horrified expression of surviving a disaster.
"We've shaken them off." Little Jack paused his suppressive fire with the submachine gun and turned to the driver's seat to say.
"I knew this would work. Let's find a sewer and crawl in, and shake off that helicopter in the sky completely first."
Hearing Fenrir's words, Su Tianqing realized that there was another helicopter closely following them in the sky. She turned around and exchanged a glance with Chi Xue, and the classic question involuntarily popped into their minds:
What is this?
Even after Fenrir drove his beat-up sports car back to the city through the sewers and parked it in a parking lot of a seemingly upscale apartment building, Su Tianqing stood in the garage filled with all sorts of luxury sports cars, hugging the fox tail and staring blankly. Her feelings of "What is this?" showed no signs of fading away.
"...In short, it's that simple."
After leaving the garage and entering the luxurious penthouse in the high-rise apartment, Fenrir sat on the sofa and spread his hands towards Xin Yuehu and Chi Xue, who were completely stunned in front of him.
Inside the elevator, the gray wolf girl had already briefly explained the general rules of this mental world that she and Alice and Little Jack had figured out:
"Grand Theft Auto, or GTA for short, is a classic open-world action-shooter game. You've probably heard of it, Fox."
"Actually, I don't play video games much..." "Oh, now I understand."
Su Tianqing shook her fox tail in confusion, while Chi Xue clapped her hands together in surprise.
All eyes turned to this veteran magical girl. Su Tianqing blinked and asked curiously:
"Wait a minute, Akashi, how do you know all this so clearly?"
"Why can't I understand? I've been playing this game for over ten years, okay? As soon as Fenrir said that, I immediately understood where this sense of déjà vu came from."
Chi Xue answered calmly, and then went on to explain the game's genre and content: freely exploring Los Santos, carrying out various missions, or engaging in all sorts of criminal activities to build a vast criminal network within the game, or experiencing various thrilling and exciting storylines with NPCs...
"In short, all we know is that this mental world was created using that video game as a base," Fenrir continued.
"According to our investigation, there is indeed a place in this city that is full of 'dismantled chaos,' which should be the target we are going to explore in the dreamlike vision this time."
Alice spoke up as she took several cans of Coke from the kitchen refrigerator and handed them to the people gathered around the coffee table in the living room.
Chi Xue calmly opened the can and took two sips of the cool, refreshing cola.
"...If that's the case, where is that place?" Akashi asked.
Fenrir didn't say much. Little Jack got up and went into a room, pushing out a whiteboard and showing the group the neatly arranged schedule on it:
"Based on our current intelligence, that place is located underground at the Diamond Casino, the largest casino in Los Santos."
"Oh! That's the one, right!" Su Tianqing exclaimed excitedly, wagging her tail.
"Yes, that's it."
Fenrir sighed helplessly in reply, but since this concerned the investigation into Garuda's clues, he had no choice but to say those words:
"...We're going to rob that casino."
Chi Xue listened blankly to the side. Although she felt that this seemed to fit the original style of this mental world, after seeing the joyful smiles on the faces of the people in front of her, she seemed to finally understand something:
These people in front of me really do seem to be villains.