FYN Chapter 81 Old Teammate
Chapter 81 Old Teammate
On a riverbank in the suburbs far from the city center, in front of Lingbo, a dozen white threads made of magic were intertwining in the air, sometimes gathering and sometimes dispersing with the slightest movement of her fingertips.
"That's pretty good."
Noah, who was standing to the side, nodded.
"Your control over magic is becoming more and more proficient. Your interference spells can now track targets according to your requests."
"At this rate, you should be able to reach the 'budding' stage in about a month. By then, you will also be able to awaken your inner self."
Lingbo nodded. She had indeed made rapid progress during this period. Not only in magic, but she had also not stopped practicing basic magic.
Soon, she too will have the ability to help Noah.
Once the mind is awakened, then I can help Noah complete "that tactic".
Moreover, although the Civil Defense Bureau will no longer provide assistance, Noah's side has more helpers than one might imagine.
Looking at the calm river in front of me, I gradually recalled what happened that day.
*
It was a few days ago, in the afternoon, at the gate of an elementary school in Yuehua City, just as the school bell rang.
As always, it was bustling with activity. A group of children chattered and poured out of the school gate, running towards their parents who were already waiting there.
Before coming to this elementary school, Shen Zixin transformed into Ling Bo at Noah's request.
"So, what exactly are you going to do?" Lingbo crossed her arms and looked at Noah warily. "You brought me to the elementary school gate and are going to make me look like this... You're not planning to do something weird, are you?"
"Don't be so nervous," Noah said, her eyes scanning the crowd. "I just want you to do me a small favor."
She quickly found her target: a little girl with pigtails who looked no more than seven or eight years old. She was sitting on a bench by the roadside, seemingly waiting for her family to pick her up.
"See that child?" Noah pointed to the girl. "Go and find a way to get her to that deserted alley over there."
"……ha?"
Lingbo slowly typed out a question mark.
"You want me to... abduct an elementary school student?" Lingbo's lips twitched. "Noah, I have to remind you, this kind of thing is illegal."
"Oh, don't put it so harshly." Noah gave a helpless smile. "I just want to talk to her alone. There are too many people here, it's not convenient."
"Why can't we say it here? Why do we have to go to an empty alley?" Lingbo's tone was full of suspicion.
"Please, Ayanami-chan!" Noah lowered her head, clasped her hands together, "This is the only request I'll ever make!"
"...Can you please stop using this trick like He Yuran? I'm almost immune to it after seeing it so many times." Lingbo rolled her eyes at her. "Let me make this clear first, you absolutely cannot do anything illegal."
In the end, although she still had many questions in her mind, Lingbo agreed to Noah's request.
As she walked towards the little girl, she pondered what reason she could give to get her to come over.
As a child who looks ten years old, approaching a younger child should theoretically make the other child less wary.
Let's use a more outrageous reason then... she should believe it.
She walked up to the little girl and tried her best to make the little girl's cute voice.
"Um...excuse me," Lingbo pointed to the alleyway next to them, "it looks like an adult has fainted in that alley over there. That adult looks a lot like you. Are you a family member?"
The little girl looked up, paused for a moment, and then an anxious expression appeared on her face—
"Hey?! Take me there quickly! That might be my mom!"
"Yes, come with me—"
So, under Lingbo's "deception", she took the little girl's hand and ran along the quiet alley.
Noah was already waiting at the end of the alley.
Seeing that there was no "fainted person" that Lingbo had mentioned in the alley, the little girl seemed to realize that something was wrong and stopped walking.
However, before she could run away, Noah rushed forward and grabbed her shoulders with both hands—
"Bloom, flower of your heart—"
A surge of magical energy instantly flooded into the little girl's body. Then, her body emitted a dazzling light, and her clothes transformed into a deep green magical girl outfit—
The surrounding magical shockwave caused the little girl to faint, her body involuntarily arching backward until she collapsed. Noah instinctively caught the little girl in her arms to prevent her from falling.
"What did you do to her?!"
Lingbo looked at Noah in disbelief. What had just happened was—
"Haven't you seen this before? Catalyzing others to awaken as magical girls."
Lingbo glanced at the unconscious little girl. "She looks even younger than me... Lingbo, right? Probably under 10 years old. Can she really awaken as a magical girl?"
"You've forgotten again? Didn't we tell you that when we first met?"
After listening, Lingbo carefully recalled Noah's explanation of "catalytic awakening" when she first met Noah—
"In my time, relevant research had proven that as long as someone has the corresponding qualifications, even if they have exceeded the generally accepted upper age limit for awakening, they can awaken as a magical girl through external stimulation."
"Because later research found that many people are actually born with the potential to become magical girls."
—Yes, Noah did say that the methods of awakening through catalysis can indeed ignore age limitations.
but--
"Why did you turn this child into a magical girl?" Lingbo asked, voicing the question that had been bothering her.
"I'm just gathering my former teammates." Noah looked down at the girl in her arms, her eyes filled with tenderness.
"Gather teammates? In this way? Forcibly awaken a seven or eight-year-old child into a magical girl?"
"Her name is Fu Ping, and she is one of my most important companions in the future," Noah explained slowly without looking up.
"Even if she's your future teammate, right now she's just an ordinary elementary school student, right? She doesn't even know you. Why would she help you?"
"Besides, even if you awaken her now, she's just a weak 'nascent bud' level cultivator. What can she do for you other than get dragged into dangerous battles?"
"Aren't you... trying to harm her? You're dragging an innocent child into this mess."
Lingbo's voice was filled with incomprehension and anger—
How could my future self do such a thing?
"I know."
Noah's expression remained unchanged; instead, a slight smile appeared on her face.
"You'll find out soon enough... Fu Ping isn't your average magical girl."
Lingbo wanted to say something, but the little girl in Noah's arms made a sound and then opened her eyes—
The girl first saw Lingbo, paused slightly, then noticed that she was in someone's arms, and then she looked up.
The confusion or fear that Lingbo had anticipated did not appear on the girl's face. The girl's reaction was one of joy and fervor.
Her eyes instantly filled with tears.
"...Noah...Captain?!"