Apocalypse, then transforming into a magical girl

After defeating the previous Nightmare Baby, Little Green led Xia Zhaozhao back to where the square-faced group was.

Then, the two heard the news.

"So fast?" Little Green frowned slightly. They'd just dealt with that Nightmare Baby, and the real culprit was already making its move again?

The group quickly arrived at the empty room that was being used as a temporary morgue.

It was a rather empty room, with only a few broken tables haphazardly placed in one corner.

In the very center of the floor lay the body that had just been discovered. Through the tattered clothes, the condition of the corpse was quite gruesome.

The body's head had been pried open, and consistent with previous descriptions, the killer appeared to have directly removed the victim's eyes and ripped open his skull.

The Chiang family father and son also came in.

Jiang Fu remained as if he were out of his mind, shrinking by the door, too afraid to approach.

Jiang Zi, suppressing his discomfort and with a pale face, pointed at the corpse and explained to Xiao Lü and Xia Zhaozhao:

"Look at the head... these marks of damage, it's like it was forcibly pried open. It's like that thing wanted to dig out the whole brain."

He paused, took a deep breath, and said, "Furthermore, the corpse's intestines were also removed. Just now! They weren't there when we first moved in!"

"Only the intestines are missing?" Little Green asked, somewhat puzzled. "Are you sure?"

"I remember, the first two victims had their entire stomachs ripped out, and all their internal organs were gone, right?"

"And this one, at first it was missing its brain and eyes, and now... it's just missing its intestines?"

"That's right! We just moved the body here from where it was found, and not long after that, it turned out like this!"

Seeing that Xiao Lü seemed thoughtful after hearing this and didn't ask any questions, Jiang Zi stepped aside.

The short, green-clad girl in front of me remained calm and composed in the face of such a bloody scene, and was even able to analyze the situation rationally.

Furthermore, he had initially flown directly out. However, by the time the apocalypse arrived, his worldview had already been shattered.

Moreover, in any case, at least this deity came to help.

"These three people... one was killed while guarding the warehouse alone at night, another in the toilet, and this one... during shift change? All of them were killed while acting alone?"

"Yes! It's always when you're alone!"

"So now none of us dare to act alone. Actually, this morning there were supposed to be two guards, but... both of them fell asleep, and then..."

"In other words, the killer specifically targets lone individuals," Xiao Lü speculated. "How long was this room unattended before you discovered the body was missing its intestines?"

"We brought the body in about an hour ago, and then we left."

"...However, there were always people watching the entrance, and we didn't see anything go in or out."

"What about inside the room? Did you check it carefully when you moved in? For example... behind those tables?"

"No, we brought the body in and went out immediately! We were terrified, we didn't have time to think about anything else!"

Xiao Lü didn't ask any more questions and signaled Xia Zhaozhao to be on guard. She checked the pile of tables in the corner and didn't find anything hidden, but she could vaguely see some sticky residue.

A bold idea popped into her mind.

"This room, besides this door, only has that window over there leading outside. Someone's always watching that door..."

"So, the murderer obviously entered and exited through the window... This isn't much of a deduction."

"They came in through the window, stole the intestines, and then left through the window?" Jiang Fu couldn't understand at all, and asked tremblingly, "But what was the point?"

"No, the killer didn't come in, he just went out," Xiao Lü replied calmly.

"I have a theory." She walked to the window and looked outside.

This is the fourth floor, and below is a concrete floor. Although there is some water on it, it is not at all enough to ensure that a person could jump down without getting injured.

She looked down and saw something tied to the outside of the window.

"You guessed right, look!" Little Green pointed to that spot, gesturing for the rest of the group to come and see.

The rest of the people who came over all gasped in shock.

"It's...that guy's intestines?!"

"Yes. I think the murderer was hiding behind those broken tables in this room when you came to dump the body."

"Previously, the killer usually only attacked one person. After discovering that multiple people had entered his hiding place, he probably felt threatened and wanted to run away."

"The doorway is blocked off; the only way out is through this window."

"But... there's nothing like a rope in this room, and the deceased's clothes are tattered and flimsy. So, the only thing usable... is the intestines!"

"And the length of his intestines was clearly insufficient for the killer to reach the ground. Therefore, he is likely in the room downstairs!"

"Zhaozhao, let's go down!"

Xiao Lü opened the window directly, and with Xia Zhaozhao in her arms, leaped out and flew outside.

"Bang--!"

Then, downstairs, came the sound of breaking glass, followed by short bursts of fighting and the dying roar of something.

The Jiang father and son looked at each other in bewilderment. After realizing what had happened, they rushed out of the room, quickly called for help, and headed downstairs to the next room.

When they arrived at the room, they found the door already open. Xiao Lü and Xia Zhaozhao were standing in the doorway, talking in hushed tones, their voices filled with confusion.

Inside the room, there was a pool of foul-smelling black slime, and on it, human organs that had not yet been swallowed.

"It was definitely done by a monster, not some serial killer," Little Green said calmly to the group in front of her. "You're safe now."

Earlier, the two had spotted the monster as soon as they entered the room.

The monster was wandering around the room. Its appearance was similar to the combination of the "deformed fetus" and the madman encountered earlier, except that some clearly human organs were randomly embedded in its body.

The monster didn't devour it; instead, it simply embedded itself in its body, like some kind of bizarre ornament.

What's even stranger is that the monster showed no signs of "intelligence" when it saw them; it was even slow and clumsy in its basic attempts to dodge and retaliate.

It only lets out meaningless roars and attacks instinctively, just like any other aggregate.

Then, the two of them dealt with it swiftly and decisively.

……

"Aren't we going to the hospital? Shall we head back to find Xiaobai?"

"Yes, what happened... was a bit strange. You noticed it too, didn't you?"

"Yes," Xia Zhaozhao replied, "It's a bit too stupid; it can't even open a door. It looks no different from an ordinary monster."

"But before, it knew how to use its intestines as a rope to escape through the window, and it knew how to prey on people who were alone. But when we saw it, it seemed to have only instinct left."

"Yeah, yeah... I feel like my IQ just dropped, I forgot everything, and all I have left is instinct," Xia Zhaozhao said.

"...Wait, where are we going? What did you just say?" She suddenly felt her mind go blank.

"What did you say?... Let me think, didn't we just say we were going to the hospital?" Xiao Lü pulled out a map and compared it with the buildings on it.

"Wait! This isn't the way to the hospital. When did we go the wrong way?"

"Huh? You idiot, Little Green! You've led us the wrong way! Turn around right now, turn around!"

the mall.

Jiang Fu suddenly came running over, tumbling and scrambling, shouting something.

"Square face—! Something's happened again!"

"We've only been gone a short while... wait, what was I going to say again?"

"Are you making fun of me? Get lost!" the square-faced man snapped irritably.