The Great Detective of Gensokyo, but surrounded by Shura Field!

"!!!"

The puppet gun formation charged first.

Marisa's face changed and she quickly dodged.

But she didn't have time to avoid the magic bullet hidden behind the doll.

At the critical moment, Chu Bai grabbed Marisa's collar and turned her over and pressed her under him.

The magic bullet hit the cabinet, and the miscellaneous items inside were scattered all over the floor in a mess.

"Ah, my collection cabinet!" Marisa cried out.

Chu Bai, on the other hand, had a serious expression on his face: "Don't worry about your cabinet, let's check on Alice's condition first."

"Xiao Ai, who has always been gentle and quiet, has become like this. Is she cursed?"

"But I didn't even detect any curse. This means the curse caster's skill is definitely not inferior to mine..."

"???"

Marisa stared blankly at Chu Bai who was analyzing seriously.

After dodging the attack again by turning sideways, she couldn't help but complain:

"Hey, Xiaobai, don't you realize why Xiaoai is angry?"

"The reason for your anger? Of course I know."

Chu Bai replied:

"Didn't she just mistakenly think that I stole her best friend and lied to her?"

"I'm going to participate in a house fight, a contestant with high emotional intelligence in the beautiful girl game. I'm sure I can understand this kind of thing."

You understand loneliness!

It’s obvious that Xiao Ai is jealous!

Seeing the person you like and your best friend getting involved together, the reason for your evildoing is obvious!

Marisa opened her mouth to explain, but Alice's voice came again.

"Even in this situation, they're still talking about love and flirting with each other..."

"Hey, Shiro, why didn't you do this to me... Why did you lie to me together with Marisa..."

"Am I now also a part of your play..."

Chu Bai spoke earnestly:

"Don't worry, Alice. I know you must be cursed right now, so that's why you're so emotional."

"In that case, I have no choice but to subdue you first, and then find a way to lift the curse!"

Stop thinking about your curse!

I've said it's not a matter of curse, but an emotional entanglement!

Marisa wanted to tell the truth directly, so that after Chu Bai knew the truth, he would definitely be able to calm Alice down.

But doing so would be equivalent to asking Alice to confess her feelings in disguise.

She still remembered Chu Bai's experience. Although he had lived to the age of twenty-four, he was a complete blank slate when it came to love. For more than a decade, he had spent his youth searching for the secret elixir of resurrection and avenging his master, leaving him completely clueless about the nature of love.

If she reveals the truth at this time, she will definitely be rejected, and Xiao Ai will never have another chance.

But if we don’t do this, how can we make Xiao Ai return to normal?

Marisa's mind was in a tangle.

On the other side, Chu Bai, who still believed that Alice was affected by the curse, was ready to fight.

Facing the small oncoming army, he waved his right hand, mobilizing the powerful earth elemental power in the forest.

"Since you've offended Xiao Ai, I can only ask you to behave yourself for now!"

"Earth Curse - "Mudflow Barrier"! "

"Earth Curse——"Mud Swamp Formation"!"

Chapter 25 The farce is over? Fast forward to my best friend's apology

In fact, the most suitable magic to deal with Alice's puppet should be fire and ice magic.

Fire can burn materials, and frost can solidify joints.

But Chu Bai's weak magic power meant that he could not cast spells at will.

In order to minimize consumption, he can only use moves that are in line with the surrounding environment to achieve the purpose of magic diversion.

Therefore, his main means now can only be the wood and earth attribute magic that is most abundant in the Magic Forest.

"Earth Curse - "Mudflow Barrier"! "

"Earth Curse——"Mud Swamp Formation"!"

The gathered earth elements formed a surrounding shield, intercepting the long-range attacks of the small army.

At the same time, the floor beneath Alice's feet suddenly turned into a slippery quagmire.

With her center of gravity unstable, her control over the puppet immediately became much weaker.

But Alice is not only good at puppeteering.

Besides being called the Seven-Colored Puppet Master, she was also a magician. Furthermore, she was an extremely powerful magician who had already mastered the magic of insect shedding, transforming entire races.

Alice tapped her fingertips, and the magic book in her hand opened automatically, and the ring symbolizing the Seven Stars Law rotated around her.

Chu Bai just took a look and immediately felt a severe toothache.

——This is a precursor to the activation of a higher-level spell.

It seems that Alice herself has such powerful magic skills.

"Xiaobai, be good, just stand there and don't move... the pain will go away after a while..."

Alice's voice was ethereal, and the Seven Stars Formation beside her was spinning faster.

If the stalemate continues like this, Chu Bai will definitely suffer a great loss when the magic is completed.

In an emergency, he no longer cared about the loss of magic power, nor did he worry about the diversion and endurance of magic power.

Almost immediately afterwards, Chu Bai's body also began to flash with colorful light.

Swish!

The magic circuits lit up one after another, engraved with a more complex Seven Stars Formation, and began to surround Chu Bai.

"There's nothing I can do, Xiao Ai. Since your curse is so powerful, I can only cast a higher-level spell."

"Even though this might get you hurt, you can scold me all you want after you recover!"

"Fire and Earth Curse——"The Kingdom of Fire"..."

“Wait a minute! Wait a minute, ahhhhhhhh!!”

Marisa, who had returned online, quickly stood between them, shouting:

"This is my home. Are you going to use high-level spells against each other in someone else's house?"

"And Xiao Ai, after all this fuss, it's about time you came to your senses!"

Marisa held the megaphone and shouted loudly in Alice's ear:

"Why are you so angry when you see me and Chu Bai together?"

"Do you like Chu Bai? Do you want to confess your love to him, marry him, and roll around in bed with him and do naughty things?"

……Eh?

...Like Chu Bai?

...and do shameful things by marrying him?

It was as if a keyword was triggered.

Alice's eyes quickly regained their luster, but her face also turned red.

"What nonsense are you talking about, Marisa! I don't like Chu Bai, and I don't want to do that kind of thing with him!"

"Then why are you so angry? You two great magicians almost tore my house apart!"

“…Huh? Ehhhhhhhhhh??”

Under Marisa's shameful attack, Alice finally regained her sanity.

When she saw the scene in front of her, she was shocked and quickly cancelled her preparations for the higher-level magic.

The brilliance of the Seven Stars Formation gradually dissipated. Seeing Alice return to normal, Chu Bai breathed a sigh of relief:

"Finally calmed down, Xiao Ai."

Alice blushed and looked around in confusion.

"Did I do all this?"

"Yeah, if I hadn't interrupted him in time, my huge house would have been reduced to ashes!"

Marisa's eyes were filled with resentment.

Chu Bai also breathed a sigh of relief and gave Marisa a thumbs up:

"Marisa, you've been a real help this time."

"And I also realized my own mistakes. It turns out Xiao Ai wasn't cursed, but was simply sad and angry because she was deceived by her friends. This time I learned a little bit about emotional intelligence."

It seems you haven’t figured it out yet!

Are you the slow-witted male protagonist in a light novel? Even those slow-witted protagonists should have noticed the clues by now!

During your more than ten years of youth, you really didn't have any romantic opportunities at all!

Marisa murmured quickly in her mind.

After seeing Alice's uneasy expression, she put her arm around Alice's shoulders, and the two of them walked to the corner and whispered with their arms around each other.

In order to prevent Chu Bai from eavesdropping, Marisa also set up the soundproof barrier that Chu Bai had just taught him last night.

Then she looked at Alice seriously:

"Xiao Ai, answer honestly, do you like Chu Bai?"

"Eh?"

Alice panicked like a little beast again.

"I don't like him!"

"Chu Bai and I have only known each other for a month, how could I possibly fall in love with him!"

"Although he helped me a lot when we first met, taught me about interpersonal relationships, and became my first regular friend of the opposite sex. In my free time, I would make him some cakes, and we would go to the village for hot pot or go on picnics. Last time we went to the Scarlet Devil Mansion, we fought side by side and solved the case together. After returning home, we also had tea parties for two, and we read books, talked, and exchanged ideas about magic... He is also very handsome, exactly my type. Our personalities are very compatible, and we have a good understanding..."

"But I'm definitely not in love with him! I just consider him a good friend!"

Marisa blushed immediately:

"Your reaction clearly shows that you like it..."

"No, absolutely not."

Alice's head shook like a rattle.

Marisa thought for a moment and then said tentatively:

"Then imagine a situation. If Xiaobai and I were really in love, and we had just done something shameless, and even before you knocked on the door with the cake, we were still doing it..."

Alice followed Marisa's words and began to fantasize.

As a result, she felt a pang of heartache as soon as she started thinking about it, and she almost cried again.

Marisa patted her shoulder.

"It feels terrible, right? It feels like a broken heart, right?"