Pray and become a magical girl

Chapter 58 - The Tacit Understanding of Childhood Friends
"Brother is gone, don't miss me."

That year, Zhou Changqing started university, and when he was about to leave, he turned around in front of Cheng Haoran with a graceful manner.

Thirteen-year-old Cheng Haoran was still reluctant to leave. After all, the only person in the village who got along well with him was leaving, so he asked, "What are you going to do?"

Zhou Changqing waved behind him, then walked forward without looking back, "Go make a name for yourself!"

Cheng Haoran, who didn’t know what zhong ni was, thought this scene was pretty cool. However, eight years later, the boomerang finally hit himself. The young man kneeling before him was really weak.

There was no sound coming from above, which made Zhou Changqing panic. "Father, please don't be silent. Is there something I did wrong?"

Still no answer.

"If you become rich and powerful, please don't forget me! Besides, I already call you foster father - foster father!"

The old customers nearby couldn't help but burst out laughing. They knew a little about the legendary story of this young boss, but this was the first time they had seen someone "climbing up connections" like this.

Cheng Haoran got goosebumps all over his body after hearing the last yell from his foster father. He frowned and said, "No, you're kneeling so loudly. Where's your dignity?"

"Can dignity be eaten? Don't think I don't know. Your contribution is first-class. With such an adoptive father, whether I can be promoted to director immediately is just a matter of your words. I can save more than ten years of hard work!"

"Haha~" Cheng Haoran laughed coldly, "What if I tell you that the seal on my voucher is the one that was lost, and now it is just a piece of waste paper except for pretending to be cool, how will you respond?"

"Oh, I see." Zhou Changqing simply responded, patted his trouser legs and stood up, "It seems that I have to keep my feet on the ground. I am really worried——"

"..." Cheng Haoran was speechless at the speed of his expression changing, but he still asked, "Why are you so anxious? You are only in your twenties, and you still have a long life ahead of you."

"Not much longer." Zhou Changqing was afraid that he might misunderstand, so he explained, "What I mean is that life is full of surprises. If you don't make a name for yourself, you'll be gone. That would be a waste of your life, right? So you have to seize every day."

Cheng Haoran agreed with this statement very much. After all, who would have thought that a 1.8-meter-tall guy like him would become a magical girl?
"That's the right way to think, but are fame and fortune so important to you that you'd kneel down to others?"

Zhou Changqing glanced at him and said, "Have you forgotten? My dream is to become famous! Changqing, Changqing, I want to make my ancestors' graves smoke forever!"
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Filial piety, so filial!
He did say this in his memory, but it sounds too childish now, which reminds Cheng Haoran of an old friend.

"Uh-- well, it's a very ambitious goal, but you don't necessarily have to become a director to achieve it. Solving a big case is also possible."

"Yes, I'm investigating a major case." Zhou Changqing suddenly realized that he couldn't continue talking about this topic, so he coughed twice, "Ahem, I almost let it slip. This involves the confidential information of our bureau."

Cheng Haoran could only think of one major case in Chengdu recently, and he was curious about how his childhood friend planned to investigate it.

"No problem. Go on. You know us, Yuntian, so you should also know my other job, the tactical analyst of the Hero Association. If you really don't believe me, I can show you my certificate."

"No, I believe you." Zhou Changqing leaned over and whispered in Cheng Haoran's ear, "Isn't there an evil church in Rongcheng? This is the first major case in Rongcheng since the Super Power Era. I want to solve it."

Cheng Haoran also acted out his proper reaction, "That's an evil church that believes in strange beasts, and the leader is an S-level psychic. Are you sure you're not looking for death?"

Zhou Shiqing's mouth twitched, "Don't say such harsh words, he is just the leader, it doesn't mean that every believer is a superpower, and superpowers are not cabbages on the street.

"The bureau has no clues now, so as long as we can find two or three evil believers and discover where their lair is, I will definitely be the first to achieve the credit!"
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No wonder he spoke to me like that, he's treating me like a first-class merit!
"So you think I'm a cultist?" Mr. Procedure had a sullen face and a bad expression.

"How could that be? I saw you from a distance, hahaha——" Zhou Changqing laughed dryly.

The little boy who used to run behind me and was quiet now has such a powerful aura. Is it because he has become the boss?

"Bullshit! There's no light over there, can you recognize it's me?"

"That's why they think you are a cultist. It's dark and sparsely populated here. All the elements are present." Zhou Changqing muttered in a low voice.

"..." Cheng Haoran didn't want to dwell on this question anymore, so he changed the question, "Then how do you plan to find those cultists? You can't just wander around the streets like a headless fly, right?"

"Congratulations, you got the answer right. That's what I did today." Zhou Changqing spread his hands helplessly and continued, "The bureau can't even find a rough direction. I can only hope that those cultists dare to come out and recruit people to teach?"

"How is that possible? The man in black is extremely cautious, otherwise I - our association would not have been unable to find any clues." Cheng Haoran waved his hands in disbelief.

After finishing the lessons for the little ones these days, the Hero Star Palace specially patrolled above Chengdu. As for the result, of course, nothing was found.

"This is the information gap between us." Zhou Changqing retorted, "You heroes are in charge of super-powered criminals, so you don't know much about this city. On the surface, Rongcheng is calm, but in reality it is turbulent. Uh - it seems not right. In short, there are a lot of small things like robbery and pyramid schemes." "Huh? Why?" Cheng Haoran was puzzled. The reputation of Xinggong should not be able to deter even these petty criminals.

"How should I put it? It's probably because Xinggong is too powerful. So powerful that we police officers have lost our sense of crisis and indirectly indulged in these little things." Zhou Changqing shrugged.
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I'm so sorry I'm so strong!

Cheng Haoran was speechless and could only complain in his heart.

The young police officer went on to say, “Their leaders may be very cautious, but their subordinates are not entirely so.

"The evil church is also a type of church. All churches have the idea of ​​expanding their scale, and the evil church that believes in strange beasts is even more so. Because their gods exist, this will make them more obsessed and want to attract more people to believe in their gods.

"Even if that black-robed man has imposed restrictions, there will still be people who care about this kind of thing. After all, there are only two ways for believers to prove their faith: praying and preaching, and preaching is more direct for them."

Cheng Haoran pondered over this sentence and found a problem. "Then you can't guarantee that they will only preach in Rongcheng, right? The only thing that is certain is that their base camp is here, they can completely..."
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No...that's not right, he can't give up!
The conclusion could have been drawn at this point, but Mr. Programmer denied himself in his heart.

"That's right." Zhou Changqing nodded slightly. Although he still found nothing, he could probably apply to the bureau to expand the search scope.

After talking for so long, he felt a little thirsty. When he was about to get up to get some water, he was held down by a hand. He looked up and met the burning gaze of that unlucky young man that he had never seen before.

"We are all missing a very critical question."

"What?" This time it was Zhou Changqing's turn to be confused.

"Let me ask you, what is the purpose of this evil church establishing its base in Rongcheng?"

I thought it was something else, but it turned out to be just this? Something that had no clues and could not be explored.

But Zhou Changqing still cooperated and said, "I don't know."

"That's right, we don't know." Cheng Haoran said seriously.

But the police officer wanted to roll his eyes at him, wondering why he had never thought that this childhood friend was weird before.

"We also don't know when this cult was founded. Was it during or after the Super Power Era? Was it before or after Xinggong announced that it would be stationed in Rongcheng?"

Zhou Changqing immediately refuted, "Xinggong didn't announce it. They walked into Rongcheng in a low-key way - directly in front of the public."
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How do you know so much, brother? There's something wrong with you!
Cheng Haoran's eyes became strange.

However, after pondering this sentence again, Zhou Changqing realized, "You mean, if the existence of this evil church is not as long as the Xinggong stationed in Rongcheng, then its base camp would not be here?"

"No, even if there were two or three more S-class heroes, it would still be the same."

"why?"

"Because of a purpose we don't know. The black-robed man is very cautious. Once an unfavorable situation occurs, he will immediately change his plan. But because of this purpose, he personally ordered that Rongcheng be their base camp.

"Similarly, assuming that the missionary activities of the believers really exist, would he not know about it? Would he not strengthen the control? He is an S-level psychic, and he knows everything his subordinates do.

"But he won't strengthen the restrictions, because the missionary activities in Rongcheng are necessary for his purpose. You didn't find any traces of them on the streets, maybe this is the target of the black-robed man's restrictions. So the place where they will appear is-"

"Suburbs!" ×2
The tacit understanding that they had growing up together was revealed again.

After the Super Power Era, there is never a shortage of ruins of former cities around the city, nor is there a shortage of young people who are curious about things related to alien hazards, and these people may be the objects of their missionary work.

What if you still don’t believe? Don’t worry, the evil church has plenty of ways to make people believe in their God!

The two smiled at each other, as if they had reached some kind of consensus as before.

"Then walk?" Zhou Changqing asked.

"Wait a minute, let's eat first." Cheng Haoran replied.

"Row."

(End of this chapter)