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Once the dark wizard made up his mind, he no longer hesitated and took out a black core that he had been cherishing ever since he received it a couple of days ago.

A thin mist lingered around the core, and the moment it was pulled out, all the light sources in the room seemed to be swallowed up, plunging the room into a moment of darkness.

This is not the special form of energy called Calamity that was extracted from within the society some time ago. In fact, although the Black Wizard planned to use this core to conduct a fusion experiment with Calamity, he has not yet taken any action, so the core is still intact.

This is the core of the Shadow Monster.

The Shadow Monster of this generation is very weak, so weak that it may fall into a deep sleep due to magic exhaustion after using magic only once or twice.

So the Dark Wizard initially wanted to collect and carefully care for the Shadow Man's core.

The Shadow Man's potential extends far beyond this.

Just like the existence of the Despair Monster among the negative emotion monsters, a considerable number of monsters actually possess potential that exceeds their limits, but because they were born into this world, they are restricted.

Calamity is a power outside the [Void]. If we can use this energy, we might be able to break the restrictions on the monster's core.

Therefore, the Black Wizard originally intended to collect the Shadow Monster's core.

After all, this core is too fragile. If it falls into a dormant state after only one or two uses, then further research will be impossible.

However, the Black Wizard's biggest target is clearly the Abyss Gentleman, who has even greater potential.

Compared to the newly born Shadow Monster who hasn't yet shown enough potential, the Abyss Gentleman, who has been active for over a decade, has a large enough amount of magic power, and has developed his abilities quite well, is a better choice.

If the core of developing Shadow Man lies in gambling on stones, then the core of developing Abyss Gentleman is simply icing on the cake.

However, the Gentleman of the Abyss is also harder to catch.

Many thoughts flashed through the black wizard's mind, but his hands did not falter in the slightest.

After the core of the Shadow Monster flickered, it dimmed as expected. Countless dark shadow arms suddenly grew and expanded from under everyone's feet, wrapping around the people whose mobility was temporarily restricted!

Immediately, the black goat's markings spread onto the shadow, and the two rapidly intertwined to create a suppressive magical fluctuation.

After a flash of dark light, everyone's bodies gradually became transparent until they disappeared.

These four people will be sent into a chaotic time, and for at least half a month, they will not have to worry about their plans being disrupted.

However, to the dark wizard's surprise...

...Why do these guys not seem flustered at all?

Even while being teleported away, they still had the mind to chat:

"Ayasa, are we going to be assigned to different times later? Ugh, this feels so boring without you around."

"...Shut up, this isn't time travel."

"Is it really impossible? Think of something, Ayaka A-Meng!"

Black Wizard: ...

Please, can you at least show me some respect?

Aren't you worried at all about being transported to an unknown time? Are you really that confident in your successor?

Just as the black wizard was feeling discouraged, he felt a chilling, murderous gaze coming from the Abyss Gentleman.

He turned his head and met the face of the Abyss Gentleman, whose expression had completely vanished. He felt that the face was like an endless, dark abyss, with a pair of blood-red horizontal pupils staring intently at him from within.

Abyss Gentleman: ...

These magical girls are fine, but aren't my two kids about to start fighting?!

The eldest brother, the Gentleman of the Abyss, was so anxious he was about to curse.

He wasn't worried that Xiao Bei would be jealous or anything; on the contrary...

...He was a little worried that his intense jealousy would shatter his Dao heart.

Main text: 307. A Grand Unveiling of Dark History

This was the first time the Abyss Gentleman had encountered time magic. After a dizzying moment, the scenery in front of him changed completely.

What was once daytime in the City of Devils has now transformed into the familiar streets of night. Under the dim streetlights, the Abyss Gentleman's shadow is stretched long.

He rubbed his dizzy head. Due to the influence of time magic, the flow of magic was slightly sluggish, which seriously affected his senses.

Specifically, this manifested as blurred vision, with everything in front of me appearing as double images, which only eased slightly after a few breaths.

"...Where is this..." The Abyss Gentleman adjusted his top hat, which had become slightly askew during his time travel, glanced around, and looked surprised.

This is not the City of the Bizarre.

As a strange individual who has been confined to Miracle City since birth for various reasons, the Abyss Gentleman rarely travels to other cities.

But he was able to tell at a glance that this was not the City of the Strange.

Because this is Miracle City from over a decade ago... more specifically, this is his base from his youth.

The dimly lit, dilapidated streets and the abandoned house number seventeen were once the gathering place where he contacted the strange people who followed him in his so-called great cause.

Actually, in the words of magical girls, it should be called a "nest".

Moreover, this timeframe should be before he was defeated by the magical girls, Red and the others.

The reason we can be so certain is that shortly after he was defeated, the old street was demolished, and then a cheap apartment building with the lowest rent in the entire Miracle City was rebuilt on his weirdo's hideout...

This is his eccentric home.

Now, there's still no sign of that ordinary but warm apartment. Instead, what appears before us is a crooked villa occupied by oddballs who look like thugs, covered with strange patterns and slogans painted with all sorts of paint, and bearing many traces of illegal alterations.

The Gentleman of the Abyss felt a jolt in his heart.

How did I end up at this point in time?

As he looked up at the address of apartment number seventeen with mixed feelings, the dim candlelight inside the house grew brighter and brighter, and the second-floor window creaked open.

A familiar face appeared before the Gentleman of the Abyss.

That was the Abyss Gentleman from over a decade ago.

Completely different from the now-refined Abyss Gentleman, the young Fear Monster Jack, while also calling himself a gentleman, was more like a suit-wearing thug.

He was still tall and muscular, wearing a tailored suit with the sleeves rolled up to his forearms and the collar wide open. The current Fear Monster Jack had a more human-like face, with slightly curly, unruly hair and a pair of blood-red horizontal pupils.

Although there are no other facial features besides the eyes, those slightly droopy and slender eyes still leave a deep impression.

Compared to the overly sharp and terrifying Jack in his youth, the Abyss Gentleman is a gentle and polite male mother.

Abyss Gentleman: "..."

When he looked into the eyes of his past self, he felt a pang of suicidal thoughts.

His past self had a very different aesthetic sense from his present self. Ten years ago, his wardrobe contained many flashy floral shirts and suits, sparkly skull necklaces or accessories, he would wear large thumb rings, and even get eyebrow piercings and eyebrow tattoos.

The current Abyss Gentleman just wants to strangle this show-off.

No, buddy...

Why did I have to be transported to this point in time to confront my dark history from my peacock-like past?!

The Gentleman of the Abyss decided to go back and beat up the Dark Wizard.

...Forget it, I'll just beat up my past self now.

On the surface, the Abyss Gentleman remained calm, but in reality, he was already contemplating whether to start correcting his past aesthetic sense now and end his peacock-like phase ahead of time. At the same time, the terrifying monster looking down at him from upstairs also reacted.

“Hey, Mr. Stranger I’ve never seen before.” Fearful Stranger Jack raised his voice a little. “It’s so late, come inside and have a seat.”

The Abyss Gentleman raised an eyebrow that didn't exist.

It seems the other party didn't recognize that the Abyss Gentleman was himself from more than ten years in the future.

This might be some kind of special effect added by the dark wizard during the casting of magic. Ten years later, his magic had mixed too many other magical attributes, and all the characteristics produced new effects through mutual reaction.

This resulted in the terrifying monster, who should have immediately noticed that the other party's magic was exactly the same as his own, not noticing anything unusual at all.

The Abyss Gentleman recalled the conversation between Sugiyama Rika and the others before they were teleported to this point in time.

If Terasaki Ayasa really interfered with the randomness of this magic, then the other three should have arrived at this time by now.

If I landed next to myself at this point in time, then the other three should be with the magical girl.

At this point in my life, I have no family members besides a bunch of fair-weather friends.

Little sadness, jealousy, anger, laziness... all her younger siblings haven't been born yet, and the desperate weirdo who was the eldest sister has long since disappeared. She, a single woman, is in a stage of unbridled indulgence.

Since the Abyss Gentleman couldn't possibly reunite with the magical girls of this era, after much deliberation, he could only remain in this dark history site.

So he tipped his hat to the terrifying Jack, who was leaning on the railing upstairs, dusted himself off, and pushed open the door to the old house of the freaks.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the same time as the Abyss Gentleman, Sugiyama Rika was staring at a young Terasaki Ayasa, who was still researching magic in the middle of the night.

As an adult, Sugiyama Rika's appearance at a minor's home late at night is already highly problematic.

What's more, this is in Xiao Caisha's bedroom.

What's worse is that, because Terasaki Ayasa was secretly conducting her research under the covers with the lights on, and the bed was big enough, Sugiyama Rika also ended up in the covers.

Twenty-eight-year-old Sugiyama Rika: "..."

Sixteen-year-old Xiao Caisha: "..."

Sugiyama Rika: "...Wait, Ayasa, let me explain... Ouch! Don't hit my face!"

The panicked adult was kicked off the bed. She even forgot to use magic to protect herself and covered her face, crying out in pain.

Before she could explain, Xiao Caisha was already frantically calling for help on the telepathic communication channel.

They assumed they had been using the same telepathic communication channel for over a decade, so both Sugiyama Rika and Terasaki Ayasa, who were children or came from the future, could hear Ayasa's voice, which was filled with suppressed tension and a hint of fear.

[Red! A strange auntie suddenly appeared in my room! Help!]

Twenty-eight-year-old Terasaki Ayasa watched as the magical girl in front of her suddenly turned around in mid-air and flew towards her home.

“Strange auntie… Pfft.” Even though she knew what was going on, Terasaki Ayasa couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Text: 308. Running like carrying half a pig's shoulder.

Mayumi Haga is still in the match.

Although he had already swapped notes with the other oddballs and had obtained relatively easier conditions for winning the competition, for some reason, he still couldn't relax.

There was a lingering sense of foreboding.

As Mayumi Haga ran, her eyes kept glancing at the finish line in the distance, her mind unsettled.

It's as if something unexpected happened when I couldn't get away from it.

Before Mayumi Haga could figure it out, a familiar face suddenly appeared around the corner in front of her.

It's Hitomi Tono.

When the pink-haired high school girl saw Mayumi Haga, her eyes lit up. She stood on tiptoe, waved to her, and showed the same excited smile she always had when waiting for Mayumi Haga to go to school together.

But now, there's a hint of awkwardness and shyness in that smile.

Haga Mayumi naturally didn't think this was a coincidence.

Knowing that the culprit behind the note in her hand was Tohno Hitomi, she already knew through telepathic communication that the other party would be waiting on her inevitable path.

Yuga Mayumi didn't bother to look for the other person, since Tono Hitomi would be waiting for her on the way anyway.

This is a really dirty winning strategy.

Tono Hitomi had hoped to see Mayumi Haga's surprised expression, but she hadn't expected that the other woman already knew she would be there. After a brief eye contact, Mayumi Haga extended her hand to her:

"Xiao Tong".

This was an invitation that Hitomi Tono couldn't refuse. Rather, all her previous preparations were for this moment, for Mayumi Haga to make a request to her when their eyes met, and for Mayumi Haga to run to her without hesitation.

Of course, this is from the perspective of a high school girl with a love-struck mind.

On Mayumi Haga's side...

—Since we've already lost half the points by changing the slips of paper, we have to increase our speed.

So, just when Hitomi Tono thought Mayumi Haga was about to pick her up in a princess carry...

...Haga Mayumi hoisted Tono Hitomi onto her shoulder as if she were carrying half a pig, and strode off into the distance.

Hitomi Tono: "..."

Hitomi Tono: "…………"

Eh—! ?