: Enemies?

The chips fell from the building, but the enormous impact did not knock them down.

Mu Ming followed his instincts and chased after him.

The chips, like logs, always remain upright as they roll along the path.

He didn't pay attention to it, he just followed with his chips.

When it stopped, more than half an hour had passed.

Mu Ming picked up the chip; the number on it had already dropped to zero.

In front of them was an amusement park, with music playing and lights flashing.

"Is this the kind of place where good things happen?"

Mu Ming put away his chips, full of doubt. He said it was a good thing, since there was no one waiting and nothing unexpected happened.

The chips were just what lured him to this amusement park.

"Could it be that my luck was too shallow after 30 days?" Mu Ming couldn't help but wonder.

After all, ordinary people are neither unlucky nor lucky, so thirty days of fortune may not mean much.

"Let's take a look first."

Mu Ming looked at the amusement park. The amusement park was not large. Although it had the sign of a chain amusement park called "Pitt" that also existed in Changming City, it was half a circle smaller than the one he had seen in Changming City, and there were also fewer facilities inside.

Amusement parks aren't places I visit often. Although Mu Ming doesn't have much experience, he knows that these kinds of amusement parks need a large flow of people to sustain themselves.

In a time when intercity transportation is extremely inconvenient, the amusement park in front of us is actually doing quite well, with some rides even requiring queues.

If you didn't know better, you'd think it was a movie theater, a relatively affordable amusement park.

The amusement park is not located in the suburbs, and from a distance, the facilities do not look new, suggesting they were built a long time ago.

The filthy magic covered his eyes, and Mu Ming carefully scanned them, but there was nothing unusual, not even a calamity beast embryo. It truly lived up to its reputation as an amusement park.

He went to the ticket booth, spent 80 yuan to buy a ticket and enter.

Mu Ming should not be interested in this kind of place, but he vaguely remembers going there a few times, but he can't remember who he went with or what he did.

He wandered around for a while until the park closed, but didn't see anything special.

As he was leaving, Mu Ming saw a notice at the entrance of the amusement park that read "Part-time job recruitment, 100 yuan per day," so he simply wrote down the number.

He had no other clues here, except to go to the "Old Home Chicken" restaurant that Zhu Huan had marked.

However, Mu Ming has no intention of getting entangled with that group of people for the time being.

The next day, after a brief interview, Mu Ming started working.

Because it was a part-time job, as long as you said you were a student coming to help support your family, you were hired without even signing an agreement.

The person in charge thought he was handsome and wanted to recruit him as a security guard.

However, all the security guard positions had already been filled, and the place was occupied only by college students nearing the end of their lives and energetic old men.

Mu Ming actually wanted to wear a mascot costume to distribute balloons and take photos, but the person in charge insisted that he show his face.

So his face was covered in white powder, he had a big red nose and a head full of red curly hair; he wore a red and white striped shirt, yellow overalls, and yellow high-top pointed boots.

"Young man, this is your workplace now. Do a good job."

The woman in charge patted him on the back.

In front of me is a high platform, located in a position somewhat in the center of the amusement park.

Because he demonstrated his somersaulting skills during the interview, Mu Ming was assigned to work as a circus clown here.

An employee nearby tossed him a ball, which he then tossed into the air and caught.

"Mom, why isn't this clown smiling?"

A little girl pointed at Mu Ming, who was throwing and catching a ball with his face covered.

"Maybe he's just an amateur clown."

"Wow! Seven goals already! This clown is better than the last one!"

Mu Ming tossed various colorful balls around in his hands, attracting passersby who would stop and stare, their eyes following the balls as they moved. Some of them, however, became dizzy from staring so intently for even a few moments.

The crowd gradually grew, and soon there were more than a dozen people watching.

"One more ball!"

Someone shouted.

His colleague gave Mu Ming a look, and Mu Ming winked at him three times.

My colleague's mouth gaped open, and his eyelids drooped, as if asking, "Can it really work?"

Mu Ming nodded.

The next second, three balls were thrown in succession.

"Whoa!"

A burst of noise erupted, and some children stared wide-eyed, unable to comprehend how someone could catch ten balls with two hands without dropping a single one.

Mu Ming's gaze wasn't even on the small ball, but rather swept across the crowd.

Where exactly did his good fortune go?

Is "good luck" actually telling you: You're hopeless, don't waste your precious vacation, just have some fun for a few days?

In his distress, the Seed of the Heart sensed something and realized that a magical girl was among the onlookers—this was nothing unusual, after all, Qishan City was much more peaceful than Changming City, and the magical girl was probably bored out of her mind at the moment.

From yesterday until now, Mu Ming has only seen one D-rank Disaster Beast. It appeared in his room right after he finished showering and lay down on the bed.

The calamity beast looked malnourished, as thin as a monkey. When it pounced on him, he slapped it to pieces.

It feels like several adult men could gang up on it and hold it down.

That hotel room probably had bad feng shui; I'm lucky I stayed there.

"Huh..."

Mu Ming searched for the magical girl among the audience, but couldn't find her.

Following his intuition, his gaze shifted and finally settled on a brown teddy bear distributing balloons.

It, or rather the magical girl inside the teddy bear costume, was also watching him. Mu Ming wasn't afraid of being detected—otherwise, Jin Yu would have discovered him dozens of times already.

The teddy bear seemed captivated by its own performance; even through the headgear, one could feel its piercing gaze, almost as if it were fixed upon itself.

"Tsk..."

Staring at him like that by the magical girl, Mu Ming couldn't help but think of Kira, whom he had met on the train.

Are all the magical girls in Qishan City like this...?

"ah!"

Some audience members cried out in alarm.

A moment of distraction slowed Mu Ming's reaction, and a small ball fell.

Mu Ming simply put his hands behind his back and touched the falling ball with his toes pointing upwards.

The ball rose into the air, and the clown performed a backflip on the spot. When he landed, the ten balls were gathered in his arms.

"Heh—heh—heh—" The clown chuckled twice and bowed to the audience.

People applauded his skills.

When Mu Ming looked again, the bear doll had already left.

"Huh...?"

He tried to sense and capture the magical girl's aura, but he couldn't lock onto it directly.

In this situation, either the other party is deliberately concealing themselves and is highly skilled, or their rank is higher than yours...

Is this even possible? Mu Ming is currently a magical girl in her blooming stage.

In Qishan City, the only magical girls who are officially ranked higher than him are the two heads of the General Affairs Bureau.

Has the head of the Bureau of Statistics become so idle that he's working at an amusement park?

"That's strange..."

Mu Ming walked slowly toward her colleague and said, "I'm sweating a lot, I'm going to touch up my makeup."

"Alright, alright, go ahead and do it. You were really something, weren't you?"

Mu Ming tried to avoid people as much as possible, weaving between the amusement park rides in search of the teddy bear.

Although I saw many other dolls, none of them were the magical girl from before.

I searched everywhere but couldn't find it.

They've either left, or they're probably in some facility...

It wasn't time to leave work yet, and Mu Ming hadn't sensed any magical activity.

The teddy bear should still be in the amusement park.

He stopped a staff member dressed as a mascot and asked:

"Brother, where is the costume dressing room? I was asked to fill in for someone. I just started this part-time job today and I can't find it."

"I'm the older sister, not the older brother."

"Oh, I'm sorry."

After being given directions, Mu Ming entered the mascot costume changing room. It was empty, but there was a teddy bear costume on the table, still warm, obviously having just been taken off.

"Run away? Why?"

rustling sounds—

Just as Mu Ming was about to leave, he heard a soft sound coming from the cubicle.

The changing room was dark and cluttered, and for a while, he couldn't find the entrance to the cubicle.

Fortunately, there was a small window at the top of the wall. He stepped on the box, climbed up quietly, and poked his head inside.

"ah......"

First, the good news: the person has been found.

Another thing was hard to say whether it was good or bad—the girl was changing clothes with her back to him, her smooth back only showing a light blue blouse, and most of her lower legs and buttocks were also exposed.

As if sensing something, the girl turned around and looked up.

Eyes met...

Mu Ming didn't blush, and for some reason, the girl didn't blush either.

The expected scream did not occur; the girl simply stared at Mu Ming with a sullen face.

"Feel sorry..."

It was still a bit awkward to make eye contact like that, so Mu Ming said something and then tried to pull his head back.

"You damned bastard...you still dare to come here."

But the girl's voice, filled with gritted teeth, kept Mu Ming in his tracks.