Give children a little self-destruction shock to their worldview.

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The requirements for pets on this train are that they must not attack people or other pets, and they must be obedient and docile.

However, neither "obedient" nor "docile" is a word that Megranate possesses.

If you're not careful and this guy bites you, then you'll draw blood.

Mayumi Haga didn't want to cause such a disturbance on the train, so she had to put some effort into keeping Megarane in check.

Miss Water Fairy has always been capricious. Although she boarded the vehicle as a pet, she would never actually listen to her like a pet would.

Mayumi Haga wouldn't actually treat Megarane as a pet.

After all, in her world, water sprites are intelligent beings on par with humans, and Megaran is considered her friend.

She couldn't possibly treat such a friend with a special status like a pet.

During her many years of travel, Mayumi Haga learned the basics of how to interact with intelligent beings of different races.

That means not forcibly changing the other person's habits.

Yes, habits.

Megaranes are aquatic beings, whose habits are wilder than those of humans, and whose values ​​and behavioral norms are quite different from those of humans.

Mayumi Haga can stop Megarane from harming others, but she won't force Megarane to change himself to fit the rules of this world.

After all, Miss Water Sprite is a race that lives in the water, and the land is still too unfamiliar and uncomfortable for her.

For the rest of the journey, Megragne did not speak to any of the other travelers.

However, she wanted to sing in the carriage halfway through, since a Bluetooth speaker should look like a Bluetooth speaker.

However, because the water nymph's song had special effects such as hypnosis, it was stopped by Mayumi Haga covering her mouth.

Megrana: "? Weren't you supposed to be a sound system? Shouldn't a sound system sing?"

"You're out of power, don't make a sound." Mayumi Haga was quite cold and ruthless.

Laughter from the two seniors could also be heard from the Urzana Core pendant hanging around Yuga Mako's neck.

Senior Urzana's laughter was hearty, while Senior Fuyun's laughter was softer.

After Megarane calmed down a bit, Mayumi Haga looked out the window.

The scenery outside the window kept receding, and the train gradually pulled away from the city where she had lived for many years, the city she had lived in since she came into this world.

Those brightly lit buildings disappeared behind the car window.

The dry, warm wind disappeared, replaced by a bone-chilling damp cold, and a faint, fishy smell lingered at the tip of Mayumi Haga's nose.

Then Mayumi Haga looked ahead and saw a city that seemed to be shrouded in rain all year round.

If Miracle City is a bright and energetic young girl, then Strange City is a mysterious woman holding a black umbrella, wearing a black lace veil and a black dress in the night rain.

The city's atmosphere is very much in line with its name.

This city is filled with countless strange tales, and the number of eccentric individuals is even greater, and they are more aggressive and territorial. At midnight, one can always see bizarre-looking figures hurrying through the streets.

Despite the seemingly worrying state of security, a delicate balance has been achieved due to the presence of magical girls and the mutual rivalry between the various monster factions.

The order among the oddballs in this city is more chaotic than in Miracle City. The two major forces, led by the Prankster and the Orange Juice Monster, compete in various fields and have many conflicts.

But since the children's content is directed towards the world, any conflicts won't spread too widely or affect too many ordinary people.

So overall, the security situation in Strange City isn't bad; it's just that the relationship between monsters and humans isn't as harmonious as in Miracle City.

The oddballs in Miracle City are no different from humans in their daily lives and don't face much discrimination. They can work normally and aren't constantly watched by humans.

This was actually thanks to the Gentleman of the Abyss. Since he retired from his life of crime and stopped being a radical freak, he has become much more gentle and has spent a lot of energy maintaining order in the city for the safety of his family.

However, because there are so many weirdos in Monster City, and they have formed an organization similar to a monster gang, humans generally avoid them.

This is probably the difference between a conference and a forum.

For Mayumi Haga, visiting this city, which has a completely different style from Miracle City, was quite an experience.

She had never stepped outside the boundaries of Miracle City, so she assumed that the color palette of this children's world was always that vibrant. Now it seems that different styles do exist.

However, she overlooked one thing as she stepped into the city.

That is her own identity as a desperate freak.

This can't be blamed on Mayumi Haga, since she didn't feel any changes in herself after acquiring this strange identity.

Her dragon transformation is entirely her own power and has nothing to do with the Despair Monster.

The title of "Desperate Monster" is just a useless one. She can occasionally sense other monsters, but she has not gained any other power.

As time went by, she almost forgot that she also had the identity of a desperate weirdo.

After the train arrived at the station, Mayumi Haga carried Megaran off the train again, as Megaran did not want to be packed up.

What she didn't know was that as soon as she entered the city, she was noticed by the strange people there.

After all, the strange city is full of strange people, and those high-level strange people have spies everywhere.

The aura of the Despair Monster was so obvious, and Mayumi Haga herself made no attempt to conceal it, making it difficult for these monsters transmitting information not to notice.

—It's the Despairing Eccentric? What's she doing here?

—Damn it, coming to the boss's territory without even trying to hide it? This is blatant provocation!

—We must notify the boss as soon as possible…

However, just as these strange people were discussing among themselves in the telepathic communication, Mayumi Haga, who came out of the station, suddenly glanced in their direction.

That cold gaze immediately silenced the entire telepathic communication channel.

Even more frighteningly, the crystal head that Mayumi Haga was holding suddenly opened its eyes at that moment, and its eyeballs moved, its gaze just happened to collide with the nearest strange person.

The strange man gasped in shock, quite frightened.

This freak of despair is even more terrifying than the legends!

Even more terrifying, after discovering him, the Desperate Monster walked towards him carrying that horrifying head.

The strange man was nearly scared out of his wits. He hurriedly avoided the gazes of Mayumi Haga and Megaran, not daring to meet their eyes, and then ran away in a panic.

The desperate monster holding a talking human head: "..."

She frowned slightly and then glanced in the direction of the other strange man.

But all those strange people fled in a panic.

Haga Mayumi: "..."

Am I that scary?

She just wanted to ask someone for directions, but the strange people's telepathic communication was so noisy that it caught her attention.

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The landline in the prankster's office rang.

The prankster, who was taking a lunch break, clicked his tongue in annoyance.

Didn't I tell you not to call yourself while taking a nap?! What can't wait until work hours?

After participating in the Abyss Gentleman's plan, the Prankster immediately fled back to Strange City.

She finally understood that Miracle City was a battle of gods, something that someone like her, who wanted to develop peacefully into the leader of the number one monster force in Monster City, couldn't participate in.

She's only making small-scale moves here, while they've already blown up the spiritual veins and attracted the mages from the Star Tower. How can they possibly compete with that?

She couldn't defeat the guardian of the flame either.

The mischievous girl knew her magical development was quite useful; she could even control the Star Tower magician for a while. But there were too many stronger individuals than her, and she felt she should return to her hometown to recuperate for a while.

In short, she became a cowardly lizard.

However, Jeffrey the Orange Juice Freak wasn't much better off.

I heard that guy got a lot of trouble in Miracle City. Compared to me, who was living a life of luxury at the Abyss Gentleman's house, that guy was even kidnapped by man-eating fish.

Hahahaha, what an unlucky guy.

The misfortune of his opponent made the prankster feel much better, and he was less bothered by the fact that he had returned from the fight out of fear.

After all, none of them benefited.

For the time being, the prankster didn't want to deal with these messy things anymore.

All she wanted was to rest, eat and drink as she pleased, and buy herself a couple more dresses.

However, just when she was finally able to get some rest, her subordinate called and woke her up from her sleep.

Because telepathic communication requires both parties to be alert and agree to establish a communication link, subordinates usually make phone calls in such urgent situations.

The prankster was waiting for the phone to hang up, but it just kept ringing, which was very annoying.

She had no choice but to answer the call.

"Hey," the prankster with a terrible temper said in an unpleasant tone, "you'd better give me a reason why you're calling me outside of work hours!"

"what?"

"You mean, you saw the Despair Monster? She had a live human head tied around her waist? And she was staring at you, really scary?"

"Idiot! Where in the world is there a person who can still talk but has only a head left!"

"Don't bother me with the contents of newly released horror novels!"

The prankster abruptly hung up the phone.

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At this moment, Mayumi Haga finally found a place to settle down.

She booked a hotel room, but because Megragne was constantly being stared at on the street, she eventually agreed to put it in her bag.

Putting it in the room isn't really a good idea either; if the cleaning staff came in and saw Megragne, they'd be quite startled.

After getting ready, Mayumi Haga planned to go out and gather some information.

On her way here, Mayumi Haga did some research on Strange City.

Aside from its eccentric characters, this city is also known for its urban legends.

It seems that some mysterious and thrilling stories are popular in this city, and these urban legends may even become strange figures in the process of being spread by the public.

People like the Eight-Foot Lady and the Slit-Mouthed Woman are indeed eccentric figures.

However, no one was too afraid of them, since they didn't hurt anyone, didn't look scary, and would sometimes come out when they weren't hanging out with weirdos or gangsters.

It is precisely because of this special atmosphere that some messages are transmitted much faster than imagined.

As Mayumi Haga came downstairs, she overheard the innkeeper and the receptionist discussing something in the lobby:

"Have you heard? They say a really scary weirdo has come from out of town."

"How terrifying? He can rip people's heads off while they're still alive, and hang them on his belt to keep them company!"

Text: 263. The Dissection Game

Upon hearing this, Mograne muttered to himself in the bag that Mayumi Haga was carrying: "That's strange, the weirdo they're talking about sounds kind of familiar."

"...That probably refers to us." Mayumi Haga felt a headache coming on.

She finally remembered her eccentric identity, used the [Shrike] spell to conceal her presence, and then went out.

The position of this desperate weirdo is a bit too awkward. If he is constantly being watched by the weirdos in this city, his subsequent actions will only be hindered.

Although Kagura Yuu tells her that Rania's soul is like a candle flickering in the wind, and could be extinguished at any moment, Haga Mayumi can tell that Rania is still alive by the state of the blessing [Shrike] that Rania gave her.

No, the soul state cannot be described as "survival," it should be "existence."

Mayumi Haga didn't know why Rania wanted to leave, since Rania had always been the one with the most stable condition.

Perhaps because she hadn't been corrupted by the calamity, Rania's mind was still as sharp as before, but her personality was also no different from before.

"That child is still the same as ever, just like Mayumi, stubborn and arrogant to the point of being a headache," Senior Urzana commented sharply.

In Urzana's opinion, Rania and Mayumi Haga were a stubborn pair, neither of them daring to ask for help.

And they were also very arrogant.

Compared to Mayumi Haga, who is a combination of inferiority and arrogance, while denying herself, Rania's arrogance is simpler and more straightforward.

As the last wizard of the original world, Lania simply believed that there was no need to discuss with others things that they could not solve.