stonecrandall Chapter 124 Drawing the Cards
Chapter 124 Drawing the Cards
Chapter 124 Drawing the Cards?
"What?!"
The thug who had been cursed by Wang Changsheng was suddenly startled by a cat that darted out.
He was running ahead, but in trying to avoid the cat and instead of kicking it away, he tripped over his own feet and fell to the ground.
Upon seeing this, the middle-aged woman behind Wang Changsheng and the others immediately lit up and eagerly tried to run forward.
But the next moment, the man scrambled to his feet and rushed into an alley.
When everyone arrived, they saw only a bag lying quietly on the ground.
As for the people, they have vanished without a trace.
This phenomenon inevitably sparked heated discussions among passersby.
"Isn't this a dead end? How could such a grown person suddenly disappear?"
"Yeah, it's really strange, and this guy runs way too fast! When he ran over from our side just now, I felt like he teleported, darting forward in one burst after another."
"You feel that way too? I didn't see him clearly. I just noticed him, and then he disappeared."
"Is that someone's child? They look like they're still in high school."
"I don't know her. There are so many people here, who knows which family she belongs to? Maybe she's a college student who went to study in another city."
A group of passersby gathered at the entrance of the alley, and soon, the sound of police sirens could be heard in the distance.
"Make way, make way, we're the police! Everyone disperse!"
A deep and somewhat powerful voice rang out, and the people around scattered like birds and beasts in an instant.
Wang Changsheng, Zhishi, and Xiaoying stood in the crowd. When they saw the police arrive, they followed the crowd and moved to the side.
"Can you sense it? It's definitely the aura of the Clow Cards." A voice with an Osaka accent came from the basket Tomoyo was carrying.
"Yes, I sensed it." Seeing the person disappear into the alley, Xiaoying nodded gently, then looked at Wang Changsheng beside her, a worried expression appearing on her pretty face. "Little Wang, that person is gone, what do we do now?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Changsheng shook his head, gently squeezed Xiaoying's hand, and said reassuringly, "Don't worry, I've cast a spell on that person; he can't escape."
The spell "Come on, bad luck!" will bring a string of bad luck to the target for a period of time, making them feel like the whole world is against them.
Tripping while walking, falling while climbing over a wall, or getting a tissue stained with suspicious liquid thrown in your face are all very possible things that could happen.
And, more than that.
Wang Changsheng could also sense the approximate location of the person affected by the spell through his own magical aura.
"If it's a Clow Card, which card can make someone teleport instantly?" Wang Changsheng's gaze fell on the basket in Tomoyo's hand.
The surrounding crowd was noisy, chattering and saying all sorts of things.
Forget magic, some people are even mentioning words like gods and the supernatural.
Therefore, Wang Changsheng's quiet discussion with Zhi Shi and the others would not arouse any suspicion from anyone.
A hesitant voice came from Tomoyo's basket: "Teleportation has a certain range, but I'm not sure if it's that card, because some Clow Cards can barely achieve this effect by using their own methods."
"But if we're talking about a true way to exchange magic for power, there's only one card." Keroberos paused, then continued, "That card is called Thurough!"
"But something's strange. I remember the effect of drawing the card is to pass through walls. The person disappeared in the dead end, which does fit the effect of drawing the card, but how could he teleport on the street?" Xiao Ke was still a little puzzled.
Upon hearing about a new card, Sakura looked puzzled. "Draw a card?"
Why does this name sound so strange?
She looked at the basket, then asked, "Xiao Ke, what's the use of drawing the cards? Does it teleport you?"
"No, strictly speaking, the function of the card is to pass through walls. The more magic you have, the thicker the wall you can pass through. That's its true ability," Xiao Ke's voice rang out.
"A card that can pass through walls?" Wang Changsheng raised an eyebrow. "Does that mean it can pass through any kind of wall?"
"Uh?" Xiao Ke was a little taken aback by Wang Changsheng's question. "I guess so?"
Wang Changsheng: "Little Ke-chan, you're really not up to par as a sealing beast."
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"Those are cards created by Kuro, not me. He made so many cards, how could I possibly know the specific and detailed function of each one!" Kero retorted indignantly.
"Tch, if you spent some of your sleep time interacting more with the Clow Cards, doing a good job of communication with the grassroots, and stabilizing the emotions of the card players, you wouldn't have such a superficial understanding. Maybe those Clow Cards wouldn't have all flown away!" Wang Changsheng said disdainfully.
Tomoyo, who was holding a camera, didn't say much, but after listening for a while, she tilted her head, her black hair falling down, looking playful and cute.
Tomoyo looked at Wang Changsheng and Sakura and suggested a possibility: "Do you think it's because that person just now mistook thin air for a wall?"
"Huh?!"
Zhi Shi's words enlightened Wang Changsheng and Xiao Ke.
Sakura was still puzzled, wondering why the name of this card was so strange, as if it had nothing to do with its function.
Xiao Ke sat in the basket with her legs apart, supporting her big head with one small hand, looking thoughtful: "Yeah, the invisible wall does look like a wall, so if that's the case, then the card draw can indeed be considered a card that can make people teleport instantly."
Wang Changsheng nodded in agreement: "An air wall is a wall, a water wall is an even bigger wall, and so on. Basically, anything that blocks your way can be called a wall."
"You mean, the card was taken by that person? What are we going to do? If he wrote his name on the card, wouldn't it belong to him?" Sakura's expression was anxious, her gaze falling on the basket. "Kero, if someone else wrote their name on the card, is there any chance of getting it back?"
From within the basket came Keroberos's voice: "That's all. Once a name is written on a card, the owner of that name becomes the owner of the Clow Card. That will never change."
"Huh? Do we still want this Clow Card back? Kero, hurry up and think of something." Sakura asked anxiously, her voice low.
With a sigh, Xiao Ke gave her answer: "If you want the playing cards to return, there are only two possibilities. One is that the owner of the cards voluntarily relinquishes them and erases their name. As for the other..."
"What's the other method? Kero, just tell me already! Why are you still hesitating and stammering here?" Sakura urged.
"That means the owner of the card is dead," Xiao Ke's somewhat drowsy voice rang out, sounding rather somber.
Upon hearing this, Sakura's body stiffened instantly.
"Death?" She couldn't quite believe it. Did replacing the owner of a Clow Card really require the previous owner to die?
Xiao Ke nodded his big head in the slightly translucent basket: "That's right, Clow Reed died, so you were able to inherit the Clow Book and seal and capture the Clow Cards. So if this person also has a Clow Card, then unless the other party voluntarily gives it up, you can only wait until the other party dies."
Seemingly sensing that Sakura opened her mouth as if to ask something, Kero preemptively provided the answer: "There are no other possibilities besides these two outcomes."
As Tomoyo held up her camera, another question arose in her mind: "But Sakura is the Cardcaptor Sakura, isn't it only she who can seal the Clow Cards?"
Sakura was stunned for a moment upon hearing this: "That's right, I didn't even seal the Clow Cards away, so how could he have written his name on them?"
"Well," Xiao Ke's lips twitched, "not all playing cards need to be sealed by you!"
"Huh?" Sakura was stunned again.
Wang Changsheng understood: "What Xiao Ke means is that only Clow Cards that have transformed into their true form and are not far from reverting to their playing card form need to be sealed with your magic wand, but not all playing cards are like that, for example..."
Tomoyo understood: "For example, the two Clow Cards we captured at Sakura's house are the best example."
"That's right, that's right." Little Ke nodded its big head in the basket, but no one could see it.
Listening to their explanations, Sakura recalled the two playing cards she found at home and seemed to understand: "Oh, I see, then I get it."
The two cards she recently acquired are the Rain card and the Tree card.
She sealed the Rain Card because the other party was against turning it back into a playing card.
Tree brand, however, is not.
The tree card transforms itself into a playing card, just like the wind card did not initially transform into its original form.
Thinking about it this way, Sakura understood the reason.
"Huh? What are you guys doing here?"
Just as Wang Changsheng was about to leave the crowd and sense where the person had gone, a voice suddenly rang out beside them.