Transform into a magical girl after getting off work

Lin Yun's conversation with Molu did not last very long.

After Lin Yun had helped her select an address for a private research facility, the comical fairy doll strutted out of Lin Yun's office, leaving the Abnormal Strategy Bureau unaffected by any onlookers.

According to Molu, these fairy dolls are not only imitations of fairy figures but also possess cognitive disruption abilities akin to those of fairies, and even stronger. Ordinary fairies can only affect people with weaker magic power, rendering themselves invisible to them; Molu's dolls, however, can shield themselves from the observation of all beings other than Magical Girls and fairies.

Having seen off this unwelcomed dignitary from the Research Institute, Lin Yun proceeded to handle some documents and meet with some employees in his office. Afterwards, he finally welcomed the end of his first day on the job.

Even as the head of the Abnormal Strategy Bureau, Lin Yun still did not have the habit of driving to work, and today, he was taking the light rail train as usual. The logistics department originally planned to equip him with a car and a driver, but he refused.

He didn't feel like a leader yet, nor did he want the surrounding amenities to make him start thinking that way.

Compared to his previous workplace, the Abnormal Strategy Bureau's building was closer to the train station and more convenient to walk to. Walking under the cover of night, it took Lin Yun about ten minutes to reach the nearest train station.

After going through security and swiping his card to enter the station, Lin Yun waited on the platform for the train to arrive. Looking around aimlessly, he suddenly spotted a somewhat familiar figure:

It was Tian Sheng.

Tian Sheng was at that moment wearing wireless earphones, hunched over his phone, focusing intensively on the screen, immersed in either a video or a game.

Lin Yun had no desire to start a conversation, but since the other party was one of his employees, he took a couple more glances at him. However, it would have been better not to look, for when he really saw the content on Tian Sheng's phone screen, he almost subconsciously held his breath.

—He saw himself.

Not as Lin Yun, but as Emerald Sparrow.

Two weeks prior, on the night of the Full Moon Festival, when Mosi released a massive number of Remnant Beasts to attack the whole of Fangting City, Emerald Sparrow unfolded her miraculous domain and, at the cost of her enchanted outfit, exterminated all the Remnant Beasts to save the city from disaster.

At that time, the silvery-blue threads stretched across the entire city center were seen by all the citizens.

This was not the first time Emerald Sparrow had unfolded her miraculous domain on a large scale in Fangting City. In fact, during the great beast calamity 19 years ago, she had done something similar. And at that young age, Emerald Sparrow did not shy away from media interviews, so she and the other squad members openly admitted their actions.

That early, thoughtless behavior inadvertently led to the current repercussions, as the night of the Full Moon Festival, when Emerald Sparrow unfolded her domain again, the characteristic blue threads instantly allowed people to guess the owner's identity.

As the once-active Magical Girl in Fangting City, the name "Cornflower" was actually not unfamiliar to people, and with some zealous individuals quickly digging up old footage, "Magical Girl Cornflower Returns" suddenly became a hot topic among Fangting City's netizens.

Now, the video playing on Tian Sheng's phone was of an interview with Emerald Sparrow from years past.

Seeing this content, Lin Yun was at a loss for words. After standing silently on the spot for a while, he shifted his feet and quietly retreated to one side.

But just as he decided to ignore Tian Sheng and wait for the train elsewhere, the train lights suddenly lit up not far down the track.

The train had arrived.

Tian Sheng, who was originally engrossed in the video, suddenly lifted his head and glanced towards the train. Then, he saw Lin Yun standing not far away.

He made his way through the crowd toward Lin Yun.
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"Director!" he called out.

This made Lin Yun's plan to pretend he hadn't seen him fall apart, so he could only look towards Tian Sheng resignedly, nodding his head without expression.

The two of them entered the train with the flow of people, Lin Yun finding a quiet corner to stand in, Tian Sheng following right after, respectfully saying:

"Hello, Chief."

"Off work, we can dispense with the formalities."

Lin Yun took out his phone, pretending to be busy as he flipped through it, "Is there something you need?"

"Ah, no, it's just surprising to see you also taking the electric train, Chief," Tian Sheng removed his wireless earbuds, "After all, even our ministers take car services, is there a situation with you?"

"I'm not accustomed to being waited on. Having someone specifically assigned to pick me up and drop me off would make me uncomfortable."

Lin Yun continued to stare at his phone screen, "Don't use your ministers as an example; what they do is normal, and I have no objections to that."

"Not liking to be waited on... I see. Chief, you really seem completely different from the leaders I have in mind."

"I'll take that as a compliment."

"No, I wouldn't dare."

Tian Sheng scratched his arm somewhat awkwardly, "About the thing you mentioned at noon today, after I went back, I thought about it again and remembered some fragmented details."

"This afternoon? The orphanage incident?" Lin Yun finally lifted his head to look at Tian Sheng.

"Yes, the orphanage incident."

At the mention of this incident, the somewhat awkward smile on Tian Sheng's face faded, and he said seriously, "I think I remember encountering a Remnant Beast."

"A Remnant Beast? Are you sure?"

Lin Yun put away his phone, "According to testimonies from related personnel and records of the incident, there was only one Remnant Beast at the orphanage, which was quickly vanquished by the Magical Girl, and almost no one encountered it face to face."

"Yes, I know, but in my memory, it seems I have a frontal view of the Remnant Beast. I think I saw it from a very close distance."

Tian Sheng pondered as he organized his thoughts, "Moreover, aside from the Remnant Beast, I think I saw the Magical Girl."

"Why do you think that?" Lin Yun asked, his tone unchanging.

"I asked some people this afternoon. After the Remnant Beast incidents, there are two kinds of people who would undergo psychological manipulation and memory operations afterward to help them forget certain facts."

Tian Sheng explained earnestly, "One kind is those who suffered immense psychological trauma from the Remnant Beast's attack, and the other is those who witnessed the true identity of the Magical Girl."

"Do you think it's because you saw the Magical Girl that you were psychologically manipulated?"

"Yes... because I remembered the color of the magic power."

"The color of the magic power?"

"Although I can't recall exactly who, I still haven't forgotten the color of the magic power."

With one hand holding onto a ring on the electric train, Tian Sheng placed his other hand over his heart:

"At that time, what I saw at the orphanage must have been green magic power."

"I'm not certain of this, but I can't think of any other reason either. If I'm not mistaken, the reason for those strange dreams and the unexplained increase in strength I experienced might be related to that green magic power."