Get off work and become a magical girl

Chapter 166 Physical Examination

"The test report is out."

On the outskirts of Fangting City, in Emerald's private research institute.

The chubby goblin doll jumped down from the treatment bed, holding a small mirror in its claws, and a string of runes were listed on the mirror.It casually walked up to Delphinium, lazily said:
"Well, how should I put it, the situation seems to be more complicated than I previously speculated."

"It's more complicated than what I said before? Then what is her state now?" Delphinium asked in a deep voice, frowning and looking at the treatment bed not far away.And the one lying on the bed was Bai Jingxuan who had just been sent over.

Hours had passed since the unexpected events of Lakeside Spring.After the war, Lin Yun notified the other combatants of the Different Strategy Bureau as the director, arranged for the wounded and the dead on the battlefield, and brought Bai Jingxuan to the emerald research institute.

The purpose of the inspection is naturally to find out what that strange black dress looks like.

Delphinium had never seen Bai Jingxuan like that before, not only the changes in clothing and appearance, but even her personality and magic power were different from the usual state.

To say where she has seen a similar image, it probably dates back to the battle with the rebellious magical girl "Sparrow" from "Claw Mark" a few months ago.

At that time, the sparrow used a fighting state that she called "half-beast shape", so that half of the body was covered with yellow and black lines.At that time, the appearance of her clothes was indeed similar to the previous Bai Jingxuan.

This reminds Delphinium of what Emerald told her before: Bai Jingxuan may be born with "claw marks".

"Can you remember what I told you, it was right to bring this child to me at the first time. In fact, the definition I told you before may not be accurate."

As if guessing what the delphinium was thinking, Emerald controlled the doll to lift up the mirror, and handed the mirror to the delphinium:
"This child is indeed a deflector, but it's not 'the magical girl deflected to the beast', but 'the beast deflected to the magical girl'. In other words, if you want to define it from the background of magic power, she Not a magical girl who has mastered the power of a crippled beast, but a crippled beast that resembles a magical girl in appearance and power."

"...Is there any difference between the two?" Delphinium frowned even more tightly.

"There's a big difference, epigenetic. It means the nature of life is different."

The doll shook its head: "A human being who can imitate howling wolves, and a wolf who can speak human language. Even if they can communicate with each other, do you think these two are similar lives?"

Delphinium opened her mouth, but remained silent after all.

"Yeah, it seems that you also understand."

Seeing the delphinium's reaction, Emerald also sighed: "There seems to be an old saying among human beings, it's called 'other races must have different hearts'. Remnant beasts are the natural enemies of humans and magical girls. It can be said that they are at odds with each other. But if you want to define it from the nature of magic power, that child is actually a remnant beast that stole the power of a magical girl by mistake, and is an extremely dangerous enemy."

"...I don't agree with this statement. She is not an enemy and did not harm any innocent people."

Delphinium looked at the doll in front of her seriously: "On the contrary, she has already saved many civilians as a magical girl."

"Calm down, junior. I'm not saying she's our enemy."

The doll took back the mirror in its hand: "I'm just telling you, what kind of thoughts will an outsider who doesn't know inside know find out the identity of this child."

"You can think about it from a different angle. If you don't know this child, you don't know her true nature. When you learn that a stranger is actually a beast with the power of a magical girl, what will you think?"

"Believe me, most people's attitude will be one of alienation and wariness; a few people will be directly hostile because of it."

Delphinium could not refute Emerald's words.She knew that this was very likely to be true.

"Then why is this happening?"

She could only lower her eyes, and asked a little puzzled, "Why is this child's magic power like this?"

"To be honest, I don't know either. But that doesn't stop me from making some guesses."

Emerald said slowly: "I've heard similar rumors before, so the most likely guess is: this is the work of Black Ember Dawn."

"...It's them again?"

"Of course it's them again. Besides them and Claw Mark, who else in this world is only messing with the power of the beast every day?"

The doll spread its paws comically: "I should have told you that although the Black Ember Dawn organization has only grown in the past 20 years, they were not established in the past 20 years. Their predecessors existed in the world a long time ago. on."

"About 100 years ago, I heard a person from the world say, 'Apostles'—oh, that's the former name of the Black Ember Dawn group. In short, they were working on some very new things. They don't seem to Satisfied with the model of borrowing and utilizing the power of the remnant beast, they want to go one step further—to create humans who are born with the nature of the magical power of the remnant beast.”

"And such a desire gave birth to something called the 'Holy Creation Plan'."

The doll pointed to the research bench not far away: "I don't know the specific content and actual operation. After all, these guys used to be like cockroaches, they would only hide in dark corners and play some disgusting tricks. But, this Some of the nouns in the plan inevitably spread to my information desk."

"...'inevitable', oh, so."

Delphinium squinted her eyes and nodded, and in her heart put this word in the same category as the word 'Gaojiemei' in Emerald's mouth: "So, what kind of noun is it?"

She didn't question the authenticity of this information, because she had heard the term "Holy Creation Plan" from other people.

[Since the success of the holy plan and the coming of the Son, we have no other choice. 】

These are the exact words Moss said in the early morning of the night of the full moon festival.

Delphinium at that time didn't understand the meaning of this sentence. At that time, the two were still fighting for life and death, and she couldn't allow her to think about it.Unexpectedly, half a month later, I heard the same words in Emerald again.

——"'Son of God', 'Son of Beast', 'Son of Sacrifice'."

Emerald recited in a voice without ups and downs: "There is no specific interpretation, no related description, or even any examples, just a few isolated words. But, just seeing these words Corresponding relationship, you can probably think of something.”

"Holy" and "beast", these two words seem to be highly bound and related in Black Ember Dawn's cognition.And the "sacrifice" in the word "sacrifice" naturally reminds people of the sacrificial acts that those scumbags have been carrying out secretly, and they can smell a strong smell of blood from it.

"You mean, Bo Xue... this child is the one connected to this so-called plan?"

Delphinium wondered: "However, according to the information I have learned, this child should have nothing to do with Black Ember Dawn. Before that, she was just an innocent orphan."

"Maybe you have to ask her yourself about this."

Emerald pointed to Bai Jingxuan who was sleeping on the treatment bed: "If things are really as you said, she has undergone such a change in the process of fighting Black Ember Dawn. Then the biggest possibility is that she learned from those people Know something in your mouth."

Emerald's words reminded Delphinium of the pupa-level beast, or the corpse of the beast, that she saw on the battlefield before coming to the research institute.It is impossible for a normal pupa-level remnant beast to leave its lair and appear there alone, so there is a high probability that the remnant beast is the lycanthropist of Black Ember Dawn.

The other party did not hesitate to use the secrets in the different strategy bureau, but also tried to find a way to contact Bai Jingxuan at this time, in order to know some truths.It's a pity that there is only one fresh corpse of the beast left now, and there is a high probability that no effective information can be given.

"In short, the results of the examination are like this. The child's current state is not 'abnormal'. Rather, this is what she should look like, so you don't need to worry about any load or damage to her body."

He closed his paws and patted it lightly. The doll turned around and returned to the side of the treatment bed: "Instead of worrying about what's wrong with this child, you should think about what you should do next."

"What should I do...?"

Delphinium repeated the words thoughtfully: "So, do you have any suggestions?"

"What do you want is the suggestion of the gemstone scepter, or the personal suggestion of the magical girl Emerald?"

"What would the gem scepter suggest?"

"I would suggest that you directly kill the unstable factors in the cradle. Kill the child, or send her to the research institute as the next research material."

Emerald's voice sounded casual: "No one can guarantee that this girl will not go astray in the future, and embark on the same path as those traitors from the claw mark. And if she grows up, she will undoubtedly be more dangerous than those people."

"It's indeed a very gemstone scepter suggestion." Delphinium nodded calmly, "How about a slightly more humane suggestion?"

"It's not a humane suggestion, but as an elder, I have at least empathy for the descendants of magical girls."

The control doll stopped the operation of the treatment bed, and Emerald's lazy voice was rarely serious:

"If you really want this child to walk on the right path, then you may have to work hard on yourself and spend more energy educating and guiding her."

"And this is destined to be a road full of difficulties. The magical nature of the beast will continue to affect the child's thinking mode, making her accustomed to blood and killing; in addition, the outside world will inevitably be vigilant and suspicious of her There may even be some misunderstandings."

"I don't think this suggestion is 'humane', because it would be very unfair to you. You need to think about it, and you really need to do this for this child."

"Or, do you still have the strength to do this for her, young man?"

——Do you still have the strength?

Delphinium thought silently.And the answer to this question does not need to be carefully thought out, because it must be negative.

What Emerald said sounded realistic and even cold, but every sentence was a real questioning, which forced Delphinium to reflect seriously.

Although I am still in a misunderstanding, I already have a daughter to raise; in addition, as a magical girl, it is already very exhausting to teach the three younger generations; To make it a safer place, the director's work cannot be slack; next year's certification assessment is coming soon, and this is also a job that requires preliminary preparations.

And if he wants to further educate and guide Bai Jingxuan, he must devote more time and energy to her, so that the time for other affairs will be reduced.

However, the criterion for judging this issue is not actually one's own "surplus power".

As long as delphinium recalls the eyes of Bai Jingxuan in a black dress looking at her, the eyes looking forward to a response and approval, such rational thinking becomes trivial.

Only she can do it, she told herself.

It's not that she is sentimental, but she can clearly perceive that when Bai Jingxuan's magic power shows the beast side, its connection with "human" has become extremely weak.

Lost her parents, lost her ideals, and the magical girl who saved her died in an accident, and her identity as a "magical girl" was also in jeopardy.Bai Jingxuan has very little connection with the "human" side, like a kite that has been taken off its string, it will float to an unknown distance at any time.

At that time, the only thing Delphinium could do was to be that "kite string".She complied with Bai Jingxuan's expectations and admitted her identity as "mother".

By doing so, it is true that Bai Jingxuan can be called back for a while, and she can barely maintain her connection with "people".But there is also a side effect: as long as the delphinium does not maintain the existence of this "kite string", the last connection will disappear.

In other words, Delphinium was the only one who could guide the child before helping Bai Jingxuan make new connections.Whether the child goes on the right path or goes astray next will be closely related to her.

What she thinks is no longer "whether to do it", but "how to do it".

It's just that this question is destined to have no standard answer, and it is impossible to draw any meaningful conclusions only by fantasy.Everything has to be implemented first.

Farewell to Emerald, and took Bai Jingxuan to leave the research institute. Delphinium carried Bai Jingxuan into the car and drove her on the way home.

It was already evening, and the dim sunlight poured into the car through the front window.Bai Jingxuan, who had been sleeping all this time, woke up on the back seat flushed by the setting sun, looked around in confusion, and then saw the delphinium in the front row through the rearview mirror.

"teacher?"

She first yelled with some doubts, then seemed to be remembering something, and said a little strangely: "What's wrong with me now?"

"You fell asleep, so I'll drive you back," Delphinium explained calmly.

"I'm asleep?"

Bai Jingxuan looked at her hand subconsciously, with a dazed expression: "I remember that my hand seems to have grown claws? I seem to have defeated the bad guys and saved everyone in the Different Strategy Bureau? Are these... all dreams?"

"It's not a dream, those are real."

Delphinium's voice was cold and soft: "It's just that you passed out in the end. You did a good job, and I'm proud of you."

"It's all true?"

Bai Jingxuan was taken aback for a moment, then blinked, and suddenly hesitated and said:

"Then I remember, did I still call the teacher's mother? Then teacher, you...admitted?"

There was no one in the car for a while.

There were constant whistles on the road outside the car window, but they were all isolated from this space, dividing two worlds.

"...Well, it's not a dream."

Delphinium held the steering wheel and looked at the traffic ahead. After a long silence, she finally showed some determination and said seriously:

"You're right, I'll be your mother from now on. Bo Xue... No, Xiaoxuan."

This was the first time she gave up using a code name and called Bai Jingxuan by her name directly under the posture of a magical girl. So after saying this, she subconsciously glanced at the rearview mirror to see if Bai Jingxuan could agree with such a statement.

But she never thought that what she saw through the side mirror was the girl's smile.

It was the smile she had never seen on the child's face since she had seen it.

It wasn't a well-behaved and sensible smile, nor was it a subconscious laugh that was revealed during battle.It's a kind of happy smile that really belongs to a child of this age, as if there is something really happy.

(End of this chapter)