After get off work, I become a magical girl

Maybe I could go to the Strategy Bureau to ask about the situation? Cuique thought, but at this point in the Strategy Bureau, the real management had already gone off work, so what could I get out of it even if I went there?

What's more, from her current perspective, the Strategy Bureau in the distance was shrouded in endless darkness. Every window was pitch black, with not a single light coming through.

There is not even a light to be seen. Is there really anyone in such a bureau?

This clue still seemed to be blocked, so Kuizi sighed, denied herself, and wanted to turn around and leave. But as soon as she turned around, her feet stopped in place, and then she slowly opened her eyes.

How come there is no one in the Strategy Bureau?

You know, the Strategy Bureau is the last magic management organization in a city besides the magical girls, so there will definitely be people stationed there at all times.

Even though it was almost dawn and there might only be a few office departments and duty teams left in the Strategy Bureau, it shouldn't be as dark and deserted as it is now.

Something is wrong.

Delphinium felt that her previous experience in Baian City was activated in an instant. Every memory of the recent past was so clear that she had not forgotten what she encountered there.

The incident in Bai'an City ultimately fell to the hands of the Yi Ce Bureau, so what about Fangting City?

It’s not that she didn’t trust the ability of Fangting City’s Strategy Bureau, but in the previous several attacks, Fangting City’s Strategy Bureau did not show the corresponding sensitivity.

Even without any evidence, she suddenly had a thought:

——Maybe I have to go to the Strategy Bureau now.

Chapter 132 On the Ceiling

2023-07-29

When Cuiqiao stepped into the door of the Strategy Bureau, just as she had seen before, there was not even a trace of light around, and everything was silent in the darkness.

Unlike the usual darkness caused by lack of light, in the deep space of the Strategy Bureau, even with the eyesight of a magical girl, she couldn't see anything clearly and could only vaguely distinguish the outlines of objects.

This further proves that something is wrong with the Yi Ce Bureau.

Delphinium stood in place and threw the detection spell that was flashing with magical light into the hall in front of her. After confirming that there was no ambush hidden in the darkness, she put on several layers of barriers and officially stepped in.

She walked forward, her footsteps echoing in the empty hall.

Click, click, click.

As she moved forward, a sound came from the darkness.

Rustling, rustling.

The subtle and chaotic noises never stopped.

This made Delphinium stop in the empty hall and look around in some surprise.

Why did she feel that all this was familiar?

She continued to move forward. The crisp sound of her heels hitting the ground dispelled the surrounding noise. After a brief silence, it was replaced by some whispering sounds.

There were men and women, young and old, and the only thing they had in common was that they were all laughing.

The laughter awakened Delphinium's memory, and finally made her recall the source of this familiar feeling - it was the dream she had experienced before.

The dark hall, the laughter from unknown sources, this scene was exactly the same as in my dream.

But after realizing this, Delphinium's brows furrowed even more.

She didn't understand what the connection could be.

There is no doubt that what she is experiencing now is reality, so what was the dream before? Was it a premonition? A warning? Or some kind of trap?

No one answered the doubts in her heart, but this did not stop her. She just quickened her pace and continued to move forward.

She was not afraid of danger or enemies. The only thing she was worried about was not being able to find clues or solve the problem.

As she continued to move forward, the surrounding snickers mixed with the echoes of her footsteps and overlapped. These sounds gradually became sharper, and finally, like in Delphinium's dream, they began to evolve into noise.

Delphinium had a blank expression on her face and was indifferent. She just raised her hand to strengthen the barrier around her to isolate herself from the sound waves brought by the noise.

"A boring trick." She said, not allowing the noise to attack her like in the dream, but reaching out, holding the azure wand in her hand, and chanting in a low voice: "Magic power construction, extraction."

Countless blue magic threads appeared around her as she spoke. They were densely packed and trembling, and after Delphinium raised her hand with her fingers hooked, they began to spread out in all directions.

These magic threads quickly cut towards the surroundings. Each thread was as sharp as a blade, making a uniform sound of breaking through the air and cutting into every corner of this space.

As long as the enemy has a physical body, it is impossible to dodge such an attack.

And as long as she responds to Delphinium's attack, whether it is counterattacking or blocking, she can quickly locate the enemy.

Delphinium did not believe in the dream, but she would not ignore the warning signs in it. She was inclined to believe that there were indeed enemies in this space.

However, right now, Delphinium didn't have time to play hide-and-seek with the enemy. She needed to be quick, the quicker the better. She knew she didn't have that much time.

So she had to use her magic suit to force the enemy out from the darkness.

The magic threads spread out in all directions, and as the attack reached every corner of the space, echoes, voices, and laughter all disappeared, as if they had never existed.

However, the feeling transmitted back from the silk thread made Delphinium open her eyes slightly.

“…You must be joking.”

She hasn't said this in a long time.

The threads did attack the enemy. They actually cut into something that was not a building, something different from a dead object. Judging from the feel, it was obviously a living thing.

However, every thread hit the enemy.

Every one.

In order to confirm the feedback he had received, Delphinium increased the output of magic power, causing all the magic threads to burst out with stronger magic power. While the powerful destructive force further damaged the target, the light of magic power finally illuminated the originally unclear darkness.

Delphinium raised her head toward the top of the hall and felt her breathing stop.

She couldn't believe her eyes.

If one really had to give an analogy to what she was seeing now, it would have to be traced back to a long time ago, when Lin Yun's home was infested with clothes moths and she searched everywhere for the source of these insects.

At that time, he opened many dark corners that were usually closed, just to find where these ubiquitous little bugs gathered. The place he finally found was in a completely neglected corner of the storage room, under an abandoned mattress.

There he saw swarms of insects so dense that they would make someone who was afraid of insects scream.

Now, this is roughly the scene in Delphinium's vision.

However, what she saw were not insects, but the remains of animals. The ceiling of the Strategy Bureau was densely packed with countless moving and roaring remains of animals.

Most of these crippled beasts are only the size of ordinary humans, and can be said to be like young children compared to ordinary crippled beasts, but their number is so large that it is chilling.

The noise in the darkness was not anything else, but the roar of these remaining beasts gathered together in the darkness.

At this moment, the remaining animals that were cut by the silk thread became obviously restless, and the pain made them uneasy. They were unwilling to continue to squeeze in the same place, and many of them had already moved their bodies, trying to get away from the crowded ceiling.

As these beasts surged, something fell from the ceiling and hit the ground.

Delphinium walked forward in silence, and with the help of the magic light, she looked at the object on the ground - it was a square, small object like a card.

The object was lifted up with a silk thread, and its true identity was revealed: an ID card of an employee of the Strategy Bureau.

The ID card was well preserved, with the plastic shell on the surface not damaged at all, so Delphinium could clearly see the ID photo and personal information on it.

However, the owner of this ID card is probably in danger.

Delphinium stared at the ID card quietly for two seconds. When she looked up again, there was no emotion on her cold face.

She raised her hand, and the silk threads in the air began to buzz with her movement, responding to her actions. The next moment, she would be able to start a massacre of the monsters on the ceiling.

Kill these monsters and make them pay for their sins of killing humans.

It was as if a voice said this in her heart.

Yes, kill these monsters, they deserve -

Delphinium suddenly let go.

No, that wasn't what I really said just now.

She covered her heart and said.

It was a voice that suddenly appeared in her mind, and its first sentence was to ask her to kill the beasts on the ceiling.

Something is wrong, Delphinium told herself.

It is only natural for the magical girl to kill the remaining beasts, so why did it encourage herself to do this?

The dream I had in the afternoon seemed to be somewhat misleading in itself. It was making my mentality unbalanced. Why?

Thinking of this, Delphinium raised her head again, and she finally realized that there was something wrong with these crippled beasts.

Normally, the beasts act on instinct and have no rationality. The instinct of the beasts is to destroy and eat. If a target full of magic power like a magical girl enters their field of vision, they will definitely attack.

In other words, if there were no other abnormalities with these beasts on the ceiling, Delphinium should have been subjected to endless attacks from the first second she walked into the Strategy Bureau.

But they didn't.

Even though they were injured by Delphinium's magic armor, they still had no intention of attacking. They just moved their bodies and tried to leave the place where they were attacked.

These remaining beasts just huddled on the ceiling, hissing, screaming, and threatening, as if they had no urge to destroy or eat, but were instead... afraid?

Why are they afraid? What are they afraid of?

At this moment, Delphinium felt that she was closer to the truth than ever before.

She lowered her head again and looked at the mucus-stained ID card on the ground. Looking at the extremely clear employee photo on the ID card, she pondered for a moment and suddenly remembered something.

An incident that happened not long ago.

At that time, she went to Bai'an City and fell into a crippled beast's lair. She found an office in a lair that looked like the Bai'an City Strategy Bureau's lair. In the office were the bodies of the Strategy Bureau's employees and a crippled beast.

This incident was not that uncommon. It was normal for the employees of the Strategy Bureau who mistakenly entered the nest to be killed by the beasts.

But there are some details that are very strange.

First of all, the door of the office was ajar.

There is no reason for a brutal beast with only brutal instincts to keep the door intact, and there is no reason to close the door politely after entering the office; similarly, if an employee of the Strategy Bureau discovered that there was a brutal beast inside the door, there is no reason for him to go in or even close the door.

In that situation, there was no reason for either the beasts or humans to close the door.

Secondly, in the lair in Baian City, Dengzhan once told herself that she had protected the employees of the Strategy Bureau and asked them to find a room to hide.

In other words, those employees of the Strategy Bureau must have taken the initiative to find that office and finally hid in it together.