After get off work, I become a magical girl

She nodded: "Leaving aside some controversial issues, it is very likely that the person who came to Fangting City is a defected magical girl who has the fighting power of a flower card and is very experienced in combat."

"In other words, this is an enemy whose strength is no less than that of the Moth, or even stronger. The entire Fangting City Magical Girls Team combined may not be her match. If she wants to do something next, no one here can stop her."

"So, Mr. Chief, what do you think a magical girl from Claw Scar would appear in Fangting City at this time? If she really has a purpose, what should it be for?"

The other party claimed that he was "looking for Cornflower", but even if he was looking for someone, he must have a purpose that needed to be achieved. According to Delphinium's own speculation, the other party came to find him, most likely for no other reason, but for...

"The source of the beast, right?"

Emerald agreed, "Indeed, I can think of this, and there is no reason why White Wolf can't think of it. She can betray the country for two Beast Sources, so there is no reason why she wouldn't be tempted by the one in your hand."

"I probably won't be able to protect this thing from a karuta player in his prime."

Delphinium stated the facts in a calm tone: "If the other party uses force, or even uses the safety of Fangting City as a bargaining chip to ask me for the source of beasts, I will need your help."

"My assistance? You mean let me help you defeat that 'Gladiolus'? Unfortunately, my real body is still in the kingdom and cannot come to Fangting City."

The doll in the magic mirror shook its paw: "This clone of mine has almost no combat capability. Not to mention Hana Kaguya, even your juniors can easily defeat this clone."

It spoke with certainty, as if there was really nothing it could do about it, but Delphinium did not say anything and just continued to look at the magic mirror expressionlessly.

The doll in the magic mirror paused for a few seconds, as if waiting for something. Seeing that Delphinium had no reaction, it couldn't help but say in boredom, "You are such an unlovable young man. Can't you just say a few words to me at this time?"

"So?" Delphinium nodded, "What do you have in mind?"

"Do you really believe that I will help you?" Emerald felt a little strange. "What if I really can't do anything? After all, this matter has nothing to do with me, right?"

Delphinium sighed helplessly: "I don't think a Gem Scepter should say something like 'The traitor's attack on the city has nothing to do with me'."

"From a magical girl's moral point of view, yes." Emerald retorted, "But I am also a jeweled scepter after all. Even if I have a noble character, I still have to consider the interests of the macro level."

"From the perspective of interests, you should not tolerate others getting involved in the source of the beast."

Cuiqiao calmly analyzed: "You came all the way to Fangting to build a research institute. Obviously, you originally planned to conduct research here. Even if our deal is successfully concluded and the Beast Origin is handed over to you, you should also consider the problem of the Beast Origin being stolen by others."

"Hmm... it seems that it is indeed impossible to refute. Your thoughts are so clear, you really can't be underestimated, young man."

The doll in the mirror first pretended to think, then nodded in agreement: "Then I'll tell you, don't worry about it. Even if the other party is really a defected 'Gladiolus', there will be..."

——“Boom!”

Before Emerald could finish her words, Delphinium felt a sudden strong impact on the wooden door behind her.

The door of the reception room was pushed open, and the Delphinium that was leaning against the door was thrown to the ground. The magic mirror in her hand also flew out of her hand and fell several meters away, leaving only the emerald in the mirror calling out in confusion.

Delphinium stood up with the help of the ground, and looked back towards the door, only to see that the magical girl who called herself "Gladiolus" had come behind her at some point and was looking at her with interest.

"Sure enough, my feeling is not wrong, it's a magical girl!"

She was still holding the wine glass she had brought from the dining table, and her cheeks were slightly flushed from drunkenness: "Sammy, you lost the bet!"

"She's really a magical girl?"

The black cat fairy floated out from behind her and looked at Delphinium with some doubt: "Indeed...but it's so strange, why don't I feel anything at all?"

"As I said, your goblin perception patterns are too singular."

The girl smiled confidently: "I am more professional than you in this area."

"Are you the magical girl from Fontaine City? What are you doing here?"

However, Semi on the side had no intention of paying any more attention to her. Instead, he looked at Delphinium with a tense expression: "Did the man just now notify you to come?"

Just now at the dinner table, Yuan suddenly said that he felt the magic power of the magical girl, and then walked straight towards this room. Although Semi felt that this behavior was a bit reckless, he had no choice but to follow.

Even though it followed Yuan into the reception room next door, it actually didn't know: Was the magical girl from Fangting City here with good intentions or hostility? Did she know that they were from Claw Mark? Without knowing this information, it didn't know what action to take.

To be honest, Semi doesn't want to solve the problem through force.

Because it was always worried that the Cornflower in Fangting City was still very powerful, and going head-on would result in nothing. In its opinion, the risk of a head-on battle was much higher than outsmarting or communicating and trading, and it should not resort to fighting until it had no other options.

It is for this reason that it tries to use dialogue to confirm the other party's attitude, wanting to know whether it has really been exposed.

"I received a notification that an unknown magical girl entered Fangting."

In this regard, Cuiqiao avoided the main point and did not mention Lin Yun's actions. He just briefly mentioned the reason why he was here, "So I came here to confirm your identity and purpose."

"Confirm your identity?"

Sammy's ears perked up noticeably, but he quickly relaxed again. "What do you want to know?"

"Your code name, certification badge number, position, and mission."

Same idea as Semi, in order to avoid exacerbating the conflict and causing the two sides to fight directly, after a brief thought, Delphinium decided to use the same trick again and pretended not to know that the other party was Claw Mark: "It may be a little offensive, but I need to make sure that you are really the magical girls of the kingdom."

Her attitude also confused Sammy.

It had already prepared for a tough battle in the event that its plot was discovered. However, the attitude shown by Delphinium at the moment seemed to indicate that it was not sure that they were Claw Marks, which meant that there was still room for maneuver.

Do you want to talk about it again?

It was thinking so and was about to continue what Delphinium said, but it saw Yuan stretched out his hand to block it.

——"No more acting, little girl."

She looked a little tipsy, but her tone was firm. She smiled and shook her head: "I just heard you say the word 'Origin of Beasts' behind the door. You obviously know why we are here, right?"

"Huh?" Semi turned to look at her in surprise.

Delphinium's originally indifferent expression became even more tense.

"In that case, there is no need to hide it any further. We are from Claw Mark. We came to Fangting City to retrieve the Beast Source from Cornflower and complete some other tasks."

Yuan brought the wine glass to her lips and took a sip: "Are you the magical girl from Fangting City? Then you should know where the cornflower is?"

"...Your goal is indeed the source of the beast." Seeing that her intention was exposed, Delphinium no longer pretended. She took a few steps back, picked up the magic mirror on the ground, and stuffed it into her sleeve. The wide sleeves of the dress hid the magic mirror like a storage bag, and there was no sign of bulging on the outside.

After doing all this, she looked at the combination in front of her with some caution: "What do you want it for?"

"Want to know?"

Yuan breathed out the alcohol and took a few steps closer to Delphinium. His height, which was more than half a head taller than Delphinium, created a sense of oppression: "Then answer my question first, little girl. Do you know cornflowers? Do you know where cornflowers are?"

Delphinium raised her head and looked at her fearlessly: "I am not obliged to answer your question..."

However, before she finished her words, she suddenly felt a sense of alarm in her heart. She felt a chill on her back, as if some danger was approaching.

clang!

Without any hesitation, Delphinium activated the magic suit almost subconsciously, and the silk threads overlapped behind her to form a shield-like masterpiece, blocking the attack from behind.

However, she only blocked the attack. She couldn't even see what was attacking her.

What was even worse was that after she used her magic suit, she realized that trouble was still to come, because Yuan in front of her looked at the silk threads around her and smiled with some understanding.

"…Although I already had a hunch, I still had to test my skills to know that it was you."

She gently placed the wine glass on the table beside her, and the drunken look on her face gradually faded:

"Cornflower."

Chapter 175 Crisis

2023-06-12

When her identity as "Cornflower" was exposed, Delphinium pursed her lips slightly and did not respond to the other party's provocation.

She did not open her mouth to admit or deny it, nor did she even show any desire to continue the conversation. Instead, she straightened her posture slightly and looked at the magical girl in front of her with a serious look.

Compared to these minor matters, the strength that the other party had just displayed made her more alert. The reason was that the other party's attack was too fast and too secretive.

Even the fluctuation of magical power was hardly leaked. If Delphinium had not reacted quickly enough, just that one probing attack would have been enough to cause an ordinary magical girl to suffer a loss.

Since the other party has chosen to attack, it is equivalent to putting the hostility out in the open. Rhetoric and deception have lost their meaning, and what remains is only a competition of hard power.

But Delphinium knew her situation: she couldn't win.

She didn't think that the people of Claw Mark were a bunch of fools who would send an underpowered member to seize the Beast Origin. Since the magical girl in front of her, who called herself "Gladiolus", was once a karuta, her current combat ability would definitely not be inferior to that of a karuta.

Flower cards mean that the opponent will definitely be able to use wonders and rules.

Now I have completely lost the ability to unfold the wonderland normally. Once I enter the realm of rule-based battle with the opponent, I will inevitably fall into a huge disadvantage.

If she wanted to equalize this disadvantage, she only had one card left, but one that she couldn't actually use - destroying the last form of the Magic Weaving and overdrawing the power of the silk thread.

But even Delphinium itself knew that this was impossible.

The magic suit is closely related to the true nature of the magical girl. When the magic suit is completely destroyed, no one can tell what will happen to her. The best case scenario is that the source of magic power will be destroyed and she will never be able to use magic again; the worst case scenario is that she will become a vegetable or even die.

There was no way she could take the risk of using a move with uncertain results.

This certainly gives you a great chance of defeating or even killing the enemy, but you will also suffer heavy damage yourself. It can be said that you will kill one thousand enemies but lose ten thousand of your own, which has nothing to do with the concept of "winning".

"You, why don't you speak? I guessed wrong, didn't I?"

Yuan put down the wine glass and tilted her head. As she exhaled a white mist, the blush on her face faded a lot. "Speaking of which, I always feel that you are considering something very dangerous, so I have to make it clear in advance: we don't actually have to fight to the death."

"Let's put aside the matter of the origin of the beast. What I said before was not false. If you are really Cornflower, our leader sincerely welcomes you to join us."

"After all, I can feel the fluctuations of your magic power. I'm afraid your current condition is quite bad, right?"

As she said this, Yuan slowly narrowed her eyes, and her originally dark pupils suddenly turned into black and white pupils: "The true form, the source of magic power, and the heart gem, which should have been a trinity, have become misplaced. It's like a bucket with a hole in it, constantly leaking magic power. A normal magical girl who becomes like you is half dead."

"Thank you for your reminder, but you don't need to bother."

Delphinium said coldly: "If the advice you give is to change your allegiance, I have no intention of turning myself into a crippled beast."

She didn't really believe that Claw Mark's technology could heal her injuries. After all, even the chief emerald of the research institute could only promise to stop the losses to a certain extent. How could Claw Mark possess more advanced technology than the research institute?

Even if there is such a possibility, it must be based on betrayal of the magic kingdom. She will never choose this path.

From the perspective of interests, Lin Xiaolu and the other two still have the power to transfer as magical girls. She got it with great difficulty after catching the omission of Golden Green Cat Eyes. Only by continuing to be a magical girl can she keep this power in her hands. With this power, the three girls can avoid being unnecessarily involved in the power turmoil of the country. If they really accept this so-called invitation to join Claw Mark, the power to transfer will become a piece of paper. How can they be protected at that time?

Among the younger generation, there is a magical girl like Bai Jingxuan who has a special situation. I have just made up my mind to guide her onto the right path. If I choose to join Claw Mark here, I will have no position to educate that child at that time.

From a moral and ethical perspective, there is no reason to join an organization as notorious as Claw.

Perhaps they were not as morally corrupt and inhumane as the Black Dawn, but after betraying their country, these rebellious magical girls did a lot of bad things like burning, killing and looting, and they were definitely not good people.

Then, it seems clear what she can do: delay.

In terms of hard power, they were at an absolute disadvantage. If they fought, they would most likely lose. Running away was not an option either. Fangting City was their home ground, and there were three juniors here. They could run away, but not the temple. So, the only option left was to delay.

The purpose of delaying time is to wait for Emerald's assistance.