Get off work and become a magical girl

Chapter 210 Competition Day

A week passed quickly since the Bai'an City team arrived in Fangting City.

Because of the presence of Cuiqiao and Aso Yuanxiang, the relationship between the two teams did not cause too many disturbances, and the influence of the new team quickly disappeared.

At least that's how it looks on the surface.

As for what the girls were thinking and what actions they took in secret in order to prepare for the upcoming competition, no one knew.

As for Cuiqiao, all she knew was the movements of the Fangting City team.

After Xia Liang, Lin Xiaolu and Bai Jingxuan also expressed to Cuique their desire to take part in the assessment and their willingness to accept the competition.

But compared with Xia Liang, it was obviously more difficult to communicate with these two children. Lin Xiaolu looked like she didn't know who she was competing with, and she just didn't want to say more. No matter whether Cuiqiao spoke kindly or seriously, she just lowered her head and apologized, completely refusing to communicate.

Bai Jingxuan didn't think there was any danger in "taking the test", but it seemed that there was nothing wrong with her thinking like that. Considering the ability she had shown when she lost control of Black Cinder Dawn, Cuique was more worried about the safety of other candidates.

In this way, the team members reached a consensus, and the only thing left was how to prepare for the competition.

As agreed with Aso Yuanxiang beforehand, Lin Xiaolu secretly followed Aso Yuanxiang to learn, it seemed that she wanted to master some new skills before the competition.

Xia Liang learned several basic spell compositions from Cuiqiao. He is currently still in the stage of studying the Favor runes and will actively provide feedback on his learning results every other day.

As for Bai Jingxuan, after her birthday party not long ago, her obsession with becoming stronger seemed to have softened a little recently, so Cuique took the opportunity to slow down her progress in magic training and instead began to tutor her in cultural subjects.

This is not a whim, but a solution obtained after many assessments of the current situation.

She hopes to find time to send Bai Jingxuan back to school.

On her birthday, Bai Jingxuan once said to Lin Yun, "I hope there are more people who care about me."

This sentence was just an expression of one's own emotions in the context of the time, but if analyzed objectively, it actually provided Cuiqiao with another solution to alleviate Bai Jingxuan's identity issues.

There is no doubt that if you want Bai Jingxuan to grow up more healthily, it is better to let her return to school and accept the identity of a "student" and a "child" than to let her indulge in fighting with the cruel beasts.

If she could make more friends in school and have more people she cares about in life, Bai Jingxuan would surely have more self-awareness of being a human being, which might help her control the magic power in her body that tends to be beastly.

Of course, all this is based on the premise that Bai Jingxuan can really enjoy campus life after going to school.

Considering how Xia Liang was treated at school because of family problems, it is hard to imagine how bad things would get if Bai Jingxuan encountered similar problems.

You have to know that children's malice and exclusion are often unprovoked. If you send them back to school without any preparation, it will only push them from a "battle with cruel beasts" to a "battle with the community."

Therefore, it is necessary to be cautious, and even more cautious. Not only the academic preparation before admission, the source of students and the atmosphere of the school, the philosophy of teachers and management, but also whether temporary admission will be too conspicuous and attract attention, all these things need to be carefully examined.

It just so happens that most primary and secondary schools have now reached the end of a semester. It is already the second half of December, and there is not much time left before the end of the semester and the students enter the long vacation period, so it is of course unrealistic to enroll now. Delphinium still has time to think slowly before making plans.
She would only think about these things in her mind, and would not even explain them to Aso Yuanxiang. And Bai Jingxuan, who received cultural lessons from Cuiqiao every night, could not imagine how complicated her "mother" was thinking about.

Time passes quietly in such an atmosphere.

Soon, the agreed day of the competition arrived as scheduled.

The time was still Sunday, and the location was the basement training room. Considering that the damage caused by the competition itself was limited, and the training room was built with a certain degree of isolation from magic power in mind, it was actually safer than going out to find a place.

As for the duel, the principle of fairness is followed. Six pieces of paper with numbers written on them are thrown into a paper box, and then the fairy Moko, who claims to be "fair and just", acts as the notary. Both sides draw lots to determine their opponents.

In the end, the selected duel lineup is as follows:

Xiaojin versus Mimosa;
White Rose versus White Thistle;

Bo Xue versus Mu Lily.

It’s hard to imagine. It was clearly a normal result of the lottery, but after the draw, half of the people looked unhappy.

Although it seems a bit coincidental that Lin Xiaolu would face off against Bai Ji at first glance, if you think about it carefully - at least two of the three people in the Bai'an City team want to fight her, and whether they draw Bai Ji or Mu Baili, it can be called a grudge match - so there is actually only a one-third chance that there is no personal grudge in the duel.

As for the remaining two games, there was naturally no objection, at least everyone except Mu Lily thought there was no problem.

"Well then, both players take their positions!"

Floating down to the center of the underground training ground, Moko held a toy microphone in his paw that appeared out of nowhere. He glanced at the people present and said in a serious manner, "Now, as the sower of the Fangting City team, on behalf of the royal court, I hereby announce that the exchange competition between the Fangting City team and the Bai'an City team will begin now!"

It was greeted with only sparse applause from a few people.

He did not feel embarrassed about this. After loudly announcing the start of the game, Mo Ke continued, "Now let me read out the rules of the game! Each team of three people will compete one-on-one according to the opponent drawn by lot. There will be three games in total. You will get one point for winning a game and no points for a tie. The team with more points will be the winner."

"The criteria for determining the winner are as follows: the opponent loses the ability to move due to exhaustion of magic power, restricted movement, or physical suppression; the opponent is forced to leave the training ground during the game, resulting in being out of bounds; the opponent voluntarily admits defeat in various forms during the game, and the referee confirms it... These are all considered victory conditions!"

"In addition, because this competition is for communication purposes, there is a special rule. That is, after both parties agree, the skills in the same field will be used as the scope of the competition. The one who is judged to be the winner by the two senior magical girls in terms of skills will also be considered the winner of the competition!"

"Well, let us welcome the first group of the competition, the two magical girls who will compete first according to the draw order - Xiao Jin and Mimosa!" This time, whether sincerely or out of courtesy, the magical girls present applauded to express their welcome.

As the two players in the first match, Xia Liang looked quite relaxed. After greeting everyone with a smile, he walked quite naturally to the center of the training ground. The other player, Mimosa, was obviously a little nervous. She grabbed the sleeve of the other side with one hand, pursed her lips, and walked to the opposite side of Xia Liang in small steps.

Seeing that both players were already in position, Mo Ke did not waste any time. With one paw raised high and the other still holding the microphone, he announced loudly: "Then, everyone, take your positions. The first game begins now!"

As soon as the words fell, everyone's eyes were involuntarily focused on the two people on the field. However, the two people on the field did not seem to make any moves.

Not to mention any movement, they didn't even transform, as if they hadn't heard Moko's declaration at all, they just stood there.

Of course, not transforming doesn't mean she doesn't want to compete. At least from Xia Liang's perspective, she simply doesn't know what she should do.

Although she acted very confidently and naturally, it was her first time to face off against a fellow magical girl. She had no idea whether she should just start fighting without saying a word or follow some kind of etiquette before the fight.

Her original plan was actually to respond according to her opponent's behavior. If the opponent chose to transform and start fighting, she could naturally transform as well; if the opponent chose to greet her, she could also respond properly and then fight.

What she didn't expect was that the other party actually didn't say a word, didn't fight, just stood there in a daze, behaving more like a newcomer than she did.

This indirectly resulted in Xia Liang, who originally wanted to go with the flow, having to just stand there.

After a while, seeing that the two still did not make any moves, Mo Ke, as the referee, had to remind them again: "You two, the game has already started."

However, both sides remained motionless.

Seeing that if things continued like this, the game would not be able to start at all, Xia Liang had to speak up, and asked with a polite smile on his face: "Excuse me, may I ask, do you plan to decide the winner according to special rules?"

The taciturn girl in front of him lowered her head, almost burying it in her clothes, and her eyes were very vague. She didn't even have the slightest desire to win, let alone fight. No wonder Xia Liang asked this question.

The other party's look made Xia Liang unsure whether his question would be responded to.

However, to her surprise, Mimosa quickly responded to Xia Liang's question. Although her voice was very low, it was loud enough to be heard clearly: "No need."

Saying “no thanks” means that the other party at least intends to fight.

After receiving a response to his question, Xia Liang immediately continued to ask, "So how should we start? After all, it's a competition, so should we start with a simple test of magic power..."

"Need not."

This time, Mimosa's voice was obviously much louder: "I became a magical girl a year earlier than you, so I'm your senior, so you can start directly."

Everyone heard this sentence clearly.

Even Xia Liang, who had previously been puzzled by the other party's nervous attitude, now slightly restrained his smile because of the other party's words.

After all, this sentence doesn't sound very friendly. At least when it is said in this scenario, it is hard for people to feel that it is not looking down on the opponent.

However, since it is during the competition, saying something that can stimulate the opponent is also a kind of strategy, so Xia Liang would not feel unhappy because of such words.

She simply realized that her opponent was not as simple as he seemed.

After all, magical girls are a profession that involves long-term and frequent battles, and most of them have a clear understanding of their own strengths. What kind of enemies they can defeat and what kind of enemies they cannot defeat have become quite clear through the days of fighting.

Therefore, when a magical girl is able to let the opponent go, she either has a clear judgment of the opponent's strength, or she really has some trump card to rely on.

Both of them were Leaf-level magical girls, and the other party should know this. Their abilities were at the same stage of development, so no matter how much they underestimated the opponent, they would not be completely defenseless against the opponent's attack. Therefore, the most likely possibility was that the other party really had something to rely on.

Thinking of this, Xia Liang had already recited the spell silently, completed the transformation silently, and even raised the magic wand in his hand.

It was not until she had already assumed an attacking stance that Mimosa finally took action. She belatedly reached for the Heart Gem in her pocket and also silently completed the transformation.

The mimosa in its transformed form looks completely different from its usual appearance.

She usually has long bangs that almost cover her eyes, and wears a gray jacket and jeans. She is extremely inconspicuous.

But after the transformation, her image is not so rebellious, but at least it can be said to be "bold" among the magical girl's costumes.

First of all, the overall exposure of the clothes is quite high. The upper body is just a simple belly-baring vest with a bow, and the length of the skirt is also short among the group of magical girls, whose average clothing exposure is relatively high.

Secondly, the color saturation of the clothes is extremely high. Although the overall tone is light red, the color difference is extremely large, to the extent that it looks like an animated character.

Finally, it’s the hairstyle. The bangs that were originally at the level of the eyes were parted, revealing a pair of pomegranate-colored eyes, and the not-very-long hair was tied on both sides of the head with two ribbons, making a pair of ponytails.

This image with such a huge contrast made Xia Liang's thoughts, which were originally about how to attack, pause for a moment.

(End of this chapter)