[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-off-the-clock-then-a-magical-girl":3,"chapter-off-the-clock-then-a-magical-girl-off-the-clock-then-a-magical-girl-chapter-351":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Off the Clock, Then a Magical Girl",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2350271,4594,"Chapter 351: Magic Equipment Assessment","off-the-clock-then-a-magical-girl-chapter-351",351,"\u003Cp>\"Will the onlookers please step aside? Next candidate, enter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the door, the examiner's voice from inside the testing room carried clearly into the corridor outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the grand scale of the maze in the first assessment, the testing room for the second assessment was undoubtedly much simpler—it was merely a classroom within the Silver Corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although, as an educational institution directly under the state, the classrooms of the Silver Corridor were not actually simple; they possessed two distinct characteristics: first, they were large, and second, they were numerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were called large because their interiors had generally undergone spatial expansion modifications, allowing them to accommodate larger equipment when necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were called numerous because these classrooms were usually configured by subject, with each class having anywhere from five to seven rooms depending on the discipline. Furthermore, to uphold the philosophy of personalized and elite education, the reserve magical girls training in the Silver Corridor daily used their own individual equipment rather than sharing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it was precisely because of this high-investment preparatory education that magical girls from the Silver Corridor contributed significantly more on average throughout their careers than their peers from ordinary backgrounds, and the number of them serving in the state's Five Academies was also much higher than that of magical girls from the material world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, such future matters were still somewhat distant for the candidates currently undergoing the practical assessment. To speak of more practical manifestations, one would have to mention the \"Thigh Ranking\" that Mint had previously compiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magical girl ranked first on that list, considered by Mint to be the strongest of this year's candidates, Mu Mian, was a product of the Silver Corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, if one were to unfold this so-called Thigh Ranking and categorize the fifty people on it by their identity tags, \"Silver Corridor Faction\" would certainly be the most frequent label. Only after this label would identities like \"Central City Garrison Squad\" appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the first maze assessment, because the rules forced candidates to act in squads and the maze terrain was complex, making it difficult to locate one another, this factional background was not very apparent. At most, in the middle and late stages of the assessment, some candidates with similar backgrounds would band together to form larger teams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for this second assessment, perhaps because it relied mainly on individual effort and did not mandate squad actions, many candidates naturally chose to be with companions they were closer to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magical girls from the Silver Corridor preferred to be with their former classmates; those from the Central City tended to be with teammates from their own city or other Central Cities; magical girls from small cities also felt they had more in common with candidates from other small cities...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it was not as if there were no people still gathered according to their exam groups.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Lin Xiaolu, Bai Jingxuan, and Mint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the three of them were standing together in the corridor, gazing at the testing process taking place in the classroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they were standing together, the distance between Lin Xiaolu and Mint was particularly large. While Mint seemed to show no reaction, Lin Xiaolu did not hide the disgust in her expression at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This disgust was not because the other party was related to the Black Ash Dawn; rather, knowing that Mint had not participated in the evil deeds committed by the Black Ash Dawn, Lin Xiaolu would not harbor prejudice on that account.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What truly made her feel disgusted with Mint, when it came down to it, was her behavior yesterday after Mint had tried every possible way to contact Cornflower through her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Too disgusting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the thought that had slipped out of Lin Xiaolu's mouth at the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although, getting to the bottom of it, the fact that the other party was a fan of Cornflower was actually quite normal—Lin Xiaolu even quite approved of it—the sycophantic attitude she displayed was truly something Lin Xiaolu could not accept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What she found most unacceptable, besides Mint screaming like the most mindless fan at the drop of a hat, was that she had actually pushed her luck and asked Cornflower for an autograph.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Lin Xiaolu herself did not have Cornflower's autograph.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she knew that if she asked Cornflower for one, Cornflower would likely sign one for her, the two of them were now so familiar with each other that the act of \"asking for an autograph\" seemed very strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, Lin Xiaolu considered herself, in name, to be Cornflower's student, and in private, she was even a \"daughter\" acknowledged by Cornflower—although only in private, she could call her \"Mom\"! Since she and Cornflower were already that intimate, wouldn't asking for an autograph actually lower her own status?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, inexplicably, Mint, an \"outsider,\" had actually managed to do something Lin Xiaolu had never done and possessed something Lin Xiaolu did not have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made her feel very unhappy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Mint later indicated that she only admired those famous and powerful magical girls, and that becoming a fan of Cornflower was only because she yearned for her deeds and legends, with no further presumptuous thoughts, it still did not remove the knot in Lin Xiaolu's heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When all was said and done, even if Lin Xiaolu wouldn't admit it, there was a bit of \"like repels like\" between the two regarding this matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xiaolu liked Cornflower very much and believed that Cornflower deserved to be liked by more people. But when someone else really showed affection for Cornflower in front of her, she would feel a bit jealous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, a little bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This led to the strange relationship and interaction mode between the two—Mint didn't really want to stay with other beasts, lest her behavior appear unnatural and give her away, but she was more willing to act with Bai Jingxuan and Lin Xiaolu, the two \"sacrificials\" as she called them; while Lin Xiaolu was not entirely at ease with Mint, a \"person from the Black Ash Dawn,\" feeling that it might be safer to keep her within her line of sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both agreed that they should act together, but Lin Xiaolu still found Mint somewhat unpleasant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Bai Jingxuan, who had been quite hostile toward Mint, she returned to her normal state after learning that the other party was not a remnant beast in the true sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Lin Xiaolu and Mint stood on the left and right, with Bai Jingxuan in the middle. Although the three were standing side by side, they were subtly at odds, and there was hardly any communication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were just watching, seeing what the candidates coming out of the testing room had to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the previous candidate finished the test and came out, and as soon as she stepped out of the door, the surrounding magical girls crowded toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This candidate hadn't even had time to put away her magic equipment when she came out, so Lin Xiaolu saw the appearance of her magic equipment from afar—it was a simple white handheld pinwheel, which seemed no different from the low-quality toys sold by street vendors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, for such an unremarkable piece of magic equipment, she claimed it had received a \"B\" grade potential rating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This naturally made the onlookers outside the door very curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, in order to protect the privacy of the candidates' abilities, the examination board had deliberately sealed the windows of the testing room and even set up spells to isolate perception, so the candidates waiting in the corridor could not see the tester's abilities inside the door. And this magical girl who had just finished the test clearly did not want to reveal her magic equipment's ability, so she just exchanged a few simple pleasantries and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This person, she looks like she lied.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange voice suddenly entered Lin Xiaolu's ears from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xiaolu turned her head and discovered it was a group of candidates she didn't recognize, and at this moment, the magical girl standing in the center of the small group had said these words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Undoubtedly, her point of view was somewhat sharp and sufficiently intriguing, so the members of the small group around her also asked with great confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after saying this, the magical girl seemed to realize she had spoken out of turn, shook her head, and stopped discussing the topic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another annoying person who likes to speak in riddles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xiaolu couldn't help but roll her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, as she looked away, another person in her squad made a move. Mint, who had been restless because no one was paying attention to her, suddenly seemed to have found a target; she left Bai Jingxuan's side and walked toward the small group over there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, Huazhu!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, as if she had met an acquaintance, she naturally called out to the magical girl standing in the center.\u003C\u002Fp>",1498,"2026-06-21T02:45:53.136Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","7097d3b9d5de927687f904d345db87acf81716b4ec2be68a896f904aca6133f9","off-the-clock-then-a-magical-girl-chapter-352","off-the-clock-then-a-magical-girl-chapter-350",364,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Foff-the-clock-then-a-magical-girl-cover.jpg"]