[{"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-69":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},2349989,4594,"Chapter 69: The Incident","off-the-clock-then-a-magical-girl-chapter-69",69,"\u003Cp>In the afternoon, after watching Moke leave over the garden wall, Bai Jingxuan stood up from the shade and gave a gentle stretch. She patted her jeans a few times, then picked up the book in her hand and turned to leave the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was strange, but it seemed that since noon today, she hadn't seen anyone else in the Fuli Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the courtyard where she met with Moke was relatively secluded, the Fuli Academy was populous, and there would always be someone passing by. Usually, when she wanted to chat with Moke, she had to lower her voice and keep a close watch on the corridor, shutting her mouth immediately if she saw someone coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Moke said that ordinary people could not see spirits, and if she chatted with Moke here, others would only think she was talking to herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Jingxuan did not want to be misunderstood like that. Although she did not dislike her life at the Fuli Academy, she still held a glimmer of hope that she might be adopted. If she were thought to have mental issues because of \"talking to the air,\" that last bit of hope would be dashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet today, despite keeping her eyes on the corridor, she hadn't seen a single person pass by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This situation was somewhat abnormal, but it wasn't exactly strange enough to cause alarm, so Bai Jingxuan didn't pay it much mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was today some special day, or was there some event going on?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She just thought this to herself, clutching her book as she walked slowly down the corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room where Bai Jingxuan usually rested was some distance from this courtyard, requiring her to pass through an entire nursing building. The only benefit was that, considering her medical condition, her room was arranged on the ground floor, so she didn't need to climb any stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking alone in the quiet corridor, her gaze passed through the glass window to the office building across the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vaguely, she felt as if she saw a few pitch-black figures flash by over there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That floor, I remember it is...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking in that direction, she finally sensed that something was wrong, and subsequently, she quickened her pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wenqin had been the director of the Fang Ting City First Fuli Academy for ten years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wouldn't say she knew this Fuli Academy like the back of her hand, but when it came to its equipment configuration and staff distribution, she certainly kept it all in mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With over 400 employees, she couldn't remember everyone's name, but she was very familiar with the personnel in charge of every department in the academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, when she wanted the entire Fuli Academy to enter a state of lockdown and for everyone to refrain from resisting, she only needed a few phone calls to achieve it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Sister Lan, that's right, absolutely do not resist them. Yes, in short, tell the young men in your department to stay calm; they won't use force before that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing the last call and putting down her mobile phone, Liu Wenqin let out a long sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she looked at the man who had been standing in front of the filing cabinet the whole time, suppressing the panic and fear in her heart, and said as calmly as possible: \"I have done as you asked. When exactly do you intend to leave?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man in front of her heard her words and slowly turned his body toward her, revealing his full appearance:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a thin, tall man with a pale complexion and a scar on his eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked to be in his twenties, still quite young, with a small mustache on his lip that gave him a sinister look. His hair was somewhat long and tied into a small braid at the back of his head; for some reason, a few strands of purple-red were faintly visible within his pitch-black hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man wore a black robe, upon which a strange, golden, evil-looking pictograph was composed of characters Liu Wenqin could not understand. Although she couldn't identify what it was, it made one feel uneasy just looking at it from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\"A wise decision. I would like to applaud you, Ms. Liu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wore an inscrutable smile and said in a somewhat strange voice: \"Your few phone calls will save the lives of thousands. You are a true director of the Fuli Academy; I respect you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then could you please lead by example and stop letting your subordinates harass a group of orphans, the disabled, and the elderly?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wenqin felt her hands trembling, but she persisted: \"It is impossible for them to resist you, and there is no one here capable of resisting you. Take whatever you want, but why must you kill!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason she said this was because, right now, at the door of her office, a sturdy man in a security guard uniform was leaning against the door frame. The man's head was bowed, a baton lay by his hand, and blood flowed down his uniform from a hollow wound where his heart should have been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the security chief of this Fuli Academy. He had rushed to the director's office the moment he sensed something was wrong, attempting to resist this black-robed man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was brave, fearless, and strong; usually, no troublemaker in the academy was a match for him. Thus, even knowing the man before him was strange, he didn't fear him and charged straight at him. Yet his martial prowess was futile before the black-robed man, and in the blink of an eye, he was killed by some unknown power and slumped at the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, the group of black-robed people who followed the man dispersed, heading to various parts of the academy, using bloody and cruel methods to kill those who dared to stand up and resist. They then coerced Liu Wenqin into sending a \"comply and live\" signal to every department, thereby quickly seizing control of the entire Fuli Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For the sake of efficiency, madam.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing Liu Wenqin's questioning, the man's tone was very polite, but his words were merciless: \"We need to eliminate potential dangers as quickly as possible—for example, that call you are about to make to the Extraordinary Strategy Bureau. If you don't hang up immediately, there will be no one left alive in this Fuli Academy. Please believe me, we will act faster than the Extraordinary Strategy Bureau can arrive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wenqin's heart tightened at these words, and her hand, which had been behind the desk, paused. She looked at the man with shock and suspicion, then looked down at the phone screen in her hand with a sense of defeat, and hung up the call with great reluctance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are simply a group of devils!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After giving up on seeking help from the Extraordinary Strategy Bureau, she accused him with some indignation: \"You know full well what kind of people the elderly and children here are. If you have even a shred of human conscience, how can you bear to lay a hand on them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of people? Of course I know. To summarize simply, they are all poor souls, aren't they?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-robed man chuckled and spread his hands: \"Children who have lost their loved ones, elderly people with no one to care for them. Many among them suffer from disabilities, and some even struggle with basic self-care. It is truly sorrowful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But, poor souls, heh, poor souls.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He changed his tone, chanting as if on a pilgrimage: \"Living in this world, who is not a poor soul? Those without glory live in vain, and in death, they become nourishment to receive the Lord's grace. Even if they truly die, they should thank me; at least at this moment, they are with the Lord's grace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he said these words, the man's expression was incomparably pious and faithful, as if these were his true thoughts, even if such thoughts appeared to be complete nonsense to ordinary people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You want them to thank you? Incomprehensible, you really are a madman...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wenqin widened her eyes, her throat moving. She looked at the man before her in disbelief, as if looking at some kind of monster: \"You people came here, what exactly do you want?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This question made the man stop his chanting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lowered his hands, looking at Liu Wenqin behind the desk with a lack of interest, and said in his strange voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To tell the truth, although killing everyone here would only cost us time, you satisfied my request and did not let the Extraordinary Strategy Bureau disturb our meeting, so I don't mind showing a little kindness according to the values of ordinary people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our people have already begun searching this Fuli Academy, so it doesn't matter if you continue to hide it. But you must know that when we find the target ourselves, the answer you know will lose its corresponding value.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Therefore, I will ask the question I posed to you when we first met one more time. I hope you can give me a proper answer this time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked slowly toward the desk where Liu Wenqin sat, ignoring her attempts to back away, and lowered his head, placing his hand over his left eye and exaggeratedly pulling his eyelid open:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the last time I will ask. Tell me, Ms. Liu, is there a girl here who has lost her left eye?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1588,"2026-06-21T02:45:47.620Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","57f15bc9f0779e53139446e0f60dff7ad5ad2de1878dda6d5d9050dbcd3bfebc","off-the-clock-then-a-magical-girl-chapter-70","off-the-clock-then-a-magical-girl-chapter-68",364,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Foff-the-clock-then-a-magical-girl-cover.jpg"]