[{"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-73":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},2349993,4594,"Chapter 73: The Radiance of Vitality","off-the-clock-then-a-magical-girl-chapter-73",73,"\u003Cp>Tian Sheng clutched his abdomen, lying in an empty hospital room, gasping for air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The charred wound on his abdomen was slowly seeping blood; he could only use a simple recovery spell to treat it slowly, but recovering in such a short time was too difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the battle against those black-robed figures, he had, as expected, been defeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never had a chance of winning a two-on-one fight; the opponents exceeded him in both spell reserves and magical power, and they also held the advantage in numbers. They only needed to use basic magic bullets for suppression, and he didn't even have a chance to show his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention, there were enemies who had rushed down from upstairs to provide support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing an entire squad of black-robed figures at once, Tian Sheng had no power to fight back and was utterly defeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magic barrier he deployed would be shattered in less than two seconds, and his own magic bullets could not break through the enemies' defenses at all, being easily blocked by their barriers. In the end, he had a sudden inspiration and jumped out the window to escape, but he was still shot through the abdomen by a flame bullet the moment he was in mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The opponents did not give him a chance to land and adjust; standing at the window, they poured firepower onto Tian Sheng below, attempting to put him to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tian Sheng avoided most of the attacks and rolled along the ground to rush back into the hallway, but he was still hit by the remaining magic bullets in the process, collapsing to the ground, his life or death unknown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spot where he finally fell was in the blind spot of the second-floor window, but the black-robed figures suspected Tian Sheng still had a breath left, so they sent two people down to check the body. The others did not linger; after reporting the news, they chased in the direction where Bai Jingxuan had left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking advantage of this gap, Tian Sheng had crawled his way into an empty hospital room and finally managed to lie down inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation had become what it was now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, if the last medium in his hand hadn't been a recovery spell, he should be dead by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he relied on his familiarity with the terrain to find a hiding place, the wound on his abdomen was completely sufficient to kill an ordinary person. Not to mention that there were two black-robed figures outside conducting a carpet search; even if he hadn't left bloodstains when he fled here, it wouldn't take long for them to find him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had acted the hero on a whim, it didn't mean Tian Sheng had cast aside all thoughts of life and death; if anything, he was still full of the desire to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't want to die yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The savings in the bank hadn't been spent, there were leftover materials at home, and the recruitment exam for the Extraordinary Strategy Bureau that he had been preparing for for over half a year hadn't even started; if he died here, all these things would vanish like a bubble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what, he had to find a way to live.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three types of spell media he possessed had all been used; the barrier had been used the most, and its efficiency had clearly dropped; the magic bullet was second, but its conversion efficiency was still at a normal level; the simple recovery spell he was currently using was of no use in battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He struggled to sit up from the floor to prepare for the battle that was about to resume, but this movement tugged at his abdomen, making his face twitch in pain. He wanted to crawl under the nearby hospital bed to hide, but his injuries no longer allowed him to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to the noise getting closer outside the door, Tian Sheng gripped the dice in his hand, ready for a last stand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The adjacent hospital rooms were being opened one by one, and he could vaguely hear the screams of the caregivers and patients next door. But those black-robed figures had no interest in the ordinary people in the rooms; they left quickly after searching and soon arrived at the door of his empty room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the door in front of him was pushed open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost at the same instant, Tian Sheng violently outputted magic power, activating the magic bullet medium in his hand; several gray magic bullets were generated from the patterns on the surface of the dice, shooting out with great destructive power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magic bullets emitted a piercing screech, arriving almost instantly, striking the enemy behind the door directly and exploding into a cloud of grayish-white magic particles amidst the sound of the collision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, several magic bullets were also fired from directly in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the enemy had also been prepared to attack all along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tian Sheng, who had been prepared, deployed a magic barrier again, but because of the medium's low conversion efficiency, it instantly evaporated his last bit of magic power. Seeing the precarious structure of the barrier before him, he felt a sharp pain in his brain and heart, nearly crying out in pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was all he could do, he thought. If he were to grade his performance on the spot, he would give himself a perfect score without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, given his level of spellcasting, it was already quite an achievement to reach this point; as for the result, he could only leave it to fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final barrier in front of him blocked the enemy's counterattack. Tian Sheng endured the pain to straighten up, squinting his eyes. He looked behind the door; behind the curtain of light created by the magic bullet explosion, two figures were looming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as the light dissipated, the expression he originally held with some expectation sank bit by bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His surprise attack had failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-robed figures had not revealed any openings from start to finish because they were searching while maintaining their barriers. Every time they opened a door, they were already fully prepared, and there was no possibility of a successful sneak attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final attack Tian Sheng had launched with all his might had only created a few ripples on the barrier in front of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no magic power left to continue the fight and the media on his body reduced to dead objects, Tian Sheng stopped supporting his body and, as if resigning himself to his fate, lay down on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not far away, the black-robed figures had stepped into the hospital room, each step making his mood sink further. They had arrived before Tian Sheng like reapers coming to harvest a life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he died here, what would happen to everyone at the academy? Would Grandpa Li, who took care of things daily, be safe? Could that child, Bai Jingxuan, successfully escape?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would his parents feel sad knowing the news of his death? His best friend, who was waiting to play games together tonight, should know to wipe his hard drive, right? As for a girlfriend... oh, unfortunately, he didn't have one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before dying, these thoughts flashed through Tian Sheng's mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, he mocked himself in his heart: So be it, what does this have to do with a dead man like me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let go of the dice in his hand, closed his eyes, and finally lost his last desire to survive, calmly welcoming his own death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\"It's not time to give up yet, is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after Tian Sheng closed his eyes, such a voice suddenly came from his ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made him open his eyes wide again, but he could only see a pale green radiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small dance shoe stepped beside his arm, and immediately after, a figure stepped lightly, coming from behind and walking out from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He propped himself up on his side, tilted his head, and looked in the direction of the newcomer, catching a glimpse of her appearance in his dazed state:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A stage dress with a pale green main body, only the upper part was entirely white, but the puff sleeves were also dotted with some fine, pale green floral patterns. The long dress almost dragged to the soles of her feet, yet it maintained a height that did not affect her movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The petite girl walked out from the radiance, holding a magic wand that looked like a conductor's baton in her gloved hand. The ends of her green side-ponytail were mixed with a few strands of white highlights, looking both cute and somewhat holy, faintly revealing a radiance of vitality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Step back, Uncle Tian, leave these people to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening a pair of heterochromatic yellow-green eyes, the girl raised her magic wand, pointed it at the black-robed figures in front of her, and spoke in a voice that was somewhat soft yet quite firm:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Magical Girl, Boxue, breakout operation begins.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1516,"2026-06-21T02:45:47.620Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","c9977bdc03966cb40ee73c21b1d65e0388844aa92c113bfef08c102e8f470886","off-the-clock-then-a-magical-girl-chapter-74","off-the-clock-then-a-magical-girl-chapter-72",364,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Foff-the-clock-then-a-magical-girl-cover.jpg"]