[{"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-82":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},2350002,4594,"Chapter 82: Wang Tengfei","off-the-clock-then-a-magical-girl-chapter-82",82,"\u003Cp>Wang Tengfei grabbed his coat and left the office building, jogging toward the direction where the azure light was flickering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At forty years old, combined with years of sedentary work and social engagements, his physique and stamina could no longer support him in running like a young man; he was already panting after running only a few hundred meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by his frantic sprinting posture, an average person would likely never imagine that such a middle-aged man had once been a star sprinter on his high school track team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, even Wang Tengfei himself had almost forgotten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After graduating from university and entering society, relying on family connections to pave the way, he climbed the ladder step by step within the Gaosheng chain group, sitting in the position of branch general manager before the age of 40; in the eyes of ordinary people, he was a success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of status, he would surely be promoted to headquarters in the future, perhaps even securing a key management position there; in terms of wealth, even excluding the older generation of his family, his personal wealth was considered affluent among the middle class, and he was destined to become even wealthier in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is such a life successful? Of course it is successful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But humans are always greedy, or rather, always yearning for things they have never possessed or have lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, his own youth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Memories of youth are like a treasure box; the things inside might be worth nothing to him now, but whenever he takes them out to observe and play with them carefully, he is always able to obtain the purest and most simple joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as he grew older and various minor physical ailments began to appear, the frequency with which he missed his youthful days increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But too much time had already passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for a few deeply etched memories, his recollection of his younger self had gradually become blurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did he like back then? What was he thinking about? What did he want? What was he tangibly pursuing? He still vaguely remembered some answers, while others he could no longer even articulate himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But among the things he remembered, there were always a few traces of color in the blue sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was pink, it was blue, it was purple, it was orange... colors that belonged to the sky of Fangting City, colors that belonged to the magical girls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his youth, Wang Tengfei was a fanatical fan of magical girls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And among them, the one he admired most was that blue silhouette who had saved him from a remnant beast attack, only to leave people with nothing but the back of her head after dispersing the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a trace of blue, while he was still a young man, had disappeared without a trace one day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether on television, in print news, or on the internet, no one ever saw that blue silhouette again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding the disappearance of such a magical girl, people once had all sorts of guesses and rumors, but none of them could be verified, and no one knew the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People who loved that magical girl, who loved Cornflower, stopped seeing Cornflower from a certain day onward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Tengfei was the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the initial confusion to the subsequent worry and anxiety, and finally to the sadness and helplessness. Years passed, the world changed, and this emotion had faded into nothing but a faint nostalgia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So faint that only that trace of blue remained in the depths of his heart, yet he would no longer deliberately think of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, when a blue almost identical to the one in his memory appeared in his peripheral vision, he even began to doubt his own eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be her? Is it really her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harboring emotions he could not even distinguish himself, following the blue and black trajectory in the sky, he ran toward the end of the light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, he saw damaged road surfaces, evacuated crowds, and buildings covered and protected by blue magical threads; that premonition became increasingly intense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a premonition was finally confirmed the moment he finally neared the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like an endless source, blue magic dissipated wantonly, surging like waves and erupting with dazzling light. The scattered light was even somewhat blinding, making it impossible to see the figure within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a black silhouette was struggling to flee amidst the waves of magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\"Are you kidding me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chased by seemingly endless threads, Sparrow fled continuously among the buildings; even with her magic output adjusted to the maximum and flying at her fastest speed, she could not dodge the blue magical tide behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And within that tide, a small figure flickering with blue light followed closely behind with a rather nimble posture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This kind of magic, this amount of magic...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waving the magical equipment in her hand to eliminate a few threads about to wrap around her heels, Sparrow shouted in anger and shock: \"Are you playing with me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And behind her, Cornflower, whose whole body glowed with blue light, simply chased in silence, not answering her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the distance between the two grew closer, feeling the time was ripe, Cornflower reached out and grabbed a few threads, slowly tightening them backward during the high-speed flight, and accompanied by the tide of threads, she whispered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Masterpiece, number one, Gladius.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding threads began to hum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the tide, under Cornflower's guidance, they dispersed and aggregated; hollowed-out sword blades condensed from magical threads detached from the tide and floated in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the tide of threads became a tide of blades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This move was one Cornflower had used when fighting a Pupa-stage remnant beast in the sewers, and even then, she had only unleashed it during the final strike, killing the target in one blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, after using more and stronger magic, using the same move naturally had even more ferocious momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cornflower—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing countless masterpiece blades surging toward her, Sparrow finally stopped fleeing, turned to face Cornflower, screamed and roared, and spread her black magical wings; the feathers on the wings also exploded outward, like individual blades, facing the tide of blue sword blades head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black blades and blue sword blades intersected in the air; after a brief resistance, they were quickly annihilated. The collision and confrontation of the two-colored magic blade streams, accompanied by Sparrow's high-pitched screams, turned into a one-sided crushing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black magic belonging to Sparrow, even with its strong corrosive ability, ultimately dissipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like a bird flying in the sky being hit by a shotgun, the black magic wings scattered, turning into feathers filling the sky as if announcing the end of this battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blue magical tide extinguished the last trace of black and slowly receded; a figure fell from mid-air and collapsed powerlessly to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a woman who looked to be in her twenties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman looked quite thin, wearing a set of ordinary loungewear, looking just like a passerby who had come out for a walk from home; at this moment, she lay powerlessly, having lost consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a doubt, this woman was Sparrow's true form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a magical girl is defeated, she will not die unless her true form is completely destroyed. Even if the damage received after transforming is severe, as long as the true form is not harmed, it can always recover as time passes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she collapsed to the ground, the blue figure that had been chasing behind her finally stopped, then descended from the air, her feet landing on the ground lightly and gracefully.\u003C\u002Fp>",1271,"2026-06-21T02:45:47.620Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","0de052eb9fc49fffba1c4df28d2aefb936c9f0fa41cc5408854382de260bc14a","off-the-clock-then-a-magical-girl-chapter-83","off-the-clock-then-a-magical-girl-chapter-81",364,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Foff-the-clock-then-a-magical-girl-cover.jpg"]