Transform into a magical girl after getting off work-Chapter 667 - 225: The Results Are In

Despite fully preparing with Emerald Sparrow before the exam, Bai Jingxuan still felt a tightness in her throat when the secret was suddenly exposed. She stood rigid on the spot, her thoughts as chaotic as leaves swept up by a storm.

She feigned calm as she looked at her opponent, but couldn't muster a single explanation.

"Do you know that you are a Shifter?" The examiner's question came without giving her a chance to breathe.

"I... should..." She swallowed, trying to buy some time to think, but this self-deceiving act was clearly futile. The tangled thoughts were like a knotted ball of yarn; the more forcefully she tried to untangle them, the tighter the knots became.

"If you know your base condition, I might be able to provide a more detailed report on your Magic Armor. But if you don't, it would be a bit of a pity." Fortunately, this examiner didn't seem to be a harsh person. Even though Bai Jingxuan showed a very unnatural tension, she merely assumed it was because the candidate was in an examination room and didn't make connections to other levels.

Perhaps it was also because Bai Jingxuan was so young that she seemed much more naive even among the generally underage female candidates, so no one would immediately suspect her.

"Pity... why?" Bai Jingxuan instinctively repeated the words.

"Knowing your detailed shift situation helps in analyzing the peculiar performance of your Magic Armor. Moreover, if our team deduces that your shift positively affects the Magic Armor, it might improve your potential scoring."

The examiner continued to explain: "The degree of your true form's manifestation is very low. With just the equipment here, I can't determine whether it's because of insufficient development or a negative impact from your Magic Shift."

Upon hearing this, Bai Jingxuan finally relaxed a little.

The other party could identify her as a Shifter but couldn't ascertain her base, leaving room for explanation.

"... I know about being a Shifter, but no one has ever checked the specifics."

So, according to the pre-arranged plan, Bai Jingxuan offered a half-true, half-false lie: "I don't even know what you mean by 'base,' sorry."

This statement aligns perfectly with Bai Jingxuan's origin as a "Magical Girl from a small city in the Material Realm."

The concept of a base is ultimately quite obscure. Most Magical Girls' understanding of it is limited to knowing that Shifters exist.

Even in the Magic Kingdom, only the Research Institute engages in in-depth research in this area, with no wide-ranging applications popularized to date. Therefore, a Magical Girl from a small city indeed has no reason to know about it.

Of course, all these deductions rest on the premise that the current examiner does not recognize Cornflower.

As long as she doesn't know Cornflower, nor knows the real meaning of "Fangting City" in Bai Jingxuan's candidate information, Bai Jingxuan's explanation is unbreakable.

What if the examiner knows Cornflower and is even a relatively core member of the Research Institute, aware that Cornflower is now stationed in Fangting City?

There's actually no need to worry about that, either.

Because the core members of the Research Institute naturally know their stance. Even if they spot the flaws in Bai Jingxuan's words, they wouldn't reveal them at this critical moment.

"—That makes sense, so let's not waste any more time on this issue."

After hearing Bai Jingxuan's reply, the examiner's attitude didn't change in the slightest. Still, she remained rigidly formal, but clearly, she was convinced by this explanation.

"Let's proceed with the next test, follow me to that equipment over there."

Bai Jingxuan heaved a deep sigh of relief inwardly.

She knew she had managed to get past this hurdle.

The testing process that followed went smoothly, and once her identity as a Shifter was confirmed, the examiners were no longer surprised by certain peculiar qualities Bai Jingxuan displayed. Clearly, in their eyes, Shifters were naturally more capable than ordinary people.

Thus, a few minutes later, all the testing data about Bai Jingxuan's Magic Armor was presented on the light screen before the examiners.

[Ability Specification: Level 3]

[Range: Medium]

[Application Field: Fairly broad, especially suitable for team combat and logistics support scenarios]

[Development Potential: Medium (subject to error due to unchecked shift base)]

[Stability: Low]

[Comprehensive Rating: Briza-]

Firstly, the range of the "Heavenly Sound" can only affect areas covered by the Music Box's music, and as the distance increases, the sound weakens, and its effect diminishes too.

Next is the application scene; although the ability to Activate Magic and biological limbs isn't particularly rare, being able to affect others without the effect diminishing as the number of people increases greatly enhances its value. Most crucial is its mild healing ability on the true form; although the effect is weak and insufficient to save comrades on the verge of death due to shattered true forms, it can assist injured ones in regaining combat capability. This is extremely rare throughout the Kingdom's history.

As for development potential, according to the examiners, a "low degree of true form manifestation" often reflects that the Magic Armor hasn't been fully developed. However, considering Bai Jingxuan is a Shifter and that the shift base also affects this value, they ultimately only gave it a medium evaluation.

The stability depends on the Magic Power Consumption of the Magic Armor's abilities, its interference resistance, and its reliance on the user's state.

In this area, according to the examiners, Heavenly Sound's performance was even worse than some candidates rated as Dryas Level.

Not only because Heavenly Sound requires sustained output, with Magic Power Consumption increasing as the number of targets goes up, but also because its ability is strongly tied to music. Once disturbed by other sounds or obscured, it loses effectiveness.

From this perspective, as long as the enemy finds a way to counter it, Heavenly Sound's ability could be easily neutralized, making its stability very poor.

In summary, although Bai Jingxuan's Magic Armor exhibited much higher ability specifications and applicability than ordinary "single-type" ones, it was dragged down by other data, ultimately barely achieving a B- level rating over a C Level.

The so-called B- means something quite simple: Bai Jingxuan will need to win a match in the following combat segment to truly upgrade her score to B Level.

Bai Jingxuan wasn't particularly affected by this evaluation. After all, just managing to pass the examination without having Residual Beast Magic detected was already fortunate enough.

Besides, throughout her battles so far, the proportion of Magic Armor ability in her strength wasn't very high, so she never felt that her Magic Armor was particularly powerful. Getting a B rating now actually matched her expectations.

In her mind, the fact that her Magic Armor could alleviate her mother's injuries on the true form already demonstrated its greatest value.

After leaving the examination room and sharing her score with Lin Xiaolu and others, the reactions varied.

Hua Zhu was surprised to learn Bai Jingxuan received a B- rating for a "single-type" Magic Armor but quickly calmed down, stating, "Cornflower's students are truly different from ordinary people."

Mint, on the other hand, somewhat mischievously asked if her base issue was exposed, only to be shrugged at by Bai Jingxuan, who then shot her a glare.

As for Lin Xiaolu, besides congratulating Bai Jingxuan on "passing successfully," she also felt a lot more optimistic about her prospects in the Magic Armor testing.

"We both have single-piece Magic Armor. I was worried I'd only get a C Level."

She said, "Since you got a B Level, I might have a chance to score above C Level too, right?"

Hearing this, Mint and Hua Zhu weren't very moved, but Bai Jingxuan looked at Lin Xiaolu with an expression as if she'd seen a ghost.

"What's wrong?" Bai Jingxuan's reaction was so obvious that even Lin Xiaolu couldn't ignore it, prompting her to subconsciously ask back.

"No, I think your Magic Armor might not be the same as mine." Bai Jingxuan thought for a while and then expressed her thoughts in a somewhat tactful way.

"Hmm, well, mine can transform, so it should indeed be a bit better than the average single piece, right?" Lin Xiaolu optimistically said.

After she spoke, Mint and Hua Zhu began looking at her with expressions as if they'd seen a ghost.

"... What's going on with you guys?" Lin Xiaolu finally felt something was off.

But before the others could explain anything, the door in front of them opened again—

—"Candidate number 20000103931, please enter."

And this time, it was Lin Xiaolu's candidate number being called.