Chapter 65: Magical Girl

Chapter 65: Chapter 65: Magical Girl

"Student Gu, are you from Hai City University?"

"Yes."

"That’s amazing. Hai City University is one of the top universities in the country."

"Since you work at the Night Court, your university must be pretty good too, right?"

"Why don’t you take a guess?"

"Don’t tell me you’re from Hai University too."

"Haha, not quite that much of a coincidence. I’m from Jinghai University. I just graduated last year."

"Jing University is the absolute best school in the country. You’re the impressive one."

On the way to the Extraordinary Testing Room, Gu Qing and the young woman who had received him made small talk.

Before long, the two of them arrived at an office door.

Before going in, the woman hesitated for a moment, then mustered up her courage and asked:

"Student Gu, should we... add each other on WeChat?"

"Sure."

Gu Qing smiled.

The woman’s heart leaped with joy at his words. She quickly pulled out her phone and opened WeChat.

"I’ll scan you."

"Alright."

Gu Qing took out his phone, pulled up his WeChat QR code, and held it out to her.

The woman eagerly scanned the code and successfully added Gu Qing as a friend on WeChat.

She immediately sent Gu Qing a message, introducing herself as—Jiang Wanqiao.

Gu Qing immediately saved her contact with her name.

He then followed her into the office to fill out his personal information.

After spending a few minutes filling out the forms, the two of them quickly left the office.

They walked side-by-side toward the Extraordinary Testing Room ahead.

It wasn’t far; they arrived in just a few steps.

Jiang Wanqiao looked at Gu Qing and said with a gentle smile:

"Student Gu, this is as far as I can take you. You can just go straight in from here."

"Okay, I understand. Thank you."

"You’re welcome. Bye-bye."

Jiang Wanqiao smiled, waved at Gu Qing, and turned to leave.

Gu Qing watched her retreating back, his gaze falling on the tag above her head:

—[Magical Girl]

’This tag... isn’t it a bit out of place?’

’She’s clearly already graduated from university and is in her twenties. How is she still a ’girl’?’

’What’s even stranger is that she’s neither an Extraordinary Awakened nor an Extraordinary Contactor—just an ordinary person. How could she have an Extraordinary tag above her head?’

’Is she hiding her true power?’

’But that doesn’t seem right either.’

’She works in an Extraordinary Organization filled with powerhouses. How could she possibly hide it?’

’Looks like I’ll have to keep a close eye on this young lady and figure out just what her deal is.’

Not dwelling on it, Gu Qing walked through the sensor gate with a hint of curiosity and entered the Extraordinary Testing Room.

The moment he entered, before he even had a chance to survey his surroundings, he felt more than ten pairs of eyes lock onto him all at once.

Some gazes were curious, some were scrutinizing, and others were filled with condescending disdain.

"We’ve all been waiting for you for a long time. Hurry up and come in."

Seeing that Gu Qing had finally arrived, a staff member in the Extraordinary Testing Room hurried him along. "Everyone else got here over ten minutes ago. We were just waiting for you."

The machine for testing Extraordinary Origin consumes a considerable amount of Extraordinary Power each time it’s activated.

The staff wouldn’t start it until everyone had arrived.

"The machine needs a few minutes to start up."

The staff member announced to the group, "Everyone, please check yourselves carefully one more time for any metal objects, so they don’t interfere with the test results."

Gu Qing did a thorough check and, after confirming he wasn’t carrying any metal items, looked up to size up the other Extraordinary Beings who had come for the test.

[Night Court Member]

[Night Court Member]

[Spiritual Mind Master]

[Night Court Member]

[Genetic Fusionist]

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Gu Qing’s eyes swept over everyone’s tags, and he noticed two people who were particularly special.

One was a girl with a hot figure and a fashionable outfit, wearing Western-style, "ABC" makeup that made her eyes look especially long and narrow.

The tag above her head was [Spiritual Mind Master].

The other was a mysterious-looking guy wearing a black face mask and a black hoodie.

The tag above his head was [Genetic Fusionist].

Aside from those two, the remaining Extraordinary Beings all had the same unremarkable tag: [Night Court Member].

Gu Qing knew that these two Extraordinary Beings with special tags must be the two Extraordinary Awakened that Lin Tianyang had mentioned.

’Spiritual Mind Master, Genetic Fusionist... both of these tags sound pretty strong.’

’I just don’t know what I’ll have to do with these two to farm Attributes from their Extraordinary tags.’

While Gu Qing was pondering this, the girl with the [Spiritual Mind Master] tag walked over to him and started a conversation:

"Hi, my name is Liu Yue. Would it be alright if I got to know you?"

"Hello, I’m Gu Qing."

Gu Qing replied politely.

Liu Yue asked, "You look pretty young. You must still be in school, right?"

Her tone was very natural. She seemed to have an extroverted personality and had probably interacted with a lot of guys.

He wouldn’t be surprised if she was a master of the game.

But Gu Qing didn’t care about that.

In fact, he was happy about it.

’She has an Extraordinary tag over her head. The more extroverted she is, the better. It’ll make it easier for me to get to know her and farm Attributes from her tag later.’

"Yeah, I’m still in college. I’m a junior this year."

Gu Qing said with a smile.

Liu Yue gave a slight smile. "What a coincidence, I was a junior too. But I dropped out a few days ago. I came back from overseas specifically for today’s recruitment test. I plan to stay and build my career at the Night Court."

’So she’s one of those students who studied abroad. No wonder her makeup has that ABC look...’ Gu Qing grumbled to himself.

’He was indifferent to the ABC makeup style, even finding it a bit ugly. Deep down, he felt that style of makeup just didn’t suit Chinese people.’

Liu Yue asked curiously, "By the way, which university are you from?"

Gu Qing: "Hai City University."

Hearing this, Liu Yue’s face was filled with admiration. "Wow, that’s so impressive! Hai City University is a top-five university in the country. I’m so jealous you’re such a good student."

Gu Qing demurred, "Not at all, not at all. You were able to study abroad; you’re way more impressive than me."

Liu Yue gave a bitter laugh. "Not really. My grades were terrible. If I took the college entrance exams here, I wouldn’t have even gotten into a bachelor’s program, just a vocational college. My family had no choice but to spend millions to send me overseas to study."

Her words seemed self-deprecating, but in reality, she was low-key flexing her family’s wealth.

Men and women are all the same; everyone loves money.

That’s why, when she hit on guys, she liked to deliberately flash her wealth to increase her chances of success.

Before Gu Qing could respond,

the guy with the [Genetic Fusionist] tag walked over and said,

"If you ask me, instead of worshipping everything foreign, wasting money to fool around studying abroad, you’d be better off staying in the country to attend a vocational college and learn a real skill."

The guy’s name was Wu Jiahao, and he was a vocational college student.

He liked to rap and dance.

Especially rap. He often posted videos of his freestyling on Douyin, which attracted a lot of female fans from technical schools.

He felt that with his talent for rap, he was in no way inferior to students from the 211 and 985 universities in China, and he hated it when people looked down on vocational colleges.

"Alright, alright, we get it. You’re a vocational college student."

Liu Yue shot back, not to be outdone.

Wu Jiahao puffed out his chest. "So what? A good vocational college student is no worse than someone from a 211 or 985 university."

Liu Yue: "Heh."

Gu Qing just smiled off to the side without saying anything.

Wu Jiahao caught the smile on his lips, turned to him directly, and smiled back.

"I know you 985 top students must all look down on us vocational college students from the bottom of your hearts."

"But that’s fine. Once the test starts, I’ll show you what a capable vocational college student really looks like."

"Be prepared, and try not to be too stunned by my performance."

After saying his piece, Wu Jiahao returned to his original spot, lowered his head, crossed his arms, and leaned back against the wall.

He thought he looked profound and cool, the most impressive guy in the room.

He was confident that his self-assured speech had just won over everyone present.

Just then, the staff member announced to the group:

"The machine has finished starting up."

"Everyone, hurry up and get in line for the test."

"Don’t let the machine waste Extraordinary Power for nothing."

Hearing the staff member’s shout, Gu Qing’s spirits immediately lifted.

He had been looking forward to this moment for a long time.

As soon as he stepped into the testing pod, he would finally know if he was an Extraordinary Contactor or an Extraordinary Awakened.

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