Transform into a magical girl after getting off work

After a relatively calm night with not many conflicts erupting, the assessment entered its second day.

Information about many of the events from the first day started spreading after a night of reflection and exchange, and people learned that the first place holder, Jin, is now acting as the "Flying Car Thief". It is necessary to be cautious when encountering her.

Along with this information, another concept spread, called "danger zones".

The origin of this concept is unknown, but it spread like wildfire overnight, and its meaning is self-explanatory: areas where it's easy to get robbed.

As things stand now, the outstanding candidates within this year's examinees began to unleash their full strength, so examinees unlucky enough to encounter them suffered consequences in their first-day active area. The routes of these top candidates have been identified as one type of danger zone.

Additionally, losing a number card in this assessment does not mean it's over. The small teams that remain in the arena without cards have become quite a formidable force.

Since they have no cards, they don't have any defeat cost, and without cards, they can cooperate without worry, leading to many teams that lost their cards grouping together to plan revenge against the ones who robbed them, while opportunistically ambushing other passing examinees as well. The areas where these people are active have become another type of danger zone.

The existence of these two danger zones meant that examinees still with cards faced a sharp reduction in their activity space by the second day and had to be more cautious in their operations.

Emerald Sparrow learned this information from a passing team of examinees, close to noon on the second day.

After having thrown away numerous enemies attempting to rob her number card with threads on the first day, Emerald Sparrow suddenly felt more idle on the second day and did not encounter any other examinees for the entire morning. Without finding her two missing teammates, she had to change her strategy, abandoning waiting in the same area to search farther afield.

Traversing the endless sea of clouds for a long time, she finally saw a group of examinees.

It was a team with no strong attack desire, so when Emerald Sparrow pretended she had lost her way, naturally, they agreed to interact with her. When she informed them she planned to explore south the whole way, they revealed the existence of the so-called "danger zones".

"Over there, many examinees without cards will fight anyone who passes by—there's no benefit from defeating them, so it's best not to go."

The team leader said: "We plan to bypass to the west. If you don't mind, you can come with us."

"Is there no danger zone on the west side?" Emerald Sparrow showed genuine curiosity.

"According to the information we gathered, there isn't... but there aren't better plans now. We escaped from the east; a magical girl named Drunken Fish Grass there seems to have poison abilities, using strange mist to seal off a few miles in radius. Heading in her direction carries great risk as well," the leader magical girl sighed.

"Poisonous fog... that's hard to break through. How about the north? That's where I came from." Emerald Sparrow looked back at herself: "I didn't meet anyone on the way here, so I think it's quite safe."

"North? You must have had good luck not bumping into that person."

The team leader was surprised upon hearing: "We heard that the north is the most dangerous; there's supposedly a strange child there, throwing people like sandbags. An S rating older sister encountered her and had no ability to resist—got casually thrown out—it sounds quite unfavorable."

"Strange child?" Emerald Sparrow was surprised.

"A small-scale exchange meeting took place in the middle of the arena last night; many teams confirmed that such a person indeed exists. And it is said that the child is particularly aggressive, fighting everyone she meets; since you made it through, you likely didn't encounter her, or you would have been beaten…"

The leader enthusiastically shared all she knew, but this time, before she finished, one team member tugged her sleeve, face turning livid.

"What's wrong?" The leader looked at her teammate.

The teammate glanced at Emerald Sparrow, then at the leader, reluctant to speak, just shaking their head repeatedly.

"Do you think we shouldn't easily reveal information to others? It doesn't matter; these messages have a shelf life, and in about half a day, the so-called danger zones will be inaccurate."

The leader shrugged: "Besides, look at her—a kid separated from her teammates, how pitiful—when I first became a magical girl, I was older than her and had to hide behind seniors, trembling before Remnant Beasts—helping out a little wouldn't…"

Her words stopped.

Because she finally came to a realization, muttering "child", then turned to Emerald Sparrow, her face taking on the same dark look as her teammates upon becoming aware of certain possibilities.

"Hmm, the person you're talking about is probably me."

Emerald Sparrow calmly nodded: "Since many people demand I hand over my card when they see me alone, and I'm not intent on fighting them, I had no choice but to throw them away."

"Ah, uh…" The leader stammered, unsure of what to say: "Mercy?"

"Mercy?" Emerald Sparrow was baffled: "Why should I spare you?"

"Eek!"

The three passing examinees were immediately filled with terror, huddling together.

"Ah, I didn't mean it like that; I originally had no intent to fight you all."

Emerald Sparrow realized the ambiguity in her words and explained: "Thanks for sharing your intelligence; although I don't know why you're petrified of me after hearing whatever rumors, I don't harbor animosity."

The three exchanged a glance, somewhat skeptical.

"If you're still frightened, you can leave now, though before that, I wonder if I could inquire about one more thing." Emerald Sparrow looked at the three.

"Okay, senior! Please go ahead!" The leader was very respectful.

"Calling me senior suddenly is a bit…"

Emerald Sparrow sighed and didn't correct them, considering that her fake identity aside from Long Dan still made her a senior to them: "Do you know Tu Dinggui? She's my teammate; has anyone seen where she might be?"

"Oh, Tu Dinggui!" The leader immediately realized: "She, of course, has been heard about—Blue Star senior's disciple, quite famous."

"So do you know…" Emerald Sparrow immediately pursued.

"Yes, yes, someone was just spreading this morning."

The leader nodded: "Someone saw her with Bai Mei—apparently to the south?"