Magical girls also have intensity anxiety

"Hooray!!!"

A piercing scream exploded.

Mu Ming covered his ears, his face pale, and his body involuntarily stepped back, but he tripped and fell onto a soft body.

Beneath him was a still-warm corpse.

He frowned and stood up, looking at the source of the sound dozens of meters away. It was a bloated ball of flesh, covered with eyes and tentacles extending from all parts of its body, reaching a height of more than ten meters.

Disaster Beast.

Its dozens of eyes were fixed on Mu Ming, their killing intent crystal clear.

Even though Mu Ming had seen it many times, his body still trembled every time he faced this monster.

Those present either went to the underworld or escaped. Mu Ming was the only survivor, so he naturally became the target of the calamity beast.

The calamity beast began to wriggle its body, and in the blink of an eye, it had covered half the distance.

Mu Ming remained rooted to the spot, suppressing the urge to flee, and stared intently at the calamity beast.

call--

The sound of wind breaking came, and Mu Ming's bangs fluttered up. The tentacles stopped a foot in front of Mu Ming, but were grabbed by a slender hand and could not move an inch.

Between him and the monstrous beast stood a brightly dressed girl in a light green dress, holding a magic wand.

Magical girl, guardian of the city and its citizens, the only one capable of dealing with the monstrous beasts before her.

The cyan magic flowed back to the calamity beast through the tentacles, causing its pupils to swell.

puff puff-

The beast's howl was even sharper than before, but the purpose of its cry had changed from a show of force to a wail of despair.

Its pupils burst open one by one, its swollen body quickly withered, and its tentacles drooped down into the ruins. The girl flicked her wand, and blue magic flowed towards the calamity beast, instantly devouring its body.

Mu Ming stared at the girl in front of him, a surge of emotion rising within him: What a beautiful... power.

The girl turned around, saw it was an "acquaintance," paused for a moment, then smiled with pity:

"It's you again. Your luck is really bad. Are you alright?"

"No, thank you."

"If you encounter a monster in the future, remember to run away immediately, no matter how scared you are."

"Um."

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Mu Ming parted ways with the girl, washed the blood off his hands, and went to the nearest bus stop.

"I failed again this time..." Mu Ming felt no relief at escaping death, only despair.

He took out a list, which included quite a few things from top to bottom:

[Imitating the outfits and attire of magical girls]

Watch magical girl anime

[Meet and make friends with magical girls]

[Build a close relationship with a magical girl]

[Obtain the Heart Seed of the Magical Girl]

......

The list had many items, each marked with a big "X", and he could hardly remember how he had done them.

But that doesn't matter anymore, now only the last two lines are left without an "X".

Do not run away from the scene of the monster attack.

This is something Mu Ming has been doing recently; the method of magical girl transformation is not a secret:

"When a girl is attacked by a monster and falls into utter despair, but makes a kind wish, the Seed of the Heart will respond to her, and the girl can become a magical girl."

Although the genders are different, I feel the difference shouldn't be too great.

However, considering the high degree of danger involved, Mu Ming placed it as the second to last item.

Mu Ming marked another "X", indicating that he only had one last thing to do:

Cut off the root of all worries.

......

Squeak, squeak—

The bus to the hospital pulled into the station, and Mu Ming squeezed onto the bus with the crowd.

The bus started moving, and the people around swayed with its stops and starts. It was the height of summer, and the fans on the bus roof were hardly effective. Even with the windows wide open, it was still unbearably hot.

The smell of sweat, the fragrance of a young girl, the stench of cigarettes on an older man... all sorts of odors mixed together, making it very unpleasant to smell.

Mu Ming looked utterly bored, and seeing the gloomy expressions on the faces of those around him, a bad premonition arose within him:

"Perhaps in the next second, the calamity beast will materialize and spawn on top of this bus because of people's complaints."

The calamity beasts are hatched from people's evil thoughts, and they may spawn wherever people are.

Therefore, even if magical girls are dispatched very quickly, casualties are inevitable.

As for who will be the unlucky ones to die before the rescue arrives, it could be this person today, that person tomorrow, and who knows, it might be you the day after tomorrow.

And Mu Ming is getting closer and closer to becoming an "unlucky dead man".

For ordinary people, the frequency of encountering a calamity beast is as low as half a month, and if they are lucky, they may not encounter it even once a quarter.

Mu Ming's luck was quite strange; he encountered a calamity beast every day for the past month.

An ordinary person might die in one go, but he survived. His trained body and knowledge played a significant role, but more importantly, he was "lucky" – a magical girl always came to his rescue.

At first, the monsters only spawned within the field of vision, but later they spawned closer and closer, and recently they've been spawning right in front of us.

"Ding-dong—Changming City Ninth District Hospital has arrived."

Mu Ming got out of the car and stood at the intersection, gazing at the magnificent hospital. Magical girls patrolled overhead—where there are many people, evil thoughts easily breed.

"It's come to this after all."

Boys can't become magical girls just by willpower alone.

Previously, in front of the calamity beast, Mu Ming kept making a promise in her heart that since she had become a magical girl, she would not only protect herself, but also become very, very strong, to eliminate the calamity beast as much as possible and protect more people.

Whether it was because his impure thoughts were discovered or for some other reason, the Seed of the Heart ultimately did not respond to him.

Of course, the most likely reason is still gender discrimination in the heart... I only regret that I am born a man.

A few days ago, he casually bought a scratch-off lottery ticket and won a big prize, which directly covered his surgery costs—it seems like fate is urging him to undergo gender reassignment surgery.

The green light across the street came on.

"call--"

With a sigh of relief, Mu Ming walked onto the sidewalk.

Mu Ming had never heard of a man becoming a magical girl after gender reassignment surgery; otherwise, such surgery would definitely be widely promoted, even though performing the surgery now is not considered difficult.

Mu Ming knew that surgery might not be effective, but he had no other choice.

I've trained my body and studied how to avoid the monsters, but all my efforts are in vain as soon as the monsters spawn in front of me.

All you can do is wait frantically or wait quietly—neither is of any use.

Whether death or a magical girl awaits remains unpredictable.

Whether he survives or not is none of his business. In the tug-of-war between the magical girl and the monster, he becomes the rope in both their hands.

Because the only ones in the world who can defeat the monsters are magical girls, only magical girls... only magical girls!

Not even a single other passage was left...

"After the surgery, go through the checklist again using a girl's body." Mu Ming put his fingers in his mouth, suppressing the unconscious grinding of his teeth.

At this point, he can no longer see any options other than "having surgery" and "waiting to die".

Besides, he had already paid for the surgery appointment.

woohoo-

Suddenly, dust rose even without wind. Mu Ming, who was walking in the middle of the road, was stunned and looked at the place where the dust was gathered. A huge, purplish-black strange object emerged from the air—the Calamity Beast.

The location is in the hospital courtyard.

This time, the calamity beast was stronger than before. It paid no attention to the people in the courtyard and turned its huge eyes directly to Mu Ming, its malice undisguised.

A frenzied black beam of light scorched through the ground, about to sweep towards Mu Ming.

Mu Ming neither dodged nor flinched, but simply closed his eyes and prayed in his heart: "After transforming, I will definitely protect everyone, and I will do my best to keep people from being disturbed by the calamity beasts..."

Nothing happened.

"stop!"

Along with the magical girl's soft sigh came a barrier that stood in front of Mu Ming.

I survived again. But I had bad luck today, encountering two calamity beasts.

Mu Ming felt no joy at surviving the ordeal; he simply walked silently toward the hospital.

"Aaaaaah!!!"

But then screams came from behind him. Mu Ming turned around and saw several people running towards him in a panic, their faces full of fear. Behind them, a gecko-like monster, more than ten meters long, was crawling between the buildings, spewing acid downwards.

Each bite created a crater, instantly making the ground uneven and pitted.

"That's irrelevant now... I should go discuss the surgery time with the doctor."

Magical girls always have times when they're too busy to handle everything, just like now.

Mu Ming was used to this kind of scene, so he glanced at it and turned back.

The magical girls battling in the sky came into his view, and an overwhelming longing welled up within him:

"They won't even give you a glimmer of hope..."

Thinking this, his heart clenched, as if something was blocking it. Mu Ming staggered a few steps, his vision blurring, but one sentence stood out, exceptionally clear:

[As you wished, the "Magical Girl, Be Confident" system has been installed to help you become the supreme, powerful, benevolent, and virtuous magical girl.]

He stopped in his tracks, his gaze sweeping downwards as if drawn by a direction:

[The power of magical girls lies in their will; absolute belief brings absolute power.]

[Original Quest: Build confidence as a magical girl.]

[Mission Requirements: Believe you are a magical girl (achieved); Acknowledge you are a magical girl in front of others; Confront the monster.]

[Quest Reward: Seed of Heart (Transformation Item)]

How long has it been since I last experienced this feeling of shortness of breath?

Was the last time you held the heart of a magical girl in your hand? Or was it when you discovered that a jianbing (Chinese crepe) with an egg and sausage at the entrance of your neighborhood only cost 50 cents?

Mu Ming couldn't remember, because none of that mattered anymore.

He turned around and walked toward the gecko-like monster. A passerby who was running away in a panic ran toward him and was about to pass by when Mu Ming pulled him back.

"What are you doing?!" He was so angry he almost punched him.

"Actually, I'm a magical girl," Mu Ming replied without even looking at him.

"Damn it! You're an idiot!"

The man who was stopped threw Kaiming aside and continued running.

Mu Ming walked slowly toward the calamity beast, with people constantly running past him.

"Hehe...hehehe...hehehahaha!!!"

He couldn't help but chuckle, the laughter growing louder until the beast's acid sprayed at his feet, corroding the path ahead.

[Task completed, reward issued.]

[New module unlocked.]

Mu Ming stared into the eyes of the calamity beast, which were as big as well covers. He clutched the dim Seed of the Heart in his palm, his smile fading.

"Haven't you heard that there's always a way out... Transform!"