Magical girls also have intensity anxiety

After returning home, Wu An had no desire to sleep and went straight to the bathroom.

She stood in front of the dressing mirror, staring at her chest.

There lay a pure white petal, standing out starkly against the black backdrop.

Today's events have served as a wake-up call for her; it's easy to stumble upon beings in this world who are stronger than her and beyond her comprehension.

Even without the countdown, she will become stronger as soon as possible.

The "companionship" in "Leader" cannot be maintained by simply saying "Actually, I'm a magical girl." You must maintain your own strength for the relationship to be established.

The [Companion Relationship] not only provides bonuses, but is also the foundation for performing combination skills. If a companion questions one's role as [Leader], the [Companion Relationship] will be shaken or even invalidated.

Even though his magical power has reached the second tier, if he needs to prove himself in actual combat, people will ultimately underestimate him.

While it's good that you can hide your strength, as a leader, you can't afford to have any issues that can be questioned in front of your subordinates.

My brother is at least at the second rank, so she must be at least at the second rank as well, even if she is actually only at the first rank.

When you're out in the world, you give yourself your identity. If the Seed of the Heart doesn't acknowledge that she's a second-tier being, can't she just admit it herself?

But how do you add color to black clothes? In all her years, she had never seen a white marker.

Fortunately, the walls in her house were painted white. She rubbed some plaster off the wall and applied it to her clothes, but the magical costume made of magic seemed unable to make the plaster stick.

I tried to touch it several times, but I couldn't reach it.

It's a shame that my magic is black... while the flower petals are white, otherwise I could use magic to disguise myself.

"Wait..." Wu An suddenly thought of something.

She remembers that white light can be broken down into a seven-color spectrum, which is actually a mixture of light; and when she doodled with colored pencils as a child, many colors mixed together to become black...

If you think about it this way, white and black are actually the same thing...

They are all mixtures of multiple colors, but they could very well be a single color!

Once an idea struck me, I started experimenting.

Black magic gathered at his chest, outlining a flower petal.

It was black, and its outline was almost invisible.

Mu Ming wanted to try to change the nature of magic, but had no idea how to do it.

"Draw another line in the opposite direction?"

Since black and white are two sides of the same coin, if you apply a layer of black and then smear another layer of black on top, it might turn white.

With that thought in mind, she activated her magic, and a white dot bloomed from her chest.

It's done!

The white color is actually composed of two layers of black!

Looking at the two flower petals on her chest, a joyful smile appeared on her beautiful face.

Wu An wanted to draw a few more petals, but stopped as soon as he started.

"His virtue doesn't match his position..."

No need to rush, I'll reach the sixth rank sooner or later anyway. He glanced at the petals on his chest again, then deactivated his transformation.

After leaving the restroom, Mu Ming didn't rush to sleep, but instead opened the control panel.

[Cultivation: 4 hours / 1.3 points of mana (efficiency increased by 30%)]

Of the four ways to increase efficiency, [Guardian] is the most important.

Magical girls are the guardians of the city, and fighting against monsters is naturally their primary duty.

The only requirement for [Guardian] is to hunt down the calamity beasts.

Hunting a certain number of animals not only improves cultivation efficiency, but more importantly... it provides special rewards at certain stages.

[Reward: "Devour" grants a 10% increase in magic power]

[Requirement: Accumulate 1500 points of "Devour" corrupted magic power.]

Although a D-rank calamity beast doesn't provide much corrupted magic power, the advantage is that he can encounter calamity beasts every day, so 1500 points isn't too far off.

[Current accumulated corrupted magic power: 124 points (D-rank disaster beast)]

I was lucky today, I ran into three of them, and they were all stronger than the ones I'd encountered before.

If it were yesterday, they might have had to run away with Yinxi, but today they won without much difficulty.

In fact, the one who truly wasted their time was the calamity beast that hadn't transformed into a bee. Since the beast hadn't traded its defense for mobility, it was actually more difficult to fight it.

"Can such an improvement be achieved simply by finely manipulating magic?"

Mu Ming had a black thread wrapped around his fingertip. When he first used it, the black thread was as wide as the gap between his fingers. Now, he had to stack several threads to achieve the same width as before.

He practiced the tutorial from the Bureau of Statistics all afternoon. Although the author used a bit old-fashioned language—probably the work of some magical old lady—it was indeed practical.

When practicing, following the tutorial will easily improve the precision of your magic control.

Previously, apart from "forming threads" and "attaching to the body surface" with magic, Mu Ming was not good at controlling other magic, such as shooting it out.

The magical beams emitted by Yin Xi, for example, are ineffective because the total amount of magic power is insufficient.

Although we are not yet at the point where we can amplify light waves, we can still launch long-range attacks with precise control.

While wheelchair-bound heroes with high stats are certainly good, skill-based heroes are definitely not bad either.

In the past, Mu Ming had mostly only seen magical girls using their light-up cannons to eliminate disaster beasts; he rarely even saw them engage in close combat.

However, the official tutorial encourages everyone to fight in melee combat and avoid using reckless skills like the beam attack.

He initially thought it was because his fighting methods were unorthodox.

Nowadays, it seems that magical girls who only know how to unleash light cannons are just unorthodox. Overusing them will only make your brain wrinkle smooth. To become the supreme and powerful magical girl, you must not rely on that kind of magic-wasting fighting style.

After reviewing the day, Mu Ming, as usual, sent messages to the two magical girls he knew:

【Good night.】

Goodnight, Mom.

After hesitating for a moment, he sent another message to Li Huanhuan:

If you hear strange noises calling to you when you get home at night, do not respond.

......

Unlike Mu Ming, who sleeps better than a baby, Li Huanhuan has trouble sleeping today.

The reminder Mu Ming just sent was confusing; it felt like he'd been scared by an urban legend...

However, she wasn't in the mood to dwell on that issue for the moment, and simply replied: 【Thank you for your concern, goodnight (heart)】

She tossed her phone onto the sofa and slowly walked to the floor-to-ceiling window.

Through the window, everything below looked smaller. The figures of people walking in the bustling, sleepless street now appeared to be thinner than ants, and the passing vehicles were no more than large crawling insects.

Li Huanhuan was in a good mood last night. Not only did she manage to meet Mu Ming and get through the boring night, but she also gained strength and even received an unexpected goodnight.

I fell asleep and even my dreams were sweet.

Tonight, she still invited Mu Ming out, and he even accompanied her the whole time in Wu An's guise, and she still received a goodnight greeting.

Although my strength didn't increase, I was in a good mood yesterday, which had little to do with my strength.

Despite having the same experience, Li Huanhuan was in a very bad mood today.

Or rather, it's very subtle.

The image of Wu An swiftly slaying the two calamity beasts kept flashing through his mind, and with each repetition, his excitement grew.

I almost wanted to capture this moment in my mind, turn it into a cassette tape, and watch it anytime I wanted.

While Kexin was overjoyed, she also felt a much stronger sense of unease.

"Why is it so strong?" She placed one hand on her chest, feeling the dormant seed of her heart within.

She couldn't understand it.

As a second-tier cultivator, even if he wasn't much stronger than Wu An, he should at least be no weaker than her. However, the actual difference in their combat strength was simply incomparable.

Given my own weakness, could I still smile and protect Wu'an when she was beaten and crying? The answer is an unequivocal no!

All I could do was cry in even greater fear.

"No...please don't do that..."

The words were almost squeezed out between her teeth. She clutched her nightgown tightly at her chest, and the neon lights reflected on the glass, vaguely revealing her face contorted with fear.

As if responding to her fear and expectations, a warm current flowed through her heart, and the magic power lingering in the Seed of the Heart became more and more abundant, causing Li Huanhuan's breath to rise a notch.

Her magic increased... because of her fear.

Even so, Li Huanhuan's expression remained unpleasant.

As for the magical girl rank, Mu Ming will rise to it sooner or later, maybe tomorrow, or maybe right now!

I must become stronger, not only in terms of magical power but also in terms of the application of magical power and combat skills!

Today's battle confirmed to her that magical girls are not safe when facing monsters.

The devil is always one step ahead. Even if magical girls have the ability to fight against calamity beasts, there will always come a day when they encounter calamity beasts they cannot defeat, or even enemies that Mu Ming cannot handle.

Thinking about my previous arrogance, I feel ashamed now.

I need to become stronger!

Joining the General Administration Bureau might be a good choice, as it not only provides an advantage in status but also offers ways to strengthen the system.

However, considering that Mu Ming needs to keep his identity secret, joining the Bureau of Control would not be suitable for him to be close to her, as it would alienate him.

Don't do that kind of thing either.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Huanhuan typed on her phone:

[Mu Ming, may I ask how you trained? How did you become so strong so quickly?]

If Li Huanhuan wants to become a magical girl who shines brighter than Wu An, a magical girl who can overshadow her brilliance, the first step is at least to keep up with her.