Even if you're a corrupted magical girl, you still have to try to redeem yourself.

"Oh well! Why worry about all that! It's just a qualification to get into university!" Yuuki Yui raised her voice in a fit of despair.

"Oh." Nishio Reki nodded with a half-understanding. It was obvious that Nishio Reki had never considered the path of further education and was not familiar with the rules for it.

But Nishio Reki knows some other things related to further education.

"By the way, Xiaoyuan, all the other students who are going to higher education will go to tutoring classes, right? Aren't you planning to go, Xiaoyuan?"

"I don't plan to!" Yuuki Yui answered instantly, and almost without thinking, she started explaining to Nishio Reki: "If I have the ability, I can get into my desired university without going to cram school. If I am lazy... well, never mind, why bother explaining so much to you."

For Yuuki En, cram schools were a nightmare.

In Yuuki En's memories of her previous life, those cram schools that cost thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars were practically synonymous with vampires. Whether it was an entrance exam, a college entrance exam, or some inexplicable psychological counselor exam, cram schools would offer any kind of course that could make money, which made Yuuki En feel no goodwill towards them at all.

However, many people are superstitious about cram schools, believing that if they don't attend such classes, they will be inferior to others, and Yuuki Enishi herself has suffered greatly from this.

Seeing Yuuki Yuuki's resistant expression, Nishio Reki stopped talking and weakly uttered the sentence he hadn't finished saying before.

"Oh, I see. Tenrai Herika, the student council president, and Sakamoto, who always gets first place in our class, all went to participate, which is why I asked."

"I'm not participating! I'm not participating! I'm not participating, that's all!"

Seeing Yuuki Yukino acting like a spoiled child, Nishio Reki helplessly shut his mouth completely.

But a knowing smile involuntarily crept onto his lips.

At least I got to see a side of Xiao Yuan that no one else knew.

……

"Tianlei, do you want to walk together today?"

On her way home from school, Niijima Azusa saw the petite blonde girl hurrying away with her schoolbag again, and greeted her as usual.

Helica stopped in her tracks, turned around, and looked around.

Soon, she found the owner of the voice that had called her, so she turned her face completely towards Niijima Azusa. When Niijima Azusa came to her side, she raised her hand as a greeting.

"Oh, Chairman Niijima."

Tian Lei is not good at communicating with others, and Niijima Azusa has already memorized this.

Despite Helica Tenrai's less-than-stellar reputation, Niijima Azusa never felt that she was the kind of troubled girl.

This idea was confirmed after that grand Christmas performance, where Helica conquered a group of girls on stage with her hard work and strength, and her reputation also achieved a great reversal.

Was it because people around her changed their opinion of her that Herika's behavior improved so much? Or was it because Herika was able to control her words and actions that people stopped looking at her with prejudice?

In Azusa Niijima's mind, this is not important; what is important is that Tenrai Herika has entered a virtuous cycle.

All I can do is offer Helica some more distant acts of kindness.

The student council president's responsibilities go beyond simply completing the tasks assigned by the teacher; it's about genuinely helping every student in need.

Niijima Azusa thought silently, pushed up her glasses, and repeated the question she had just asked.

"Tianlei, you're going to tutoring class today too, right? Want to walk together?"

Helica blinked, seemingly still somewhat hesitant.

"If Tianlei is free, it would be more convenient for us to go together, right? But it depends on what Tianlei thinks. If Tianlei has other things to do, I'll go ahead by myself."

Niijima Azusa pulled back a little from her previous statement.

Niijima Azusa knew that Tenrai Herika always went directly to the cram school and would study for a long time after class before going home, which is why she invited her today.

However, while expressing goodwill to Helica is important, being too forceful would be inappropriate.

Helica pondered for a moment, then nodded and agreed.

"Then let's go together."

The cram school wasn't far from Yuehai Middle School. Niijima Azusa had only discussed two or three points with Tenrai Herika on her own initiative when they arrived at the classroom door.

Seats in tutoring classes are arranged in advance. Although you can change seats if you want, most people will tacitly agree to stay in their original seats.

After all, almost everyone who comes to this kind of tutoring class exclusively for top students at this time is working hard to get into their desired university. Moreover, the tutoring class is quite expensive, so there are almost no students who deliberately sit together to whisper or even date.

After saying goodbye to Tenrai Herika, Niijima Azusa took her seat.

He took out his tutoring textbook from his desk and reviewed the previous material while waiting for his tutor to arrive.

The teacher didn't have to wait long before arriving in the classroom with the textbooks, turning on the computer and starting today's lesson.

"Good evening, everyone. Today we'll continue from yesterday's lesson and discuss the derivative solutions to these problems. Please turn to page 72 in your books, and we'll begin now."

At the teacher's command, the sound of pages turning filled the classroom, but after a few seconds it fell completely silent, leaving only the teacher's monotone lecturing voice and the occasional click of the mouse.

The atmosphere in the classroom was rather somber today. While a quiet classroom is essential for a good learning environment, today's quiet was mixed with a kind of poison called lethargy, making the air in the entire classroom feel drowsy.

Niijima Azusa couldn't explain why, but nothing the teacher said today seemed to enter her brain; it was as if the sounds were blocked by an invisible membrane.

Am I about to fall asleep?

Niijima Azusa raised her head in a daze and pinched her thigh, but the pain did little to alleviate her drowsiness.

Within Niijima Azusa's sight, some students had already raised their arms to support their chins, while others were using the backs of their hands to cushion their drooping foreheads and swaying back and forth. Some had even collapsed onto the ground.

The teacher's voice was like a lullaby, making Niijima Azusa even more confused. Even though she knew that today's lecture contained important information, Niijima Azusa still couldn't control the urge to lie down.

This feeling of drowsiness is like someone holding a giant syringe and injecting it into your body.

Niijima Azusa leaned back in her chair, feeling dazed. Through her blurry vision, she saw the teacher on the podium sway a few times.

Is the teacher shaking, or am I shaking myself?

It's really hard to tell the difference between Niijima Azusa and Niijima.

She only remembers lowering her head in the end, and her breathing gradually becoming even.

Chapter 139 A New Sleep

Helica slowly bent down in the dusty storage room, her palm gently stroking the rough floor.

The ground was icy, even indoors in a warm environment, and Helica could clearly feel a slight stinging sensation on her fingertips.

Under the light from her phone, Helica raised her hand again, the one she had been wiping on the floor. There wasn't much dust on her fingertips, which seemed out of place with the pungent smell of the environment, indicating that something had carried away a lot of dust as it passed by.

The thought that someone had been here recently flashed through Helica's mind.

This proves that the target that Helica had been searching for has finally appeared.

So why would Helica, the Thunder Goddess, appear in an empty storage room at a time when she should be attending tutoring classes?

This wasn't because Helica wanted to skip class. Helica had always been a good child, and she wouldn't do such a thing unless the situation was extremely urgent.

And now is that extremely urgent situation.

Suddenly, a large number of students collapsed. Although they appeared to be merely asleep, the matter was definitely not as simple as it seemed, and Helica was absolutely certain of this.

The last time a similar situation occurred was when Sumireko Yumehara launched an indiscriminate attack on magical girls. Any magical girl would be pulled into a deep sleep by Sumireko Yumehara, and the specific manifestations were not much different from what happened now.

However, that attack by Sumireko Yumehara was only against a single person, and there was no large-scale situation like today where ordinary people fell into a deep sleep. In terms of severity, what is happening now is definitely more unacceptable.

Indeed, everyone in the tutoring class—whether it was the teacher lecturing on the platform or the students sitting neatly below, listening attentively or taking notes—began to feel dizzy and disoriented in a very short time.

Ten minutes ago, Tian Lei Helika, who was sitting in the classroom listening attentively to the lesson, felt that the teacher's state of mind was a bit off tonight. However, she was focused on digesting the knowledge and did not pay much attention to it, only thinking that the teacher might be a little tired today, which led to her poor state of mind.

But when the teacher said she wasn't feeling well and needed to leave for a bit, Tian Lei Helika, who had been listening attentively, stretched and then realized that many people in the class had already fallen asleep, either lying down or leaning against something.

This kind of situation is rare even in Helica's own class, let alone in a tutoring class composed of generally good students.

If one or two students were so sleepy they collapsed, Helica could consider it a coincidence. But when most of the students were fast asleep, Helica wasn't so naive as to think nothing had happened.

This was unusual, although Helica herself did not feel anything unusual; she was very energetic and not sleepy at all.

While Helica was deep in thought, someone else collapsed onto the ground with a thud, as if trying to take a nap and get some rest during the brief few minutes the teacher was away.

From that moment on, Helica had a vague feeling that something incredibly dark was happening.

It didn't take long for Helica the Thunder God to understand what had happened around her—the magic of these ordinary people had been drained.

The essence of magical girls' magic is their soul, which can also be called spiritual power. The magic possessed by magical girls is slowly transformed from abstract components of the soul, such as consciousness, memory, and life force.

However, ordinary people do not possess this kind of magic power. Therefore, when their magic power is extracted, it directly depletes their mental energy.

The reason why corrupted magical girls use magic to plunder ordinary people is the same principle. What corrupted magical girls gain is magic power, while ordinary people lose their spiritual power and life force.

When mental energy is forcibly depleted, the person may feel physically and mentally exhausted, or in severe cases... anything could happen.

For example, the innocent student who was attacked by Miyashita Miya was like that. He seemed to be in a coma, but in reality, he was slowly and naturally recovering his mental strength.

That's right. For ordinary people, the fastest way to restore mental energy is through methods like meditation or sleep. This is also a natural bodily reaction. Even if you do nothing but think hard, the desire to fall asleep is the same principle.

After thinking about all this, Helica could only come to one conclusion: this was very likely the work of a corrupted magical girl.

By the time Rehelica figured it out that day, the entire class had already fallen into a deep sleep.

The entire class, including the teacher, saw the teacher curled up on a bench in the corridor, fast asleep, as Helica rushed out of the classroom.

Herlica even pried open the teacher's eyelids to take a look, but the teacher didn't seem to be waking up.

Helica immediately made a series of assessments of the current situation.

This was the work of a corrupted magical girl who could indiscriminately plunder the life force of ordinary people within a certain range and convert it into magic power, storing it somewhere.

This kind of plunder is not strong at all; in fact, it is ridiculously weak. At most, it can only make people feel tired and take a nap. It poses no danger to the lives of ordinary people, and its efficiency is naturally pitifully low.

The conclusion that the efficiency is pitifully low is only drawn when averaged out to each individual. The building where the tutoring center is located has more than just the classroom where Helica is. If the scope is really the entire building, then even small amounts add up to a considerable income.

The effects of this method are also quite obvious. Everyone in the entire building will fall into a deep sleep due to fatigue for a short period of time, which is no small matter.

As for why it had no effect on Helica the Thunder God?

Helica is a magical girl, so even if someone tries to steal some magic from her, it's as insignificant as a mosquito bite.

Besides, if a magical girl of her level could have her magic drained out of thin air, then she would have wasted her time as a magical girl.

After some searching, Helica, relying on her not-so-sensitive perception of magic, found this long-abandoned storage room.

Helica continued to search, using her phone's flashlight to illuminate the storage room, which was clearly previously visited, carefully looking for any clues that might be helpful to her.

This was not difficult for Helica, the Thunder God. She could easily tell which things were covered in a thick layer of dust, had a disgustingly sticky feel to the touch, and which things had been moved.

Under a large bundle of banners that had been deliberately carried nearby, Herika discovered the culprit behind all the problems.

It was just a brand the size of a fist, using magic to draw a twisted and ominous shape on the floor, not much different from the black magic runes that Helica was familiar with.

However, it has lost its function. What remains here now is nothing more than a remnant of magic, like the discarded cardboard after fireworks have been set off. The magic that was originally effective and the magic stored within it have long since disappeared.