: There Might Not Be a Person on the Other Side of the Screen

In the basement of the Changming City General Affairs Bureau, Jin Yu stepped out of the elevator and walked in a narrow corridor that could only accommodate two or three people at a time.

The corridor was narrow, and the metallic walls emitted a faint blue light, barely enough to illuminate the path ahead.

About three minutes later, Jin Yu arrived at a dark blue door, placed her hand on the door, and a golden magical power gradually spread out, so fine that it seemed as if a breath could disperse it.

hum-

The door began to deform, gradually forming a handprint that perfectly matched the palm of Jin Yu's handprint on the door, as if someone were pressing their palm against it.

A tremendous suction force came from the other end of the gate, and Jin Yu's entire magical power was mobilized. The magical power that could have covered the entire city was drained away in an instant.

After doing all this, she moved her hand away, a slight dizziness washing over her head, and she barely managed to lean against the wall for support.

"It has to happen every day... it's really killing me. Aren't they afraid that an A-level monster will attack one day?"

She uttered a small complaint and then walked back, leaning against the wall.

Once inside the elevator, she stretched her body a few times and pressed the button to go to the top floor.

The feeling of weightlessness came from her feet. Her body was already weak, so she could only lean against the wall, her forehead pressed against the metal, using the coldness to stimulate her head.

The underground location was quite deep from the surface, and it would take a considerable amount of time to ascend, so she simply took out her phone to check on her subordinates' messages.

Recently, the monsters have been appearing quite frequently in Changming City. Although the magical girls have arrived in time, civilian casualties are still inevitable.

If possible, Jin Yu really didn't want to use up all her magic so early in the morning. If she could fight normally, even at the top of the Bureau of Control, she could arrive at the scene as soon as a calamity beast appeared.

She can handle all the monsters in the city by herself.

Unfortunately... if I don't use my magic underground every day, I'll face more than just attacks from calamity beasts.

She read through the messages one by one and replied accordingly, quickly finishing replying to all the messages from her regional squad leaders.

This process also helped her clear her head considerably.

After finishing my work, it's time for personal time.

Jin Yu continued to scroll upwards with her fingers, and suddenly a rather unfamiliar profile picture appeared. After seeing the name in the contact, Jin Yu's expression turned strange. It was that pitiful yet frightening child from yesterday.

He actually messaged me, which was a bit unexpected.

She opened the message and glanced at it. Her head, which had been throbbing, suddenly went blank, and she felt a jumble of thoughts.

"Ah...ah..."

Snapped!

She suddenly grabbed her twitching face, blushing as if watching a horror movie or an indecent video, her bright eyes carefully reading the short line of words through her fingers.

"Mom, do magical girls have any way to predict the appearance of monsters? I want to try it."

Is that a character?

Is the person who typed and sent this message truly human?

Or perhaps she was dreaming, dreaming that she had traveled through time, and that she was not actually 19 years old, but 39, already a mother, and had a handsome daughter who looked like a boy.

That's why you see this illusion on your phone, like you've eaten mushrooms.

"If you want to punish my inaction, please just teach me a lesson..."

She let out a groan, not even noticing the elevator doors open.

Her flushed cheeks made her head spin, and she didn't even know how to give Mu Ming a perfunctory reply.

Jin Yu bit her tongue lightly, forcing herself to clear her head a little, and her trembling fingers tapped on the virtual keyboard:

I'm not actually your mother.

She felt it was strange to emphasize these words now, since she had said them to Mu Ming before, as if she was deliberately covering up or avoiding something.

It makes her sound like a heartless mother who abandoned her child...

The problem is, how can we not emphasize this?!

Despite the embarrassment it might cause, Jin Yu still sent it out.

"Ugh...woo..." She bared her teeth, staring blankly at the screen.

She walked out of the elevator as if she had lost her soul, went to her office chair, sat down, and stared blankly at the screen.

But after waiting for several minutes, Mu Ming still hadn't replied.

Jin Yu gradually calmed down.

"It's okay, it's just a relapse of his old illness."

Gently patting her chest to encourage herself, Jin Yu finally looked at the second half of Mu Ming's sentence.

Ignoring the strange logic of "a boy wanting to try out magical girl techniques," she replied seriously:

This is a secret of the General Affairs Bureau, and I cannot tell you.

She regretted it as soon as she sent it; the reply was too cold, so she quickly clicked "recall".

What's wrong?

They saw us!

Jin Yu forcibly ignored Mu Ming's reply and calmed her own thoughts.

Although Mu Ming has some mental issues, the reason he asks himself this kind of question is definitely because he's afraid of running into a monster on the road.

He had terrible luck, and there was no point in comforting him by saying "you won't encounter disaster beasts every day."

He was so frightened that he thought he was a magical girl, and my serious explanation to him was pointless except to tickle his sensitive nerves.

[The Bureau of Statistics does indeed have a method to predict the appearance of calamity beasts, but because it is classified, it cannot be disclosed to magical girls outside the Bureau of Statistics. I apologize.]

Although the General Administration has methods for prediction, they are not 100% accurate.

"I see." His disappointment was palpable.

However, you don't need to worry too much. You can log in to the forums that magical girls often use; there should be some solutions there.

I can't really help.

Although such forums exist, one must pass a magical test to truly enter. If an ordinary person accidentally clicks into the forum, they will be automatically redirected to "Mind Radio," where a full set of mood-soothing courses will be played.

After all, calamity beasts are born from people's evil thoughts, and there are even cases where someone's evil thoughts are so strong that they trigger the creation of a calamity beast.

Therefore, it is essential to popularize psychological counseling.

Mu Ming's condition also requires psychological counseling.

"Sure enough, we shouldn't listen to him; we should get him psychological counseling."

During the latter half of my conversation with Muming yesterday, he seemed to be behaving normally. Now that I think about it, I realize I was fooled by him.

"You can't say that. After all, the child was a victim. He might not even realize that he is mentally unstable."

Jin Yu let out a long sigh.

Where can I find the forum? Should I just search online? Or do I need internal channels?

Simply enter "magical girl forum" as a keyword into any search engine and search directly. The first result will be the forum by default.

Okay, thank you very much.

Jin Yu frowned slightly. Sure enough, Mu Ming's condition was sometimes normal and sometimes abnormal.

Their entire conversation was actually quite normal, but the premise of the conversation was quite abnormal: a boy who called her "Mom" but was not her son came to ask about how magical girls could find the monsters.

Jin Yu hesitated for a moment, but still sent the message:

You're welcome. If you have any worries, just tell me.

Although Jin Yu felt he could not save the world, Mu Ming had indeed come into his sight, so he could not simply ignore him.

When helping someone, you should help them to the end, especially when the other person is a big problem.

"Speaking of which, he lives in the old town area in the south of the city..."

Jin Yu found her subordinate in charge of the southern part of the city and told her to patrol the old city area more often recently.

She flipped through her schedule, pondering how to squeeze in the "taking Muming to see a therapist" project.