Transform into a magical girl after getting off work

Four days ago, when Emerald Sparrow received the notification from the investigation institute, and with the disappearance of the investigation squad already an established fact, as the local team leader of Bai'an City, Lantern decided to investigate ahead of time. She wanted to gather enough information before the investigators arrived.

Three days ago, Lantern went to the local Abnormal Strategy Bureau with her Bai'an City squad members to cooperate and begin researching the last known whereabouts of Cat Tail before their disappearance.

Two days ago, she told the remaining three squad members that she had discovered a likely suspect.

Finally, there was yesterday, when Lantern also disappeared.

With the investigation hitting another dead end, all arrows pointing to the truth were forcefully broken. This was undoubtedly a very anxiety-inducing matter, to the point that even Emerald Sparrow frowned upon hearing it, no wonder the Magical Girls from Bai'an City's squad looked so anxious.

"If possible, I hope that you, as a patrolling envoy, can also find Lantern,"

After describing what had happened, in the end, the little raccoon Polly said somewhat helplessly, "I had advised her not to act rashly, but she insisted that the disappearance of the investigation squad was related to her, which led her to take it upon herself to investigate... and now... "

"I will," Emerald Sparrow looked at the blonde girl next to her and turned her head to promise.

Whether for her official duty or personal reasons, big or small, she now had to resolve this matter. She didn't want to let her true self continue to bear the identity of a wrongdoer, and the most effective way to clear up this misunderstanding was to find the real perpetrator.

With such a promise from a high-ranking official like a patrolling envoy, little raccoon Polly seemed to relax quite a bit. With spirits lifted, it picked up its announcer's tone and started to rap, effusively flattering without making much sense.

Of course, when it came to flattering, it was much more adept than Moka.

Emerald Sparrow didn't say much more. What she needed to do next was clear: head to the Abnormal Strategy Bureau to get the latest information and start the investigation to quickly find the missing Cat Tail squad and Lantern.

In fact, if it hadn't been for an encounter with Bai'an City's Magical Girl squad on the way, she would likely already be at the Abnormal Strategy Bureau gathering information.

However, due to a change in plans, she came to the Magical Girls' base instead, and today was getting late. It was past the Abnormal Strategy Bureau's closing time, and it would probably be too late to inquire now.

After weighing her options, Emerald Sparrow decided to go the next day and to rest for the night.

Although finding and rescuing the missing Magical Girls was very important, with insufficient information, it was better to conserve energy rather than run around like a headless fly.

She had the little raccoon inform the Abnormal Strategy Bureau she would be coming to inquire tomorrow and also left her contact information with the local Magical Girls. Emerald Sparrow didn't linger at their base and returned to the hotel she had originally booked.

After a day's journey and a series of troubles caused by misunderstandings, the exhausted Lin Yun simply freshened up and then lay down on the hotel bed, falling into a deep sleep.

The next morning, he set out again in the guise of Emerald Sparrow.

To avoid the potential morning rush, she didn't take a car like when she first came to Bai'an City; instead, she flew directly to her destination.

She already had a good understanding of the location of the Abnormal Strategy Bureau, and since Music Park, where the Bureau was located, was quite conspicuous from the air, there was no worry about flying past it. After checking the map, she headed straight for her destination in the new city district.

After landing in Music Park, she found a local music master-themed exhibition hall within the park. According to information previously provided by the investigation institute, one of the entrances was located there.

Following a solitary man through the crowd and sneaking into the exhibition hall without a ticket, she strode purposefully along the pre-planned route. Eventually, she found the entrance in a secure corridor: a rather hidden safety passage.

Unlike the other security corridors in the exhibition hall, this one had an additional staircase leading underground. Tiptoeing down the sealed stairwell to the third sublevel, Emerald Sparrow was faced with a metal door with a password lock.

Emerald Sparrow knew this was the way to Bai'an City's Abnormal Strategy Bureau.

She also already knew the password, unhindered by such a problem, and deftly entered a sequence of numbers, upon which the metal door opened in response.

What appeared before her was a bright yet profound corridor.

The entire corridor was impeccably white, the walls clean, the lighting bright, and the floor free of dust and debris — clearly well-maintained by someone regularly.

To facilitate the movement of Abnormal Strategy Bureau personnel, the entire underground area around the Bai'an City Abnormal Strategy Bureau was a labyrinth of interlocking passageways, connecting nearly a dozen entrances and exits. This ensured that the flow of people at each entrance could be maintained within a certain scale to remain hidden.

Maintaining the secrecy and safety of these passages was already a time-consuming and laborious task, yet now it seemed they even had the energy to keep the passages clean, which made Emerald Sparrow look upon their capabilities with new respect.

Consequently, she felt a growing sense of anticipation for what she might discover on this trip.

Walking down the white corridor, Emerald Sparrow reached an automated glass gate at the end of the road, and passing through the gate, she entered the lobby of the Abnormal Strategy Bureau.

Emerald Sparrow controlled the urge to look around and, trying to appear more composed, walked into the lobby.

However, no sooner had she stepped into the space than she realized she was wasting her effort.

Because there was not a single person in the lobby.

The lobby was brightly lit, as bright as day, giving no indication of its subterranean location. The only issue might be that it was too quiet when unoccupied, so quiet that one could faintly hear the hum of electricity.

Why was there no one here?

Doubt began to form in Emerald Sparrow's mind.

After all, it was already working hours, and even the Abnormal Strategy Bureau in Fangting City should be operating normally by now. How could the Abnormal Strategy Bureau in Bai'an City, with its scale and strength, make such an oversight?

Was there a meeting? Or training?

Speculating in her mind, Emerald Sparrow did not linger in the lobby and instead crossed it to go deeper into the bureau, thinking, "What exactly is going on, just find an occupied office and ask."

Yet, what made her feel even more strange was that the offices along the way were also empty.

Not only that, but the furnishings in these offices were in disarray, with papers scattered everywhere, and computers left on, as if they had been worked on not long before.

It was as if all the employees had suddenly disappeared.

For some reason, Emerald Sparrow had this bizarre notion in her mind.

Her unease growing, she continued deeper into the bureau, finding the interior of the Bai'an City bureau astonishingly vast; she walked close to several hundred meters and still had not reached the end of this level.

Fortunately, after walking so far, she thought she heard some noise.

It sounded like something wet colliding with the ground, a splashing of liquid and solid, a stirring noise, as if someone were mopping the floor.

The sound originated from an office with a door slightly ajar, with stark white light leaking through the crack – clearly, someone was active inside this office.

Upon reaching this point, full of confusion, Emerald Sparrow didn't hesitate and, frowning, pushed open the door.

Then she froze on the spot.

——The entire office was dyed red, as if splashed with red paint, but those weren't paint; it was blood.

Just in the moment of opening the door, the strong smell of blood hit her face directly, overwhelming her senses.

Various shattered, unrecognizable remnants of limbs lay scattered around, the whole room resembling an enormous slaughterhouse, even more gruesome than an ordinary one.

And naturally, there were no living people left in such a blood-soaked scene.

The only living entity, which couldn't be called human, was a Remnant Beast.

It was a Remnant Beast that looked to be about two or three meters tall, crouching in the center of the office, clutching a motionless Abnormal Strategy Bureau employee, its teeth interlocked, leisurely feeding.

The sound of mopping that Emerald Sparrow had previously heard was, in fact, not the sound of mopping but the sound of it dragging the corpse, and...the chewing noise.