Transform into a magical girl after getting off work

At noon on the same day, inside the Director's Office of the Abnormal Strategy Bureau, Lin Yun was dealing with a troublesome guest.

A woman in a scruffy Taoist robe was sitting in front of his desk, holding a boxed meal, gobbling up food as she shovelled it into her mouth.

"Delightful, delightful."

As she chewed the food in her mouth, her voice came out muffled, "I haven't had such a satisfying meal in days, it really feels great!"

"I hope this is the last time."

Behind the desk, Lin Yun was massaging his forehead with a headache, "The Abnormal Strategy Bureau is neither a restaurant nor a charity. Please leave immediately after you finish your meal."

"Um... Yeah! I don't want to!"

After gulping down the food in her throat, Yuan tapped on her lunchbox with her chopsticks, "I've been through the vicissitudes of life, faced the warmth and coldness of people, and lived in desperate poverty. I couldn't even afford a proper meal."

"Desperate poverty..."

His eyelid twitched twice, and although Lin Yun found it strange, his face remained expressionless, "What exactly happened?"

"It's not much of anything, just simply put, a penny stumps a hero."

Yuan pinched her chopsticks between her thumb and spread out her hands, "I have no money on me."

"I know you have no money, otherwise you wouldn't have been arrested for dine-and-dashing before."
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Lin Yun nodded, "I just don't understand how you ended up in such a plight."

Yuan, sitting before him, appeared even more disheveled than a few days ago. If her Taoist robe was merely old and worn then, now it was dirty and disordered, looking like she had rolled through a garbage heap.

She had previously proclaimed loudly she wanted to "have a good time in the human city" and then left with a flourish. Yet no one imagined she would end up like this so quickly, which was quite embarrassing.

"It's a long story... I originally wanted to find a job, but after a few days of toil, the foreman who was supposed to supervise me disappeared. I don't have a cellphone and had no idea where to find him."

Yuan placed her chopsticks on the lunchbox and sighed, "When I couldn't find work, I thought of taking odd jobs elsewhere, but they all wanted a 'diploma.' I stopped my schooling early to practice martial arts; how could I possibly have such a thing?"

"So?"

"So, I ran out of money and food. I had nowhere to live and nothing to eat."

Licking her lips, Yuan seemed to long for the recently consumed boxed meal, "Unable to find a place to sleep, I initially planned to just lie down on a patch of ground in the park, but there are patrols at night that won't allow the homeless to stay out, so I was chased away after just one night."

"If I couldn't sleep in the park, I had to look for abandoned houses, but many were too filthy to consider. Occasionally, I found a few clean ones, but they were already occupied by other beggars who mistook me for someone who provided illegal services."

Waving her hand as if to dispel bad luck, Yuan continued, "I had no choice but to sleep under a bridge. It was a bit cold at night, but as martial artists, we're not worried about catching a disease from the cold."

"Then you should have taken care of your food situation!"

Semi suddenly chimed in from the side, seemingly full of resentment, "If you can't manage to find yourself something to eat, that's one thing, but having me compete with stray cats for garbage! How many times do I have to say it, I'm a fairy, not a cat!"

"You look so similar, and a cat can paw through garbage cans, so why can't you?"

Yuan wondered, "Besides, even I, when I can't bear fasting, would rummage through garbage cans..."

"Alright, alright, I've got the picture."

Seeing that the pair seemed about to argue right in front of him, Lin Yun decisively interjected to halt them, "If you're going to argue, could you please do it outside? As the main culprits in the destruction of the Abnormal Strategy Bureau's office equipment, you are currently being sought by us. Although the Abnormal Strategy Bureau doesn't have the means to capture you, could you please not treat this place like a marketplace?"

"Eh, so I'm a wanted person now."

Yuan blinked, turned to look at Semi behind her, "So, what do you think? To be wanted, doesn't it feel a bit like being a villain?"

"I'd rather you engaged in activities befitting of a true villain, instead of begging like a street charlatan, fortune-telling, and begging on street corners..." Semi sighed deeply.

Yuan confidently rebutted, "That's why I'm here begging at the Abnormal Strategy Bureau, aren't I?"

—"I must emphasize once again, the Abnormal Strategy Bureau is not a charity."

As this human and fairy duo were on the verge of plotting crimes right in front of him, Lin Yun interrupted once more, "However, if your needs are truly just about sustenance and lodging, then it's not necessarily out of the question. Although the Abnormal Strategy Bureau can't offer any support to wanted criminals, if that's what you really need, I can personally give you a small amount of money."

"Ah, money? Really?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan perked up, "So coming to the Abnormal Strategy Bureau to beg actually works?"

"Let me clarify beforehand, this amount won't be substantial, just enough to cover the basics of food and shelter. Also, as a condition of exchange, you mustn't cause any trouble in Fangting City."

With one hand massaging his temple, Lin Yun continued, "If you can't adhere to this, I will have no choice but to report to the higher-ups and see if the Magic Kingdom has any objections."

This threat was actually just for show, as he had already informed his grandmother Molu about the existence of this human and fairy duo, from whom he got a simple answer: there would be no major problems.