Transform into a magical girl after getting off work

Perhaps they were never "merely Remnant Beasts" from the start.

"You are, no, could it be you guys are..."

Lin Xiaolu began to speak somewhat astonished, but stopped as the words reached her lips.

Because she immediately realized a deeper issue.

When she first became a Magical Girl, she encountered a barrier trap, as well as a hunt resembling a trap; now, in this welfare institution, something similar seemed to be happening to that newly appeared Magical Girl.

Then, another even more chilling question arose.

There was no need to ask this man about his origins anymore; the answer was self-evident; the biggest scheme should be something else:

"...There have been no Magical Girls in Fangting City for nearly two years, what does that have to do with you?"

As she asked this question, even she could feel her brain buzzing.

"It seems you have made some connections. Do I need to commend you for your sharpness?"

Instead of answering her question, the man countered with a question, his somber tone in stark contrast to his devout and mild facial expression: "Or could it be that the disconnect of the worker in Fangting has something to do with you?"

"Worker... Is that what you call each other? This really does have something to do with you!"

Lin Xiaolu didn't even know what drove her to keep asking questions.

The truth she suspected was too cruel, making her somewhat reluctant to think about it, but her body was still acting, stubbornly pursuing the truth.

"What exactly is going on, what have you all done?" Thus, she asked, clutching her Magic Wand tightly.

"What have we done? You should understand. Even if not used as sacrificial offerings, the Heart's Gem of a Magical Girl is a very valuable source of Magic Power. Just based on benefits alone, it's tempting enough to move hearts, not to mention when dealing with a mortal enemy?"

Answering Lin Xiaolu's question somewhat irrelevantly, the man stared at the piece of flesh in his hand, without glancing at her: "Naturally, there is only one way to deal with mortal enemies, total annihilation is the only answer."

"The worker of your city, codenamed Eleven, right? That fellow must have come looking for you, hadn't he? But now you're all still alive here, so he really is dead, isn't he?"

"Heh, not only did he die on the job but also leaked information; failing to clean up the fairies and Magical Girls that managed to escape ruined my plans. Worker Eleven really left behind a mess..."

"Well, it doesn't matter, a useless dead man is just that, dead. Although I don't like cleaning up after such rubbish, for now, let me take over his duties."

For some reason, ever since he pulled out that piece of flesh, his talk became incoherent, like talking to himself with logic that was hard to follow—a bit like sleep-talking—making it extremely difficult to understand.

But as the conversation progressed to this point, even if she only understood a small part of the information, it was enough for Xia Liang, who had been at a loss, to come to her senses, and she looked at the robed man with a sense of dread:

"Are you saying, you are... hunting Magical Girls?"

At this moment, the man no longer wished to converse with them.

He pressed the piece of flesh to his chest, his expression changing from mild to excited, then becoming fervent and fierce, even somewhat frenzied.

"Despicable false kings, now is the time for me to act upon the will of the master and extinguish you all here!"

He cried out loudly, chanting, and the flesh in his hand burst into intense Magic Power. He looked at the several Magical Girls in front of him, his eyes bulging, sharp teeth visible through the corners of his split mouth:

"This is the time to root out traitors and rebels."

As his words fell, dark Magic Power enveloped his body completely, a cloud of black mist surged, and within the gloom, the man's originally human form began to grow larger, eventually reaching several meters in height.

Through the swirling mist, a beastly head baring its full set of fangs and red-glowing eyes peeked out from the black fog. Amidst the flashing golden runes, the exaggerated and terrifying body adorned with tubes also revealed itself from the cold Magic Power.

By this moment, what stood before everyone was no longer that man.

Indeed, if one were to speak of its essence, what was before them was no longer human.

—It was a Remnant Beast.