Transform into a magical girl after getting off work-Chapter 410 - 72 On Duty

The Abnormal Strategy Bureau on New Year’s Eve was much quieter than usual.

At the request of Lin Yun, the current director, a considerable number of staff had to stay on duty this year, but Lin Yun wasn’t the type of leader who couldn’t stand to see his employees idle. In the end, more people were able to take regular holidays and go home for the New Year.

Among the employees who stayed, most were combat personnel. Even if they weren’t high-ranking magic users, they all possessed some ability to use magic techniques. Paired with a small number of administrative staff to ensure minimal operations, this arrangement served as a precautionary measure.

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Of course, to serve and compensate these hardworking employees to a certain extent, those who worked on New Year’s Eve not only received wages equivalent to one week’s pay but also enjoyed a rather lavish dinner in the cafeteria, which was meant to make up for the inability to have a meal at home.

Whether this compensation truly eliminated any complaints the employees might have or whether it resulted in them grumbling inwardly, Lin Yun really couldn’t concern himself with that.

After all, he too was eating dinner at the Abnormal Strategy Bureau.

Lin Yun picked up a piece of fish from his plate with an expressionless face, bit into it, and then pondered over the plans for the evening.

According to his plan, he should first make rounds in the Abnormal Strategy Bureau as the director, ensuring all the departments were functioning normally, all personnel were present, and also to show that he was on duty as well.

After that, he would have to temporarily leave the bureau and return to Fangting City’s Magical Girl base as Emerald Sparrow to ensure "Emerald Sparrow was present at the New Year’s Eve party."

Following that, he would have to hurry back to the bureau and spend midnight in his office as Lin Yun. The reason was no other than Lin Xiaolu’s presence here; he was destined not to be away for too long.

Yes, he had ultimately failed to find an excuse to decline Lin Xiaolu’s proposal.

Or perhaps, deep down, he was actually pleased with Lin Xiaolu’s suggestion, no matter what the underlying reason might have been.

After finishing dinner, Lin Yun handed over his plate and utensils to the cleaning window, then returned to the serving window where a smiling chef handed him several stacked meal boxes. He packed the meal boxes into a bag he had prepared in advance and left the cafeteria without delay.

Along the way, passing employees nodded and greeted him, and he responded to each one. This process included one employee with whom he was quite familiar—Tian Sheng.

Compared to two months ago when he first started working, the greenness of a newcomer could no longer be seen on Tian Sheng. Moreover, perhaps due to continuous participation in intense combat, he had started to exude a certain robustness.

That wasn’t a bad thing. On a dangerous post like this, those who adapted to combat were the ones who could go further.

After a brief exchange of words with Tian Sheng, taking about half a minute, Lin Yun parted ways with him and stepped quickly into the elevator of the office building, pressing the button for the Director’s Office floor.

A few minutes later, he finally pushed open the door to his office, carrying the heavy bag.

In the room, a girl in a down jacket was lounging in a chair, holding her phone high and tapping on the screen with her thumb. Her cheeks were slightly puffed out, as if she had something in her mouth, occasionally making some indistinct mutterings.

Even when she heard the door open, her hands did not stop moving until Lin Yun placed the bag on the desk with a "thud," at which point she reluctantly moved her gaze away from the screen.

"You’re so slow," she said unkindly as her first words.

Seeing her speak like this, Lin Yun didn’t hesitate to put his hand on her head and smacked it firmly, "I was already very quick, eat now, or it’s going to be cold."

Just as Lin Yun had previously explained at home to Lin Xiaolu, to avoid appearing at the Abnormal Strategy Bureau with family members, he didn’t bring Lin Xiaolu to the cafeteria with him directly; instead, he chose to bring the meals back to the Director’s Office.

This decision was based on three reasons: as a precaution against internal infiltration by undercover agents, as well as not to let the rumor of "the director spending New Year’s Eve at the bureau with his daughter" spread among the staff.

More importantly, a considerable number of bureau employees had actually seen Lin Yun’s "daughter"—a quiet little girl with shoulder-length hair, who seemed to be in elementary school.

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Yes, Bai Jingxuan’s occasional uninvited visits to the Abnormal Strategy Bureau, where she unabashedly called Lin Yun "Daddy," had become somewhat known on a small scale.

Even though every informed employee who leaked this information did so with utmost insistence on secrecy, telling others "not to spread it," the next employee would often pass the rumor to a few familiar people.

This actually violated the bureau’s rule about employees not bringing family members inside, but in reality, no one could stop Bai Jingxuan from barging into the bureau. Even Lin Yun, after Bai Jingxuan’s birthday, couldn’t outwardly find a way to stop her, and so, over time, turned a blind eye to it.

This, however, led to a severe consequence; if Lin Yun brought Lin Xiaolu to the bureau, anyone with eyes could see that the director’s daughter was not the same girl as usual, and all sorts of strange misunderstandings might arise.

To avoid such a problematic scenario, Lin Yun had Lin Xiaolu stay in the office, stipulating that she could only go out for a tour if he arranged a guide.