Chapter 171 - 124: Xia Shuran’s Top-tier Talent

Chapter 171: Chapter 124: Xia Shuran’s Top-tier Talent

"Gu Qing, did you watch that magical girl anime I recommended?"

"Of course."

"So? Did you like it?"

"It was pretty good, but the plot felt a bit dark and grotesque. There’s a Magical Girl in it named Tomoe Mami who actually gets her head bitten off by a monster. I was completely stunned when that happened."

"You were only stunned? I practically jumped out of my skin when I first saw it."

"Yeah, that scene was definitely terrifying."

On a sofa in the recruitment hall, Gu Qing and Jiang Wanqiao chatted about the anime *Puella Magi Madoka Magica*.

The two were chatting animatedly.

Jiang Wanqiao was genuinely animated.

Gu Qing, however, was just faking it.

He couldn’t help it. The [Magical Girl] tag floating above the head of this pretty, bespectacled top student was just too tempting.

He had to build a good rapport with her and then get a Magic Attribute to drop from her tag.

They chatted like this for a little while.

Gu Qing was gradually losing patience. He felt the magical girl topic was getting old, so he changed the subject.

"By the way, Wanqiao, how many people are on the Awakened Squad I joined?"

"Not many. Including you and your junior, there are only four in total."

Jiang Wanqiao replied in a gentle voice.

’Only four people?’

Gu Qing thought for a moment and said, "So, you’re saying the members of this Awakened Squad are me, my junior, and Wu Jiahao and Liu Yue, who took the recruitment test with me last time?"

Jiang Wanqiao nodded. "That’s right, just the four of you."

She finished, then added, "Every year, the Night Court assembles one Awakened Squad. Its members are all Extraordinary Awakened recruited in the same batch."

"Well, you’re the exception."

"Your immediate combat strength is just too outstanding. You can easily crush all the other Extraordinary Beings in your cohort, including the two Extraordinary Awakened, so they made an exception to place you on the squad."

"..."

Hearing Jiang Wanqiao’s explanation, Gu Qing felt a little disappointed.

He had been hoping the Awakened Squad would be full of Extraordinary Awakened who could provide him with plenty of Extraordinary tags.

But now, he was being told the entire team consisted of a measly four people.

’What a letdown.’

...

Not long after, Xia Shuran emerged from the Extraordinary Testing Room.

Led by a staff member, she and a few other Extraordinary Contactors from her batch started walking unhurriedly toward the physical testing center.

As they passed the recruitment hall, she spotted Gu Qing and waved from a distance.

Seeing his junior was finally out, Gu Qing immediately sent her a message on WeChat to ask about her test results. Then he pointed to his own phone, signaling for her to check hers.

His junior got the hint. She immediately took out her phone, opened WeChat, and read the message from Gu Qing.

After reading his message, his junior immediately typed a reply: [Senior, my Extraordinary Origin level is 10%.]

"It’s actually 10%? That high?"

A look of surprise crossed Gu Qing’s face as he read his junior’s reply.

Both Wu Jiahao and Liu Yue were Extraordinary Awakened, and their levels were 5%. His junior, however, was at a staggering 10%.

The result was stunning.

After all, his junior had only awakened a few days ago.

Compared to Wu Jiahao and Liu Yue, she was already starting from behind.

And yet, under these circumstances, her Extraordinary Origin level was double that of Wu Jiahao and Liu Yue!

’So what was going on?’

’Does this mean her Extraordinary Talent is twice as good as theirs?’

Instead of guessing wildly, Gu Qing immediately turned to Jiang Wanqiao beside him and asked, "Wanqiao, for an Extraordinary Awakened, does a higher level of Extraordinary Origin mean they have a better Extraordinary Talent?"

Jiang Wanqiao nodded. "Mm, that’s more or less correct, but it’s not absolute."

Gu Qing pressed, "What do you mean by ’not absolute’?"

Jiang Wanqiao explained patiently, "An Extraordinary Awakened’s Extraordinary Talent has two aspects."

"One is the strength of their Superpower, and the other is the growth rate of their Extraordinary Power."

"A high level of internal Extraordinary Origin only means their Extraordinary Power increases quickly. In other words, they level up fast."

"But leveling up quickly doesn’t necessarily mean they’re powerful. You also have to consider the strength of the Superpower they awakened."

"They need to be strong in both aspects to be considered to have high Extraordinary Talent, or what you might call a high ceiling."

"However, the Superpower one awakens is more important than their level of Extraordinary Origin."

"That’s because your level of Extraordinary Origin can be raised later through certain methods, whereas the Superpower you awaken can never be changed in your lifetime."

Jiang Wanqiao added, "This is what I understand to be the case, anyway. I can’t be sure if it’s really true, since I’m just an ordinary person and have never personally experienced the Extraordinary."

As she said this, the light in her bright eyes visibly dimmed.

As a member of the Night Court staff, she encountered Extraordinary Beings almost every day and had witnessed all sorts of wondrous Extraordinary abilities.

And the more she saw, the more a sense of longing and desire naturally grew in her heart.

She longed to become an Extraordinary Being herself and obtain wondrous Extraordinary Power.

Best of all would be to become an Extraordinary Awakened and gain a Superpower related to Magic.

That way, she could fulfill her childhood dream of becoming a real Magical Girl.

Instead of dressing up in a cheap cosplay outfit every night, holding a fake magic wand, and relying on special effects to play a Magical Girl for a livestream.

Unfortunately, Extraordinary Beings were, in the end, a select few.

The vast majority of people were destined to live and die as nothing more than ordinary, unremarkable humans.