Carry Ranking
Don't argue with people you can't communicate with, and don't try to overturn what others believe to be the truth.
This was a principle of conduct that her master had taught Tudingui. Tudingui did not fully understand its meaning, but that did not prevent her from trusting her master and acting in accordance with this principle.
In fact, for the magical girl in the Central City, having a "strong-worshipping" personality like her roommate might not be a bad thing.
There's no other reason than that powerful magical girls truly exist in the Central City.
As the technological, production, and cultural center of human society, Central City, with its population far exceeding that of ordinary cities, also boasts a much larger magical girl squad. While a typical city might only need a handful of magical girls (less than ten), or even just three to five, to ensure its safety, Central City's Magical Girl Squad often consist of a dozen, or even twenty or more members, to patrol its larger area and protect its denser population.
Not only do they have a much larger population than ordinary cities, but during the Blossoming phase, each Central City also ensures that each city's squad has at least one magical girl who can be called a "Strong Flower" level. If the city is geographically more important, there will even be Flower Card) in the squad.
So, if my roommate were placed in the magical girl unit of the Central City, she might actually act like a well-behaved girl in front of the squad leader?
While her mind wandered, Tudingui gently rubbed her scalp with her shampoo-covered hands. The cool moisture on her skin helped to clear her head, which had become somewhat drowsy from reading for too long.
Let's not dwell on these trivial matters. Instead, let's combine the content of the book and adjust the real-time Spell Formula positioning during the practical assessment.
She pondered this.
Tudingui came to this assessment carrying the expectations of her family and team, with a mission in mind. If possible, her goal was to be number one in the White Card assessment.
In fact, if we're just talking about pure ability, Tudingui is already capable of participating in the Letter Card assessment at a higher level, and if we consider the difficulty of the Letter Card assessment in previous years, her chances of passing are not small.
The reason I didn't skip levels and participate in the Letter Card test, but instead started honestly from the White Card, is simply because this year is the Queen Year, and the Queen of the Magic Kingdom will be attending the ceremony.
For an exam that the Queen would personally oversee, "first place in the White Card test" is undoubtedly far more impressive than "passing the Letter Card test".
Tudingui herself didn't really care about the difference. In fact, according to her original idea, becoming Letter Card sooner would allow her to participate in the battles against higher-level Aberrant Beast sooner, which would be beneficial to her strength. However, her family and the seniors and juniors in her team all seemed to want her to become the "number one".
Tudingui wanted to meet their expectations, so she chose to sign up for the White Card assessment.
She had thought that this choice would make her exam quite predictable, but in fact, as she arrived in the Kingdom and began to interact with more candidates of the same year, she discovered that this year's "White Card" assessment might not be as simple as she had imagined.
Rather, it's more accurate to say that there are quite a few magical girls who share her sentiment, believing that "it's better to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond." Among them are even magical girls who were eligible to participate in the White Card Exam in previous years, but who delayed coming to the Kingdom for several years.
The presence of such candidates will undoubtedly make this year's assessment far more competitive than in previous years. This is not only because these individuals are only participating this year, thus possessing abilities far exceeding those of ordinary recent graduates, but also because their absence from the assessments of the previous two years resulted in a significant lack of strong competitors. As a result, the competitive pressure of this year's assessment may be several times greater than that of last year's.
Many of the candidates this year are of similar age and have come to the Kingdom Examination. These magical girls, who have grown up in the information age, are more adept at using social media. Most of the candidates have joined some online communities that bring together their peers, and in the past few days, some busybodies have already created a "Carry Ranking of the strongest magical girls" in these groups.
The so-called "Carry Ranking" isn't actually about judging the girls' thighs, but rather about which magical girls are more deserving of "backing up" during the practical assessment. So, in reality, this list is a compilation and ranking of the "well-known and powerful" candidates in this year's exams.
During her lunch break, Tudingui's roommate told her about the existence of this list. Driven by curiosity, Tudingui also went to check the contents of the list.
There weren't many names on the list; the person who compiled it only listed thirty or forty code names. The compiler humbly claimed that there might be omissions and that it was for reference only. On the list, Tudingui saw quite a few familiar names, several of which were her peers who had participated in the Central City Joint Rookie Competition with her.
Of course, her roommate, the magical girl codenamed Mint, was also on the list. Although her ranking wasn't high, only thirty-one, she was still considered one of the top performers in her cohort.
It's no wonder that the other party would so actively promote the existence of this list to Tudingui; they simply want to show off, which is human nature and understandable.
Besides the roommate codenamed Mint, and the contestants who participated in the joint newcomer competition with Tudingui, there are also quite a few magical girl "seniors" who are already somewhat famous. The appearance of these people's names on this list will cause many people to exclaim in surprise, "Why hasn't she gotten White Card yet? I thought she was going to take the Letter Card."
Beyond that, there were a few code names that even Tudingui had only vaguely heard of, or had never heard of at all. Presumably, these were magical girls who hadn't liked to stand out before, but now wanted to make a name for themselves in this assessment.
Looking down the list and up to the top, unsurprisingly, Tudingui found his name in fifth place.
If Tudingui had seen this list before arriving in the Magic Kingdom, she might have been surprised by the result. But now, surprisingly, she showed no emotional reaction to not being number one.
However, as his gaze swept over the names above his code name, a certain image still flashed through Tudingui's mind for some reason.
She met a young girl on the Kingdom Express on her way to the Kingdom.
The child's identification stated that he was only ten years old, and he looked even younger. His pitiful appearance reminded Tudingui of his own younger sister, which made him feel a little more favorably towards him.
However, besides that, deep in her heart, there was also a strange impression.
That is, when she first saw that girl, she didn't know why she thought of her master, Blue Star.
It's probably just my imagination.
Tudingui couldn't help but think so.
After that, she stopped thinking about the girl and focused on developing practical strategies for the assessment, which she is still reviewing tonight.
Regardless of how others perceive her, and no matter how many formidable opponents she faces, Tudingui's desire to become number one and her unwillingness to disappoint everyone's expectations will never change. Strive, and then strive even harder—this is the weapon she should wield.
Run forward, leaving no regrets.
The night before the assessment was still very long.
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