Chapter 319 "Smart Tricks"
The information provided by Delphinium did play a role on the second day of the written test.
During the first exam of the second day, which was "Analysis of Remaining Beasts", with the deliberate investigation of the invigilators, some problematic magical girls were soon found.
During the exam alone, there were dozens of magical girls who were caught using malicious spells. Although it was a small number among the tens of thousands of candidates, it was still a number that could not be ignored.
These magical girls did use a technique called "chaos" during the assessment, which can slightly affect others' memory and decision-making without them noticing. This technique has a weak effect and cannot be amplified by higher magic output, resulting in low value in actual combat. In addition, it has a high cost of practice, which has made it a rare technique among rare techniques. Under normal circumstances, no magical girl would practice this kind of thing.
These captured magical girls were undoubtedly young girls, the oldest of them was seventeen years old, and the youngest was fourteen. Under the serious questioning of the invigilators, they quickly trembled and told the truth:
As early as one month before the exam, the candidates had spontaneously formed many online communities with the current examination as the discussion topic. In the communities, some people used the gimmick of selling "smart techniques" and told the candidates that there was an unpopular technique that could allow the user to refresh their mind in a short period of time, speed up thinking, activate memory, and make them a hundred times smarter.
Most magical girls naturally regarded this kind of advertising slogan, which was obviously unreliable, as a joke or a scam. However, there were some foolish people who really believed the other party's propaganda and paid them money in exchange for this so-called "clever trick".
In the subsequent research on the techniques, some of the magical girls who bought the "clever technique" gave up halfway because the cost of practicing was too high, and some did not feel the effects after practicing, so they regarded the merchants as scammers, posted the merchant's ID in the community and cursed them, which also helped later candidates avoid the pitfalls.
However, there are so many magical girls who came to the country to take the test this time, and among them there are some "chosen ones" after all. These girls not only learned this technique, but also, probably due to the psychological placebo effect, really think that they have become smarter.
Yes, this "cleverness technique" naturally has no effect on making people smarter, because it is actually a "confusion technique".
Therefore, these smart people who had mastered the art of chaos and thought they could become smarter stepped into the examination room with full confidence. Then, relying on the fact that the magic fluctuations of the technique itself were weak enough, they used it in the examination room.
There were no problems on the first day, because neither the other candidates nor the invigilators thought that someone would do such a detrimental yet not very self-interested thing in the examination room. Even if dozens of people used this spell at the same time, the final result would probably not lower the passing score by even one point. Apart from harming the magical girls affected by the spell, there would be no more effects.
But the next day, it was not just the Fangting City team that discovered the problem. In fact, most of the candidates affected by the technique found something wrong. Among them, there were also team leaders who were knowledgeable and able to recognize the chaos technique and report it to the Examination Institute.
Therefore, this "Analysis of Remnant Beasts" exam can be said to have turned into a "catch the thief game".
Those ordinary candidates who were unaware of the situation were unknowingly affected by the confusion spell in the first half of the exam, causing them to write the papers incorrectly. In the second half of the exam, they watched the candidates next to them being taken away by the invigilators, and then they unexpectedly found that their brains had regained clarity in the midst of fear and were able to complete the exam normally.
As for those "cheating candidates" who were caught, since the consequences of their behavior were undoubtedly quite bad, they were naturally all judged to have failed, had a large amount of contribution deducted, and were banned from participating in qualification certification assessments for three years.
Considering that a considerable number of magical girls did not have the subjective intention to harm others, they were first-time offenders and were instigated and deceived by bad people, so the examination institute did not punish them too harshly. As long as these magical girls can do more tasks in the future and do more to protect the city, so that their contributions return to normal values, they can still participate in the qualification certification assessment three years later. However, if they dare to cheat next time, these magical girls who have been highlighted will probably face imprisonment.
Of course, this is not the end of the process. Because the scores of candidates who were affected by the technique during the assessment were actually reduced, and even many candidates who could have passed the written test will face the risk of being eliminated. In the past, there was actually no re-examination for qualification certification assessments.
In order to solve this problem, Cuiqiao rushed to the Magical Affairs Branch after handing in her papers that morning. Under her suggestion, the Green Faction quickly used their connections to implement a decision that was always exceptional at a speed that was totally unlike the efficiency of the Magical Affairs Branch. That is, in order to take care of the candidates who were affected in the exam, the Magical Affairs Branch arranged a unified make-up exam: any candidate who felt that they had performed poorly on the first day of the exam could take part in it. The exam questions would be changed, but the difficulty would not change, and only the make-up exam results would be counted in the end.
In other words, if a magical girl takes the initiative to take the make-up exam in order to improve her score, but gets a lower score than the first time, her official score will also be the lower score from the make-up exam, thus preventing candidates from taking advantage of the opportunity to improve their scores.
In this way, the rewards and punishments for this matter were determined. However, at this point, things were only halfway done, because a more important question was placed in front of the Demonic Affairs Institute and others:
Who is this person who sells "chaos magic" in the candidate community, or who are they? Those candidates who were caught casting magic in the examination room are undoubtedly just pawns, tools used as guns, and they themselves did not participate in the planning of this matter. And those who tried to spread chaos magic and disrupt the order of the examination room are the real targets that the Magic Affairs Institute and the Research Institute should track down.
In fact, this is one of the reasons why the Green Party’s “make-up exam” strategy was unanimously passed, because there is another faction that has shown a more positive attitude than the Green Party on this matter.
That is the Crown Faction.
The written test for the qualification certification lasts only two days, after which there will be a one-day break before the highlight of the test begins - the practical part.
At that time, the Queen will come to the examination site to watch the ceremony, and a large number of people from the palace will accompany her. For these magic girls of the Crown faction, it is their job to protect Her Majesty's viewing experience and to clear out those who intend to cause trouble.
As a condition for helping the Green Faction, they asked to take over the interrogation of the cheating candidates - they promised not to use violence or torture, and would pay attention to ensuring the personal safety of these magical girls, but they must also ask all the information from their mouths.
The second day of the written examination ended in such a serious and tense atmosphere.
Of course, there are also happier people, namely some candidates who received the news of the make-up exam after finishing the "National Legal Theory and Work Code of Conduct".
——"Great, this way I should be able to get a top few in the written test!"
As for the magical girl who was still mourning the passing of spring and autumn in the Rainbow Wetlands one second ago, and then saw the notice from the Examination Yuan the next second, and shouted with her hands on her hips as if she had taken stimulants...
"I'll let you guys see my strength. Then I can be noticed by the Queen in advance and become a shining star contestant!"
Well, to be honest, although both Xia Liang and Bai Jingxuan looked at Lin Xiaolu with a look of "this guy is here again", Cuique herself, who had been busy all day dealing with this matter, was somewhat relieved to see her daughter regain her strength.
(End of this chapter)
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