Suspicion

Flower Language glanced at Lin Yi as Lin Nieran spoke, as if sensing something, but didn't notice anything.

Strange, she seemed to have sensed my master's energy fluctuations just now?

Wang Ding and the others all saw Flower Language's actions, and watched expectantly as Lin Yi handed the recording Weird Object to Qin Rang beside him.

Qin Rang observed his surroundings and only turned on the switch of the Weird Object after seeing Wang Ding silently activate the Silencing Weird Object. Immediately, the content of their conversation echoed in everyone's minds.

The group exchanged knowing glances, signaling that they were in trouble.

I didn't expect there to be surveillance cameras here. Considering the world setting from over a decade ago, such a thing definitely existed... Is this Instance really that faithful to the original?

Although they have quite a few Weird Object, they can't use them every day. But not gathering information means a slow death, so--

The group reached a consensus: if they wanted freedom, the first thing they needed to do was know how to tamper with surveillance footage.

But now is not the time to think about that.

When the bell in the Prayer Room rang, Mr. Xie and the Disciplinarian Director on the platform fell silent. Everyone had a premonition that someone was about to arrive.

Footsteps echoed in the quiet hall. The figure, with hands behind their back, slowly made their way through the crowd and arrived at the pile of items.

Tao Yuan quietly looked up at the people on the stage, her eyes widening slightly. She poked Wang Ding next to her with her finger, signaling him to look up.

Wang Ding also rolled his eyes to look.

The Orphanage Director looked much younger than they had imagined; he was a white-haired young man wearing long sleeves and loose trousers.

He seemed very easygoing, with a pendant that looked like a spinning top hanging from his waist, and even wearing slippers. His face could be described as refined and noble, but his every move carried the sense of an old man's decline.

But none of these were the most important things. What surprised Tao Yuan and Wang Ding was that they "saw" Fox Pattern on the Orphanage Director's forearm.

Since dealing with the organization, the Authorities have been researching whether they could create a machine specifically for identifying organizational patterns, and they actually did create one, but the success rate was not high.

This was the first time they had used this machine to locate members of the organization and detect the organization's structure.

Lin Nieran smiled smugly at Lin Yi: "This is also your friend."

Lin Yi looked puzzled: The Orphanage Director is also my friend?

"Yes, this is my network!" Lin Nieran curled the corners of his mouth.

Lin Yi's eye twitched; his brother was probably a madman.

The Orphanage Director had always been in charge of the entire Orphanage. Although he was often away from the orphanage for long periods of time and frequently appeared and did strange things, it was clear that such an important figure was not someone he could possibly associate with.

So although he verbally agreed with Lin Nieran, he still decided to stay away from the Orphanage Director.

"I've heard about what happened. How could such a dangerous person carry such a dangerous weapon and bomb my Orphanage?"

The Orphanage Director's voice was deep and his scrutinizing gaze swept across the entire Prayer Room, causing everyone's hearts to clench and the Prayer Room to fall silent.

Even Mr. Xie, who was just arrogant, is now respectfully bowing his head and remaining silent.

"Children, don't worry, I will definitely find this person and give him the most severe punishment!"

Lin Nieran patted 007's head. "The Orphanage Director is quite into character."

007 said: [The Orphanage Director probably hasn't figured out the situation yet, at least he can't break character.]

"Well, there's no way around it. Powerful Rules always come with side effects. Compared to the Writer's loss of voice and disability, the eternal separation of Night Moon and Moonlit Night, and the Saintess heart of Serlandin, the Orphanage Director's chaos... seems pretty tragic too."

Lin Nieran spoke, he realized that all the Vest he used were having a really tough time.

"007, will their side effects be resolved with future upgrades?"

[Sure, as long as you have enough Performance Points.]

Lin Nieran nodded. "Okay."

Unfortunately, Performance Points are too hard to earn, and the cost of eliminating side effects will definitely be high, so he shouldn't think about it too much for now.

In contrast to Lin Nieran's relaxed demeanor, Wang Ding and Lin Yi were quite worried.

An Ying whispered, "It's alright, they won't notice since you used Weird Object."

On the stage, the Orphanage Director raised his hand, and a dark energy surged from his palm. The energy seemed to contain wisps of silver, like lightning wrapped in thunderclouds, moving in wisps.

All the orphans looked up at the ball of energy, their eyes unconsciously revealing longing, envy, and desire.

An Ying frowned. "This energy... I've never seen anything like it before, it's very dangerous."

"This organization is truly full of hidden talents. I wonder what this person's position is within the organization, and which faction they belong to," Tao Yuan said.

The moment the energy cluster exploded on the bomb fragments, it tore a deep rift in the air. The rift twisted and writhed with blurry images, finally settling on the moment the wooden door remained intact.

The wooden door was suddenly flung open, and two blurry black silhouettes ran openly out of the crowd.

The two figures that were not clearly visible were Lin Yi and Wang Ding.

The two were startled and quickly lowered their heads.

Lin Yi clenched his fists tightly. Lin Nieran comforted him, "It's okay, he won't hurt you, trust me."

Although Lin Nieran said that, when the figure appeared, Lin Yi, Wang Ding, and even Flower Language, Tao Yuan, and the others who were with them, all received Instance notification.

[You have attracted the attention of the Orphanage Director.]

Lin Yi looked at the relaxed Lin Nieran with resentment: Liar brother.

[Haha] 007 laughs loudly.

Lin Nieran pinched 007's fox mouth shut, sealing it perfectly and manually muting the microphone.

After waiting anxiously for a long time without receiving any demerit points or other punishment, Wang Ding finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it was just a blurry, indistinct figure from behind; even the Orphanage Director didn't know who it was.

"Understood. As long as it's not detected, it doesn't count as triggering the Rules," An Ying concluded.

The group nodded in unison, Qin Rang looked at them blankly, not understanding what they were talking about.

Flower Language's ethereal voice drifted over. "You're so good at causing trouble, I really don't know how you've survived this long."

Qin Rang nodded in agreement, which made Tao Yuan and the others look at her with resentment. This was all thanks to Captain Qin Rang, who was originally very steady.

Upon seeing the two figures, Mr. Xie and the other teaching directors were furious; the two figures were clearly two children.

The bomb was planted by the children here?

For a moment, he didn't know whether it was the bomb that angered him, or the realization that someone had slipped out of his control.

"From now on, if any child can reveal the truth or provide clues, I guarantee I can find you a suitable adoptive family tonight," Mr. Xie said, his eyes darting around.

The Orphanage Director waved his hand, and the illusory figure in the air disappeared. "If you come up here and admit your mistake, I can forgive you."