What's with All These Demons Running Wild?

Wu Yan was under a lot of pressure...

As he walked along, whether they had been playing soccer, chatting, doing whatever, or hitting on girls, the moment they saw Wu Yan, they all fixed their eyes on him. Flames burned in their gazes, and their teeth ground with audible clicks, as if they were ready to turn into rabid dogs and pounce on him at any moment.

Feeling the gazes stabbing into him enough times to pierce him a thousand times over, Wu Yan had to admit that even as a level 28 little Superman, he was scared...

Hinagiku stretched lazily, then coolly tossed her long pink hair. The charm she radiated in that instant made the gazes fixed on Wu Yan grow several degrees hotter.

Wu Yan painfully slapped his forehead and sighed.

"What's wrong? Sighing all the time will turn you into a grouchy old man..." Hinagiku glanced at Wu Yan beside her and said with a smile.

"Yeah..." Wu Yan sighed again. Half-lidding his eyes and looking utterly drained, he lamented, "I already knew you were popular, but seeing it for myself still makes me feel awkward."

Hinagiku looked at Wu Yan in confusion, not understanding what he meant. Wu Yan pursed his lips toward the side, signaling for her to look over there. Only then did Hinagiku understand.

Hinagiku scratched her cheek somewhat embarrassedly and hurriedly changed the subject. "Come on, let's go home. I'm really looking forward to dinner tonight."

As she spoke, Hinagiku's eyes grew brighter and brighter. Though she was changing the subject, she was genuinely looking forward to it...

Wu Yan shook his head speechlessly. "Mm... You go back first. I'll head back later."

Hinagiku stopped walking and turned to look at Wu Yan. "What's wrong? Did you forget something in the classroom? I'll wait for you."

"No, I have something to do, so I'm planning to go back a little later." Though it was a little regrettable that he could not use this time to flirt with the Student Council President, Wu Yan had no choice. He still had to complete the mission.

"Something to do?" Hinagiku stared intently at Wu Yan's face, as though she wanted to see something through it. Only after staring until Wu Yan's expression became a little unnatural did she speak. "I remember someone saying he did not have anywhere to go, which was why he became a butler. So where exactly can you go now?"

Looking at the Student Council President's delicate face, Wu Yan took two steps back and laughed awkwardly. "Well... it's just a small matter. It'll be over soon enough, so you should go back first."

Hinagiku puffed out her cheeks slightly and narrowed her yellow-green eyes. After a while, she finally snorted and turned away. "Fine, if you don't want to tell me. Just remember, if you need any help, tell me. I don't know whether I'll be useful, but more people make things easier."

"Got it, got it. If there's anything I need help with, Young Miss, I'll definitely tell you!" Wu Yan looked at Hinagiku with amusement.

"Then I'm leaving first. Remember to come back early!"

Wu Yan immediately looked at Hinagiku with a strange expression, making her suddenly realize that she seemed to have said something rather inappropriate. That sounded like something a wife would say to her husband...

Her face reddened. Seeing that Wu Yan still had that strange look on his face, Hinagiku snapped angrily, "Why aren't you going to take care of your business yet?!"

"I'm off, bye-bye!" Feeling that he would definitely get hurt if he stayed any longer, Wu Yan decisively turned around and vanished in the blink of an eye.

Only after Wu Yan's back disappeared did Hinagiku withdraw her gaze. She muttered, "Sooner or later, I'll uncover all your secrets!"

Meanwhile, Wu Yan had already arrived at the Old School Building. A cold gleam flashed through his hand, and the Kusanagi Sword appeared in his grasp. He fastened it to the back of his waist.

Unlike his former carefree days, now that he attended Hakuhou Academy, it was far too conspicuous for a student to carry a sword around. Though there were plenty of oddballs in this academy—there might even be people carrying guns, let alone swords—Wu Yan had no interest in becoming one of them.

So, Wu Yan spent 10,000 Item Points to exchange for a legendary must-have divine artifact from every novel—the Space Ring!

At first, Wu Yan had assumed that Space Rings, which appeared everywhere in novels, would not be expensive. But he was wrong, horribly wrong!

Putting aside everything else, this Space Ring alone had cost Wu Yan a full ten thousand points. And compared with those enormous Space Rings with seemingly limitless capacity, his only held around one hundred cubic meters.

What else could Wu Yan do? He could only buy it. If he did not buy one now, he would have to sooner or later. After all, he had no home and nowhere to hide his belongings. A storage item was absolutely necessary.

Wu Yan pushed open the doors of the Old School Building and walked inside. Looking over the decrepit surroundings, he activated the system's detection function with a thought.

As long as something was within his line of sight, it could not escape the system's detection function. Since the monster had the word "ghost" in its name, Wu Yan felt it would be better to stay on guard, in case it could really turn invisible.

The sky outside gradually darkened, and Wu Yan had nearly walked through the entire Old School Building, yet he had not even seen a ghostly shadow. This puzzled him. That could not be right. Since the system had given him this location, it could not be wrong. That so-called Ghost Leader had to be here, so why had he not seen it?

Did that dead ghost have to wait until nighttime before coming out?

Wu Yan scratched his head, glanced at the sky, and decisively abandoned the idea of waiting until dark.

The Student Council President had said that she was looking forward to dinner tonight. If he did not rush back to cook for her before dinner, Wu Yan did not know whether her favorability would drop, but he would definitely receive cold looks for the next day or two. There was no way he would sacrifice the Student Council President's favorability for one dead ghost!

He should have only raised the Student Council President halfway. Why had he raised her so thoroughly? Wasn't he just making trouble for himself?

While lamenting inwardly, Wu Yan pondered for a moment. Then he opened the system list and began searching for a suitable method.

At one point, Wu Yan's lips curled up. With a flip of his hand, a small orb giving off a dim glow appeared in his palm.

Fluorescent Orb:

Although its name was rather lacking in dignity, its effect was not bad—at least, that was what the description said...

Wu Yan squeezed the Fluorescent Orb in his hand. It felt soft, just like a girl's breasts. Having never touched a girl's breasts, Wu Yan thought this to himself, then tossed the Fluorescent Orb into the air.

The Fluorescent Orb paused in midair. Then, while shining more dimly than a lightbulb, it bobbed up and down in empty air like a fishing float.

Right after that, Wu Yan saw the bobbing Fluorescent Orb suddenly stop, then drift to one side.

Good... It worked...

Wu Yan let out a sigh of relief and hurried after it.

The Fluorescent Orb drifted more and more slowly. Gradually, Wu Yan's pace changed from a run to a walk, while the Fluorescent Orb continued drifting deeper into the Old School Building... drifting...

Only after reaching the deepest part of the Old School Building did the Fluorescent Orb suddenly change direction, plunging downward and sinking into the floor.

Wu Yan stared at the floor with a dumbfounded expression.

What does that mean? Is it heading to hell? No way, I told you to look for ghost energy, not go searching in the underworld. Get back here!...

Though he complained inwardly, Wu Yan's face was full of helplessness. What else could he do? He would have to dig and see.

Wu Yan pulled the Kusanagi Sword from his waist and tapped the floor. It gave off a hollow sound. Wu Yan froze for a moment, then immediately broke into a delighted smile.

There was clearly something underneath!

Taking a deep breath, Wu Yan raised his sword and viciously slashed at the floor...

Crack!

The floor split apart, sending dust flying everywhere. Wu Yan covered his nose and mouth, took a step back, and swept his sword through the air to disperse the cloud of dust.

Once the dust cleared, an opening large enough for one person to pass through appeared before Wu Yan.

Below the opening, Wu Yan could faintly see the dim glow of the Fluorescent Orb, proving that it had stopped after entering the underground.

That meant the source of the abnormal power the Fluorescent Orb had been tracking was inside the opening!

Wu Yan poked his head inside and looked around. Other than the Fluorescent Orb, he could see nothing. Left with no choice, he gathered his courage and jumped down.

The moment he landed, Wu Yan raised his head and looked ahead. His heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Before him was a vast hall. By Wu Yan's rough estimate, it was about as large as the entire Old School Building. Other than dirt and dust, there were only a few little cuties inside...

A massive crow danced through the air, a gaseous serpent-like creature floated in midair, and a skeleton stood there facing Wu Yan.

Seeing such a scene so abruptly, even Wu Yan could not help being startled. After all, three months ago, he had merely been an ordinary person. People being afraid of ghosts was perfectly normal...

Wu Yan rubbed his chest, tightened his grip on the sword, and looked toward the massive crow in the air, which was nearly the size of half a person.

Corpse-Eating Crow:

Level 10? It looked like this crow was just a minor lackey. That Ghost Leader probably was not only level 10, right?

Wu Yan curled his lips and looked at the floating gaseous serpent in the middle.

Wandering Corpse Soul:

A soul? Wasn't that a snake? Then again, snakes did not float, and they certainly were not made of gas. Looking at it this way, it really did resemble some kind of soul. But it still was not the Ghost Leader. Had Isumi Saginomiya come to deal with these things in the original story? Did that dead ghost even exist?!

Wu Yan sighed and looked at the skeleton, only to be instantly dumbfounded.

Rosy Skeleton:

You're a skeleton, yet you're trying to be rosy like some girl? Where exactly are you rosy? Where are you soft?

Wu Yan's expression became utterly bizarre, and he nearly dropped the Kusanagi Sword in his hand. He really wanted to ask where that name had come from. The Ghost Leader? Ghosts really did have different tastes from humans. Maybe, to them, these hard bones really were rosy and tender.

Should I ask them where their Ghost Leader is?

Wu Yan hesitated inwardly.

However, even if Wu Yan wanted to leave, they were unwilling to let him. The Corpse-Eating Crow in the sky suddenly let out a shrill cry, and Wu Yan saw the Wandering Corpse Soul and the skeleton shudder simultaneously before pouncing at him.

Fine, even if you want to eat people, you should know your limits. You're only level 10. Just because you're ghosts, does that mean you can definitely eat humans?

When the Wandering Corpse Soul charged in front of him, Wu Yan spun the Kusanagi Sword in his hand, gripped it in reverse, and slashed off its head at an angle. Then he grabbed the skeleton by the head, pulled, slashed, and sent it off to elope with the Wandering Corpse Soul.

Wu Yan looked up at the Corpse-Eating Crow and teased with a smile, "What's wrong? Weren't you good at screaming? If you have the guts, call a few more over..." But Wu Yan soon could not smile anymore.

A huge group of skeletons continuously crawled out of the ground, swaying as they rose to their feet. They lined up in neat rows facing Wu Yan, while large numbers of Wandering Corpse Souls emerged from the walls on both sides, mouths wide open as they silently howled at him.

This... it really had called them over...