"Yeah, none of us know her," Finn shook his head. "And we can't talk to her either. We can only call her the Ghost."
"That child was caught by the Ghost," He Ao said slowly. "I remember, he hadn't been here long, right? Just over a week?"
"Yeah." Finn nodded. "He was the last new child. His luck had always been pretty bad."
He seemed unmoved by the child turning into flaming ash on the spot. There was no fear, no worry.
It was as though a child had merely been caught during a game of hide-and-seek.
He Ao lowered his head and did not pursue the subject. Instead, he asked, "Have there been many strange faces like the Ghost lately?"
If members of the Anomaly Cult had entered, the children here should not have seen them before.
"Seems like there's only the Ghost." Finn shook his head and looked at He Ao. "You know, strangers rarely come to the Orphanage. The only ones who come are new children."
So the Anomaly Cult had some other disguise or identity here?
As he pondered, He Ao continued, "Finn, do you know where the Dean's Office is?"
"Loren, do you really have a fever?" Finn reached out again and touched He Ao's forehead. "The Dean's Office is on the third floor. The one in the middle of the third floor—the big, comfortable, luxurious office."
This matched the layout in He Ao's "memories."
"Can you take me there?" He Ao asked slowly.
"You want to go to the Dean's Office?" Finn's eyes widened. "Are you crazy?"
Finn stared at the somewhat puzzled He Ao and said seriously, "There are Security Guards at the Dean's Office door. They're super fierce. If you disobey their orders, you'll be hung on the wall!"
"Hung on the