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"It had been so long since I'd seen someone this warmhearted..."

After seeing Teacher Chen off, Bai Zhi looked at the spotless room and the finished homework, unable to help feeling deeply moved.

No matter who Teacher Chen really was, he definitely wasn't human. He was probably some newly emerged Anomaly-type creature, some kind of Urban Legend. He had come all this way to give Bai Zhi money, solve his problems, help clean up, and ask for nothing in return. What kind of spirit was this?

This was the spirit of fearless sacrifice!!

If everyone in the world could become like that "Teacher Chen," if everyone could give a little love, then this world would become a beautiful place.

"I wonder if Teacher Chen will come again in the future..."

Opening the envelope and glancing at the bills inside, Bai Zhi looked reluctant to part with them. The problems that had been giving him a headache had all been solved in no time. Right now, he only wanted to say one thing: it really was amazing.

Urban Legends were the sort of stories every city had one or two of, tales people discussed after meals to liven up the mood. But three months ago, the number of such Urban Legends had begun rapidly increasing online at an utterly abnormal pace.

Ever since witnessing that Scuttle Crab during the day, Bai Zhi had already prepared himself to confront Urban Legends head-on. He just hadn't expected his first encounter with one to be so unusual.

Although he still knew very little about Teacher Chen's origins or even his name, he had already formed a few guesses about the characteristics of the Urban Legend he had encountered.

Urban Legends might be frightening, but they were not without solutions. Most had rather unique rules. As long as those rules could be figured out, surviving the hands of those Bizarre Entities was not especially difficult.

Otherwise, if encountering one meant certain death, there would not be so many rumors about Urban Legends online. After all, Dead Persons were the best at keeping Secrets.

And the Anomaly he had encountered today—if he hadn't exposed its true identity from the start, then with its Perfect performance, he truly might not have been able to see through its disguise.

If his guess was correct, what the Anomaly he encountered today needed was fear. After all, while it had been cleaning for him and explaining problems, it had seemed to constantly try to frighten him through all sorts of abnormal behavior...

"Hmm... Infer from one thing. It can't be ruled out that the Anomaly might attack again later, but it probably won't use Teacher Chen's appearance again... So until the danger has been eliminated, do I need to be especially careful around the people near me?"

Bai Zhi sat at the desk with one hand propping up his head, deep in thought.

"It seems to possess some degree of mind-reading ability. Otherwise, it wouldn't have specifically transformed into someone who doesn't exist in this world... And I have this world's Bai Zhi's memories as well. The people important to that Bai Zhi include... the Campus Belle?"

He tapped his head with a finger, suddenly feeling a faint ache in it.

"Following the usual pattern of Urban Legends of this level, the Campus Belle might very well come running over to throw herself at me later. Although it would be strange and illogical for a Campus Belle who originally despised my obsessive pursuit to suddenly undergo such a drastic personality change and come looking for me on her own, logic is secondary to these Urban Legends. As long as it can obtain my fear... This won't do. There are only thieves who steal for a thousand days; there are no guards who stand watch for a thousand days. I need to come up with a foolproof solution... Come to think of it, can that sort of thing be killed? It should be possible, right? Maybe there's some force operating in secret that specializes in dealing with things like this..."

The night slipped quietly away amid someone's deliberations.

The next day, Bai Zhi woke up unusually early—at least compared to the original owner of this body.

Since mystery existed in this world, while ordinary humans were still so well protected, there had to be supernatural beings beneath the surface as well.

Though he had thoughts about such things, he had only been transported here for one full day. There was no use being anxious, and besides, he had no clues whatsoever regarding this matter. He might as well proceed step by step according to his original plan.

No matter how bizarre the thing he faced was, beneath a nuclear bomb, all beings were equal. If he had the ability to build nuclear bombs by hand, would he still fear something like that? What a joke...

"Hmm... First, I'll spend a few weeks teaching myself university courses, and then..."

"Good morning?"

Just as Bai Zhi sat at a breakfast stall, eating while mentally laying out his plans for what came next, a voice sounded beside him. At the same time, a lovely figure naturally took a seat next to him.

I knew it...

Looking at the Campus Belle sitting beside him and greeting him with a smile, Bai Zhi's mouth twitched almost imperceptibly.

Anyone could see the problem here. This was someone who had clearly found "his" relentless pursuit extremely disgusting, who had even wanted to intercept him at the Canteen yesterday afternoon and humiliate him, someone who had seemed to want to stay eight hundred meters away from him. Yet now, early in the morning, she was smiling brightly, greeting him, and sitting beside him... How could anyone not notice something was wrong!?

Sigh, the brains of these Urban Legends really weren't that good...

Bai Zhi suddenly felt an intellectual superiority born of sheer IQ.

"Oh, do you need something? I thought I made myself very clear at the Canteen yesterday afternoon."

He moved his chair several spots away, his expression neither warm nor cold.

"Since the matter has already been resolved, it's best not to come looking for trouble again. Wouldn't it be better if you found someone else?" /(Bro, I've already seen through your disguise. Can you go find another prey?)

"Well~ there's no need to be so hostile, is there? Weren't you quite enthusiastic before?" /(You were so crazy about pursuing me before that it really flattered me.)

Resting her cheek on one hand, Lin Xiaoyi stared intensely at the boy before her.

"Stop pretending. I already know all of your Secrets."

"Secrets..."

Bai Zhi's expression suddenly darkened.

That made sense. Teacher Chen did not exist in this world to begin with, so a simple check would reveal it... This Anomaly seemed rather clever... Had it already discovered that I wasn't from this world?

"Suit yourself. You can go around spreading it everywhere if you want. Let's see whether anyone believes you. But I don't think anyone would believe something as absurd as Arabian Nights, so save it. The road is wide enough for everyone; can't we each go our separate way?"

Picking up his bowl, Bai Zhi dropped those words and turned to leave the breakfast stall.

After all, there was nothing he could do to her. The farther away he stayed, the better.

These Anomalies really were... annoying.