The old men were drinking, while Wen Xishu was in the Strange Tower's Rest Area.
The Tian Yuan Area.
Yes, he had started climbing the tower again.
Of course, Wen Xishu hadn't gone straight from one run into another. He hadn't activated the Login Device the moment he returned to the Bunker, entering the Strange Tower just after coming back from the Slaughter Tower.
He had rested in the Bunker for a little while.
But even that brief rest had left him restless. He desperately wanted to unwind in the Strange Tower.
After returning to the Bunker, Wen Xishu had been told that he needed to prepare for the upcoming classes.
As the head of the Tower of Deception Academy, he had to teach. He already had quite a lot of students.
Enrollment had finished. With help from the William Family's young master, the Tower of Deception Academy was practically becoming an elite academy. Both the accommodations and the food exceeded all normal standards.
And the students at the Tower of Deception Academy were sufficiently warped, too.
According to a survey, a considerable number of students wanted Tang Rui to trample them underfoot. Another considerable number felt desires toward tentacles, eyes, and fleshy tumors, including but not limited to an appetite for them.
That was good... but Wen Xishu had no idea how to teach them.
Some people in this world simply weren't suited to being coaches or teachers.
Suppose you were an exceptionally gifted soccer player, and you told your apprentice how to score: all you had to do was dribble past every defender, then get past the goalkeeper while you were at it.
Perhaps you thought that was perfectly achievable, but to a player of ordinary ability, you might as well have been an alien.
Wen Xishu felt