After leaving the restaurant, Yi Chen changed out of his disguise and returned to his normal appearance. Even though it was the middle of the night, he seemed unusually energetic.
"Strange... I'm really not sleepy at all.
Even though I've been completely immersed in 'Enlightenment' these past few days, I've been sleeping as little as possible because of the time constraints. Today, I even discussed models with Mr. Yuri and went to meet the Nightmare.
Could it be that 'Enlightenment' is invisibly drawing nutrients from the students' brains to nourish my own?
After all, the Madman's enslavement of living beings is equivalent to transforming them into 'brain supplements'... My Enlightenment is gentler, but to some extent, it still contains the Madman's attributes.
However, those maids affected by Enlightenment showed no obvious negative reactions.
After the Nightmare Event ends, I'll ask Mr. Yuri about the condition of those seven maids. If they develop aftereffects or even relatively severe cerebral reactions, I'll have to reconsider the scope of this ability.
Sigh~ If only I could directly Enlighten the Nightmare... Unfortunately, judging from the current conditions, forcibly Enlightening it could only end in failure.
I might as well not sleep tonight and go straight to Principal Deslin to ask who will be going to explore the Nightmare.
If the personnel arrangements include me, I'll have to find an excuse to refuse."
Yi Chen arrived alone at the train platform leading to the campus,
Yet at three in the morning, he was not the only person on the platform. A tall woman stood some distance away to the side, wearing boots and round-framed glasses.
Even wrapped in a trench coat, her figure remained eye-catching. What drew even more attention was her height, which exceeded 1.9 meters.
"Hm? Principal?"
"William, are you still hurrying back