See also Last Will.
These handwritings are distorted and blurry, as if a dying person had used his last strength to write them, squirming slightly on the ground.
The sound of crying, accompanied by the appearance of the handwriting, gradually faded and eventually disappeared.
Bai Zhou thought about it and approached slowly and cautiously.
The innermost compartment was unlocked, and the door was slowly opened.
--There are no monsters and monsters showing their teeth and claws as expected, and there are no impactful scenes that come into view.
There was nothing behind the door.
At this moment, even the crying had disappeared. If it weren't for the bloody words on the ground that were still vivid, Bai Zhou would have almost thought that he was Auditory Hallucinations just now.
With a sudden chill rising behind him, Bai Zhou looked around the empty corridor of the public toilet. Only the sound of wind passed through and the heavy door curtain flapped.
"..."
Silently, Bai Zhou looked at Last Will at his feet.
Someone died here.
But the person who left Last Will behind was probably not such a great person.
Because this Last Will is quite vague and has no sense of oppression on Bai Zhou.
It's like the common handwriting of Ordinary creeping under the feet of Bai Zhou.
[Save... save... me...]
[No, still don't save me--]
[I don't deserve to live!]
... What do these Last Will mean?
What did the person who left Last Will go through before he could say the words "I don't deserve to live"?
Bai Zhou frowned and then backed away slowly.
He has a Ritual... named [Shadow Mirror].
You can see the photo of Deceased's death at the place where he died of unnatural death.
Perhaps, it can help Bai Zhou answer some questions, and at least know the identity of the deceased.
However, this Ritual involves life and death, and the conditions are relatively harsh. It is necessary to burn sage at midnight to perform the corresponding Ritual.
--Even so, Bai Zhou can only see a shadow. He can neither talk to Deceased nor see the real Lost Soul.
Because except for the Reflection Ruins Realm, all Ritual that involve life and death are taboos among taboos.
It is absolutely "Black Ritual"!
It is definitely not accessible to Ritual beginners like Bai Zhou.
Crow's warning to Bai Zhou still rings in her ears. When she mentioned this matter, her expression became more serious than ever before:
"In history, it is not uncommon for extraordinary people to cross the boundary between life and death and fall into the devil's path, but in the end they all suffer the consequences."
"Western Federation Britain Elizabethan Era, a man named John Dee, under the instigation and temptation of the alchemist Edward Kelly, became obsessed with the spiritualism of summoning Deceased from the cemetery."
"In the end, these two people really succeeded in summoning the dead, but under the instructions of Undead, they began an extremely unethical and dissolute life."
"--Dee was a well-known and authoritative figure at that time."
"In Surface World, he has multiple identities as a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, and philosopher, promoting the revival of mathematics in Britain and redefining the concept of cosmography."
"In Mystic World, he used Aztec obsidian "Spirit Mirror" to conduct psychic experiments and studied the language of angels."
"He even tried to conduct a crazy angel summoning by integrating the symbols of Shaman culture, and has a private collection of many incredible and mysterious items that are suspected to be related to mythology..."
"--He is a legendary extraordinary person who definitely stands at the top of the times!"
"Even when he began to study alchemy in his later years, he was still known as "the last serious Alchemist"."
"... But even such an existence went astray because of Black Ritual's attempts, and was finally forced to temporarily escape from Britain, which is very sad."
"In many cases, "Black Ritual" and "Sexual Chaos" are twins, so never touch them!"
The crow's warning is thought-provoking.
The boundary between life and death is what Ordinary people most yearn to pursue, but it is also the most taboo topic for extraordinary people.
--What does the "Last Will" left by Deceased in Bai Zhou's eyes mean?
Is he considered to have been walking in taboos?
Only he can listen to the deceased's last wishes.
Only he can satisfy the deceased's regrets.
What kind of existence will he become with this ability?
... Despite this, the cautious Bai Zhou still does not intend to try those "Black Ritual" easily.
As for [Shadow Mirror]?
Since the crow dares to teach, it means it is not "Black Ritual".
This is a kind of perception, the collection and perception of the strong emotional fragments left by Deceased during his lifetime, and it is not a true "psychic".
It is often used by extraordinary people who have lost their loved ones to get rid of their grief, see their loved ones for the last time, and seek some psychological comfort.
As long as many conditions are met, even Ritual beginners can arrange it.
--Bai Zhou I have always felt that the extraordinary person who invented this Ritual must be very gentle.
"If you have ever felt strongly unwilling to die..."
Finally, I took a deep look at Last Will on the ground, Black Cat Bai Zhou silently muttered in my heart,
"Just leave this feeling here and let me witness it."
I can only change the time and do Ritual here again.
I hope Deceased has left strong emotions here...
Because, the stronger the emotion, the clearer the shadow left behind, Bai Zhou can know more.
After leaving the public toilet, Bai Zhou continued to investigate around the school.
The hidden corners were rummaged through by him.
Sure enough, he made an unusual discovery.
--Ritual Symbol!
Several Ritual Symbol were found by Bai Zhou from hidden and dilapidated corners!
That is Bai Zhou.
I have the experience of finding hidden corners and arranging Blow Up Base's Explosion Ritual.
Otherwise, ordinary extraordinary people would not be able to notice these Ritual, which are so secretive!
Or else... bad people understand bad people better?
Putting yourself in someone else's shoes is like this.
"What... are these?"
After looking at the symbols and patterns in each corner one by one, Bai Zhou recognized and thought about them.
These Ritual Symbol are all different and all have unknown meanings.
I don't know how long they have been carved, but now they are all faded and incomplete.
From Bai Zhou's preliminary judgment, they should no longer have much effectiveness.
But at some point in the past, they must have played a special role.
Keeping these patterns in mind, Bai Zhou will be full of energy.
"This school--"
"There is indeed a problem!"
Mysterious Girl on Graduation Photo.
Blood Letter Last Words in the toilet.
There are also faded Ritual Symbol scattered in hidden corners.
--There is no reason for multiple Supernatural Event to appear in a school at the same time.
If it appears...
Then they must not exist independently, but are related to each other!
Unless this is not a Ordinary school with compulsory education.
--It is a magic school that specializes in teaching magic and teaches how to prepare Magic Potion and ride a broom.
So.
These clues all point to the center of a whirlpool.
After passing through the end of the whirlpool, there is a high probability that you will be able to see what Major has painstakingly hidden!
--Although until now, Bai Zhou still can't understand it.
How could the "industrial chain" of Major, those with Red Spider tattoos, be related to an ordinary junior high school and two of its students?
"..."
The erect cat eyes narrowed slightly, and the faint eyes flickered.
As the fog in front of him increases, Bai Zhou has clearly realized...
He has probably already set foot in Major Forbidden Zone which must not be known to outsiders.
"Dingle bell--"
Bai Zhou was thinking about it when Dismissal Bell rang.
The familiar voice actually made Bai Zhou feel a little nostalgic.
As students in school uniforms appeared in twos and threes, their discussions could also be heard in the distance.
In view of the previous experience of being chased by classmates, Bai Zhou hid in the tree with a bang.
Crouching on a branch and eavesdropping:
"How can there be such a thing as Opening Exam!"
This is a student who has just started school in the second grade of junior high school.
There was a continuous wail.
"Don't ask me how to formulate the equation. I figured out the equation by looking at the picture."
"You may not believe it, but for the last question, I calculated a whole page of drafts and worked on it for half an hour..."
"Finally, the known conditions were overturned."
When the man finally spoke, the students all stood in awe.
"How to answer the question Xiao Ming?"
"That bastard doesn't know how much he should pay for popsicles."
Xiao Ming?
Bai Zhou can also do this question.
Evening City's course also has Xiao Ming.
It seems that whether it is Blue Star or Evening City, Xiao Ming is a well-deserved big star, accompanying every teenager's growth.
It's a pity that Mysterious Man, who never knows how much to pay for shopping, ruins paper rolls with ink many times, always gets math questions wrong, and never even knows how old his mother is...
It can only accompany each person for nine years, and disappear after high school.
--Maybe it's because this idiot couldn't get into high school.
"Don't worry about Xiao Ming. I have an English test to take later. Just thinking about Li Hua gives me a headache."
"Don't say anything that is not conducive to unity... I love Eastern Federation, but I don't understand the birdsong of Western Federation."
Some people speak righteously.
But some people sighed:
"I feel quite depressed when I think about the holidays being completely gone and taking exams like this once a week..."
"You're right, but this is Yuanmeng Middle School, our top school in Tinghai, with a 100% focus rate."
"I remember we had a psychology teacher in middle school, right? Where is the office? I think it will be useful."
"Sorry, I heard that the psychology teacher has taken a long leave and returned to his hometown."
The energetic young people wailed loudly and gradually disappeared.
Not far away, the junior students in military training were sweating profusely and had just dispersed. Everyone looked like a fish dying of thirst on the shore.
... Everyone has his own youthful troubles.
But after a long time, these worries will become a kind of memory of youth.
Bai Zhou deeply agrees with this.
When people grow up, they will always be seeking solutions to these troubles...
For example, when you see your juniors training hard, you enthusiastically go to watch;
On the day of the exam, the students were eating skewers and passing by the school gate to express their feelings about life.
Bai Zhou has done all these things in Youth Training Corps.
I have endured hardships before, and I like to watch others endure them again.
The green shade casts shadows, and the bustle of the campus is full of vitality.
Even Bai Zhou, an "old wanted criminal" with a dead mentality, felt like he was back to the carefree age of thirteen or fourteen.
But.
Such a harmonious and youthful poetic campus...
What damn thing is it that puts this mysterious whirlpool into it?
The day passed quickly and quietly.
Bai Zhou eavesdropped on a lot of information, but not many of it was useful.
Basically, they are some youth troubles, or study-related topics.
Although a few more Secret Ritual Symbolss were discovered, there were no other new discoveries.
When it was getting dark, Bai Zhou quietly left the school.
Today's investigation ends here.
It is now 17:24 in the afternoon, more than five hours before 23:00 in the middle of the night.
Time is running out, Bai Zhou must find a place and prepare to meet Major's pursuers.
Major must not know that he has discovered the anomaly here and is investigating this school.
He needs time to find a suitable place, make some arrangements and then leave.
... This will be a surprise.
But before Bai Zhou takes action--
It vibrated slightly with a "buzz" sound.
The ribbon above the head spread out in the air on its own.
The fluttering sound of Xunxun's windbreaker passed overhead, like a bird spreading its wings.
I stretched lazily, my windbreaker was blown up by the evening wind, and Miss Ya appeared in mid-air.
"How's it going?"
The toes stepped on the air, causing ripples in the air.
A cold voice with a bit of hoarseness reached my ears.
Rubbing his sleepy eyes, he looked at Bai Zhou with his ruby-like eyes.
"What have you been busy with at the end of the day?"
It didn't take long.
The top floor of an office building on the roadside.
Two figures appeared there, standing opposite each other.
Bai Zhou turned back into a human body, and He Ya explained today's discovery in detail.
"... very strange Ritual Symbol."
Crow frowned as he identified the incomplete symbols Bai Zhou had drawn with stones on the ground.
"There are traces of Eastern Federation witchcraft, but there are also traces of Western Federation Shaman."
"My personal guess is that it may be some kind of Ritual that is close to a curse, but it will take time to experiment and decipher."
As he spoke, Crow raised his head and looked at Bai Zhou, thoughtfully:
"I didn't expect that you actually bumped into a Abnormal School by mistake."
"There is no doubt that attacking schools in the surface world has touched the bottom line of all Authorities and all extraordinary people with conscience."
"Anyone who dares to do this must be bold and confident!"
Characters who meet this condition...
There is an answer deep in the hearts of both people.
Crow's eyes were full of coldness, without any sleepiness at all, and he calmly helped Bai Zhou analyze:
"But now, it is difficult to gain more by simply sneaking in."
"You have to get in touch with people in the school to better identify targets."
"--Do you have any ideas in this regard?"
"Yes." Bai Zhou sighed, "But this is the difficulty."
"The school is exclusive, and new faces like mine stand out too much."
"But in Black Cat form... it is even more impossible to communicate with people."
He will only be kicked out with a fork by the security guard.
In fact, Bai Zhou's first investigation of Yuanmeng Middle School yielded quite a harvest.
But then, the investigation obviously hit a bottleneck.
This afternoon, he spent a long time basking in the sun on campus, but got almost nothing.
But Yao waved his hand, as if he was confident:
"So, you need an identity."
"Identity?"
"Actually, [Hunter] is very good at disguising, or helping others to disguise."
Crow's tone was leisurely, but the words he spoke made Bai Zhou's expression even more confused.
"Did you just mention that Yuanmeng Middle School has a psychology teacher who is on leave for a long time?"
"So, what I mean is..."
Crow pointed at Bai Zhou and nodded:
"You, go and replace this psychology teacher."
Bai Zhou:"?"
Look left, look right.
After making sure there is no one else around.
Bai Zhou was stunned for a moment and pointed at himself.
"... me?"
--18 years old? Become a teacher?
Miss Ya, are you awake?
Evening, 22:30.
The moon hangs high in the sky.
North City District is the famous office area of Tinghai City.
Close to the beach and beautiful scenery.
Tall office buildings and commercial buildings stand here.
However, due to the economic downturn of Tinghai in recent years, even in places like this, there will be some "Ghost Building" that are abandoned due to business disputes and no one will accept them.
One of them, "Starlight Building", is such a building.
From the outside, the shape of this building looks a bit like a... stove, or Alchemy Furnace.
The glass curtain wall outside is quite complete and looks quite luxurious.
The interior decoration is not even at all, it's rough everywhere, some floors don't even have stairs, it's a serious unfinished building.
At this time.
A sneaky figure appeared on the top floor of the 20th floor and opened the window.
The wind rushed in, blowing the corners of Bai Zhou's dark windbreaker.
The moonlight poured in, illuminating the darkness behind Bai Zhou.
Bare Room, which should be empty...
At this moment, it is densely carved with various symbols, and there are all kinds of Handmade Mechanism.
Dazzling Array, Everything Included.
Something like this...
Bai Zhou didn't make a room.
Instead, half a building was built!
At this moment, Bai Zhou, who had just finished his busy work and was out of breath, looked up at the bright moon outside the window.
The evening breeze is slightly cold, and the moonlight is blowing on my face.
Cars are coming and going, and travelers are rushing.
"What a bright moonlight."
In this situation, Bai Zhou couldn't help but sigh:
"--So Dark's night!"
At nightfall.
Branch 36.
The office doors and windows are locked, the lights are turned off, and all light is cut off.
Twelve Candles burned silently, the candlelight flickered, illuminating Major's face through the thick shadow.
In the center surrounded by Twelve Candles, the simple Bronze Compass is placed on the desk.
The thing in the middle of Compass is not the pointer, but the ID Photo that Bai Zhou took before.
Around the photo, on the surface of Compass, layers of encrypted text seemed to submerge the photo.
Major stretched out his hand, held up a candle, and placed it right above the photo.
A "pop" sound--
Melted Red Wax dripped, like bright red blood, covering Bai Zhou's face.
The moment Red Wax dropped, Major faintly chanted the spell:
"With Wax as Blood, Sacrifice Your Spiritual Light."
"Ten Directions Myriad Spirits, Shuttle Through Illusions."
"Seek Shadow Find Trace, Appear in One Place!"
"Buzz..."
Compass was shocked, and the cipher text engraved on it seemed to be moving.
As if in response, there were eleven candles left on the table, and their flames instantly rose.
Their wax oil seems to be pulled by Invisible Hand, dripping continuously on the smooth tabletop.
Every drop of wax oil, as red as blood, solidified and deformed the moment it came into contact with the surface of the desk, turning into blackened and twisted scrawled characters one after another.
Finally, these writings constitute the current location of Bai Zhou--
A clear Place Coordinate!
[North City District Qiancheng Street, Unfinished Starlight Building]
"I found you..."
Behind the dim candlelight.
Major's face, half hidden in the silent shadows, evoked a mysterious smile.
It's as if a predator has once again found the blood of its lost prey.
You are very good at running. After hiding, I couldn't find you no matter how hard I searched.
But, it's no use.
All farce will end tonight.
"Painter" and [Black Warrior] will give Bai Zhou, who has no preparation, a big surprise!
--surprise, isn't it?
Little ones will love it...
Thinking this, Major looked down.
But when Major saw the address clearly, the corners of his mouth became a little stiff and he couldn't help blinking.
North City District, Unfinished Starlight Building...
A certain familiar yet unfamiliar vocabulary made Major frown, bringing back some unfriendly memories for him.
"How..."
"Another unfinished building?"