After looking at it carefully for a while, Bai Zhou squatted down and tentatively touched the school uniform with his fingertips.
The spirituality wrapped around the school uniform was sensed by Bai Zhou. The moment it intersected with Bai Zhou's spirituality, Bai Zhou learned the "knowledge" about the school uniform.
Sure enough, it was exactly what Bai Zhou thought, and even more surprising...
This school uniform has some of the characteristics of "Kao Shi Wang"!
As long as you wear it on your body, you can be greatly immune to the bewitchment of others and increase your own ability to bewitch others.
It does not burn when put into fire, does not stain with dust, and naturally has a certain deterrent effect.
If Bai Zhou has the corresponding soul-capturing means, it can even enslave the souls of enemies and give them various characteristics, and there is a chance of recreating the grand scenes of "Wrong Question Marshal" and "Pressure General".
But people who wear this school uniform also need to concentrate at all times to resist the intrusion from various negative emotions, such as pressure, guilt, procrastination, laziness Wait...
--There is no doubt that it is Extraordinary Equipment, and it is absolutely top quality!
But it's not quite appropriate to call it Extraordinary Equipment... because its appearance is actually a bit illusory, half virtual and half real, with a layer of gray hazy light on the surface.
Rather than saying it is a physical object, it is better to say that it seems to be the embodiment of some passing emotion or wish, or in other words, it is also an "abnormality".
Bai Zhou has some speculation about this.
Now, it is basically certain that Bai Zhou - the appearance of Kao Shi Wang is inseparable from the school Reflection Ruins Realm, and even comes from there.
People in the Reflection Ruins Realm say that there is nothing to be gained by killing "anomalies". They are part of the Reflection Ruins Realm, and they will be reborn even if they die.
--What if this anomaly escapes Reflection Ruins Realm and enters Present World?
Although I don't know how it does this, if such an anomaly dies in Present World, it may leave behind a dead "body" that cannot be recycled by the Reflection Ruins Realm.
This school uniform may be "part" of the anomaly of the school Ruins Realm was filmed in.
At this moment, the only thing Bai Zhou is not sure about and is quite curious about is...
If Bai Zhou wears this school uniform and enters Reflection Ruins Realm, enter that Reflection Dream Fulfillment Middle School.
Will they regard Bai Zhou as one of their own and a part of the Reflection Ruins Realm itself... or will they simply recycle the school uniforms and take them away?
If it's the former...
Bai Zhou I feel like my lips are a little dry.
However, even though similar uniforms can be seen everywhere in the Reflection Ruins Realm's school, Bai Zhou still believes that their uniforms are not comparable to Kao Shi Wang's.
Just like the comparison between a young tiger and a strong tiger Animal Hide, the grown tiger is completely different. Kao Shi Wang has been dormant in Yuanmeng Middle School for so many years, and it is not for nothing!
I have witnessed with my own eyes the scene of Kao Shi Wang being eaten by Six Souls. Bai Zhou is not interested in enslaving souls, and he does not have the corresponding secret skills.
But the blessing of the bewitching ability made Bai Zhou think of his commonly used hypnosis Ritual...
This incident is also recorded in the story of Evening City.
The story is about a Mind Controller who is good at bewitching. He wears a Water and Fire Invulnerable and has the ability to bless Red Robe. He controls three Adventurer by chanting hypnosis and takes them as his apprentice thugs. He goes all the way to the west to get Dharma Sutra.
According to Black Robe Grand Elder, the man wearing Red Robe in this story is an ancestor of Black Robe Organization, and Red Robe Elder is the highest honor of Black Robe Organization. I hope everyone will work hard.
Water and Fire Invulnerable, blessing the ability to bewitch...
Bai Zhou is so imaginative about this that he reasonably suspects that the senior heading west is wearing a red "school uniform". Who knows, he is also a "Kao Shi Wang"!
There was a "crash" sound.
Bai Zhou Put away the school uniform.
Fang Xiaoyan, who had been unable to hold back for a long time, finally asked at this moment:
"I heard that no hypnosis Ritual can control a person forever."
"Teacher, you can delete this past event in Jia Tingting's mind, but you cannot make her a confident and self-reliant person forever."
Maiden's face showed some curiosity and confusion:
"Besides, doesn't she have to face all the pressures in life on her own in the end?"
"... Is this really the right thing to do?"
This question is very meaningful, at least it is better than asking why Bai Zhou did not issue a strange order.
"... No matter when she breaks away from the control of hypnosis, she turns back to the anxious and depressed girl."
Bai Zhou folded his school uniform and thought about his words:
"During this period of time, she can be herself, be confident and self-reliant, and not care about her future despite her efforts, will become an important memory in her life."
"I didn't teach her to escape. In fact, I never deny the importance of learning, but a healthy mentality will make any effort more effective."
"People who are not confident, are overly persistent and worry about gains and losses, will never have good results no matter what they do."
"Why should you blame yourself? She has obviously worked very hard."
"Life will always be long in the future. Walk slowly. As long as you move forward, take every step steadily. It doesn't matter even if it is slower for a moment."
As he said this, Bai Zhou thought of himself and sighed with empathy:
"Like a wanted criminal who is being hunted, even though his life seems hopeless..."
"But as long as we get rid of a group of pursuers today, kill a group of pursuers every day, and keep persisting, one day we will kill until no one dares to provoke us until dawn, are you right?"
Fang Xiaoyan, who had been nodding his head, suddenly froze. "?"
She kept nodding her head while listening to Bai Zhou's words, feeling that this psychology teacher was really an experienced life coach.
Although I didn't feel like I was being lectured, I felt that what he said was very reasonable. I unconsciously agreed with the other person's opinions and silently listened to my heart.
But in the blink of an eye, the teacher said extremely evil words, which shocked Fang Xiaoyan.
Teacher, what exactly do you do...
She really wanted to ask this.
"To be honest, the profession of teacher is really magical."
Anyway, there was no one around, so Bai Zhou seemed a little emotional:
"Obviously I don't have the qualifications and consciousness to be a teacher, but once I am called a teacher, I can't help but say a few words to the anxious young students."
It's like seeing yourself in the past who was confused but had no one to guide you.
"It is true that you are right, everyone has his or her own life to face alone in the future."
"But I still hope that this experience can provide her with some motivation in her future life."
"Even if everyone is still a pool of stagnant water, as long as there are ripples caused by me... As a psychological counselor, my trip to this Tinghai Middle School is not in vain."
Thinking like this, Bai Zhou felt a little satisfied and proud in his heart.
After all, after all calculations, he is just an 18-year-old boy.
Not much older than these students Jia Tingting...
"Of course, of course it's not in vain!"
Fang Xiaoyan answered this without hesitation, her expression became serious:
"Teacher, you saved Jia Tingting's life, and also saved the lives of more people - Yuanmeng Middle School, it will be changed because of you!"
"Although, I'm sorry that no audience remembers your contribution, teacher..."
When she said the last sentence, her voice was a little soft.
Hearing this, Bai Zhou immediately shook his head and complained:
"Change Yuanmeng Middle School... If the key point is really broken, I feel like the academic director will want to eat me."
As he spoke, he blinked, put away the newly folded school uniform and tucked it into his arms. He turned to look at Fang Xiaoyan:
"Besides, isn't there you in the audience?"
"Fang Xiaoyan, or...Fang Xiaoxia?"
Looking at the still somewhat mysterious Maiden, Bai Zhou looked at them with a little scrutiny.
Even now, he still doesn't know the specific details of the other party.
Therefore, he still never loses his vigilance towards the other party:
"You know, although I'm not familiar with him, I've met Fang Xiaoxia."
"But... even though she looks very similar, she is completely different from you."
Although their facial features are quite similar, in terms of temperament, one is steady but vigorous, while the other is as decadent as a wild dog. They are completely different.
Even if they are just standing, they are completely opposite. At least the Fang Xiaoxia that Bai Zhou knows is always careless and has slumped shoulders. He is not honest even when he sleeps.
Not like the one in front of me, with her arms around her notebook, standing with her legs together and her big round glasses on her cute face, she immediately became the favorite girl among teachers and parents.
Anyone who has gone to school knows how valuable this kind of person is. Just by looking at her appearance, you can tell she is a good student. Every year, she will definitely be selected for Three Good Student and Excellent Class Cadre.
"Huh? Do you know "me"?"
"It's true! What a coincidence!"
Amidst Fang Xiaoyan's exclamations, Bai Zhou gradually narrowed his eyes:
"Kao Shi Wang is dead."
"Now, if you really don't have a sister with the same name, then you should give me an explanation, right?"
Hearing this, Fang Xiaoyan nodded quickly, and his twin ponytails swayed accordingly.
"Hmm... it's a long story."
She turned her head and looked at the messy and rubble-strewn toilets on both sides, then raised her hands hidden behind her back to take a look.
"But this time, I should have enough time to explain it clearly to the teacher."
"Your hands...?"
Bai Zhou frowned and asked in surprise.
Because Fang Xiaoyan's hands disappeared.
"Nothingness" seems to be eroding Fang Xiaoyan, making Fang Xiaoyan gradually disappear.
"Fang Xiaoxia, it is true that she is not my sister."
"It should be said that I am Fang Xiaoxia, but Fang Xiaoxia is not me."
Fang Xiaoyan answered the question with an expression of joy and relief from the bottom of his heart.
The light outside the window shone on her raised face, and she chuckled, her ethereal voice seeming to be blown away by the wind:
"Actually, I am... a person who shouldn't exist."
As she spoke, she told her story as briefly as possible.
This story is indeed a long one.
There is no Fang Xiaoyan in the world, there is just one...
When Fang Xiaoxia was a child, he ideally wanted to be himself.
--A mature and stable little adult, an all-around small monitor who is both good in character and academics, making parents and teachers proud, and making all students happy.
As Fang Xiaoxia grew up, due to various encounters, she forgot this ideal and embarked on a somewhat different life path.
This ideal, this desire, just "died".
But the wish to die, when I opened my eyes one day, I was surprised to find that I somehow came to life and had an entity, and also appeared in Yuanmeng Middle School in Present World.
She is "Class Monitor Xiao Fang", Fang Xiaoyan.
Every classmate who comes into contact with her will think that she is their class president, but they will forget her when they turn around.
"Class Monitor Xiao Fang" is a ghost that does not exist in the school, but "Class Monitor Xiao Fang" is with every student.
Slowly, Class Monitor Xiao Fang was nourished and grown by the kindness in the hearts of all the students in the school.
However, Class Monitor Xiao Fang is not the only "ghost" in this school.
Just like twins with positive and negative sides, in school, there is "Class Monitor Xiao Fang" who is happy with everyone and silently helps classmates solve their problems, but there is also "Kao Shi Wang" who spreads fear and anxiety.
All along, Class Monitor Xiao Fang and Kao Shi Wang have been secretly fighting each other, with each winning or losing.
This little girl, who is not tall and doesn't talk much, has been silently guarding Yuanmeng Middle School for several years and fighting tirelessly against the incredible Monster.
But as long as Class Monitor Xiao Fang fails once, Kao Shi Wang can enslave a soul and complete a transformation.
As the pressure from the students increased, Kao Shi Wang became stronger and stronger, and Class Monitor Xiao Fang gradually became unable to hold on any longer.
--Fortunately, at this time, Bai Zhou is here.
However, there is one thing that Fang Xiaoyan did not tell Bai Zhou.
As two sides of the same symbiosis, the death of "Kao Shi Wang", which brings together the negative aspects of the school, will also cause the disappearance of "Class Monitor Xiao Fang", which brings together the positive aspects of the school.
--As Bai Zhou can see, Fang Xiaoyan is about to "leave".
This is something that Bai Zhou has not been mentally prepared for at all.
"But I wasn't supposed to exist."
Class Monitor Xiao Fang said this:
"Even if you don't come, in two months, Kao Shi Wang, which has completed its last transformation, will eat me and complete the final integration."
"Now, everyone is really happy with the result."
"Our existence is strange. According to my observation, it is related to Ritual that exists everywhere in the corner of the school. Maybe the teacher is here for this?"
Nothingness eroded Fang Xiaoyan's arm.
Fang Xiaoyan tilted his head and blinked his eyes to look at Bai Zhou.
"The teacher may not believe it, but now I really feel that disappearing... is so much easier than existing."
As she spoke, she looked around, shrank her head, and cautiously invited Bai Zhou with some anxiety:
"Teacher, do you want to go around the campus? While I... still have some time."
I want to visit the place that she has been guarding since her "birth" for the last time.
Compared to the fact that there is no audience for what Bai Zhou does, her achievements are truly unknown.
"Let's go."
...Bai Zhou will naturally not refuse this invitation.
It's almost dusk, and the wind on campus carries the fragrance of earth.
The students coming and going were in a hurry, and no one noticed the abnormality of Bai Zhou and Fang Xiaoyan.
In the spacious campus, Fang Xiaoyan's steps were light, like a gust of wind, leading Bai Zhou through the campus at dusk.
Her interest seemed to be very high, and every place she went brought back memories.
Fang Xiaoyan stopped under an old locust tree:
"Here, there is a child who often hides here and cries because his parents are getting divorced and he is too embarrassed to tell his classmates and teachers..."
As she walked, she pointed to the row of rusty bulletin boards behind Teaching Building:
"Two years ago, there was a Student Union President who was crying like Lin Daiyu in the back because she messed up the school anniversary. I didn't say anything, so I just stood there with her for a while until she mustered up the courage to go back to the venue to clean up the mess..."
After a while, she stopped by the old equipment room next to Sports Field:
"In this Secret Base, there is a kid who always feels like he doesn't fit in with the crowd. He hides here secretly during every PE class. I "happened" to pass by a few times and chatted with him about stars and comics. Later, he seemed to gradually dare to walk into the crowd..."
She walked and talked all the way, talking about her family treasures.
Those mentioned names may have graduated and left long ago, and those specific worries have long since drifted away with the wind, but her memory is as clear as yesterday.
Bai Zhou listened silently, only occasionally saying a word or two, but he listened very carefully.
"Everyone who is sensitive in adolescence has all kinds of troubles. I hope I can really help them."
"Teacher, do you think I am a qualified monitor?"
When she said this, Fang Xiaoyan's eyes were filled with light, even though "emptiness" had already swallowed her cheeks.
There is no arrogant tone in the summary-like words, but only a sense of pure joy, slight nostalgia, and a very faint sense of regret.
It turns out that this is how she has been fighting "Kao Shi Wang" all along.
The way of "fighting" was completely beyond Bai Zhou's expectations, but it also left Bai Zhou speechless.
"... of course."
This is Bai Zhou's answer.
The setting sun lengthens the shadow of Fang Xiaoyan.
The two of them walked to the small forest unknowingly.
--The ginkgo forest where Fang Xiaoyan rushed to ask Bai Zhou for help.
At this time, Fang Xiaoyan's whole body was eroded by "emptiness" and was torn to pieces, with only a vague figure revealed.
Her time is running out.
"Shua..."
The footsteps made a soft cracking sound when stepping on Fallen Leaves.
She raised her head slightly, and the dusk sunlight filtered through the golden leaves and shone on her face mottledly.
A ginkgo leaf fell at an untimely moment, caressing her cheek softly, bringing with it a little warmth from the sun.
"That's right, teacher."
"What?"
Fang Xiaoyan's voice was shallow, even though he was standing next to him, there was a sense of drifting away from him.
"Since you know that Fang Xiaoxia, can you help me tell her..."
"Tell that Fang Xiaoxia who always failed the exams and cried a lot when he was little."
"The "Omnipotent Class Monitor" she made up seven years ago while hiding under the covers and wiping her tears..."
The leaves of the ginkgo tree rustled behind Maiden, as if they were seeing her off.
Fang Xiaoyan's smile becomes brighter and more unreal:
"--Really, I won all the battles for her that she didn't dare to fight back then, or had even forgotten!"
Her voice was filled with pride and encouragement:
"So, she must also become more confident!"
"--As long as she wants to, she can really do anything!"
Saying that, he took a few steps among the leaves, and Fang Xiaoyan jumped in front of Bai Zhou.
This Class Monitor Xiao Fang turned to look at Bai Zhou, showing a tired and relieved smile:
"Everything I did before caused trouble to the teacher!"
She bowed to Bai Zhou and thanked:
"Jianghu It's a long way to go, but we are destined... see you soon!"
"Well..."
Bai Zhou lowered his eyes, was silent for a while, and replied in a low voice:
"Goodbye!"
The moment the words fell.
Fang Xiaoyan's figure was finally completely swallowed up by nothingness.
"Class Monitor Xiao Fang" completely turned into little golden shimmers, floating into the air like a countercurrent of fireflies.
Together with the falling golden ginkgo leaves, together with the dusk sunlight.
A light rain came quietly.
Fang Xiaoyan, this tired guardian transformed from a dead wish, can finally rest.
Fallen Leaves landed on Bai Zhou's head, as if recording Maiden's last greetings before leaving.
Bai Zhou, who raised his head, was completely unaware. His eyes were in a rare trance. He seemed to be thinking about something, and his silent look seemed to be saying goodbye.
Vaguely--
Something that hung over the school was shattered as Kao Shi Wang and Fang Xiaoxia disappeared.
Something has quietly changed.
The students seemed to have got rid of something and felt relieved for a while, but they also seemed to have lost something and felt inexplicably sad.
"..."
In the last class, the students sitting by the window looked at the flying birds outside Teaching Building with a little confusion in their eyes.
The students who were busy writing and having their own worries were completely unaware of everything that happened quietly in the school, and of the Phantom who fought for them until the last moment and finally rested in peace.
No one knows about her passing, and no one knows about her achievements.
But this evening witnessed.
The wind also knows it.
Bai Zhou stood silently on the spot, which was very strange in the eyes of the passing students.
Suddenly, with a "pop!" sound--
A yellowed notebook fell in front of Bai Zhou.
"Is this...?"
Is it the notebook Fang Xiaoyan has been holding in her arms?
Bai Zhou looked down thoughtfully.
He was about to bend down and pick her up.
But, the next moment--
"Buzz!!"
"Exam King Uniform" in Bai Zhou's arms made a buzzing sound.
The notebook on the floor also began to vibrate.
It formed a certain resonance with the notebook at Bai Zhou's feet!