"Alright, then I'll go find Acheron too. If you run into danger... remember to call for me." Chen Li shrugged.
Chen Li casually took two clean slices of bread from the teachers' table, one in each hand, targeted Acheron, and activated the projected [Slap Gloves].
"Hehehe! Delicious little Acheron! Here I come!" Using the Slap Gloves' guaranteed face-hit mechanic, Chen Li precisely slapped the two slices of bread onto the target from both sides.
"Chen Li?" Acheron's cool yet slightly bewildered voice rang out.
Acheron was looking up. Her stunning face was sandwiched between two slices of bread, squeezing her lips into an oddly adorable pout. Her violet eyes were filled with confusion as she looked at Chen Li, whose upper body protruded from the black hole.
"Uh..."
Chen Li had just been about to respond to Acheron, but after seeing the scene before him clearly, the smile on his face froze.
They were in a dark, damp alley that was clearly nowhere near the school's teaching buildings.
And behind Acheron...
A mysterious woman dressed in an elaborate white gown, wearing a wide-brimmed white hat, and wreathed in blue ghostfire lay on the ground, her condition unknown.
This was practically a crime scene!
"Did I... come at a bad time?" Chen Li asked hesitantly.
"No. You came at exactly the right time."
Acheron shook her head, and the slices of bread swayed with the motion.
"Alright, alright. It's just a murder scene. What's the big deal? Since I like you so much, you run first. I'll take the blame for you. And Black Swan, you don't need to come over. Your coworker has already been cut down by Acheron."
Chen Li sighed, then turned and shouted toward the black hole that had not yet closed behind him.
"What?!"
Black Swan's