Will you answer?

The restrooms are back to normal, the only problem is...

Zhao Yijiu said with a hint of regret, "He got away, but we're not completely without leads."

To be precise, he used the clue he had obtained to run away after hitting someone with the ball.

"It's a bit of a pity, but it's okay." Yu Xing rubbed her body, which was numb from the impact and felt thirty times more pain, and realized that she was indeed numb and had lost all feeling.

He smirked. "I remember what the dead man looked like. His head hovered in front of my face for ages."

Zhao Yijiu: "..."

Seeing that Yu Xing was clearly injured, he silently leaned over to support her, saying, "I'm sorry, I was lost in thought."

Yu Xing sighed, "It's nothing. What were you thinking about just now?"

Hopefully, he won't be affected by the Ghost Wine at a crucial moment. Given Zhao Yijiu's reliability, he finds it hard to believe that the other party would lose focus during a battle.

Zhao Yijiu's forehead twitched. How was he supposed to tell Yu Xing that it was because of his mischievous older brother from childhood that he had been momentarily dazed?

Zhao Mou now appears shrewd and cautious, a trait honed through experience. As a child, he was a mischievous devil. When Zhao Yijiu was still quite naive, Zhao Mou, taking advantage of being three years older, did countless outrageous things.

However, ever since his family had that incident and he was locked up in a dark room, Zhao Mou has grown up and never did anything outrageous again.

Yu Xing didn't get an answer, and remained noncommittal. "Never mind, it's not a big deal. It's about time, let's go out."

He was helped a few steps by Zhao Yijiu when he suddenly remembered something. "Be careful, I suspect you'll experience another unannounced ghost attack."

"Why?" Zhao Yijiu asked.

"The Mirror Ghost appeared without warning. I must have triggered something without my knowledge. Apart from when we parted ways at noon, our movements were almost identical, so it's possible you also triggered the conditions." Yu Xing paused for a second. "Qu Xuanqing, Zhao Mou, Wen Qinghuai did the same."

"Okay," Zhao Yijiu replied, and walked out of the classroom with Yu Xing.

No one came out of the women's restroom.

The storage room closest to the toilet was still locked, just as it had been when they left, but some noise could be heard coming from the teachers' office next door.

From Yu Xing and Zhao Yijiu's perspective, the office lights were still off, and the windows were pitch black, reflecting the shadows of the corridor outside. Yet, voices could be heard constantly emanating from the darkness of the office, and it didn't sound like just one person; there were at least four or five people.

It seems to be talking about midterm exam results...

The female class monitor of Class 6 has made great progress this semester and is expected to become an outstanding alumnus...

Next week's test... Questions...

Yu Xing glanced at Zhao Yijiu, who understood and released Yu Xing hand, then quietly moved to the back door of the office.

The back door was near the end of the corridor, while the front door was near the classroom. Zhao Yijiu walked completely close to the shadows on the wall, so much so that even the sound of her leather shoes on the ground was gone.

The darkness suited Zhao Yijiu perfectly, and coupled with the characteristics of a shadow wizard, even if he couldn't use Ghost Wine's shadow teleportation, he could still blend into this uniquely dim environment.

It's not safe to go any further; the corridor lights, though not very bright, still illuminate most of the area.

Zhao Yijiu stood at the back door, bowing slightly, concentrating on eavesdropping on the conversation inside the office.

"Have all the questions been set?"

"Hmm, the questions were difficult. This was the last test before graduating in third grade. Heh, the midterm exam gave them a little treat, making them lower their guard. At least half of them failed this test."

"Hahaha, substandard garbage should be destroyed! What about the remaining half? Destroyed during the final exam?"

"Professor Luca, you're too ruthless! Hahaha, the students who get the red armband can stay, but the rest... at least leave a few outstanding alumni for our school!"

Zhao Yijiu remembered Luca's name; he was definitely a very aggressive and threatening person.

"Besides the people the university district needs, we only need five more to take the college entrance exams. We just need five living alumni to promote the success of St. Johnis Middle School education for us." Zhao Yijiu heard Director Gene's voice. "The red armband members can be assigned to work positions. They're not very smart, but they have some value. Let them exhaust their value and then naturally dispose of themselves."

"Which five students should we choose? Does anyone have any recommendations?" a female teacher asked.

Our class monitor (female)

"My class representative is pretty good."

"How about we wait for the test results next week? We don't know how qualified the five new transfer students are yet." It was Gene who brought up the transfer students, and surprisingly, Gene's tone sounded like he quite admired them.

Zhao Yijiu astutely grasped the key point: First, this test would be very difficult.

Secondly, the top five in the test should be able to survive without being targeted until they qualify for the college entrance examination.

"Director Gene, I have a question." Another familiar voice appeared. It was the Physics Teacher who taught them that afternoon, and also the legendary outstanding alumnus who had returned to teach at the school. As a former student, he sat in the office and naturally participated in the discussion on how to dispose of garbage.

"When will the Principal be back? He seems to have been away at the seminar for quite a while; there are still a lot of documents waiting for his signature."

I don't know why, but it was the Physics Teacher who brought up the topic of signing documents.

Director Gene: "It'll be soon, perhaps around next week when the tests take place."

Zhao Yijiu breathed very carefully as she heard the third key point: the Principal was not currently at school and would be returning next week.

It seems that all the key points converged on the day of the test.

Based on the rules that might exist for replicas, testing should be the most terrifying deadline they have to face.

In addition, Zhao Yijiu also had great wariness and doubts about these teachers. Just imagining a group of people sitting in a completely dark office, unable to see each other, yet chatting happily, as if they were used to working and chatting in the dark.

Even in a dungeon setting, such a thing wouldn't be a living person.

So, besides determining the fate of the students at this school, what role do these teachers play in the eyes of outsiders? Are they exploitable, or are they absolutely dangerous?

Having told himself many times that he couldn't rely on Zhao Mou and Yu Xing, Zhao Yijiu had gotten used to thinking about these things. He continued pressing against the door, intending to listen in a little more, when suddenly, something touched his shoe without any warning.

It was more of a light bump.

A girl's voice drifted over. "Sam, what are you listening to?"

His husky voice was very penetrating, carrying far through the quiet corridor.

At the same time, the sounds in the office abruptly ceased.

Zhao Yijiu tensed up and quickly moved away from the back door of the office. She turned her head to look, but saw no one.

Only at his feet, a round human head faced him, with brown hair and three-dimensional features that brought Lisha's face to life.

Lisha's head.

When Lisha walked with them to the toilet, she was a living, breathing girl filled with fear and anger. Now, she was decapitated, with only empty, lifeless eyes and dirty, blood-stained hair rolling on the floor.

"Sam?" Lisha's head didn't move, but the voice came from inside her head. She called out the character's name from Zhao Yijiu's dungeon, her tone both innocent and sinister, "Why are you lying behind the office?"

It would be terrible if those "teachers" in the office heard this. Zhao Yijiu looked towards the men's restroom entrance again, but Yu Xing was nowhere to be seen.

The cold sweat that had just broken out on him immediately subsided by more than half. If Lisha turned into a ghost and rolled out, Yu Xing would definitely see her and would surely warn him.

Not to mention that Yu Xing herself disappeared so silently, there's only one answer: it's an illusion.

Two minutes ago, Yu Xing reminded him that he might also experience a sudden ghostly attack.

The mirror ghost that attacked Yu Xing only targeted Yu Xing. By the same token, the ghost that attacked him should also only target him. Therefore, Yu Xing is not in the space he is currently seeing.

But he and Yu Xing heard the sounds from the office at the same time. Now the office was quiet. He originally thought it was because the things inside had heard Lisha's voice, discovered him, and were therefore silent. The silence was the calm before the storm.

But upon closer reflection, perhaps it was simply because he entered the ghost's exclusive attack range that both Yu Xing and the office were left in another space.

The "teacher" in the office probably didn't notice him, because he was in the shadows, his presence well concealed. Only the ghost that had been watching him intently, preparing to target him, could have noticed him.

This discovery relieved Zhao Yijiu, and all Lisha could see was Sam, who had been startled by her, looking relaxed.

Head: "..."

She wondered if she had worn the wrong face.

"Sam..." the man persisted, "School rules say we can't eavesdrop on teachers... Aren't you afraid of being punished?"

Zhao Yijiu did not answer.

He stared at the round human head for a moment, thinking that the mirror ghost Yu Xing had encountered must have been mimicking or substituting this type of attack, enough to kill someone. But how could this human head kill him?

If he had triggered the conditions for some kind of ghostly attack long ago, just like Yu Xing, then this ghost should have been following him for a long time. The fact that it only appeared now suggests that the current situation could potentially lead to his death.

The human head kept calling his character name and asking him questions, meaning the head was trying to coax him into talking!

Putting aside this sudden, isolated space, he was standing at the back door of the office, hiding and eavesdropping. If what he said here could also be transmitted to the outside world through this space, then he would be courting death.

Therefore, I cannot speak.

He made up his mind to remain silent, ignoring whatever nonsense the head was spouting at his feet. After a while, in the quiet corridor, the head gradually became agitated, swaying and circling around his legs.

"Sam..."

"Sam..."

The head rolled around for a while, and seeing that he was still unmoved, it stopped in front of Zhao Yijiu. The face that belonged to Lisa became very gloomy, and her distorted features seemed to be squeezed together.

For the first time, the mouth on the man's head actually moved. "Sam, since you won't answer me, go answer the teachers' questions!"

Zhao Yijiu frowned, then suddenly heard a soft click from the doorknob behind her.

Have they been discovered after all?

Perhaps it took a while, and the teachers finished their business and came out on their own, only to see him.

He shrank into the shadows, as if he were a shadow himself, making him extremely well concealed.

The office door opened slowly and silently, but the cold breeze that rushed out still brushed against his arm.

"Sam." He heard Director Gene's voice calling him and turned around.

The portly Director Gene wore a kind smile, just like when they first met at the school gate. "What are you doing here? Why do you seem to be hiding from someone?"

Zhao Yijiu pursed her lips.

The first rule these outsiders encountered upon entering the instance was that when a teacher asked a student a question or gave instruction, the student must reply, "Yes, teacher."

This was a rule that left a deep impression on him, but at this moment, whether to answer or not was a dilemma. If it was really Director Gene, he would be punished if he didn't answer. If it was fake, even if he answered "I just came back from the toilet," it would still achieve the ghost's goal of attacking him.

He turned to look at the ground; the head was gone, as if everything had returned to reality.

No, that's not reality, because Yu Xing is still not here.

"Sam? You didn't hear everything we were saying... did you? That's really upsetting." Gene's smiling eyes held a hint of malice. "I originally thought this batch of transfer students was very qualified, and I wanted to see if you had the academic talent to become our outstanding alumni. Who knew you'd overhear me? That might be a bit unfair to the other students."

"And it seems you've forgotten our school rules."

With each sentence he spoke, Director Gene's smile widened, as if he wasn't at all disappointed by the student's performance, but rather very pleased, pleased that another student was about to be punished by him.

Zhao Yijiu: "..."

He remained silent, and after a moment's thought, he began to speculate on how Yu Xing would handle such a situation in order to get through the attack as quickly as possible.

Dragging things out isn't good for him, because he doesn't know what the situation is like in the reality he can't see.

Mimicking Yu Xing's usual behavior, he hesitated for a second before raising his hand towards Director Gene.

Then he made an international friendship gesture, raising his middle finger.

Director Gene opened his mouth, but couldn't say the rest of his words for a moment, as if he had forgotten his lines.

Finally, he angrily said, "You win."

As soon as he finished speaking, Director Gene's body slowly dissipated in front of Zhao Yijiu, and the door that had been opened closed as well.

Something seemed to have changed in the corridor, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. The sounds of conversation from the office became clear again.

"Brother Jiu," Yu Xing laughed from behind, "Not bad. I knew the attack was coming when I saw you stop moving. It only took you three minutes to go from being still to being fully awake."

Zhao Yijiu's lips curled into a barely perceptible smile as he turned away from Yu Xing, then quickly smoothed out. He turned his head, about to say something, when he suddenly shut his mouth.

That's still not right.

He looked at Yu Xing, whose face showed approval, and his gaze grew even colder.

In reality, how could Yu Xing possibly speak to him through the back door of the office, thus revealing their positions?