"We were just chatting. If we couldn't reach an agreement, we could stop talking. Why flip the table?" Xu Huo's figure vanished from the counseling room doorway, then reappeared downstairs. The two players who had followed the woman immediately gave chase, but Xu Huo stepped outside the school again and said to them, "District 008 is a place governed by law. If I hurt a student at school, the school has the right to fire me. But if you chase me outside and attack me, you'll be the ones breaking the law. Besides, I haven't done anything illegal or against the rules at school."
That was true. To maintain order and let everyone live in a world most people accepted, the strong had established rules—and they had to follow those rules, too.
Seeing that he had no intention of fighting, the two players did not pursue him beyond the school gate. Instead, they warned him, "Do not approach the school again. Once the surveillance around it detects you more than three times, you'll be classified as a potential criminal. Your physical characteristics will then be uploaded to the Jixin Terminals of every player in District 008. Whether they're law-enforcement players or not, they'll be allowed to arrest or kill you!"
Xu Huo's expression didn't change. He nodded to show he understood, glanced at the woman, then left the school.
He didn't go far. Instead, he went to a nearby park to wait.
A little over ten minutes later, a small Flying Device came over and dropped a miniature terminal to him. It contained two secretly recorded clips.
The first showed five adults and three students discussing memory resets with a man in a special uniform. In the projection, the man explained the possible aftereffects of a memory reset and how