It was rare for a ball to come back like this...
The little black figure sensed something and looked toward the direction the basketball had come from.
The next second...
It froze.
Xiao Xiao hadn't hidden himself.
He was standing right there.
Clearly visible to the scarred monster.
Xiao Xiao's eyes curved slightly.
"Good evening."
Xiao Xiao's voice jolted the scarred monster out of its daze.
Its heart gave a heavy thump.
Its mouth fell open.
It looked utterly astonished.
It was the human it had seen the day before yesterday—no, yesterday...
These past few days... it had run into this human way too many times, hadn't it?
What kind of strange fate did it have with this human...?
Could it be...
The scarred monster's heart tightened.
Was this human... following it!?
It hadn't noticed at all...
What did this human want?
"I'm not following you."
The little monster's thoughts were written all over its face, almost painfully straightforward.
Xiao Xiao couldn't help smiling and shaking his head.
The scarred monster looked unconvinced.
This human wasn't following it?
Then why was he here?
And at such a late hour, no less.
It wasn't some rookie monster fresh to the human world.
It knew that at this time, humans should all be asleep.
"I saw you at school during the day."
Xiao Xiao smiled.
The scarred monster froze.
Its heart tightened.
A hint of confusion appeared on its face.
Had he?
"You were in a big tree."
Xiao Xiao was certain.
At the time, he'd only caught a fleeting glimpse of the scarred monster.
He'd walked over to the tree.
He'd faintly sensed a trace of lingering demonic aura.
It was the scarred monster's aura.
Scarred monster: ...
The human was