Class is in session, classmates~

"Ya... Yamete!!"

Facing the order from Lu Shiyan, Hoshino completely broke down.

She clutched her collar tightly with both hands, crying until her face was streaked with tears, and scrambled backward until she had nowhere left to retreat.

"I beg you..."

"Mr. Lu... I can work like a horse or an ox for you, I'll even go feed the monsters... but I don't want to..."

Seeing Hoshino in this state, before Lu Shiyan could even speak, the group of boys from the cherry blossom country on the other side of the classroom grew restless.

Especially the boy who had just been roaring about taking revenge, Guinan Yangzhi.

He shouted loudly at Hoshino.

"Baka! What kind of high-and-mighty act are you putting on?!"

"Being able to offer yourself to an expert like Mr. Lu is an honor you've cultivated over several lifetimes!"

"Hurry up and do as Mr. Lu says! Take off your clothes!"

"Exactly!"

The other four boys chimed in one after another, their eyes roaming unscrupulously over Hoshino's petite frame.

"We aren't going to live much longer anyway... instead of being eaten by monsters, why not let everyone 'enjoy' you before we die!"

"If Mr. Lu gets bored... could you reward us with a taste too?"

"I... I..."

Looking at these compatriots, whose expressions were even more terrifying than the monsters outside, Hoshino closed her eyes in despair.

Is this the apocalypse?

Is this human nature?

Or perhaps...

Just as Mr. Lu said...

Is this the inherent inferiority of the cherry blossom country people?

"Hey! You bunch of baka!!"

Just then, an angry rebuke shattered the disgusting atmosphere.

The female student who had previously refused Hoshino's treatment stood up, pointed at the group of boys, and cursed:

"Shut up, all of you! You're nothing but a bunch of trash who only know how to bully your own!"

Hoshino snapped her eyes open, as if she had caught a glimpse of a faint glimmer in the endless darkness.

So... there was someone willing to help her after all.

However, the next second, that light was ruthlessly extinguished.

"Natsuki! Stop putting on such a show here!"

Guinan Yangzhi, provoked by the insults, retorted, "Who doesn't know that you were a 'slut' at your old school?"

"Always hooking up with older men! What right does a piece of trash like you have to lecture us?"

The female student called Natsuki let out a cold laugh, her eyes filled with mockery.

"What right do I have?"

"Just because Mr. Lu is here! He is the current 'king' of this school!"

"You sewer rats, what right do you have to covet Mr. Lu's property?!"

"Crack."

Hoshino felt as if she heard the sound of her own heart breaking.

So that was it...

It wasn't to help her; it was to protect that expert's "ownership."

But Natsuki didn't stop her tirade, pointing a finger at Guinan Yangzhi.

"Especially you! Guinan Yangzhi!"

"I saw it with my own eyes when we were running away!"

"Your sister, Guinan Liyi, clearly went to attract that monster on purpose just to save you!"

"And you, you piece of trash! You didn't even look back as you ran! You even shoved your own sister!!"

"You coward! You murderer! How do you have the face to stand there and pretend to be so devoted?!"

"You!!!"

Guinan Yangzhi had his darkest secret exposed, and he turned red hot right before everyone's eyes.

The other four boys were stunned by this explosive revelation, and the way they looked at him turned strange.

"Shut up! You're lying!!"

Guinan Yangzhi, consumed by shame and anger, grabbed the bench beside him and prepared to charge.

"Women like you are only good at lying! I'm going to tear your mouth apart!"

It looked as though the classroom was about to erupt into a riot.

Slap!

The sound of a slap rang out sharply.

Lu Shiyan had appeared between the two of them before anyone realized it.

With a backhand, he struck Guinan Yangzhi heavily across the face, sending him and the bench flying.

"Too noisy."

Lu Shiyan exhaled a smoke ring, his gaze sweeping across the room.

The four boys who had been egging them on felt their legs go weak the moment his eyes landed on them, and they began bowing frantically to apologize.

"We're sorry, Mr. Lu! We were wrong! We shouldn't have coveted what belongs to you!"

Lu Shiyan looked at them as if they were trash, not even bothering to say a word.

He turned around to face Hoshino, who was huddled in the corner, his tone plain.

"I'll say this again."

"Take off the 'skin' you're wearing."

"To be clear, I mean this yellow-green skin."

Lu Shiyan flicked his ash and added.

"Besides, I have a true love I've cherished my whole life. I have no interest in a little girl like you who hasn't even finished developing."

"..."

The room fell silent.

Everyone finally understood what Lu Shiyan meant.

He wasn't trying to toy with Hoshino at all; he wanted her to take off that provocative military uniform and return to the identity of an ordinary person.

Only then would these students be able to accept her treatment.

"O-okay! I'll take it off right now!"

As if granted a reprieve, Hoshino hurriedly scrambled to take off the combat suit, revealing the casual clothes she wore underneath.

Although still a bit disheveled, at least she didn't look like an "enemy" anymore.

She walked cautiously toward a female student who had fallen unconscious and began using her supernatural ability to heal her.

This time, no one blocked her, and no one dared to speak.

Because they were terrified of the Huaxia man who was currently smoking.

Guinan Yangzhi, who had been on the ground, also struggled to crawl up. Even though half of his face was swollen like a pig head, he still bowed deeply.

"Mr. Lu hit me well! It was my fault! I have caused you trouble!"

Lu Shiyan still ignored him and turned to walk toward the window.

However.

The moment Lu Shiyan turned away, Guinan Yangzhi's lowered eyes were filled with extreme malice.

His right hand quietly reached toward his waist back, where a sharp dagger was hidden.

Go to hell... damn Huaxia person! To humiliate me like this, I will take you down with me!

Just as he pulled out the dagger and prepared to stab it into Lu Shiyan's back heart.

Bang!

An afterimage flashed by.

Guinan Yangzhi only felt as if his chest had been struck by a sledgehammer. His entire body spun in the air before he fell on ground!

"Sorry, Lu."

Yekaterina, who hadn't spoken until now, retracted that long, powerful beautiful leg and said coldly.

"He just tried to ambush you."

"But I held back; he shouldn't be dead."

Before she could finish her sentence, Yekaterina's pupil suddenly constricted.

She saw that Guinan Yangzhi, lying on the ground, was not wailing or rolling around as she had expected.

Stuck in his chest was the very dagger that had been in his own hand.

And... it was right in the heart.

Blood gushed out, instantly staining the ground red.

"Gurgle... gurgle..."

Guinan Yangzhi spat out a mouthful of blood foam, his body twitched twice, and then he went completely still.

"Damn it!"

The half-smoked huazi in Lu Shiyan's mouth fell to the ground, his mouth twitching in distress.

"I knew today was bad luck; even drinking cold water gets stuck in my teeth."

Now there was big trouble.

In this eerie middle school, killing was a violation of the taboos.

Immediately after.

On the back of Guinan Yangzhi's gradually cooling hand, the black human face mark that had been stationary suddenly began to squirm.

Wisps of black mist surged out.

That was a curse.

It was the gaze of the school's true controller, the principal.

Meanwhile, on the campus sports field.

The air after the rain was exceptionally fresh, yet it carried a chill.

Jiangnan led the group through the teaching building and arrived at the base of a tall tower in the corner of the sports field.

It was an old-fashioned signal tower about 30 meters high.

The tower was covered in thick moss and vines, clearly abandoned for decades.

"This is the place."

Jiangnan took out the note.

[Liu Yuqing to activate, Guo Shuai to guard.]

"Copy that!"

The two moved immediately.

Liu Yuqing took the tablet, walked quickly to the control console at the base of the signal tower, and inserted the tablet into the dust-covered groove.

Hum!

The red light at the top of the signal tower lit up.

[Connecting to terminal...]

[Map activation progress: 1%...4%...]

The progress bar moved very slowly, like old-fashioned dial-up internet.

Inside the car.

Jiangnan was leaning on the sofa, resting with his eyes closed.

He was reviewing the battle that had just taken place, as well as the humanoid figure on the second floor.

"There are people on the second floor of the school, more than one."

"But why would they stay here? Are they waiting to die? Or are they trapped?"

Jiangnan frowned slightly, a faint sense of unease stirring in his heart.

Just then.

Chen Tong, who had been sitting beside him giving him a massage, suddenly let out an exclamation.

"Jiangnan! Look!"

She extended her wrist, trembling.

On the inside of her otherwise fair wrist, a pitch-black mark had appeared out of nowhere.

It was a...

Twisted human face.

"This mark... it suddenly appeared on me just now, and it's burning hot!"

Jiangnan's eyes narrowed as he grabbed her wrist to inspect it.

Immediately, as if realizing something, he yanked open his collar.

Right in the center of his chest.

There was, shockingly, an identical ghost face mark!

"Boss! Me too!"

"I have one too!"

At this moment, Yu Shishi, Wang Meng, and even Guo Shuai and Liu Yuqing, who were still on guard outside.

All discovered with horror that this eerie mark had appeared on their bodies as well.

"When is this..."

Before anyone could react.

Dong!

Dong!

Dong!

Three muffled, distant bell sounds echoed across the entire campus!

Immediately after.

An ethereal, polite female voice rang directly in everyone's minds.

"Dear classmates and teachers..."

"Because someone has seriously violated the rules, this break time has ended early..."

"Now, the class bell has rung."

"Please return to your respective posts and seats immediately... and prepare for class..."

"Those who are late... will be given a major demerit..."

The moment the voice fell.

Hum!

A dense mass of black qi instantly erupted from the ghost face mark on everyone's bodies, enveloping them completely!

But the next second.

Everyone vanished from where they stood into thin air.

The entire sports field was empty, leaving only the solitary signal tower and the tablet computer still plugged into the groove.

On the screen, the progress bar finally jumped to 100%.

[Map activation successful!]

[Current location: Rose Middle School]

Immediately after, the screen flickered, and a blood red text message popped up.

It was the final warning left behind by a desperate person twenty-six years ago.

[Successor...]

[This is a hell disguised as a school... It might bring power, but it brings far more despair and death...]

[Believe me...]

[If you are assigned an identity... pray with all your might that you are a student...]

[You absolutely do not want to be a "teacher" here...]

[Because the ones you have to teach are not human...]

[They are a bunch of... true devils!!!]