The Chosen of God Playing the Pig to Eat the Tiger

"Hiss..."

Guo Shuai felt the slippery sensation on the top of his head, his face contorting in pain.

The dead infant was clutching his hair, giggling.

"Seriously, man... why am I always so unlucky?"

Guo Shuai felt like he'd swallowed a pound of bitter herbs.

All the way here, he'd been the unluckiest person present.

Even though he'd managed to escape danger in the end, the process had been a serious strain on his heart.

He didn't have time to complain now, so he could only look to Jiangnan beside him for help.

"Boss! Save me! I think this thing just pooped on my head!"

Jiangnan remained in his position, a sticky note covering his face, unmoved.

Or rather, he didn't need to lift a finger.

The next moment.

The Eyeless Female Ghost standing behind Guo Shuai moved.

She slowly extended her pale hand and gently took the Ghost Infant from the top of Guo Shuai's head.

Immediately after.

Under everyone's horrified gaze, the Eyeless Female Ghost lifted her tattered Sailor Uniform, revealing a shriveled, sunken belly covered in stretch marks.

She extended her hands and directly tore open the gap on her belly!

Puchi!

Then, she gently stuffed the Ghost Infant back into her belly.

It was as natural as putting a book back into a backpack.

After finishing, she even bowed deeply to Guo Shuai, as if apologizing for her child's mischief.

Afterward, she turned and returned to her seat, fourth row near the back door.

"Uh...,..."

Guo Shuai touched his still-chilled scalp, utterly bewildered: "This Eyeless Ghost... is actually quite polite?"

However, before his words could finish.

The Eyeless Female Ghost who had just sat down suddenly squatted down, anxiously searching for something on the ground.

On the lectern, Kujo Ran, who had mostly recovered after Hoshino's treatment, stood up and asked puzzled.

"What is she doing?"

Lu Shiyan, leaning on the wall and smoking, glanced over coldly.

"She's looking for something."

"Looking for something?"

Kujo Ran looked closely, her pupils instantly shrinking.

She noticed that where the Eyeless Female Ghost was, there was only a chair, no desk.

Instantly, she recalled the previous announcement.

"If there is a loss of desks or chairs, the Dean of Students will lock you in the confinement room."

"She's looking for a desk!"

Kujo Ran had a terrifying guess.

This classroom only had 16 designated spots, but only 13 sets of desks and chairs.

The person without a desk...

Would go and snatch one from someone who had a desk!

Without a doubt, the target was...

Kujo Ran suddenly looked at the student in front of the Eyeless Female Ghost.

It was an extremely lewd-looking boy from the Cherry Blossom Country, named Xiang Nu Ji Er, who looked like a goblin transformed into a human.

At this moment, he was curled up in his seat, trembling: "Don't kill me... don't kill me..."

However, the next moment.

Swish!

The Eyeless Female Ghost's pale face, without any warning, pressed against his side.

Xiang Nu Ji Er subconsciously turned his head to look.

Those empty eye sockets were staring tightly at him.

This moment, he recalled a famous quote.

"When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."

"When you don't gaze into the abyss, the abyss is still fucking gazing into you!"

"Ah!!"

Xiang Nu Ji Er's legs went weak, and he slid directly off the chair, collapsing onto the ground.

Whether he was scared crazy or scared stupid, he actually prostrated himself on the ground, triggering his bloodline memory, and kowtowed frantically.

"Sumimasen! Sumimasen! Don't kill me!"

The Eyeless Female Ghost's hand had already reached out.

Just as everyone thought Xiang Nu Ji Er was about to be torn to shreds.

That pale hand didn't touch him, but instead grabbed the edge of the desk beside him.

Then.

The Eyeless Female Ghost nodded politely and stepped over the Xiang Nu Ji Er who was sprawled on the ground.

Next, she sat on his chair, taking over his desk.

She even patted the desk with a smile, indicating her satisfaction.

"?"

The entire class was stunned.

"Why is this?" Kujo Ran asked, confused. "He didn't die?"

Seeing this, Xiang Nu Ji Er on the ground was startled at first, then overjoyed!

He scrambled to the Eyeless Ghost's original position, his face unable to hide his excitement.

"Haha! I didn't die! I didn't die!"

"I really am the Chosen Son of Heaven! I'm the protagonist in an Otherworld novel! This ghost was intimidated by my King's Overlord Aura!"

He clenched his fists, unsure if it was self-hypnosis or pure delusion.

"What in the world is going on?"

Kujo Ran frowned. "The ghost didn't kill anyone? Does this ghost just not like killing people?"

"Idiot."

Lu Shiyan Exhaled a Smoke Ring and mocked without mercy.

"I really don't know how this guy managed to survive until now."

"As expected of someone sold out by their own superior, is your brain filled with mush?"

"It doesn't kill people because the rule is 'Class Time'."

"As long as you give up the desk, it gets a seat, and naturally, the killing mechanism won't be triggered."

Lu Shiyan shook his head.

"I originally wanted to get rid of you sooner, but it seems not now."

"You can't even notice such a detail. A fool like you isn't worth my effort; you'll go to your death on your own."

"You!!"

Kujo Ran's face turned red with anger from the insult, wanting to retort.

But just then.

The third ghost, the Flat-headed Ghost with half its head cut off, also moved.

It slowly stood up and locked onto the person in front of it.

Everyone followed its gaze.

Sitting in front of it was Natsuki, who had already gone a bit mad.

His mental defenses had collapsed from having brain matter splattered on his face from being decapitated twice.

At this moment, he was grinning foolishly with drool, his face covered in black filth.

"Heh heh... brain matter... so much brain matter..."

Seeing this scene, the crowd felt no sympathy, but rather a bit of schadenfreude.

Especially the Glasses man sitting directly in front of Natsuki.

He lightly pushed up the gold-rimmed Glasses on his nose, a Cold Laugh playing at the Corner of his Mouth.

His name was Kamiya Konan.

He was recognized as the most powerful Brain at Rose Middle School, but his name had never appeared on the school Rankings.

This was only because he was an extremely arrogant score-manipulating demon, always keeping his scores just above the passing line!

He enjoyed the thrill of playing the pig to eat the tiger.

Every time the teacher cursed him as a stupid pig, Kamiya Kōnan felt like he was about to reach heaven!

Other than that... he wasn't an ordinary person.

Instead, he was a deeply hidden chosen one!

That's right! The kind with a sequence ability!

[Sequence 099: Answer Analysis (Support Type)]

The ability allows him to forcibly analyze the "correct answer" or "optimal solution" to any problem once a day.

In other words, he could directly get the answers on the exam paper.

For someone already possessing a superior intellect, this ability was like adding wings to a tiger.

However...

Arrogant as he was, he disdained using such external forces, preferring to enjoy the process instead.

At this moment, Kamiya Kōnan's brain was working at full speed, having already deconstructed all the information from the broadcast and the blackboard.

Desk Rule: Ghosts don't have desks and will demand the desks from the front row. If you don't give it, you die. If you give it, you live.

Seating Arrangement: The back row has three ghosts and one person. The teacher has three people and one ghost. This seems to hint at some kind of pattern.

Core Killing Intent: The broadcast said, "The dean will come to check the class." Those without desks will be taken to the isolation room.

Deduction: The person chosen by the ghost, who lost their desk, will surely die when the dean checks the class, even if they are alive now!

Conclusion: That crazy woman named Natsuki is dead for sure.

On the contrary, that arrogant Hua Xia person is the safest!

Because he's in the last row!

The ghosts can't even sit in the same row as him to snatch his seat!

Also... there's the curse of "four."

Four rows, four columns.

Four classes.

4:44 AM.

Four teachers.

There's only one contradiction.

The number of ghosts is wrong.

The Eyeless Ghost + Ghost Infant are one entity, counting as 1.

The Flat-headed Ghost counts as 1.

Adding the teacher Fujino Juro, who hasn't shown himself, that's only 3.

Where did the missing fourth ghost go?

Could it be those two fakes who were killed?

No, those were Outsiders.

And they were parasites, at that.

"There must be something I missed..."

Kamiya Konan scratched his head, the asymmetry of information making him uneasy.

"Fine, I'll use that."

He closed his eyes and recited in his mind.

"Answer Analysis!"

"Question: Where did the fourth ghost, which should be present in this classroom, go?"

Buzz!

A voice, audible only to him, echoed in his mind.

A few seconds later.

Kamiya Konan's eyes snapped open, his pupils dilated, filled with ecstasy.

"So that's how it is!!"

"I know! It was 'him'!"

He glanced out of the corner of his eye at Guo Shuai, sitting in the back corner, and let out a cold laugh.

"Poor unlucky guy..."

"So you were the one interfering with the count!"

"The true fourth ghost slot was actually taken by you!"

"But you don't know it yourself, being used as a pawn, and thinking you just got lucky!"

"Hahaha! This is truly interesting!!"

"I never imagined an invisible Big Hand had been manipulating future developments all along!"

"And right among us!"

After getting his answer, Kamiya Konan stopped thinking and looked confidently towards the back.

According to the rules, that Flat-headed Ghost would definitely go for Natsuki's desk.

With Natsuki losing his desk, he would be taken away by the Dean of Students later.

And he himself was sitting in front of Natsuki, separated by one row, absolutely safe!

However.

The next moment.

The smile on Kamiya Konan's face froze instantly, as if it had been frozen by liquid nitrogen.

Because...

The Flat-headed Ghost walked up to Natsuki.

It lowered its half-remaining head and sniffed close to Natsuki.

Then.

It actually reached out and pinched its own half-nose, revealing an expression of extreme disgust!

"Ugh..."

As if it had seen something filthy, the Flat-headed Ghost leaned back and completely bypassed Natsuki's position!

It didn't go for Natsuki's desk!

Its target... had become the person in front of Natsuki!

Which was Kamiya Konan!

"Huh?!"

Kamiya Konan was stunned.

He watched helplessly as the Flat-headed Ghost stopped in front of him, pointed at his desk.

Then it grinned, revealing an expectant smile.

Kamiya Konan's mind went completely blank.

He subconsciously looked at Natsuki behind him.

The crazy woman's face was smeared with the black brain matter of the fake Yayu, whose head had just been blown off by Jiangnan.

The stench was so strong it made his eyes water.

"Masaka, how is this possible..."

Kamiya Konan looked at the Flat-headed Ghost pinching his nose, then back at his own clean and tidy desk.

He laughed and cried at the same time, in his daze, he felt as if he could become a God or Devil with a single thought.

"I calculated everything..."

"I actually missed one thing... Ghosts are neat freaks?!"