Wait.
Could this be why she had made it onto the rankings?
It was precisely because she had been chasing after and tormenting students that she could quickly acquire "Item Cards," keep up with the students' progress, and speedrun the escape rooms.
Dark could not help but look up, searching for Professor Lily among the countless screens.
After a while, he finally found Professor Lily, and the expression on his face nearly slipped out of control.
On the screen, Professor Lily was flying through the air, one tiny hand stretched out before her, her face full of barely restrained laughter.
Before her, a group of students stood in a line, each placing the "Item Cards" they had obtained from killing ghosts and monsters into her hand.
In no time at all, her hands were already piled high with "Item Cards." Though the students all wore numb expressions, none of them seemed angry.
After all, Professor Lily had not broken any rules. On the contrary, she had played the role of a "Candy Merchant" very well, paying the corresponding amount of credits for every "Item Card" she received.
Most of the students who sold their "Item Cards" to her had been chased down and dueled by her before, and had already paid the "price" in advance.
Her earlier actions that had seemed like "teasing" had actually laid the groundwork for conquering the escape rooms.
Now she was reaping the benefits without lifting a finger. In the blink of an eye, she had become the biggest merchant in the entire Masquerade Ball, able to continuously obtain "Item Cards" from the students.
Of course, with so many "Candy Merchants" around, the fact that these students specifically sold their "Item Cards" to her meant they had surely been forced by her intimidation.
There was