Red Maple Leaf Boarding School, cemetery.
Surrounded by looming ghost shadows, Chen Lidong cleared an open space with White Blade. Stepping on the pulpy mess of crushed mushrooms and yellow flowers, he stood quietly before a grave.
The number engraved on the tombstone was, naturally, "47."
After lunch, Chen Lidong had gone to see Ms. Medina intending to use her hand to kill someone. Instead, he had ended up finding himself a job to do.
The side quest [Capture 47] was written in black and white on the system interface. The consequences of failing to complete it within the allotted time were easy to imagine.
Chen Lidong could only grit his teeth and drag Zhou Datong along to the cemetery. Who cared whether "Si Qi" had some scheme? A mandatory quest had to be done. At worst, they would use up a few more life-saving items and take proper precautions.
Beside the grave mound, Chen Lidong and Zhou Datong faced each other, each carrying a shovel as they diligently cleared away the freshly buried dirt that still bore footprints.
Shovelful after shovelful of earth piled up on either side, gradually rising higher. The coffin in the pit slowly came fully into view, lying there heavy and solemn, silent as death.
After digging for so long, Chen Lidong and Zhou Datong were both gasping for breath, bent over with their hands braced against their waists.
After resting for a while, Chen Lidong ordered Zhou Datong, "Go open the coffin."
Zhou Datong gave an "Oh," stepped across the pit, bent down to grab the edge of the lid, and heaved it open with a sharp pull.
The pitch-black coffin was completely empty—not even a strand of hair remained inside.
Either the person inside had left, or no one had ever been put