Footsteps suddenly echoed through the silent library. The broken door swung open, and a man stepped out.
"There isn't a single person in the library. Do the kids behind the Door really hate reading that much?"
Carrying two backpacks, Chen Ge stood in the hallway outside the library. The chance encounter he'd hoped for hadn't happened. There wasn't a soul here, so he couldn't even ask anyone for information.
"Where have they all gone?"
Chen Ge wandered aimlessly down the hallway.
The blood-red school behind the Door seemed to be a completely sealed building, cut off from the outside world. Every window was boarded up, and Chen Ge walked a long way without finding a way out.
"Hey! What class are you in?" A stern voice sounded behind Chen Ge. He turned and saw that someone had opened one of the doors he'd just passed. A short, fat, middle-aged man stood in the doorway.
"Not a Red-Clothed..." Chen Ge glanced at the sign on the door to the man's room. It read "Academic Affairs Office."
"It's class time. Stop wandering around the halls." Seeing that Chen Ge was paying him no attention, the short, fat man's expression hardened. "What class are you in? Let me see your Student ID."
"Student ID?" Chen Ge reached into his pocket, but kept his eyes fixed on the short, fat man in front of him, a dangerous glint hidden deep in his gaze.
The moment he'd seen the short, fat man, Chen Ge had used Yin Pupil to examine him. He didn't know who the man was; all he knew was that he wasn't a Red-Clothed.
"A first-year student?" The short, fat man took the Student ID and looked it over. His tone grew even sterner. "You've just started school and you're already skipping