Chang Wenyu was the most unusual presence in Spirit Channeling School. She ignored the rules, did as she pleased, and refused to be bound.
Yet, despite her personality, many students in the Ghost School liked her.
Perhaps "life" had grown too dull. Her arrival let the children mired in despair catch sight of a ray of light.
The light wasn't bright, but it stood out in the darkness.
Her personality was the complete opposite of the Painter's. They hadn't deliberately set themselves against each other, but little by little, they had taken entirely different paths.
Interestingly, the students in the Ghost School hadn't all sided with one person. Most of them were split evenly between the two, their wills divided between them.
In theory, all they had to do was make the other disappear completely. Then they would claim all the Will of the Ghost School and become the new Door Pusher.
Their conflict had begun then, and it had continued to this day.
The man at the center of the storm was enduring the Painter's attacks while launching a furious assault on Chang Wenyu.
The strange characters on Chang Wenyu's back were damaging the Ghost School's door, even as she defended herself against the man at the storm's center.
Of the three, the Painter had the upper hand.
He could still use his ability once more, stripping a Vengeful Spirit of everything.
That ability wouldn't work on the man in the patient uniform at the storm's center, but he could use it on Chang Wenyu.
The Painter hesitated. If he dealt with Chang Wenyu and lost his last trump card, he would have to face the man at the storm's center alone. Of course, that wasn't the most important concern.
Chang Wenyu was closest to the door, with the