Exposed—Whoever Chickens Out Dies

Listening to Chen Guofu's furious words.

Though I was nervous, I still didn't move.

Come out for class?

Class my ass. You wanted to dissect me.

Did you really think I'd stupidly come out now?

I gripped the Fish Bone Sword and continued hiding in the classroom.

But Chen Guofu took several deep sniffs toward the classroom. He had probably caught my scent.

"The teacher can already smell you. Why aren't you coming out for class?"

Chen Guofu continued speaking, his expression savage and furious.

I lay flat on the ground and refused to move.

As long as he hadn't truly found me, I'd drag this out for as long as I could.

Once the Talisman Water took effect, I'd come out and show him what I could do.

I had my own plan. I hadn't lost my composure just because the Substitute Rabbit had been exposed.

Seeing that the classroom remained as quiet as ever and that I still hadn't emerged, Chen Guofu roared again:

"If you won't come out, then the teacher will drag you out..."

As he spoke, his blank white eyes continually swept over the entire classroom.

His nose kept twitching as he sniffed at the scents in the air.

It made sharp "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" sounds.

My heart pounded wildly, like it was about to leap out of my throat.

But I kept warning myself.

Don't be afraid. Don't panic. Stay calm...

Chen Guofu seemed to have locked onto my location.

Facing the direction where I was hiding, he let out a low "woo, woo, woo" growl.

That sound no longer resembled a human's. It was more like a wild beast's.

He rose onto his tiptoes and began stepping toward me.

After only two steps, his feet left the ground, and he floated straight toward me.

That eerie sight violently rattled my nerves.

As I watched him draw closer and closer, his target clearly aimed at where I was hiding.

I knew I truly couldn't hide this time.

If I kept lying there, I'd be an idiot waiting for him to kill me.

Seeing that I couldn't stall any longer.

I stopped hiding, tightened my grip on the Fish Bone Sword, gritted my teeth, and sprang to my feet:

"Dust returns to dust, earth returns to earth. You're dead, so go below. Chen Guofu, you're already dead—why keep clinging to me in this world?"

My furious shout suddenly rang through the silent Dissection Room.

Holding the Fish Bone Sword, I jumped directly onto a table.

There was simply too little room to move in the aisle.

If he lunged at me, I wouldn't even have anywhere to retreat.

Chen Guofu froze when I suddenly rose up and said that.

He seemed not to understand.

Or perhaps he had already become an evil spirit and could no longer understand:

"You bad student."

After saying that, he opened his mouth.

With an "Awoo," his entire body suddenly lunged at me, diving through the air straight toward me.

That method of attack, along with the intense chill, pressed down on me so hard I could barely breathe.

But he was coming at me fiercely, and I had nowhere to retreat.

I could only force myself to face him.

I prayed that the Talisman Water would take effect soon.

I fiercely thrust the Fish Bone Sword forward, aiming straight at Chen Guofu.

Chen Guofu seemed to sense that my Fish Bone Sword was no ordinary weapon and flashed aside.

He floated onto a desk two meters away and said in a hoarse voice:

"What a bad student, carrying a prohibited weapon..."

As he spoke, he revealed a mouthful of sharp teeth.

I narrowed my eyes and snorted coldly.

"It's here to send you on your way."

I drew a deep breath and shouted, partly to bolster my own courage.

In this situation, either he died or I did.

If I chickened out here.

Tomorrow, my corpse would be skinned and have its heart dug out just like that rabbit's.

"Bad student, bad student..."

Chen Guofu spoke with a twisted expression.

Those gleaming white eyeballs sent a chill through my heart.

That bone-chilling cold surged toward me from all directions, making my entire body uncomfortable.

And after saying that, he lunged at me again.

My eyes widened as I hurriedly dodged to the side.

But he was too fast, and he held a scalpel in his hand.

He drove it straight down at my eyeball.

Terrified, I hurriedly raised the Fish Bone Sword to block it.

Bang!

The Fish Bone Sword blocked Chen Guofu's scalpel, but I couldn't withstand the monstrous strength of that vengeful ghost.

My entire body was sent flying, and I crashed into the aisle.

A sharp pain shot through my back.

But Chen Guofu turned his head, raised the scalpel, and lunged at me again.

He continued speaking furiously:

"Bad students deserve punishment..."

With that, he stabbed down again.

I was so frightened that I ignored the pain and hurriedly rolled aside.

He missed this strike, raised the scalpel, and prepared to stab me in the heart.

But just as he raised the scalpel again and prepared to strike my heart.

His body suddenly shuddered, and his whole figure swayed.

His movements naturally paused as well.

Seeing him like that, I guessed the Talisman Water had taken effect.

I naturally couldn't miss such a good opportunity.

Strike while the iron was hot and finish him.

I abruptly raised my foot and kicked him.

Chen Guofu was knocked over by my kick.

I twisted the Fish Bone Sword in my hand and lunged at him.

Chen Guofu was still shaking his head, looking extremely uncomfortable.

The black energy emanating from his body was gradually dissipating as well.

The icy aura was rapidly weakening.

I widened my eyes and stabbed my sword toward his chest.

My movements flowed in one smooth motion, without the slightest hesitation.

With my timing perfectly on point, the sword stabbed directly into Chen Guofu's chest.

"Ah!" Chen Guofu let out a miserable scream.

Strands of black smoke continuously rose from the wound.

Where the Fish Bone Sword touched his wound, it also made sizzling sounds.

Looking at Chen Guofu's agonized and twisted expression, at my former Dissection Teacher.

I showed no mercy.

He was now a wicked ghost who harmed people.

I gripped the Fish Bone Sword tightly, preparing to press harder and finish him off completely.

But who would have thought that just as I exerted force and prepared to deliver Chen Guofu a fatal blow.

His body went bang!

In an instant, he turned into a cloud of black mist and vanished before my eyes.

"He disappeared..."

My face filled with shock as I hurriedly looked around.

Only then did I discover his figure reappearing at the entrance to the Dissection Room.

He looked back at me, his gaze filled with resentment.

Then, with one hand covering the chest wound I had inflicted, still leaking black energy, he ran out of the classroom on tiptoe.

Damn it, he wanted to run?

At a time like this? How could I let him escape?

I clenched the Fish Bone Sword and began chasing after him.

Chen Guofu had drunk the Substitute Rabbit's talisman-water blood and taken a strike from my sword.

His strength had been greatly reduced, and he was seriously injured.

Yet he was still quite fast.

By the time I chased him to the door, I found that he had already reached the staircase and was running downstairs.

I couldn't worry about anything else, nor could I spare a thought for the Female Ghost still trembling in the Dissection Room.

I could only catch up first and deal with Chen Guofu...