The Cardcaptor Mage
Chapter 28

As Expected, Summoned Beasts Are Still Poisonous

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Sighing deeply, Fang Ran lamented how he had wasted his freshman year. Shaking his head with emotion, he prepared to head back.

"Bro, you leaving already? It's not often you get to see Senior Xia!"

Hearing this, Fang Ran rolled his eyes and replied, "What's the point of looking? What does a great beauty like that have to do with a loser like me?"

With that, he intended to turn back. This was one of the few things about the ordinary Fang Ran that his roommates found remarkable – his indifference to beauty.

But in reality, Fang Ran genuinely thought that way. No matter how beautiful someone was, what did it have to do with him? It was better not to look. His mind was currently filled with thoughts of getting back to sleep quickly, and then what good food to eat in the evening. (Note: destined to be single.)

Oh, right, he also needed to save money to buy a phone.

Damn it!

Thinking of this, Fang Ran's heart ached instantly! He had clearly only used that phone for three years, and it had died so prematurely.

"Wait, I've found something strange in that building."

Just as Fang Ran was about to head back, Ling suddenly spoke, her voice steady, as if she was being serious.

"Strange!? What's strange!? It's not going to be one of those monsters again, is it!"

Fang Ran immediately jumped, like a startled bird, looking nervously at the Club building.

"I'm not entirely sure. You should know if you go in and take a look."

"No way!"

Fang Ran answered very decisively.

Ling's chest instantly tightened!

"Bastard!!! You just said yesterday that you would listen to me!" Ling's voice instantly roared in Fang Ran's mind.

"Uh... did I say that?" Fang Ran stammered, trying hard to control his facial muscles and put on an innocent expression.

"What do you think!!!!!!!!!!"

A powerful voice echoed in Fang Ran's mind. He immediately made a bitter face and whispered, "Okay, okay, I'll go, alright?"

"Hmph!!!"

Then, Fang Ran immediately sneaked back into the crowd watching Xia Yao, like a thief.

The guy from before looked at him speechlessly:

"Bro, didn't you say there was nothing to see?"

"Uh, I thought about it, and opportunities to see such a beauty are indeed rare. I should seize it!"

Fang Ran said with a serious and righteous expression, then, enduring the disdainful gaze of the junior, he forcefully squeezed into the group visiting the building.

A large group of people followed behind the members of the Latin Dance Club and other clubs, walking into the Club building together.

"Sister Xia, there are so many people this year."

"Heh, they're probably here for the position of the club president's dance partner again."

Two girls followed Xia Yao, whispering and giggling. Xia Yao looked at them speechlessly, sighed, then turned around and put on a smile.

"The dance studio is on the first floor. We'll be performing a dance demonstration. Junior students who are interested, remember to submit your application to join the club later."

Her big eyes held a playful glint as she joked with the junior students behind her, not noticing that several newly enrolled boys had turned red.

And Fang Ran, this 'fake' junior student, quietly blended into the back of the group, listening to Xia Yao and the girl from another club in front introduce various aspects of their clubs.

"Hey! Sis, where's that strange place you mentioned?" Fang Ran asked nervously, worried that someone would recognize him as a fake junior student, and also worried that a monster would suddenly pop out of nowhere and bite his butt.

"Hmm, it seems to be upstairs, hmm... I feel like it's right above that dance studio," Ling said seriously, as if it were truly the case.

"No, there are too many people. Let's go up the stairs over there!"

Fang Ran whispered, then, while everyone was focused on the beautiful club president, he darted up the side stairs.

"Are you sure there's something on this floor?" Fang Ran asked cautiously. This guy had already subconsciously assumed that the dark monsters from before had sneaked in.

Ling also silently didn't correct him and said seriously, "That's right, be careful."

Fang Ran walked slowly step by step down the corridor, gradually approaching the row of rooms above the dance studio amidst the coming and going of people from various clubs.

"It's just around this corner. Do we really have to go see?" Fang Ran asked again uneasily.

"You know how dangerous that thing is, right? This is your school," Ling said flatly. Then, Fang Ran, for some reason, gritted his teeth and continued walking forward.

Then, opposite him, Wei Wenwen suddenly walked out from around the corner.

"Hmm!"

"Uh..."

The two who completely didn't expect to meet were both stunned for a moment. Then Wei Wenwen silently nodded at Fang Ran and continued walking. Fang Ran also smiled, neither of them saying anything.

After Wei Wenwen left, Fang Ran returned to his nervous state, staring ahead nervously, as if nothing had happened.

Keep pretending, keep pretending.

Wait a moment, let me see what your true nature is.

Inside the hood, Ling, who was observing the outside world with Psychokinesis, her eyes flickered with a strange smile. In the data space, she gently pinched her fingers and twisted her wrist.

Snap!

A crisp snap of fingers.

Bang!

Then the glass beside Fang Ran instantly shattered inwards!!

"Holy crap!!!"

Fang Ran was shocked and cried out subconsciously!

"Not good!! That guy seems to have some kind of invisibility ability! Quickly find a place to hide!!" Ling's anxious voice sounded in Fang Ran's mind!

Bang bang bang!!!

Crash!!

As they spoke, another pane of glass shattered!

Not only that, but at the same time, the lights on the ceiling exploded one by one! Many fragments even stuck to the back of Fang Ran's collar!!

His neck stinging, Fang Ran instinctively followed Ling's shout and fled forward!

"No time! Get in quickly!!" Ling's voice echoed urgently in Fang Ran's mind. Meanwhile, the sound of glass constantly shattering behind him kept coming!

Without thinking, Fang Ran opened the nearest door and darted inside!

"Quick! Hide!! Lower your breathing! Don't let it sense you!!"

Ling had already flown out of Fang Ran's hood by now! She used Psychokinesis to block the falling light tube fragments for Fang Ran!

Then she forcefully pushed Fang Ran into the innermost locker! Fang Ran felt Ling shove him hard in the back, and he crashed into a pile of clothes, but Ling herself flew out!

"What are you doing!?"

"Don't worry about me! I'll go figure out how to deal with it!"

Ling said in an urgent voice. Seeing Fang Ran's panicked and bewildered look, Ling bumped the locker door from a different angle. The door closed, hiding Fang Ran inside.

Then, even though the nearby light tube glass was still exploding around her, Ling suddenly became quiet.

She floated outside the door, where Fang Ran couldn't see.

In the data space, Ling, still floating with her legs crossed, curved her lips into a devilish arc.

She quietly floated out. On the white label of the closed locker door, a few words were printed.

[Female Locker Room]

[Wei Wenwen]

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