Walking down from the building, Gu Mo, dressed like a backpacker, drew quite a few looks. However, he kept his head lowered, hiding his face beneath the brim of his sun hat, while also wearing a pair of sunglasses.
On top of that, instead of taking the elevator that more people used, he went down the stairs step by step, avoiding being alone with others at close range in a relatively enclosed space. So although he looked somewhat strange, he did not attract too much attention.
After reaching the first floor, he walked out of the building.
Ignoring the pedestrians and traffic on the road outside, he casually looked toward the school again.
It seemed this was not quite what he had initially imagined. This world was not so outrageous that a city-destroying, nation-toppling super monster appeared right at the start... His intuition had not sensed any danger, and the Guardian Spirits had shown no reaction either. Perhaps that thing had not noticed him, or perhaps it bore him no hostility.
But if its threat level itself had reached a certain degree, the Guardian Spirits should have reacted regardless of whether the danger directly targeted their host.
Even the people in this city paid it no mind—
It was clear that they were not accustomed to it. They genuinely had not noticed that thing's existence. In the world and daily lives of the overwhelming majority, there was no sign of being corroded or affected by such abnormalities. From their perspective, that thing might as well not exist.
Thus, Gu Mo strongly suspected that the shadow was all show, frightening only on the surface... Of course, for now, it was merely a suspicion. He had no intention of approaching it to investigate. He only wanted to see whether it truly had