The true secret of Hande Private Academy lay exposed before everyone, a bloody reality that chilled them to the core.
The school had become what it was because it had devoured too many children's youth and happiness. They had grown old before their time. Bodies that should have brimmed with hormones were now left with nothing but lethargy and wrinkles.
Whether it was the establishment of the school rules or the existence of Situ An's rules, their terrifying power depended entirely on the silent sacrifices of those human bricks.
The school rules were at least somewhat better. They sent the prematurely aged students to Dormitory Six, gave them hospital beds, and tried to compensate them. Situ An, however, credited himself with every bit of power he gained. He signed one Teaching Certificate after another, using his position as a classroom administrator to suppress the students.
"So this is the true face of Hande Private Academy?" Ma Tao, the substitute ghost, stared in disbelief, a deep chill rising within him. "All the students who graduated or broke the rules were sent here!"
Among the human bricks, Ma Tao saw an old friend. His friend was hunched inside a little box, his body long since deformed. No human emotion remained on his face. He was worse off than a ghost.
"I can't protect you anymore." Though covered in wounds, You Liang was as clean and radiant as when they had first met him. His blood shone vividly like gemstones, and his eyes were like stars reflected in a lake. "From here on, you'll have to rely on yourselves."
After You Liang spoke, some of the human bricks beneath the Laboratory Building actually shed tears. Perhaps they were grateful for all he had done, or perhaps they feared what would happen to them