"Sir, you seem pretty interested in us." The student wearing glasses was mature and polite. He thought Gao Ming didn't look like a psychopathic fugitive, but he certainly didn't look like a good person either.
"Do you remember the name of the kid who didn't come?" Gao Ming was dressed differently from the uniformed Investigation Bureau members. At that moment, he looked more like a private detective assisting the police.
"Gao Ming has always been in poor health. He never joins us for activities." A girl in the second row answered Gao Ming's question. "He's our class's Library Corner Manager. He usually likes to read by himself."
"Gao Ming is a transfer student. Apparently, he went by a different name at his old school." The Freckled Girl beside the boy with glasses chimed in. "The reason he transferred is pretty mysterious too. Some say he was bullied, some say he encountered things that couldn't be explained, and others say he was addicted to the Forbidden Game and kept skipping classes, so his old school expelled him."
"Don't spread that gossip." The boy with glasses looked serious. "Gao Ming is smart and does really well in school. He gets full marks in chemistry and biology every time. He's just a bit of a loner."
Mentioning the absent student seemed to open the floodgates. The students talked over one another without stopping, easing much of the tension.
"Gao Ming? Gao Ming?" Gao Ming remembered asking around for certain information back at Lishan Hospital. He seemed to have forgotten his original name. The name Gao Ming had been written for him by Fate.
"There's no signal here at all. I was going to take some photos of our trip for him." The Freckled Girl wasn't a bad person. She had once shared a