Nicholas ultimately did not leave this difficult choice to Liu Feifei. He decided to report the matter himself in her stead.
Without a doubt, it was a very courageous decision—and a very foolish one.
After he handed the pet snake's Painted Skin over to the School Labor Committee office, the school's response was exactly as Xiao Xiao had expected—the School Labor Committee immediately closed all external access routes, conducted a full-day search, and issued new campus safety regulations to every student.
This response was not excessive.
For Jiuyou Academy, which had suffered several safety incidents within the year, it was hardly surprising that the atmosphere suddenly became tense when the departments responsible for security learned that the school had been hiding a monster with a history of killing—namely, the Little White Cat's death—especially when the academy had glossed over the final findings of that killing.
Yet when the school spokesperson mentioned the matter at a press conference several days later, the wording was evasive. They only kept emphasizing that "the school environment is extremely safe," "student safety is fully guaranteed," "the School Labor Committee has submitted brand-new security regulations," and "new security screening equipment has been purchased from Danube Star," without ever mentioning the identity of the suspected monster or whether it had been captured. Students privately spread rumors that this was because the school had not caught the owner of that Painted Skin.
This was, plain and simple, a scandal.
A scandal even worse than last semester's Sand Hour Worm Incident and the School Hunting Meet brawl. Some outside commentators had already compared it to the story of a female demon infiltrating the school's Special Plane before the start of last semester.
Compared with the school's scandal, Zheng Qing was actually more worried about Nicholas.
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