"Overall, I was satisfied with your mission this time. Professional, efficient, concise—you made not a single low-level mistake during its execution... Only during the final cleanup... including Number Three, I received requests from many people to extend the experiment, even to help the test subject escape..."
"Professor, what I meant was..." Crow Number Three could not help speaking up to explain.
But he immediately felt a stern gaze fall upon him from Raven's back.
Professor Monteria lowered his eyelids. After cutting off Gan Ning's explanation with a look, he slightly sharpened his tone. "As I just said, in the interest of preventing trouble before it starts, I do not mind reiterating a few things.
"The purpose of this experiment was to verify experimental data and deceive onlookers—to hold a grand funeral for the 'raven' in other people's eyes—not to unleash a Great Demon-level monster that would ravage Puji Island.
"No one from the school can die. That can probably be considered the final limit of tolerance certain figures at the school have for our little organization.
"An ordinary Dark Wizard and an ordinary verification experiment are not worth breaking that line for... If you cross the line, it means I have crossed the line as well. If I cross the line, it means the experiment is over. So please stay clear-headed. Do not mistake the school's occasional indulgence for your own capability."
The quiet forest was utterly silent.
The birds, beasts, and insects, the cold wind threading through the woods, and the withered leaves trembling on the branches all fell silent beneath the professor's stern tone.
"Now, everyone, raise your heads and look at the sky." The professor abruptly changed the subject and made a strange request.
One Crow Mask after another hesitantly lifted, looking up at the sky with