"Could it have been a group of Great Demons sneaking around..."
Before Zheng Qing could finish his guess, Dr. Xiao shook his head and dismissed it. "If demons had invaded Puji Island on a large scale, Old Yao wouldn't have been the only professor to disappear..."
"The school wouldn't have let us sit obediently in our classrooms and attend lessons, either."
The Fat Wizard picked Tuantuan up again and brushed his fur as he reminded them, "Do you remember the Potions Studies written exam at the end of last term? That day, an accident at just one Illegal Laboratory in the Silent Forest led the School Labor Committee and the Professor Joint Conference to issue a joint order. Every examinee was locked in their classroom, and the School Guardian Formation was activated at full power..."
The swishing of the brush and Tuantuan's contented purring intertwined. Against the Fat Wizard's gloomy description, they immediately stirred Zheng Qing's memories, which now seemed very distant.
Then he remembered the owner behind that Illegal Laboratory: the Raven.
"...Of course, Brother Scum's guess isn't entirely unreasonable."
Fatty Xin's rambling analysis reached his ears. "I also think this has something to do with demons, but not a group of them. It should only be one... Considering the school sent out only one Legendary Wizard, we have reason to suspect that a demon of Legendary Rank appeared on Puji Island as well. Maybe it was the Sea Demon King who advanced in the Black Prison last year. Perhaps something went wrong after its advancement, like it went berserk? So Old Yao went to ambush it!"
All that could be said was that the Fat Wizard truly deserved to be in journalism. His thoughts certainly wandered far and wide.
Zheng Qing stuck a finger into his ear and