"Nikita's escape had nothing to do with those crows."
Jiuyou Academy's dean ignored Yellow Flower Cat's circling words and stated bluntly, "--You should know why..."
"Because of her teacher!"
The flower cat slowly climbed down from the windowsill and sat on the desk, its tail curled before its paws, looking utterly solemn. "I saw it very clearly. That little girl cut open her teacher's belly and struggled her way back to life once again... In the end, her teacher was still that teacher—the teacher who could keep a student alive."
Professor Yao looked at the shameless cat before him, somewhat speechless as he pulled out his pipe. Without packing any tobacco into the bowl, he simply puffed twice on the empty pipe.
After a long while, he spoke in a muffled voice. "--When Thomas kidnapped him last time, he took some flesh and blood from him. There are records of that in the school's relevant files."
The professor did not explicitly identify who the "him" in his words was.
But the flower cat knew perfectly well.
"So what?"
"So, when is he coming back?" Old Yao finally stopped concealing his intent and asked directly. "On the small scale, whether Thomas or Nikita, both have deep karmic entanglements with him. According to our usual handling procedures, cases like this are most likely to be resolved by someone strongly connected to them. On the larger scale, he took away Edge Academy's Giant God Soldier..."
"Didn't he leave one for you?"
Yellow Flower Cat immediately became displeased. "Monteria is on duty twenty-four hours a day now. What Legendary could be more dedicated than him? With Edge Academy's handful of nobodies, do they need two Legendary Grade Giant God Soldiers guarding them? Besides, Rat Immortal's condition should be stable by now, right? Given Its