It was 1 a.m.
Most of the female students in the dormitory building were already asleep.
Only a handful were still waiting for news.
In Room 405, Power was sleeping soundly.
Denji stood by the window, looking outside in the hope of spotting something.
Invisible in the hallway, Meng Fan sent rats to patrol between the floors.
Another hour passed.
The old well still hadn't appeared.
Seeing that, Meng Fan stopped waiting.
In the early hours, he went to chat with Aoi Fuku in the duty room.
He left only a few rats to watch the floors.
Morning came.
The old well hadn't appeared at all.
The students went to class as usual.
Aoi Fuku, exhausted from the previous night's physical exertion, took the day off.
The Fourth Division could only leave empty-handed.
"Thank you for coming to protect our students. I don't think that old well devil will appear again."
The male principal expressed his thanks warmly.
"You're welcome. If there's nothing else, we'll be leaving."
"All right. Take care."
After the Fourth Division left, things settled down.
The students felt much calmer, too.
During a self-study period, two girls began discussing Kasuga Hiyori.
"The old well didn't appear last night. Senior Meng Fan must have dealt with Kasuga Hiyori."
"I hope Kasuga Hiyori's dead. I heard she barely had any presence in her class to begin with. It made no difference to them whether she was there or not."
"Haha, exactly. She actually made a contract with a devil just to get revenge. The price of the contract alone must have made her suffer enough."
"Hey, that's enough!" Hatano, sitting behind them, suddenly shouted.
"Hatano, what are you getting so worked up about?"
"She's a murderer who made a contract with a devil. Why can't we talk about