The light dimmed, and the clamoring voices finally faded away.
When Lu Mi looked up again, Xie Ping’an was already standing before him.
He adjusted the Madman Pope's crown and gave an ugly smile.
"Can you see me?"
Lu Mi silently met his gaze, even his breathing trembling.
Not because he was afraid of his face. Rather...
Roman, standing beside him, spoke up with the correct answer. "We can see you."
"Why?" Xie Ping’an's body slowly turned transparent. He was still smiling, but his voice was choked with tears. "Why me?"
The lights in the distance came back on. The seats in the classroom straightened themselves, and the blood on the floor vanished. It was as though that tragedy had never happened.
Lu Mi stood motionless, quietly thinking.
He thought he understood what that question meant now.
At eleven thirty, they signed out with the gatekeeper.
Although they had already been inside the Archive Room, Lu Mi still put on a fake smile as he accepted its key from the gatekeeper.
Cheng Cheng was hiding nearby, waiting for them. The moment they met up, he launched into a stream of rambling chatter.
"Holy crap, he was going to finish up and come back before eleven! I was so worried. What if he saw you doing that stuff on the security cameras? Guess what clever, quick-witted me did? I took one for the team and charged right in, buddy! I got his attention and led him around the school for half an hour before I dared let him come back..."
"Get to the point."
Cheng Cheng stopped and fastened his belt again. "Fine."
After asking Lu Mi and the others to patrol in his place, the gatekeeper had watched the security monitors for a while before slipping away.
Cheng Cheng had