I pushed Professor Hu down the slope toward the underground parking garage.
He took out the lethal poison pill. As long as he swallowed it, he could quietly end his life ahead of time. Unless a forensic examiner performed an autopsy, no one would be able to tell he had been poisoned.
"Professor Hu, aren't you afraid?"
"Ha ha."
He laughed and said to me with complete ease, "What's so frightening about death? From the moment people are born, great hopes are placed on them. From the time they start school, they carry responsibilities. Everyone needs to rest sometime, don't they? Otherwise, living on forever would be truly frightening."
"I've simply reached my stop. It's time to get off and transfer to another vehicle, to begin the next leg of my journey."
"Young man, the weather's nice today. Cheer up."
With that, he swallowed the pill without hesitation.
"Professor, have a pleasant journey..."
The instant I pushed the wheelchair into the underground garage, Professor Hu's body tumbled out of it.
I lunged forward and shouted several times.
"Professor Hu!"
Before long, security arrived, along with Grandmaster and the others. Several university administrators hurried over too.
Seeing Professor Hu's body lying quietly in my arms, the administrators froze in shock.
"P-Professor..."
"Wasn't he... wasn't he perfectly fine just now? How could he suddenly..."
Grandmaster sighed and told them with a sorrowful expression, "Professor Hu had a premonition last night. Today was actually his final rally. He was already failing when he came out of the auditorium. Before he breathed his last, he told us to take his body off campus and not let a hearse come in, so the students wouldn't be disturbed."
"Now that it has come to this, I hope you can all find comfort in your grief."
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