"If the contamination affecting Maozi can pass to me, and the Art Journey he comprehended can affect me... then could the 'mark' he accidentally touched when he slipped and fell also have 'marked' me?!"
Lin Yi instantly recalled being surrounded by the Occult Scriptures Choir on the night of May 8, along with all his increasingly bizarre encounters...
If this was not just the Gray Fog Invasion affecting him, but also the effects of Maozi's "mark" passing over to him, wouldn't that make a lot more sense?
But the problem was-
"Leaving that theory aside, how am I supposed to explain the concept of 'diverting contamination' to Head Teacher 040? That's just too absurd, isn't it?"
"Or... should I say I accidentally touched that kind of mark? But then how would I know so much?"
"This..."
Lin Yi seemed to have tangled himself up in a dead end where he "could not and must not prove his own case." He did not even know what the cognitive scope of the Head Teacher role was, or whether there were things he could not tell them...
"Hard to explain?" Head Teacher 040 asked.
"Uh... a little."
"You have concerns?"
"A little..."
"What concerns?"
"I'm... afraid you won't believe me."
"What's there to worry about?" Head Teacher 040 gave a dismissive chuckle and folded her arms. "Once you tell me, I'll make my own judgment."
"I am... your 'Head Teacher,' after all!"
She flicked her Name Badge, and its clear ringing instantly brought to mind Li Xunhuan playing with his throwing knife.
She paused, watching Lin Yi with interest. "Or you could just tell me what happened to you. I won't ask why it happened. How does that sound?"
Lin Yi looked at Head Teacher 040 in surprise. *There was actually such a