The Security Guard asked, "Are you carrying your Student ID?"
The Female Dorm Supervisor said, "I always carry it."
Only then did the Security Guard give a slight nod. "Good."
With that, he took the Old Kerosene Lamp from the Female Dorm Supervisor's hand. At the same time, he seized her left hand and rolled up her sleeve.
On her wrist was an Identity Credential-her dorm supervisor credential. The number on it was faintly visible: "Dorm Supervisor-36-X0230507012."
The Security Guard spoke slowly, his commanding voice seeming to carry some indescribable magic. "I strip you of your identity as 'Dorm Supervisor-36-X0230507012.' From this moment on, you will regain the identity you held before becoming a dorm supervisor."
His words were like a decree. As he spoke, gray aura kept steaming off the Female Dorm Supervisor's body, as though she were a piece of iron being quenched.
At the same time, Lin Yi heard the Female Dorm Supervisor's murmurs coming continuously from within the gray aura. "My name is Zhao Lingxiao. My Student ID number is 'X0230507012.' I'm at the counter on the Library's first floor, beside the Security Guard..."
"My name is Zhao Lingxiao. My Student ID number is 'X0230507012.' I..."
"My name..."
As the gray aura dissipated, the Female Dorm Supervisor-no, Zhao Lingxiao-appeared before him.
Zhao Lingxiao looked little different from when she had been a dorm supervisor, but she felt more "alive," rather than pale-faced and perpetually lifeless like the dorm supervisor.
There was one thing, however, that displeased him, though he also found it perfectly reasonable-
The Security Guard had said Zhao Lingxiao's dorm supervisor number was "Dorm Supervisor-36-X0230507012," but back in the elevator, she had told him it was "Dorm Supervisor-33-X0230507012."
Goddammit, she had even lied about her floor!
She had practically used what little cunning she