Wait, He Really Knew the Pathway to Becoming an Ashes Apostle? (It's Lunar New Year's Eve!)

The two went to Group B Class 2 together before parting ways. Li Huiyuan checked the sign by the door and entered the classroom, while Lin Yi went to the "Group B Class 2" section of the Teachers' Office and knocked on the door.

"Knock, knock..."

"Who is it?"

"It's me, Lin Yi. Student ID number X0230506098."

"Click!"

The Peephole opened. Head Teacher 040 glanced at him, then opened the door.

Lin Yi glanced at his watch and entered the office.

Once inside, he immediately glanced at the Grandfather Clock on the wall.

10:20.

Then he got straight to the point. "I've discovered a few things."

"What a coincidence. I have a few things to tell you too," Head Teacher 040 said.

"Let me go first." Lin Yi considered his matters more important. "A large number of Fanatics have gathered on the fifth floor of the Teaching Building. They've already mastered the method of collecting ashes, and they seem to be exploring a way for all of them to become Ashes Apostles together."

Lin Yi explained how the Fanatics had used some of their companions to attract ashes, then burned themselves together with Grinning Angels to refine themselves into Blood Bodhi Stone Pillars.

He added, "I also discovered something Teacher 039 overlooked, or rather, didn't notice. She investigated every batch of infiltrators who entered the school, but missed one..."

"You mean... the people who entered the school with you?!" With Lin Yi's reminder, Head Teacher 040 immediately caught on.

Lin Yi nodded. "Exactly. I thought everyone in my batch was a victim, until I saw most of the survivors on the fifth floor just now..."

"Among the people who came in with me, quite a few were planted by infiltration forces to collect ashes. And as coincidence would have it,