At that thought, Lin Yi felt a chill roaming through his body, circling along his spine and raising a fine sheen of cold sweat on his back.
He suddenly realized he had fallen into a massive cognitive trap. Thanks to his first impressions, he had never subconsciously considered the Convenience Store an entity that would pose a threat to him-or rather, harbor "hostility" toward him.
After all, the Convenience Store Owner was at least one of the school's fighting forces. Coupled with his apparently good relationship with the Night Watchman and Lao Mo, Lin Yi had never put up his guard against him. But what if-
What if the Convenience Store Owner refused to give him any consideration?
In any relationship, unless the connection was direct, adding someone in between would introduce all kinds of problems in maintaining it!
Who was the Convenience Store Owner?
The Campus's last line of defense!
An existence that had confronted an "Ashes Apostles"—a Concept-Level Sculpture—and driven it back without losing!
He was probably a supernatural entity on the level of "Supreme Judgment" himself. Why would he take Lin Yi seriously?
Lao Mo and the Night Watchman looked human, but in reality, they had long since become humanoid supernatural beings. They belonged to the same category as the Convenience Store Owner, while Lin Yi was a human!
Uh, no. Actually, it seemed... after forging his golden skeletal body, he no longer quite counted as a normal human either, but he still didn't seem to belong to the same category as the Convenience Store Owner.
In the Convenience Store Owner's eyes, am I just a courier responsible for delivering "Lao Mo's heart"?
The Convenience Store Owner had dispatched the package from the Clock Tower in the Art Building and would receive it at the Convenience Store