"Ideally, we could team up," Girl Number Three said slowly, then hurried to explain, "I'm not saying I admire Lone Wolf all that much. It's just that his strength really does qualify him to sit at our table."
"This operation is extremely risky. If we can bring someone along, I don't mind sharing some resources," Girl Number Two said.
Their mission involved obtaining ashes, but it posed an enormous threat to their lives. Getting out unscathed was almost impossible. But if they brought Lin Yi along to share the danger, they could improve the odds of everyone surviving. When the time came, compromising on the distribution and taking a little less of the ashes would be no problem.
After all, only the living got another chance.
"Let's go have a look at him." Sister Zhou left her seat.
"Follow him outright?" Girl Number Three asked in surprise.
"Have a look," Sister Zhou confirmed again. "How can we make an accurate judgment without observing him more?"
Girl Number Three hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll go too."
Girl Number Two also said, "Let's go together!"
As the team's leader, Sister Zhou allowed everyone to voice their opinions during discussions, but once she made a decision, the others naturally had to follow without hesitation.
The three women headed toward the classroom door.
May 11, Year X023, 19:55, Teaching Building B, 1F.
A few minutes earlier.
Lin Yi closed the classroom door behind him and turned toward Group B Class 3.
By then, a thick layer of bone-white fog had spread across the campus. The Pebble Road below the steps was almost submerged, with only faint traces of pebbles visible near the streetlamp poles.
The fog drifting over the ground looked like a layer of dry ice. With the cold evening wind from the