She rubbed her wrists, which still felt chilly, to warm them up. How could someone's hands be so cold? They were practically ice cubes.
"The principal's office door is locked, how can I get in?" Su Cheng turned her head slightly. "I've been at the school for so long and haven't seen the principal yet. Does Teacher Gao know when the principal is in his office?"
Gao Wen narrowed her eyes slightly, and a faint smile appeared on her lips, but her eyes held a danger as deep as the ocean.
"The principal has been in her office the whole time. Didn't she open the door for you? Ms. Su wants to see the principal. How about I take you there?"
Su Cheng glanced at the black aura that suddenly appeared behind her and calmly shook her head, "No need, I still need to prepare my lessons. I'll visit the principal another time."
Gao Wen's upturned lips instantly turned downwards. "Teacher Su neglected her duties twice, and her teaching methods were inadequate. 40 performance points will be deducted."
They deducted 40 points directly, leaving her with only 10 performance points. They're trying to put her on the next round of the unqualified list!
Taking advantage of their position, they blatantly made things difficult for them!
The system suddenly announced at that moment:
[bite]
[Random quest to be triggered ( Golden Leaf Pharmaceutical Factory ): Unqualified Us ]
How could being targeted unexpectedly trigger a mission?
Su Cheng, who had been worried about what dangers she might encounter if she made the list, suddenly felt relieved.
She never expected that being listed as unqualified due to poor performance would be related to the pharmaceutical company.
Contrary to Gao Wen's expectations, she showed no sign of worry and continued downstairs as if nothing was amiss, her steps light and quick.
Just like there are troublemakers among students, in Gao Wen's eyes she was the unruly one among the teachers.
Anger flashed across Gao Wen's face, and a dark shadow appeared on the ground, moving and following behind Su Cheng.
As sunlight streamed through the window at the corner of the staircase and fell upon Su Cheng, a shadowy figure attempted to merge with her shadow, but was dispersed by the faint golden light.
This time, she didn't need to turn around to know that Gao Wen was staring intently at her from behind, her gaze even more intense than before.
The jade pendant, which had been slightly warm around the neck, returned to normal temperature only after being moved away from Gao Wen.
Back in the teaching building office, most of the seats were empty during the lunch break. The teachers who had been setting up the auditorium had been replaced and hadn't returned yet.
Su Cheng recalled the incident when she bumped into Gao Wen in the stairwell. The other party seemed very certain that she had entered the principal's office, otherwise she would not have shown any murderous intent.
The other party might not be able to figure out why Su Cheng seemed to know nothing.
The principal was most likely killed or imprisoned in the shadows by Gao Wen. The entire school was no longer under the principal's control, but rather Gao Wen's.
It's estimated that as long as she's still in high school, Gao Wen will see her as a thorn in his side.
Even though it was targeted, the trip to the principal's office was well worth it.
I've figured out the consequences of low performance points, as stated in the instruction manual.
It also completes and triggers a new random task at the pharmaceutical factory.
Su Cheng tapped her fingertips lightly on the table, a strange sense of unease rising in her heart, though she couldn't pinpoint the source of this feeling.
Instead of sitting idly in the office, she went to the auditorium.
The teachers were all busy with their own tasks: hanging colorful balloons, arranging chairs neatly, and placing wooden boards with inspirational quotes written on them...
Su Cheng glanced around, found nothing amiss, and quietly left, having no intention of becoming free labor.
Back in the teaching building, she arrived at the door of Class 6. There were fifty students in the class, and none of them were taking a nap; they were all doing exercises or reading.
Yan Xing's face grew even paler, her eyes revealing her exhaustion. During lunch break, no teacher was watching her, but classmates were watching her from all sides.
The students' eyes held resentment, clearly stemming from a rule in the school regulations that imposed collective punishment, causing them to harbor deep resentment towards Yan Xing.
Su Cheng appeared at the back door of the classroom and, amidst the students' confusion, led Yan Xing out of the classroom.
The teacher is guarding Yan Xing; she probably won't be able to snatch the person away yet.
But the students are fine, since teachers have a slightly higher status than students here.
The two walked to the window in the stairwell.
"Thank you." Yan Xing breathed a sigh of relief, then shook her head before remembering something and said, "Something's wrong with the top students in our class. They haven't been interacting directly these past two days, but they've been passing notes when they pass each other."
Yan Xing's words indirectly corroborated the idea behind the threatening artwork team's crime.
Yan Xing frowned, and said with certainty, "They're plotting something."
"That's right, they're plotting revenge against the teacher."
Su Cheng recounted the story of the threatening drawing.
Yan Xing murmured thoughtfully, "If we're going to retaliate, we either have to take them down one by one, or wipe them all out in one fell swoop. The former is safer, but it's more likely to be discovered, and it will also make the teacher more vigilant..."
However, to catch them all in one fell swoop, it is necessary to find a time and place where all the teachers are present.
The closest opportunity to this is the end-of-term mobilization meeting in the evening.
Su Cheng and Yan Xing exchanged a glance, seeing the answer in each other's eyes.
Yan Xing showed no sign of worry; in fact, he clenched his fist with excitement. "Yes, yes, this revenge is definitely related to the main storyline!"
Su Cheng shared this idea and suggested, "Once the mobilization meeting begins, we can regroup immediately should anything change."
"Alright!" Yan Xing was already prepared to face the dangers of the main storyline, and she couldn't wait to leave the dungeon.
To give Yan Xing more time to breathe, the two didn't separate until the lunch break was over.
Su Cheng checked the weapons in her Smart Bag. Besides weapons for dealing with supernatural threats, she also needed to prepare physical weapons.
Compared to the powerful supernatural weapon like the boning knife, her physical weapons seemed quite ordinary.
Fortunately, it's well-rounded, with knives and chainsaws for close combat, bows and arrows and darts for ranged attacks, and small bombs for area-of-effect attacks.
The firepower provides a strong sense of security.
However, since it is unclear what the completion criteria for the main quest are, we will have to act according to the situation at that time.
After two more classes in the afternoon, the bell rang, and Gao Wen's voice came over the loudspeaker directing each grade and class to proceed to the auditorium in turn.
A faint smile appeared on the faces of both the teacher and the students.
The mobilization meeting arrived amidst the "anticipation" of all teachers and students.
A note from the author:
There will be another update tonight!
Chapter 75
The entire school's thousand students sat neatly in their assigned seats, almost filling the huge auditorium. The stage was brightly lit, while the audience could only see a few dim lights overhead.
Bathed in light, Gao Wen held a microphone and calmly read her inspiring speech, while a PowerPoint presentation played behind her.
Su Cheng glanced around. All the students were looking up at the stage with the same upturned head, the lights reflecting off their lifeless pupils.
It was supposed to be an inspiring conference, but it failed to liven up the lifeless atmosphere.
She paid close attention to Fang Tingrou's movements.
Fang Tingrou sat motionless on the stool, her shoulders and back straight, showing no signs of anything amiss.
Coincidentally, everyone sitting around her was in the top ten of the class.
Su Cheng did not stay in the teacher's original seat, but bowed slightly and stepped back.
By the time she arrived at the end of Class 6, Gao Wen's speech on stage had already ended, and the next part of the program was for student representatives from each grade to give speeches.
To save time, representatives from all three grades went on stage at the same time. They were all number one in their respective grades on the honor roll on the bulletin board.
Fang Tingrou stood in the middle, flanked by a man and a woman.
The three were wearing the same school uniforms, their faces bearing the same expressions, their lips deliberately twitching into a slight curve, their forced smiles looking somewhat strange under the spotlight.
"Hello everyone, I am Li Ruo, the student representative from the first year of high school."
"Hello everyone, I'm Ming Ming, the student representative from the second year of high school."
"Hello everyone, I am Fang Tingrou, a representative of the senior students. Today, I will be giving a speech entitled 'Our Life'..."
It was less of a three-person speech and more of a speech by Fang Tingrou.
Her voice was lower and slower than usual, as if she was suppressing something, with a slight tremor at the end of her notes.
The speech simply cited various famous figures and teachers; there was nothing wrong with the content itself...
So what emotions is she suppressing?
In addition, Su Cheng noticed that the students, who had been sitting upright, moved slightly, and their eyes and brows were more lively than when they listened to Gao Wen's speech.
Gao Wen was standing in the upper left corner of the front row below the stage.
Unaffected by the light, Su Cheng clearly noticed that Gao Wen seemed to be surrounded by more students than those around other teachers.
Her fingertips twitched slightly, and she suddenly realized what was wrong: the students were moving collectively towards the upper left corner.
However, their movements were slow and very small, and they were so focused on watching the teachers on the stage that they were completely unaware of their presence, using the dim light as cover.
Gao Wen had a habit of standing in the upper left corner of the auditorium, and the students took advantage of this and began to make slight adjustments.
As the powerful administrator behind the school, Gao Wen is extremely strict with students, making her the students' primary target for revenge.
So, are the students trying to make an example of her...?
There are over a thousand students in the entire hall, but only a hundred teachers. If a fight were to break out, with such a disparity in numbers, the teachers would likely end up in the intimidating situation depicted in the painting.
Su Cheng quickly changed her perspective: how should the contestants respond to this act of revenge against the teacher?
Undoubtedly, this "rebellion" is very likely the " Bloody Baptism " mentioned in the main quest.
But how can contestants using fake identities get themselves recognized by the system as having completed the task?
Su Cheng is a teacher, and her method for completing the main storyline is to survive the students' attacks.
What about the other participants who are also students? How do they complete the tasks...?
Various ideas flashed through my mind, and the speech on stage was coming to an end.
"Thank you to Golden Leaf Town for allowing us to be born and exist, thank you to the school for providing us with opportunities for progress, thank you to Director Gao for his tireless encouragement, thank you to our parents for not eliminating us, thank you for living each day..."