Translator: Xena
Editor: cottoncat
“What the hell is this?”
The English class representative kicked the table. Although his teeth were chattering with fear, he still managed to show disgust on his face. “Who will choose?”
As he finished speaking, the bugs he had crushed into a pool of green pus suddenly gathered together, forming a green hand that grabbed his trouser leg and pulled it down. Half of his body suddenly slid off the chair, and his lower body was immediately submerged in the green liquid.
The phone in his hand also hit the ground and the screen immediately shattered like a spider web.
Everyone’s expression couldn’t help but change when they witnessed this scene. It looked as if his lower body had disappeared.
“Help, help me——”
At the same time, the bugs that slid down from the blackboard swarmed towards him. After a while, his entire body was completely covered with densely packed bugs. If he opened his mouth, there was a high chance one would crawl inside. It was extremely disgusting.
Seeing this horrific scene, the students all screamed in fear, but no one dared to step forward.
The English class representative looked at his friend standing at the back of the crowd. The friend shook his head repeatedly under his gaze, took several steps back, hid behind other people, and said with horror, “Don’t look at me. I don’t want to die for you—!”
At this critical moment, who cared about the life or death of their so-called friends? Saving one’s own life was the most important thing!
Seeing this, the English class representative who originally just wanted to ask for help suddenly had a twisted expression on his face. He braced himself with both hands on the ground, barely managing to steady his body. As he slapped the bugs crawling on his body, he pointed at the other party with one hand and shouted desperately, “Then choose him, choose him to die!”
Hearing this, his friend’s face turned pale.
“What nonsense are you spouting!”
At this moment when he could be in trouble at any time, his eyes reddened, his face showed a fierce look, he picked up the chair beside him, took a step forward ready to smash the other person’s head until it bled. He didn’t want to hear his name being thrown out like bait.
However, the moment he lifted up the chair, he heard a sigh near his ear, as if the speaker was seriously troubled by the messy scene before them.
Although the sound was not loud, it drowned out the sound of insects crawling and sounded extremely clear in the ears.
“Can you calm down a bit?”
It was a familiar voice, somewhat cold, as if it had been soaked in water.
Then, out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of a lean figure walking past him.
Jing Chen was still frozen in shock when he noticed that Jian Xie, who had been standing beside him was now walking toward the English class representative.
He snapped to his senses instantly and wanted to reach out to grab Jian Xie’s sleeve, but missed. He watched Jian Xie walk up to the boy holding the chair, raise his hand, and—shoved him aside!
Although he didn’t use much strength, the other party stumbled and fell to the ground. The chair hit the ground heavily and was kicked away by Jian Xie.
He should have been angry after being pushed to the ground out of nowhere, but in this situation, he could only stare blankly at the culprit’s back.
What happened…?
Almost instantly, all eyes focused on Jian Xie.
Even the sobbing in the air stopped instinctively, leaving only the rustling sounds of insects.
He……
What is he going to do?
Until now, Jian Xie had always been an invisible person in the class. Although he had excellent grades and outstanding appearance, enough that students from other classes would pretend to pass by just to peek at him during breaks, he usually kept a low profile and never participated in any group activities, which made it clear that he was not a popular figure at school.
“Clear the way.” Jian Xie’s voice carried a hint of annoyance, “Don’t add to the trouble, thanks.”
Although he wanted to save people, he didn’t like this selfish type of person.
Everyone watched him walk in front of the class president. Noone dared to stop him, let alone ask him what he was doing.
Then, an amazing and jaw-dropping scene happened——
Some insects that were originally scattered along his path were seen quickly and fearfully dispersing as Jian Xie walked past. Some even fell to the ground because they were in such a hurry, as if they were swept away by an invisible force and could not avoid the approaching human.
It was just like Moses parting the sea…
What?
Everyone held their breath at the same time.
Was this really something a student could do? This was like some kind of surreal variety show!
“……”
In just a few seconds, he reached the English class representative, who had bugs crawling across his face and was left with only his upper body barely propping him up. His eyes were wide open and locked on Jian Xie in terror. His tears streaming down his face made him look extremely ugly.
Jian Xie paused, unbuttoned his cuffs, then rolled up his sleeves, revealing his slender and elegant wrists.
He didn’t know if it was the influence of the Supernatural Administration Bureau’s suit uniform, but the clothes Qin Zhuo chose for him today were a white shirt and a tie. It made it inconvenient to move around freely, so he could only tidy it up like this.
He looked to his side.
The other students couldn’t see it, but a black mist had emerged from his body at some point and was drifting casually beside him. Any insects that came into contact with the mist surrounding him were instantly disintegrated into black smoke, crushed on the spot before they even had a chance to resist.
Qin Zhuo lazily leaned forward close to his ear and whispered, 【I don’t like him.】
“This is not to save him.” Jian Xie felt an itch on the side of his ear and tilted his head. “It’s just that Zhou Zheyu doesn’t know what he’s doing.”
Since the Bureau had never noticed his existence, it meant that he had never attacked humans…
He believed he shouldn’t learn the ways of those monsters.
This was why he always used “he” instead of “it”.
After saying that, Jian Xie reached out and grabbed the English class representative by the tie, not caring if he was choking him or not. Compared to the other boy’s embarrassing display of struggling until veins in his neck popped out, but could only barely keep himself from being pulled down, Jian Xie just gave a quick tug and actually pulled the guy out of the green pus!
Jian Xie whispered to the remaining bugs on the blackboard, “In here, I have the final say, not you.”
As he finished his calm words, the insects that were originally crawling rapidly froze in place as if a pause button had been pressed, and then they dropped to the ground with a rustle.
At the same time, the bugs that were climbing on the English class representative’s body fled in all directions, and for a moment, it seemed as though a disgusting rain of bugs had fallen from the sky.
——This game, which was supposed to test human nature, was forcibly terminated by him.
Jian Xie didn’t let go of the tie, but simply looked up at Jing Chen. “Don’t let anyone else leave.”
He was the only person present with experience.
Jing Chen’s memory of being rescued by Jian Xie at home was obviously awakened. To be honest, that experience was practically engraved in his DNA. His expression froze, but he reacted quickly, recalling his responsibilities as a class president. He nodded quickly to indicate that he understood.
“Also, whatever appears behind the classroom, don’t pay attention to it.”
Jing Chen nodded again.
“If the ‘police’ come, tell them I’m upstairs in the classroom A421.”
Right after giving his instructions, Jian Xie opened the classroom door. Amid the English class representative’s constant coughing, he dragged him by the tie and disappeared behind the door.
“…………” Everyone.
Was it their imagination? Help, why does it seem like Jian Xie is very familiar with this kind of situation?!
……
Jian Xie brought the boy upstairs.
Along the way, the English class representative hit his head on the stairs several times. He couldn’t help but yell, “Stop dragging me, I can stand up by myself!”
“Oh.”
When the other person managed to stumble to his feet, Jian Xie released his hand.
However, he nearly fell to the ground due to his unstable center of gravity and was in a very embarrassing situation before he managed to follow Jian Xie into the classroom.
In fact, he could have just made a few sarcastic comments like usual, snort and walk off.. Why did he follow someone he usually hated? Or maybe it was because he had escaped death that he felt dizzy and couldn’t help but listen to Jian Xie’s words…
His phone buzzed with text messages several times, and the English class representative couldn’t help but secretly glance at Jian Xie’s profile.
Having arrived at the familiar empty classroom, Jian Xie first loosened his tie, then took out his cell phone and glanced at it. It was a text message from Cheng Li.
【Don’t tell me… don’t tell me something happened again! With your constitution, I really don’t know what to say… PS: Call me】
Jian Xie smiled briefly and then called back.
The phone rang several times before it was finally connected. Cheng Li’s voice sounded tired, “You know, I just finished a mission in the early hours of the morning… What time is it now?”
“It’s eleven o’clock in the morning.”
“What?!” Jian Xie heard the sound of a heavy object hitting the ground, followed by a pained groan. “Let me take a look at what you asked me for… To be honest, you should go find someone from the logistics department. The report isn’t within my authority, so I can’t send it to you, but I can help you look into it.”
“Cheng Li,” Jian Xie said.
The other side was still half asleep, but when he heard his name being called out by Jian Xie, it was like a bucket of cold water had been dumped over his head, waking him up instantly. All thoughts of joking around disappeared immediately, and he couldn’t help but become serious.
“W-what is it?”
“Is there any chance of reversal for humans possessed by abnormal entities?”
“…I’ve never heard of such a situation. Generally speaking, humans either die on the spot or their bodies become a host.” Cheng Li paused, then slowly said, “But you can try. After all, you don’t even need props to kill monsters.”
Just like how Jian Xie broke the rules in a way that defied common sense the last time.
This sentence was also meant to test Jian Xie’s intentions.
Jian Xie didn’t deny it and responded with a “hmm” without any surprise. “Let me use a different example. You told me that investigators would be transformed into monsters by props or anomalies, but if they still retain even a shred of sanity, what would the Bureau do in that situation?”
“There is no other way but to kill them directly.” Cheng Li’s tone was heavy.
After all, sometimes monsters would disguise themselves as humans, and it was impossible to tell the difference, so one could only take the worst-case approach.
“In that case, there’s a Special A-class anomaly here, and I have a bit of a relationship with him. Please ask the Bureau to come later.”
Cheng Li: “……?!”
Ah, this.
Did he hear it wrong? Wait, did he say come earlier or later?
Before anyone could react, Jian Xie’s intuition had already made it clear. He hung up the phone and slipped it into his pocket.
“The people at the Bureau don’t know about this.” He frowned and said, “It’s a bit like what Xiao Xiong said about ‘Super Special A-level’. They haven’t updated the records.”
Qin Zhuo smiled ambiguously. At some point, It had climbed onto a tall stack of chairs, crossed It’s legs, and held It’s chin up, as if he were sitting on his throne. He looked at them with a disdainful look. 【Just like that guy said, give it a try, since everything is already in front of you.】
【I’m curious too, let me take a look. 】
It’s words were tinged with a playful tone.
Even in this situation, It did not show the slightest sign of nervousness, and this gave people an indescribable sense of security.
…As if It knew what Jian Xie was going to do next.
It should be an extremely terrifying thing to have a being that could know your thoughts and understand your every move at any time and anywhere.
But if the other party not only possesses the ability to strike from a lower dimension, but also unconditionally supports your every move, and even obeys you like a big cat to a certain extent, then aside from occasionally making you feel a little uncomfortable, even their willful and domineering personality becomes tolerable.
Ever since he’d forbidden It from interfering in his affairs with monsters, It despite its possessiveness had reluctantly accepted the “neighbor” lingering around him.
Take a look at this attitude right now.
Qin Zhuo obviously knew that his neighbor was not human, and yet It actually managed to refrain from killing him, which really gave respect to Jian Xie.
Jian Xie didn’t know where It’s indulgent attitude came from, and he didn’t know why It thought so highly of Jian Xie’s strength. He decided to dispel his thoughts and looked up to emphasize, “I want to separate them, but I’ve never done it before.”
Qin Zhuo still maintained his original posture, looked down at him with squinted eyes, and said lazily,【What does it matter? Of course, I say this because I trust you. So what if you fail? Do I look like someone who doesn’t keep his word? At worst, I can just catch you and do it a second time. 】
Jian Xie: “…”
He had miscalculated. It could actually speak in a manner similar to that of an approachable teacher.
Are you that confident in your abilities? Then, you can do whatever you want without caring about the consequences of failure.
The English class representative, who was standing a few steps away from him, had no idea what Jian Xie was doing.
From his perspective, ever since being brought here by Jian Xie, the other party had not paid any attention to him. Instead, Jian Xie looked up and muttered to himself something he could not understand, as if there really was something in the void.
This feeling of being ignored made him a little angry, and he couldn’t help but grumble. “What on earth are you doing?! You brought me here without telling me why—”
As he wished, Jian Xie turned his head and gave him a cold look, which made him stop talking, and he involuntarily took a step back.
Compared to this casual look, all the things he had once mocked about the other person seemed like child’s play. In an instant, he felt like he was falling into hell.
Jian Xie… was someone he couldn’t afford to offend. His Adam’s apple bobbed.
And the reason he didn’t bother with his taunts before was because he didn’t find it necessary. If it had been, he would have made him regret being born into this world.
He suddenly felt a pang of fear for his previous behavior and dared not say anything anymore. He swore that he would stay as far away from Jian Xie as possible in the future!
However, just as he made a vow to himself, he saw Jian Xie walking towards him with clear purpose.
English class representative: “!!”
He drew back.
【Let me do it. 】
Qin Zhuo stopped Jian Xie from approaching, stood up from the stacked chairs, and jumped to the ground.
It took long strides, walked past Jian Xie and headed towards the ignorant English class representative. In just a few steps, It arrived behind him and grabbed his collar with disgust. With just a casual move, he pinned the boy in place, like a lamb to be slaughtered, unable to move.
What happened?
The English class representative opened his eyes wide in horror. His whole body stiffened, and he couldn’t move. How come he suddenly couldn’t move?
He trembled in fear in midair like a baby chick that had been picked up, while Qin Zhuo smiled smugly.
Jian Xie: “…”
Long time no see, middle school syndrome and evil tendencies.
Surprisingly, he felt like the other party had been suppressing their desire to show off ever since appearing next to him…
Since this person was the annoying English class representative, he should just let It have some fun. A lively performance like this was quite rare.
“You’re still conscious?” Qin Zhuo clicked his tongue and shook the human in his hand. “They’ve all turned into insects.”
It waited five seconds before losing It’s patience.
“I don’t care. Whether you’re an anomaly or a child, I’m giving you three seconds to get out of here.”
However, only a second later, the hand on the English class representative’s shoulder suddenly exerted force. A layer of black mist spread from It’s fingers, projecting a terrifyingly powerful pressure onto the English class representative akin to thousands of pounds of weight, which actually made his knees buckle until he knelt on the ground!
Suddenly, in this classroom that should’ve held only two people, a third voice rang out, coming from behind them… No matter what the reason was, it was enough to be written into a horror story.
Then, something even more unbelievable happened——
The English class representative felt his eyelids stretch open uncontrollably. He shivered as he saw a bug falling to the ground.
Where did it fall from…?
——His eyes!
He froze on the spot. This may become a psychological shadow that would haunt him for the rest of his life…
And this was also the reason why Jian Xie brought him here.
When those bugs had swarmed towards the English class representative, his intuition told him that the real entity would be hiding inside the boy’s body, and sure enough.
Jian Xie took off his tie and looped it around the insect that was immobilized by the black fog.
Well, now there was only one thing left.
This anomaly couldn’t be allowed to remain in the real world.
But if it meant dragging his neighbor down with it, he couldn’t do that to a peer of his own age.
Theoretically, if Jian Xie could deploy the 【Eight Cold Hells】 similar to the predation field, he could choose to target specific entities.
But what if the targets overlap? For example, if two souls were currently overlapping into an anomaly [a bug], and he successfully micro-manipulated the anomaly into hell while leaving the neighbor in reality, could he achieve separation cleanly?
But if that failed, he would likely drag his neighbor into it.
Jian Xie didn’t know what would happen to a human soul when it entered the 【Eight Cold Hells】. It would most likely be torn into pieces on the spot, never to be reincarnated, so he was a little hesitant.
【In that case, let’s see if he deserves to go to hell.】 Qin Zhuo said casually, 【I should have told you that you’re probably able to look through the memories of any creature? But only through some key scenes. After all, Hell never makes mistakes, and you should have some privileges since you’re holding the boundary monument. 】
Especially now that all kinds of monsters have appeared, the executioners of hell should naturally keep up with the times and be more evil and vicious than them so as to make these monsters with no moral bottom line terrified when they hear about them and fearful when they see them.
Jian Xie: “…”
【Didn’t I say that?】
Not at all.
【It’s all your fault that you were too focused on making me sleep that day. You didn’t care about my mood at all. 】 It raised It’s eyebrows and quickly leaned in close. Its scarlet eyes looked like they could pull someone into the abyss—cold, cruel, and strangely artistic.【Kiss me, and I will forgive you.】
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