Chapter 76. Dekan After Dark

“Sigh, if only Cloix were here. I'd summon the Ruined Poet, he'd cast his ultimate to knock everyone out with pain, then we'd grab them one by one for interrogation. Wouldn't that be a lightning-fast way to clear the stage without harming innocent challengers?”

I said with a somewhat lonely expression.

The corner of the Cat Teacher's eye twitched.

Your plan indeed doesn't threaten the lives of other challengers.

After all, Cloix's magic doesn't even leave a wound on the skin, so no matter how you spin it, it doesn't count as harming others.

And it's not illegal to do so in the Shadow World.

But it's not something a normal person would do!

The Cat Teacher couldn't help but feel fortunate that Cloix couldn't team up with this guy for the time being.

Otherwise, Dekan would one thousand percent do it!

Outside, in the Broadcast Hall, almost all the students turned their gazes to Cloix.

Ever since Cloix met me, his reputation at school had undergone a seismic shift.

From "useless jinx young master" to "the most evil interrogator".

Even though Cloix had not yet actually demonstrated his interrogation process to everyone in the Shadow World.

Everyone could already imagine the ferocious appearance of the trio.

Under the meaningful gazes of everyone, Cloix suddenly felt like burying his head.

His original dream was to become a great sage.

Later, forced by reality, he thought it would be good to become a great healer.

Now it seemed that everyone agreed he was the destined interrogator.

His heart was filled with mixed feelings.

“What's wrong with being an interrogator?”

His proud-but-not-coy childhood friend, Claire, sat beside Cloix and said coldly.

“Don't you think the work of an interrogator is... cruel?”

“Hmph, it's much better than your good-for-nothing, pathetic self.”

...

In bedroom 204.

The Cat Teacher broke free from my embrace, jumped onto the bed, and watched me and Cornelia warily from a distance.

“I now seriously suspect that you two are the Rebellious Challengers, meow. You're too weird!”

“You can suspect me, but Cornelia is absolutely innocent, okay? She's the only one with a certified regular challenger identity.”

I said helplessly, standing up to try and bring the Cat Teacher back.

Cornelia also knew that the Cat Teacher was joking.

Even if she and I had the 【Partners in Crime】 trait, it would only increase our probability of obtaining an evil faction identity.

But to become a Rebellious Challenger in this instance, a crucial condition was still missing: the goal of harming the world.

The Cat Teacher seemed unwilling to be held by me again. He moved nimbly around the room, just not letting me grab him.

I sighed.

He looked at the time. It was already nine-thirty, and there was still half an hour until the werewolf's activity time.

“Cornelia, the three of us in the same bedroom will cause the room's blessing to become invalid. We'll have to separate temporarily tonight.”

“Okay.”

Dekan: “So, please have the Cat Teacher go to another room later.”

Cat Teacher: “???”

Shouldn't you be taking me and separating from Cornelia?

“Dekan, are you an animal, meow?! You wish I were dead, don't you!”

The Cat Teacher trembled with fear and shouted.

If he was ever picked by the witch or werewolf, it would be a dead end!

“Aren't you afraid of us? Then you can go stay alone.”

“No, no, I'd rather die, meow!”

The Cat Teacher flew and pounced on me, then clung tightly to my clothes.

I couldn't shake him off no matter how hard I tried.

The Cat Teacher cried and cursed.

The sight of one person and one cat playing around made Cornelia's eyes fill with envy.

They have such a good relationship.

But when she thought about her little gray cat, she didn't feel so sad anymore.

She sat on the sofa, her hands cupping her chin, and a happy smile unknowingly spread across her face.

I want to see Little Gray soon.

In the end, I and the Cat Teacher played for a long time, and both seemed a bit tired.

So I let the Cat Teacher hang on to him.

“You're not allowed to leave me, meow!”

“You're a really fickle cat.”

“I don't care, meow meow meow!”

“Tsk.”

I clicked my tongue, but my face wore a smile that said "just as planned."

“Actually, I found a bug.”

I suddenly said.

Having spent a long time with me, both Cornelia and the Cat Teacher had some understanding of the word "bug".

“When more than two challengers enter the same room, the blessing will be temporarily invalidated, right?”

I had been exploring the structure of this old mansion all day.

All the walls of the old mansion were covered with complex barrier formulas, making them indestructible.

The reason the bedrooms were safe was because the bedroom doors and locks were also covered with similar barrier formulas.

Only by opening the door with a key could one enter the room smoothly.

Or, the barrier on the door could be dispelled by the witch's power, and the werewolf could then forcibly break in.

After the three of them entered the barrier together, the formula on the door also temporarily became invalid.

“!”

Cornelia instantly understood something. Before I could continue, she took out her hammer.

Although she didn't know what I specifically wanted to do, she definitely needed a hammer and her unparalleled strength.

“What are you guys doing, meow!”

The Cat Teacher became alert again and quickly jumped onto the sofa.

He knew that I was planning something bad.

I walked to the side of the bedroom door and circled a spot with my finger.

“Cornelia, help me make a hole in the door. I'm going to give the werewolf a surprise tonight.”

Cornelia quickly went over with her hammer, aiming the pick end of the hammer at the door.

And so, a few loud "booms" echoed in the corridor.

The corridors of the entire giant villa were winding and twisting, with a very low space utilization rate, like a maze.

In addition, the large area and good sound insulation of each bedroom itself made it difficult for people in other rooms to hear anything unless someone shouted in the corridor.

But Cornelia's few hammer strikes were like someone was renovating on the second floor.

Even the first floor heard the commotion.

The other challengers were very confused, but because it was almost time for the werewolf's activity, they didn't dare to run out to see.

Without much effort, Cornelia made a hole in the thick, solid wooden door at a height of more than one meter.

“Alright, the Cat Teacher and I will stay in 204. You can go to 205. You can have a good rest tonight, there are still two more days to play. Also, remember that once we're separated, we must exchange a secret code when we meet again.”

“Okay.”

Then Cornelia left the room and went to the room at the end of the corridor with her key.

I stayed in the room and looked at the hole in the door.

Although the door had been pierced through, the barrier had been restored since Cornelia left the room.

An invisible layer of barrier protection had been added to the hole.

I reached out and knocked on it. It felt like an invisible layer of tempered glass.

So I stood in the room with my hands behind my back, gazing at the corridor through the hole in the door.

He looked just like a class teacher observing the students in the classroom from the back window.

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