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Chapter 160 Agreement
"Well……"

Ouyang Yu suddenly opened his eyes and found himself in a cold, damp, abandoned building.

His hands and feet were tightly bound to the chair with ropes, unable to move an inch, and his mouth was gagged with a rag, so he could not make a sound.

His expression turned to shock at his predicament, and he struggled rapidly, whimpering, "Waaah..."

A figure approached him from the shadows and, under Ouyang Yu's surprised and uncertain gaze, removed the rag that was gagging him.

"Huff...huff..." Ouyang Yu gasped for breath and demanded, "Professor Yin! What are you doing? Why did you sneak up on me and knock me unconscious?!"

The person next to him was Professor Yin Yarong, the instructor and leader of this special training course.

The elderly professor, his hair now gray, frowned slightly and asked in a hoarse voice, "I should be asking Ouyang Yu, why did you secretly follow me after we parted ways at Mazhi District Park? Don't you know that in this time when demons lurk, any action will arouse suspicion?"

Ouyang Yu was taken aback, then realized what was happening and quickly said, "It's a misunderstanding! Professor Yin, I'm not a demon. I just have some information I'd like to share with you privately, and discuss with you how we should deal with this!"

Professor Yin's gaze remained calm: "Intelligence?"

“Yes, intelligence.” Ouyang Yu said, “Please release me first, and I will explain to you slowly.”

"Let go... or not. Let's leave it at that for now, Ouyang Yu. People get old and always fear death." Professor Yin shook his head and said, "Ouyang Yu, you go first."

Ouyang Yu paused, his expression helpless, but he quickly said solemnly, "Professor Yin, I may be the only one who has discovered that this secret realm is not a love secret realm, nor is it a simple secret realm!"

Having received no feedback from Professor Yin, only a pair of calm eyes watching him, Ouyang Yu paused before continuing, "The secret realm where I obtained the purple runes was a magic-type secret realm, and it also briefly touched upon some necromancy and dangerous magic that manipulates souls."

Although I haven't studied it, I have fought against it, so I'm particularly perceptive in this area.

I discovered that there are spirits in this world, and there is also a huge monster that I don't know what it is, which attacks both humans and spirits!

Do you know what this means? Even though it's not a romance-related secret realm, someone obtained a white secret rune by 'falling in love with Arisawa Tatsuki'. This means the power level of this secret realm is extremely high; just circling around the edge of the main storyline is enough to obtain a secret rune!

“Red, even gold.” Ouyang Yu said with a solemn expression, “Although our classmates in the special training class are all elites, it is still dangerous to face such a difficult secret realm without any preparation. So I did nothing. Originally, I planned to discuss it with my father after leaving the secret realm, but I didn’t expect that a demon would launch ‘Dream Reincarnation’.”

"We're all in great danger right now, because that demon might also know the truth about this secret realm. That's why I've been secretly following you, hoping to discuss with you how we should proceed."

Yin Yarong's expression remained unchanged; she simply said softly, "That kind of monster is called a Void."

"...How...how did you know?"

Ouyang Yu was stunned for a moment, and a look of shock gradually spread across his face: "You...?!"

Yin Yarong sighed and said slowly, "Ouyang Yu, let me tell you a story."

"That was forty years ago. This secret realm passage had only been open for two years. Two preliminary explorations were conducted, but they found nothing. However, because no spirits or voids were discovered, and no one got involved in the main storyline of the secret realm, the survival rate was extremely high. Almost all of the two groups of explorers survived, and the secret realm was rated as safe."

Therefore, for the third exploration, the National University of Defense Technology's Secret Realm Seminar Team sent an exploration team, the youngest of whom was a 20-year-old sophomore girl.

"At that time, not many money-making secrets had been summarized for this secret realm, so the first thing the girl did upon entering the secret realm was to work and earn money to settle down in the secret realm. With the idea of ​​working while learning some skills, she went to a karate dojo and did some odd jobs there."

At the karate dojo, she met a boy and a girl named... Kurosaki Ichigo and Arisawa Tatsuki.

Ouyang Yu opened his eyes wide.

"They were childhood friends and had a very good relationship, always bickering and fighting. Before the age of 12, Tatsuki Arisawa always seemed to be the one who could win, but as the boy's physical strength developed, she finally lost to Ichigo Kurosaki once."

Ichigo Kurosaki was a good boy, and from then on, he never fought with Tatsuki Arisawa again. However, Tatsuki Arisawa was very competitive, and during that time he would always practice until very late, practicing until he was exhausted. Gradually, he became friends with a girl who admired him.

“The girl often brought her food and drinks and learned karate from her. The two got along like sisters until one day, the girl suddenly discovered that she could see spirits.”

Yin Yarong recounted: "It was only much later that the girl realized it stemmed from Kurosaki Ichigo's extraordinary nature. Under his influence, the girl's soul was tempered, and she gradually began to see spirits. Of course, Arisawa Tatsuki, who had spent even more time with Kurosaki Ichigo, naturally also began to see spirits much earlier."

"Thinking similarly to you, the girl didn't immediately tell the rest of the team about the spirit. If they didn't know, they were less likely to encounter it. Instead, she followed Arisawa Tatsuki and encountered many dangers, met the Grim Reaper, learned about Hollows, and learned a great deal more."

“Death… Death God?” Ouyang Yu murmured. “Yes, Death Gods exist in this world, but they are not the skeletons with scythes in biographies and novels. They are just spirits with special powers. They have a special tool that can erase people’s memories and hide their existence, so the girl didn’t know about them at first.”

"Until...2001. That year, a large-scale battle affected Karakura Town, which should also be the core storyline of the secret realm."

Almost everyone in the city fell into a coma during that battle. Only a few people, such as the girl and Arisawa Ryuki, retained consciousness for a period of time because their souls were stronger.

One of the main characters in that battle was Ichigo Kurosaki. After the battle, the Shinigami intended to erase the memories of the girl and other conscious individuals, but Ichigo stopped them. He trusted his classmates and told them the truth about being a Shinigami, but he hesitated and wavered when facing the girl he wasn't very familiar with.

“Ze Longgui vouched for the girl, saying at the time, ‘Sister Xiaoya is trustworthy, and Sister Xiaoya will definitely not tell anyone about this!’”

"In that battle, Tatsuki Arisawa suffered a severe injury to his soul while protecting the girl, and his body was no longer healthy, so he could no longer practice her karate... The girl was very moved."

As the story unfolds, or rather, from the very beginning, Ouyang Yu has long been certain that the girl in the story is Professor Yin from over forty years ago, his voice becoming hoarse and strained.

"You...you kept it a secret for her?"

"It's absurd, isn't it?" Professor Yin said. "I emphasized to you in class that you must not let friendship or feelings with the people in the secret realm affect your judgment, and remember our origins."

But at that time, I was only 20 years old, and I kept the promise I made to Tatsuki Arisawa.

She smiled slowly: "After leaving the secret realm, I obtained the white secret rune, but for some reason, I didn't reveal the specific details of the secret realm."

Perhaps I was bewitched; I actually lied and claimed to be 'in love' with Arisawa Tatsuki. Later, when I was taking care of her in the hospital, I might have genuinely liked this strong and spirited girl. After that, it was too late to take it back.

At this point, 'same sex' becomes the least important thing.

Ouyang Yu said incredulously, "She just told you not to tell the ordinary people in the secret realm! You even kept it from us Mist Star people?! And for so many years, through so many rounds, no one has noticed..."

"Well, I was lucky and encountered two coincidences. Later, the other two explorers who obtained white secret patterns from the secret realm had their memories wiped by the Grim Reaper. They only remembered 'love' and not the more important experiences. So this secret realm was completely designated as the 'Love Secret Realm'."

"Later, after I graduated from school, I stayed on to teach. As the first explorer to bring out the secret runes from this secret realm, I quickly gained the qualification to select and lead special training classes, which made things even more convenient. Most of the children who came in were self-taught, and they couldn't discover the secrets here at all."

“And so it went, round after round.” She smiled and said, “Although each time, Ze Longgui doesn’t remember me, it’s still nice to get to know her again. I’m getting older, but that straightforward girl will always remain in her most beautiful age. How wonderful!”

"I just want to keep that initial promise. Why is it that some extraordinary children always discover the truth of this secret realm? Once the secret realm is officially conquered, Long Gui's peaceful life will be gone forever. In fact, if a mistake is made, that kind girl could easily die protecting us!"

Always? Are you crazy?!
Ouyang Yu looked horrified, suddenly realizing something. Although it was a 'secret love haven,' no secret haven was absolutely safe.

Earthquakes, car accidents, even fights...

Occasionally, even the elites in the special training class would perish in the secret realm due to these situations. The mortality rate in this secret realm seemed to be about 0.5% higher than that of the simpler love secret realms.

Could it be… Seeing that Yin Yarong's expression was no longer peaceful, Ouyang Yu, knowing that she might be about to silence her, exclaimed in shock and anger: "You intend to kill me? No, Su Meng Lun Hui, have you cooperated with the Demon Clan and are planning to kill us all? Why?!"

"Are you crazy? Apart from me, no one else has even realized the truth about the secret realm, and all for something so absurd..."

"As I mentioned in class, you might encounter any kind of outrageous thing in the secret realm."

"Compared to you, I'd rather nothing happened, Ouyang Yu, so I've been pretending to be normal while teaching you all. But this special training class has far too many extraordinary people."

Yin Yarong shook her head and turned around, saying, "As soon as I learned that a child who had obtained a golden secret pattern would be coming into this secret realm, I knew something was wrong. It's just that you didn't show it, which made me still hold onto some hope."

Gold, golden secret patterns?
Ouyang Yu looked on in shock.

"Guan... Guan the King of Football?"

Guan Yi used the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Divine Compass to divine his way here, and appeared at the entrance of the abandoned building. Looking at Yin Yarong's face, he was not surprised.

To trace the cycle of dreams, one must prepare in advance; those troubled by love must have been people who have previously entered the secret realm.

Then it can only be you!
　Next chapter in the evening. Recently, Si Yang and her partner have been buying a house for their wedding before the end of the year, haha, they've been running around for days, and finally finalized it yesterday. Tomorrow is Si Yang's 31st birthday, so it feels like she's accomplished one of the most important things in her life before the end of her 30s. So happy!
　　
　
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