Unspeakable bubbles

Eve's expression changed; she couldn't imagine what Kyoko would do in that state.

“But, apart from Yang Jun, it seems no one else is injured,” Eve said hesitantly.

"Yes, no one was injured. We've done the checks, and the children are all fine."

"The key thing is that there's something extra next to that kid named Bubble."

The man took out his phone and dialed a number: "Bring that thing in."

Soon, three fully armed soldiers carried in a safe.

"Okay, just leave it there." The man gestured for them to leave, then got up and walked to the safe. "The teacher is also involved in this incident, so why don't you come and listen?"

"What are you listening to? That safe?"

The man smiled mysteriously. "Yes, this is it."

Eve slowly walked to the safe, looking somewhat conflicted.

In the end, her curiosity prevailed, and she squatted down and put her ear close to the ear.

"Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz"

The sound of flies buzzing their wings came from inside, and Eve's expression turned subtle for a moment.

"There's a cang inside."

"Roar!!!!!"

A sudden roar of a wild beast reached her ears, and her heart skipped a beat.

Without a second thought, Eve sprang up as if electrocuted, her face deathly pale and her lips trembling.

"Teacher, what did you hear?"

As if Eve's performance had also surprised him, he asked with a serious expression.

Eve's heart pounded, and after a while she said, "Flies, and the roar of a bear."

"...There wasn't a bear's roar this morning; there should only be the buzzing of flies." He muttered to himself, staring at the safe in disbelief.

"Too fast, too fast, how could it be so fast? Just what level is that apricot?"

At this moment, things were beyond the man's control, and upon realizing the seriousness of the situation, cold sweat broke out on his back.

"What's inside?!" Eve shouted.

"What is that? I want to know what the hell is inside!"

The man paced back and forth irritably, speaking rapidly: "Our people determined from the clues at the scene that Xingzi had returned to her dormitory and then broke a window and jumped from the second floor."

"Why did she jump down? Wait, I mean, isn't there a staircase?" Eve asked.

"...That's not the point!"

The man glared at Eve: "The point is, that apricot left Bubble a box of cookies. Yeah, the really famous ones lately, those little bear cookies."

"And then what?"

"And then? Then I locked this thing in a safe."

"Huh?" Eve couldn't keep up with his leaps of thought; she was completely baffled.

Why did you lock it in the safe?

The man couldn't help but chuckle, as if he thought Eve had asked a very funny question.

"This is a professional judgment," he said somewhat arrogantly.

Eve felt a headache coming on, and she rubbed her forehead. "Okay, how did this happen? I mean, a perfectly good box of cookies, how, well, you know what I mean."

"What's the relationship between Apricot and Bubble?" the man suddenly asked.

“A very good friend. To be precise, Anzu takes care of Bubble like a younger sister.”

"now it's right."

"What does this mean?" Eve looked at him strangely.

"Look, I took away the last gift that Apricot left for Bubble, so she's very angry." The man said absurdly with a serious face.

"Angry? Kyoko's still alive?" Eve's feelings were inexplicably complicated. At first, she thought Kyoko had been dealt with based on his words, but who would have thought...

"How could that be? She's already been taken care of by that senior."

"..."

Something's not right, this guy's not right!

If it weren't for the fact that he could actually mobilize the soldiers outside, and if it weren't for his clear and logical speech earlier, Eve would have thought she had encountered a madman.

Hey, don't look at me like that.

"Kyoko is indeed dead, but her longing remains."

The man laughed exaggeratedly: "Hehehe, what touching sisterly love! Even when corrupted by chaos, she still can't let go of her sister. It's really enough to make me cry."

Eve remained silent, her face cold.

"I was wrong, I was really wrong."

The man looked extremely annoyed. "If I had known they were such good sisters, I wouldn't have touched this thing at all."

"Teacher, look at this mess! I..."

“I don’t know why you’re telling me this,” Eve said blankly.

"Whether it was your previous attempt to give them a break or to make amends, or this performance you're putting on now, it doesn't matter."

"Just tell me what you want me to do!"

The man's smile gradually faded, and after a while, he sighed.

"There is indeed a simple thing I need the teacher's help with."

"Then explain the whole story to me clearly!"

The man pointed to the safe: "I regret it, that's the truth."

"I initially thought that Xingzi was easily dealt with and couldn't be of a high level, so I was careless about what she left behind."

"What level?" Eve asked, frowning.

"...Based on the degree of danger after the mutation, the Federation classified those guys into levels."

The man seemed unwilling to say much, only glossing over the matter with a single sentence.

"In most cases, even if the polluter goes berserk, no mutation will occur."

"At most, they might become neurotic and extremely aggressive, but that's not difficult to resolve."

Eve nodded; she knew all of this, it was common knowledge.

She used to think that polluters were ostracized by society for the reasons mentioned above, but now it seems...

“In very rare cases, some of them will undergo ‘mutation’.”

Seeing that Eve seemed to understand but not quite, the man continued, "Well, there are all sorts of mutations. Teacher, you just need to think of them as special chaotic creatures after the mutation."

Chapter 24, Section 024: Life is unpredictable, life is unpredictable indeed.

"Xingzi, she's turned into a chaotic being?"

...Completely wrong, that's why you laymen are like this.

The man couldn't explain the difference between the two at first, so he just gave a perfunctory smile and said, "Pretty much the same."

"Then how did this safe end up like this?" Eve pointed out the key issue.

"Yes, because Anzu became like that, the things she left behind are also dangerous items."

"Dangerous items should be properly stored away; that's certainly true."

"What went wrong?" Eve asked.

"Hmm, I underestimated Anzu's danger level. Based on experience, I originally estimated her danger level to be E, or at most D-."

The man said regretfully, "Who knew I'd hit the jackpot? This time I actually met a really talented little girl."

"And then there's that bastard... senior, that guy killed her without asking any questions, and then just walked away so easily."

"Heh heh, now that they've left me with this mess, do you think that bastard went too far?"

Eve didn't know how to answer, but she didn't think much of it.

In any case, that 'senior' stopped Kyoko, so at least he helped you out.

Not only did you not say thank you, but you also complained behind my back. Your character is really questionable.

"Are you thinking I'm ungrateful? Someone kindly helped me out, and I'm complaining here."

Eve remained silent, and the man sneered, "That's not how it works!"

"We develop different plans to handle similar incidents depending on the situation. Indiscriminately killing mutated infected individuals? That's just courting death!"

"Sometimes it's not scary when they're alive, but you only realize how dangerous it is when you actually kill them."

The man pointed to the safe: "Like this time."

"The best way is to let Kyoko leave the city and deal with her after she gets out."

"But what about that guy? He killed her on the spot before she even left the school. Impressive, impressive!"

It was said to be impressive, but the man gritted his teeth in anger.

“Apricot’s death, school, bubbles, that box of cookies, these causes are all connected.”

The man drew a line in the air with his hand, "which triggered an even more terrifying and mysterious phenomenon."

I estimate

He paused for a moment, then said, "It's very likely that Kyoko broke through to Rank C before she died."

The man shrugged. "That's beyond my capabilities."