Teacher Xia Lai is also teaching in Kivotos today

"Haha, it's just that I didn't get enough rest these past few nights."

Hanako rubbed her eyes as she answered with a smile, then looked at Hifumi meaningfully.

"But compared to my eyes... I always feel that Hifumi-chan's face seems to be redder. Could it be that Hifumi-chan..."

Having said this, Hanako slowly leaned over to the surprised Hifumi's ear and said,

"Think of anything...interesting?"

"This, this, this... grunt..."

Hanako couldn't help but chuckle as she looked at Hifumi, whose head seemed to be starting to emit steam after being instantly sunk by her.

"I was wondering why Hifumi-chan and the teacher have such a good relationship. It seems like they knew each other before."

"Yes! Mr. Lin not only saved me from those bad students, but also discussed Momofriends with me. Not only that, he also gave me a lot of help, and..."

Just as Hifumi was enthusiastically praising Lynn, she suddenly got stuck as she thought of something.

"and……?"

"Wuwuwu... No! I can't say that!"

Before Hanako could react, Hifumi rushed back to their room as if she was escaping.

"...?"

Looking at Hifumi's back that quickly disappeared behind the door, Hanako blinked in confusion for the first time.

However, when Hanako thought subconsciously, combining what Hifumi said in Lynn's room with her usual behavior and deducing it for a moment, the expression on her face changed from confusion to... a somewhat wonderful expression.

"Isn't it... true?"

Chapter 51: Props to deal with the teacher?

"Click——"

Amid the crackling sounds of stones falling to the ground, Baizhou Zi, who had been wandering around the black market for a while, stepped into a very dilapidated building that looked like it had been uninhabited for many years.

But when she stepped onto the stairs and entered the second floor, a figure was standing not far in front of her.

"How's it going?"

Looking at the girl in front of him who was wearing a baseball cap and a half-face mask, Zi answered her expressionlessly.

“Everything is going according to plan.”

"That's good... But now we need to add another item to that plan."

Saori nodded slightly and took out a box from her pocket.

"The teacher in charge of the cram school now, Xia Lai... according to Madam, although he is an adult, he seems to possess some power beyond our imagination. And it seems that many of Gehenna's students have witnessed this."

Saori said this as she handed the box in her hand towards Azusa.

"So, we're going to use this against Xia Lai's teacher. According to Madam, this seems to be a tool that can fight him."

Hearing Saori's words, Azusa couldn't help but widen his eyes slightly after taking the box.

"You seem a little surprised? However, this is inevitable. According to Madam, the teacher is an unstable factor and is likely to disrupt or even destroy our plan. Therefore, measures must be taken."

Saori said this while looking at Azusa seriously.

"Do you have any other questions?"

"No, not anymore."

Zi shook his head and opened the box.

However, to her surprise, the contents of the box were not the dagger, gun or even poison she had expected.

"... a feather?"

Looking at the red feather lying quietly at the bottom of the box, Zi couldn't help but be stunned.

"Well, the method of using this thing is also very simple."

As if she had expected Azusa to be surprised by this, Saori nodded slightly.

"All we have to do is find a way to get the teacher to touch the feather. Remember, it has to be skin-to-skin contact for it to work."

"..."

Looking at this prop that made him completely confused, Zi was a little at a loss for a moment.

If the box contained a dagger or a gun, Zi had already thought of an excuse for her "accidental failure". Even if it was poison, she was confident that she could find a way to fool him.

However, what she has in her hand now is herself, and it seems that even Saori can't understand the principle behind it.

In other words, the final right of interpretation of this thing is actually firmly in the hands of that "lady".

In such a situation, there is a high probability that your lie will be discovered on the spot.

Seeing Azusa's hesitant expression, Saori, who seemed to have misunderstood something, reminded her seriously.

"Don't forget, Zi, everything is empty, and resistance is futile. Even if people can remember those meaningless heroic resistances, it will only add to the sadness brought about by all destruction."

Looking at Saori like this, Azusa couldn't help but pursed her lips.

She really wanted to tell the other person that Xia Lai’s teacher was the strange adult who had once helped her.

She really wanted to tell the other party that Xia Lai’s teacher was the “encumbrance” who had been in their team.

She really wanted to tell the other party that Xia Lai’s teacher was the one who had given them light in those times of depression.

But when the words came to his lips, Zi still didn't say them.

Whether it was dealing with Teacher Lin En or this feather, it all came from the will of the "Madam". And Saori was just one of the agents of that will. Even if Saori was gone, there would be other students to replace them.

What's more...Saori's real weakness has long been firmly grasped in the hands of that lady.

"oh, I understand now."

After sighing helplessly in his heart, Zi closed the box again and turned to leave.

Looking at Azusa's departing back, Saori did not tell him that what she had just said were actually what her lady said to her when she handed her the box before she left.

Recalling the confused expression on the other person's face when he took the box, Saori couldn't help but sigh.

"…I am no different."

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"Is that your work, Master?"

After watching Azusa leave with the box and disappear into the darkness, the man in black, who was looking down at everything from the highest point of the dilapidated building, looked at the existence beside him.

"exactly."

Hearing this, the being called Master by Heifu shook his head slightly.

If there were other people here, they would probably be frightened by the image of this being called "Master".

Although this "master" is no different from the man in black from his neck to his feet except for the style and color of the suit, what is shocking is that he has two heads connected above his neck!

No, strictly speaking, it was hard to say whether it could be called a head. In the eyes of ordinary people, the things on his neck were just like two skull-shaped stones with strange patterns carved on them and a crack!

In response to the question from the man in black, the master continued to speak seriously.

"Under your guidance, I pursued energy and all traces that I could feel in the desert where the teacher once fought. Fortunately, I finally succeeded in 'seeing' concepts and mysteries that did not belong to this world through an energy trace that was almost disappearing and that I had never seen or heard before! Although it was just a glimpse, I felt the 'sublimity' from it!"

"Sublime?"

Hearing the slightly surprised words from the man in black, the master seemed to fall into some kind of frenzy and waved his arms like a conductor.

"That's right! I originally thought that the teacher was just a noble body. But in fact, the teacher is the concept of the noble, or one of its incarnations! In the scenes that I glimpsed at the beginning, he had walked through countless long rivers of time and had tens of thousands of incarnations that were even far beyond our imagination! He once saved the origin, existence, and development of a certain world line, an existence called 'humanity'! Not only that, he also once fought against those demons who were scourges in the world and were connected to him in some way with his blood while carrying the blood of the devil! And... he was also a supreme being who passed the trial from the gods and eventually became the founder of a certain golden law era!"

Chapter 52 Please Let Me Hold You Like This for a While

Listening to the master's narration, Heifu fell silent for a moment, not knowing whether he was shocked or had other plans. After a moment, he continued to speak.

"In other words... this work was created by you after your observation?"

"Yes, I named it... 'Smoke and Dust'."

"…'Smoke and dust'?"

As if he had sensed the man in black's surprise, the master shook his two heads gently.

"This feather comes from one of the worlds I observed. Fortunately, I successfully reproduced some of the concepts and mysteries of that world. In other words, the feather is the embodiment of the concepts and mysteries of that world. However..."

At this point, the master's words were filled with a bit of lingering fear.

"While I was observing, I could feel that the being I was observing on that world line seemed to have noticed me. In order to avoid any unexpected situations, I had to escape quickly. Therefore, this mysterious reappearance is actually not complete. And it may be my illusion... I feel that the being I observed seems to have a close relationship with the Classic of Mountains and Seas."

"Shan Hai Jing? The school located outside Kivotos that also has a long history but is not widely known?"

"That's right... The name of this mysterious part of existence that I reproduced seems to contain the word 'dust', but I have not been able to successfully observe its true name. Therefore, I can only use my shallow knowledge to combine this mysterious manifestation to name it."

After listening to the master's description and sighing with a little frustration together with the other party, Heifu nodded thoughtfully.

"Hmm... In other words, Master, you intend to observe it and combine it with the performance and data of the teacher when he used his power, so as to rely on this method to infer the mystery without using a specific method... This is indeed a good method. Not only is it easy to observe, but it is also conducive to dissemination. Master, you really made something excellent this time... It's just..."

The man in black who said this looked in the direction where Azusa left.

"If this prop...really came into contact with Xia Lai's teacher, what would happen?"

"Because of the difference in data volume and operating mechanism, when the teacher touches the 'smoke and dust', it will probably collide with incredible sparks. Although this prop is only a mysterious reproduction of one world, it must be mixed with many mysterious 'impurities' from other worlds. In other words, this huge amount of data must be able to make this prop connect, or awaken the 'concept' of the teacher... and under such influence, it will definitely make the teacher closer to the 'sublime'!"

"That's really...an interesting prop..."

Although Heifu's face did not show any emotions like an ordinary human, his tone undoubtedly revealed amazement.

"If that is the case, then the situation will certainly be more conducive to our pursuit of mystery... I really have to praise your work, master. If Golconda were here, he would probably have the same idea."

Hearing the man in black's praise, the master bowed slightly.

"Thank you for the compliment, Heifu. It is the highest honor for someone to recognize my art. And even if it is the teacher, I am sure he will be shocked by the ability of this tool, right?"

Hearing this, the man in black suddenly thought of something and asked the master with a little confusion.

"If this work is so valuable, why did you give it to Madam? And why did Madam think that this was a tool that could be used to fight against that teacher?"

"After successfully reproducing and observing this work, I did get a lot of valuable data."

Facing the question from the man in black, the master answered him honestly.

"But because I was only reproducing it, and not mastering it, I was unable to touch the true mystery contained in this work. Later, I heard that the lady seemed to be collecting information and materials related to the teacher, so I gave this work to her and told her that it was something related to the 'mystery' contained in the teacher, and I hoped that she could make good use of my work."

"It seems that Madam may have misunderstood your meaning."

Although there was no change in his facial expression, Heifu's words made it seem as if the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.

"But no matter what the result is, even if this work ends up in the hands of the teacher, it will be good for us."

However, it was somewhat unexpected that in response to Heifu's words, the master showed a sense of dissatisfaction.

"... Even so, I will never forgive her easily."

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"Squeak-"

After returning to the dormitory, Zi did not choose to go back to their room. Instead, she walked up the stairs in silence, came to one of the rooms high up in the building, and pushed open the somewhat old wooden door.

Now, she needed a quiet place without other people to think carefully and think about what she should do.

However, when she pushed open the wooden door, she met the gaze from inside the room with some surprise.

"Haven't you rested yet, Azusa?"

Looking at Lin En sitting on the table leaning against the window, Zi blinked and quickly calmed down.

"Well...I couldn't sleep, so I wanted to go out for a walk."

"I see."

Lin En nodded slightly, then smiled and patted the remaining empty seat next to him.

"Since we are all members of the Insomnia Alliance, come and sit together."