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“Hmm,” Guan Yao glanced at Mercury, “He just told me. It’s amazing that you were able to summarize it so completely in such a short time.”

"This intelligence is your first reward for participating in this operation."

Fan Xiao said, "The second reward should not be a problem if we can return safely from Green Mountain Prison and fulfill the conditions of the second mission."

Are you trying to seduce me?

Guan Yao laughed and said, "For the sake of your face, even without any reward, I will give you face as long as you ask."

"You're thinking of going to find Tu Shang, aren't you?" Fan Xiao exposed.

"Don't say anything even if you see through it," Guan Yao reminded her. "You'll seem to have low emotional intelligence, which won't make you popular with girls."

Fan Xiao shrugged: "Just consider me lowly."

“I do want to go find someone,” Guan Yao sighed. “Tu Shang has been my bodyguard for a long time, he came from the E-level player, and I feel a little guilty about just leaving him like this.”

"They were not imprisoned in Qingshan Prison for very long."

At this moment, Mercury stepped in to comfort him, saying, "As long as your own strength is not a problem and you are not some mediocre D-level player, your life should still be guaranteed for the time being."

"Hmm... let's get down to business first." Guan Yao asked Fan Xiao, "What do we do next? Find a student to attack? And then have the others watch?"

“School violence is not limited to physical attacks. Even simple pranks can be considered violence against sensitive individuals.”

Fan Xiao cautioned: "The second task condition may be related to apology—both the perpetrator and the bystander must express remorse and repentance to the victim, thereby completing atonement."

"So, let's just do some simple bullying. If we hit someone directly, it could easily escalate into a major feud, and things could get complicated later on."

"As for who to bully..."

He smiled slightly and said, "I've already chosen the people. Just do as I say."

“You’re quite efficient,” Guan Yao nodded. “Let’s get going. The longer we delay, the more dangerous it will be for Tu Shang, who has been swallowed up in the Green Mountain Prison.”

"Let's talk as we walk."

Fan Xiao led the way toward the iron gate leading to the rooftop.

……

Upon returning to the classroom, Fan Xiao found Himuro Rui sitting in her seat reading a book.

He walked over and patted the girl on the shoulder: "Let's go."

Himuro shuddered, seemingly startled.

After putting the book away, she said with a hint of resentment, "Seal, next time... don't be so sudden, it's scary."

“I’m sorry,” Fan Xiao said with a smile, “I’ll take you home as an apology.”

"Ah? This... no need to trouble yourself." Himuro said somewhat embarrassedly, "My home is far from the school."

“What a coincidence, my home is also far from the school.” Fan Xiao said in an unyielding tone, “It’s decided then.”

“But…” Himuro Rui reminded her, “We might not go in the same direction.”

"The earth is round, so you can go home no matter where you go."

"what……?"

"Follow."

After Fan Xiao finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the back door of the classroom.

Himuro Rui was completely led by the rhythm and subconsciously followed.

When the two arrived at the main entrance and changed their shoes, Himuro Rui's expression suddenly changed.

"What's wrong?" Fan Xiao noticed her unusual behavior.

"I... my shoes are gone."

Himuro Rui looked troubled and said, "They've probably been thrown away again. Strange... Weren't they supposed to be absent from school today?"

"Do you often get shoes thrown at you?" Fan Xiao asked.

"Yeah, sometimes they put thumbtacks in my shoes, and I occasionally receive threatening letters in my closet with razor blades inside. I once accidentally cut my hand..."

"Who did it?"

"It must be a girl from our class..."

Himuro Rui looked around and, seeing that there were very few people around, said with relief, "Some boys from other classes confessed to me. After that, I... I was cornered in the bathroom by a few girls from my class. They warned me to stay away from Endo-kun."

"Before long, others gradually joined them... I had absolutely no feelings for Endo-kun, but they... they didn't believe me."

"This is just pure jealousy. They want to embarrass you and get revenge on you. No matter how true your words are, it won't matter."

Fan Xiao said, "As for those who joined later... you know about the broken windows theory, right?"

"Never heard of it." Himuro shook his head.

"A simple analogy is... if someone throws a pile of garbage into a clean place, after a while, there will be more and more garbage there."

After explaining, Fan Xiao added, "Of course, it's also possible that someone is leading the charge against you. Is the girl who bullied you at the beginning from a wealthy family? Does she have a prominent position in the class?"

“Yes,” Himuro replied, “I heard she’s the daughter of a prefectural councilor.”

“It’s alright,” Fan Xiao said with a smile. “You are now my first person to help. I’ll help you settle things with them later.”

The classroom was full, but Himuro Rui said that none of the people who bullied her had come to school... They probably had already disappeared long ago.

The classrooms now being filled are, unsurprisingly, mostly computer-generated gadgets.

In that case, words of guarantee can be uttered freely.

Anyway, I don't have to take any responsibility.

School violence... Fan Xiao felt a pang of sadness.

In terms of experience alone, high school students, having not yet entered society, do indeed exhibit some immaturity in their mental development.

However, it would be a grave mistake to underestimate the viciousness of some students.

Because of their immaturity, they are capable of doing many heinous things, and in some ways, they are much more ruthless than adults.

Many victims of school violence are left with a lifelong shadow that is difficult to erase, and they will have some personality defects to varying degrees in their later lives.

He couldn't help but recall the time when he made a cameo appearance as a monster when he was in high school.

Back then, public security wasn't as good as it is now. There were many school bullies, and many of them were even involved with people from the outside world. They could hire gangsters to ambush and beat people outside the school.

It's no exaggeration to say that honest and well-behaved students wouldn't dare to even breathe loudly in front of school bullies.

If the girl the school bully has his eye on gets a boyfriend, then that boyfriend is in for a lot of trouble...

School violence is more severe in island nations, so Fan Xiao didn't find Himuro Rui's experience particularly dramatic or unbelievable.

If male school bullies can be this rampant, female school bullies are naturally just as bad.

Thinking about this, Fan Xiao felt a little nostalgic for his old daily life of beating up the school bully whenever he had nothing to do.

He subconsciously clenched his fist, feeling a bit itchy to fight again.

After gathering his scattered thoughts, Fan Xiao continued, "Come back to the classroom with me. I have a pair of shoes in my desk; you can take them and wear them."

"There are shoes in the desk...?" Himuro Rui asked疑惑地, "Why...?"

"A coincidence," Fan Xiao said with a smile.

After returning to the classroom, Fan Xiaozhen took out a pair of shoes from his desk and handed them to the dumbfounded Himuro Rui.

Himuro quickly snapped out of his daze and forgot all about the shoes.

Because... she discovered that her desk was missing.

The spot where the tables and chairs used to be is now empty.

"how come……"

Himuro rushed to the open window and looked down at the ground from the third floor.

Sure enough, her table and chairs were thrown down.

Without even speaking to Fan Xiao, she rushed to the main entrance, took off her indoor shoes, put on the shoes Fan Xiao had given her, and ran half a lap around the teaching building before arriving at the spot where the desks and chairs had fallen.

Just as he was about to move his desk and chair back, Himuro suddenly discovered that the desk and chair had been scratched with a knife and sprayed with colorful graffiti.

"..."

Fear flashed across Himuro Rui's face: "Why...didn't they not come to school?"

"Because I did it."

Fan Xiao then walked over and said something surprising: "I arranged for someone to do it."

*Clap*—He clapped his hands.

Soon, Mercury, Luo Hao, and Guan Yao walked over from around the corner, all looking at Himuro Rui with mischievous grins.

Himuro glanced at them, then looked back at Fan Xiao, and subconsciously asked, "Why?"

Fan Xiao was unable to answer this question.

It seems that the condition of "being discovered by students as the perpetrator or bystander" directly triggered the hidden rule, leading to the "disappearance".

The next second, Fan Xiao and the other three disappeared from their original positions.

When he came to his senses, Fan Xiao found himself in a dimly lit space.

He looked around; the location... was a corridor.

It looks somewhat familiar; it seems to be the corridor of the teaching building at Qingshan College.

However, this place is much more dilapidated than Qingshan Academy, with dust and cobwebs everywhere, and the walls and floors look filthy.

Even the lights flickered on and off, and when they went out, it was pitch black all around, like a scene from a horror movie.

Fortunately, he possessed night vision, a privilege granted by the "blood nobles," so his vision remained unaffected when the lights were turned off.

"The lights are working, but not completely. It's illogical that such a dilapidated place still has electricity... No, the fact that there's a school functioning normally in the independent space instance is illogical in itself. Things in the instance can't be judged by common sense."

Fan Xiao turned his head and looked out the window.

Before being transferred here, it was afternoon at Qingshan Academy, but after being transferred here, it became night... Well, it wasn't exactly night, but the sky was shrouded in huge thunderclouds, making it very dark. Only the occasional streak of lightning could illuminate the school below, which looked like a ruin.

"What kind of place is this? Qingshan Academy?"

Guan Yao looked around.

Perhaps she has obsessive-compulsive disorder related to cleanliness, because the look of disgust on her face was very obvious.

"The name 'Qingshan Prison' is prefixed with 'Qingshan,' and based on the literal meaning, it can be seen as a hell formed by Qingshan Academy."

Fan Xiao answered Guan Yao's question: "This should be Qingshan Academy, the second Qingshan Academy. It's spatially different from the first one, I suppose."

“There are only the two of us left,” Guan Yao frowned. “The people who come in will be separated. Shall we look for someone first?”

"Okay, let's find someone first."

Fan Xiao nodded: "Gather the team, improve combat strength, and reduce the threat."

"Be careful, there are generally evil spirits in hell."

"..." Guan Yao's expression stiffened: "I hate dealing with spirit-like beings the most."

She sighed softly, "If I had known, I would have switched to the remote-controlled mother-child sensor device earlier and given the child device to those two people. It would have been easier to find them now."

"Hindsight is 20/20," Fan Xiao cautioned. "When entering such a dangerous place, maintaining combat capability is the top priority, so item slots naturally can't be reserved for support items..."

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly stopped and raised his right index finger to his lips, making a shushing gesture.

*Snap*—The lights went out, and darkness fell all around.

Heavy footsteps echoed from the other end of the corridor.

Chapter 298 Clues to Leaving Green Mountain Prison

The lights were off, but the darkness did not affect Fan Xiao's vision.

Using his night vision, he looked in the direction of the sound and saw an extremely tall, dark figure at the other end of the corridor.

The dark figure was almost humanoid, with its head nearly touching the ceiling. Its arms were extremely thick, and its chest was incredibly large, but its legs became thinner and thinner towards the bottom, making it look like an inverted triangle.

Thump, thump... The footsteps of the dark figure made the corridor tremble slightly.