The elderly man in black is a wealthy school board member who mostly invests money in the school and rarely pays attention to school affairs.

When he unusually made his own demands regarding campus affairs, and these demands were clearly not difficult to meet.

The other board members present at the meeting quickly approved his proposal.

It was a rare school board meeting attended by the elderly man in black.

The elderly man attended meetings very rarely, and even other school board members did not meet with him often.

Even so, the old man left an extremely deep impression on all of them—

They are somewhat similar to the stereotypical image of eccentric and mysterious tycoons.

The elderly woman who invested a large sum of money in the school did not reveal her real name, but only accepted the code name "Chastity" from the school board.

From an ordinary person's perspective, it might seem a bit strange for a man to use such a title.

Even though they met only a few times, the other campus administrators who frequently participated in the meetings all had a deep impression of this old man.

And no one felt that this code name was inappropriate for him.

Unlike other school board members who were simply chosen randomly with a code name related to the Ten Virtues because of the school's relationship with the Thorn Cult, this was different.

However, for the elderly [Chastity], his image and temperament are almost "integrated" with the [Chastity] code name itself.

In the few times that Chastity attended, all the attendees noticed that his attire remained completely unchanged.

He always wore a neat black uniform, with every button properly fastened.

His demeanor was serious and methodical, and he never made any unnecessary physical movements.

He placed his hands, fingers interlaced, below his lower abdomen, and listened silently to the other board members' suggestions on campus management.

If the gender of the person in question were reversed, everyone attending the board meeting might even think...

Before them stood a devout nun dressed in black, ascetic clothing, revealing not a single inch of her skin.

And this is a school board member who rarely attends meetings, and even when he does, he is usually quiet and reserved.

At a recent board meeting, he nominated someone he claimed to be an acquaintance of his as a professor of mathematics at the college.

The other board members were actually quite surprised by this.

Such requests for "connections to get in through back channels" have actually occurred several times in previous board meetings.

However, St. George's University itself is a prestigious university with a long history.

No one present wanted to tarnish its reputation because of this.

So although those who entered the school through "back channels" were generally of lower quality, they were still passable overall.

Moreover, such incidents clearly involve various exchanges of benefits between the proposer and the various school board members.

However, when [chastity] first made such a demand.

All the school board members present looked at each other with surprise.

This is because, in schools today, the position of mathematics professor is simply a hot potato.

Therefore, this is the first time that [Chastity] has raised her own demands at the board meeting.

And after they circulated and browsed the information about the target individuals provided by [Chastity].

Without any demands for a quid pro quo, all the attending board members approved the proposal put forward by "Chastity".

At that time, they were thinking even more—

In such situations, someone else would be recommended to be the school's mathematics professor.

It seems that the two are not acquaintances as [Chastity] claims, but enemies, right?

So, is the other party trying to eliminate their enemy effortlessly?

However, President Holmes, who received the appointment order from the board meeting, did not give it much thought.

At St. George's University, the relationship between the board of trustees and the president is somewhat like that of the chairman and president of a company.

The school board does not directly participate in the management of the campus; they only convey the school's general direction of development to the principal.

The principal, on the other hand, exercises management authority and directly administers the school.

It's just that within the company at St. George's University, there are a relatively large number of chairpersons.

But in any case, this was the first time Principal Holmes had been so excited about the resolutions conveyed by the Board of Trustees.

Although somewhat reluctant, some of the previously reserved spots were reserved for those with connections, but this was done out of consideration for the fact that the school board members were all major financial backers.

Holmes accepted it somewhat reluctantly.

But this time Holmes had to admit that the person the other side "shoved" over was exactly what solved his urgent problem.

The curse surrounding math professors is escalating on campuses today.

Fewer and fewer people are willing to apply for professorships.

So when they discovered that the person originally chosen was to be a mathematics professor, and that the information in his file was not bad, they were surprised.

Holmes wished there were more people like that.

So, when Holmes first met Gu Xinghe at the school gate...

He grabbed the new math professor's arm firmly, as if afraid he might change his mind and leave.

...

However, at this moment, the other board members at the board meeting harbored the same malicious suspicions.

At this moment, [Chastity], who was sitting at the desk looking at Gu Xinghe's file, was naturally not doing so with an attitude of appreciation.

His eyes were cold, and his gaze as he looked at Gu Xinghe's file carried a scrutinizing quality, as if he wanted to find something suspicious in it.

"As before, I will continue to fulfill my responsibilities—"

All impurity should be removed.

After a while, he realized that he couldn't find anything wrong with the file.

But Chastity had no intention of letting it go so easily. At this moment, his tone was full of indifference, hatred, and piety.

At that moment, dark green, almost black, thorny vines began to climb onto the file in his hand.

It was just a piece of paper, an inanimate object, but now it seemed to have come to life.

This is not just a metaphorical feeling, but rather that the piece of paper in front of us seems to have truly possessed its own flesh and blood and consciousness.

On the surface, it appears to be just vines tearing apart a thin piece of paper.

But at this moment, the thick blood flowing from the surface of the file blurred the words and photos on the paper.

The scene before one's eyes looked as if a black venomous snake was strangling a newborn life.

At this moment, it seemed as if a mournful scream echoed from inside the room.

The archival paper was shredded by the black thorns, and the remaining stains made all the writing on it illegible.