Chapter 27

The salesman's body was naturally cremated on the same day and placed in an ordinary coffin.

Xi Siling sometimes felt offended and thought, if people can turn into a handful of ashes, is it still necessary to use such a large container?

I don’t know what mistake humans have made that they cannot rest in peace even after death.

The coffins of all those who died or died in the line of duty will be kept in a dedicated area of ​​the Institute of Special Powers for seven days to receive condolences from people from all walks of life.

After seven days, the formal funeral will be held and the body will be sent to the cemetery for burial.

After all, it was just a midterm exam, so there would naturally be no holiday after it was over. When the four of them came for the weekend, it was exactly the seventh day.

“Thank you for coming to see my son. May I ask who you are?”

The salesman's old father stood at the door to receive all those who came to pay their respects. There was an unshakable sadness between his brows, but he still tried to stay spirited.

Xi Siling saw a woman in black sitting on a chair with her forehead in her hand. There were many people around her who were comforting her. She thought she should be the salesman's mother.

"us..."

"We are students from the Secret Literature Academy and have worked with Mr. Zhang before."

Before Li Ke was about to reveal his identity, Xi Siling interrupted him.

Even if they did nothing wrong, they would likely be blamed if people knew that they were the collaborators who led to the salesperson's sacrifice.

Xi Siling didn't want to create any more trouble, nor did she want this incident to further upset the family of the deceased.

The elderly man sighed deeply.

"Thank you for still remembering my son. Please come in."

Most of the people who come here to visit Mr. Salesman are his relatives. After all, he is just an ordinary salesman, not a powerful psychic, nor does he have any amazing abilities, let alone other great achievements.

The salesman's colleagues had all been there, as evidenced by the dehydrated and yellowing white flowers placed on the coffin.

The four people lined up to present flowers to the salesman one by one, and stayed for more than ten seconds to silently recite what they wanted to say to the deceased.

After the mourning process was completed, the four people did not leave, but found a place to sit down, wanting to wait until the salesman was sent to his eternal resting place before leaving.

"What do you think the salesman would think before he dies? Would he be in pain?"

Li Ke sat on the right side of Xi Siling and asked in a low voice. Xi Siling could notice the slight redness in the corners of his eyes.

Xi Siling stretched out his finger and pointed to two.

"There are two answers. Which one do you want to hear?"

Li Ke hesitated for a moment, "Which two?"

"One comforting type, and one truthful type."

"...Tell me the truth."

Xi Siling withdrew his hand.

"To be honest, the resurrection and sudden attack of the corpse baby happened in a split second. With Mr. Salesman's strength, he was unable to react in time, so he died in a split second."

Li Ke sighed. Why did he want to make himself unhappy? To find peace of mind in the cruel truth was like having one's conscience eaten by a dog.

But Xi Siling chose to continue speaking.

"The comfort type is that maybe before he died, he was thinking about being freed from the life of a social animal."

This is a bit like hell.

"Why am I asking you? Your conscience has been eaten by a dog."

Li Ke was a little angry and seemed to be in an even lower mood.

"What the department head meant is that he hopes you can move forward."

Liu Huaqi's voice made Li Ke raise his head again, but his face was full of suspicion.

"Really? Why didn't I hear that?"

Lan Yi patted Li Ke’s shoulder.

"Because we can never know what Mr. Salesman went through before he died, whether it was his thoughts or his pain."

No matter which statement Si Ling said, it was probably self-consolation by the living.

But there's nothing wrong with that.

"The dead are gone, but the living can be pursued." Xi Siling paused, "What I mean is that every wrong has its perpetrator, and we must avenge Mr. Salesman."

When saying this, Xi Siling's eyes flashed coldly. Now that he already knew which organization did it, he was not afraid that the corpse baby and the people behind it would run away.

He was never a forgiving man.

"40, you're right! According to Teacher Xishan, we've also been targeted by the zombies. We'll have to avenge Mr. Salesman sooner or later!" Li Ke stopped dwelling on his own concerns and his mood was no longer so low. "But how come you all understood what 40 meant? Are you practicing your tacit understanding behind my back?"

The three of them tacitly averted their gazes and pretended that they heard nothing.

The stupid kid became even more confused, and if it wasn't for the wrong occasion he would have made a scene.

Soon, the time came and the vehicle to move the coffin was already outside the door, and everyone went out.

After all, they were not family members, so they stood farther away and did not leave until the vehicles drove away and the crowd dispersed completely.

——

In addition, the results and rankings of the midterm exams were finally announced this week.

Because team scores are the same as individual scores, tied rankings are arranged alphabetically by last name.

But Liu Huaqi had no such worry at all. Although he was a first-year student, he participated in the assessment task of the second-year group, so he was the undisputed first in the first year, no doubt about it.

Everyone knew how well they had completed their tasks, and no one would make it public, so when the confident Kraga saw the rankings, he was dumbfounded.

Their team is far ahead in terms of both task completion and task completion time!

The former is the self-feeling of Kragya and his classmates, but the latter has a basis for time. When they returned to school, clearly no one from the first and second grades had returned yet!

"Ah - what are you talking about? After the seniors and I worked all night, we felt sleepy and took a nap. At the time you mentioned, we had just woken up and were about to go out for dinner~"

Facing Kraga's questioning, Liuhuaqi pretended to give a serious explanation, but in fact he was infuriating the Yin-Yang Dao.

Kragya was so angry that he was about to explode. It was completed on the first day?!

He knew that Liu Huaqi was very strong, but he was unwilling to believe that he had the qualifications and ability to take first place!

Perhaps because he had been taught a lesson by Xi Siling once or twice, Kraga still retained a trace of rationality.

But his followers did not have such considerations.

"Heh, you're also relying on the help of the second-year senior! What's so great about completing an A-rank task? Without the senior's help, you really think you can get first place!"

"Maybe he shamelessly sought help from his senior just to win the competition. How shameless."

"This is cheating! You don't deserve first place at all!"

"The seniors must have accepted his favors. They are so blind that they actually..."

Listening to the previous slander, Liu Huaqi felt no wavering at all, and was even willing to listen for a while longer.

He was too lazy to explain, and it was quite amusing to see everyone finding all kinds of words to scold him.

But when he heard someone scolding the seniors together, Liu Huaqi's face changed instantly.

The pressure from the externalized supernatural power rumbled in his brain, and facing this malice was like standing on a highway, the moment before being hit by a heavy truck traveling at a speed of 120 miles per hour.

Before the student could finish his sentence, he was so frightened that he lost his voice, his back quickly became sweaty, and his mind went blank.

The atmosphere in the classroom suddenly changed from noisy to silent.

Even Kraga, who claimed to be the strongest, was unable to react for a while. He was like being fixed in place, and could only watch Liuhuaqi approach the person who had just spoken step by step.

Liuhuacui still smiled.

"What did you just say? I don't think... I heard it clearly?"

His neck felt like it was being strangled. He could hardly breathe, let alone answer.

The fear of death eventually brought back his sanity.

“Yes…Yes…”

"Right about what? You mean, you think you're right?"

Liuhuaqi was getting closer and closer, slowly but like the last dance of the god of death before swinging his scythe.

He was about to cry, but crying? Crying also counts time.

"I'm sorry...I'm sorry..."

The sound was almost uttered together with sobs, and Liu Huaqi put his hands to his ears.

"Eh? I didn't hear anything? Weren't you speaking very loudly just now? You wanted the whole grade to hear it?"

Liuhuaqi sighed regretfully.

Almost vomiting out all his internal organs, the classmate finally shouted out loudly.

"sorry!!!"

The suffocating atmosphere disappeared in an instant.

"Well, maybe I'm not as useful as the seniors, but calling me unworthy of my position and scheming is almost enough, right?"

Liu Huaqi raised his hands, as if the hell-like scene he had just witnessed was a dream.

He turned to look at Kragya, causing the boy's eyelids to jump.

Fear is like a demon. Once it takes shape, it will continue to devour reason.

At least for this "poor" classmate, the fear brought by Liuhuaqi will linger for a long time.

Even Kragya couldn't avoid it.

"Classmate Kraga, do you have any other questions? I'm actually very embarrassed. After all, the seniors are really amazing. If you still have questions, I suggest you talk to Teacher Shayin alone~"

Liuhuaqi looked at the other classmates in the class again - they were all standing behind Kragya.

A bunch of rubbish that wasted his mind and energy, not even a bit better than the seniors.

When will the mid-year competition begin? He can’t wait.

Liuhuaqi sat back in his seat, took out his mobile phone and practiced typing. The classmates who had gathered behind Kragya saw that he was no longer looking at them and dispersed.

"I need to go to the bathroom."

"I'm going too."

"I'm going to buy some snacks."

In the end, only Kragya was left.

The young man clenched his fists, the remaining pride in him not allowing him to retreat.

He had a premonition that if he ran away today, he would never be able to muster the courage to face Liuhuaqi again in his life.

Damn it, why, why didn't he dare to move just now? ! Could it be that Liuhuaqi really... He still didn't want to admit it.

He was unwilling to admit that the person he had always looked down upon was actually stronger than him from the very beginning!

What went wrong? This shouldn't be the case!

'if only...'

A strange thought began to take root in his mind.

Yes, indeed!

"As long as... he loses his superpowers, no matter how powerful he is, without his superpowers, what kind of waves can he cause?"

Resentment and hatred slowly fermented in his heart, and Kraga could no longer tell whether those were his own voices.

Just wait for me...Liuhuaqi!