Chapter 119: Failed to Come to an End
Plop, plop, plop.
The sound of my heartbeat echoed in my mind.
"So... scary..."
In the dream, there was a tangle of blood. Chen Xiao'er murmured and opened her lips, only to feel a sticky solution overflowing everywhere with no clear edges.
"Xiao Ai."
"......" Who's calling me? It's dark, I can't see clearly.
"Xiao'er." The voice became clearer and clearer, and was accompanied by a slightly cool touch on the forehead.
Click.
The back of my head was gently lifted up and placed on a "pillow" of just the right height, and the pain in my head immediately eased a lot.
Hmm.
Chen Xiao'er moaned a few times and opened her eyes in the illusion of being enveloped by strong light.
There was no blood before my eyes, only an icy blue. When the icy blue faded, the senior sister's silver hair and perfect jawline came into view.
"Is my classmate okay?!" Xiao Ai raised her head suddenly and hissed in pain. Ling gently held the side of her head and pressed it back.
Ling placed his hand among the black hair and touched it subtly.
"Are you talking about the female student who fell? She's dead. She's just been sent to the hospital for an autopsy. Don't think about it anymore."
"Her? Are you referring to that assassin from the Chaos Cult? Don't worry, she's been completely cleansed of the source of infection by your supernatural powers. She's currently undergoing autopsy analysis in the lab and should no longer be contagious."
Death...
Chen Xiao'er rested her head on Ling's legs, looking up at the sky: That girl looks the same age as me, she should be a freshman too, right?
She was so young, yet she fell from an underground passage and died.
Is this the school's fault? Xinaya almost fell down the stairs and died before... No, there's no hole this time. The underground shelter should be very solid. How did she fall?
Chen Xiao'er concentrated her mind, searching back and forth in her vague memories, and finally vaguely recalled the scene at that time.
The girl with long chestnut hair was originally - hanging from the ceiling!
whoosh!
Chen Xiao'er straightened up instantly and patted her senior sister's thigh hurriedly: "Can I see the autopsy report?"
"Huh? Why?" Ling's eyes narrowed slightly, and a layer of light flashed across his clear irises.
Why? Chen Xiao'er found it difficult to speak. She knew the reason was a bit harsh: "Because I was afraid someone would try to make the scene look like a suicide."
If a person died by hanging, the cause of death could easily be classified as suicide.
But when the girl fell, Xiao'ai saw her eyes - even though she had never seen the expression of a suicide, she still felt that those were not the eyes of a suicide.
It is filled with resentment, and the negative emotions are so strong that they are like a poisoned knife, full of malice towards the world itself.
Chen Xiao'er would shudder whenever she recalled that look, and then think of school bullying, closed-room murders and the like.
This association, of course, raises questions about the school's management and investigation procedures, and also reflects a lack of trust in the students themselves: How bad must one's connections and character be to bully a classmate to death just one month into school? Whether or not it was suicide, it's ridiculous.
So she opened her mouth several times before finally stammering, "Nothing... I'm just a little curious. How do you think the school will handle this?"
Ling did not answer this question immediately because she was still gently pressing Xiao'er's arms and joints, carefully checking for signs of falls and sprains.
After Chen Xiao'er stood up steadily with her support and took a few steps, Ling said calmly, "You don't need to worry about this issue. Her body will be properly handled. Please keep this matter confidential. If it gets out, it may cause a negative impact in society."
"You don't need to worry about this. Her body will be studied and completely disassembled. Please keep this matter confidential for now. If it gets out, it may cause a considerable stir and cause intense panic in some human settlements."
“…”
Chen Xiao'er looked at Ling in disbelief. It was hard to say which was harder to accept: "There's something wrong!", "What is the school trying to hide?", or "How could Ling actually say such a thing?"
There was no fluctuation in Zero's ice-blue eyes, nor was there any mourning for a student who died inexplicably or any negative emotions.
She was as calm as ever, and even the tone of her voice sounded as if she was advising a friend not to take too seriously a flower that had fallen after the rain.
Is that weird? Not really.
Zero has always been indifferent. She has only done those strong and even intense things for me.
[We have different values...?]
Chen Xiao'er bit her tongue: Don't think like that!
I just find it hard to accept, it's hard to accept the possibility that "Zero is not that kind." Ordinary people can also become accomplices at certain moments, and I absolutely don't want Zero to be like that.
But - these are purely subjective conjectures.
I haven't even seen the autopsy report yet, so how can I speculate about others before the dust has settled? Even if it's my lover. No, especially my lover.
Chen Xiao'er raised her hand and rubbed her face: Don't be so upset, let's communicate properly.
"zero."
She had just let go of her hand accidentally, and now she pinched her sleeve and shook it.
"Hmm?" Ling turned his face to the side, and his silver hair brushed against the girl's lips.
Chen Xiao'er stood on tiptoe and asked softly, "If the teacher doesn't allow us to see the autopsy report, can you help me investigate..."
"I allow it." A familiar voice sounded in my ears.
“?!”
Chen Xiao'er was so frightened that her legs jumped. If Ling hadn't been quick to catch it, she would have sprained her ankle.
Professor Milo stood beside her with an amused look on her face. She shook her head helplessly, as if saying, "Students nowadays."
Mi Luo walked up to them, probably reached out and pinched Chen Xiao'er's cheek, then frowned and said, "Do you really not trust the school? Teacher, I'm very sad."
The professor started calling herself "teacher"... Chen Xiao'er's cheeks turned red.
Feeling a special touch of intimacy, she mustered up the courage to say, "No, I have great faith in the school! A great, advanced, and upright institution like Taoli University would never allow a misunderstanding of the cause of a student's death. And, if revealing the truth would benefit society, then we will definitely do so. And we will also inform the family truthfully..."
Chen Xiao'er's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally she lowered her head embarrassedly under the professor's gaze.
After a few seconds, the professor placed his palm on her shoulder and patted her twice with a firm force.
"Hold your head high, you did nothing wrong."
"Hmm!" Chen Xiao'er raised her head with force. She met Milo's eyes and suddenly realized that the professor's golden pupils were dotted with stars, like flowing golden sand.
Miroku looked her in the eye and said seriously, "Don't worry. As you said, if revealing the truth is beneficial to society, we will definitely choose to make it public. And... her family will definitely be notified."
The professor's lips and teeth placed clear emphasis on the word "definitely", which, combined with the subsequent notice, formed an extremely cautious promise, sounding like a mission must be accomplished.
Phew~ It’s great to have a reliable teacher like Professor Miroku.
However, Chen Xiao'er still had some hidden concerns, so she half-jokingly asked, "Does the professor's agreement still count? I want to understand this matter with Ling. Please, please!"
At the end of her speech, she put her hands together and shook them gently like a dog greeting the new year.
Oh,
Miroku gave a short laugh, and the golden irises behind the lenses fluctuated.
"good."
After she finished speaking, she turned around without hesitation and walked away gracefully in her high-heeled boots.
Yeah~
Chen Xiao'er clenched her fists towards the professor's back, and felt her heart filled with determination once again!
Since the school, the teachers and Senior Sister Zero are not as dark as I imagined, the truth of the matter should be very simple. Maybe it was really an accident.
Wait, why is the professor passing by here? And where is this place?
She belatedly raised her head, and the hot sunlight fell on her face, causing a blush.
This is neither a ward nor a dormitory corridor, so I have been standing in the outdoor playground since just now.
Gurgle.
Chen Xiao'er swallowed her saliva, holding her senior's hand and turning her head stiffly.
Good news, I don’t see any classmates or students of the same grade here. Everyone should gather somewhere else.
Bad news, the student union - at least thirty seniors from the student union were standing around them, forming a semicircle about 20 meters away.
So I asked my senior sister to "secretly investigate" under the watchful eyes of the student union members, and even went over my head to "ask for help" from Professor Milo in front of them?
"Woo woo." Her legs went weak and she slid to the ground.
"What's wrong?" Ling's arms were very strong. He immediately grabbed her wrist and lifted it up around her armpit.
“No, nothing!”
Chen Xiao'er quickly waved her hands, trying to get away with it: "Actually, I... just woke up, so my heartbeat is a little fast, and my blood pressure is a little low?"
"Your heart rate and blood pressure are normal."
Chen Xiao'er was stunned for a moment, and then her vision went dark: Because this sentence was not said by the senior sister, but by the student union president who rushed over -
"Xiao Ai? Xiao Ai!"
The last thing she heard was Zero's serious rebuttal to the president. "Lin Yi, there's something wrong with her heart rate."
No, senior sister, I might have...something wrong with my brain.
Woohoo~ Chen Xiao'er fainted happily in Ling's arms.
…
It's good to keep smiling, but sometimes people really can't smile.
When he stepped into the safe house called the Simple Meeting Room, Professor Miroku's mouth fell.
The air around was so heavy that the light-hearted feeling that came from coming into contact with Xiao'e was isolated and could not take effect.
She first walked to the podium-style table, gently opened the prepared file bag, and took out the parchment and A4 paper supplementary pages inside.
The parchment records important information that has been "confirmed", including the confirmation of [Power].
It's much easier to draw a target where the arrow will hit than to draw the bow and shoot at the bull's eye.
When a powerful god truly appears, everyone can always find clues of the existence of power as quickly as possible.
In short, regardless of whether the illusory myth of "priesthood" exists, at least an ability that surpasses other special abilities and superpowers has appeared.
There were many details on the A4 paper supplementary page, but only one item immediately caught Miroku's attention.
[Supplementary topic on "Do humans possess power?"]
If we don't consider the power we currently possess as divine authority, but simply consider it a supernatural or psychic ability of "the highest priority," can Chen Xiao'e, who can neutralize the "power of poison," be considered a "human being with power"?
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