Chapter 18 Chapter 18 (Catching Bugs) Ren Xiaoyue held one hand...
Ren Xiaoyue grabbed Cross's wrist with one hand and took the attack, and with the other hand pulled the principal back half a step, allowing the principal to avoid Twenty-Three's fatal move after a feint. After this confrontation was over, Twenty-Three and Cross stopped in tacit understanding.
Blood dripped down the side of Ren Xiaoyue's face.
Ren Xiaoyue slowly stood up and touched her bleeding cheeks and the damaged mask. The mask was cut along her cheek and hung on her face, revealing half of her real face. She sighed, took off her glasses, and ripped off the mask neatly.
The mask with a big hole in it was thrown on the ground. After taking off the mask, Ren Xiaoyue revealed her true face. Her face was neither weak nor gentle. She was like the white snow and the towering mountain top, cold and difficult to approach. The teardrop mole under the corner of her right eye added a touch of tenderness to this cold face.
Ren Xiaoyue no longer pretended to be afraid, and all expressions disappeared from her face like morning dew.
"Long time no see," Cross said with a smile, as if he was greeting an old friend who had not seen each other for a long time. "You have changed a lot. I thought you would not expose yourself for anyone."
Twenty-three crossed his arms, looked at Cross with an expression that said, "I knew you were taking so long, you must be thinking of something bad." He said disdainfully, "Why are you talking so much to her?"
Among the four people present, the one who was most shocked was the principal. He didn't expect that Cross, who had not participated in the battle before, was also an unexpectedly strong man, nor did he expect that Ren Xiaoyue was so strong.
In fact, during the time when the principal was protecting Ren Xiaoyue closely, he more or less realized that Xiaoyue was not as weak as she appeared, but Xiaoyue's strength still exceeded his imagination.
Ren Xiaoyue ignored Twenty-Three and Cross, and took a defensive stance, explaining sincerely: "Principal, I have no intention of harming this school, nor do I stand on their side. My entry into the academy was an accident, and I really didn't expect things to develop into what they are now."
Twenty-three snorted and wanted to say something, but after looking at Cross, he said nothing.
Cross said leisurely: "You can't say that. We are old colleagues and old friends. I still remember the days when I worked with you a few years ago. Those were good memories."
In this tense atmosphere, the principal stood firmly beside Ren Xiaoyue. After the initial shock passed, he quickly made his choice.
"Young people," said the principal, "have a past of one kind or another. No matter what the past was like, I believe more in what I see."
Seeing the principal say that, Twenty-Three laughed unabashedly. He bumped Cross's shoulder, pointed at Ren Xiaoyue and said, "Hahaha, your plan to alienate her is useless! I said, just beat her up and she'll be done."
Ren Xiaoyue didn't say anything, but just released her special abilities. Cross's expression did not change. Twenty-three also adjusted himself very quickly after his expression changed slightly. The principal, who had long lost his special powers, could not feel it, but they could feel that their special powers could no longer be used.
Twenty-three sighed, "This traitor... this woman's supernatural power is as troublesome as always."
Cross was not affected at all and continued to say to Ren Xiaoyue: "There is no need for us to be so awkward. Look, if you let us take the Sword of Arias, we will stop tracking you. Isn't this a win-win situation?"
"I think what he said is right, just hit him directly." Ren Xiaoyue replied coldly.
Twenty-three laughed and said contemptuously, "You are so confident! With that half-crippled old man, can you beat us?"
Ren Xiaoyue glanced at No. 23 and said, "Who knows?"
"I just think that if we continue to waste time here, Mr. Principal might end up with only ruins of the academy left," Cross spread his hands. "Why don't we sit down and talk, and end this meaningless fight as soon as possible."
The principal who witnessed their open and secret fights quickly sorted out the current situation. After Xiaoyue joined, the situation was no longer one-sided. The mysterious attacker on the opposite side made certain concessions and tried to alienate them.
Amid the chaotic chirping and ground shaking in the background, the principal straightened his torn collar and said firmly: "I will not hand over the Sword of Arias to you."
There was no point in saying more, as the four of them fell into a melee again.
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Not far from the principal's office, Bertram looked at Berend who was standing in front of him with bloodshot eyes. The protective array prepared for them by their family was shattered layer by layer, and the monster's metal arm was about to pierce through Berend's body.
The monster had charged at him, but his brother, Berend, had pushed him away at the last moment.
When the protective array was completely broken, Bertram couldn't help but call out Berend's name.
However, the bloody scene he imagined did not appear. The metal arm chopped on another invisible barrier, and the twisted monster let out a whine as if it was hit hard.
The metal on the monster's body seemed to be out of its control and fell into a brief chaos. Berend, who had been mentally prepared, found that he was not dead. On his wrist, the stones on the bracelet that Xiaoyue gave him were broken.
Why did the bracelet Xiaoyue gave him break? Why did Xiaoyue's bracelet hurt the monster? This was clearly written by Xiaoyue herself... Does Xiaoyue also have supernatural powers? Or did she find a psychic to infuse this item with supernatural powers?
Berend looked at the broken stones and was confused for a moment.
Luze and Aster, who were covered in scars from being beaten by the monster, also witnessed everything. While the monster was taming the metal on its body, they subconsciously looked at the bracelets on their wrists.
At the same time, in the melee, Ren Xiaoyue was distracted for a moment when she felt the supernatural power she had injected into the bracelet being used. Twenty-three seized this moment and greeted her in the face. Ren Xiaoyue quickly turned her head, but failed to completely avoid the punch, and the fist created a symmetrical scar on the other half of her face.
"After so many years, you don't seem to have made any progress?" Twenty-Three said sarcastically.
After the negotiation failed, they finally got into a melee. The four of them ignored Kane who was still lying in the house and fought fiercely. Seeing that Ren Xiaoyue remained silent, Twenty-Three continued to mock: "You haven't said a word for a long time, but you are still as disgusting as before!"
Ren Xiaoyue didn't say anything. She bent down and dodged Twenty-three's fist.
On the other side, Cross was also chattering: "I can assure you that we will take this sword but will not use it to hurt anyone. If you don't believe me, we can make a contract."
The principal's eyes moved slightly, but his attacking movements remained unchanged.
Cross was not discouraged by the principal's determination. He continued to advise while dodging the attacks.
"What a shame. I thought you hated that sword," Cross said after dodging Ren Xiaoyue's leg. "Without it, your brother wouldn't have died, and you wouldn't be trapped in this academy."
Ren Xiaoyue narrowed her eyes and looked over with a sense of awareness. Sure enough, the principal had revealed a flaw.
She knew...the principal's brother was also one of the souls killed by this sword. His death was a knot in the principal's heart. Cross's mention of this matter at this time would definitely have an impact on the principal.
Cross seemed to have guessed this result long ago. After creating the opportunity, he took out something from his pocket and threw it decisively at the principal. Seeing this, Ren Xiaoyue pulled herself away from Twenty-Three's attack and pounced on the principal.
The object exploded with a bang, and the fragments fell on Ren Xiaoyue. A large amount of choking smoke and dust spread out from the object, blocking Ren Xiaoyue's vision. When the smoke cleared, Twenty-Three and Cross had disappeared.
After the principal stopped coughing, he immediately looked into the lounge. Unfortunately, he did not see the long sword that was originally hung on the wall of the lounge like an ordinary decoration.
The Sword of Arias disappeared.
At that moment, the principal seemed to have aged a lot, and seemed to have let go of something. His back was no longer straight, and his slightly hunched figure was filled with stories that he would never tell anyone else.
The noise outside reminded him that today's turmoil was not over yet. The principal had no time to hesitate or be confused. He turned to look at Ren Xiaoyue, his eyes falling on her bleeding arm. The principal took out a small bottle from the broken desk drawer and handed it to Ren Xiaoyue.
"This is for external use," the principal explained simply. "What's your real name?"
Ren Xiaoyue was stunned for a moment, then took the vial and smiled friendly: "As for me... I don't have a name. They used to call me Sixteen, but I didn't like that name, so I gave myself a name."
Ren Xiaoyue said: "My name is Xiaoyue, or you can call me Lu Xiaoyue."
After hearing her name, the principal looked at her deeply and did not ask her any more questions. The principal, who had regained his superpowers, opened the window and jumped down from the sixth floor.
When this level 9 psychic regained his powers, the unrest in the academy was no longer a crisis. The principal knew that if he let Ren Xiaoyue go like this, he might never be found again, but he chose not to delve into Ren Xiaoyue's intentions. Ren Xiaoyue looked at the principal's departing back and inappropriately thought of the joke "I'm going to buy some oranges, you wait here."
The principal really treated her as a junior and even handed her medicine. Ren Xiaoyue shook her head and turned away without hesitation.
The first act of the drama was over and it was time for her to leave.
Almost at the same time when Ren Xiaoyue's battle ended, Lu Ze, under the cover of his friends, climbed to the top of the monster. He raised the dagger and stabbed it into the monster's vital point hidden on the top of its head.
The monster swayed left and right in pain, constantly manipulating the metal on its body to attack Lu Ze. No matter how it struggled, Lu Ze pressed the dagger down firmly and with all his strength.
When the entire dagger was pressed into the monster's vital point, the monster straightened its body and howled loudly. The metal on its body kept falling off, and its huge body gradually disintegrated.
"Aze——!"
The wounded Lu Ze fell backwards exhausted. Before falling off the monster, he seemed to hear Asther's scream.
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Lu Ze seemed to have fallen into darkness. He wanted to open his eyes, but they seemed to be stuck with glue and he couldn't open them for a long time. He didn't know how long he tried, but finally, his eyes opened up into two small slits.
When he opened his eyes, Lu Ze found something wrong. It seemed that he was not on the hospital bed, but was put into the water. His body was curled up, and there were two unclear figures in his field of vision. He could vaguely make out that they were a girl with white hair and blue eyes, and a young man with black hair and purple eyes.
Lu Ze heard what they were saying.
"Is he perfect? [——]."
"Well... maybe it's perfect, maybe not. No one can tell you the answer until the experiment is successful."
"Oh, he's not."
"[——], you are so boring. Now you should say I understand."
Just as Lu Ze wanted to open his eyes again to see more clearly who those two people were, he suddenly lost his support and fell from an infinite height. His eyes widened suddenly and he continued to fall in the darkness until he landed heavily on the ground.
The moment he landed, Lu Ze suddenly woke up. There was no water or young boys or girls. In front of him were his friends who looked worried.
"You finally woke up..." Asther's tears welled up in her eyes.
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