Chapter 225 The Hunt Can Begin
"Come in, Miss Helvinia."
Phoenix pushed open the door of the secret room and gestured to Hevinia to come in.
Hevinia nodded and followed, and then she saw that there were already five people in the secret room. Only two of them were wearing student uniforms, and the other three looked like teachers or administrators.
As soon as she entered the room, everyone's eyes were on her.
"Is this the one from the Third College?" A man who looked like a student looked at Hevinia and said coldly, "Could it be her?"
Before Hevinia could say anything, Phoenix stood in front of her: "Miss Hevinia is my guest, there is nothing wrong with her."
"You know again?"
"Of course I know." Phoenix said lightly, "Of course, if you don't believe me, you can ask someone else. You should know, Todd, that an hour ago, Miss Hevinia was having afternoon tea with Principal Ulysses."
Seeing that Phoenix had moved out the principal, Todd stopped talking.
The oldest man present, who was about 30 years old, also spoke slowly: "Okay, everyone here is definitely fine. That guy can't make a move so quickly, so... who is missing now?"
"Anita."
It was Todd who was still speaking, and it was obvious that he was observing the people in the room.
"She won't come, and she's always with the principal, nothing will happen to her."
"Then there is no ..."
"Haha, have you forgotten me, brother?"
Todd's words were interrupted by a low laugh, and he immediately frowned as he watched a fat body squeeze into the secret room.
It was Karen.
"No one notified me of such a meeting. It's really disappointing. Am I not Jin Yin?" Karen looked at Todd, "I am your brother, Todd."
"It's just a show." Todd said coldly, "No one notified you, but you came anyway, didn't you?"
"I can't help it. My family doesn't want to take care of me, but I don't want to die."
Karen slowly found a place to sit down. The chair, which was not small, looked like a toy in front of his sturdy body like a mountain. People couldn't help but worry that it would fall apart the moment he sat down.
Fortunately, that was not the case. Karen cast some music spells on herself that could reduce weight, which made the toy-like little chair much sturdier than expected, and allowed Karen to rock comfortably.
"I am a member of the Chuke family. If I were to be quietly killed in a corner and my body was not discovered until a few days later when it stinks, wouldn't that be too embarrassing for the Chuke family?"
Before Todd could say anything, another middle-aged woman present immediately stood up and stared at Karen.
"What are you being sarcastic about?"
"I'm not being sarcastic, I'm just stating the facts." Karen said with a smile, "I sympathize with Daniel."
The woman was about to explode when the middle-aged man spoke again: "Okay, we don't have time to talk nonsense, be quiet!"
After these words were spoken, the woman and Karen stopped talking, but the woman was still very angry, and Karen still had that provocative smile on his face, especially with that face full of pus-filled sores, which made people feel even more disgusting.
The middle-aged man glanced at everyone present again, and finally his eyes fell on Hevinia.
"Phinix, take Miss Helvinia and sit down now. We are going to get down to business."
"Yes, Provost."
So Phoenix and Hevinia also took their seats, and the Dean slowly stood up.
"I think everyone knows the purpose of coming here." The Dean of Academic Affairs said, "There is evidence that the guy named Caesar has successfully entered the first college last night. I don't think I need to emphasize his danger. You all don't think you can get rid of him single-handedly, right?"
No one spoke.
Although all those present were Jin Yin, and most of them were from the two Taichu families, Caesar's record in the three academies still shocked them greatly.
"To make a long story short, the academy will definitely respond, and the principal is aware of this." The Dean of Academic Affairs said, "The two Taichu families and the Lawrence family will also send more Golden Sound players to the academy to take charge of security, but it is hard to say how effective it will be. Because we must ensure the smooth progress of the ceremony. No matter what happens, the ceremony cannot be stopped, so this matter cannot be made public to the outside world and students below the Golden Sound level cannot know about it. Of course, that guy is also here to participate in the ceremony, so he is unlikely to cause a bigger disturbance, which means..."
The Provost paused.
"His target is us."
After the Dean of Academic Affairs finished speaking, the secret room fell into silence for half a minute.
After all, being targeted for hunting is probably the first time for most people.
And it was not a good first time experience.
After listening to the Dean's words, Hevinia was finally able to confirm that the eight people present were all "age appropriate" golden voices who were going to participate in this ceremony.
Among them, only half of the students are actually around 20 years old, and the remaining half are over this age.
The Provost even looked to be approaching forty.
Sure enough, there was no shortage of performers in the academy who could delay the fading of notes.
Of course, thirty or forty years old should be the limit. Like the principal, he is probably the only one who has delayed it to fifty or sixty years old.
Hevinia thought silently in her heart.
"I don't quite understand." Someone else spoke up at this time, "The academy is so big, can he find each of us accurately? And..."
The man raised his head and looked at Phoenix and Helvinia.
"The Jinyins that are exposed now are all students, right? Then why drag me in as well? Not many people know my musical notes, and not many people know that I will be attending the ceremony."
"You are right, Roland." The Dean nodded. "But the problem is that your band members know you. If they are killed, your identity will also be revealed. So there is no point in hiding at this time."
"Yeah, you're still thinking about yourself at this time." Karen said slowly, "How selfish! Have you ever thought about what would happen if you were caught and someone approached us with your face, but we didn't know your identity? Don't be too selfless."
Roland looked at Karen coldly, but didn't say anything more.
"That may sound a little silly, but it makes sense." The Dean of Academic Affairs nodded again. "So, after an urgent discussion with the president, I made the decision to gather all the participants of this grand ceremony together...Okay, now everyone should look at each other and remember everyone's face. Of course, it's best to introduce yourselves."
This childish way of "making friends" was really ridiculous to the elites among the elites of this country present.
But under the pressure from Caesar and the approval of the principal, everyone completed the ceremony honestly and remembered everyone's face and identity.
After the introductions, Helvinia weakly raised her hand: "Can I speak?"
"Of course, Miss Hevinia," the Dean of Academic Affairs said gently, "This is not a classroom. Just say whatever you want to say."
The Dean's attitude towards Hevinia was obviously better than that towards others, but the people present were not surprised. After all, she was the principal's "favorite disciple."
"Does introducing yourself really work?" Helvinia said. "If he really replaced one of us, we wouldn't be able to tell, just like when Mr. Daniel... ah, sorry, I didn't mean to bring that up."
"It's okay." The Dean of Academic Affairs first glanced at the woman, and then said, "Letting you get to know each other is just to give you a rough idea in your hearts, so that when you see each other in school, you won't be completely defenseless. The real means of dealing with it is other things... Everyone, check the armrests of your chairs, the things are already there."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then immediately reached for the handrail, and indeed found a strip-like object under it.
"Now, please tie this chain on your hands." The Dean of Academic Affairs said to everyone while tying it, "Please raise your hands so that all of us can see. Don't be clever. This concerns everyone's life."
Under mutual supervision, everyone put on the bracelet.
The bracelet tightened the moment it was tied, digging into the flesh. Several people with low pain tolerance cried out in pain, and the same was true for Hevinia.
But after screaming in pain, Hevinia was surprised to find that the bracelet had disappeared.
...No, not disappearing.
To be precise, it was tattooed on her skin, like musical notes.
"……This is?"
"These are given to me by the principal. They are called 'Soul Locks'," said the Dean of Academic Affairs. "Just as the name suggests, they are tied directly to the soul, not the body. In other words, it is impossible to copy them simply by changing the physical image."
Everyone understood immediately.
"That is to say, even if that guy named Caesar killed us and turned into our appearance, he would not be able to conjure up this chain. And we can judge whether he is ourselves or Caesar based on whether he has this chain?" Phoenix concluded.
"Yes." The Dean nodded, "That's it."
"...Is there no way to imitate it?" Todd asked, "There is no way to take it off? As far as I know, that guy has several golden sounds and a lot of forbidden techniques, so is it possible for him to take this thing off as well?"
"It's impossible." The Dean of Academic Affairs shook his head. "The principal can guarantee this, because this is not Shengyin's technique at all. If you want to take it down safely, you must have a soul strength that rivals that of the gods."
After hearing this explanation and the principal's guarantee, everyone stopped questioning.
At this time, Hevinia raised her hand weakly again: "By the way, the principal has always lived alone, will he be okay?"
After these words were spoken, most people present looked at Hevinia as if she were an idiot.
"Don't worry, Miss Helvinia." The Dean of Academic Affairs still said to Helvinia gently, "No one in Shengyin can defeat Principal Ulysses... If he wasn't too old and difficult to deal with, that guy named Caesar would never dare to come in. Of course, the principal will be very happy that you care about him so much."
Helvinia was silent too.
"Isn't this too pessimistic?" Roland said, "If this bracelet only has the effect of reporting a few points, then that guy can kill us, snatch the notes and then not show up, and continue to hide in the dark waiting for the arrival of the ceremony. What can we do?"
"It's very simple." After talking to Roland, the Dean of Academic Affairs returned to his calm tone. "The function of this chain is not just to verify your identity. Once you die, this chain will immediately play its other role, which is to destroy your musical notes and your body."
After these words were spoken, everyone fell silent again.
Because they finally realized that the so-called identity authentication is just a bonus, and the most important function is to destroy the notes.
That is, they can die, but the notes cannot be lost.
And doing it in this way is just like tying a bomb to your body that could explode at any time.
"Don't worry. It won't work if you're not dead." The Dean of Academic Affairs said, "Besides, it also guarantees your safety. When you're attacked, you can inject magic power into it like I did..."
The provost said as he demonstrated.
After injecting magic power into the bracelet, everyone present felt a burning pain in the area where the bracelet was attached.
"This means someone has been attacked. We will immediately raise the alarm and rush to rescue them, although we cannot determine their location... However, as long as you don't run around, we will definitely find them soon." The Dean of Academic Affairs said calmly, "Also, from another perspective, once that guy knows that he can't take the musical notes even if he kills us, he will most likely stop and leave quickly, which is also protecting you."
"He is different from us. We can play the seven-note divine music by forming an orchestra, but he can only play it solo by collecting seven golden notes."
"So if we can't gather all seven tones, when we can spare some time to deal with him after the ceremony, he won't be a problem even if he has seventy tones."
The Dean of Academic Affairs said so.
Then, the meeting ended.
Phoenix took Hevinia back to the girls' dormitory.
Seeing that Hevinia was still anxious, Phoenix smiled and comforted her: "Don't worry, with the current measures, that guy can't cause much trouble. And... you are the Seventh Tone, aren't you?"
"…Does this matter?"
"He already has the seventh note," Phoenix said, "so there's no reason for him to attack you."
"That seems to be the case." Hevinia nodded subconsciously, and then suddenly realized, "Ah, sorry, Mr. Phoenix, I didn't mean to..."
"It's okay." Phoenix said calmly, "Now that Olenna is gone, you are my sister. Her death protected you, and I think she would be very happy too."
Hevinia looked very touched, her eyes red: "Thank you, Mr. Phoenix. But you must be careful, he will definitely target you."
"Haha, then let him come." Phoenix sent Hevinia to the door, and then chuckled and said, "I do have a score to settle with him."
After saying this, Phoenix left.
Hevinia waved at his back and returned to the dormitory alone.
He jogged all the way, and after entering the room, he immediately locked the door and drew the curtains.
During this period, he always looked frightened.
It was not until the moment when the curtains were drawn that her expression returned to calm.
Then, Hevinia walked to the desk and opened Oger's notebook. As if doing homework, she calmly wrote down the names of the new people she met today and the corresponding notes one by one.
"Interesting." Bai Wei, who had been silent for a day, chuckled and said, "She is such a bad woman to use this method to blast out all the golden sounds."
"This is with your consent."
"Yeah, so I'm not a good person either."
He paused, then smiled and said,
"It looks like the hunt can begin."
(End of this chapter)
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