Chapter 68: I Really Need to Get You Under Control!
11:35 PM.
After a wave of spatial distortion.
When everyone opened their eyes again, they found themselves not in the classroom, nor in the locker room, but rather…
Rose High School Campus, Basent Level 1, Archive Room.
The surroundings were neat and bright, and that miniature Terminal Signal Tower still stood at the center.
"Huh?"
Wang ng looked around, scratching his head with a bewildered expression.
"How did we end up back here? Weren't we supposed to go to class?"
"Does this an… this place is so kind of special 'save point'?"
"Do we respawn here every ti we enter the Sub-Instance?"
If only Jiang Nan had respawned here, that would still make sense.
After all, he wore that Outstanding Student Badge that symbolized special privileges.
But the problem was…
Now even Chen Tong, Guo Shuai, and everyone else without a badge had co along too.
Even if they had been here before…
It shouldn't have worked out this way.
"This doesn't follow the rules."
"It ans there's a serious problem with the spatial rules inside the Ghost Domain."
"It must have sothing to do with that Lu Shiyan."
Liu Yuqing pushed up her glasses.
Jiang Nan's expression remained calm, as though he already had a plan.
He recalled that Fujino Juro had ntioned his office was on Basent Level 2.
And this was Basent Level 1.
Jiang Nan looked toward the heavy security door of the Archive Room.
‘Since that's the case……’
‘We might as well pay that 'benefactor teacher' a visit along the way, and ask for directions while we're at it.’
Scratch scratch scratch.
Jiang Nan pulled out his Notepad, scrawled a line at lightning speed, tore it off, and stuck it on the door.
【Guo Shuai, Yekaterina, Hoshino Hikari—co with .】
【Everyone else, stay and guard the safe house.】
This Archive Room existed within the Mirror World, making it clearly the safest location for now.
There was no need to send non-combatants into danger.
"Huh?!"
Hearing her na called, Hoshino Hikari instinctively shuddered from head to toe, shrinking her neck down as she pointed at herself.
"M-… I have to go too?"
That ans going out to fight!
There are ghosts everywhere out there!
In a pitch-dark ntal space.
A small, weakly-dressed Hoshino sat hugging her knees, trembling.
'I can't do this… I'm going to die… they'll definitely use as cannon fodder…'
However.
The very next second.
Smack!!
A dark version of Hoshino appeared out of nowhere and delivered a backhand slap, sending her crashing to the ground!
"Idiot! What do you think you're doing?!"
The "Dark Hoshino" grabbed her by the collar and berated her furiously.
"Pull yourself together! Don't embarrass !"
"Have you forgotten how your own people abandoned you?"
"Have you forgotten how Kujo Ran treated you like you didn't exist?"
"Grandma once said, the opportunities you miss because of weakness bring more regret than the mistakes you make by taking risks!"
"Grandma also said, if you can't be a great tree, then beco the vine that climbs one!"
"If you see a strong leg, grab onto it with everything you've got! Don't even let go of the leg hair!"
"This is your only chance to turn things around! Get moving!!"
……
Back to Reality.
Hoshino Hikari's eyes instantly changed.
That timidity and fear vanished without a trace.
She jerked her head up, shifting from a question to a declaration.
"I'll go too!"
"My ability is B-Grade Healing Light—I'll treat anyone who gets injured!"
Guo Shuai, watching from the side, gave her a big thumbs up.
"Yo, the girl's got so real resolve. Looks like I recomnded the right person."
Yekaterina naturally wanted to join the team as well.
"Don't worry, I'll fight to the best of my ability while keeping myself safe."
She still had many questions…
That she needed Jiang Nan to answer.
Seeing that all 3 were ready.
Jiang Nan said nothing further.
Click.
He pushed open the heavy security door directly, his windbreaker swaying as his gaze signaled them to follow.
Chen Tong and Wang ng waved goodbye from behind.
"Safe travels!"
……
At the sa ti, in the Ghost Domain, Rose High School Campus.
Rumble rumble rumble!!
Unlike Jiang Nan's group and their VIP spawn point.
Since it was their first ti entering the Ghost Domain, the 5-man Thunder Leopard Squad led by Corporal Morishita…
…was teleported directly into the locker room.
"Hiss!"
The mont they opened their eyes and saw the skinned corpse hanging from the ceiling, all 5 drew sharp breaths in unison.
Ishida Hideo gripped his katana tightly, his voice trembling.
"What a terrifying place?.… so this is the Ghost Domain?"
Corporal Morishita's face was grim as he gave a solemn nod, forcing himself to stay calm.
"I don't know why that ghost that devoured my brother has disappeared, or whether it's connected to that convoy…"
"But our main objective right now is to locate the Terminal Signal Tower hidden within this Ghost Domain!"
"Once we find it, we'll have…"
Rumble rumble rumble!!
Before Corporal Morishita could finish, the ground suddenly shook violently!
Plaster rained down from the walls as though the entire school building was about to collapse.
All 5 nearly lost their footing and toppled over.
"What the—?!"
Corporal Morishita's face drained of color.
"Is that an earthquake?! How can there be an earthquake inside the Ghost Domain?!"
At that mont, the squad mber crouched at the door doing reconnaissance suddenly spoke up.
"No… big bro!"
"It doesn't look like an earthquake!"
"There's soone fighting outside! No wait… it's ghosts fighting!!"
"What?!"
Corporal Morishita steeled his nerves, stuck out his head, and looked down below.
The next second.
His eyes went wide instantly.
In the central courtyard of the school building, 2 ghosts were locked in battle.
Up in the air.
A strange female ghost with ashen gray skin, wearing a sailor uniform and a pair of gold-rimd glasses.
Was fleeing through the air at high speed!
That was Kamiya Konan!
And close behind.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A sumo wrestler ghost, at least 10 ters tall and 5 ters wide, wearing nothing but a loincloth.
Was charging in pursuit, each step leaving a crater in the ground!
On top of that, it wore an armband on its arm.
【Discipline Committee Chief】.
"ROARRR!!"
The sumo ghost let out a furious bellow, and its palm—the size of a small car—slamd into the wall.
BOOM!!
The reinforced concrete wall shattered instantly, and the entire school building trembled violently under that monstrous force!
"Damned fat thing!"
Kamiya Konan manipulated his S-Grade Psychokinesis and narrowly dodged the strike by the thinnest of margins.
Just then.
A figure slowly descended onto the railing of the 2nd floor.
In its left hand it pinched a scrap of blue fabric, and in its right hand it clutched a thin string, from which hung a human-head balloon.
Only, that human head had been gnawed down to nothing but a few fragnts of skull.
That was one of the school's security personnel.
On the Faceless One's face—that face devoid of all features—white dotted lines were twisting and flickering.
In its language, this signified fury!
It was angry!
Extrely angry!!
"Soone actually dared… right under my nose…"
"To eat my Discipline Master and the security squad responsible for aerial patrol… completely?!"
"This is absolutely outrageous!!"
The Faceless One tilted its head slightly, locking onto Kamiya Konan who was being chased through the air by the sumo ghost.
"That foul stench… it's a Starving Wraith!"
"Lu Shiyan…"
The Faceless One's voice turned ice cold.
"You rule-breaking bastard…"
"I allowed you to use the Detention Room for experints out of respect for your role as a teacher."
"And yet not only are you unsatisfied, you dared to release another one of these uncontrollable monsters?!"
"The first one I let beco the head of the security squad, and it vanished without a trace."
"This second one has eaten the entire security squad!"
"It seems I really need to get you under control!"
As the principal of this ghost school, it naturally knew what Lu Shiyan had been up to.
But it never anticipated that Lu Shiyan would lose control of the situation!
"Unforgivable!"
The enraged Faceless One decided to go settle accounts with Lu Shiyan imdiately.
It ignored the battle below, its figure flashing as it charged directly toward the rooftop.
It was heading to that concealed warehouse, to make that arrogant fool pay the price!
……
At the locker room entrance.
Gulp.
All 5 mbers of Corporal Morishita's squad pressed themselves behind the door, not daring to breathe.
The oppressive aura the Faceless One had radiated as it passed by had nearly scared them out of their wits!
"Captain, that sumo ghost has to be at least A-Grade, right? And then there's that Faceless One…"
"Captain?"
Ishida Hideo stopped mid-sentence, sensing sothing was off, because…
"This feeling… I could never mistake it! I'll never forget it for the rest of my life—it's the sa kind as that thing!"
Corporal Morishita gripped his blade with white knuckles, eyes locked onto Kamiya Konan.
That was a Starving Wraith!
The sa kind of creature that killed his brother!
Not the sa one!
But the aura—he could never forget it!
……
The central courtyard battlefield.
At this mont.
Kamiya Konan, being chased all over the sky by the sumo ghost, had no shortage of grievances to voice.
"Damn it!!"
"This body… this Starving Wraith's body… the cravings are too overwhelming!!"
Kamiya Konan dodged attacks while furiously venting in his mind.
"Ever since I successfully seized this body, my appetite simply won't stop!"
"Earlier, when I ca out, I just glanced up at the sky for a mont…"
His mory rewound to 6:00 AM, right after he'd successfully completed the body seizure.
At that mont, he'd been brimming with confidence, feeling utterly invincible.
First, he'd eaten Shariki Sanae, then he originally planned to go find Jiang Nan to eat him too.
But then he looked up, and noticed countless black clouds drifting through the sky of the Ghost Domain.
Driven by the Starving Wraith's instincts, he looked at those clouds and sohow saw them as delicious cotton candy!
And so……
He couldn't hold back.
He flew up, and in one go devoured half the sky's worth of clouds.
But after swallowing them, he realized…
‘What the hell were those actually clouds for?!’
Those were the human-head balloons responsible for monitoring, security, and weather control!!
All of them were security personnel made from Water Ghosts!
Specifically designed for surveillance and ghost-powered artificial rainfall!
One bite had set off a chain reaction.
He'd eaten the school's entire security system into paralysis!
The rain had stopped falling too!
Before he'd even had a chance to digest, this 10-ter-tall Student Council Discipline Committee Chief had spawned and co to enforce the rules!
'Damn it, I only ate your security staff and Discipline Master!'
'Was it really necessary to hunt down like you want to exterminate entirely?'
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