Chapter 128: Is There a Big Shot Looking for a Fight at Huacheng University?
Long periods of waiting can be excruciating, and if danger could arrive at any moment on top of that, it becomes even more tormenting for the mind.
After setting up the trap and hiding the Decapitated Senior in a secluded spot, Lu Xibei had been waiting for almost an hour when she realized something serious.
Tonight, “Love and Magical Girls” has a major event update…
No, that’s a less important matter. The more important thing is that she might have been thinking wrong: the one who attacked the Decapitated Senior may not necessarily pursue her.
The attack on the Decapitated Senior might have just been because she witnessed something she shouldn’t have while observing covertly.
It’s probably like Jumeng seeing my prized magical girl costume, Lu Xibei thought. I might not want to k*ll her, but if my power allowed, I would love to knock her out hard enough to induce memory loss.
However…
One cannot rule out the possibility that the guy has incredible patience and is waiting for me to let my guard down. Lu Xibei thought, her gaze slightly narrowing; it seems there’s no choice but to wait it out through the night before thinking of anything else.
Anyway, I am very patient. Do you know how long it can take to prepare a Sichuan dish?
Do you know that I once stayed at an internet café for a mineral deposit in a game, enduring to the point where my father had to report a missing child when he went to the police station?
Do you know that my favorite decks in “Hearthstone” and “Yu-Gi-Oh!” are Mole Herd and DUELLINKS?
When it comes to patience, nobody can surpass me, Lu Xibei! The person known as the “Torture King of Huacheng” is me!
Lu Xibei thought mischievously when she suddenly felt a drop of icy liquid splash against her face, followed by two, three… countless cold droplets hitting her all over.
The long-anticipated torrential rain finally began to fall, and it might be the largest rainfall since autumn set in Huacheng. In the blink of an eye, everything in front of her turned into a hazy rain mist, and the air was filled with the unique coldness of autumn rain.
At this moment, our Torture King of Huacheng began to feel a change in her mental state…
……
As the heavy rain poured down, Gu Qiqi, following the markings on her arm toward the bamboo slips, paused her steps and darted into a teaching building, quickly putting on a large black raincoat and plastic rain boots before reemerging.
The raincoat and boots belonged to an older female janitor responsible for cleaning three of the teaching buildings on the east side of the campus. The janitor had a special relationship with Gu Qiqi, often hiring her at a low price to help clean the three buildings.
Yes, Gu Qiqi had more than just unloading cargo at the cafeteria as her part-time job at school. According to incomplete statistics, her part-time jobs included unloading at the cafeteria, cleaning teaching buildings, making props for the drama club, saving seats for others in the library, and a series of twenty different kinds.
As long as it was legal and could earn her money, there was nothing Gu Qiqi wouldn’t be willing to do!
Sometimes even the System expressed admiration, completely unable to understand where she found so much time and energy to consistently complete these jobs with quality and on time.
This, perhaps, is the unique cheat code of the “protagonist”?
The pouring rain opened a semi-transparent curtain in the night on the campus, making everything appear blurry. This allowed Gu Qiqi to freely unleash her spiritual abilities as she hurried toward the direction of the bamboo slips.
Then…
When she arrived at the entrance to Gate Four’s main street, she suddenly stopped, her rain boots splashing a series of white water droplets on the ground.
“Wait a minute, Gu Qiqi, things are a bit off!” The System’s voice resonated within her mind.
“Eh?! What now? Didn’t you say we were going to check out the bamboo slips?” Gu Qiqi complained.
“That was me, but don’t you think it’s strange that the bamboo slips appeared on Gate Four’s main street?” the System responded.
“Not really!” Gu Qiqi said, confused, “Those strange things running around everywhere isn’t normal?”
The System fell silent for a moment, “…”
Gu Qiqi indeed made a fair point!
Logically speaking, it shouldn’t be surprising for bamboo slips to appear anywhere on campus. That thing involved a fallen mythological species urban legend; even if it suddenly came to life and ran around, it wouldn’t be anything extraordinary.
Running into areas hiding urban legends is also very normal since there are more than one hidden B-level and even above B-level urban legends on this campus.
Just like the small garden on the top floor of the library, the underground drainage system, Gate Four’s main street, etc., all fall within this range.
However, aside from those widely known urban legends, other ordinary urban legends usually have a strong sense of “territoriality.”
This territoriality isn’t like wild dogs fighting over turf, but rather a means to avoid unnecessary influences between each other.
If the activity areas of two different urban legends overlap too much, rumors surrounding them may intertwine and homogenize, and over time this could lead to fusion, making it difficult to maintain individual independence.
Admittedly, this is one of the ways some powerful urban legends are birthed, but not many urban legends are willing to sacrifice their individual identity for an uncertain advancement possibility.
Thus, the presence of bamboo slips in an area with urban legends feels somewhat off to the System.
It’s either that the bamboo slips has undergone some unknown transformation, come “alive,” and started hunting urban legends on campus.
Or the urban legend hiding on Gate Four’s main street discovered the secret of the bamboo slips and attacked Professor Ma, who possesses them.
Either way, it requires cautious handling… After contemplating for a moment, the System solemnly said to Gu Qiqi, “Gu Qiqi, prepare yourself; it seems like there will be a battle soon!”
“So we’re going to fight? You should have said that earlier!” Gu Qiqi pouted, raised her hand, reached into her raincoat’s collar, groped for a moment, and pulled out the magically enchanted metal bat, gripping it tightly with both hands.
……
Meanwhile, on the other side, in the underground of Huacheng University, in the sewer, Miss Rabbit followed closely behind a member of the Solar Eclipse Society, proceeding along the dark and damp path.
The rain outside poured heavier, and the water in the sewer surged more rapidly, soon rising to cover the calves of both.
Yes, she didn’t know the man’s name; she had asked before but was met with his silly grin, and after that, she never asked again.
Names don’t have much impact on their cooperative relationship; besides, after signing the contract, she doesn’t worry too much about the man pulling any tricks.
Moreover, there are many situations in the world of urban legends and spiritual ability users that would make them reluctant to reveal their names voluntarily.
For example, to guard against curses, evade enemy divination, or if the person is a devil-type urban legend or a spiritual ability user possessing devil-type urban legend spirit patterns, their combat power would significantly decrease if their true name is known and shouted out loudly… etc.
After proceeding for a while, a nauseating stench gradually wafted through the air, as if some rotting, dead creatures were hidden in the unseen corners.
The dark, confined pipe gave a strange illusion, as if she was moving further away from the familiar world of light, delving deeper into an otherworld full of countless secrets.
As she passed a pipe, Miss Rabbit heard some very faint voices. Although the sounds were tiny, they were incredibly clear, and even the rushing water couldn’t mask them.
She stared at that pipe, paused, her brows furrowing. It was a very old metal pipe, possibly no longer in use, covered in rust, fungi, and wet plants.
Listening quietly, the metallic pipe periodically emitted sounds reminiscent of a malfunctioning music box, enchanting her for a moment.
Just then, the man patted her shoulder and whispered, “Don’t look at it; that guy isn’t interested in cooperating with us. I came alone to talk before.”
“What is that?” Miss Rabbit asked with a frown.
“That?” The man shrugged and explained, “Just like the urban legend of the singing voice coming from pipes in every school at midnight, this school has one too.”
Upon hearing this, Miss Rabbit realized, “The singing voice from the toilet pipes” is a malevolent urban legend she had known about. From a certain perspective, it can be considered one of the strongest malevolent urban legends.
After all, the legend exists in schools around the world, and killing a manifestation within a school wouldn’t hurt its root.
To completely rid it from this world, one would have to demolish all school restrooms or find a way to completely distort its legend—both methods are undoubtedly very difficult to accomplish.
“So, who we are going to meet is…” Miss Rabbit hesitated.
“Hey hey!” The man chuckled, “Have you heard about the boy from Huacheng University who hid over a hundred wild cat corpses in his single dormitory more than a year ago?”
Miss Rabbit slightly nodded, “I heard that after the wild cat corpses were cleared, he committed s*icide and became an urban legend. Could it be…”
“Exactly! He has been hiding in the sewers of this school all along,” the man confirmed.
Hearing this, a look of disdain appeared on Miss Rabbit’s face. Although she had committed m*rder, it was always for a purpose, while the senseless, purely sadistic killing of wild cats by a lunatic made her feel somewhat contemptuous.
However, there’s no choice; before that moment arrives, they must organize a Hundred Demons Walk, thus requiring these relatively strong urban legends.
Miss Rabbit pondered and followed the man forward for a while, gradually leading to the sound of heart-wrenching cat cries ahead. Upon hearing it, the man quickened his pace, but just then, an unforeseen situation occurred.
“Buzz——!”
An explosion echoed through the ground into the sewer, transforming into a low, humming sound that spread along the dark, cramped sewer, as if another strange beast roared from deep within, emitting a terrifying low growl, with intense spiritual energy fluctuations radiating from the ground.
The intermittent sound of cat cries came to a sudden stop, and both Miss Rabbit and the Solar Eclipse Society member stiffened, halting their steps, staring in the direction of the spiritual energy fluctuation.
What… is going on? What’s happening? Is there a big shot looking for a fight at Huacheng University tonight? So blatant, aren’t they afraid of being targeted by the Siye Society? Miss Rabbit wondered.
From the direction of the explosion and spiritual energy fluctuations, there were at least three, no, four dangerous auras present! Each of these auras was no weaker than that of her former master…
