Chapter 68

Chapter 68

The instant the broadcast’s cold, mechanical electronic voice disappeared, Head Teacher Liu could not wait to reach for Qiao Yu.

Her charred-black arm stretched out rapidly, lunging straight for his neck.

It reminded him of a cartoon he’d watched as a kid. The main character had eaten a rubber fruit and was basically a walking cheat code.

At the critical moment, Qiao Yu bent down with startling agility, dodging the sharp nails coming right at him. Then he slipped through the open space under the desk. The charred hand followed downward, grabbing toward the place where he was hiding.

Actually, whether his head fell off or not was secondary. The main issue was that there were too many people in the classroom right now. If he put on a live performance of his head dropping off on the spot, he would probably scare those people to death.

Qiao Yu thought about it, then simply crawled into the opening under the neighboring desk. Fortunately, he was still wearing his title, reducing his presence by seventy percent, so Head Teacher Liu couldn’t catch him for the moment.

And so, the remaining streamers in the classroom stared blankly as Qiao Yu wriggled back and forth through the desk openings. Some of the male streamers even reached down and touched their own waists, sinking into self-doubt.

Was it their backs that were bad, or were they just not flexible enough?

Forget it. Better not think too deeply about that. Their kidneys were in great shape!

-Tsk, tsk, tsk. That waist is so pale~

-The streamer is such a bottom… no, wait, I mean so slim.

-Pfft. Do you even hear yourself?

Over there, Qiao Yu kept weaving around under the desks until even he was starting to get dizzy.

Head Teacher Liu’s shrill screeches rang out by his ear from time to time. Qiao Yu ignored them completely and kept crawling forward with his head down, until he finally reached the last row.

And then… he got stuck.

Qiao Yu pushed at the long leg in front of him and clicked his tongue. “Move.”

The owner of the long legs lowered his head and raised a brow, then pointed at Head Teacher Liu, whose arm had stretched to its limit, tangled into an unbreakable knot because of Qiao Yu, and who had now fallen into impotent rage. “Her arm’s tied into a dead knot because of you.”

Hearing that, Qiao Yu relaxed. He quickly took off the title, afraid that wearing it for too long would leave some lingering side effects.

Once everything was settled, he wanted to back out and watch the show. But the other leg Shang Yan had stretched outside the desk suddenly bent forward, deliberately blocking the exit.

Qiao Yu: ??

What was this bastard trying to do now?

“Want to come out?”

Wasn’t that obvious?

Seeing that some emotion had finally appeared in Qiao Yu’s eyes, Shang Yan’s frosty expression gradually eased as well. He deliberately drew out his words and made his demand at a leisurely pace. “Praise me a couple of times, and I’ll let you pass.”

What kind of insanity was this man spouting now?

Qiao Yu glared at him with his clear black-and-white eyes and suppressed his temper as he patted the bend of Shang Yan’s leg. “You want me to close my eyes, go against my conscience, and hype you up? What do you think I am, your bootlicker?”

Shang Yan tilted his head, his tone flippant. “Hype what up? Lick where?”

“…” Qiao Yu was so angry he gritted his teeth. “Will you grow lice all over if you go one day without being horny?”

Seeing that Qiao Yu was genuinely about to lose it, Shang Yan quickly put away his playful grin and shrugged. “Just a joke. Don’t be mad.”

Qiao Yu crawled out from under the desk without paying him any attention. Then he straightened the mask on his face and walked out of the classroom.

During that time, the streamers who still hadn’t managed to escape wanted to thank him, but Qiao Yu ignored them entirely. He didn’t even spare them a glance before leaving without looking back.

Shang Yan didn’t understand.

What exactly was wrong with Qiao Yu?

It didn’t look like anyone had provoked him…

-Li Xiaoqin: Is the one who made that bet earlier still here?

-Sadako: I followed him. I’ll dox him for you right now. One sec.

-I’m dying. Are you dad fans all this vengeful?

-Li Xiaoqin: When did I admit I was a dad fan?? Don’t slander me!

-Pfft. Every time I hear the name of this fan club, I laugh so hard I pass out in the bathroom.

-Sadako: Here, here. @Gambling Ghost. Oh my, I only just realized-isn’t this my neighbor?? You’re not the kind of ghost who refuses to pay back debts, are you? No way, right? No way, no way, no way?

-Hahahaha, come out already! You’ve been doxxed!

-Brutal! Sister Sadako will sell out even her neighbor for her girls.
-@Sadako, you little trash, you can’t take a loss, so you resort to sneak attacks.

-Sadako: That was you, right? It was her, right? I’ll hit you with an aishiba right back! You’ve already been @’d, so hurry up and take off that sockpuppet account. Aren’t you embarrassed? Tsk, tsk, tsk.

-Pfft. Sorry, I didn’t mean to laugh.

-Gambling Ghost: …I’ll pay it back, I’ll pay it back already. So damn annoying!

-Li Xiaoqin: Got it! Thank you, Sister Sadako, for helping me collect the debt. With this skill point, our Hou Yong will be able to sweep through the casino.

-…

-Sadako: …Fuck. Give that skill point back right now, you goddamn love-struck idiot. Don’t go around telling people you’re a dad fan. That’s embarrassing enough!

-Hahahahaha, there’s no saving a lovesick brain~

No. 16 and Luo Yunmeng stood in the empty stairwell, momentarily unsure where to go.

Luo Yunmeng was still quite worried about Qiao Yu and the others. After all, even if she wracked her brains, she couldn’t think of another way for them to escape.

Just then, the broadcast suddenly crackled to life with an announcement: “No. 20 has violated Article Two of the School Rules: students must wear their uniforms while on campus. Execution Squad, please administer punishment.”

She looked up in surprise. She and No. 16 stared at each other, both a little dumbfounded.

Over the next stretch of time, the broadcast continued announcing students who had violated the School Rules. The two of them watched No. 20 being taken away by the Execution Squad, shock flashing through their eyes.

That actually worked?!

All this time, they had been frightened into submission by that damned School Rule Handbook. Subconsciously, they had rejected the idea of triggering the consequences of breaking the School Rules.

But even solitary confinement wasn’t necessarily a dead end. As long as you didn’t turn on the lights and endured the full twenty-four hours, you could come out alive and kicking. Wasn’t she herself living proof?

Luo Yunmeng stepped forward and stopped a disheveled female streamer, asking, “Did you find the rule for breaking the Death Classroom?”

The female streamer nodded, her face full of excitement, her voice trembling as she spoke. “Yes. It was No. 18! He thought of it. He stripped No. 20 of his uniform and threw it out the window. He’s unbelievably smart!”

Luo Yunmeng was a little surprised, but not entirely.

After all, she had spent half a day around Qiao Yu. That guy was genuinely, terrifyingly strange.

Take Sister Sadako, for example…

Who in their right mind would summon her just for fun?

And then there was the Mirror Ghost. Just look at how badly he’d pissed her off.

Tsk, tsk, tsk. She was used to it by now. Basic moves, no need to cheer~

Before she could finish sighing over it, the familiar broadcast sounded again.

When she heard that Qiao Yu had violated classroom discipline, she froze for a second.

“It must be because of us…” The female streamer beside her lost her excitement, tears welling in her eyes. “He did it for us…”

As she spoke, she looked like she was about to cry from sheer emotion.

With that interruption, Luo Yunmeng’s anxious heart somehow calmed instead. She even had the presence of mind to remind the female streamer being hurried away by the Execution Squad, “While you’re in solitary confinement, whatever you do, don’t turn on the lights.”

Without waiting for the female streamer to answer, she went after No. 16.

In truth, No. 16 wasn’t particularly anxious either. After all, on the very first day, he had witnessed Qiao Yu put the Phone Ghost in its place so thoroughly it behaved like an obedient pet. He even knew Sadako.

What was there to worry about?

Sure enough, when they reached the door of Class F, they saw Qiao Yu hurrying out.

“You’re not hurt, are you?” Luo Yunmeng stepped closer and looked him up and down.

Qiao Yu shook his head.

Behind him, streamers kept walking out one after another. Their expressions were almost identical, all wearing the look of people who had just survived a disaster.

“We skipped class! We skipped class, hahahaha.”

“Now we don’t even have to go into solitary confinement.”

Excitement showed on everyone’s faces. Compared with the streamers who had been taken away earlier, they didn’t even need to be locked up. How could they not be happy?

But at that moment, Qiao Yu suddenly raised a hand to cover the mask on his face. After a quick greeting, he hurriedly left the crowd.

Seriously… no matter how you looked at it, something about him was strange.