Starry Lin leaped down and landed steadily. After standing up, she gracefully brushed her long hair behind her.

"I didn't expect to catch it so quickly."

The girl stared at the hunched and strange figure on the ground, as if she had seen a surprising gift. Her lips curled up, and her pitch-black pupils sparkled.

Sunny Xu asked with concern, "Did you see any strange people or things on your way here?"

"No," the girl with long straight hair shook her head.

"I see." Sunny Xu rubbed his chin and showed a pensive expression. "Then we don't know if the monster's companion didn't come out with it today or if it's hiding somewhere..."

"Gah!"

His words were interrupted by a strange and sharp roar.

Accompanied by a creepy sound, Teacher Yang, who had transformed from a human into a monster, landed on all fours. His back arched high, and his clothes were stretched and torn by distorted muscles. He crouched on the ground, his eyeballs bulging out like insects or frogs, with bloodshot white irises.

At the same time, in this small open space, only the whistling wind echoed back and forth. The buildings cast shadows, never exposed to sunlight, and most of the ground was covered in darkness, giving the scenery a desolate description.

In this desolate area that resembled ruins, a skinny and hideous figure crouched silently under the shadows, like a beast waiting for an opportunity to strike. At first glance, it was indeed quite frightening.

Sunny Xu noticed that Seigetsu Zhu's figure had already disappeared behind a low wall, finally relieved.

He couldn't help but raise his head and look up at the sky.

The deep blue sky was divided into squares by the edges of the surrounding buildings, and a white cloud drifted by.

At a glance, it seemed that there was no one in any of the windows. The afternoon was quiet and filled with a peaceful atmosphere. However, it was impossible for all the residents in these buildings to be absent. As long as they stuck their heads out and looked down, they would see the confrontation between the boys and girls and the strange person lying there... Perhaps, someone had already noticed the situation and gone to call the police.

These possibilities were unpredictable and unstoppable for him.

Sunny Xu and his classmate walked around the nearby residential area, passing through several complex and winding paths. He had tried to choose places where few people passed by to avoid attracting attention.

Fortunately, ordinary people couldn't see Little An's existence. Otherwise, when the two sides started fighting, it would definitely cause a large-scale panic.

"Sunny, are you scared?" Starry Lin noticed his expression and asked softly.

"When I first encountered this monster, I did feel fear," Sunny Xu replied. "But at this moment, I don't have that feeling anymore."

It was not only because he had gradually become accustomed to the twisted limbs and terrifying appearance of the monster, but also because Starry Lin was by his side.

Both Sunny Xu and Starry Lin didn't take this possessed person seriously.

- A large black whale-like creature flowed along the walls and window sills through the shadows. Starry Lin raised her hand, and following her command, the creature swam down from the air.

"Wait, Sunny, I feel like I've seen this person's face somewhere," Starry Lin was about to wave her hand down when she suddenly noticed something. The girl furrowed her brows, put her hand down, and couldn't help but carefully examine the distorted face.

"That person is the homeroom teacher of Class 5 in the second year. You might have seen him in the office," Sunny Xu sighed and revealed the truth. "He is also a lecturer at a cram school, so he would appear here."

"I see..." Starry Lin blinked her eyes. She looked at the motionless monster and then at Sunny Xu, who had a heavy expression, finally understanding a bit.

"You don't seem happy?"

"Because I really didn't expect it to be him. I didn't expect to watch an acquaintance turn into a monster in front of me, especially an elder, a teacher..." Sunny Xu paused, his brows tightly furrowed. "Although Teacher Yang doesn't teach our class, I have talked to him a few times. I know he cares about students, especially those who are struggling with their grades. I heard that he personally prepares review materials for students who haven't been able to attend classes for a while..."

"He sounds like a good teacher."

"Yes. Of course, the teachers at No. 15 High School are all good."

Even their seemingly stern homeroom teacher cared about the students.

The positions of teachers and students might not always be completely aligned, and sometimes there might even be conflicts due to differences in age and experience, resulting in contradictions in values. However, there should be an emotional connection above all else between educators and those being educated.

The two fell silent for a while, and then Sunny Xu spoke again.

"Also, there's one more thing."

"Hmm?"

"You should have noticed it. In order to lure out the monster, I used Seigetsu Zhu as bait. Although I didn't have complete confidence, I did have that thought, and the result turned out as I wished... I feel a bit embarrassed about it."

After leaving the dumpling restaurant, he vaguely felt someone following him.

Of course, the person he could perceive with his extraordinary senses wouldn't be an ordinary person, but a monster mixed with abnormal aura lurking among the noisy crowd.This kind of premonition is not as clear as when Little An approached; so, based on previous experience, Sunny Xu judged that the other party is of the same type as the weirdo, a human who combines with ghostly monsters and undergoes physical changes...

Or, it is the weirdo who invaded the school itself.

But he is not sure where the other party is. With the weirdo's ability to act, it is not too difficult for them to hide in a corner without being discovered by him.

Because of this, he used the excuse of "wanting to go somewhere" to tell the girl he was with, and took Seigetsu Zhu for a walk.

And the subsequent actions of the other party made him even more certain of his previous guess: the weirdo who invaded the campus was really targeting Seigetsu Zhu:

Because when the two of them chose not to return to the cram school, but started wandering aimlessly in the nearby residential area, the aura that followed them did not leave, but followed them.

Afterwards, while Sunny Xu chose to move to a place where there was no one, he used his telepathic ability to inform Starry Lin of his current location... In the end, the place he chose was here.

It's just that, at the moment, it is still uncertain whether the act of "targeting Seigetsu Zhu" itself is from Teacher Yang or the monster possessing Teacher Yang, or from the "assistant" who has never appeared.

"In terms of the result, we still saved her, right? So don't think about unnecessary things."

Starry Lin put her hands in her pockets and spoke, but her gaze secretly glanced over there again.

After Teacher Yang revealed the true appearance of the possessed person, although he looked fierce with his teeth bared, he had not moved for a long time.

The weirdo was like a sculpture placed in a shady place, not a monster that could fly and walk on walls.

She and Sunny Xu had been chatting for a long time, but they were actually secretly paying attention to its movements; however, the other party had been squatting in place, which could be described as obedient.

Starry Lin became somewhat wary of this and asked, "Why didn't it suddenly pounce on us like last time? Could it be afraid?"

"...If it's afraid, shouldn't it run away quickly?"

Sunny Xu was also a bit confused about the situation.

"Last time, after it saw you let Little An recklessly rush into the classroom, it didn't even struggle or resist, it just ran away."

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And at this moment, the dark whale was still hovering in the air. Although the weirdo was squatting on the ground and did not pounce, it was looking up at Little An with its bulging eyes, showing its fear and apprehension from its crouching posture. But strangely, it did not run away decisively like last time.

What's more important is that Seigetsu Zhu has already disappeared, and it has no reason to continue to confront them.

If it really targeted Seigetsu Zhu, it should immediately find a way to bypass them and jump over the low wall to track Seigetsu Zhu behind it—of course, Little An, who was watching closely beside it, would not let that happen. However, the abnormal thing is that it has no intention of moving at all.

Could there be another reason...?

"And, there is another strange thing."

"What?"

Facing Starry Lin's puzzled eyes, he pointed to the sunlight falling from above.

The weirdo was squatting in the shadow cast by the building, while Sunny Xu and Starry Lin were standing in the sunlight; the ground under their feet was divided into two areas, one bright and one dark, and they and Teacher Yang stood on opposite sides of the intersection, confronting each other.

"It's noon, but it seems to have no reaction at all."

"Yes!" Starry Lin suddenly realized, "I remember you told me that monsters seem to be afraid of light..."

"Yeah. I originally thought that the time in the afternoon would weaken its abilities, and I even worried that it wouldn't come out at all."

The shadow of the building can only be used to cool down and avoid direct sunlight, but it is impossible to completely avoid light and illumination.

And from the situation last night, where even a suddenly lit light bulb was enough to harm the weirdo, Sunny Xu originally thought that it was a creature that could only move in the dark...

But the weirdo's current behavior seems to only dislike bright places, rather than being in a state of being injured once exposed to light.

"What's going on? Could it have overcome its weakness through some means?"

Sunny Xu scratched his head and finally made a decision.

"Forget it, Starry, let's not wait anymore. Regardless of the situation, we can only take action first."

The time Starry Lin can control Little An is limited, and once her energy is exhausted, she will become weak; so they need to act quickly.

"Okay, just like you said, as long as we silently defeat the monster, we can save Seigetsu Zhu who is being targeted. And, I have to add one more thing..."

Starry Lin took a step forward, her tone quite cheerful.

"Doing this can make me feel a little better."

"Yeah. By the way..."

"I know," she waved her hand at him, "I won't really kill Teacher Yang."

Sunny Xu nodded, but added somewhat worriedly, "But even if we don't kill, we must ensure that we can disable the other party's ability to act. Can we do it?"Little An's massive size gave the impression that it would be difficult to control once it started moving. That was one aspect; on the other hand, the physiology of this strange creature might have become completely different from that of a normal human, making it impossible to judge by common sense.

"——In any case, let's first crush all its limbs, then bend them to its back, and tie it into a ball. That should solve the problem, right?"

Starry Lin raised her hand again. A whale swam through the air, creating ripples in its wake. This caused the long, black hair on the girl's back to flutter without wind. Her face was radiant, her smile brilliant, revealing a set of pearly white teeth.