"Alright, Mr. Hook, I’m taking off now."
"Go ahead, don’t be gone too long!"
Mr. Hook grew fonder of the young man before him, especially when he searched his memory and found that Luo Di had overturned a desperate situation by relying on [Suffering], which was enough to illustrate that pain was etched into his very being.
Moreover, he saw that full Metallic Spine, which was just too perfect.
Luo Di suddenly sat up from the hospital bed, right at the moment when the IV drip finished and the needle was to be removed.
Dean Hawkins was also personally standing guard here.
He was just about to offer some words of comfort, but Luo Di’s hand was already reaching out.
"Dean, got a car? I need to borrow it."
The Dean handed over his car keys immediately, then asked, "Do you know how to drive?"
Upon hearing this, the Dean snatched back the car keys instantly, "Where are you headed? I can take you."
The Dean was originally going to ask why but swallowed his question, "Let’s go, I have some friends there myself. It’s a good chance to pay a visit, and also to learn some traditional acupuncture and Tai Chi Fist."
During the drive, the Dean wanted to talk to Luo Di about the recent incident, but Luo Di in the passenger seat had already fallen asleep, showing that his body had not fully recovered.
The Dean adjusted the seat into sleep mode and turned on the warm air conditioning.
When Luo Di woke up, the car was driving through streets filled with Huaxia ambiance, perfectly timed with 9 PM. Many people were outside eating late-night snacks.
"Heading to the research bureau or your former home?"
"Fourth Middle School... Also, don’t tell anyone about my itinerary."
The Dean flashed an OK sign like a young person, "Give me a call in advance when you need to return, I’ll pick you up."
The night shroud over Fourth Middle School was silent like a coffin, the campus to be demolished was deserted, and even the street it was on was untouched by anyone.
Before long, it would be completely dismantled,
and Luo Di never thought that he would come here for "one last time."
Instead of using his investigator identity to enter through the school gates, he leapt over the wall with a bound.
Though so much time had passed,
Luo Di was still prepared to come and see.
Walking up the ice-cold staircase, Luo Di paused several times at corners, but did not encounter what he was anticipating.
[Senior Year, Class 5]
Pushing open the cold classroom door again, looking at the sparsely scattered desks within, and seeing the outline of bloodstains on the floor, there was no one there as he had expected.
After all, so much time had passed, and the Sisterhood investigation had been ongoing. It was highly probable that the other party had already left this world.
He let out a faint sigh.
Luo Di didn’t step foot in the classroom, nor did he intend to linger.
Just as he turned to leave, he bumped into someone head-on... Thump!
A pile of books and textbooks scattered on the ground due to the collision,
and the lights in the hallway inexplicably all came on.
A high school girl with black hair was squatting on the ground hastily picking up the books, and Luo Di also slowly squatted down, helping her pick them up.
"Luo classmate, why are you loitering out here instead of being in the classroom? Your physical condition is so poor you almost knocked me flying."
The girl who had gathered the textbooks in her arms looked up, filled with curiosity, pushing the frameless glasses she wore, whose origin was a mystery.
"So, the day before you were to execute the Warrant, you came back to school specially. It wasn’t to reminisce with me, but to choose an [Entrance]?"
"Yes." The class president walked into the classroom, books in hand, "Fourth Middle still retains the echoes left by Teacher Guo, making it the best hideout. Any long-distance Perception penetration gets scrambled by the vortex here. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novｅlfire.net
Moreover, for me, using this place as an Entrance is the best choice."
Perhaps through this, I could follow Teacher Guo’s footsteps to a place that the sorority can’t trace.
Of course, it’s best if I could do it alone."
Luo Di followed the class president into this familiar classroom.
The class president stepped on the desks, placing books in a specific arrangement on the ceiling fan.
Immediately after, she constructed a structure resembling a corner beneath the ceiling fan using the desks. However, due to the size of the desks, even when configured into a corner shape, they didn’t meet the criteria to form a [Physical Corner].
After setting up the desks, the class president dusted off the chalk on her clothes, stood up straight, and looked at Luo Di, who was three meters away.
The class president wanted to say something but didn’t.
She just maintained her best smile, controlled her slightly trembling hands, and left behind a memory that was as beautiful and natural as possible.
"Goodbye, class president."
Wu Wen, receiving a response, didn’t hesitate out of reluctance but snapped her fingers, controlling the space of the classroom.
Click! The lights went out, satisfying the condition of darkness.
The books previously set on the ceiling fan began to fall.
As long as the books landed steadily on the desks, the supplemented size would be enough to form a [Physical Corner].
But the class president was still standing in the classroom, not swept into the corner but instead smelling the sweat seeping from the changing room, a scent of boys that often filled the air during gym class.
Luo Di stood in front of her, reaching out to catch the books.
The stomach, woken by hunger, rumbled loudly, echoing through the classroom.
This inopportune noise made the class president laugh uncontrollably.
Luo Di, however, maintained his composure, suppressing the hunger from several days without food, and said calmly, "Right, I saw many snack stands on the way here. Shall we go have something to eat? And also bring Anna..."
Even Luo Di’s actions were similar to that night, only this time what he held high wasn’t a knife but a book.
The girl was no longer curled up in the corner, but standing close in front of the boy.
Tiptoeing, leaning forward.
The conversation stopped, bringing everything back to silence, with only the exchange of cold and heat, moisture, and dryness.
Only after a long while did they finally part.
"...If you eat something, the taste will fade.
You are hungriest now, so please remember my [flavor], and you must come to find me in the future."
Luo Di still stood rooted in place, his arm holding the book hadn’t moved an inch, but the class president in front of him had already disappeared.
I thought she had left.
But a familiar voice quickly came from behind.
"What are you standing there for... Come on~ I’ve already texted Anna! Let’s go for a barbecue tonight!"
Luo Di turned around,
At the back door of the classroom,
A small hand was gently waving at him...
[Volume Two - Flavor], The End.