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It was night.
In one corner of Academy Island, the Butei High campus sat quietly, with the entire school enveloped in a stillness that wouldn't be found during the day.
At the school gates, Fang Li stood, looking at Butei High in front of him, and couldn't help but smile slightly.
"When I first arrived in this world, it was here where I descended, right?"
So, Fang Li couldn't help but feel a bit nostalgic.
After all, he had spent more than a year in this world — the longest time he had stayed in any Dungeon World up until now.
"Although only three months have passed in this world, by my own sense of time, it's been nearly a year since I last returned."
With that, Fang Li lifted his feet and walked into the school.
The nighttime campus had a slightly eerie atmosphere as if some mysterious phenomenon could occur at any moment.
Fang Li walked through the campus and took out his cell phone.
"Reki didn't say where to meet after all, so I'll give her a call to ask."
However, before Fang Li could dial, something caught his eye.
From the rooftop of the school building, a faint flash of light appeared.
"That is…"
Fang Li stopped walking and raised his head to look at the rooftop.
"A sniper scope?"
It was the scope of a sniper rifle, no doubt.
In other words, someone on the rooftop was aiming a sniper rifle at this very spot.
Fang Li had every reason to believe that he was currently in the crosshairs of that scope.
And as for who was aiming at him, it didn't even need a guess.
"Are you planning to shoot me?" Fang Li muttered. "Reki."
The S-Rank Butei of the Sniper Division, that famous child prodigy, was now aiming her sniper rifle here?
If it were anyone else in this situation, they would probably be panicking by now, desperately looking for cover.
However, not only did Fang Li not look for a place to hide, but he even stopped walking and calmly observed the rooftop.
The flash from the scope flickered again, then disappeared.
The atmosphere grew tense.
Yet, Reki still did not pull the trigger.
Or maybe Reki never intended to shoot in the first place?
"What could the robot-like girl be thinking now?" Fang Li thought helplessly, as he resumed walking toward the school building.
His destination: the rooftop.
…
The rooftop at night was very cold.
After all, Academy Island was situated in the middle of the sea, and at night, the sea breeze would naturally bring a biting chill.
The rooftop door wasn't closed.
Fang Li ascended the stairs and arrived at the rooftop.
His gaze immediately shifted to the front.
A cold wind blew from the distant sky and in that wind stood a girl, as still as a statue, looking even colder than the wind while remaining motionless.
She was wearing the uniform of Butei High.
In her hands, she held a sniper rifle.
On her head, she wore a pair of headphones.
Her face was expressionless.
"Reki…" Fang Li softly called her name.
Truthfully, Fang Li and Reki didn't share a particularly close relationship. They had only completed a few missions together.
Even though both were S-Rank Butei, that didn't necessarily mean they had a deep connection.
Moreover, with Reki's personality, it was hard to imagine her becoming close with anyone.
So, Fang Li didn't have any wild speculations about Reki summoning him out here in the middle of the night.
"Are you going to tell me now?" Fang Li got straight to the point, addressing Reki. "Why did you call me out here?"
Fang Li's words finally stirred a small reaction from the girl, who had been standing motionless like a statue in the wind.
Of course, it was only a faint reaction.
Reki lifted her eyelids and met Fang Li's gaze, her face still expressionless. After a moment of silence, she spoke.
"The wind is becoming chaotic."
These cryptic words made Fang Li raise an eyebrow.
—— "The Wind."
Whenever speaking with Reki, that word always seemed to surface.
It was as if Reki treated the wind as a specific entity, capable of reading and revealing certain truths to her.
In the past, Reki had once told Fang Li that he would encounter events that would bring significant changes to his surroundings.
That prediction was similar to a result Shirayuki had divined for Fang Li before.
And in reality, Fang Li did experience such events.
For example, the I-U incident.
That event ultimately led to Aria inheriting the Hidan power.
Moreover, it seemed that this inheritance process had undergone some unexpected changes because of Fang Li's near-death encounter with Hidan back then.
Therefore, Fang Li knew that a significant storm was already brewing around him.
But this time, what was the meaning behind Reki's words?
As Fang Li pondered this, Reki suddenly spoke again.
"Fang Li, do you and Aria have a good relationship?"
"My relationship with Aria?" Fang Li was surprised.
That robot-like Reki was asking such a question, almost like gossip.
Of course, since it was Reki, it definitely wasn't out of gossip that she asked this question.
So, Fang Li replied, "What if I said our relationship isn't that great?"
Upon hearing this, Reki's expression didn't change at all as she calmly said, "In that case, there is no issue."
No issue?
Did that mean tonight's meeting could be dismissed as if nothing happened, and he could go home?
Thinking of this, Fang Li narrowed his eyes and asked again, "Then, what if I said my relationship with Aria is very good?"
This one sentence made Reki raise her head.
"That would be a problem."
Reki spoke in a tone stronger than ever before.
"You cannot become too close to Aria."
As these words left her lips, a subtle pressure began to emanate from Reki's body.
How could Fang Li not understand what this meant?
This was a sign that Reki was about to make a move.
"What's going on?" Fang Li stared directly at Reki, smiling faintly as he asked, "Are you planning to fight me, Reki?"
Fang Li's question was met with a flat, emotionless response.
"No, I will not fight you."
Reki spoke without any emotion.
"The wind has told me that if I were to fight you, I would have no chance of success."
Though she said this, Reki raised the sniper rifle in her hands.
Only then did Fang Li notice.
Reki had changed her sniper rifle.
Previously, Reki had used a Dragunov semi-automatic sniper rifle, a Soviet-made firearm with strong armor-piercing capabilities and long range, but with relatively low accuracy.
Now, the gun in Reki's hands was a Barrett M82A1 sniper rifle.
Holding this new rifle, Reki spoke a chilling line.
"While I may not be a match for you, Fang Li, that doesn't mean I'm not a match for Aria."
"So, I will kill Aria."
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