In the wizarding world, there are numerous alarm lines concerning privacy and security that can't be casually touched.
For instance, the soul, blood, and true name.
In a sense, a shadow can barely scrape against this line of alarm.
So, when the members of the absolution hunting team learned that their captain's shadow had been stolen and saw the bare ground beneath Zheng Qing, they had no choice but to give up their intent to interrogate for gossip about Su Shijun, unanimously condemning the "inconsiderate" lab.
"They dare to take your shadow at school?!" The fat man looked extremely shocked - or it could be said to be excited and his feather pen leaped even briskly, as if struck with chicken blood.