Soon, Zhao Yi found an interesting person from a file - Chen Qiong.
He was a top student in their senior high school class and had consistently ranked first in the grade. Even until the final weekly exam before his expulsion, he was still ranked number one in the grade.
The reason for his expulsion was early romance.
"A model student who would have brought great honor to the school was expelled for romance," Zhao Yi said with a meaningful tone.
Yang Linlin, who was standing nearby, looked over with a strange expression.
"Does the school have rules for expelling students for early romance?" she asked.
"I've gone through all the disciplinary student files here, and he is the only one who was expelled for early romance," Zhao Yi replied.
"Such an outstanding student would not normally be expelled for early romance unless..."
Zhao Yi paused, as if he had realized something.
"Unless what?" Yang Linlin asked curiously.
"Unless, in the process of early romance, he offended someone completely unaffordable," Zhao Yi replied.
"Perhaps it was his romantic partner, or perhaps it was his competitor, but I personally lean towards the latter. After all, a person with such excellent grades must also have a strong sense of pride. If he was rejected by his romantic interest, he probably wouldn't continue to pursue them."
"Besides, early romance involves two people. Look at these files - whenever there is a punishment, it's always both parties who are punished, not just one."
"Only our classmate Chen Qiong is an exception."
"This indicates that his competitor has a very strong background, not only pressuring the school to expel Chen Qiong, but also keeping the girl he likes for himself."
"We need to investigate more about Chen Qiong's situation; there may be some good clues."
Having found what he was looking for, Zhao Yi put the file back in place.
"Where should we investigate?"
"Our phones are provided by the school and can't access the internet, so we can only set an alarm."
"If we want to go online, we can only go to the computer room."
"That's where we'll go," Zhao Yi said.
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Linlin widened her eyes and stared behind Zhao Yi with a strange expression.
A sense of killing intent permeated the air and penetrated into Zhao Yi's marrow through his flesh and blood.
With his back to the doorway, Zhao Yi instantly understood what had happened from Yang Linlin's horrified expression!
The principal... had returned early!
In an instant, the walls of the entire house began to peel off, revealing a flesh-like crimson underneath!
Countless black beetles emerged from the walls, rushing towards the doorway, completely sealing it with flesh and blood!
In a short time, the two of them had become like turtles in a jar!
"You... all... deserve to die..."
"Deserve... to die!"
"To die!"
A voice full of resentment came from the principal's mouth, but it was not the voice of a middle-aged person, but that of a... young man.
Almost without thinking, Zhao Yi took out a property deed from his inventory, turned around, and stared at the black shadow of the principal, asking loudly:
"Are you Chen Qiong?"
"We are here to investigate the truth!"
"What exactly happened between you and your mother back then?"
At the mention of the 'truth,' the black shadow suddenly clutched its head and began to howl!
The piercing and terrifying sound made the two of them dizzy and caused their eardrums to bleed!
At this point, Yang Linlin's mental value began to plummet wildly, while Zhao Yi, although his mental value remained as steady as a rock, could clearly feel his life slipping away!
"I... I am... I am not..."
"Chen Qiong... Mother... Zhang Ya... Pang Xiao..."
"Ah!!"
In the end, the dark figure looked up and let out a long howl, and his head exploded, revealing many tentacles with sharp spikes!
Twisting wildly like an eel, it was enough to make anyone feel dizzy!
Yang Linlin, who had already taken out a hunting rifle from her inventory, saw this scene and sat on the ground, unable to hold the gun steady!
What the hell is this monster?
The principal's dark figure walked towards the two step by step, forcing them into a dead end. Yang Linlin opened her mouth wide, her legs trembling like a sieve.
"Zhao Yi, run, I'll hold it back!"
She raised the gun to shoot, but was suddenly kicked in the chest by Zhao Yi, and she slid several meters away like a slippery chicken!
At the same time, Zhao Yi himself dodged in another direction!
The next moment, several sharp spikes struck right at the spot where the two had just been!
The spikes oozed black pus, sizzling with thick smoke, obviously highly corrosive!
Phew!
Almost at the same time, a thick, spiked tentacle lashed out at Zhao Yi, with incredible speed, even producing a sonic boom!
If it had hit, Zhao Yi would have been done for on the spot!
With Zhao Yi's current reaction speed, it was impossible to dodge this deadly attack!
At the critical moment, a gunshot rang out, and the principal let out a howl, forced to halt the attack and take two steps back!
It was Yang Linlin!
Her hands were shaking like a sieve, biting her lip and holding onto the hunting rifle!
Ordinary firearms are basically ineffective against ghostly creatures, but the impact of the bullets helped Zhao Yi fend off this fatal attack!
"You go!"
"I'll cover you!"
Yang Linlin screamed like a madwoman, firing two shots at the principal, causing him to flinch!
Zhao Yi, with eyes flashing crimson, rolled towards the opponent, significantly closing the distance between them!
This crazy move left Yang Linlin gaping!
Is he an idiot?
Risking her life to create an opportunity for him, and instead of escaping, he goes to engage the enemy!
Isn't he wasting her effort?!
As Zhao Yi approached the principal, he quickly pulled out a property deed and aimed it at the principal!
At the same time, the tentacle swung down again, reaching for Zhao Yi's head!
The tentacle was just one centimeter away from his forehead!
One more centimeter, and Zhao Yi's head would have been smashed like a rotten watermelon!
But at that moment, the principal was frozen in place like a wooden puppet, unable to move!
...
[Item: Liu Laohan's Property Deed (unsealed)]
[Quality: Green]
[Description: A lifetime of hard work by an old worker.]
[Effect: Forcibly seal a monster within five meters for ten seconds, cooldown: 1 day]
...
The first thing Zhao Yi did when the principal's dark figure stopped was to turn around and grab Yang Linlin, and the two fled frantically outside!
Ten seconds.
They only had ten seconds in total!
Every second determined their life or death!
Still in shock, Yang Linlin looked back at the completely motionless principal. As Zhao Yi passed the door, he even took the opportunity to stab the creature!
The blade pierced the heart of the principal's dark figure.
But it couldn't kill this powerful monster!
Of course, Zhao Yi didn't intend to kill it with just one strike, he was just taking advantage of the situation!
Arriving at the door, Yang Linlin raised the hunting rifle and fired two shots at the insect-wrapped door lock!
The door opened.
Without looking back, the two fled into the darkness of the corridor...