I walked to the library and got two history books and signed them off. I stopped by a restaurant that was a bit run down but the feeling I got from it was a place about to burst like something that was held tight. I ordered a normal lunch and a happy meal. I ate the meal leisurely reading the history book. It seems normal just a few occurrences that seemed not normal that were speculated on but that's all. It seems that part is hidden in society. I stood up and went to the counter to pay just to see an interesting scene. A young boy was thrown viciously into the floor with a robust old man hitting him with a spatula. The expression on the boys face was that of someone ashamed looking sincerely at the spatula. The subtle aura of dark energy faintly lingered. Hmm, it seems like there is a seedlings for a chapter here.
"Sorry for the interruption" the old man said collecting my money. I shook my head and walked back home stopping at the shack. I took out a pair of cleaning gloves and threw the trash at the corner away not that it was a lot anyway. I placed the happy meal and history book on the beanie bag at the corner careful not to disturb the rhythmic breathing sounds coming from behind a curtain used as a makeshift door.
I went home and cleaned the water stains under the kitchen sink shaking my head.
"Not as thorough at cleaning up yet" I muttered then changed out of my uniform and sat on the bed reading a new novel on my phone.
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Xu Ling was wondering when the opportunity would arise when a student mad from hysteria lunged at her and they rolled to his side. He spun into action slapping the talisman on her head and slashing at her not caring about the other student. She made a harrowing screech and threw the student at him making him dodge which gave her the opportunity to lightly graze his back forming a red line which hurt a lot which could be seen from the grimace on his face. Xu has never used a weapon so he wasn't confident in the blade and she seems stronger than his measly 10. He decided to do something drastic and led her on close by pretending to pass out from blood loss which might happen now he thought falling on his wound aggravating it. She smirked at him and died in for the kill laughing madly.
Just as her hands reached his chest he thrust the blade into her chest as her claws dug in a centimeter. He rolled away when he saw her stagger away from him and dark particles flew into him.
' You have defeated a level 0 dark spirit. You have leveled up, level 1 acquired. 50 energy points obtained '
He looked at his teacher warily suspicious of the message and his suspicion proved true when she twitched and sat up her eyes bloodshot and dazed.
"Why am I... How am I here. No no, no one can see me like this. Don't tell him, my love or he'll leave me. I just have to kill you and everything will be fine" she said lunging at me with a very strong grip around my neck
He tried to pry it off but she was too strong and he was bleeding a lot until he passed out thinking that this state of helplessness of both the students and him would never repeat itself again.
Just as he was about to stop breathing, the teacher was yanked off and knocked out by a woman wearing an office uniform looking to be in her thirties while a man in his forties checked the Xu Ling injuries and fed him a white pill stopping the bleeding.
"The signal is gone" she said frowning
"I think this guy here has something to do with it. Let's take him to the clinic at our branch and ask when he wakes up. Either way this is good for us "he said carrying him on his shoulder walking away. The woman carried the other woman too leaving the passed out students to the cleanup department.
" Did you notice anyone on the roof as we were coming" she asked but the guy looked at her weirdly saying it was impossible that someone like that will stay unnoticed.
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It was a very close call for the protagonist . Just a breath away. I paused and walked back to the school to that classroom again and dragged the body of the closest student to the gym and went back repeating the process until they were all lined up then the gym bell rang so I slipped through the crowd outside of the school faintly hearing the screams as two men hurriedly walked past me. I whistled a tune feeling gratified at messing it up but then I remembered that they faintly felt my presence, it seems like I'm about the right age or they are tired of letting me run amok. It seems I'll have to step up my