"Sit down! It's class time now, Han Ran, you lose one point!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Han Ran suddenly noticed that a brooch had appeared on his chest without him noticing.
Even more amazingly, the number 1955 appeared on that brooch.
"What does this mean?" Han Ran frowned, but still ignored the female teacher.
At this point, Lu Shi could only keep winking and making faces at Han Ran, trying to calm her down, but unfortunately, Lu Shi was too late.
Feeling her authority had been insulted, the female teacher coldly addressed Han Ran again:
"Whispering! Another point deducted! Han Ran, if you don't reflect on your actions, I think you shouldn't even bother taking the exams this semester. Just drop out!"
A burning sensation ran through Han Ran's chest, and the number on his brooch jumped from 1955 to 2469.
Lu Shi stared at the brooch, looking at the numbers on it, as if he was thinking about many things.
Could this be a ranking?
There are a total of 516 teams this time, which means there are 2,580 players.
It seems reasonable that Han Ran dropped to 2469th place because he lost two points.
Han Ran finally fell silent; it was clear that she had also realized what the numbers on the brooch represented.
The female teacher only began her lesson after seeing that Han Ran remained silent.
Well, it was a physics class, and Han Ran and Lu Shi were both feeling drowsy, but they didn't dare close their eyes at all, lest they fall asleep and get points deducted.
Lu Shi and Han Ran finally breathed a sigh of relief when the bell rang, it was finally over.
The female teacher glanced at them and said reluctantly, "get out of class dismissed. Everyone gets one point."
At this moment, Ye Bugui, who was sitting in the first row, immediately ran over. He looked Han Ran up and down with curiosity and said with a smile:
"Wow, you've deducted two points directly."
“We have the same ranking,” Lu Shi glanced at Ye Bugui’s brooch. “It seems that although we are all in separate instances this time, our rankings are shared.”
“Yes,” Ye Bugui said to Han Ran after seeing the shame in her eyes, “But don’t be sad or ashamed. Didn’t we say that we clear the dungeon based on the quest, not the so-called score? I suspect that the score is just a pretext.”
"Hey, hey, hey!" At this moment, Zeng Fugui and Wei Jin ran in from the back door and waved at the three of them: "Why aren't we in the same class?!"
"Did you two get points deducted?" Ye Bugui asked curiously.
Zeng Fugui shook his head: "No, we just had a math class, and I got an extra point because I answered a question correctly."
Sure enough, among the five of them, Zeng Fugui had the smallest number on his chest.
"Brother Ye," Wei Jin no longer called Ye Bugui "President Ye" in the dungeon, "Do you have any clues about the mission? Could it really be that we're supposed to farm points?"
To everyone's surprise, Ye Bugui turned to Lu Shi and said without hesitation:
"You shouldn't ask me this kind of question; you should ask Lao Lu. Clearing the story mode is his forte."
Lu Shi, who was singled out, was now completely bewildered: "As it stands, I still have no clue. Come to think of it, is the only area we're focusing on for this activity school?"
“I’ll give it a try,” Wei Jin volunteered. “There are 10 minutes between classes, so I should have time to go outside and take a look.”
"Then be careful," Han Ran reminded her, seemingly still bothered by the two points she had inexplicably lost.
After Wei Jin left, the four of them looked at each other, each wondering what to say.
What puzzled Lu Shi was that every instance they had visited before felt eerie upon entering.
Even the Dream Come True Group, they've all lost their memories. And that utopian, perfect place definitely feels off in every way.
But in this instance, they start as students and listen attentively to lectures.
Such a life is too ordinary; there is no school violence, no complicated love stories.
They were so ordinary that it seemed like they had entered the wrong instance.
At this moment, Wei Jin had already arrived downstairs, and he swaggered to the school gate without any hindrance.
However, before he could take his first step, the security guard at the gate quickly came out and said, "Sorry, you can't leave the school."
Wei Jin wasn't surprised by the result. He glanced at the security guard, hoping to get information from him.
"Is it because it's during class time? If school is over, I should be able to leave the school whenever I want, right?"
To everyone's surprise, the security guard shook his head again and said coldly, "We have a closed management system. How many times have you heard this and still can't remember it? You can all get out after the final exams!"
Wei Jin didn't care that the security guard's spittle landed on his face. He wiped his face haphazardly and then asked:
"When can we get a holiday?"
The security guard, suppressing his anger, still answered Wei Jin's question: "Next month! With your performance, how could you possibly pass the exam? Just wait to be expelled!"
Wei Jin left satisfied, but when he heard the school bell echoing through the campus, his heart tightened.
Oh no, he's going to get points deducted again.
He ran frantically, wanting to get back to the classroom as quickly as possible, but while climbing the stairs, he watched helplessly as a ball rolled down the stairs.
He frowned and grabbed the ball with his hand.
"Whose ball is it?" Wei Jin asked in a low voice, but no one answered his question.
After he went upstairs, Wei Jin searched everywhere but couldn't find anyone.
Could it be that this ball doesn't have an owner and just rolled down on its own?
He thought for a moment and decided to take the ball back to the classroom.
"You're late for class!" The chemistry teacher rolled his eyes. "One point deducted!"
Zeng Fugui glanced at the ball in Wei Jin's hand, but managed to suppress his curiosity.
After the class ended, they finally had their precious lunch break.
This also means they have more time to communicate and chat.
When Lu Shi saw the ball in Wei Jin's hand, he immediately asked, "Can I see the ball?"
Lu Shi closed his eyes after receiving the ball, attempting to use his magic to sense it.
Everyone else looked at Lu Shi expectantly, after all, they all felt there was something wrong with the ball.
Upon opening his eyes, Lu Shi said regretfully, "I'm sorry, this ball is really just an ordinary ball. I didn't find anything wrong with it."
Upon hearing this, Wei Jin first mocked himself, "I knew it wouldn't be that simple. It's probably just that someone conceded a goal but doesn't dare to admit it."
At this moment, Zeng Fugui's stomach rumbled. He glanced at his teammates and said truthfully, "I'm hungry. Maybe we should go have lunch first."
“Let’s go,” Ye Bugui nodded. “Since there’s still a month until the final exams, we have plenty of time. If we find a way to pass on the first day, this event will be too easy.”
Before leaving, Lu Shi glanced at Wei Jin and reminded him, "Take the ball with you. I still think there's something wrong with it."
Han Ran chimed in, "There are lots of people in the cafeteria; we might find some clues there."
When the five of them arrived at the cafeteria, the tables were already full of students.
After seeing the ball in Wei Jin's hand, these people all started chatting amongst themselves.
"Something's not right." Lu Shi glanced into the crowd and finally decided to use his feminine wiles.
So he pulled Ye Bugui along and walked up to a girl.
"Hello." The girl's face immediately turned red. How could an innocent high school girl resist the charm of two handsome guys!
"Excuse me," Lu Shi pushed Ye Bugui, the "tool man," behind him and placed the ball in front of him, "have you seen this ball? We found this ball, but we can't find its owner. I think its owner must be very anxious."
At this moment, the girl's expression changed, as if she wanted to run away.
As a result, Ye Bugui had already sat down next to her, blocking her escape route.
"Haven't you heard that ghost story?" the girl said in a low voice.
The five men's expressions changed instantly; they immediately knew they had discovered a clue.
Chapter 74
☪ Ghost Story Academy 2
"Strange tales?"
Ye Bugui immediately looked at the other person with curiosity. Sure enough, this school was not as peaceful as it seemed on the outside.
"Sigh," the girl looked at the group of people with tears in her eyes. Anyone who didn't know better would think they were going to bully each other! "We're not allowed to talk about these kinds of things at school."
"Why?" Zeng Fugui asked in confusion. Could it be that the school is haunted?
Wei Jin, who found the ball, thought about it carefully. If the ball was indeed related to ghosts, then it would explain why he couldn't find the owner of the ball.
"Why don't you ask someone else!" the girl said hoarsely, as if she would faint on the spot if they continued to press her for an answer.
At this moment, a teacher wearing a red armband walked over. He coldly glanced at the five of them, his expression as if he were looking at five scumbags.
"What are you doing, daring to bully a classmate in broad daylight with so many people around! Which class are you from?"
At this moment, Ye Bugui coughed. As a former bad student, he knew all too well what would happen if he stayed.
He glanced at his teammates and said, "Let's run, or it'll be too late!"
Before the dormitory supervisor could react, the five children had already run out, leaving him only with their backs to stare in disbelief.
The teacher stamped his foot and said with a hint of helplessness, "Students these days are getting more and more unruly!"
After running quite a distance, the five of them finally found a classroom door and rested, panting.
"You used to be a bad student, didn't you?" Han Ran glanced at Ye Bugui and felt that he was too skilled at doing this kind of thing. It was impossible for someone who didn't do it often to react as quickly as him.
"Yes," Ye Bugui admitted without hesitation, "So, I was a hundred times unwilling to go back to school."
“But speaking of which,” Lu Shi glanced around and realized that no one except him seemed to have realized a problem, “have you guys forgotten something?”
Upon hearing this, Wei Jin immediately lowered his head, only then realizing that the ball in his arms was gone.
"Wait!" Wei Jin frowned and said seriously, "If my memory serves me right, I must have taken the ball with me. But why did it disappear?"
“Disappearing is quite normal.” Zeng Fugui’s startling remark immediately drew everyone’s attention. He could only scratch his head and say helplessly, “What I mean is, isn’t this a ghost story? So it’s normal for this ball to disappear at any time.”
"You guys..." Ye Bugui rubbed his stomach and finally said, "Aren't you hungry? We went to the cafeteria, but we were kicked out before we even ate anything."