Squeak—!The auditorium doors opened again, and Lin Qiye, carrying the black box, slowly walked out.Hongying, who was sitting on the stairs nearby, saw Lin Qiye come out and waved with a smile, "All done?"
"Um."
"That's good." Hongying nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then couldn't help but ask, "By the way... why didn't you let me make a move?"
"He was my classmate. Killing him with my own hands is a way of giving him closure," Lin Qiye said calmly.
Hongying was stunned. "Killing him with your own hands...that's considered giving an explanation? What kind of logic is that?"
Si Xiaonan glanced at him and whispered, "Pervert..."
Lin Qiye was obviously talking nonsense. He was afraid that if Hongying made a move, she would kill the snake demon with a single shot, so he wouldn't be able to finish him off, and Li Yifei wouldn't be able to be reborn in the Gods' Hospital.
"However, we still owe you a lot this time, otherwise we would have really been fooled by that thing. I'll give you a first-class merit when we get back!" Hongying said with a smile, giving a thumbs up.
"What about the students inside?" Lin Qiye pointed to the auditorium behind him.
"Let them stay inside for now. Someone will come and use [Dream Whisper] to specifically erase all memories of the snake demon and you, and then create a dream for them."
"How do you explain the dead student?" Lin Qiye couldn't help but ask, "And you also blasted through a building."
"That's not something we need to worry about. There will be a special department to handle it and explain everything in a reasonable way, such as a laboratory explosion, a large fire, terrorists bombing a school, alien invasion, or something like that..."
"...Are you sure the last one makes sense?"
"It's more reasonable than a mythical occurrence."
"That's true."
Hongying pursed her lips and lowered her head slightly. "It's just... too many students sacrificed their lives. It's all my fault..."
"Sister Hongying, how can this be your fault? Most of the students died because they had already been implanted with the snake seed... If it weren't for you, the casualties would have been even greater." Si Xiaonan comforted her from the side, then glanced at Lin Qiye and whispered:
"And you, although I'm reluctant to admit it, you really are amazing..."
Lin Qiye:...
"By the way, I met a very smart guy this time, and he seems to be very interested in mythical creatures. Could we recruit him into the Night's Watch?" Lin Qiye seemed to remember something and turned to Hongying to say.
This was the request that An Qingyu made to him just now in the auditorium.
Hongying hesitated for a moment, then carefully said, "Qiye, the Night Watch... it's not something you can join just by being smart. This profession is very dangerous... do you understand what I mean?"
Lin Qiye nodded slightly and did not try to persuade him further.
Making this request on behalf of An Qingyu was already the limit of what he could do. After all, he himself was just a temporary member of the Night Watch who had not officially joined the organization. Since he had been rejected, he couldn't keep pestering her.
"Let's go, it's time to call it a day." Hongying stood up from the stairs, slung the black box containing the long gun over her shoulder, and walked towards the door.
Lin Qiye glanced back at the auditorium and followed.
Inside the auditorium.
An Qingyu, who had been standing behind the door, dimmed her gaze.
Just then, his gaze fell upon the corpse of the Nanda snake demon not far away.
After frowning and pondering for a long time, as if he had made up his mind,
His eyes lit up again!
...
Outside the school gate.
Beside the black van, two men leaned against the door, silently watching the quiet campus.
One of them received a beep in their headset, and Chen Muye's eyebrows rose slightly.
"It's over, they're coming out."
Wu Xiangnan, standing nearby, frowned. "Why did she only tell you and not me?"
"I am the captain."
"I'm still the vice-captain!"
"Who told you to always go against Hongying?"
"I was just following the rules."
"You're too rigid," Chen Muye shook his head, a slight smile playing on his lips. "That's why Hongying is still closer to me."
"...This isn't about whether the child is closer to the father or the mother. Why is your tone so strange?" Wu Xiangnan rolled her eyes.
"The meaning is roughly the same."
After a moment of silence, Chen Muye spoke again.
"I heard the twin performed exceptionally well this time."
"Yes."
"You said... it's his first time completing a mission, shouldn't we show our appreciation?"
"For example?"
"Let's put up a banner or something, and then make him a cake when we get back."
"..." Wu Xiangnan sighed.
"What's wrong?"
"You sound just like a parent about to pick up their child who just got first place in the grade from school; you're practically radiating pride..."
"Really? I think it's pretty good."
Just then, Wen Qimo, sitting in the driver's seat, couldn't help but roll down the window and complain, "I mean, you two are really something else. We're just completing a mission, picking them up, why are you making such a fuss..."
"Where is Leng Xuan?"
"I don't know, he's always been unpredictable."
"All right..."
Just as they were arguing, four figures slowly walked out of the school gate. Hongying saw the two people by the car from afar, and jumped up with a smile to wave to them.
Si Xiaonan thought for a moment, then secretly wiped some blood from Lin Qiye's body and smeared it on her face, making her look like a cat with a smear of blood. She held her head high, her face seemingly saying, "I didn't slack off!"
Lin Qiye carried the black box on his back, his school uniform soaked in blood, almost unrecognizable. He squinted slightly as he looked ahead, a smile playing on his lips.
"Are you injured?" Chen Muye asked as Lin Qiye approached.
"No." Lin Qiye shook his head.
"How are you feeling?"
"It feels..." Lin Qiye thought for a moment, "...a bit simpler than I imagined."
"I think my back is bruised," Lin Xi Chen sighed as she tried—and failed—to stretch her back; she also couldn't manage to strap the black box onto it.
Chen Muye smiled, patted Lin Xi Chen's head and nodded slightly. "Okay, get in the car, it's time to go back. We will treated your back."
"Captain! Why don't you ask me anything! I want a head pat too!" Hongying pouted and asked with her hands on her hips.
"You?" Wu Xiangnan glanced at her. "You're lucky you didn't tear the school down. Why am I asking you?"
Hongying glared at Wu Xiangnan, grinding her teeth in anger, "Did I ask you? You're not the captain!"
"I'm the captain, even though I'm the vice-captain."
"The deputy doesn't count!"
"Of course it counts."
"No!!"
"..."
...
Click.
A crisp shutter clicked, and a photograph was developed from the bottom of the telescope and carefully picked up by a hand.
On a high-rise building not far away, Leng Xuan sat on the edge of the rooftop, gently waving the photo in his hand, making the image on it clearer and clearer.
A gentle breeze ruffled his bangs as he looked down at the photo in his hand, a faint smile appearing on his lips.
"This one... is also a good shot."
He carefully placed the photo in a box, keeping it close to his body, and then slowly stood up from the rooftop.
He slung the sniper rifle over his shoulder and walked into the night.