"You...!"
Kouenji had lost his composure from before, leaving only an expression of shock and disbelief.
He tremblingly pointed his finger at the old woman; he would never forget the heart-wrenching pain he had just felt...
"Student, could you please give up your seat?"
Bai Yuze, fearing a repeat of the previous situation, quickly spoke up.
Kouenji left his seat, all the while staring at the old woman as if he had encountered a fierce beast in the wilderness!
The old woman smiled, then naturally sat in the priority seat, praising as she did so.
"Young people nowadays are so sensible! Much better than our generation!"
With that, the old woman closed her eyes.
The old woman's words silenced everyone in the car; they couldn't tell if she was feigning amnesia or truly had it.
"I... I want to get off!"
Suddenly, a young boy cried out in a trembling voice, and his cry was like the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Everyone in the car immediately erupted.
"Where's the driver?! Stop the car! I want to get off!"
"I'm not going to this school! Stop the car!"
"Mommy! I want to go home! Waaah!"
The crowding in the car intensified. Kushida Kikyo, though scared, still forced a smile to comfort everyone.
Soon, everyone in the car quieted down...
Because someone noticed a problem.
There was no driver in this car at all!
The car was eerily silent. Bai Yuze also broke out in a cold sweat, startled by the situation. Even more bizarre was that the OL-style woman who had been standing next to him had suddenly disappeared.
For some reason, the feeling of people crowding had suddenly vanished.
Bai Yuze looked around and found that the other passengers had all moved away from him. More accurately, they had all moved away from the old woman who was sitting with her eyes closed.
Bai Yuze looked at the old woman in front of him, feeling utterly absurd.
She looked so frail, yet she could kill all the passengers in the car in an instant. If Bai Yuze hadn't spoken up for her... he probably would have experienced the taste of death too.
That familiar tugging sensation on his clothes came again. Bai Yuze turned his head and saw Kushida Kikyo looking nervous.
He thought Kushida was scared and was about to comfort her when Kushida spoke first.
"Bai Yu Student... do you have a feeling... that the old grandma isn't breathing anymore...?"
Kushida said this tremblingly, and from her reaction, it was clear she wasn't lying.
Bai Yuze also realized it. Indeed, everyone else was holding their breath, and the car was terrifyingly quiet. Logically, the old woman's breathing should have been audible.
But Bai Yuze was standing right in front of the old woman, yet he couldn't hear a single sound of breath. Could it be that monsters don't need to breathe?
Bai Yuze tentatively extended a finger under the old woman's nose. After sensing multiple times, he confirmed that the old woman was indeed not breathing.
"Could this guy be dead?"
Bai Yuze wondered, but he didn't dare to directly touch the old woman's body. What if the old woman suddenly went on a rampage again and started killing? It wouldn't be worth it...
Screech!
Clang!
The car suddenly braked sharply. Under the force of inertia, everyone lost their balance, and the old woman was no exception.
The falling crowd buried Bai Yuze and the old woman. By the time everyone regained their footing, the front and back doors of the car opened.
At the same time, a voice announcement sounded.
[Advanced Nurturing High School, arrival!]
Seeing the car doors open, the passengers' faces lit up with joy.
"Ah ah ah ah ah!"
A girl's scream rang in Bai Yuze's ears. Bai Yuze felt like his eardrums were about to burst.
"You... you... in your hand...!"
The girl was too shocked to speak, and the passengers followed her gaze to Bai Yuze's hands.
In Bai Yuze's hands was a corpse! No! It was an old woman's skin! The internal organs had long been hollowed out, leaving only this skin!
"Run!!!"
Someone shouted, and the people in the car quickly ran out.
Some people seemed to have been scared out of their wits; they howled as soon as they got off the car, some hugged a tree and cried. Students getting off other vehicles were stunned by this scene.
Bai Yuze was also shocked by the skin in his hands!
"Bai Yu Student! Hurry!"
Kushida Kikyo said this and also ran off the car.
Bai Yuze reacted, but his hand seemed to have touched something. He looked left and right, and after confirming that all the students in the car had run away.
He suppressed his nausea and reached into the skin. The strange sensation made his face almost deform from disgust.
Finally, he touched the object, and then Bai Yuze yanked it out, pulling out a vermilion sphere.
He didn't hesitate and immediately flipped over, escaping from the vehicle.
"Damn it! Why is there no signal on my phone!"
"How did the car disappear?! Including the road we came on!"
"Are we forced to enter this school?!"
Some of the people who got off the same car as Bai Yuze complained bitterly.
This made the students in other vehicles feel confused. The road was clearly still there? Could it be that the school had recruited a bunch of lunatics?
They didn't pay much attention, just kept moving towards Advanced Nurturing High School.
Bai Yuze collapsed on the ground, feeling the sunlight on his face again. Bai Yuze almost shed tears on the spot; the feeling of surviving a disaster was beyond words.
"Bai Yu Student! Are you alright!"
A sweet voice coupled with words of concern was as intoxicating as candied fruit.
Bai Yuze quietly hid the vermilion sphere in his pocket, then put on a shy expression and replied.
"Ah haha, thank you for your concern, Kushida Student, I'm perfectly fine!"
Hearing Bai Yuze's reply, Kushida showed a relieved expression.
"Yo! Boy! You seem to have some skill! Did you discover that monster from the beginning? What monstrous observation skills!"
Kouenji had returned to his arrogant self, as if he hadn't experienced death.
"What do you mean? I just simply wanted you to give up your seat."
Bai Yuze feigned ignorance. He understood the saying that a tall tree catches the wind. He had only done it to survive earlier; now it was time to play dumb.
"Hahaha, very modest indeed! It seems future school life will be very interesting!"
Kouenji laughed loudly as he walked into Advanced Nurturing High School, completely ignoring the looks of concern for a mentally challenged person from others...
"Hey! You definitely found something, didn't you?"
Just having dealt with Kouenji, Bai Yuze was called out by someone else. He turned his head and saw a long-haired, fox-eyed girl questioning him.
"Uh... I explained it very clearly, I just simply wanted that guy to give up his seat..."
Knowing Horikita Suzune's personality, Bai Yuze could only repeat what he had just said, and the result was as Bai Yuze expected.
Horikita Suzune pondered for a moment before saying.
"That's right, you don't look like a very smart person either."
"Hey! That's rude of you to say!"
Although he knew Horikita Suzune had a terrible, arrogant personality, Bai Yuze was still angered by her words.
Horikita Suzune didn't apologize, but instead turned and walked into Advanced Nurturing High School.
Bai Yuze: ...
"Ah... haha... what an interesting person... What do you think, Bai Yu Student?"
Kushida Kikyo tried to liven the mood, but her heart was already incredibly excited.
"Hahahahaha! Horikita, you bitch, the taste of death must not have been pleasant! You dare to go to the same high school as me, I'll make your life hell, you bitch!"
"And this guy called Bai Yuze! He gives off a gloomy vibe, clearly a shut-in otaku. I feel sick just being around someone like him! I don't know what kind of luck he had to discover that old monster's identity!"
Kushida Kikyo winked at Bai Yuze, then playfully said.
"Well, Bai Yu Student, I'll go in first then!"
Kushida Kikyo finished speaking and entered the school.
Bai Yuze felt a strange sensation. Could it be that some cars were normal, and those who took this car were just simply unlucky?
He temporarily gave up on this thought and turned to look for a figure.
Just then, a voice devoid of emotion came from behind Bai Yuze's neck.
"Are... you looking for me?"