Bai Yuze walked into a store, preparing to buy daily necessities and items on his list.
He inexplicably glanced around and noticed a girl furtively looking left and right.
Since Bai Yuze was behind her, she hadn't noticed him.
"I remember she seems to be Kamuro Masumi."
While Bai Yuze was recalling, Kamuro moved; she first pretended to select items, then, in an instant when her back was to the surveillance camera, she put a can of drink into her bag.
Bai Yuze, who witnessed everything, thought: Excellent!
Knowing that Kamuro merely had a kleptomania habit, Bai Yuze stepped forward to greet her.
"Student, isn't doing that impolite?"
Kamuro was startled by Bai Yuze; she glared at him fiercely and cursed.
"You psycho, don't suddenly stand next to someone and talk, you bastard!"
"Alright, my mistake, but can you put the item in your bag back?"
Bai Yuze smiled, then got straight to the point.
"Item? What item?"
Kamuro watched Bai Yuze warily, her hand subconsciously tightening around her handbag.
"Things haven't reached an irreversible point; I advise you to be honest."
Bang!
"Excuse me."
Because Bai Yuze and Kamuro were standing together, blocking the path, a student accidentally bumped into Bai Yuze.
"It's alright."
Bai Yuze didn't mind; he stepped back to let the student pass.
"Hmph! Since you've seen it, I won't pretend anymore, but I didn't hear a phone camera sound, so you don't have evidence, right?"
Kamuro scoffed, and Bai Yuze was a bit helpless; after all, phone cameras here make a click sound, making it hard not to be noticed.
"Heh heh, student, it seems your righteous act is going to fail."
Kamuro gave Bai Yuze a sneer, then walked out of the store with light steps.
After leaving the store, Kamuro triumphantly waved the bag in her hand at Bai Yuze.
Pfft!
The sound of a sharp blade cutting through flesh echoed, and Kamuro's steps froze.
The next second, Kamuro's head separated from her body.
Kamuro was dead.
Bai Yuze watched this scene in disbelief; the girl who was full of life a second ago was now lying on the ground, dismembered.
"Shouldn't it be ten times compensation or working to pay it back?"
Bai Yuze carefully recalled the rules.
"Discovered by a store clerk!"
Bai Yuze understood; if the theft was discovered by a store clerk, then one could live, but if not discovered, a strange force would directly kill the thief.
But what surprised Bai Yuze even more was that the people in the store seemed accustomed to such things, each still going about their own business.
"Tsk, every day there are these pieces of trash who run out of points and can't live, wanting to freeload; how ugly!"
"Haha, but that girl was quite pretty; if I had known she was in such difficulties, I would have... hehehe."
The two store clerks made no secret of their malice; in their minds, they regarded Kamuro as one of those second-year students who had run out of points.
This also piqued Bai Yuze's curiosity: weren't there free daily necessities and food? Why would people be unable to live?
Bai Yuze then picked up a bottle of drink and went to the cashier; after paying, he casually put the drink into his pocket, pretending to be a second-year student and chatting with the clerks.
"Gentlemen, is work going well? Are you numb to this kind of situation?"
Bai Yuze teased casually.
"Sigh! Don't even mention it; people die in front of me all the time, I'm really fed up."
Seeing an opportunity to vent, one of the stout clerks immediately complained.
The other thin clerk watched Bai Yuze warily.
"Do you need something?"
"Me? What could I need? It's just that few people in my class talk to me, and I don't want to go back to the dorm, so I came to chat with you guys."
"Hahahahaha, student, which class are you in? Few people talk to you; is it because too many people in your class have died?"
The stout clerk slapped Bai Yuze's shoulder and laughed loudly, but the content of his laughter made Bai Yuze unable to smile.
Seeing Bai Yuze say he didn't want to go back to the dorm, the thin clerk suddenly fell into reminiscence; he sneered.
"Heh, dorm, what a warm yet disgusting name."
Bai Yuze saw the thin clerk looking like he was recalling the past and immediately had some questions.
But very quickly, the stout clerk next to him answered his doubts.
"Haha, Old Gao used to be a student at this school too."
"Heh, old stories, just pay and leave quickly."
Old Gao suddenly cut off the conversation; seeing this, Bai Yuze could only walk out of the store.
Outside the store, Kamuro's body still lay on the ground; Bai Yuze felt a bit complicated inside. Although people had died in front of him on the bus, all those people had revived.
But Kamuro, lying on the ground, showed no signs of reviving.
Bai Yuze sighed and reached into his pocket to take out the drink.
The next moment, he froze.
Bai Yuze looked incredulous, using his trembling hand to pull out the item from his pocket.
A piece of candy...
"What... when?"
Bai Yuze trembled as he looked at the candy that had suddenly appeared in his pocket.
Suddenly, memories flooded in like a tide.
"Excuse me." "It's alright."
"It was him!"
Bai Yuze remembered the student who had "accidentally" bumped into him earlier.
"Damn it! I was set up!"
Bai Yuze felt extremely uncomfortable and regretted it. He should have realized earlier that being in a strange school where people died all the time, this atmosphere of despair would certainly make some people want to retaliate against society.
Bai Yuze looked up and met the eyes of the student who had bumped into him earlier; the other person looked at Bai Yuze with a mocking expression.
"You bast..."
Bai Yuze wanted to run over, but his feet felt like they were filled with lead and wouldn't move.
He felt his heart was about to explode; he fell helplessly and despairingly to the ground, clutching his heart tightly.
But that strange power did not stop because of his pain.
Finally, Bai Yuze's heart stopped beating; his eyes were blank, his pupils dilated...
The murderer slowly walked up to Bai Yuze and rummaged through his body.
"Oh ho! He actually has over ninety thousand points! An unexpected gain!"
The murderer smiled and patted Bai Yuze's face; as for Kamuro's body, he didn't bother searching it.
In his eyes, he also considered Kamuro trash with nothing, and searching such a person's corpse would simply dirty his hands.
As for looks? Are you kidding, with points, would he lack girls? The man had a wicked smile, fantasizing about a pleasure quarter.
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Bai Yuze could feel everything happening around him; he wanted to roar, wanted to open his eyes, but he could do nothing, only helplessly feel his consciousness fading.
"Am I going to die? I'm really unwilling."
At this moment, Bai Yuze felt a red light.
"This is... that sphere?"
Bai Yuze found himself in a space, and the only light in the space was that vermilion glow.
Whoosh!
The vermilion light suddenly began to expand; Bai Yuze instinctively closed his eyes, and when he opened them again,
He found himself back in the store.
At this moment, a girl was furtively looking left and right, and Bai Yuze was standing behind her...