Chapter 513: Empathy


    "Ah, is it so sudden? But I have never been a principal, and I am not an expert," Ma Lu said. "Don''t you have any other candidates? I can help you bring a message to him."


    Cao Jinhua coughed twice more, and the look of pain on his face became more intense, "I saw your Excellency''s battle just now. You defeated 6 shadow demons in one go, and it was clean and neat. If you weren''t an expert, you wouldn''t be able to do anything in this world." There is no such thing as an expert.”


    "As for the choice of principal, ahem, Houde''s situation is not very good. I can''t find a suitable successor for a while. If you don''t want to be the principal, just dissolve the school.


    "In short, just don''t let it fall into the hands of... the Mingxia Group. In addition, I hope you can properly arrange the teachers and students of the school before disbanding."


    As Cao Jinhua spoke, he took off the large-brimmed felt hat on his head. At this time, his upper body began to turn into shadow.


    Cao Jinhua used his last effort to throw out the hat, "Houde School is on Shouyang Mountain in Pingcheng. You take this hat and go up the mountain and talk to...my roommate said that you are the new principal. You will also tell me about the specific situation of the school." You can ask her."


    After saying the last word, Cao Jinhua let out a scream, with only half of his face still in the air. It looked a little scary, and his tone became urgent.


    "Kill me now!"


    I don''t know if it was because most of his body had turned into shadows, but Cao Jinhua''s resistance was getting weaker and weaker. Ma Lu sighed and walked quickly towards Cao Jinhua.


    When the two were less than two steps away, the remaining half of Cao Jinhua''s face disappeared and turned into a shadow, but his body was also torn apart by the strong light.


    Soon, the whole person disappeared, leaving only a green stone.


    The stone was obviously bigger than the ones that Malu had picked up before, so Malu stepped forward and picked it up too.


    In fact, he still had many things to ask Cao Jinhua, such as what a Talisman Master was, what the use of this green stone was, how to get to Shouyang Mountain, and most importantly...how to leave this blocked area.


    It''s a pity that when he met Cao Jinhua, the latter had already turned into a shadow. Cao Jinhua should have taken a strong breath, explained the important things, and kicked off immediately.


    Malu then picked up the hat on the ground, patted it, forget it, that''s it for now, let''s go pick up people first.


    He walked in the direction Cao Jinhua came from and found Risheng Bookstore on the corner of the street not far away.


    Malu came to the door of the bookstore and shouted inside, "Qiu Tong, is the freshman Qiu Tong here? Principal Cao asked me to pick you up."


    However, no one responded inside.


    Gone?


    Ma Lu opened the door and walked into the bookstore. Like other shops on this street, the first floor of Risheng Bookstore was also empty.


    There is electricity in this plane, and naturally there are electric lights, but the electric lights in this area have lost their function for some reason, even the kerosene lamps. Malu touched a box of matches at the newsstand and tried to light the kerosene lamp found in the book and pen shop. .


    However, as soon as the match was lit, it went out.


    Even if Malu moves quickly enough and puts the match on the wick of the kerosene lamp before it goes out, the wick, like the match, will burn for a moment at most before it goes out.


    No wonder Cao Jinhua was fascinated by it before, this place is really weird.


    If Malu hadn''t just obtained the lighting technique, he would have died by now.


    He spent three minutes checking the first floor and found nothing unusual. He was about to walk down the stairs to the second floor when his steps suddenly stopped again.


    Malu asked himself a question, if this map was made by Hidetaka Miyazaki, where would he hide the monsters.


    The answer is obvious. Behind the bookshelf, on the ceiling, and at the entrance to the second floor, these three places are easily overlooked by novices.


    Among them, the ceiling millipede looked up as soon as he entered the door. There are gaps in the bookshelf. If you look closely, you can see some clues. However, the stairwell on the second floor is the most insidious and cannot be seen in advance. At the speed of those shadows, they would basically be dead if they showed up.


    So Malu grabbed a book and threw it upstairs. Before the book hit the ground, a black shadow jumped out and pounced on it.


    On the other side, Malu had already recited "Tease You". After discovering that he had been tricked, the shadow quickly changed its target and rushed towards Malu. Malu stood there calmly, stretched out his hand and rubbed his fingers twice, turning himself into a searchlight again. .


    Within the small confines of the bookstore, the power of illumination increased to a higher level. The black shadow was wiped out by the light even five steps away from Malu.


    To be on the safe side, Malu did not turn off the lighting in a hurry. Instead, he closed his eyes and groped his way to the stairs. He was about to climb to the second floor when there was another movement upstairs.


    But this time it was footsteps. Malu heard the footsteps approaching him quickly, but before he could give a warning, he heard a scream from above his head.


    "ah!"


    Malu quickly turned off the lighting, and saw a girl with two braids, a Shilin blue short coat, a black knee-length skirt and small leather shoes sitting on the stairs of the second floor.


    "Qitong?"


    "Well, it''s me, I, my eyes can''t see."


    "It''s okay, you were exposed to strong light, just take it easy for a while and you''ll be fine." Ma Lu paused and said, "You''ve been hiding it in the bookstore. Are there any other shadow demons here?"


    "No, just this one. It came in after Principal Cao left. It had been standing on the first floor before, and then went up to the second floor. I hurriedly hid in the toilet before it came up. I just heard you from downstairs. "But I didn''t dare to speak for fear of attracting it first."


    "Can the shadow demon hear the sound?"


    "I, I don''t know, this is my first time encountering a disaster. By the way, you said Principal Cao asked you to come. Did you meet him?"


    The girl''s eyes gradually recovered some vision, and she could barely see the outline of the millipede.


    "Encountered it."


    "So the rescue has arrived, that''s great, but why hasn''t the principal come back?"


    This time, Malu did not answer her question, but asked, "What did Principal Cao tell you before he left?"


    "He said that this disaster was something he was not good at dealing with. He asked me to hide on the second floor of the bookstore while he went out to find rescue."


    "Did anything look strange before he left?"


    "No, not really." Qiutong thought for a while, looking a little confused.


    "Unfortunately, Principal Cao is dead." Ma Lu decided to tell her the truth.


    "Ah!" Qiu Tong covered her mouth, as if she was dumbfounded. After a while, her eyes became red.


    "Yes, but hasn''t the rescue already arrived?"


    "He was possessed by a shadow demon and was hopeless. He was separated from you because he was worried that he would hurt you after turning into a shadow demon. Besides, I am not a rescuer." Ma Lu confessed.


    "And you are?"


    "A passerby happened to meet Principal Cao. He told me about you and asked me to take you out."


    (End of chapter)