For wizards, painted skin has two meanings.
One is a rare magic prop, and the other is a mysterious magical creature.
The former is made of human skin, animal skin, etc. The cortex is intact, and the hair and seven orifices are no different from those of the living. When using it, you only need to wrap it around your body and roll it on the spot to transform into the creature represented by the painted skin.
, very few wizards can tell the difference.
The latter is a type of ferocious ghost with a green face, teeth as sharp as saws, and a roar like a pig. It likes to eat the hearts of children. It can peel off the victim's skin and transform into the victim. Because it is too fierce, it has been destroyed by wizards.
Hunted to near extinction, even students at First University can only see their remains and specimens in the herbarium.
At present, the pet snake hidden in the grass nest is shedding its skin, and it is obvious at a glance that it has nothing to do with the ferocious ghost, so the "painted skin" mentioned by Dr. Xiao Da can only be the first case.
After hearing Xiao Xiao's judgment, Nicholas's expression suddenly changed.
"Painted skin?! It's impossible." He murmured in a difficult tone: "Is there any misunderstanding here? Do you want to look at it again..."
His fearful attitude is naturally justified.
If this snake shed is, as Xiao Xiao said, a painted skin, then who used this painted skin? Why did he pretend to be a pet snake to come to First University? The most important thing is, the owner of this pet snake
, that is, Liu Feifei, was she aware of this incident? If not, was she primarily responsible for the accident?
Just a simple thought, many terrible thoughts emerged in his mind, making Nicholas panic and uneasy. His only hope was that Xiao Xiao had just missed it, and the snake slough was just a simple snake slough.
Or maybe Xiao Xiao was joking with him.
But Nicholas also knew that Xiao Xiao did not like to joke, and the matter was so important that he could not just give an impossible answer casually.
Compared with Lao Sheng, who was worried about gains and losses, Xiao Xiao obviously had more things on his mind - for example, why the Exoneration Hunting Team and others could not find traces of the faceless monster after searching for it for a long time; another example, why did Liu Feifei's big snake always keep coming back?
There was never a trace.
A reasonable explanation is that the faceless monster has been wearing the skin of a pet snake, hiding from public view in the form of darkness under the lamp.
It's just that the origin of the faceless monster, when it wore the skin of a pet snake, its purpose of coming to school, etc., these deeper information cannot be inferred based on just a few clues at the moment.
Xiao Xiao can think of this, and Zheng Qing and Jiang Yu naturally want it too.
This is not a good result.
The venue fell into a deep silence for a moment. Xiao Xiao's discovery added a heavy haze to everyone's hearts. Perhaps only the slightly naive Li Meng had not figured out the entanglement behind the painting and acted a little more lively.
"Painted skin?!" Li Meng's arms holding the stuffed bear suddenly tightened - just after arriving at the grassland, the little white cat had already struggled out of the little witch's arms, and Li Meng had no choice but to hug the stuffed bear again.
Velvet bear.
Fortunately, the stuffed bear was also open-minded and didn't mind the little witch's abandonment of him, and happily returned to her arms. Of course, before being hugged, it still received a cleaning charm to wash away the freshly-contaminated dirt on its body.
of mud and dust.
"Where did the painted skin come from? Whose painted skin? Isn't this the skin of Sister Feifei's pet snake?" The little witch was dizzy by this sudden fact, but it did not affect her little shrewdness: "This painted skin
You haven’t reported it at school! Will there be any credit reward if we submit it to the school working committee?”
The black cat and the white cat looked at each other, and Xiao Xiao and Nicholas also looked at each other.
This is the biggest question right now - whether to report this discovery to the school.
In theory, reporting to the school is the best solution.
First of all, the reason for reporting is very good: the unidentified faceless monster must have some ulterior motives when it sneaks into First University; moreover, this monster hides on campus and threatens all students of First University, including everyone present.
They are all a huge threat. No one knows if this monster has other paintings and whether it will lurk around them and bite them.
Secondly, the school provides very generous rewards for reporting similar discoveries: credits are certain, and sometimes many material rewards may be added, which is not a big temptation for young wizards who are strapped for cash.
Finally, both the school's rules and regulations and the laws prevailing in the wizarding world require wizards to have the obligation to assist in the investigation of such incidents. In a world full of magic, this is not something you can get away with by pretending to turn a blind eye.
It can be said that from any level of righteousness and justice, everyone should shed this snake.
But from another perspective, there seems to be a reason not to report it.
In addition, what happens after the report is made? - When the school working committee gets the snake slough, the school becomes furious, searches everywhere, and may ban students from hunting, dancing and other activities in the name of safety; if the school catches the snake in a short time
Naturally, everything will be fine for monsters; but if you can't catch them, it will be another trouble.
Zheng Qing still clearly remembers the trouble caused by those little sand bugs last semester.
But because of a few magical creatures that had their time sucked away, the entire school was in a state of panic, and many of the school's big bosses were criticized by a reporter from the Beta Town Post for their personal incompetence.
These are just some small insects that are not very harmful.
Hidden in the school right now is a faceless monster of unknown strength. It is not one of those sand-toki bugs that only steal a little bit of wizard time, but a monster that can truly eat people and kill!
What's more important is that this snake slough belongs to Liu Feifei's pet.
Not to mention Liu Feifei's status as a publicly funded student of the college, the uproar that may arise after her pet is discovered to be a monster. This ownership alone will cause her huge trouble, and she may have to undergo an inspection by Dan Hager
.
Not just her, but a series of departments with supervisory responsibilities, including the school petting zoo, the school working committee, etc., are also jointly and severally responsible for this matter.
Zheng Qing could almost foresee that Jiuyou Academy would be disgraced in the next period of time. It was really depressing that such a thing would happen when there was a dispute with the Alpha Academy and the Murloc Tribe.
"The snake slough belongs to Feifei, and the final choice is also hers. Let's take the snake slough back and let her make her own choice." Xiao Xiao finally gave a slightly tactful but not very responsible suggestion.
Nicholas was a little lost and said nothing, allowing Xiao Xiao to collect the snake slough, put it into the deerskin bag, and stuff it into his arms.
This chapter has been completed!