Today is Wednesday.【】
The time now is 12:20 noon.
Although it is meal time, not everyone eats on time.
Most of the time, there are always some students staying in the small square in front of the main building of Jiuyou Academy for one reason or another.
But today, there was not a single soul in the clean and tidy little square.
Hot light poured down from above and fell on the bare marble floor.
The ferns with wide branches and leaves around the square were wilted and curled up, trying their best to resist the increasingly violent sunshine. The wooden benches under the shadow of these plants were empty, even the tree sperms who used to spray them during the sun were
The school worker who cooled the water was also missing.
Although several freshmen felt uneasy in their hearts, they could only bite the bullet and continue walking to the back garden of the school.
In any case, this option is better than staying where you are stupidly.
It wasn't until a few people approached Linzhong Lake that they finally spotted a new figure.
To be precise, it was this school janitor in gray robes who took the initiative to show his figure and stopped in front of several young wizards - Zheng Qing didn't notice at all where this gentleman was standing just now, as if he suddenly appeared from the air.
came out.
"Students?" The gray-robed school guard looked at the several young wizards with a stern expression, his eyes swept over their collars and cuffs, and emphasized: "Freshman students? What are you doing here at the lake!"
He held the school guard's iconic patrol stick tightly in his hand and looked a little wary.
"We have just finished class and are planning to go back to the dormitory." Duan Xiaojian replied impatiently.
"Where have all the people in the school gone?" Zhang Jixin then asked the question that everyone was most concerned about.
"It's just, it's so strange... I walked out of the bishop's building and walked here, and I didn't see anyone." Fatty Xin wiped his forehead and breathed a little quickly: "Oh, I'm sorry, I mean, except for you,
Didn't see anyone."
"Did something happen at Linzhong Lake?" Xiao Xiao poked his head, looking past the gray-robed school worker in front of him, towards the depths of the lake.
Zheng Qing couldn't help but follow his gaze and look into the distance.
The sparkling Linzhong Lake is no different from the past.
If I have to find one thing that's unusual, it's the atmosphere.
On weekdays, although the area around the lake is not exactly bustling, there are always people coming and going, making it quite popular.
But now, from so far away, Zheng Qing could smell the breath of death.
The big red birds that loved to dance on the lake disappeared without a trace; the tree sperm that often hung among the branches were hiding somewhere; not to mention the students who usually sat on tables and chairs by the lake to study, even their shadows
None were left.
Zheng Qing dared to bet with the shiny black donkey hoof in his arms that the water ghosts and fish people in the lake must have hid in the depths of the lake long ago.【】
Otherwise, there should be inexplicable ripples on the lake surface caused by them swimming in the water.
"It's really weird," the young public-funded student finally realized that the seriousness of the matter was beyond imagination, and felt a little thirsty.
He put his hand into the gray cloth bag, intending to get a bottle of water to moisten his throat.
"Don't move!" The gray-robed wizard suddenly shouted: "All of you, stand where you are and don't move!"
Zheng Qing was frightened, and his hand that was stuffed into the gray bag suddenly froze.
Others were also frightened by the nervous performance of the gray-robed school janitor, and they all froze in place.
"All of you, stand still and don't move!" the gray-robed school guard repeated the order, and at the same time stamped the wooden staff on the ground hard.
An invisible wave centered on the point where the stick's foot landed and spread out in all directions.
Fine dust rose up and danced all over the sky, like clusters of broken sunlight, which appeared particularly clear in the field of vision.
The dust had not yet settled, and before the young wizards could react, a series of slight explosions sounded around them.
"Puff puff!"
Five or six figures in black robes appeared around several students in the blink of an eye.
They wore hoods on their heads and held Dharma books in their hands. Colorful lights overflowed from them, exuding a disturbing aura.
This scene seems familiar.
Zheng Qing couldn't help but take a step back.
"Who sent the alarm!" A black-robed wizard stepped out from the crowd, lifted his hood, and revealed a tired face.
It's Thomas.
"Zheng Qing? What are you doing here?" He almost immediately spotted the familiar figure among the young wizards and said in surprise: "The students are all staying in the first hall... Didn't you receive the notice?"
"These freshmen appeared at the lakeside, and because they were acting suspiciously, I stopped them." The gray-robed campus guard echoed from the side.
You are acting suspiciously!
Your whole family is acting suspiciously!
Zheng Qing complained silently in his heart, but did not show any disrespect in his mouth:
"We just came out of the main building," he explained: "After class, due to some special arrangements..."
As he said that, several young wizards glanced at Xiao Xiao in unison.
Xiao Xiao lowered his head, hugged his notebook, and said nothing.
"...So, a few of us stayed in the classroom for a few more minutes." At this point, Zheng Qing paused and added: "Our class is a history class, and Mr. Sima Yangyun's class... has not been received.
What notification."
"There has been no one since I came out of the classroom," Zhang Jixin complained loudly: "I was scared by those ghosts in the building for a long time... Those ghosts are not polite at all, can we complain to them?"
"No." Thomas gave a clear answer very decisively.
"If you disturb the deceased living in the building, you will receive a warning from the school working committee." The gray-robed school worker interjected from the side: "This warning will be recorded in your student files."
The grumpy red-faced wizard cursed in a low voice.
"What do a group of living people care about with the dead?" Thomas stopped the young wizard's impulsive behavior, pondered for a moment, then turned to look at the gray-robed school staff: "Leave this place to us, you can continue to investigate."
The gray-robed school janitor bowed slightly and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Zheng Qing still hasn't discovered how he disappeared.
Thomas turned back and looked at the young wizards, as if he was considering how to deal with them.
"Can we move?" Zheng Qing smiled dryly, raised his arm and shook it.
His hand was still stuffed in the gray cloth bag, like a ridiculous glove.
"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous." Thomas shook his head slightly and laughed uncontrollably: "Although the situation is serious, it is not so alarming... that even first-year wizards need to be careful."
"What happened?" Zheng Qing pulled his hand out of the gray cloth bag and asked curiously.
Several other young people also pricked up their ears, obviously very curious about this matter.
"It's nothing too serious," Thomas said lightly, "It's just that the three-hundred-year-old turtle by the lake turned into a mummy... almost like the kappa that night."
Zheng Qing's eyes suddenly widened.
Others also gasped.
This chapter has been completed!