Detective Agency of the Bizarre
Chapter 141 - 141 One hundred forty-one

141: One hundred forty-one.

It was discovered.

141: One hundred forty-one.

It was discovered.

Lu Li was very interested in the Mysterious Gate’s techniques, but he knew one thing clearly, techniques were like martial arts, not something that could be mastered overnight.

Martial arts still required the foundational practice of Child’s Training and standing postures, Mysterious Gate techniques would not be simpler than martial arts.

His expression suddenly shifted as Lu Li sensed something, his gaze moved and landed on Martin, then shifted downward.

An ancient-looking, ordinary ring rested on her index finger.

Lu Li felt a faint trace of yin energy emanating from it.

Martin seemed to notice and suddenly looked at Lu Li.

The two locked eyes at that moment, and Lu Li nodded at her, sitting up straight, ignoring the remaining trivial matters.

“It’s him, he just glanced at the ring and found out about the master…

It was the master’s oversight, I didn’t expect that hiding in the ring could be discovered.”

A cold gleam flashed in Martin’s eyes, her expression darkened, and a murderous intent surfaced, “Nobody can know of your existence, Master…”

“What are you going to do?

You mustn’t—”

“Master’s safety comes first, rest assured, the moment I became your disciple, I was prepared for possible exposure.

Cultivation matters are of great importance, a bunch of mortals won’t stop me.

Don’t forget what you taught me, Master, in the Cultivation World, it’s survival of the fittest, might makes right!

I want the heavens no longer to cover my eyes, the earth no longer to cover my heart, all beings to understand my will, all the Buddhas to turn to dust and smoke!”

“Sigh…”

The ancient voice inside the ring sighed and said no more.

Ghost Creatures harming participants didn’t disrupt classroom order.

The manager watched the commotion quietly for half a minute, and when the classroom’s restlessness settled, he continued with the planned arrangements, “This class will also play a game, called hide and seek.”

The small eyes squinted into slits as the manager scanned over the students, his gaze intentionally lingering on Lu Li for a moment.

“The rules are simple, humans hide, ghosts seek.”

The remaining contestants shuddered.

A thought crossed Lu Li’s mind.

The remaining contestants, feeling uneasy, clung to the hope that the Ghost Creatures didn’t know who the humans were, soothing their nerves.

Then the manager’s next words rang out.

“Su Zizhen, Martin, Shou Cheng, and Lu Li, the four humans will hide, and the other students must find them before class ends.”

A single sentence shattered all their hopes, an ice-cold bucket drenched under their feet, several contestants felt chilled to the bone.

Especially terrifying for them was that during lunch break, a player who had been confirmed earlier revealed his true form, complaining, “Manager, I barely managed to blend in…”

The manager smiled kindly but spoke cruelly, “Only five people left now, good things should be shared by everyone, no monopolizing.

Don’t worry, to compensate you, you’ll be the first one to go out and search.”

“Manager, you mean each of these ghostly souls will take turns playing the ghost?”

Lu Li then stood up, ignoring the predatory gazes of his desk mate and those around him to inquire.

“More or less, if all the ghosts go out to search at once, it would be too uninteresting.” The manager’s small eyes swirled with excitement and cruelty.

“Here are the specific rules: you have five minutes to hide at the beginning of the game.

After that, only one ghost goes out to search, and every three minutes, another ghost will leave the classroom, joining the hide and seek game until all ghosts are deployed.

How does that sound?

Interesting, isn’t it?”

“Indeed, it sounds interesting, I have no problem with it,” Lu Li replied.

Since Lu Li couldn’t really smile, he just managed to twitch his lips as best he could to appear as if he was smiling.

His stiffness was mistaken for fear, making the manager’s eyes gleam even more fiercely.

He stretched his arm out to look at his wristwatch, his underarm tight in the suit, emitting a nearly unbearable creaking sound, “Class has been in session for 2 minutes; you have 3 more minutes to hide.”

Almost as he finished speaking, Lu Li stood up and walked out.

He paused at the classroom door, looking back at the remaining three hesitant contestants, “Staying in the classroom is more dangerous, they won’t spare you just because you refuse to go out.”

“Take care of yourselves.”

Leaving that final word, Lu Li’s figure vanished outside the door.

Martin, looking gloomy, was the second to get up.

Amidst the greedy gazes of the crowd, he walked out of the classroom.

He took a long look at the direction Lu Li had left before turning the opposite way.

“Wait for me, Martin!”

The remaining two shivered and, without second thought, chased after him.

As the last trace of human breath disappeared from the classroom, a cold, sinister yin energy completely occupied the place.

…

Second floor, restroom.

This was the hiding spot chosen by Lu Li—not quite a hiding spot, actually, because Lu Li didn’t cover his tracks; instead, he deliberately left clues.

For instance, he made his footsteps louder so that they could hear his location, and he even tore up a piece of Joss Paper, scattering pieces behind him.

To prevent the ghost creatures in the classroom from losing track of him.

Truth be told, Lu Li originally wanted to stop after the lunch break had ended, but…

he couldn’t withstand the ghost’s novel behavior, or rather, their death wish.

If they had come all at once, Lu Li would certainly have refrained due to the risk of eavesdropping, having kept himself hidden up until now.

But if they came one by one…

Lu Li couldn’t really judge such behavior.

Three minutes swiftly passed by.

The ghost creature disguised as a competitor, driven by jealousy among its kind, left the classroom.

Walking down the corridor, it noticed several pieces of torn paper on the floor, spaced out at intervals.

“Deliberately luring me?”

The ghost creature muttered to itself, scoffing coldly with a sinister laugh, “I really want to see what a mere human can do.”

It followed the trail of torn paper pieces.

It reached the second floor and came to the front of the restroom.

The four cubicle doors were tightly shut.

The ghost creature squatted down, peeking through the gap beneath the doors, finding no footprints.

“Heh, heh, heh…”

With a cold laugh, it straightened up and walked to the first cubicle door, kicking it open.

Bang!

The loud noise echoed upstairs and downstairs.

The empty cubicle revealed itself, and the ghost creature moved without hesitation to the second door and kicked it open.

Bang!

The third door.

Bang!

Only the last cubicle door was still tightly shut.

“Still hiding?”

The smile on the ghost creature’s face turned hideous as it barged into the last door.

Bang!

It stumbled into the cubicle…

which was still completely empty.

What’s going on?!

Wasn’t the competitor hiding here?!

Was I deceived?!

The ghost creature was shocked, and at that moment, a shadow enveloped it from behind.

“Wha—”

Before the ghost creature could turn around, it felt a pair of icy hands grip its head and jaw from behind.

Its eyes suddenly bulged, and a rich sense of crisis instantly engulfed it.

Having died once before, it was extremely terrified of this chilling sensation along its spine.

“Don’t—”

Crack.

The shout had barely begun when it abruptly stopped.

As the owner of the hands released its grip, a lifeless body collapsed to the floor, eyes wide open, staring in death.

In the Formation, the ghost creature’s body did not disperse after it dissipated.

At that moment, Lu Li looked up at the ceiling corner, furrowing his brows slightly.

For an instant, he felt as though many eyes had watched him.

Was he exposed…