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Chapter 231 - 151: Extraditor

Chapter 231: Chapter 151: Extraditor

Through Li Hua’s narration, the group came to understand her experiences after she disappeared.

A man wearing a mask, wrapped entirely in a long robe, the hidden altar within the academy, and the secret ceremony array unknown to others...

"Has this day finally come?"

The arrival of a mysterious person had disrupted the tranquil life at the academy, and Tang Qianqian took a deep breath, her mind racing with all sorts of indications.

"What has come?"

Jiuyue asked.

"’Tang Qianqian and the Secret Chamber,’ the masked monster that Li Hua spoke of is likely the ones mentioned in the diary."

Tang Qianqian felt that everything matched up—the professor Duan Mingyuan, who had been misidentified as a perverted villain by the students because of various misunderstandings, was actually the teacher who cared about them the most.

She had been at the academy for some time now and had heard many strange tales about Qing Chi Peak from her senior brothers and sisters at the Painting Academy; this mountain hid mysteries, and the scrolls on the mountain path would sometimes transport people into wondrous spaces, places never recorded on the academy’s map.

They suspected that these odd spaces were "creations" made by powerful figures documented in the academy’s history during their student years. There had been cases of people accidentally entering a maze and only finding their way out three days later, winding and twisted, containing someone’s notebook which had notes on the academy courses and an understanding of Strange Gates and Devious Techniques.

However, this was within reason, as the academy had been around for hundreds of years, graduating countless masters of Mysterious Techniques.

Yet, before the "Defense Against Evil Spirits" teacher arrived, research into Tricky Art had been comprehensively banned, and anyone violating this school rule would receive a one-way ticket to Ghost Prison.

Therefore, some students who were very interested in Tricky Art could only conduct their research in secret, away from the teachers’ watchful eyes.

The "secret chamber" inside the academy was where those students conducted their research on Tricky Art.

Tang Qianqian’s expression grew grave, but after some deliberation, she felt that the time had come for this step.

During the time Duan Mingyuan went to the Imperial Court, she and Yang Ping had made breakthroughs in their cultivation and had mastered their Ability, reaching the complete satisfaction of a full-time employee. It was time to seize an opportunity and formally advance toward a mid-level professional title.

So next should come the unveiling of a name that had been forbidden in the academy’s history.

Exceptionally gifted, possessing unique personal charm, but with a fondness for the Tricky Art sternly prohibited by the academy.

After much contemplation, Tang Qianqian spoke up.

The moment she opened her mouth was peculiarly coincidental, in unison with Jiuyue.

"It’s the mysterious person!"

"It’s the Extraditor!"

"Who is the mysterious person?"

Upon hearing this, Jiuyue gave Tang Qianqian a strange look. The latter’s face stiffened, and she stammered for a long time before saying, "It’s someone without hair or a nose, which might be why he always wears a mask."

"You’ve got it completely wrong. The reason Extraditors wear masks is that they were once persecuted; most were slaughtered, and only a few survived. To evade the Imperial Court’s manhunt, they concealed their identities. It’s been nearly two hundred years since the last incident involving an Extraditor. I thought they were all wiped out."

Tang Qianqian shrank her neck.

In this moment, she deeply understood the insurmountable high wall between the comedic character and the intelligence informant.

Even though Jiuyue is usually gentle and humorous, when it comes to serious matters, she always manages to gather some important intelligence.

"What they’re extraditing aren’t humans, but monsters,"

Jiuyue said, "They can transform monsters into humans. It’s mentioned in the ’Auspicious Fox Cultivation Notes’ that the earliest technique for monsters to take on human form originated from the extraditers."

After the extraterrestrials arrived, the company and people from the Imperial Court paid great attention to the extraditer lineage.

The extraditers have a deep relationship with the monsters, and the company hopes to recruit and research the monsters of Blue Star through them. However, the leader of the extraditers rejected the company’s request, and as a result, under the company’s instigation, they were hunted by assassins from the Imperial Court.

Jiuyue crossed her arms and corrected Tang Qianqian, "They’re not the evil Great Demon Kings you think they are. After the war, most monsters were able to avoid the company and the Imperial Court’s surveillance, and recuperate in the deep mountains and forests, all thanks to the mediation by the extraditers."

In the records of the Fox Demon clan, it’s also mentioned that their ancestors had once been helped by the extraditers, and that forest was a sanctuary provided by them.

Regrettably, with the baptism of time, the abilities of the extraditers have gradually been lost.

The village established by the extraditers at the foot of the mountain eventually became inhabited only by ordinary humans; the people of today neither believe in the existence of Fox Demons nor in the legendary stories passed down in the village.

In order to substantiate her point, Jiuyue asked, "Li Hua, that extraditer you met didn’t do anything excessive to you, did he?"

"It’s just that the process of transformation was a bit painful..."

Li Hua recalled.

After transforming into human form, the man wearing the mask did not engage in any perverted acts; instead, he threw her a blanket to cover herself.

The transformation left her mind in a daze, but by the time she came to her senses, she was already draped in the blanket, having left the bizarre altar and appearing on the mountain behind.

However, Li Hua was not accustomed to the human form. Behaviors that were once normal for a Cat Demon became strange in her new human shape.

For example, she loved to lie on the big rock on the back mountain to bask in the Sun, a posture that felt comfortable but appeared provocative in a human form, entirely unbefitting of a proper young lady.

She was accustomed to living as a cat, and human clothing felt uncomfortable on her body.

And this long hair was so cumbersome, easily getting caught in door cracks unintentionally.

"Did the extraditer say anything else to you? They’ve been gone for so long and suddenly appear in the academy; it must be for a reason."

"He said... welcome to the ’pervert’ world."

"Anything else?"

"Right, I thought he was a bad person, so I tried to scare him with Teacher Mingyuan’s name, but not only was he not afraid, he was actually quite interested in Teacher Mingyuan. He muttered that it wouldn’t be long before they would meet... Perhaps, he came over specially after hearing what happened at Yunhai Academy,"

Li Hua speculated.

Then she suddenly spoke up, revealing a realization, "But now I understand the purpose of the Pervert Club. They’re not gathering to exchange indecent material, but to teach monsters how to transform into human form."

"Since you believe he’s a good person, there’s no need to worry. If the extraditers have other motives, they will show up sooner or later,"

Duan Mingyuan said.

And as they were speaking, a black bird flew past the dormitory window. Its gaze penetrated the glass, lingering on the people inside for a moment before it turned around in midair and flew straight toward the back mountain of the academy.