Chapter 72: Math Problem (2/2)
The players swiftly set their sights on the newly emerged ghosts. They were similar to Teacher Zhang with their eyes growing below their noses, looking exceedingly weird.
When they heard Teacher Zhang’s orders, they moved to capture the man in red right away.
Red’s speed was good, but no matter how quick he was, he still couldn’t outspeed a ghost.
The two ghosts dressed in junior high uniforms trapped him exactly before he was about to attack Liu Xiyu and violently pinned him down.
Seeing that he was still cursing out freely, the ghost, who had ‘class monitor’ tag pinned to his uniform, took out a roll of black tape from his pocket, taping the man in red’s mouth tightly shut in an agile manner.
Soon, the man in red could only hum out his raging cries. He was then forcefully dragged out by the arms by the student monitor and student council member, his feet thrashing and flailing the whole way out, but it was entirely f*cking useless.
The iron doors automatically opened, and within moments, he was hauled out through the doors. The two students showed him out the door, closing it behind them as soon as they could.
Everyone came to realize that the man in red was toast upon seeing him go out with the two ghosts.
Courting disaster ah, not to mention that the app specifically stressed that they should never harm Liu Xiyu. This was Liu Xiyu’s dream, and he outrightly threatened to kill the dream’s owner here. Are you sure you’re capable of doing that?
Bai Yan smacked his lips while thinking, it’s not like he couldn’t totally comprehend why the man in red would want to pull all the players into his suffering at the brink of death.
But, what amazed him in this situation wasn’t this matter, it was the ghost’s attitude towards Liu Xiyu.
As soon as the man in red wanted to kill her, Teacher Zhang abruptly called on the ghosts to capture him. Was this also a big coincidence?
Bai Yan was convinced that if another player was replaced with who the man in red wanted to beat up, this Teacher Zhang most probably would have just watched quietly and enjoyed the show. Even if he were still confined to the rules, maybe he would still let the man in red beat the person up before saying anything else.
The app wanted to protect Liu Xiyu, and the ghosts’ attitudes towards Liu Xiyu were also odd. She must be the app’s beloved daughter!
Bai Yan carefully sized up Liu Xiyu in an astonished manner. Not seeing anything out of the ordinary, he felt that she was just a normal junior high school student.
Yet, in this game, perhaps no other person was as safe as this girl.
In the beginning, there were still some people who wanted to protect Liu Xiyu, believing that defending this weak girl was also one of the troubles that the app had given them. They worried over the fact that if this girl were to die, then all the players would also be done for.
But looking at it now, the app’s main target was the players, so if they hadn’t accompanied her to clear the mines, Liu Xiyu would still be well and alive.
Bai Yan could only glance at her a couple of times before withdrawing his attention.
Because, after the man in red was dragged out, Teacher Zhang also turned his head around. The writings and drawings he was putting on the blackboard were undecipherable to all of them.
The players present there were all experienced, so they immediately realized that this was a golden opportunity!
When a player dies, there would usually be a safe period. They haven’t fully searched through all of the props, so if Teacher Zhang would ask another question, the next unlucky one might possibly be them.
Thus, the players moved about one by one.
They made sure their footsteps were light, and after searching through all the desks, there was still someone who rummaged through the trash can last in case there was something hidden inside.
Ye Shangyu’s courage was the greatest among them as she silently walked to the podium’s side to check if there was something inside the cabinet of the podium.
When she pulled out a hand from the cupboard, everyone secretly cursed this old ghost for truly being sinister.
If they were a bit more fearful and didn’t risk checking the cabinet, perhaps there might be another dead man in a while.
Ye Shangyu finished rummaging through the cabinet and noiselessly moved down, checking the players’ fruits of labor.
He had to say, Teacher Zhang, this old ghost’s skill for hiding items was indeed crafty. Besides the trash can, there were also a bunch of things hidden at the back of the radiator.
With everyone working towards a common goal, the severed limbs on the desk were divided into different piles.
Every player engraved the number of limbs into their minds, knowing everything by heart.
When everyone had already memorized them, Teacher Zhang suddenly looked back, causing everyone to jump from fright.
“I wrote a new problem on the board, who’ll come over and answer it?”
The players collectively stared at the blackboard, and it still had dismembered hands drawn on it. So, they couldn’t help but be a bit puzzled over it.
“I’ll see who… The student wearing eyeglasses, you. Come up and answer the question!”
Every player simultaneously cast their gazes onto Bai Yan since only he was the one who wore glasses among them.
Bai Yan quietly looked around, immediately confirming that there wasn’t another person who wore glasses, and without any other option, he calmly walked up the platform and took the chalk that Teacher Zhang handed over.
Since this sinister ghost personally handed over the chalk, how could he not accept it.
As he studied the question in front of him, Bai Yan felt somewhat perplexed. Dismembered hands were still drawn on the blackboard. Did Teacher Zhang mean to let him answer the same question as before?
But, what if this was the cunning ghost’s trap?
‘If you don’t understand, then ask.’ Bai Yan wasn’t this kind of hard-headed person.
But still, he humbly asked Teacher Zhang, “Teacher, this is the problem that the student answered before. Do you want me to write how many dismembered hands are there, or how many fingers they have?”
“You don’t even understand this topic, yet you still want to take senior high school exams?” Teacher Zhang gloomily smirked, his face was full of evil intentions, “Think on your own. If you can’t come up with the answer, then similar to that person just now, get out and stand!”
You’re a math teacher who also covers Chinese reading comprehension, wasn’t this too much?
Bai Yan’s heart was full of underhanded comments, but still, he didn’t dare contradict the teacher right now.
He restlessly stared at the drawings of the two dismembered hands on the left and right, quickly comparing them. Yet, the more he studied them, the more he felt that they were identical.