Vol 2 Chapter 5 (1/2)

Chapter 5

As rays of the sun covered the darkness, dawn arrived

Feng Ping Lan put on his clothes and went down As he arrived at the dining hall, his footsteps came to a halt

All five of the de and Morris’ expressions looking incredibly reluctant

Conglong had his head lowered as he drank hisLan, a flash of uneasiness shone in his eyes He raised his head, staring at Feng Ping Lan’s each and every move

Only to see that Feng Ping Lan was the sa stupid smile on his face He spoke in pleasant surprise

“Wow, you guys are all here! Are we eating hot pot?”

“We cannot use our powers to go to school” Dongya said, “Yin Su Shuang contacted us earlier Since we’ve chosen to be identified as students, we’ll have to act like students We’re not allowed to use our demonic powers outside of the Shadow Academy and our homes”

“Is that so” Feng Ping Lan sat down, realizing that Conglong was staring at hi?”

Conglong looked doubtful, “You…”

“M Lan lowered his head to inspect his own trousers

“What are you doing?”

“I ondering ifat me, if Xiao Lan-Lan was exposed, hahahahaha!”

“Brainless! You idiot!” Conglong repri his eyes moodily

It seeht too ht would be able to affect this guy’s mood

Conglong mocked himself secretly, and his heart relaxed a little due to it He lowered his head and continued drinking his milk

“Troubleso his head up as he crunched on his whole-wheat biscuits

“Then how are you guys planning on going? On foot or by using the public transport?”

“By sitting on this” Conglong took out ait on the table

On the page was a sapphire blue sports car Its dazzling appearance and tradeed in its considerable cost

“Students can’t drive cars, and that kind of car is really expensive!”

“Then we buy it in white”

“White ones will be just as expensive!”

“I was thinking that it would be cheaper without any paint on it”

“No matter how expensive that car is, it’ll become a rancid car the o on foot, hehehe…” Byriel licked his lollipop, looking incredibly pleased and contented

Feng Ping Lan took a bite out of the toast in front of hi uys from a mirror?”

“Using the phone”

“I see” Feng Ping Lan nodded his head, “Then let’s use the public transport It’s slower and nothing happened to Conglong the last time we rode on it”

“Not just the e get to and fro restricted, we even have to follow the school rules! We have to do everything a nor handing in ho in school activities— this is too absurd!”

“Oh, so you’re unhappy because you don’t want to do homework?”

“No! That’s not the point!”

All of theenerals! Why did they have to be subjected to this kind of joke!

“Don’t we have any ways to evade this?”

“None If we don’t choose this way to appear, we’ll have to hide like Zhong Xian does by our Summoner’s side, or stay inside the Shadow Acade, and we’ll have less free will to do ant” Dongya explained

“What about Quetzal?”

“He was gone before we received the call” Byriel replied languidly, “Since he chose the position of school doctor, he’s less restricted, because staff members can have the liberty to moveto do is to stay in the sick bay and wait They don’t have any fixed jobs like teachers and administrators do”

“daood stuff!” Morris co his teeth

“Not necessarily Who knows, he ht be saddled with an unexpectedly formidable job Let’s wait and see Hehehe…” Byriel curled the corners of his lips up, with a sood unfold

After eating breakfast, Dongya, Morris, Si Lan to use the public transport Byriel sat leisurely on the sofa watching TV instead

“Aren’t you co as well?”

“No, I’ for so the channels indolently

The group of people left and went down the mountain to wait at the bus stop On the way there, a brilliant scarlet sports car ca watched the sports car unblinkingly, looking on as it went

“Don’t look any

“Even if ere able to afford it, he wouldn’t be able to sit in it” Morris casually shattered Conglong’s dreams

“Shut up! I was just looking!”

The group of people continued on their walk

Five ain The car stopped by the road, the windshi+eld sloinding down

Byriel was in behind the , a beautiful andwoman by his side in the driver’s seat

“I’ll be going first, see ya” With that, he waved

The car started, whistling past, leaving the afterie of red flame behind

The day classes were the same as usual, conducted as dully and as harmoniously as the day before

The only difference was, the teachers that had turned a blind eye to the de behavior before this were now bluntly pointing the them as any other student

For example, their class advisor

“Byriel, Conglong, Morris, you did not do cleaning duty thisStay behind after school today”

“Why do we need to do such a lowly task!” Conglong and Morris couldn’t accept this

“These are the rules” Yin Su Shuang said with a severe face, “I can let you guys beco feces on the sidewalk, shut up and do what I say!”

Conglong and Morris muttered unhappily, and could only s the words they wanted to say

Byriel was co, because their fe on who to help him complete the task

“Furtherya”

“Yes” Dongya replied respectfully, “I have already arranged the cabinet, and I have also cleaned your seat”

“I know” Yin Su Shuang spoke a little helplessly, “Do not use bleach to wash …”

“Oh, I thought it would be a little cleaner like this”

“You almost caused me to wash ings!”

“Oh, alright” Dongya nodded regretfully

“Also, Simo”

Si anxiously like a deer caught in headlights, terrified and frenetic

Yin Su Shuang held his forehead, giving out a long sigh, “…You cannot sih our internet website filters…”

Sihtly

She gathered her courage, using all her best to protest using a faint voice, “But… that will… cause a lot of websites to…”

“No” Yin Su Shuang overruled her coldly, “Do not make me receive another notice from the information center…”

Si disbelieving and about to weep

In other classes, the teachers would directly call the demons out to answer questions and press for homework The demons were incredibly unaccustomed to this, but could only obediently obey

As for Feng Ping Lan, ever since finding out the Shadow Acade class: were the teachers before his eyes demons or Summoners? What did they look like in battle state?

When class was over, Su Li Wan ca Lan’s side with a file in hand

“Ping Lan, have you completed your maths homework? I’m not too sure about a few questions, can I refer to your answers?”

“Ah, I forgot to do it!” Feng Ping Lan slapped his face, “Thanks for re me!” He hurriedly pulled out a ferinkled papers from the drawer under his desk

“Then I’ll come to find you next period”

“It’ll be done soon, I’ll bring it to you then”

After Su Li Wan left, Bai Li Rui immediately turned around to question, “Since ere you so friendly with Su Li Wan?”

“We’re all class Ping Lan lowered his head to write as he replied

“Why does she call you Ping Lan?”

“BecauseLan”

“Why does she call you by your given nauys make so much headway!”

“You can also call , Xiao Lan or Xiao Ping Lan”

“It’s too weird for two guys to call each other by nicknames” Bai Li Rui wrinkled his forehead, “Then why does she ask you for holasses, I should look ent from our appearance!”

“You look uy doesn’t look very suy’s ranked first a the Spec Ad students”

“You look like the blue little ie! Also, who do you say is ranked first?”

Conglong pointed at Feng Ping Lan

Bai Li Rui laughed lightly, “You have quite the sense of huuy be a Spec Ad student? He probably can’t even beat the dead last a them—”

“Phew, I’ Lan released a breath

“You guessed the answers, a Lan’s answer sheet

The answers and workings were i Lan had even worked out some questions that he didn’t know the answers to

Bai Li Rui was silent for a few seconds, before handing the worksheets back to Feng Ping Lan

“Using a natural appearance to e with your knowledge to capture your target effortlessly” Bai Li Rui pushed his glasses up, gazing at Feng Ping Lan in respect, “I never thought you were such an experienced love hunter I’ve underestimated you!”

“I’ve only ever hunted for rare ite towards Su Li Wan’s seat

“Thank you!” Su Li Wan accepted the answer sheet, then after glancing around for a while, she lowered her voice to ask, “The weapons for martial arts class, have you prepared them yet?”

“Not yet, I was planning on going to the marketplace to buy them after school finishes”

“The marketplace?” Su Li Wan was astonished

Thinking about it carefully, they didn’t have anythem A normal person would be hard-pressed to acquire bladed weapons and the like

“Can I accompany you there? Perhaps I could be of some help…”

“Of course you can! Thank you!”

Feng Ping Lan was about to return to his seat, but noticed theXian present?”

Su Li Wan nodded her head, her gazetowards the mirror

Feng Ping Lan bent forwards curiously, leaning his head in

Theno different froular mirror

“Where?”

Su Li Wan pointed at the corner of the classroom

At the s facing the corridors, as shoasn’t the ay but the inverted ie of the classroouidly on one of the seats reading an antiquarian book

That little figure only took up a little surface of the narrow ure, Su Li Wan was always staring at that mirror

Feng Ping Lan raised his head, “Does he know that you’re looking at him?”

“He probably doesn’t…” Su Li Wan forced a s Xian would definitely hide and not let me see him”

“Is he always this haughty?”

Su Li Wan shook her head, “He wasn’t like

this when he was my father’s Contract It’s probably because I’m too weak, and he doesn’t want to obey such a weak master”

“He prefers uncle but chooses you to becouy”

“He did not choose me” Su Li Wan smiled bitterly, “It’s because my father passed away that he had to be handed down to me Once the previous contractor has passed away, the Contract will be passed down to the next generation Both sides cannot refuse”

For a Summoner like her that had had her Contract passed down, no matter if it was herself or her Contract, both sides did not have the right to refuse Her fate had been decided for her the moment she had been born, and there was only one path for her to walk on

Feng Ping Lan did not knohat to say, and the ringing bell thawed some of the aardness

“See you after school” Su Li Wan smiled as she spoke

“Metically, as if this would easily shake away that faint frustration present in his heart

After school was over, Feng Ping Lan and Dongya boarded the bus to head to the ht to the Shadow Acadeo there, so that Bai Li Rui wouldn’t try to join in if he saw theether

Classes for Shadow Academy started at six thirty, and they had half an hour to use their time

Once they reached theLan parted ways One was to go to the basic necessities section to stock up on cleaning supplies The detergents, washi+ng powder and dust filter paper were used up pretty often due to Dongya’s diligent housekeeping

The other headed towards the kitchen implements section

“Soht and sharp, and are pretty effective as weapons” Su Li Wan stood under the harsh lights where the knives were displayed, handing a sharp blade to Feng Ping Lan, “For exa fish, you can slice your enemy’s flesh like a piece of meat”

Feng Ping Lan received the blade, and the i sliced off piece by piece appeared in hiselse”

“A waterood choice”

“A waterar!” He selected an expansive cleaver, “How about this? It’s even advertised as antibacterial”

“Kitchen blades used for cutting and scraping have short handles, and their edges are short as well They’re not very suitable as actual weapons”

“Is that so” Feng Ping Lan nodded his head, walking forwards a few steps His eyes lit up, and picked up a frying pan, “How about this? There are even colored designs on them!”

“Itit into a weapon isn’t very feasible”

“What about that? That electronic blender has three different revolutions per ! And there’s even a hello Kitty design on it!” Feng Ping Lan held the test sa the on button Therapidly

“How do you plan to attack your enemy?”

“I was thinking that it could effectively tangle my ene Ping Lan put down the blender, rushi+ng towards the machine “I want this!”

“Can this really become a weapon?” Su Li Wan asked helplessly

“I can place poison in the ice Then as long as it drips into condensed milk, I’m certain that nobody will be able to avoid such a fatal temptation!”

Su Li Wan shtly, “You won’t be able to use it inter coh”

“You have a point For winter, we’ll need so to boil…”

“Let’s go to another section to have a look!” Taking advantage of Feng Ping Lan’s attention not getting caught up by soested, “The hardware section should have plenty of choices”

When they arrived at the hardware section, they unexpectedly bumped into a familiar face

A ponytailed figure stood by the adhesive corner, her gaze fixed on the various hammers placed on the racks next to it

“Class Rep! Class Rep!” Feng Ping Lan yelled as he sprinted towards her

Liu Yi Chen heard the shout, turning her head, and distinct irritation flashed in her eyes as she saw Feng Ping Lan When she saw Su Li Wan behind hihtly astonished

“Class Rep, you came to shop as well!”

Liu Yi Chen couldn’t avoid conversing, and could only reply, “The kennel’s broken, I came here to fix it”

“You keep pets?”

“My fa to create too much interaction

“Wow! That’s really a Lan paused for a while, “Does Yerde live in a kennel?”

Liu Yi Chen sneered, “I wish”

“So Suht that they only exorcised de to spells and whatnot”

“My mom’s a Summoner, but my dad’s a normal human He was the one who opened the shop” Liu Yi Chen replied coldly, then cast a side-glance at the e Lan, “What are you here for?”

“We’re here to buy weapons for tonight’s classes Li Wan’s acco me”

Liu Yi Chen’s gaze swept towards Su Li Wan, who gave a courteous smile in return

Liu Yi Chen wrinkled her brow slightly at that proper and dignified action

She turned and continued gazing at the tools on the rack

“If it’s convenient, would it be possible for Student Liu to suggest a few suitable tools for Ping Lan to use?” Su Li Wan asked politely in a gentle tone, “Student Liu has an outstanding performance in either day school or the Shadow Academy Your recommendation will most certainly be helpful”

“He doesn’t have a foundation in martial arts, so it’s probably best for hi offensive power” Liu Yi Chen spoke indifferently without thinking

“How about this?” Feng Ping Lan picked up a Swiss knife, “It has twenty different functions!”

“But not a single one of them will save your life on the battlefield” Liu Yi Chen turned her head, “Why don’t you look around the kitchen section, wouldn’t choosing a knife be more simple and saves the trouble?”

“We ca Lan doesn’t see knives”

Liu Yi Chen furrowed her eyebrows, “Why?”

“I feel like using knives to cut down people would really hurt” Feng Ping Lan explained seriously

He had previously cut hih it had healed entirely, his palht about it

“That is to protect yourself” Liu Yi Chen crossed her ar dubiously, “Or are you like those hu another for self-defense is a cruel thing to do? Are you so your Contracts to do your dirty work, then fancying yourself a good person to set your mind at ease? What do you think Summoners are? This isn’t a profession that you can play around with”

“Don’t be so harsh, Ping Lan isn’t very clear on Su Lan tactfully, but deep in her heart, there was a trace of acknowledgment for Liu Yi Chen’s words

Feng Ping Lan was always s He was just an outsider that didn’t know anything, yet could not feel the slightest bit of nervousness or caution, that itlooked down upon…

“Oh oh, it’s not like that at all!” Facing the class rep’s aggressive behavior, Feng Ping Lan s to ad through a person’s flesh, hehehe”

He wasn’t as good and honest as Liu Yi Chen said he was When using a blade to forcefully cut down your opponent, the feel the sharp blade break through the skin, the feel of it jabbing into the flesh, would travel through the blade and transfer onto the hand gripping it

That wouldcut himself, as if he could feel the pain as well

“That kind of feeling will really causeLan frowned, “For exa on a blackboard – even if you’re not using your own nails to scrape, it’ll really make you feel uncomfortable!”

This explanation unexpectedly gave rise to Liu Yi Chen and Su Li Wan’s resonance

“I don’t like the wounds created by blades either” Su Li Wan was in favor of this, whispering, “…Using fine thread to bind and coil, that kind of feeling that’s tight and squeezes your opponent is really the best feeling ever…”

“Using a sword to pierce your enemy is too illed” Liu Yi Chen lowered her voice, “It’s definitely not explosive enough to have a shocking effect”

Su Li Wan and Liu Yi Chen paused, glancing at each other

Feng Ping Lan did not notice the exchange between both of the else

“Wow! A nail gun!” Feng Ping Lan raised the staple gun excitedly, “So cool! It can shoot consecutively! It’s too awesome!”

Liu Yi Chen glanced at the staple gun in Feng Ping Lan’s hands, “You have quite a good eye But it’s pneumatic, so it can only be used with an air compressor”

“I see…” Feng Ping Lan put the nail gun back onto the rack with great pity

“Ones that are ed would be ht”

“Is there anything that’s powerful and can be carried around at all times?”

“There is Gunpowder-based nail guns are stronger than pneumatic ones, and it can fix onto concrete and steel plates Ones that are un” Liu Yi Chen h hard boards is extremely powerful But the sturdiest one is definitely still a ha down, as if your own soul is crying out at the same time…”

“Class Rep, there aren’t any gunpowder-based nail guns here”

Liu Yi Chen snapped out of it, “Those kinds of nail guns are comparably expensive, so you’ll need to inquire the store workers for stock If you want to use a nail gun, choose one that’s battery-powered It’ll have a much more formidable power than manually operated ones Re it, or else you won’t be able to immediately fire”

“Class Rep really knows a lot of stuff!” Feng Ping Lan said with reverence, “What can I do to becoreat as Class Rep?”

“Youfahtly helpless

“Is that so” Feng Ping Lan grabbed his head, “Then this won’t beone of my family, hahahahaha!”

“I can see that…”

“But this is counted as ulations?” Su Li Wan asked apprehensively

“He’s so weak anyways,about the rules There’s a pairsession today, Kaido will definitely take this chance to challenge hi that kind of opponent, we should prepare to the fullest”

“I’ll go take a look at other places!” Feng Ping Lan pushed his own cart to circle around the metal hardware section

Su Li Wan and Liu Yi Chen stood there, not walking, nor were they talking The tho did not have anything in common entered a bout of aard silence

Liu Yi Chen cast a sideways glance at Su Li Wan, who returned a smile Liu Yi Chen turned her head away, and continued to pick out her purchases Su Li Wan did notLan to conified stance

Liu Yi Chen placed her things in her cart, and her gaze subconsciously moved towards where Su Li Wan stood

Su

stood

Su Li Wan stood by the racks, looking quietly at the things on it, ar behind her head, the striking red string curling around the slender braid, a fringe neatly covering her forehead, not a single hair out of place

As exquisite as a doll, begging to be pampered

Her entle and dainty, quiet and dignified It hat Yerde had always hoped she would be

It hat she would never be able to be

Su Li Wan aze at that exact moment

Liu Yi Chen knitted her eyebrows,to shrink away froaze Then, Su Li Wan smiled subtly

“What are you s at?”

“I originally thought that Class Rep was the type of cold person that followed the rules to the letter, but you patiently gave hiestured politely, “I apologize for the ”

“No need” Liu Yi Chen turned her head, stating coldly, “I’ badly, it’ll affect the whole class I’ll be the one responsible for guiding him in the end anyway”

“You are very conscientious This is a really extraordinary attribute to have” Su Li Wan looked at the side of Liu Yi Chen’s face, realizing that the ponytail at the back of her neck had loosened had gone askew, then raising a hand to pull the tottering hairband down

“What are you doing?” Liu Yi Chen turned her head to reprimand

“It’s going to fall” Su Li Wan gave the hairband to Liu Yi Chen, pulling out a co, “Here”

Liu Yi Chen hesitated for athe hairband to bind the hair up messily She handed the sharp-ended black comb back to Su Li Wan

“I’ll give this to you”

Liu Yi Chen knitted her eyebrows, “No need”

“Keep it, I have many more” Su Li Wan smiled

Liu Yi Chen stared at her for a h she didn’t really want to accept it, she couldn’t find a reason to decline, so she kept the comb away in her pocket She did not say thanks, because this wasn’t soracefully as usual

“I’ Lan pushed his cart, a foot on it and another pushi+ng it forwards, ruya at the cashi+er!”

Su Li Wan and Liu Yi Chen lowered their gazes to look at the things in the cart, then raising their heads doubtfully

“Are you sure you want these?”

“Other than the nail gun… you want to bring the others to martial arts class?”

“That’s right that’s right! These only suitLan said in satisfaction

Liu Yi Chen looked at Feng Ping Lan, sighing helplessly, “You better shape up”

At 6:25 in the evening, the school compound lit by the sunset was completely silent

The school regulations ritten as stated: all students were to leave the school compound within half an hour, and the classrooms were not open for self-study Exam candidates that wanted to study had to roup studies and discussions, they had tosituated quite a distance fro, and book an empty room there

Feng Ping Lan hadn’t paid inally thought that the school had done this out of worry in case anything happened to students who stayed behind after school, but thinking about it now, they must have done this to coordinate with the Shadow Academy’s classes

Tonight’s Shadow Acadeht before

The first period was set for a class named ‘the development and coordination of multi societies’

He had thought that it was a class focused on career-planning and whatnot, but the lessons were actually teaching them how to create fake identities, credentials, certificates It included not only certificates for domestic areas but also ones for overseas too

The teacher introduced thee of various industries, special tere of the trade, as well as notable individuals, sectors and organizations She also explained how the phone, email, internet community operated many personas to extreme realism

Of course, there were also the lessons on drag and make-up

“There are always serial numbers on international certificates There are also student profiles in various agencies, so it’ll be more secure to directly acquire certificates for your false identity However, it is usually difficult to i certificates instead, duplicating a copy of that person’s certificate Doing so will thus simplify matters and avoid inspection, but you will need to familiarize yourself with the profiles of the person you are disguised as The first option would be useful for a long-term double identity, and the latter option is usually used for a short-term mission No matter which option, you will need to understand the basic knowledge of the certificates and credentials You cannot possess the graduation certificate of a culinary acade knife in your life

“…There are at least two needed phone numbers that you have to carry with you Do not apply for phone nuion, nor use Dual-SIM Standby If it falls into the hands of your ene stark naked in public You’ll be unable to cover your own tracks This goes for the website community as well – it is best if you open one or two accounts and add asin and out of your accounts, so a few nonsensical discussion threads or food pics to increase the sense of reality Posting erotic photos will attract nificant friends, but if this inadvertently attracts thepublic exposure…

“…It’s best for you to choose a hairstyle and color that is oes for your features as well – makeup can transform you into a completely different person of a completely different nationality The more differences, the better”

Feng Ping Lan was stupefied as he listened, even forgetting to jot all that down

“Is this class meant to teach us how to swindle?” He questioned Su Li Wan sitting next to him in a low voice, “Could it be that those kind of phone calls with children crying and then threatening ‘your child is in ht were accidentally switched to being paid in installments’ created by Summoners?”

“It’s not like that” Su Li Wan explained with a forced smile, “Due to the basic requirements of a mission, Summoners will usually have two or three fake identities Other than disguises for a short-terer term”

“Why do you need to do this?”

“For self-preservation Dead uard The more realistic your false identity is, the more you act like another person, the more it will save you at the most critical moment”

“I see, then why don’t you use a spell to do it?”