92 Who is the Ghos (2/2)

[Fu*k, if I got caught, I'll probably be lectured!]

When did the guard start doing the job of the school director? [This is ridiculous.] It was rumored that the guard in the front gate had a bad tempered. Even though Jiang Chen had a faint feeling that even if he did anger him, he wouldn’t beat him up, he was irrationally frightened nonetheless. Thus, he didn't think before running away.

[Wooo... whatever, it's better not to be caught or else I would have to go to the office and explain.]

[Eh?] Jiang Chen was about to go down from the other end of the library when he found an opened activity room. The door wasn't locked.

Normally, these barely used activity rooms would be locked. Only when the directors came to audit would the school create some odd temporary clubs to deal with the inspection. However, the door of this activity room was actually open.

Jiang Chen stood in front of the door and for some reason felt a strong dj vu. [I haven't been here before, but this place feels important. And I think I have seen this place somewhere else.]

The sudden deafening roar of the guard echoed down the hallway and almost scared him to death.

”Fu*k, don't shout in the library. There was not enough time as Jiang Chen hid into the activity room, closed the door and locked it up. He leaned his body against the wall as held his breathe, while listening quietly to the movements outside the door.

The footsteps did not come, surrounded by frightening silent as though the roar had never happened in the first place. In the silence, Jiang Chen heard his own rapid heartbeat. He let out a breath slowly as he moved away unhurriedly from the door and took out the terminal from his pocket.

It's already this time. Looking at the distinct number in the holographic screen, Jiang Chen gave a wry smile. Physics class was about to end. There was still no noise from outside the door, but Jiang Chen couldn’t muster enough courage to step outside. After debating for a while, he left the door reluctantly. He was still a little scared; however, there’s no use in going now since class was ending soon.

A flat air conditioner hung in the corner of room, which was probably the most expensive device in the entire room. The interior looked very spacious with only a table and a chair. With the window sealed and being in the midst of summer, the temperature was tolerable outside the room, but felt like a furnace inside.

Jiang Chen walked to the edge of the window and pressed the button to open it, but it wouldn't budge. ”Is it broken?” Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows as he surveyed the thick layer of dust on the window sill. It seemed like there hadn’t been anyone here in a while, and there wasn’t any sign of wind. He then gave up on opening the window and walked in front of the desk as he picked up a USB-shaped device at the corner of the table.

”Activity room management access right seems to be... used like this?” Jiang Chen inserted the USB into the terminal and selected to open the air conditioner.

All equipment in the school could be operated through the terminal, but it required an access right prior to using it. The access right could be granted through wireless connection, but some special room must be accessed through a physical device.

For example, the electronic key at the corner of the table, when connected to the terminal, the user's ID would be registered on the ”whitelist”, and then the user would be able to turn on the air conditioner through the terminal.

Fortunately, the air conditioner was functional. A gust of cool air blasted through as Jiang Chen let out pleasant sigh. [I'll wait until the class is over before leaving. That guard would probably be gone by then.]

The only thing that bothered him was that he remembered that the guard should have access to all rooms. ”Maybe he was too lazy to look for me by searching every room. Which dumba*s would be that bored...”

Since he already decided to skip class, there was nothing to do outside, so he pulled out the chair under the table and sat on top as enjoyed the refreshing cold air. [Ah, it's too hot outside, I really don't want to go out.]

Jiang Chen, who was bored out of his mind sitting on the bench, suddenly realized something was off. He abruptly stood up and patted his behind.

”No dust?” Jiang Chen was stupefied, then he touched the table. There was also no dust… [This doesn’t make sense. Has anyone been here lately?]

When he thought about it, he had a strange desire to explore since he had nothing better to do. He then opened the terminal and used access right to view the user record.

<User in the past three months. Total result: 1 person. ID: Jiang Chen>

”I've been the only person here for the past three months?” troubled by the words on the screen, he then extended the search to one year. Same result.

”No one had used the activity room even when there was a celebration?” Jiang Chen tried to search for the memory in his head as he recalled the school's annual celebration in first semester of grade 10. The directors at that time visited the school, and Wanghai Sixth High School did create some club events.

[I remember that they used the activity rooms in the library… I also seem to have been an ”actor”.] Jiang Chen could not think of an answer as his finger continued to scroll through the screen. This time he extended the search criterion to 55 years which was the maximum searchable time query.

However...

<User in the past 55 years. Total result: 1 person. ID: Jiang Chen>

Translator's Thoughts

_Min_

With regards to all the confusions happening in the recent chapters, I pushed the release schedule ahead. Enjoy.