522 Chapter 522: Scheming in the Shadows (2/2)
”Of course they wouldn't.” Rossetti snorted. ”Xu Wu Cheng a vampire? Are you serious? And Nan Gong Ji Yan is pretty famous throughout the school, you know? She's like, super popular! Do you think anyone will believe you if you tell them that she's a servant to vampires?”
”She's not that kind of girl,” Miura agreed. She shrugged when I turned to her. ”Sorry, Richard, but as much as I like you, I know Ji Yan for a lot longer. It's simply unbelievable that she will do something like that.”
Despite her flaws, Ji Yan was quite the sociable person. Everyone had bought into her nice girl image. She had been building up that façade for so long that everyone's impression that she was a good person had taken root strongly in their psyches.
”But what if there's a chance that Richard is telling the truth? That Ji Yan really betrayed everyone in the school and vampires are about to attack the school?”
”Not you too, Kufa…” Rossetti was burying her face in her palm. ”Are you seriously buying into tis nonsense? Ji Yan isn't that kind of person.”
”Perhaps, but what if that's what she wanted us to think, and she has been fooling us all this while?” Kufa raised a finger. ”And don't forget, we have the Holy Supper tonight. All high school students are supposed to stay back in school for tonight, to attend the Holy Supper at nine, a couple of hours after sunset. This is too much of a coincidence, don't you think? What if vampires really intend to attack us at this time?”
Both Rossetti and Miura exchanged uncomfortable glances.
”I'm not asking you guys to go attack Ji Yan and Xu Wu Cheng right now,” I told them. ”I know it's difficult to believe, and it achieves nothing right now. But if there really is a vampire assault coming, we need to take precautions. What's the worst that can happen? If nobody attacks, we don't have to fight. At most, people will just laugh at us for being paranoid. No one gets hurt. But if I am correct, the vampires will come and slaughter all of us!”
”That's…” Rossetti trailed off.
”Please! At the very least, take precautions! We need to be ready! Be on a war footing!”
”I'm with Richard on this.” Kufa nodded and placed a hand on the hilt of his katana. ”It's better to be ready and have nothing happen than be caught with our pants down when the attack really happens.”
”Well, if you put it that way…” Miura sighed.
”But what should we do?” Rossetti asked, frowning. ”Both Kureha and Eliza aren't around. They are away on a mission. That's a significant portion of our fighting strength gone right there.”
”In return, we have Richard right here.” Kufa grinned and placed a hand on my shoulder. ”Don't forget that he's the one who defeated both of them, as well as Miura and me.”
”That's true,” Rossetti admitted. ”And there's also Headmistress Taylor and the teachers. If worst comes to worst, I'm sure they will do something about it.”
”Headmistress Taylor?” I asked with an arched eyebrow. ”How powerful is she?”
”Oh…she's the most powerful headmistress in the history of Saint Teresa Academy.” Kufa's grin grew. ”If you turn out to be right, you might get the chance to see her fight. And then you will see why.”
”I look forward to it.” I prayed that Teresa Taylor wouldn't get caught off guard and ended up slain before she had the chance to display her power. But the three Saint Teresa Academy students before me seemed to know something about her that I didn't. They held absolute confidence in her.
”So how do we do this?” Miura asked, folding her arms. ”Even if the three of us believe you, I doubt we'll be able to rope the others to our side. What can the four of us do on our own?”
”Yeah,” I conceded the point bitterly. ”But I do know that they will attack from the north. That was where Ji Yan sabotaged the silver crosses…”
I trailed off when I caught sight of Rossetti and Miura's stares. Sighing, I shook my head.
”Look, I know you don't believe me, but I saw what I saw and heard what I heard. I even have the recordings.”
”Yeah, we saw.” Kufa waved my words away. Earlier, I had shown them the video recording on my glasses, but the girls didn't believe their eyes.
”It had to be doctored!” Rossetti had exclaimed. I guess there was no convincing her, at least not now.
”Okay, whatever the case, the vampires will attack from the north, right? So we should be on a lookout for them there.”
”We'll believe you for now.” Miura sighed. ”Before the Holy Supper, we'll just meet up in the north and then sound the warning when the vampires show up. If what you say is true, even the school staff can't deny the reality of a horde of bloodthirsty monsters scrabbling at our gates.”
”How ironic that the Holy Supper might potentially end up being a night of slaughter.” Kufa shook his head as he said ominously. ”I pray that you're wrong, Richard, because…if you're right, we may find it difficult to escape death tonight.”
”I know,” I replied quietly. ”Believe me, I wish I am wrong. But this way…at least the four of us will have a chance of survival.”
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