After school, students trickled out of the school one after another.
Rosen, accompanied by Riko Amanai and Kento Nanami, stood in front of the middle school gate.
"Judging by the feng shui of this school, it is a Prison Lock Formation."
"Teacher, what is a Prison Lock Formation?"
"Look at the layout of this school; it is in a loop shape, surrounded by camphor trees. Camphor trees are cold by nature, preventing sunlight from reaching the center, which causes Yin Qi to gather and linger. Such places are most prone to breeding Cursed Spirits."
Rosen didn't know the first thing about feng shui, but that didn't stop him from critiquing the school's layout.
Riko Amanai and Kento Nanami, however, both felt it made sense.
Because Rosen was powerful, they felt that whatever he said was correct.
At this moment, most of the students had already left the school, and Yuta Okkotsu was cleaning the hallway with Rika Orimoto.
"Yuta, shall we go to that ramen shop around the corner later?"
"Okay." A pure, youthful smile hung on Yuta Okkotsu's face.
Knock, knock, knock— A burst of footsteps approached, sounding exceptionally loud in the empty hallway.
The young couple looked up, but saw no one walking in the hallway.
Neither of them paid it much mind. Rika Orimoto chuckled and said, "Yuta, do you know about our school's urban legend?"
Yuta Okkotsu looked up, gazing at Rika Orimoto with a hint of curiosity.
"I don't know when it started, but a campus legend has been circulating in our school about the 'Non-Existent Class 7'," Rika Orimoto said. "Every time school lets out, shadows emerge from the non-existent classroom and wander through the school. Any students who linger are taken to the non-existent classroom and become one of the shadows in that room."
Yuta Okkotsu frowned slightly, because there was a shadow behind Rika Orimoto.
It wasn't strange to have a shadow, but that shadow was slowly extending from Rika Orimoto's feet onto the wall.
"Rika." Yuta Okkotsu suddenly reached out and grabbed Rika Orimoto.
"Huh?" Rika Orimoto immediately became shy.
Just then, the shadow behind Rika Orimoto suddenly detached from the wall and reached out a hand to choke the back of her neck.
Yuta Okkotsu's expression changed slightly, and he pulled Rika Orimoto behind him.
"What's wrong?" Rika Orimoto looked at Yuta Okkotsu, confused.
Before Rika Orimoto could finish speaking, the shadow behind her had already grabbed her arm.
Rika Orimoto looked back and saw the dark shadow that had grabbed her.
"Ahhh..."
Yuta Okkotsu pulled Rika Orimoto hard and started running.
Just then, one dark shadow after another emerged from the walls, and they began to chase Yuta Okkotsu and Rika Orimoto.
Gradually, the dark shadows behind them were like a tide.
Dark shadows also appeared in front of them, blocking them in the hallway.
The two tried to struggle and call for help, but they were quickly swallowed by the dark shadows.
The shadows tore at their shadows, and their bodies suffered the same pain.
Suddenly, a figure appeared against the sunset outside the hallway window.
Yuta Okkotsu and Rika Orimoto stared blankly at the figure.
The figure stood against the sunset, pointing a finger at the hallway.
Cursed Technique: Annihilation!
A beam of black light erupted from the figure's finger, punching straight through the outer wall of the hallway. A two-meter-high circular hole appeared on the outer wall, and the black light passed straight through, striking the inner wall and leaving another circular hole.
This black light not only pierced through the entire teaching building but also struck all the dark shadows along its path, causing over a dozen of them to vanish into nothingness.
Riko Amanai flashed and jumped into the hallway through the hole.
The remaining shadows saw this and immediately targeted Riko Amanai as well.
Kento Nanami followed closely behind, jumping into the hallway. The cloth in his hand transformed into a blade, and he slashed left and right, destroying all the shadows.
Yuta Okkotsu and Rika Orimoto were stunned.
Before today, they had always lived in the World of ordinary people.
Until today, they finally realized the extraordinary nature of this World.
A large number of dark shadows appeared in the hallway on both sides again.
Riko Amanai and Kento Nanami immediately split to the left and right to clear the shadows.
But after they cleared one wave, a second wave would appear quickly, again and again; the dark shadows seemed endless.
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