In an instant, there was a sudden dead silence.
In the long silence, Huai Shi finally realized what he had said.
Immediately, he froze in place and fell into shock.
He was really trying hard to be shocked, or at least to show that he was really shocked. But when he turned around, he saw a smiling face. He was behind him, staring at him.
And beside him, there were countless beastly eyes.
It was a terrifying scale that was incomparable to all the types and numbers of beasts that Huai Shi knew. Countless beasts were hidden in the shadows, forming a tide that suddenly erupted and covered everything.
And in the sea of tigers and wolves, in the mountains, and in the bushes, there was an old man in a black suit. His white hair reached his waist, and he held a cane in his hand. He was carefully studying Huai Shi's appearance and smiling.
"Why are you so surprised, Huai Shi?"
The principal, who finally revealed his true appearance, asked softly. "Really … isn't it on you?"
So, hundreds of millions of beasts lowered their eyes and looked at Huai Shi with all the ferocity in the world.
Huai Shi was shocked.
This time, his shock was finally real.
His mind was empty, and there was only a buzzing sound. As the biggest secret in his heart was revealed, his vision suddenly turned black, and he almost couldn't stand still.
He couldn't breathe.
He opened his mouth with difficulty and wanted to speak in the midst of the countless beasts, but countless thoughts emerged in his mind, mixed together with fear, panic, and shock, and it was a mess.
He could only subconsciously ask in astonishment.
"— Old bastard, what are you talking about!"
…
Just like that, after holding it in for a month, Huai Shi finally called him an old bastard.
Even though it was at the most inappropriate time.
But after calling him an old bastard, Huai Shi felt incredibly refreshed and calmed down again.
In the silence, the phantoms of countless beasts had disappeared at some point.
Only the two of them looked at each other.
The principal looked at Huai Shi's face in confusion, as if he was uncertain.
"… Hmm? Did I make a mistake? "
He stared blankly for a long time, then smiled embarrassedly. "Sorry, look at your pale face."
Huai Shi was silent for a long time. His face twitched, but in the end, he breathed a sigh of relief. "Don't make this kind of joke, Principal. It will scare people to death."
"No, I'm not going to open it."
The principal smiled warmly again and patted his shoulder. "Let's put down the knife first."
It was as if he saw the sacrificial knife silently appear in Huai Shi's right hand behind his back.
He scratched his white hair and asked curiously, "What's the matter?
"And why did you call me an old bastard?"
Huai Shi: "…"
The principal was speechless.
An awkward silence ensued again.
After a long time, Huai Shi coughed twice and asked, "Can we change the topic?"
"…"
After a brief silence, the principal could not help but shake his head and tap his cane on the ground.
In an instant, the sofa that had just been sent back to Huai Shi's home returned here again, appearing behind Huai Shi's butt.
It even brought the tea on the table along with it.
"Alright, sit down first, have a sip of tea, and talk slowly."
The old man shook his head helplessly and sat down first. He picked up his teacup and took a sip. He could not help but sigh. "If you ask me, young people are so easily frightened. Back then, when the ideal country was in chaos, someone told me that half of the people had fallen into the abyss. I didn't even raise my eyebrows. The quality of this generation's guardians is really not very good."
Even if he had already sat down, even if the principal had not suddenly strangled him to death, Huai Shi was still extremely nervous.
He did not know where he had exposed himself.
He did not know where Crow had died to now, and why he had not taken him away.
He could only try his best to stall for time.
"… How did you know?"
The principal was still calm. He just glanced at him and shook his head. "If before this, the only person in the world who knew that the Book of Destiny here was a fake couldn't guess the abnormality that happened to you, then there must be something wrong with this world."
Huai Shi was silent.
"You guessed right. The Book of Destiny here is fake."
The principal turned back and glanced at the illusory projection in the countless arrays behind him. He waved his hand slightly, and the outline disappeared without a trace. "A few decades ago, when the Kingdom of Heaven fell, I did not find the shadow of the Book of Destiny … From then on, I made a fake one and placed it here, telling everyone that the Book of Destiny was in the collection of the Ivory Tower and was very safe."
He sighed softly. "From then on, I have been looking for the Book of Destiny, Huai Shi."
"How did you find me?" Huai Shi asked.
"It's not difficult. In fact, as long as you have the goal of 'where is the Book of Destiny', it's very simple and unexpected. It's like waiting for a rabbit to fall into a tree stump."
The principal smiled and looked at the young man in front of him. "About a year ago, I felt the existence of the Book of Destiny for the first time. At that time, the feedback was very short, only for an instant."
A year ago.
Huai Shi frowned. That seemed … to be the time when he had ascended?
"At that time, on that day, in those two hours, a total of 97,041 noteworthy things happened in the world.
Among them was Green Sun's attack on Xinhai, and the person who awakened his soul was an unknown young man. "
The principal put down his teacup and stared at the young man in front of him with a serious expression. "From that day onwards, your life became completely different, wasn't it?"
"…"
After a short silence, Huai Shi shook his head and could not help but sigh.
"It was even earlier than that."
This time, it was the principal who was stunned. He was silent for a long time.
"What's wrong?" Huai Shi did not understand.
"No, I just realized it now."
On the sofa, the old man suddenly leaned back as if he was relieved. He scratched his white hair and finally confirmed this reality.
"So the Book of Destiny is really with you."
The corners of Huai Shi's eyes twitched crazily. He suppressed his anger and glared at him.
"… So you were just tricking me before!"
"Isn't that possible?" “
The principal smiled proudly. "I just wanted to try … just to try …"
"…"
Huai Shi shut his mouth. He finally understood the gap between him and the old bastard in front of him. He did not intend to say anything after that.
Let him be strong, I'm happy anyway.
After all, Crow is still hiding in the basement. As long as he notices something is wrong, he can immediately bring me … Wait, don't tell me I was sold by her?
Huai Shi was shocked again, and his heart was cold.
This black-hearted woman is finally going to harm me!
"Don't be afraid, this is the real core of the Ivory Tower." The principal seemed to have misunderstood something and comforted him. "Whether it's the Directorate of Jurisdiction or the Continuation Academy, the Great Arcana cannot detect what happened here —"
He paused, and his expression became strange. "In other words, no matter what happens, the outside will not know."
"So?"
Huai Shi indifferently pulled out the Sword of Virtue, placed it on his knees, and straightened his body. "Principal, do you think I will give up resisting?"
"Give up, Huai Shi."
The old man shook his head. "Without that gun, you have no chance of winning."
"Even if it's a deathbed struggle, it's still better than waiting for death, isn't it?"
Huai Shi coldly retorted, "Principal, bring it on. Let's see if I'll give up without a fight. Before I die, let me understand the difference between myself and a veteran Tier 5 Sublimator, so that I can die with dignity."
"That's why it's really bad for young people to have the habit of fighting and killing."
The principal sighed helplessly and raised his hand. The scepter in his hand turned into a fat cat that jumped into his arms and purred as he scratched it.
"I was hoping that we could be honest with each other after you came here.
I'm already a hundred and twelve years old, Huai Shi. Among the survivors of the Utopia, the youngest who could survive until now is over ninety years old.
For people like us, even if we obtain the Book of Destiny, what can we do? A devastated Utopia, an empty paradise, a broken book that can't give me anything other than a meaningless identity?
It chose you, Huai Shi, so it's yours. Just like how we never wanted to take away Orton's legacy, you don't have to worry about what I will do to you.
Otherwise, I wouldn't have brought you here. There are countless places in the Ivory Tower that are more suitable for killing and hiding corpses than here, and there are also countless excuses for your disappearance. "
Huai Shi was amused. "So, now that I'm lying on the chopping block and not killed, I should be grateful to you, principal? You used 50 graduation certificates to force me here, just to tell me this? "
"Very well, Huai Shi. I can feel that you are starting to be honest."
The principal looked up and studied his cold face, and could not help but smile. "I'm starting to recognize the real you, just as you have seen the real me."
"Nice to meet you, Huai Shi," he said.
"I'm the principal of the Ivory Tower, and I was once a scribe in Paradise. Before Paradise fell, I was one of the candidates for the Book of Destiny."
The old man with waist-length white hair introduced himself and reached out his right hand to Huai Shi.
"My name is Russell."
Huai Shi looked at his serious face in shock, and then looked at the hand in front of him. After hesitating for a long time, he reached out and shook it.
Then, he heard a snap.
He felt his vision go black.
It was as if he had touched a high-voltage electric switch.
His body twitched on the sofa involuntarily. His hair was charred black by the electricity, and he could not move.
After a long time, Huai Shi finally reacted. He gasped in a daze and looked up at the old man with a nasty smile.
"You don't think I've forgotten that you called me an old bastard, do you?"
In front of him, Russell hugged the cat and glanced at him from the corner of his eyes. "This is the first lesson I taught you as your teacher, kid."
He paused for a moment and revealed a gloating smile.
"The leader lied to you when he said he wasn't angry."
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