Eiderburgh was found soon enough.
More precisely, Eiderburgh contacted Gutti on his own accord.
When Gutti told Eiderburgh what happened in the cafeteria, Eiderburgh went silent for a second before he took in a deep breath.
"Very well!
2567, you have passed my test.
You are now a member of E Block cafeteria, but … without my permission, you are not allowed to step into the transfer hub! "
Even through the communicator, Gutti could imagine Eiderburgh clenching his teeth.
Kieran, who had expected it, put the last piece of beef into his mouth and asked slowly, "I'm the taste-tester, so if I'm not in the transfer room, where am I?"
Anticipating it didn't mean accepting it.
Kieran was fighting for the last chance for himself.
Unfortunately, Eiderburgh didn't care about Kieran's argument.
"You can go wherever you want!"
But you are not allowed to step into the transfer hub! "
The communicator was cut off after that.
His words sounded angry, but more than that, he was anxious.
Kieran looked at the disconnected communicator, rubbing his chin with his right hand as he fell into deep thought.
"The Index of Eat, eh?"
Eiderburgh answered the communicator after Kieran stepped into the transfer hub.
Eiderburgh thought Kieran wouldn't be able to hear what he said with the thick, soundproof door of the transfer hub as a barrier.
Therefore, he didn't try to cover it up, all he did was lower his voice.
However, for Kieran with his Advance Rank Intuition, as long as he was within a certain range, even if there were several layers of walls between him and Kieran, he could still hear clearly, let alone a single door. Even if the door was more soundproof than several layers of walls, he could still hear it clearly.
However, the thing that concerned him the most was what had actually happened.
One thing worth noting was that the rumor that Lu De ordered his men to spread was also about the Index of Eat, but Kieran did not believe that the two students were so powerful that they could turn a rumor into a truth in just a day and even make the teachers of Theorate take action. If they were really that powerful, Lu De would not have been able to control them.
In simple words, if Lu De didn't run into the Index of Eat out of sheer luck and coincidentally stumbled upon the Index of Eat, it would mean that someone was adding fuel to the fire!
There were too many coincidences in the former, and Kieran would not believe it.
As for the latter?
Kieran narrowed his eyes.
Lude was after the Proper Meal class food in Derton Lab. After Lude was killed by Bloody Mary, the target became Kieran's.
Then, what was the purpose of the person who was adding fuel to the fire?
The question unconsciously appeared in his mind.
It made Kieran realize that he had to go to the library again to find out what kind of item the Index of Eat was.
Kieran spent most of his attention on collecting information yesterday, so he did not find anything about the Index of Eat. The information that Bloody Mary got from Lude was very vague as well, all it knew was that the Index of Eat was a very high level cookbook.
As for more?
Nothing else.
The only thing Lude knew about the Index of Eat was that he overheard Professor Derton talking about it.
"I'll leave this place to you."
Kieran told Gutti beside him before he headed to the cafeteria on the ground.
Gutti could tell that Kieran was going to do something important.
However, she did not ask.
Both of them were not that close.
Besides, what was going to happen next would be a headache for Gutti.
Gutti sighed when she saw the mess of plates and utensils occupying the passageway. She then picked up the communicator.
"Shelly, tell everyone it's settled.
And … "
"Get two men down here."
…
Kieran had no idea how busy Gutti was. He returned to his dorm, took the three books he borrowed, and arrived at E Block library. By the time he arrived, the sky had already turned dark.
The library was still brightly lit, but there were only a few people inside.
The night in Theorate wasn't peaceful.
On the first page of the student handbook, it was clearly stated that students below 4th year were not allowed to roam the streets of Theorate at night.
Last night, Kieran had a taste of the reason for that.
Kieran didn't comment on how Theorate arranged monsters to test the students.
If one chose to be a lone wolf, one must possess the corresponding strength.
If one had no strength but insisted on being special, one would only realize what a wrong decision he had made until the moment of his death.
Kieran flashed his school badge at the library guards. He then walked to the empty service counter and placed the books into the night return basket according to the instructions. He then scanned the basket with his school badge, and when he saw the 'returned' sign on the monitor, Kieran headed to the east section of the first floor.
Last night, Kieran had a general understanding of the arrangement of the books on the first floor of the library. Although the east section was labeled with history, geography, and culture, there were a lot of miscellaneous books, completely different from the specialized books in the South, West, and North sections.
Bookshelf after bookshelf.
Kieran carefully searched from top to bottom.
When he finished checking all the bookshelves, an hour had passed.
In the end, he got nothing.
Shaking his head, Kieran was prepared for this and headed to the second floor.
At the corner of the stairs on the second floor, a glass door blocked Kieran's way.
Unlike the first floor which was open to all students, the second floor of the library required special permission, including but not limited to the First Seat of each year and Student Council members.
Kieran took out his school badge and waved it at the sensor in front of the glass door.
Quietly, the glass door opened to both sides, revealing a passageway big enough for one person to walk through.
Kieran walked through the glass door and headed to the second floor.
Two minutes later, Kieran confirmed that the layout of the second floor was exactly the same as the first floor.
Without any pause, Kieran headed to the east section of the second floor.
Without an index, Kieran had to follow his previous method and search for books related to the Index of Eat. He would pull out a book from time to time and read the table of contents.
Given the circumstances, Kieran couldn't be any faster.
He was even slower than when he was on the first floor.
After all, Kieran had roughly browsed through the books on the first floor last night, so he at least had the relevant memories, but the second floor was a complete stranger to him.
Seconds turned into minutes.
Kieran wasn't anxious at all.
He was as patient and steady as he was at the beginning.
When he was halfway through the bookshelves on the east section of the second floor, he suddenly stopped and turned around, looking at the end of the passageway formed by two layers of bookshelves.
A white, gloomy figure appeared at the end of the passageway.
The figure's long hair hung down, covering its face.
Tssss!
Amid the electric noise, a bright light flashed.
Although it lit up right away, the temporary darkness seemed to have granted the white figure teleportation speed. When the light came back on, the white figure was already in front of the spot where Kieran was supposed to be standing. Its head was tilted to the side, its neck twisted, producing a 'kak, kak' noise.
But …
Kieran wasn't there.
There wasn't the expected scream or shock, all the figure saw was the bookshelves and books.
The sudden turn of events stunned the figure.
Then, the figure heard a question behind it.
"Do you know where the Index of Eat is recorded?"
The voice was calm and steady.
She immediately turned around, looked at the man standing behind her, and let out a low laugh. The laugh was sharp and ear-piercing, as if she had stretched out her fingernails and scratched across a blackboard.
"Do you think I'm pretty?"
Amidst the eerie voice, the long hair that had been covering his face flew backwards, revealing his face.
Swollen and rotten. When Kieran laid his eyes on the face, something similar to a pustule burst open on the figure's face, yellowish-green liquid gushing out.
Kieran looked at the scene without any expression. He repeated his question, "Do you know where the Index of Eat is recorded?"
"Do you think I'm pretty?"
The figure didn't seem to hear what Kieran said, asking again.
More pustules burst open on the figure's face, some of them even crawling with maggots.
Kieran frowned when he didn't get the answer he wanted twice.
Then, he changed his way of asking.
Bang!
Kieran raised his foot and stomped on the figure's face.
The white figure fell heavily to the ground. His already ugly and hideous face, after suffering such a heavy blow, immediately became more and more unrecognizable.
Kieran didn't stop.
Bang Bang Bang!
Kick after kick, kick after kick.
Flesh and blood splattered everywhere, faint sounds came from under Kieran's feet.
"Wait, wait!
I know where the books about the Index of Eat are! "
…
"Scary! This is really scary! "
Standler was flipping through the secret records of Theorate that he bought from a 3rd year student at a high price.
Although Standler tried his best to gather information before he arrived at Theorate, the outside world knew too little about the mysterious Theorate. No matter how hard Standler tried, the information he gathered wasn't enough to deal with the possible troubles he might run into in Theorate.
Therefore, after he officially became a student of Theorate, he spent a lot of effort and money to gather all the information he could.
There were quite a number of people like Standler.
Therefore, a lot of the higher year students would use this opportunity to earn some money.
"What's wrong?"
Maica, who was almost asleep, jumped down from his bunk when he heard Standler's cry, looking vigilant.
As the First Seat's assistants, both of them were assigned to the same room.
Unlike the First Seat's single room, the common students had to share a room with four to six people and shared a common living room and washroom.
The First Seat's assistants were a little better, they could share a room with two people and had their own living room and washroom.
"Look here!
The interrogator in the library! "
Standler quickly passed the notes to Maica, who was woken up.
Maica instantly understood what happened. He looked at Standler in dissatisfaction, but he still took the notebook. After spending two days with Maica, he knew how troublesome Standler was. If he didn't pay him a visit, Standler would be buzzing around his ears like a fly for the whole night.
In order to sleep a little longer, Maica tried to brush Standler off, but after he read the notes, he couldn't help but scoff.
"On Monday nights in E Block Library, there's a high chance that an interrogator will appear on the second floor. It will ask you whether it's beautiful or not (white clothes, black hair covering its face, ugly and ferocious — according to rumors). If you lie to your heart and say that it's beautiful, it will shout that dishonest people shouldn't open their mouths. It will then pull out your tongue and snap it."
But if you say it is ugly, it will say that those who judge a book by its cover don't deserve to speak and pull out your tongue, breaking it. "
"What kind of joke is this?!
"Would you believe such a mystifying record?"
Maica tossed the notes to Standler and jumped up to the upper bunk.
"Why not?
This is Theorate we are talking about!
The legendary Theorate that connects the Mystic State and the real world! "
Standler climbed up and emphasized to Maica, who was lying on the upper bunk.
"That's right!
"I know this is Theorate, the magical, mysterious, and dangerous Theorate!"
But the interrogator is like an urban legend, it's just a rumor spread by people, most of it is just some idiots trying to trick an idiot like you. "
Maica pulled his blanket up and wanted to go back to sleep, but Standler stopped him.
"The interrogator isn't an urban legend, it's written here! The interrogator was originally a kind student, but after an accident in E Block Library, he became an interrogator. Rumor has it that anyone who can 'save' the interrogator will be rewarded handsomely!"
Standler pulled Maica's blanket to emphasize.
"Did the accident happen because the interrogator fell in love with a certain male student, but before she could confess, she was killed by a girl who also liked the boy? And before she died, her face was disfigured? The girl who killed her didn't want to do it at first, so it was just an accident? "
Maica looked at Standler angrily after his blanket was pulled up.
"How did you know?"
Standler flipped through the notes and looked at Maica with a shocked expression.
"This kind of third-rate story, I can come up with 10 in a minute.
"Now forget about that unreliable Interrogator and go to sleep."
Don't forget that tomorrow is our first class! "
Maica rolled his eyes and covered himself with the blanket again.
Standler didn't pull Maica's blanket anymore after he covered himself up. Even he started to doubt the authenticity of the interrogator's existence.
However, it didn't stop Standler from reading the notes. He dimmed the light and leaned back on the bed, reading the notes carefully.
…
On the second floor of E Block Library, under the bright light, the interrogator climbed up from under Kieran's feet. Her long black hair was combed neatly behind her head, her ugly and ferocious face was gone, replaced by an above average face. Coupled with her white dress, she looked gentle and quiet.
"Thank you for saving me. I didn't really want to become an interrogator, it's just that the obsession in my heart made me …"
Bang!
Before the interrogator finished, she was stepped on by Kieran again.
More direct words came from under Kieran's feet.
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