High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 2705: Chapter 926: Alpha Vest and Guards

”Does consciousness determine everything?”

Thomas murmured, yet a ’click’ sounded under his hand, and the small wooden box in front of him finally opened. There was no dazzling treasure as Zheng Qing imagined, nor any enticing wave of magic power.

”—Your idea is indeed unique.”

The owner of the office shook his head with a smile, reached into the box, and took out a pile of gray stuff, then gestured to Zheng Qing: ”Come and try it.”

At that moment, Zheng Qing was just savoring the wonderful taste of the tea. Hearing this, he quickly took another sip, put down the cup, and walked towards the desk.

”What is this?”

”Protective clothing.”

Thomas shook out the gray pile, revealing a plain vest, and explained succinctly: ”You can think of it as armor worn by a wizard... made from mithril, dragon leather, horned silkworm skin, gastrodia elata fiber, gray stone, shells, and other materials. It also has many rune stones carved from moonstone inside. It can not only resist most black magic and curse attacks but also conceal your presence to the greatest extent to prevent you from being discovered during the mission.”

As he spoke, he put the vest on Zheng Qing.

Though it didn’t look big, it was unexpectedly heavy. Zheng Qing shrugged, feeling that the vest was a bit tight on his shoulders.

Perhaps because the original owner of this clothing wasn’t him, he thought.

Then he saw Thomas take out two more pieces of equipment: ”...These are elbow guards and gloves.”

This time, Thomas didn’t help, and Zheng Qing had to spend quite some effort to wear the elbow guards and gloves properly, his brows furrowing even tighter.

”Can I still fight wearing this?” he instinctively remarked.

Besides the vest squeezing his shoulders, the weight of the elbow guards and gloves was also unexpected, making him feel a bit uncomfortable moving around.

Bear in mind, his current physical strength is not something an ordinary wizard could match. Even he found it a bit burdensome, hard to imagine what kind of monster the original owner of this equipment was.

”Who said anything about fighting?”

Thomas seemed a bit puzzled, shaking his head in denial: ”We are on a mission on Buji Island. There’s no need for fighting... observation and analysis are the key points. In this situation, concealment is more important than mobility.”

”Do I need to change boots too?”

Zheng Qing bounced around a bit to get used to the new equipment, feeling somewhat top-heavy and light-footed: ”...Now can you tell me what tonight’s mission is?”

”Don’t ask, you’ll know when you get there.”

Thomas didn’t satisfy the curious new assistant’s curiosity, but he did answer another of his questions: ”Besides, there’s no need for boots, the vest and elbow guards will suffice, along with this cloak and invisibility mask... Did you notify your roommate?”

He abruptly changed the subject.

”Roommate? Xiao Xiao and the others? Why would I notify them?” Zheng Qing took the heavy cloak and was a bit puzzled by Thomas’ last question.

This cloak, no one knows what animal fur was used, felt great to the touch, and once worn, Zheng Qing had a strange sensation of even his breath disappearing.

”Because this mission is very likely to last ten or even dozens of hours, if you don’t go back to sleep at night, won’t your roommates worry? Send them a paper crane.”

Thomas briefly explained, seemingly noticing the new concerns arising within the young man, he immediately added: ”...Relax, it won’t affect your class meeting time tomorrow night.”

As he said this, he pulled at the corners of his mouth, revealing a strange smiling face: ”...Kidnapping you tonight is not within your counselor’s permissible range.”

The counselor of Astronomy Class 08-1 was Old Yao, and to Zheng Qing, Thomas’ teasing seemed a bit helpless.

This was normal.

He didn’t dwell on it further.

He just took out a piece of stationery, quickly wrote a letter, telling the professor he had assistant team duties tonight and didn’t need to keep the dormitory door open, and that he would definitely be back before the class meeting tomorrow, and so on.

Thomas watched as the paper crane wobbled out of the office, and suddenly beckoned, bringing over Zheng Qing’s cup of tea from the coffee table, and reminded: ”Quickly, drink it, the tea has cooled... after drinking accompany me to move something downstairs.”

He pointed at the small wooden box on the table.

Zheng Qing took the teacup, craned his neck to look, and was surprised to see a steep ladder connecting to a small, what seemed like an underground space, where there was something resembling a coffin.

”Just now you...”

”A simple space magic and conversion technique.”

Thomas fiddled with the brass dial next to the lock of the box, and then the basement disappeared before Zheng Qing’s eyes, transforming back into an ordinary box. Thomas then turned the dial back, and the basement reappeared: ”—A very old, yet very practical magic. I remember you took Magic Universe Study as an elective this semester? According to usual practice, the final exam paper might ask you to list the space magic principles used in such boxes.”

Zheng Qing silently noted this down in his heart.

Thomas was the first to crawl into the box.

Zheng Qing watched a living person slowly, little by little, disappear into a small wooden box, his mind suddenly flashing back to magic performances he’d seen before, and he suddenly wondered, how many of those performers really had such a magical little wooden box.

”Hurry up and drink, don’t waste time!”

Thomas’ head was the last to disappear into the opening of the box, reminding the dazed new assistant.

Zheng Qing hurriedly drained his teacup in one go, soothing his dry throat, then put down the teacup and hastily followed behind Thomas, crawling into the box.

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”...Position two reporting, target has entered the office building.”

”...Position three reporting, no risk factors detected near the office building. The Protect Legal Formation indicates thirty-one wizards within a five hundred meter radius, all identities currently being verified.”

”...Position two reporting, target has entered the third floor of the office building... entered Thomas’ office. The assistant’s office has anti-peeping magic, only able to determine that there are two wizards active in the office.”

”...Position three reporting, the identities of the thirty-one wizards have been effectively verified, no risk factors found... the Protect Legal Formation feedback indicates no risk factors found on the second and fourth floors of the office building... Captain, do we really need to monitor such a large area with just three of us?”

Qian Doudou listened to the complaints in his earpiece, his expression slightly darkened: ”No nonsense. Most of your work is undertaken by the school’s Protect Legal Formation, you only need to report the inspection scope and feedback to me, is it that tiring? If you have other opinions on this mission, you can submit a resignation request to me after the shift.”

The third guard instantly turned into a quail.

He was just venting a little due to his good relationship with the captain, showing his presence occasionally in front of another witch, not actually thinking of leaving this well-paid job, let alone it was said to be directly issued by the vice principal’s office, even without pay, there was a crowd of people fighting over it.

”Wait! Target disappeared! Target disappeared!”

The voice of the third witch suddenly became urgent, interrupting the small friction within the guard team: ”Both life signatures in Thomas’ office have disappeared one after the other! Should we take emergency measures immediately! Repeat, should we take emergency measures immediately!”