High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 2876: Chapter 1097: Menstrual Rumors

Old Yao didn’t seem to have any objections to Zheng Qing letting a cat attend class on his behalf.

He even kindly allowed the Gem Cat to answer a few questions.

The magic of the Magical World lies in this.

Even though the owner was lying nearby asleep, a cat on his desk attended class for him, and surprisingly, not many people in the classroom questioned this. At most, they took a few curious glances. Of course, the bigger possibility is everyone thought since a Legendary Wizard had no objections, naturally, no one else would.

In comparison, Xiao Xiao’s curiosity, being the closest to Zheng Qing, exceeded the normal range slightly.

He became increasingly interested in Zheng Qing’s mission last night — a few days ago, Doctor Xiao wouldn’t have paid this much attention to such matters — after the magic spell class, Zheng Qing found another place to continue sleeping, while Xiao Xiao privately met with Xin Fat Man and Zhang Ji Xin.

One acted out of selfishness.

One had professional interest.

And one had simply excessive curiosity.

The three had a simple discussion that made them realize the matter wasn’t so simple, so before lunch, one went to the office building to find Sima, another went to Sacred Will to find Lei Zhe, and another went to the campus newspaper editorial office. A small yet efficient intelligence network spread quickly, gathering a large amount of information within one noon.

Meanwhile, after having slept ’two mornings’ in a row, Zheng Qing finally felt refreshed — he realized today that the Time Converter might not just be used for learning — during lunch, he was cornered by his companions in the restaurant.

”What mission did you execute last night?”

Xin Fat Man snapped his fingers loudly, his eyes glowing as he looked at Zheng Qing, leading with the attack.

Zheng Qing noticed he wore a flamboyant purple gemstone ring on his index finger, a gemstone Zheng Qing also possessed, which Old Yao had awarded the Yuzui Hunting Team as the ’First University Special Contribution Award’ prize at yesterday’s class meeting.

He shook his head.

”Silence Contract.”

The boy raised the spoon in his hand, answered concisely, and then stuffed the spoonful of icy powder into his mouth, savoring the sweet taste of the dessert while gauging his companions’ intentions: ”—Why are you suddenly interested in this?”

The three companions exchanged glances; clearly, Zheng Qing’s answer wasn’t unexpected to them.

”Did something happen in the Silent Forest again?”

This time Xiao Xiao spoke, not answering Zheng Qing’s counter-question, but rather carefully observing Zheng Qing’s expression, speaking slowly: ”Don’t look at me with that surprised expression... The school has long been spreading the rumors. Such things, gossip always spread faster than the school’s official announcements. The school can keep you silent but can’t make everyone who accidentally sees abnormalities shut their mouths, right?”

Zheng Qing thought of the enormous size of the Edge One type and couldn’t help but nod.

Indeed.

If no one saw all the commotion last night, it would be surprising. He reckoned the school wouldn’t care too much about such news, as long as the internal details of the Giant God Soldier weren’t leaked.

”What rumors are there?”

He couldn’t help but feel curious, stuck a fork into a chicken strip, and stuffed it into his mouth: ”—And, where did you get all these rumors from? How come I didn’t know?”

”You’ve been sleeping all morning; what would you know?” Zhang Ji Xin rarely showed disdain towards Zheng Qing.

”You first tell us what you can say.” Xiao Xiao stopped Xin Fat Man from flaunting, raising his chin and gesturing for Zheng Qing to speak first.

The young teaching assistant hesitated for a few seconds.

He glanced around to ensure others were a certain distance away from their corner before speaking very softly: ”We just went to patrol; nothing bad happened.”

This was an ambiguously worded yet content-wise clear answer.

Xiao Xiao frowned.

This was different from what he had imagined. He thought it was those crows causing trouble again — like the previous disappearance of the Horseman Tribe and the hunted Green Dragon.

”The news I got wasn’t as simple as ’nothing bad happened.’”

Zhang Ji Xin used a piece of bread to cover his mouth, speaking quickly and quietly to the heads huddled together as he said: ”—I confirmed it with my brother. He also went on official business to the Silent Forest last night, only he didn’t sign a Silence Contract...”

”Your brother went too?”

Zheng Qing couldn’t help but sigh — he remembered what Korma said last night and finally confirmed it wasn’t just the two Edge One types and twenty teaching assistant team hunters deployed.

”What did you think? The Silent Forest is so big!”

Zhang Ji Xin gave him a curious look and continued: ”My brother said the top eight ranked registered hunting teams in the school received emergency summon orders, but they were all assigned patrol tasks around the campus... While patrolling, he saw not only a patrol team of school workers but also the special team of Trident Sword passing by!”

Seemingly worried about a lack of convincing evidence.

Finally, he added specifically: ”... Everyone knows the Trident Sword’s Cat Mask, right! The school workers’ gray robes are also unique uniforms on the island.”

Xin Fat Man wasn’t concerned about the School Works Committee uniforms or Trident Sword Cat Masks, only about the lack of summons for registered hunting teams: ”—Why didn’t we receive a summon? Yuzui is a registered hunting team too!”

”We ranked ninth in the last school hunt competition...”

”Probably because they think we’re just second-years.”

”Isn’t this blatant discrimination?”

”Whether it’s discrimination or not, let’s discuss that later.” Zheng Qing forcibly shifted the topic, looking at Xin Fat Man: ”—And the editorial office? Did the campus newspaper receive any notifications?”

”—The news at the editorial office is quite mixed; none came via official channels. You know, for such things, the school tends to maintain silence and won’t give us any information.” Xin Fat Man’s face drooped, sighing, then perked up slightly: ”But from some personal channels...”

”So it’s just hearsay?” Zheng Qing immediately understood in his heart.

The Fat Wizard’s face clearly showed a trace of displeasure.

”They’re private channels!” he corrected, dissatisfied, looking at the Hunting Team Leader: ”Anyway, there are several unverified pieces of news that seem more likely — the most probable one is that a high-level demon escaped from the school laboratory...”

”Recurring rumor.” Xiao Xiao commented, because such rumors emerged almost every month, with minor changes in certain elements, the main content could be copied and pasted.

Zheng Qing found it hard not to agree.

Since whenever the school had some accident, the first spread rumors always included this — either a wild demon or a monster from the laboratory — in short, the First University’s laboratory’s safety rating and its reputation seemed mysteriously inversely proportional.