The ringing of the bell in the morning symbolizes the arrival of a stressful day.
Monthly exam.
Lu Ning sat honestly in the examination room, took out her stationery, and put her schoolbag in the front of the classroom like everyone else, waiting for the first exam in the morning.
Schools are not prepared to take up too much time for small exams like the monthly exam, and they will complete all six courses in one day. Lu Ning knew that as long as she participated in this exam, her mission would be completed, that is, she would play her role as a student to the end.
The examination rooms were numbered according to their scores, and Lu Ning could still see a few acquaintances from the same class in this classroom. Seeing the clock slowly approaching eight o'clock, two teachers I had never seen before walked into the classroom.
"Hello, classmates." The male teacher said to the students in the classroom with a somewhat stiff accent, "My name is Kashiwagi Kazuki, and I just came to school today."
"Are you among those external teachers?" a student asked immediately.
"Yes, this is my colleague, Honggu Ling. After today's invigilation of the exam, I will also give you lessons later. This is our first meeting. Please take care of me."
After finishing speaking, Kashiwagi Kazuki bowed slightly. His attitude was very humble, and with his somewhat handsome appearance, he was immediately welcomed by the students.
Lu Ning applauded in response while looking at these two people.
She already knew that Kashiwagi Kazuki was a tourist, but the identity of Nijigaya Suzu next to her was still unknown. Lu Ning's eyes only glanced at the two of them, but they didn't stay for too long, so they didn't attract much attention.
The exam time always passed very quickly, and it didn't take Lu Ning too long to complete the test paper. However, it was quite energy-consuming to take the exams one by one. She also needed to allocate some energy to be wary of possible accidents, but just As a result, nothing unexpected happened.
Except for a few people in other examination rooms who were caught cheating and stood outside the building shouting curses.
After the last combined biochemistry test paper ended, it was already close to 5:30 in the evening. Lu Ning stretched his back that was sore from sitting. When he was about to walk to the front to get his schoolbag, the classroom projector suddenly lit up. .
Kashiwagi Kazuki and Nijigaya Suzuya, who had just put away the test papers, were stunned for a moment. They raised their hands to signal the students to return to their original positions and wait for the images to appear on the projection.
[Notice to all citizens. 】
With a burst of snowflakes, a large letter "C" made of purple and silver alternately appeared on the screen, and a cold mechanical sound also came out from the speaker.
[The Sabbath is approaching. As a rare festival in this city, city celebrations will be open on the Sabbath and the day after, that is, this weekend. 】
Lu Ning didn't think anything of it, but many students showed excited expressions.
[Like previous Sabbaths, the main activity of this year's Sabbath is still the "inheritance of evil scriptures". In the past year, the total number of "evil scriptures" collected reached 143, which has reached the highest peak in recent years and is also Benefits provided to all residents of the City. 】
"Awesome! I must get one this year!" A boy couldn't help shouting.
[For the residents who are participating in the festival for the first time, we hereby announce the activity guidelines within the celebration. Please be sure to abide by them. Violators will be banned until the end of the event. 】
After the voice said this, the projection immediately turned into rolling subtitles.
[First, all evil books can be inherited, but each person can only inherit one piece, and there is no limit on the number of possessions. The event takes place on the Sabbath, from 0am on April 15th to 11:55pm on April 16th. All bad books will be recovered after the expiration date, including all those held but not inherited.
Second, evil books are randomly scattered in the city, and whoever gets them first is the first holder. You can obtain other people's bad books through fraud, exchange, theft, etc., but violence such as murder and robbery is prohibited.
Third, those who inherit the evil code must report to the six district government agencies at any time throughout the day on Monday the next day after the event.
Fourth, people with abilities are not allowed to participate in this activity, and other activities are specially sent to private contact information.
Fifth, there are no bad laws in the Area 1 Research Institute. Those who approach in the name of activities will still be warned and shot.
Sixth, non-residents of this city can participate in this event, but they can only become holders and not heirs.
Happy holidays to all of you. 】
When this text was read out, the students were not so excited, as it seemed to be a common sight.
Inheritance of bad laws?
Lu Ning immediately thought that this was an opportunity to gain super powers.
It stipulates that people with abilities cannot participate, and it seems more like giving superpowers to ordinary people, but the number is really quite a lot. If such an event is held every year, then the city will soon be full of superpowers?
After school, Lu Ning went directly to Han Qing and asked her this question.
"I even forgot that you transferred here from outside. Well...that's it." Han Qing immediately explained to Lu Ning.
"Evil books are actually criminal diaries, special props and the like of some murderers. You know this kind of thing is particularly popular among students. Those specially selected by the city are all very representative and brutal characters. If you learn some of their With this ability, I can almost walk sideways in the city."
"Really? How do you inherit it?"
"Well……"
This question made Han Qing stuck.
"I haven't seen it, so I don't know."
"No way? Hasn't this activity been held for many years?"
"Because it's very difficult to find, and those who find it are hiding it. I also heard about it from others." Han Qing puffed his lips, "In the end, I don't know what this is exactly, there are mostly rumors. Some people specifically went to District 6 to squat, but they didn’t find any suspicious people.”
"Then how are you sure this is true?"
"Because some people came out many years later and said that they were successful because of the evil scriptures. It was not just one person, there were about twenty or thirty people? In short, many of them have gone to other places to develop. It is impossible for the city to blackmail them into telling lies. That’s it.”
"oh?"
Lu Ning raised her eyebrows, which reminded her of someone.
"So you're actually not sure what the so-called evil code is?"
"Hehe..." Han Qing started to pretend to be stupid, and then said, "There is also talk about the ability of some killers with special abilities, but this one is a bit..."
"Do you also know about special powers?"
Han Qing nodded.
"Although I have never seen it before, abilities are not a secret in the city. I have seen some people around me who have some special powers. For example, they can change the color of their hair by themselves, and they can see clearly at night. Like this. The appearance rate of abilities here seems to be higher than that in the outside world, and it is still possible even after the optimal age. Otherwise, why would people from outside like to run here? "
You can just avoid the guilt anywhere, but for many evil people, if you hide somewhere for the rest of your life, the difference is not particularly big.
If they can gain superpowers in Vice City, then they can be above the enforcers of the law to a certain extent - this is what most people think.
"I understand, thank you for explaining."
"What's our relationship? But this time the number is indeed the largest. Our whole family will definitely go out to look for evil books on Saturday. What about you?"
"It depends on the situation, I have something to do." Lu Ning did not refuse, "Also, do you know what is going on at the District 1 Research Institute? It didn't participate in this event?"
"The research institute is just a bunch of freaks. But they are indeed very capable. It is not impossible to achieve effects similar to superpowers through technology." Han Qing really knows everything about everything. "My dad knows a few researchers. , if you want to go directly to work as an intern after graduating from high school, I can help you ask."
"Please." Lu Ning smiled at her and said, "I'll treat you to dinner another day."
"Easy to say, easy to say."
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Under the setting sun, Lu Ning took the car back to her house in the villa area.
The house had been cleaned, and the corpses and blood stains had been swept away, but the table cut into two parts and the remains of dishes on the floor were still there, and even started to emit a rotten smell.
It's not considered safe here, but Lu Ning can't live outside every day.
She tidied up the kitchen a little, and then she realized that there was no food in the refrigerator, and today's dinner was not there yet.
"...Let's order takeout."
Lu Ning remembered that she had picked up some takeaway flyers when she was shopping before, so she went to the bedroom upstairs to dig out and find a random restaurant.
But just as she walked up the stairs, she suddenly felt like there was someone upstairs.
It was not very practical, but Lu Ning was still very vigilant and took out the money and stepped onto the last step.
It was dimly lit upstairs, and I could barely see because of the light from below.
"It seems you have noticed my presence."
Lu Ning turned her head at the stairs and saw a figure sitting on a chair at the end of the corridor. It was a woman, and at the feet of this figure was Jumonmono Yana, who was kneeling - the silver moon pattern embroidery on her body was actually luminous.
"When we first met, you were..."
"I am the 'opener.'" The woman lifted her hair slightly. Her face could not be seen clearly in the dark, but it was too unclear.
"Are you a tourist too? Why do you want to find me?"
"I heard what Ye Nai said about you, so I came to find you. Cheng Yurun mentioned you to me and praised you quite a lot. I don't know whether he favored you because of some kinship or because of some kind of relationship. How, but I’ll have to actually come and see it before I can decide.”
"So, have you seen it now?"
"Hmph, you must have met other 'special tourists', right?" The "door opener" smiled softly, "You have a power that does not belong to you. It seems that the person who gave you this power does not understand it either. What advantages do other special tourists have?”
"What do you want to say?"
"You were deceived. No matter what the other party said to you, they must have concealed some facts... quite important facts."
"I think this is the axiom of secret scenes." Lu Ning said.
"But pursuing the truth is the right that each of us should have...and I can tell you something you definitely don't know now to prove that the other party is deceiving." The other party raised his hand slightly, and Jumonji immediately picked it up from the ground. Something was handed into her hands.
The hand of the "opener" shook, and the thing unfolded. It was a very long scroll. The scroll fell on the ground and then rolled in front of Lu Ning, unfolding a picture scroll.
"The establishment and inheritance of this city comes from the 'source of evil'. The overall background is the ten sefirot of the reverse Kabbalah. I think this is no secret to you. The ten blocks correspond to the ten evils. , each block has a manager who truly controls the source of evil, and these people constitute the 'Heaven Council'."
"Indeed, I already know this through investigation and speculation."
"So, the ten members of the Council are not set in stone, you know?"
The person who opened the door stretched out a finger, and a line of scarlet traces appeared on the scroll, forming a tree like a genealogy in the painting.
"Every member of the Heavenly Kingdom Council faces a situation where their identity is exposed and faced with challenges. The source of evil has given them nearly infinite energy, but it cannot change the nature of their own abilities. Therefore, these people still have the ability to restrain themselves. With the ability to defeat the possibility, filtered in this way, the positions of many council members have gone through several changes..."
"But isn't this a contradiction? Today I just learned that the Seventh-day Adventist Church carries out evil inheritance. If this inheritance refers to various superpowers, then aren't they destroying themselves?"
"This is a inducing method." The person who opened the door said calmly, "The evil code does not confer superpowers, but activates a person's original potential. In any case, the person who has just activated his abilities has no use or intensity of his own abilities. As you know, if you add a requirement that you must register, then all the ability users in the entire city will be in your hands."
"Why go to such troublesome ways?"
"Because people who gain abilities must be 'lucky'." The other party gently put one leg on the other, "In this world, the awakening of abilities does not depend on wealth, poverty, intelligence, stupidity, education background, etc. Determined by factors, just luck can awaken abilities early. Because of this, luck is also regarded as a thing that can be used to judge personal quality. Only those who are extremely lucky have the opportunity to seize such opportunities. Similarly, in these It is the luckiest among men who achieve abilities beyond those who serve on the Board of Directors.”
Lu Ning felt that this idea was really ridiculous, but she had to admit that this concept might exist.
"Being able to become a member of the council, their luck is of course top-notch. This is something that becomes more and more powerful like a snowball, and as long as they eliminate those little 'lucky ones' who have not yet grown up, they will be able to control this forever. The supreme power of a city, that's all I know."
The person who opened the door raised his hand and pointed at Lu Ning.
"I have no intention of competing for those positions, because my status is the 'loser'. But as far as the current situation is concerned, I have been assigned the strongest power among the tourists, and I have also encountered the most obstacles. In order to ensure that I I will inform every visitor of this and try my best to let them do what they need to do. I am the last holder of the 'cruel' Sefirah, so I have a lot of information that I can tell the outside world at will. But I must protect myself, because I am not really dead, so the members of the council may not trust me now."
"Then what do you want me to do?"
"Jumonmonji will follow you. She is the only person I trust in this world. Let me tell you directly. In this scene, the relationship between me and the other two special tourists is an undying enemy. It would be okay if we don't meet. Let's meet. I will definitely kill the other party. I guarantee that none of the twenty-two ordinary tourists in the current scene can stop me."
The person who opened the door reached out and touched Jumonji's hair.
"Go to Sabbath activities and try to get as many bad books as you can, but don't inherit them. I will visit your house at eleven o'clock on Sunday night. I want those bad books to be useful. I won't let you do it in vain. , what kind of advance payment do you want?"
Even so, the other party was obviously not prepared to accept any of the lion's requests.
