Chapter 16 The Big Secret

Shinozuka Kaoru is gone, and Pan can't do anything to her.

But the mission is his own after all, and the truth behind the abandonment of the old Dehong High School building still needs to be found out. The rare item reward of this side quest is very attractive to Paine.

Prajna mask, Prajna is a religious term and also means ultimate wisdom. But Prajna also has another meaning, which is a jealous and resentful spirit. Paine subconsciously felt that this mask might have a lot to do with covering up his feet that had awakened to his star destiny. He was determined to complete this task and obtain the rare object.

"It's just to restore the truth of the accident 17 years ago. Many of the witnesses at that time should still be alive in this world. Just go find them and investigate."

Paine didn't think this side mission was very difficult. After all, he was a person with star destiny abilities who had different skills. If he couldn't deal with the otaku master Shinozuka Kaoru who seemed to have special means, couldn't he still deal with ordinary people? To investigate the truth about the school, questioning the old school workers should be a good starting point.

Just as he was told, he went directly to the janitor at the school gate to question him. The janitor was gray-haired and looked like an old employee who had been at the school for many years. The East Nine District values ​​lifetime employment, and Paine felt that maybe this old janitor was the living history dictionary of Dehong High School.

"Why is the old school building abandoned? I don't know. I only came here last year. I was only told by the previous janitor not to go to the old school building when I was changing classes."

The old gatekeeper looked straight ahead and replied dully. This answer made the confident Pann feel a little embarrassed.

"Then have you ever been unable to restrain your curiosity and gone to see it?"

"I am 75 years old this year. The reason I have lived so long is because I can control my curiosity."

The old gatekeeper replied dully.

Pan En was a little speechless. Principal Nanjiro Echizen is really a "mighty man". He actually has the nerve to find a 75-year-old grandfather to visit the door. Although the East 9th District has always emphasized that the silver-haired people must be self-reliant to find a job, but you can't find a 75-year-old grandfather. The gatekeeper is too exaggerated.

Paine still refused to give up and continued to ask.

"Then do you remember the news reports about the fire in the old Dehong High School building 17 years ago?"

"I don't remember. I'm from Hokkaido. I should have been working in a ramen shop in Hokkaido 17 years ago."

Seeing that he could not get anything to say from the janitor, Paine had to find some older school janitors. Under the influence of confusion, they all revealed the truth, but no one knew the truth about the abandonment of the old school building, and Paine It was discovered that none of these school workers were locals, and none of them had experienced the serial murders and fires 17 years ago. They had all joined the job in recent years.

Paine felt something was wrong, so he went to the teacher's office in the teaching building to question the teachers and administrative teachers. As a result, he asked all the way to the vice principal, and they were all in the same situation as the school janitor.

None of them are natives of Aichi Prefecture, and none of them are veteran employees who have been at the school for more than 17 years.

"I'm afraid the problems in this school are bigger than I originally thought. No wonder such an old school has been reduced to the point of being closed down. Isn't it true that in a local school, there are no locals from the school staff to the teachers? This is almost impossible, unless, unless the locals know something, they dare not come to work in this school.”

Pan's heart was a little heavy. He had already remembered that there were not many local classmates in Xiaobayashi Shinichi's class. Most of the people in the school came from other places, and international students from abroad accounted for most of the school's population. I thought this was the fault of the money-grubbing principal, but now it seems that things are far from that simple.