Looking at the line of words clearly displayed on the message interface, Su Mingan took a breath.
He put the diary in his bag, then forced a smile at Shen Xue: "I'm not reading anything."
Shen Xue tilted her head, and there seemed to be a cold light flashing across her eyes, but it soon returned to silence.
"Don't you want to have lunch?" She took out a plastic bag from her pocket: "I brought you the red bean bread you like."
"...No, forget the bread."
"Hmm... Okay." Shen Xue slowly withdrew her gaze, and then, as if nothing had happened, she went out with the bread in her mouth.
Su Ming'an put his hands on the table, and his eyes drifted to the side. After he recovered, an indescribable feeling of suffocation gradually receded from his chest.
...if he guessed correctly.
After falling asleep in his afternoon physics class, he experienced a death that he was unaware of.
Then, time went back and he returned to the time point before falling asleep.
...Although it is true that he is easily killed, it is too amazing to be able to kill him without alerting anyone, or even let him sleep directly until death without alerting anyone at all.
What was it that kept me from waking up on the way? Is it drugged or something else?
If it was drugged, logically speaking, someone should have noticed that someone as big as me was unconscious here...
At least Wang Xingkong, who is in the same class, and Lu Shu, who will be the first to rush to the classroom door after school, will be aware of it.
…Wouldn’t let himself die silently.
He sat at the table and thought, but his thoughts inexplicably became slower and slower, as if the gears in his brain gradually stopped turning. He suddenly felt that something was wrong with the source of his sleepiness. He wanted to stand up quickly, but his body couldn't. It was like being trapped and unable to move.
His vision gradually solidified. The moment the afternoon bell rang and the physics teacher walked in, he truly felt a wave of sleepiness that was almost engulfing him.
...No, it seems that at this point in time, I have already been hit. Even if I return to death, I am still in the state of being hit.
He has long discovered the limitations of his passive archive. Even if he can go back, he can still go back to a time point where the ending cannot be changed... like now.
Su Mingan repeatedly thought about the people she had come into contact with, including the suspicious Shen Xue. The only thing she could think of was the scent of roses, but that smell was too common and could be smelled in many places...
……wait wait wait.
He felt as if his thoughts were blocked, and his originally smooth reasoning seemed to be rusty, making it gradually difficult to proceed.
Before he lowered his head and fell into unconsciousness, he hesitantly rolled his neck and tilted his head.
——He saw the extremely twisted smile from the girl at the same table, which was still rising on the smooth surface, ignited bit by bit like a flame, and finally connected into one piece, almost crying with joy.
The surrounding vision became dim.
There seemed to be a faint whisper ringing in my ears.
【...You will eventually belong to me...】
In this darkness that almost swallowed him up and suffocated him, he gradually lost consciousness irresistibly.
…
Su Mingan opened his eyes.
Another death rollback.
But this falling feeling that almost swallowed him was stronger than the previous coma.
"Bang!"
His first moment was to stand up suddenly, and then he put his hands on the table, bowed his body, and gasped for air like a drowning man.
The movements were so extreme that they almost knocked over the tables and chairs. He slapped his hands on the table hard, making a crisp sound. When he wiped the sweat from his forehead, he looked at the clock in front of him with somewhat frozen eyes.
——The hour hand points to the top, twelve o'clock at noon.
…
The surroundings were quiet, and the bright afternoon sunlight poured in through the wide-open windows, illuminating the entire classroom. The tiny floating dust in the air danced in the golden light, as peaceful and beautiful as fireflies during the day.
As if his original breathing had been stagnated, Su Mingan breathed in the fresh air of the day almost greedily, his hands unconsciously bent, grabbing the cold tabletop.
Suddenly, he smelled the scent of roses coming from behind.
"……What are you doing?"
The girl's slight murmur came from behind.
Su Mingan turned around suddenly and saw a plastic-wrapped bread in her hand.
"I brought the red bean bread that you like." Shen Xue smiled and said, "Don't you want to try it?"
As if she didn't see Su Ming'an's expression of resistance, she opened the plastic bag on her own initiative, then, holding a piece of bread and bringing it to him, she coaxed softly: "Come on, open your mouth, ah -"
There was a "pop" sound.
The plastic-covered bag fell to the ground, and Shen Xue's eyes widened slightly, filled with disbelief... and a hint of hidden cold light.
Su Mingan took back the hand that knocked away the meal bag. The next moment, he rushed towards the door, his steps seemed a little hasty.
When he turned the corner and tried desperately to escape from the girl behind him, he saw the middle-aged man's gloomy eyes, looking at him with a cold smile.
His tall and long figure completely covered the sunlight at the door, leaving only a deep shadow.
"Classmate Su Jian." Chinese language teacher Teacher Shen smiled, the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes were tangled together, and a pair of thick-knuckled hands slowly stretched out: "...you didn't go to the cafeteria to eat at noon, so you made time to talk to the teacher. Do you want to talk? The time is just right. Now, let’s go to the office on the second floor to chat and change the composition, right?”
"Uh-huh!" The sword of Arman in his hand was slashed as soon as it appeared. Su Mingan suddenly cut Teacher Shen's body in front of him in two. The blood drew a clear line. The next moment, he stepped over the body and rushed towards it. Got out——
"Bang!"
He didn't hear the kill prompt from the system. Instead, he felt something grabbed his back ankle.
A feeling of coldness spread instantly.
The next moment, the vision changes up and down.
——He was grabbed by the ankle by Teacher Shen who had been chopped in half, and was thrown back from the sky.
His body hit the ground hard, and he choked out a mouthful of blood. The next moment, Teacher Shen's arm, with only the upper half of his body left, seemed to be suddenly stretched, revealing a long bone tip, and the pale The tip of the bone, like a sharp blade, stabbed over in an instant!
"Dad! Don't-!"
Shen Xue screamed on the side, and the next moment, the bone tip penetrated down!
Blood spurted out instantly.
Su Mingan grasped the frame with both hands, but her strength completely disappeared the moment her chest was pierced.
It was like being immersed in a ball of hot water for a moment, and a sharp pain suddenly emerged. His hand scratched unconsciously on the ground and caught a piece of warm, sticky blood.
In the gradually blurred eyes, the sunlight was particularly dazzling.
In the center of his gradually reddening vision, he saw the golden afternoon sun.
Brilliant.
Teacher Shen's hand at the door gradually returned to its original state. He pulled his lower body and pieced it together like a suture. It merged automatically. Then he gradually stood up holding his lower body, as if he had never been cut in two. As usual, his body instantly blocked the light that was shining over him.
"Dad, you said you wouldn't kill him, you said you wouldn't..." Shen Xue's scream was extremely sad.
Su Mingan opened her eyes, and the voices in her ears gradually faded away.
"Xuexue, he has seen through us...if we don't kill him, he might..."
The voice gradually became indistinct.
Before falling into a familiar darkness, what he saw with his eyes open was a girl crying on his body with tears all over her face, her body stained with her own blood. Her tears slid down her cheeks like pearls, and it looked like Sparkling.
"But... I have worked hard to stay in this hellish place for twelve years. It's just for him. I just... just..."
Shen Xue's cry was very clear in her ears. She pressed it to her ears, and the intoxicating rose fragrance came over little by little.
【Su Mingan...】
He heard Shen Xue, who was supposed to be an NPC, actually call him by his real name.
[...Don't go, at least...you know who I am, open your eyes and look at me again...ok...]
That beautiful line of golden light spread evenly in the center of his field of vision. The moment golden and blood-red intertwined, it was like thousands of chaotic lights surged, reflecting her appearance in an instant.
Her fixed and dull eyes, which were fixed in the glass beads, were exceptionally clear and pure at this moment.
It was as if the condensed emotions suddenly exploded, freezing all the words into a pool of water dripping from his eyes.
[Su Mingan, Su Mingan! I am Shen Xue, I am Shen Xue, do you still remember me? Before the game started, I liked you so much... At least, at least it gave me the qualifications to keep you by my side...]
The scent of roses gradually faded.
Su Mingan closed his eyes in the deep darkness.
…
The clock in the classroom points to twelve o'clock.
Su Mingan opened his eyes.
There was a lot of information about this death. He knew that Shen Xue, like Shen Yue, was also a player in the past.
Also, she said she liked herself before the game started.
...an old friend.
He had a guess in his mind, but a doubt gradually arose.
She said one word, "Twelve years."
Shen Xue said that she had been here for twelve years...but the World Game had clearly only started for a month.
Is it because the time flows of the two worlds are different, or is there some other reason?
He stood up, staggering a little when he stood upright. He walked toward the door, and when he was bathed in the golden afternoon sun, he saw the girl walking slowly with a piece of bread in her arms.
The afternoon light shone on her smooth black hair, surrounding it with a soft golden rim. The moment she raised her eyes and looked at her, an indescribable emotion filled Su Ming'an's heart.
"Classmate Su Jian?" Shen Xue slowly raised her head with a smile on her face: "...Why did you come out? I thought you didn't want to go to the cafeteria. I brought you the red bean bread you like...don't try it. Try it?"
She handed over the plastic bag in her arms. The bread looked soft and fluffy in the light.
Su Mingan stretched out his hand, raising it very high.
A trace of hesitation flashed in Shen Xue's eyes, but she still stood there, looking at him innocently.
Su Mingan's hand finally fell gently...until it landed on Shen Xue's head.
The barrage exploded instantly:
【Touch the head and kill! This is killing by touching the head! I thought he was going to slap this gloomy NPC? 】
[Brother Ming An has changed his mind? Didn't you ignore her before? 】
[Sure enough, even Brother Ming An cannot resist the attack of the innocent girl in school uniform! 】
[Hey, the topic is getting weird. 】
[Yue Yue cried with a headache, discussing the women around Ming An]
[Emma, his eyes are so gentle. I have never seen Brother Ming An’s eyes so warm! 】
[I imagine he is looking at me, woo woo woo...]
【……】
A trace of confusion flashed in Shen Xue's eyes, and then she asked a question from her throat as if she was a little shocked.
"Um……?"
"Shen Xue." Su Mingan sighed slightly: "...it seems that I heard such a name not long ago."
Shen Xue's eyes widened slightly.
"Really?" There was obvious surprise in her voice. The plastic bag in her hand made a "clack" sound, and her fingers clenched tightly involuntarily.
"Although some time has passed, I feel like it was still yesterday..." Su Mingan looked at her seriously: "Some things cannot be forgotten, including those old friends..."
"Well, then, how does she compare with me?" Shen Xue said this in an almost urgent voice. She didn't care that the question was too straightforward, and she even stood on tiptoe unconsciously.
"You and her are equally cute." Su Mingan said in a gentle tone: "However, you standing in front of me now seem more vivid and real."
Shen Xue's figure froze, and then, an uncontrollable joy leaked out of her eyes.
That piece of crystal clear light was dyed translucent in the midday light.
Su Mingan retracted his hand and passed her.
...This time, he didn't smell the rich and overwhelming rose fragrance on her body.
There is only a faint, light rose fragrance.
"ah……"
He heard a slight voice from the person behind him, which sounded like emotion or sigh.
He didn't stop, and walked steadily downstairs, then held on to the wall to steady himself.
The tenderness that was given to Shen Xue in his eyes disappeared in an instant, and returned to pure innocence.
... He already knew what kind of person this "Shen Xue" who was targeting him used to be.
She was someone he knew in real life, but now she had become an NPC waiting for him in the game with a purpose.
If she only came here for the love in her heart, saying such words should be able to stabilize her... at least for the time being, she can get through the current crisis.
He basked in the sunshine and leaned for a while, not feeling the powerlessness spreading from all around his body.
……very good.
It seems that the endless cycle of death crisis has been temporarily overcome.
He hid the cold light in his eyes, turned around, followed the flow of students back to class, and returned to the classroom. He sat next to Shen Xue, who was blushing, and started the afternoon class.
