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Chapter 238 Who is the hunter, and who is the prey? [Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets]

[Real world, 13 stations]

Looking at the suspicious-looking manhole cover in the dark alley, and combining it with what Tiandao had said not long ago, many viewers immediately realized what was going on.

If they're not mistaken, the timeline of this side story is the 'beast tide' that changed the lives of the siblings Chen Xingchen and Chen Kong.

After giving this visual hint, the anime switched to the cram school classroom where Tendou was located.

"So, that's the answer to this question. Does everyone understand?"

The teacher on the podium was tapping the blackboard with chalk, but his gaze habitually drifted to the silver-haired child in the back row by the window.

However, Tiandao was acting strangely today. Usually, even if he found the class boring, he would try his best to show an attentive attitude.

But for some reason, Tiandao had been looking out the window ever since he entered the classroom, and even raising my voice couldn't get his attention.

"Alright, that's all for today's lesson. Be careful on your way home."

The tutor smiled and announced the end of get out of class. After the other students left noisily, he walked to Tiandao's side and looked curiously out the window.

It is now eight o'clock in the evening, and the outside world is brightly lit and bustling with traffic.

The scene was exactly the same as usual, so he couldn't see anything unusual.

"Heavenly Dao, is something bothering you today? You seem distracted the whole time."

Faced with the tutor's concern, Tiandao came to his senses.

He looked at the tutor standing next to him, thought for a moment, and then said, "Teacher, what kind of creature do you think would release its own scent so recklessly?"

"Ok?"

The tutor was taken aback for a moment, then subconsciously gave an answer.

"Either they are marking out their territory, warning other predators not to approach their territory."

"Or maybe they simply don't care whether their prey will notice them."

"What's wrong, Heavenly Dao? Why are you suddenly saying this?"

Before Heaven could answer, a piercing, urgent alarm suddenly blared through the city's night sky, instantly plunging the entire city into turmoil.

This sudden turn of events instantly changed the tutor's expression.

The tutor's expression changed drastically, and he frantically pulled out his phone.

"Heavenly Dao! Go home quickly! Then lock the doors and windows and don't come out!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his fingers trembled as he dialed a number on his phone to notify his family, and he ran out of the tutoring center.

Watching the tutor rush out of the classroom, Tiandao calmly packed his schoolbag and then looked out the window again.

The camera panned up following his gaze, revealing that the once star-studded night sky was now shrouded in dark, heavy clouds, and a faint, sweet, fishy smell filled the air.

The Heavenly Dao looked at that dark cloud as if it could see something through the clouds.

After a moment, the young Heavenly Dao said in a low voice, "Don't you care whether the prey notices you?"

After saying that, Tiandao turned and left the tutoring classroom, casually turning on the light switch.

The classroom was plunged into darkness instantly, with only the green light of the emergency lights in the corridor illuminating his small figure.

"Help!!!"

A piercing scream came from the park next to the cram school. The blond-haired boy who had blocked the way at dusk was now running away in a panic.

Behind him, a green-skinned monster that appeared out of nowhere was chasing after him with a ferocious expression.

The green-skinned monster's skin resembled rotting moss, its protruding fangs dripped with sticky saliva, and its wooden club was covered in dark red bits of flesh. As the camera zoomed out, a chilling scene unfolded.

Nearby, two mangled bodies lay in pools of blood beside a slide, while several smaller green-skinned monsters frantically devoured them. The crisp sound of bones cracking and the gruesome sound of flesh being chewed echoed continuously from the screen.

These two were none other than Huang Mao's companions who had surrounded Tiandao with him that evening.

Even though the production team of Stars Entertainment tried their best to downplay the blood and violence in the scene for censorship reasons.

But the terrified pupils of those two boys before they died were more suffocating than any direct description.

They, who had regarded the Heavenly Dao as their 'prey' at dusk, have now become the 'prey' of the green-skinned monster.

thump!
In his frantic escape, the blond-haired boy tripped over a soda can on the ground and fell heavily onto the lawn.

The blond-haired boy tried to get up several times, but his fear made his limbs very uncoordinated. He tried several times but failed to stand up. He had no choice but to crawl on the grass, using both his hands and feet, just to get as far away from the monster behind him as possible.

Seeing this, the green-skinned monster stopped, letting out a strange, hoarse laugh, and tilted its head to examine him, seemingly enjoying the prey's final struggle.

Out of the corner of his eye, the blond-haired man glanced at the green-skinned monster's exposed sharp teeth and the wooden stick in its hand, still stained with blood and bits of flesh.

A warm sensation instantly emanated from beneath the blond-haired man.

"Are you scared?"

The blond-haired boy stiffly raised his head and saw that the silver-haired elementary school student who had beaten him up that evening was now standing there, with his schoolbag placed on the edge of the lawn.

However, the blond-haired boy, still shaken and with his mind blank, had no idea how to answer the question posed by the Heavenly Dao.

Fortunately, the Heavenly Dao didn't seem to think he could answer him, and walked straight towards the green-skinned monster not far away.

Before long, the sounds of the monster's angry roar, the wind-splitting sound of a wooden club being swung, the cracking of bones breaking, and the splashing of some kind of liquid came from off-screen.

Although there is no direct visual representation, the shock in the blond boy's eyes and the sounds that occasionally come from off-screen convey the message.

The audience in the anime/manga world clearly knew the consequences after the Heavenly Dao was unleashed.

When the screams and roars subsided, the once noisy park returned to complete tranquility.

The blond-haired boy stood up shakily, and the camera in the anime switched back to Tiandao during this process.

Under the moonlight, the corpses of five green-skinned monsters lay scattered on the lawn, their dark green blood staining the surrounding grass.

Tiandao stood in the center of the corpse, his school uniform stained with green, foul-smelling blood, and his shoulders and arms bore deep claw marks that revealed the bone, the wounds still slowly oozing blood.

But instead of showing any sign of pain, he nonchalantly pulled a flattened chocolate from his pocket, unwrapped it, and popped it into his mouth.

The moment the rich sweetness melted on his tongue, the wounds on Tiandao's arms and shoulders began to heal, scab over, and fade in redness at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Click, click.
After finishing his chocolate, Tiandao walked over to the still-dazed blond-haired guy, picked up his backpack, put it on, and patted him on the shoulder.

See, there's nothing to be afraid of.

The Heavenly Dao paused, then looked expressionlessly at the monster corpses lying haphazardly on the lawn.

"Because they are the prey."

After saying that, he turned and walked out of the park. His small figure walked steadily towards home against the backdrop of the distant, towering flames, as if he were just walking on an ordinary way home from school.

After all, to the Heavenly Dao, those bizarre monsters are nothing more than troublesome prey.

There's nothing to be afraid of at all.

PS: That's all for today's update. A typhoon is hitting Fat Tiger's area, so he needs to tidy up the house. You can tell by looking at Fat Tiger's IP address.

(End of this chapter)