Gao Wu: After holding back for eighteen years, my words are divine.

"It's okay...it's alright!"

Looking at the bald man in front of him, who was waiting expectantly for him to give up his seat, Kamiya Konan frantically tried to comfort himself.

"I am the chosen one! I possess the [Answer Analysis] for Sequence 099!"

"I'm the real protagonist! I can't die here!"

Hiromi Kamiya forcibly suppressed his fear, his brain racing.

"As long as... as long as I can prove my worth to these people!"

"Just let them know I'm irreplaceable!"

"There are so many empty seats in this classroom, it's not unreasonable for me, the chosen one, to get one, is it?!"

Thinking of this, he suddenly jumped up from his seat.

Facing Lu Shiyan on the podium and the indifferent classmates around him, he shouted loudly.

"Everyone! Listen to me!!"

"I have superpowers! I'm a Rank A superpower user! My ability is [Insight]!!"

Instead of revealing his true ability name, he made up a more intimidating-sounding one.

Kamiya Hiromi pointed at the blackboard, shouting himself hoarse as he promoted himself.

"I have used my superpowers to understand all the rules of this class!!"

"As long as you listen to me! As long as you follow my instructions! We won't die! And we won't be haunted by ghosts!!"

"I have a way to break this deadlock! I have value!!"

however.

The expected shock and prostration did not occur.

His response was deathly silence, and... mockery.

Lu Shiyan leaned against the corner of the wall, took a deep drag on his cigarette, his brows furrowed, and his eyes were full of suspicion.

"I recognize you, Hiromi Kamiya."

"When we were assembling, I specifically asked everyone in order to assess their combat capabilities."

"Back then, you said you were just an ordinary person who couldn't even kill a chicken."

Lu Shiyan exhaled a smoke ring and sneered.

"What? Now that you're about to die, you suddenly have superpowers again?"

"Level A? Insight? I think you're just making up lies to get us to save you, aren't you?"

"Are you trying to trick us into dying for you?"

Upon hearing this, the Japanese students who already disliked Kamiya Hiromi began to echo his sentiments.

"Exactly! Hiromi Kamiya is definitely a fraud!"

A boy with freckles on his face laughed loudly.

"As everyone knows, the awakening of superpowers is closely related to a person's potential!"

"That idiot, Kamiya Hiroaki, always barely passes the exam, not a single point more!"

"I'm often scolded by my teachers for being a blockhead!"

"How could someone like him, a perennial loser, possibly awaken such an amazing A-level ability?!"

"If he's A-rank, then I'm S-rank, right? Hahahaha!"

"..."

Hearing these harsh taunts, Kamiya Hiromi trembled with rage and almost fainted.

"I...I was controlling my score! I was pretending to be weak to catch the enemy's true strength!!"

He roared inwardly.

But he truly hates it now!

I hate myself for putting on this show!

Why control your score for that pitiful sense of superiority!

Now it's even worse, it can't be washed clean!

Is this the retribution for "crying wolf"?

And just then...

The flat-headed demon standing in front of Kamiya Hiromi seemed to be getting impatient.

The expectant smile on its half-face gradually disappeared.

My hands began to tremble, and my black fingernails grew wildly.

Let...or...let...go?!

The countdown to death has begun.

Kamiya Hiromi knew that if he didn't take any real action, even if he didn't give up his seat, this ghost would tear him apart!

"I really didn't lie!!"

In despair, Kamiya Hiromi cried out, "Believe me! I really know the rules!"

Lu Shiyan lit another cigarette and sighed.

Although he didn't believe the "poor student's" words, he did need manpower right now.

"Alright, since you put it that way..."

Lu Shiyan pointed to the sleeping figure in the back row, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

"Then prove it."

"Use your 'insight' to tell me... what exactly is the superpower of that sleeping man?"

"If you can tell the truth, I will believe you and save your life."

This is a trap.

It's also a pledge of allegiance.

Lu Shiyan needed concrete information to confirm his conjecture.

Before Kamiya Hiroshi could answer, Yu Shishi couldn't hold back any longer.

"You stinky old man! You..."

But before he could even open his mouth halfway, Liu Yuqing covered it with her hand.

Because she understands.

The other party seemed to want to obtain information through Kamiya Hiromi's insight.

In reality, they wanted to judge whether the previous air manipulation was real or fake based on the reactions of their teammates from Jiangnan!

Seeing Liu Yuqing's expression, Lu Shiyan shook his head; clearly...

He already had the answer in his heart.

ginger...

Old is still the best.

"This…"

Hiroshi Kamiya was stunned.

He knew Lu Shiyan was setting him up; if he revealed Jiangnan's supernatural abilities...

Given the other person's personality, there's no doubt they would kill him.

in addition...

He couldn't explain it either, because he had already used up his one-day chance!

The man named Jiangnan still had the sticky note covering his face.

I have absolutely no interest in this farcical life-and-death drama.

"Arrogant fellow..."

An inexplicable anger surged within Kamiya Hironan.

"You'll regret losing a chosen one!"

But the reality is cruel.

To survive, he had to lower his noble head.

He adopted a fawning expression, trying to sell himself to this seemingly strongest figure.

"Mr. Jiang! You...you mustn't be asleep!"

"Do you want to know where your little brother... that Guo Shuai, went during the time he disappeared?!"

"And another thing! He might die next!!"

"I'm not referring to the fact that there's no table at his seat! I'm referring to another reason! A deeper reason! I know the truth!"

"About this classroom! The truth is, someone is trying to overturn everything!"

Hearing my own name called.

Guo Shuai, sitting in the corner, was startled.

After resting, he regained a lot of strength.

He turned his head with difficulty to look at Jiangnan beside him, his eyes full of questions.

"Boss...?"

Obviously, if this kid really knows some information that is detrimental to us, shouldn't we listen to it?

Just when everyone thought Jiang Nan would get up and ask about his younger brother's safety,

Splash!

A slender hand slowly lifted the sticky note off the face.

Jiang Nan opened his eyes, his dark pupils showing no emotion whatsoever.

He picked up a pen, wrote a line on the note, then tore it off and threw it away.

The sticky note floated lightly onto the desk in front of Kamiya Hiromi.

There is only one cold, impersonal line of text above:

[Without proof, state the name of my superpower, or... die.]

"!!"

Everyone present was shocked.

They didn't expect that at this critical juncture, Jiangnan wouldn't care about the rules or the safety of his underlings.

They actually asked the same question as Lu Shiyan!

This is extremely sensitive!

And it easily exposes our true intentions!

What confidence!

And what is it...?

Not playing by the rules?

Kamiya Hiromi stared at the note and froze on the spot.

Cold sweat streamed down his forehead, instantly soaking his glasses.

A deep sense of powerlessness came over me.

He felt like a husband who was impotent in bed, unmoved by his wife's seductive gestures.

because…

His sequence ability [Answer Analysis] can only be used once a day.

And that one and only chance he had just wasted on that damned problem of the "curse of four"!

He's just an ordinary person now!

How could he possibly know what Jiangnan's special ability is?!

The air seemed to freeze.

For some reason, after experiencing extreme despair, Kamiya Hiromi calmed down.

even…

He suddenly felt like laughing.

"This Jiangnan region... is truly a strange place."

He grumbled inwardly, without showing any anger.

"Shouldn't any normal person be asking me where Guo Shuai went? Shouldn't they be asking why he died?"

"Even asking about class rules or the weaknesses of demons would be fine!"

"I've spent so much time laying the groundwork and guiding the discussion..."

"And then this guy... just like that bastard Lu Shiyan, asking himself what his special ability is?"

"Things that are completely unrelated..."

"What a complete, utterly self-centered madman..."

"I lost."

"We lost to luck, and we lost to the damn human heart."

"Haha...hahahaha!!"

Kamiya Hiromi suddenly covered his face and let out a maniacal laugh.

Since nobody believes me...

Since we're all going to die anyway...

Let me be a madman for once!

"Yare yare..."

Kamiya Hiromi abruptly lowered his hand, a final glimmer of light in his eyes.

That was the last dignity of the chosen ones, and also their final revenge.

"Since none of you want me to live..."

"Then, before I die, I'll give you an answer for free!!"

He widened his eyes and roared at everyone with all his might.

"listen to me!!"

"There's a demon among you!"

"And this ghost... is right there among the three human elders..."

Whoosh!

Before he could finish speaking...

A streak of silver light flashed by in an instant.

puff!

Kamiya Hiromi's voice abruptly stopped.

His eyes widened, and he clutched his throat tightly with both hands.

But blood continued to gush out from between his fingers.

His vocal cords and his neck were severed at the root!

And on the podium.

Lu Shiyan withdrew his right hand from the scalpel, his face expressionless, and simply exhaled a smoke ring.

"It's so noisy."

"Class is about to start, and you're still shouting."

"Don't you have any classroom discipline?"