"Aoaoaoa!"
A strange scream accompanied by a roar.
It seemed this creature's vitality was not as strong as its physical prowess. The half-fish, half-human monster suddenly exerted force, accurately grabbing Keli and pulling him along to continue rolling down the mountain.
This time, there were no trees to stop them, and they only stopped when they hit another guardrail.
During this time, Keli also saw a prompt flash before his eyes.
"Sato Kazuma has died, awaiting revival..."
And when Keli recovered, beside him lay only a corpse with extremely low residual warmth, gazing at him with its remaining cloudy fish eye.
"Tsk!"
Keli clicked his tongue lightly, because he found that the only weapon left on him was the dagger he kept close to his body.
However, Keli's fighting spirit did not diminish. If there were only three, he still had a chance, even empty-handed.
He stood up, took out his dagger, and stabbed the monster a few more times to ensure no missed strikes.
White light floated out from the monster's body. This time it was... the taste of sashimi.
Keli slowly climbed up the steep mountainside.
Soon, Keli found his pistol.
But unfortunately, when Keli returned to the road, there was no one in sight.
Let alone monsters, not even Kazuma's body remained.
The scene only had two broken vehicles and a lingering scent, proving what had happened there.
Following the direction of the scent, Keli looked and saw that the opponents had left in the direction of the bushes.
Just as Keli observed all of this, three minutes passed.
With a flash of light, a panting Kazuma appeared beside Keli.
Keli explained the situation to Kazuma.
Kazuma, meanwhile, searched around and found his gun was gone. Somewhat annoyed, he went to Keli's vehicle and pulled out the javelin-like object.
"Those two were both wounded by my gun. What do we do now? Do we pursue them or continue looking for those students?"
Keli pondered for a moment. Given the speed of those things, it would probably be impossible to catch them if they started walking the mountain path now.
Moreover, their vehicles were damaged, and Keli didn't have many bullets left.
Those students seemed to be moving by vehicle. Although the security personnel were helping them, they also had to take those students with them, so pursuing them wouldn't make much sense.
"Let's see where they escaped to first, then we'll resupply weapons."
Keli concluded, and Kazuma also agreed that this was the best method.
So the two began to enter the woods in the dark, following the lingering scent for 30 minutes until they reached the lake.
The scent stopped there. Looking at the familiar artificial lake outside the woods.
This was where the one had previously fled. It seemed that one wasn't just aimlessly running around the academy, but purposefully escaping to its lair.
Keli and Kazuma exchanged glances. They didn't leave the woods to avoid being discovered by the opponent; instead, they retreated.
They couldn't fight that kind of thing in the water. Since that was the case, it meant their initial judgment was wrong; they should have continued the pursuit.
However, now was also a good opportunity. The opponent likely didn't know they were still alive, so what they needed was to find a place to hide.
One hour later...
"Get out! Get out!"
Sadatsuka Nao, returning from outside, saw Keli and Sato Kazuma squatting by the door of her small room.
"Student, give us the key. We advise you to find another place to stay."
Keli spoke sternly to Sadatsuka Nao.
"Hey! This is my research lab! Even if you're teachers, you can't do this!"
After an argument, when Sadatsuka Nao heard the sound of vehicles driving on a distant road, she still opened the door and let the two uninvited guests in.
"Ugh! It stinks!"
Kazuma covered his nose, his face contorted in pain.
Meanwhile, the female student whose residence had been mercilessly invaded by two unscrupulous teachers slammed a bowl onto the table.
"Bang!"
"If you can't stand it, then get out!"
Sadatsuka Nao's red eyes beneath her hair were almost spinning into Sharingan as she glared at these two who had come to her culinary research lab and were still complaining about her room.
Kazuma frowned, took the bowl Sadatsuka Nao had put down, and with a look of disgust, picked up a spoon and put a mouthful into his mouth.
"Speaking of which, it's really strange. Isn't Totsuki Academy a famous culinary school? How can there be a student like you? By the way, Keli, how do you know this student Sadatsuka?"
As he spoke, Kazuma put a spoonful of soup into his mouth, and the next second his eyes widened.
"So... so delicious!"
Seeing Kazuma, who was like a country bumpkin from Kumamoto who had never seen the world, frantically slurping up her dish, Sadatsuka Nao's anger finally subsided a little, and she showed a somewhat disdainful expression.
"That's why I can stay in this school, understood?"
Then she looked at Keli with some expectation.
However, Keli just drank two normal sips with no reaction, which greatly disappointed her. She had wanted to see this guy, who had previously lectured her in the tone of someone teaching a brat, show a broken expression because of her cooking, but it was just like this.
Just as the two were drinking soup, Sadatsuka Nao's phone began to vibrate, so she pulled it out of her pocket, looked at it, and then frowned deeply.
"What's wrong with Totsuki Academy? What?"
"What is it?"
Keli heard her whisper and immediately asked about the situation.
"The group chat says that Totsuki Academy is about to change its director-general, and all of us Student Discipline Committee members need to be ready to cooperate with the newly announced Central Culinary Agency tomorrow to abolish various culinary research clubs, and at the same time, urge the social enterprises that originally cooperated with the culinary research clubs to connect with the Central Culinary Agency."
"What? So you Student Discipline Committee members really have something to do?"
Keli was somewhat surprised to hear that.
"What are you talking about? The work of a security guard is extensive."
First, she complained about Keli's stereotype, then became a little anxious.
"What's going on at the school? What's this about changing the director-general? Is Erina-sama going to take over early?"
Keli saw her anxious expression and explained roughly what had happened, as well as the relationship between Tsukasa Azami and Nakiri Erina.
"Bang!"
As soon as Keli finished speaking, Sadatsuka Nao slammed the table, grabbed a cleaver from the kitchen, and started pacing around the kitchen.
"Damn it! That naturally evil Ten Elite traitor! I'll challenge the Ninth Seat right now and personally slay the traitor for Erina-sama!"
"By the way, student Sadatsuka, do you know if there are any power supply facilities near your artificial lake, and if your school has any warehouses for electrical wires?"
Sadatsuka Nao, interrupted from her frenzy, was startled.
"I do know, but why?"
...
On the other side, Ryouzan Etsuya, who had received a report from his subordinate, narrowed his eyes.
"The person invited by the director-general indeed has some skill. However, since one escaped heavily wounded and there's a divine messenger pursuing, and one died, there's nothing to worry about.
As expected, as long as we cooperate with the priest, this matter is foolproof."
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