High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 2877: Chapter 1098: Extra Chapter for Moe Lord ’Schrodinger’s Meal Ticket

"This time the news is quite different from usual!"

Xin Fat Man looked at everyone mysteriously, took out a crumpled piece of Parchment from his pocket, and explained in a low voice, "—This time someone actually witnessed the appearance of the monster! Ten meters high, a real monster! This is top-secret information I plan to publish in the Campus Newspaper. Just take a look, don’t tell others casually!"

As he spoke, he spread the paper on the dining table and carefully smoothed it out.

At the same time, he straightened his back, his head spinning like a radar, vigilantly watching anyone trying to approach this corner.

Zheng Qing glanced at the monster with long arms and legs, a worm’s head, and a sharp tail on the Parchment, and after a few seconds of staring, couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

"What are you laughing at?"

"—It’s just so weird-looking."

"You don’t believe it, do you?"

"No, no, I believe it, I believe it. I just think that such a ten-meter-high monster appearing on Buji Island would have been seen by many witnesses!" Zheng Qing naturally couldn’t admit the ’Edge Type’ on the paper had anything to do with him.

"In the dead of night, how many witnesses would there be?"

The Fat Wizard shook his head, not giving his companions more time to study, quickly put away the Parchment, then cleared his throat and jumped to another possibility on his own: "—Someone also said a professor at the school stole some confidential experimental materials and ran away, prompting the teaching assistants to search everywhere... It’s said he was tempted by the Dark Council."

This was indeed a new theory.

At least, before last year’s Battle of the Black Prison, no one had frivolously smeared that secretive organization. Or rather, at that time, most Wizards at school didn’t even know there was a Dark Council.

"—Another theory that’s less likely is that some student organization held an illegal sacrifice in the Silent Forest, created a monster, but failed to control it. The monster ran away, the frightened students reported it to the school, and that’s why there’s a big search. Of course, everyone just saw what that monster looks like."

In the end, the Fat Wizard gave Zheng Qing a meaningful look and added: "—Those who hold this view seem largely influenced by that Big Wizard in the North District."

A year later, many details of Korma’s advancement had gradually spread through various families and organizations in the Alliance. Had the school not been on guard, countless imitators would have emerged! After all, to many Wizards, a Big Wizard was something they could only hope to achieve in their lifetime.

As for associating rumors with illegal sacrifices.

It probably had to do with the school’s defense Array and the response of the teaching assistants being somewhat excessive after Korma’s incident, leaving a deep impression on many people.

But Xin Fat Man sneered at this speculation, shook his head, and summarized the few remaining possibilities concisely: "—Some also believe it’s the school’s teaching assistant group conducting night training or assisting the Alliance in hunting down the runaway Black Wizards, like when we dealt with Walter over the winter break... In short, I haven’t heard any particularly convincing news for now."

"The ’teaching assistants’ night training’ guess seems pretty reliable." Zheng Qing twitched his mouth, glanced at the last piece of fried chicken strip on his plate, preparing to fork it, as if thinking of something.

He then looked at the indifferent Fat Wizard.

Finally, unable to resist, he voiced a lingering question in his mind: "—Fatty, have you been dieting today? It’s been so long and you haven’t snatched the fried chicken strip from my plate!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xiao lowered his head and adjusted his glasses.

The Fat Wizard drooped his face, retorting irritably: "Dieting my ass! Try having three breakfasts in the morning... see if you can still eat anything else at noon!"

"He brought you a breakfast." Xiao Xiao reminded beside him: "But since you were sleeping, he didn’t want it to go to waste... so he ate yours too."

"Then he only had two portions..."

"He bought himself two portions." Xiao Xiao sighed.

Zheng Qing shook his head, forked up the last fried chicken strip, and looked at Xiao Xiao: "—What about you? Both of them went to gather information, there’s no reason you didn’t dig up anything."

"No, really nothing."

Doctor Xiao shrugged: "Sima just told me to focus on studying and exams lately, and not to worry about those random things."

"That sounds like something meant for Mr. Zha."

The Fat Wizard couldn’t help but make a snide remark: "Mr. Zha plans to graduate early, which is why he has to waste so much time studying... You’re a special student with thick eyebrows and big eyes, always scoring a perfect hundred on exams. Do you need to treat an ordinary end-of-term exam so seriously?"

"It’s not ordinary, an exam related to advancement is nothing ordinary." Xiao Xiao first corrected the Fat Wizard’s wording, then paused, looked hesitantly around, and finally dropped a bomb: "Besides—don’t you two have any plans for early graduation?"

Zheng Qing was still pondering which was more likely: the Wild Demon escaping or the Black Magic Ritual getting out of control. He didn’t catch the implication of the Doctor’s words.

Zhang Ji Xin looked utterly puzzled, scratching his head.

Xin Fat Man’s face instantly turned blue.

"Early graduation? Us?"

He pointed at the Red-faced Male Wizard, then back at himself, and laughed heartily: "What a joke!... If we can earn enough credits every academic year to smoothly move up a grade, and not repeat a grade like Nicholas, we’d be grateful! Early graduation?! That’s like the well-fed not knowing the hunger of the starving."

But as he spoke, his voice grew smaller, seeming to gradually realize something.

Zhang Ji Xin asked the question for him.

"What do you mean by ’plans for early graduation’?" He stared at the Doctor, surprisingly perceptive.

Xiao Xiao adjusted his glasses, as he usually did.

"Professor Yi talked to me a few days ago," he cleared his throat, ultimately not bringing up all his speculations, instead offering a simple explanation: "My family elders got in touch with him, hoping I’d graduate early and return home... Naturally, I don’t want to. But Professor Yi thought it best not to have too much conflict with family, so he suggested I graduate early, then try to apply for a position at the school. That way, both sides would have an explanation. He said with my grades, securing a teaching assistant or researcher position at the school shouldn’t be too difficult..."

"So, are you graduating early too?" the Fat Wizard exclaimed aloud, drawing curious glances from those around.

"Given the Doctor’s grades, early graduation is only reasonable." Zhang Ji Xin was very understanding, patting the Fat Wizard on the shoulder, then turning to Xiao Xiao: "Is that why Sima told you to focus on exams? It doesn’t have to be rushed. Like Brother Qing, you can consider the class schedule over summer break..."

He instinctively thought Xiao Xiao was planning to apply for early graduation next semester.

Xiao Xiao chuckled dryly, his voice dropping significantly: "Summer would be too late. The Professor meant for me to apply for early graduation this semester."

"What about your class schedule?" Zhang Ji Xin was equally dumbfounded: "And the exams? Isn’t there less than two weeks until finals?"

Xiao Xiao glanced at Zheng Qing, who was also in a daze, and sighed: "The class schedule can be supplemented. As for the exams... just like what Fatty said earlier, I’ll just select the elective courses where I can earn credits."

Only he could nonchalantly say such infuriating things.

"Damn!"

The Fat Wizard finally let out this exclamation.