"Sixth grade, css three. I'm pying the role of a student."

  Flipping through the math notebook on the desk, the doodles and careless notes were remi of everyone's childhood antics.

  "Even though I'm pying a child, the difficulty is han pying an adult, perhaps even harder."

  "Children are generally mischievous, full of uability, making it hard to gauge their psychology. Their personality, expressions, tone, even a habitual small gesture—if any of these don't match, those around might notiething's off."

  "So far, all I know about this child is just a name."

  Qin Nuo rummaged through the hidden partment of the desk and found Li Xiaoming's school ID card.

  Besides the css and also had his address: No. 86, Pond, Younan Town.

  At the top was a one-inch color photo of Li Xiaoming, wearing a school uniform and a red scarf, looking proper. Despite his young age, he was already wearing gsses with over 300 degrees of myopia.

  "He looks well-mannered, not sloppy or unruly, probably the model student type teachers alraise."

  Qin Nuo also found a ret exam paper, a math test with a score of 93, which was among the top five in the css.

  "Studious, a top student, well-behaved. Judging by the pencil case and clothes, his family should be quite good."

  Qin Nuo murmured, having figured out how to py the role of Li Xiaoming.

  He adjusted his gsses awkwardly, trying to get used to these small habits.

  It seemed to be break time; the teacher had left the podium, and the students were moving around the .

  Because of the bad weather outside, many students were unusually excited, gathering by the window.

  It's realistic; power outages and heavy rain always excite school students.

  Qin Nuo observed the other students and noticed some were still seated.

  Their expressiohe same as Qin Nuo's.

  They looked bewildered, their surroundings.

  When their eyes met Qin Nuo's, they firmed each other's identity.

  They were all pyers.

  In a css of a hundred pyers, it was natural not to have just one pyer.

  Because of their roles, after exging gnces with Qin Nuo, the pyers calmly looked away, trying to find information and characteristics about the students they were portraying.

  Qin Nuo also looked away.

  Just as he was about to get up and walk around, a hand spped down on his desk.

  Qin Nuo looked up to see a girl with pigtails, around his age. She had a pretty face, and her lively eyes carried a pyful charm.

  "Xiaoming, have you fioday's homework? It's Mr. Yan's css ter, and I heard those who haven't finished will get the ruler!"

  Qin Nuo replied calmly, "Finished, no problem."

  Li Xiaoming student; it was impossible he hadn't finished. Qin Nuo also noticed that on the schedule, all ese csses were checked off. He was likely the ese css representative.

  "Of course, with your excellehis is nothing for you."

  The pigtail girl smiled sweetly, then her face showed a hint of hesitation as she brought her hands from behind her back.

  "Xiaoming, I remember today is your birthday, right? This is a special birthday gift I made for you. You'll definitely like it, won't you?"

  Qin Nuo looked at the gss bottle in her hands, filled with colorful Thousand Paper es. It was clear she had put a lot of thought into it.

  "It's beautiful. I like it, thank you."

  Qin Nuo smiled as he took it, looking up to thank her, only to see her face light up with surprise, her cheeks turning apple-red.

  At the same time, bck veins appeared at the ers of her eyes, and small corpse spots emerged.

  Her once delicate face became terrifying!

  In the air, Qin Nuo caught a whiff of Ghost Aura.

  "Xiaoming, this is the first time you've accepted my gift. I'm so happy!" the pigtail girl said excitedly.

  Qin Nuo's expression ged.

  Sweat broke out on his back.

  Li Xiaoming had never accepted this girl's gift? Logically, he was a well-behaved child, not oo refuse a girl's gesture.

  Was it out of embarrassment?

  In the , other pyers noticed the girl's abnormality, squinting their eyes, some with schadenfreude.

  Fortunately, the corpse spots and Ghost Aura quickly disappeared, and nothing terrifying happened.

  She seemed very happy, skipping away.

  Her blushing face, shy demeanor, and meaningful gaze made Qin Nuo feel a bit awkward, uanding somewhat.

  Puppy love?

  Isn't it too early? This is just sixth grade!

  So Li Xiaoming refused because of this?

  By accepting the pigtail girl's gift, Qin Nuo had failed in his role, causing the girl to "ghostify."

  Luckily, it seemed to be within trol, so nothing dangerous happened.

  What if the anomaly was too great, causing the girl to lose trol and fully "ghostify"? What would happen then?

  Qin Nuo didn't want to think about it.

  It seemed Li Xiaoming was focused on studying, hence rejeg the girl's affe.

  So, he should be indifferent to this pigtail girl.

  Because of Qin Nuo's example, the other pyers became more cautious, searg for their roles' characteristics from the surrounding things.

  Just then, two tall students walked in from outside, looking fierce, with dyed yellow hair, embodying the image of deli students.

  The other students avoided them, not daring to block their path.

  As soon as they ehey headed straight for Qin Nuo's seat.

  Qin Nuo's mouth twitched.

  Could he be this unlucky?

  The two delis stopped in front of Qin Nuo's desk, pced a small note, ahe .

  From start to finish, they didn't say a word.

  Qin Nuo was full of questions.

  What was going on?

  After hesitating for a moment, he picked up the note and ope.

  The note had only a few scribbled words: After school, third-floor restroom!

  Looking at the note, Qin Nuo immediately uood, feeling a headache.

  It seemed this Li Xiaoming was also a victim of school bullying.

  He felt a wave of exhaustion.

  Li Xiaoming appeared to be a model student, yet he had plenty of troubles around him.

  This was only the first day of the game, and so many issues had already arisen. The rest of the game probably wouldn't be easy.

  After school, should he go or not?

  If he went, he'd get beaten up.

  If he didn't, his role-pying sight drop.

  The instance mentiohat if the role-pying score dropped to a certain level, those around would lose trol, leading to something terrifying.

  "Fet it, it's just a beating. It's not like they're hitting me," Qin Nuo thought calmly.

  He could remain unfazed even when his hand was torn and flesh was flying, so what was a beating from a few kids?

  The school seats were arranged individually, so Qin Nuo didn't have a deskmate, which was a good thing for him.

  Just then, the css bell rang.

  The students returo the .

  Boom!

  At the same time, the heavy rain outside finally poured down, with raindrops pounding on the windows, and lightning striking amidst the downpour.

  Even with the windows closed, the wind made them shake violently.

  When all the students returo their seats, a deathly silence fell.

  The eerie silence made Qin Nuo and the other pyers feel inexplicably uneasy.

  The students sat like puppets, with straight backs ay eyes staring ahead.

  Soon, crisp footsteps echoed from the corridor outside the . It was the arrival of the infamous Mr. Yan...

  JOSOLUNA