Chapter 26

It was already ten minutes later when the Dragon Tomb Society heard about the incident involving the eSports Society.

"Gu Changsheng and the others were injured by criminals for their act of bravery?"

This news stunned everyone in the Dragon Tomb Society.

"Is this... an accident?"

Losing their eligibility to compete due to an act of bravery was probably a real accident.

"But what about this situation? What about our next match?" Apart from Su Xiaoyue, who had already left early, the entire eSports Society had fallen victim. This meant that in tomorrow's match, the Dragon Tomb Society seemed to... have no opponents?

At this moment, Li Chuyu, who was using a communication terminal, turned around and said, "We have to wait for the official notification for tomorrow's match schedule. It will be out by the latest this afternoon."

"Is this luck or misfortune?" Everyone in the Dragon Tomb Society was at a loss.

"Could this really be an accident?" Zhou Xian was also puzzled.

Just then, the door to the Dragon Tomb Society's lounge was suddenly pushed open.

"Hello, is this the Dragon Tomb Society's lounge... Oh, Zhou Xian, hello~"

The one who entered was a girl wearing a casual T-shirt and a short skirt. She wasn't very tall, giving off a petite impression. The girl had shoulder-length hair with a slight brown tint, exuding a lively vibe. Not only that, she had a peculiar aura that made her seem almost otherworldly, yet this aura made her seem very approachable.

Although the girl seemed like a stranger, in the eyes of the Dragon Tomb Society, this "stranger" felt like a neighbor's little sister.

"Beidou? How did you get in?"

Zhou Xian's words instantly snapped everyone out of their strange illusion.

Li Chuyu looked at Zhou Xian but didn't say anything.

"Lai Yiming, the Lai Yiming from your Dragon Tomb Society. I found his student ID, so I returned it to you out of honesty. I just went to your activity room and found that none of you were there, so I came all the way here and searched for a while."

Beidou waved a student ID in her hand.

"My student ID?"

Lai Yiming stood up and took the student ID.

"Thank you."

After thanking her, Lai Yiming opened the student ID and was surprised, "This is really my student ID?! I kept it at the bottom of my drawer in the dorm, how could it be lost? Beidou, where did you find it?"

"Across the street in the shopping district." Beidou turned her head to Zhou Xian, "I also acted bravely today. I saw the eSports Society members being attacked, so I subdued the attackers and picked this up."

"You were at the scene? No, you mean you found this student ID at the scene?!"

Xu Tianyun's voice rose an octave after hearing Beidou's explanation. He immediately walked over excitedly, "This thing appeared at the crime scene...?"

"Yeah, something like that." Beidou tilted her head, closed her right eye, and looked at the Dragon Tomb Society members with her left eye.

"Impossible, could this be a frame-up?!" Tao Shan couldn't sit still.

At this moment, everyone in the Dragon Tomb Society, except for Zhang Taihao who was still focused on the match, gathered around Beidou.

Frame-up.

Clearly, they had already anticipated this situation, and it seemed to be a serious one.

"From the beginning, there was no accident..." Lai Yiming looked at his student ID with a serious face, "Who is doing this? This is definitely a setup to frame our Dragon Tomb Society. But who are these bastards?"

If it weren't for the two girls present, Lai Yiming might have already exploded.

"This is worse than before. Who is this, it's like they have a deep grudge against the entire Zhongzhou Academy!"

Tao Shan was also very upset.

This didn't seem like an isolated incident.

This was a series of premeditated actions.

And this time, it was aimed at both the Dragon Tomb Society and the eSports Society.

"But with such a big incident, the school can't possibly not react, right?" Zhou Xian thought about this.

The school and the police aren't fools; with such a significant anomaly in the competition, everyone would know something was wrong.

"—That's right, in fact, the police are talking to my dad right now."

Another uninvited guest.

"Senior Su Xiaoyue!" Xu Tianyun and Tao Shan both called out.

"..." Li Chuyu suddenly felt out of place, looking at Beidou and then at Su Xiaoyue.

"You just said the police are here?" Zhou Xian, who had just heard Su Xiaoyue, immediately became alert.

"Yes, the police. This time, I don't know which guy went crazy. Based on the interrogation of Lu Zhong, the police believe there might be a criminal among us. But they can't confirm the target yet, so they are discussing this with my dad."

That's right, if so many things happened and the police didn't react, that would be strange.

"And I just heard your conversation—looks like they are targeting you?"

Zhou Xian looked at Lai Yiming and nodded, "Probably. But we didn't expect it to develop like this."

"If I didn't know we were in the real world, I would almost think we were in a 007 movie." Tao Shan's comment reflected the true feelings of everyone in the Dragon Tomb Society.

Indeed, everything was too unbelievable.

"No matter how unbelievable, it has happened. The world is not as you imagine; it is constantly changing... Now, our world has changed."

Beidou said this while picking up a snack from the Dragon Tomb Society's lounge and eating it in one bite.

She really was a natural.

"What should we do next? What about our match? And what about those students?" These weren't things Zhou Xian could consider, but at this moment, he couldn't help but think about how to solve these problems.

"I don't know." Su Xiaoyue shook her head, "But you should do nothing for now. And... I will catch that murderer myself!"

"Cough... I think it's best to leave this to the police."

"...Forget it." Su Xiaoyue seemed to be thinking about something. She looked at Zhou Xian, seemed to consider something, then shook her head and left.

"Um, I've delivered what I came for, so I'll go too... Everyone in the Dragon Tomb Society, I'll be a student at this school next semester, can I join you, seniors~"

She made a gesture and turned to leave.

"What about us?" Tao Shan asked.

"Wait and see." This was Zhou Xian's response.

...

Things were changing.

By the afternoon, all the students received an unfortunate message.

The eSports Society students, due to their "act of bravery," had four members, including the president, injured and hospitalized, thus missing the competition. As for the Dragon Tomb Society, they advanced directly.

This made the supporters of the eSports Society generally dissatisfied. However, those who had seen Zhang Taihao's matches thought it was not unreasonable. Of course, more people were lamenting that if the eSports Society president could have competed against the Dragon Tomb Society, it would have been an even more exciting match than the last one.

In the absence of the Changsheng Society, the most concerned about the situation of the eSports Society in the Middle School Cup were the spectators.

But they didn't expect the situation to take such a dramatic turn.

And even more surprising things were to come.

When the final four were selected, they were the Dragon Tomb Society, the Zhuri Society, the Tuantian Society, and the Zhanlang Society.

This surprising four-strong lineup left everyone speechless—out of the top ten seed societies, only two made it!

Apart from the veteran Zhanlang Society and the Zhuri Society, both the Dragon Tomb Society and the Tuantian Society were newly formed teams!

Upon hearing this news, the students were incredibly surprised.

But with the frequent unexpected events in this year's competition, such a situation seemed reasonable. After all, the two most popular societies had already withdrawn from the competition.

However, there were things the students didn't know.

Just as they were learning about these unbelievable events, Su Wenlong had just sent the police investigators away.

"Who would have thought that a Middle School Cup would cause such a mess." Su Wenlong rubbed his temples, exhausted.

The eSports competition happens every year, but never before had such a situation occurred, even to the point of involving the police.

Lu Zhong, who had targeted Su Wenlong, was found to have actually been targeting Su Xiaoyue. After that, Su Wenlong knew their real target was the eSports Society.

"The perpetrator might be a mentally unstable person, or even a cult member." Su Wenlong suddenly remembered the police's analysis.

Ordinary people might not know, but Su Wenlong knew that in recent years, there had been a secret cult in society that was very mysterious and had been suppressed several times but never completely eradicated. This cult liked to incite people's antagonistic emotions, create panic and anger, and even trigger various incidents.

The situation seemed to be getting more complicated.

"I hope my guess is wrong." He prayed silently.

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