Chapter 30

Flipping through a few pages of the textbook, Lin Yifan couldn't muster any enthusiasm for the hiragana and katakana, which looked like a bunch of bean sprouts to him.

It seemed he was now like a kindergartener, only looking at the pictures in the book and the kanji mixed in with the bean sprouts.

After a while, the drowsy Lin Yifan simply laid his head on the desk and fell asleep in front of the teacher.

It wasn't that Lin Yifan didn't want to learn; it was just that the textbook was as incomprehensible as a heavenly book, and sleeping seemed more reliable.

The teacher only glanced at Lin Yifan a few more times but didn't pay much attention, continuing to teach calmly.

Someone had thrown a broken mirror under Lin Yifan's desk. Bored, Lin Yifan stared at the cracked mirror, wishing he had stayed in the infirmary, which was much less boring.

Just as Lin Yifan's eyelids were about to close, the face in the mirror changed, and a woman with disheveled hair and a ghastly white face appeared.

Lin Yifan jerked backward, staring at the eerie ghostly aura coming from under the desk, taking a while to regain his composure.

Noticing the gazes of his classmates and the teacher's dissatisfaction, Lin Yifan lay back down on the desk.

"Ko-Zone, what are you doing here!" Lin Yifan lowered his voice and said to the woman in the mirror.

Just now, Lin Yifan was almost scared out of his wits. To think a ghost was hiding under the desk in broad daylight; anyone else would have jumped up in terror.

"Because I was bored, I came to play with you! But don't worry, I knocked out the four guys in the prison before coming," Ko-Zone said nonchalantly, as if torturing prisoners was a daily routine.

Lin Yifan's lips twitched a few times. It was reassuring to leave those four prisoners in Ko-Zone's hands...

"Oh, right! I almost forgot, the old man asked me to give you a message."

The old accountant? Lin Yifan was a bit curious. Why would the old man suddenly have Ko-Zone deliver a message to him? "Hmm?"

"The old man said that someone tampered with the data privately and sent four轮回者 into the school."

Hearing this, Lin Yifan, who was lying on the desk, chuckled lightly. "I already ran into them. Although I almost got ambushed, I managed to drive them off."

"Ah? No, that data change happened recently. Four more people just entered this world."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yifan, who was lying on the desk, was stunned for a moment.

Bang!

A gunshot rang out, and the entire school's reading voices almost stopped simultaneously, accompanied by a heart-wrenching scream.

All the students looked in the direction of the gunshot, sitting dumbfounded on their desks.

At this moment, Lin Yifan, who was lying on the desk, broke out in a cold sweat. Four more people just entered? Could it be that the number of轮回者 increased to eight?!

He suddenly stood up from the desk, and without a word, pushed open the classroom door in the puzzled gazes of the other students.

Striding out, Lin Yifan rushed into the restroom, took off his windbreaker, and put on a bulletproof vest underneath.

After putting on the bulletproof vest under his clothes, Lin Yifan reappeared at the door of Class 3-A and took Tezuka Sae's hand in front of everyone. "Come with me."

"What happened?" Tezuka Sae let Lin Yifan hold her hand, remaining calm.

"There's no time to explain, just come with me." Lin Yifan pulled Tezuka Sae's hand and walked out, leaving the other students in shock, not knowing what was happening.

Lin Yifan and Tezuka Sae ran down the corridor. Suddenly, Lin Yifan stopped and came to the window.

Looking down, he saw eight fully armed men with guns standing at the school gate. Among them, Lin Yifan immediately recognized the bald, muscular man, whose explosive muscles were recognizable even with a helmet.

At the school gate, just beyond the gate, the physical education teacher, who should have died from the zombie virus, lay dead at the entrance, a terrifying bullet hole in his chest, blood spreading on his clothes.

"These... reinforcements have arrived." Lin Yifan muttered softly. The number had increased from four to eight, and Ko-Zone hadn't made a mistake; they really had sent more people!

The physical education teacher lay dead at the school gate, and the few security guards behind him screamed and sat on the ground, their legs trembling and their pants wet, too scared to even run.

The bald, muscular man raised a machine gun and fired a burst at the school gate, then kicked it open.

"Go in and surround the school."

The bald, muscular man strode forward, and the team members with M4 carbines raised their guns and fired a few shots, mercilessly killing the security guards.

Blood splattered under the blooming cherry trees.

Lin Yifan's face darkened. These ruthless轮回者 had become numb, losing their humanity in the cycle world.

Watching the seven armed men rush into the school, with the bald, muscular man guarding the gate.

"Sae, let's go!" Lin Yifan took Tezuka Sae's hand and ran out.

Tezuka Sae, who was being pulled by Lin Yifan, showed a hint of displeasure. Lin Yifan was too quick to get close, calling her by her first name after just meeting her.

She shook off Lin Yifan's hand and coldly looked at the armed men rushing into the school. "Why should we run? We just need to take them out."

"Of course, we need to take them out, but the school will soon be in chaos. In the midst of panicked students, we won't be able to use our full strength." Lin Yifan remained calm, already predicting what would happen next.

The school's intercom immediately came on: "Attention... attention, all students, a violent incident is happening on campus. Please follow your teacher's instructions and evacuate to a safe place. I repeat, a violent incident is happening on campus..."

Bang!

A gunshot rang out from the intercom, followed by the sound of something sticky and fluid. Soon, a rough voice came over the intercom: "Listen up, all of you, sit quietly in your classrooms and don't move. If anyone is seen outside the classroom, they will be shot!"

Although the轮回者 threatened, the situation wouldn't go as he planned.

After a few seconds of stunned silence, the entire school erupted in a wave of screams, the deafening noise temporarily causing Lin Yifan to lose his hearing.

"Let's go! Don't get separated in the crowd."

Lin Yifan held Tezuka Sae's hand and quickly ran to a less crowded area. "I'm not familiar with the school layout. Do you know where we can hide?"

"Follow me." Tezuka Sae, who had been pulled by Lin Yifan, now took the lead, running to a less crowded area.

As for the students who were running around, they soon tasted the bitter taste of blood.

"Damn it, I told you not to run!" A轮回者 at the stairwell roared, raising his gun and firing a burst at the crowd. Instantly, a large number of students fell, most of them not dead but lying in pools of blood, screaming in pain.

A male high school student, shot in the abdomen, cried out in agony as his intestines spilled out of the wound. A female student, her face covered in blood, looked terrified and slowly backed away, her white school uniform stained red.

"Kazuko... Kazuko, save me..." The wounded student reached out and grabbed the girl's leg, his blood staining her white stockings.

"Let... let go."

"Kazuko..."

"Let go!" The girl screamed, kicking the male student's hand away and running.

The轮回者 with the helmet and sunglasses coldly smiled, raised his gun, and fired a few more shots at those who were still alive, then shouted, "Get back! Get back to your classrooms!"

At this moment, the terrified students, like penned sheep, retreated to their classrooms in fear.

The轮回者 nodded in satisfaction, picked up his walkie-talkie, and said, "Little Old Three, the students have been pushed back into the classrooms."

"Understood!" Little Old Three, sitting in the broadcast room, put his feet on the table, played with his gun, and cleared his throat. "Everyone, please remain calm. We are only here to find one person. If you hand over a student named Lin Yifan, we will leave immediately and not harm any innocents."

For a moment, the students in the school began to whisper, discussing who Lin Yifan was.

In Class 2-B, Takagi Saeko, watching the "terrorists" pass by the window, quietly took out her phone and called her father.

Meanwhile, Lin Yifan and Tezuka Sae were hiding in a girls' changing room, their nerves on edge. The sound of military boots echoed outside the door, clearly indicating that a轮回者 was searching for Lin Yifan.

Squatting beside the door, Lin Yifan hesitated about whether to take out his weapon. If he took out a gun like the P90, it would make it even harder to get close to Tezuka Sae.

Tezuka Sae wasn't like Kurakawa Shizuka, who wouldn't react much to seeing a student with a gun. If Tezuka Sae saw him with a gun, it would be hard to explain.

Just then, the footsteps suddenly stopped, and a figure appeared at the changing room door, standing still.