Chapter 58

"Have you found anything?" Guo Caitang asked.

"I asked the last person who saw the missing girl, and she said she smelled the stench of the canteen. It's almost certain that either there's a pervert hiding in the canteen, or there's a demon," Mo Fan said, pushing up his glasses that reflected a wise light. Just like Conan said, there is only one truth!

"Is that so? Then tonight, you will guard the canteen, and the rest of us will watch the teaching building, Mingwen Park, the dormitory, and the playground," Guo Caitang said with a somewhat arrogant tone.

"That... why don't I guard the dormitory? I heard that many boarding students are still on campus, and their safety should be entrusted to..." Mo Fan said.

"Fei Shi will be enough there."

Mo Fan felt a headache. Fei Shi looked like the kind of weird uncle who would steal girls' underwear. Letting him guard the girls' dormitory would make the girls even more in danger!

...

At night, Mo Fan was really assigned to the canteen.

The canteen of Mingwen Girls' High School was very large, like a grand hall. As a noble school, it made sense for the canteen to be so spacious and luxurious, unlike the canteen of Tianlan Magic High School, where the cafeteria aunties would chase away anything that tried to hide in there with their brooms.

The dark canteen was only dimly lit by some distant lights, and the neatly arranged tables and chairs stood cold and empty. Squatting in a corner, Mo Fan daydreamed about the scene of girls in short skirts dining here in the summer, the air filled with fragrance and endless springtime...

"Bang!!"

"Bang!!!"

"Bang bang bang!!!!"

Suddenly, a series of sounds came from somewhere.

A forgotten iron spoon, left alone, trembled with the movement of the table and chairs, slowly sliding toward the edge of the table.

The iron spoon fell and hit Mo Fan's head. Mo Fan quickly caught the small iron spoon that almost exposed his position.

Damn, the evidence of eating ice cream in the evening almost exposed his location.

"This canteen is really strange. What's causing the shaking? It feels like there's a construction team below. Could someone be building a dungeon down there? Perverts are really popular these days," Mo Fan whispered, looking around.

"Co-co-co~~ co-co-co~~~~~~"

Suddenly, a very strange low growl came from the back of the canteen.

With this sound, Mo Fan immediately smelled the sour smell of food, like leeks, raw meat, and pickled vegetables.

"Damn, is there really a demon?" Mo Fan's heart tightened.

Before joining the city's demon-hunting team, Mo Fan always thought the city was a very peaceful world, and demons were just something adults made up to scare children who wouldn't sleep. He never thought there were really demons lurking in the city. It seems that what his cousin Mo Qing said before wasn't a lie!

Thinking about it, a city is so big, with many unknown places. Even if a demon appeared and caused a death, the police would suppress the news and deal with it secretly. The impact of public panic would be far greater than the incident itself.

Mo Fan took out his pager and secretly pressed it in his pocket.

This pager was simple, sending a signal and location to his teammates, letting them know he was in trouble!

"Co-co-co!! co-co-co!!!!"

As soon as he pressed the pager, the thing in the canteen's back kitchen seemed to sense the signal. A deep blue eye eerily peeked out from the glass partition, locking onto Mo Fan who had sent the signal.

The pupil was as big as a basketball, and the eye, covered in warts, made Mo Fan's skin crawl as it turned.

With the reflected light, Mo Fan could roughly see an outline...

It was a neck.

A neck as thick as a tree that one person could barely hug, with no clear distinction between the neck and the head. In the general area of the head, there was only a basketball-sized eye and a mouth filled with sour food!

"Damn, do these demons have built-in wireless receivers? I send a signal, and they can sense it!" Mo Fan cursed in his heart.

As soon as he pressed the signal, the big-eyed creature locked onto him. Even the aliens in Hollywood movies don't have such amazing abilities!

"Co-co!!"

Suddenly, the big-eyed creature's pupil seemed to be focusing on something. Its basketball-sized pupil was contracting violently!

As the energy reached its peak, a crimson beam shot out from the monster's pupil!

The crimson beam first pierced through the glass window between the students and the cafeteria aunties, then flew through a row of canteen tables, heading straight for where Mo Fan was!

Mo Fan almost wet his pants.

This thing attacked without any warning, with a cold and stern look, just like the cafeteria auntie's gaze when you hope she'll give you more meat.

Fortunately, Mo Fan wasn't a novice at dealing with demons. He immediately rolled to the side toward the canteen door!

The next second, a charred hole appeared where Mo Fan had been. If he hadn't dodged, the hole would have been in his chest.

The power of stardust to some extent changed the physique of mages. Although the change wasn't very obvious, it was enough to prevent mages from being unable to dodge obvious attacks.

Mo Fan was also very wise, choosing a spot closest to the door from the beginning. This roll allowed him to successfully escape the canteen.

However, things weren't as simple as Mo Fan thought. The big-eyed creature let out a shrill scream and rushed out of the canteen's back kitchen. Its large eye was once again focusing on something crimson.

Mo Fan looked back, even more shocked.

This thing's attack frequency is so fast, this time I probably can't dodge it!

Mo Fan began to use his mind to trigger the magic tool imprint in his soul, ready to summon the Bone Scythe Shield to protect himself.

"Water Defense · Dissolve!"

Just as Mo Fan was about to complete it, a clear voice came from the nearby basketball court.

Next, Mo Fan saw a stream of water materialize in the air, like a soft ribbon, quickly weaving into a curved water shield in front of him.

The crimson beam of light hit the water shield and was completely dissipated. The crimson energy instantly turned into countless droplets of water, sprinkling at Mo Fan's feet!

Mo Fan immediately canceled the summoning of the Bone Scythe Shield, turned his head, and saw the girl named Xiao Ke smiling sweetly at him, revealing two cute little fangs.

Xiao Ke?

Girl, you came just in time!!

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