"School Belle, do you want me to introduce you?"
Su Ming stood in the upper left corner of the classroom.
The Ghost School Belle sat in the lower right corner.
The Ghost School Belle shook her head, "No need."
"What?" Su Ming shouted loudly, "School Belle, what did you say? I can't hear you."
He took a step forward, and countless strands of black hair shot up from the ground, blocking his path.
A single strand of black hair wrote two words on the ground with blood: "No need."
Su Ming, feeling frustrated, pulled a chair over and leaned against the wall.
Previously, he could call on the Ghost School Belle for support because he had made many promises.
Once the support was over, he had to keep his distance again.
"So annoying."
"I really want to get closer."
Su Ming looked at the Ghost School Belle's favorability.
[Current Favorability: Unfamiliar (105/200)]
"Still 95 points short."
He propped his chin on his hand.
It seemed that only after the Ghost School Belle's favorability level increased could he get closer.
But it was almost there.
According to Su Ming's estimation, at most ten days, the Ghost School Belle's favorability would level up.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but chuckle twice.
The owner of the black hair seemed to sense something.
With a swish, the strands danced wildly, slicing Su Ming seven or eight times before calming down.
As for death, Su Ming had truly gotten used to it.
Half an hour later, the black hair delivered a phone to Su Ming's hand.
The Ghost School Belle had chosen one high-risk item, two taboo items, and one sealed object.
The high-risk item was called the [Nameless Sacrificial Mask], which, when worn, could simulate an eerie aura, hide the presence of the living, and provide partial curse immunity.
The side effect was that the longer it was worn, the more one's self-awareness would blur, eventually becoming a new ghost.
The two taboo items.
The first was the [Human Skin Black Robe], which could tear through space for brief teleportation and had ghost-like super recovery abilities.
The side effect was that once worn, it couldn't be taken off until the entire body's flesh was devoured by the robe.
The second was the [Life-Borrowing Bronze Mirror], which could borrow a life from a ghost to resurrect for fifteen minutes.
The side effect was that after fifteen minutes, one would die completely, becoming nourishment for the bronze mirror.
Sealed objects were all numbered.
The lower the number, the more dangerous the sealed object.
The sealed object chosen by the Ghost School Belle was the [Mutated Humanoid Fish Statue], numbered 094.
It was discovered by a Level 3 Handler at the bottom of a dried-up fish pond.
The statue was thirty centimeters tall, made of a material that seemed neither stone nor not, with a fish's body but human limbs, its joints twisted and turned outward.
It looked extremely eerie and unsettling.
Research indicated it had a strong contagious nature, and approaching it would subject one to some unknown curse.
First, scales would grow, then the entire body would rot, flesh would soften and dissolve, consciousness would begin to twist madly, finally becoming a bizarre fish-like aberration similar to the statue.
It could not be analyzed, processed, or destroyed.
In the end, only the highest level of sealing treatment could be chosen.
After seeing the Ghost School Belle's choices, Su Ming smiled sweetly, "Alright, School Belle."
"I'll bring the items to you in a few days."
Leaving the classroom, he called the Anomaly Management Bureau.
The person in charge told him that the high-risk and taboo items could be delivered by the next day at the latest.
But the sealed object needed further identity verification.
Because sealed objects were extremely dangerous.
After confirming Su Ming's identity again, the person in charge said there was no problem, but it would take 5-7 days.
"That's fine."
Su Ming had no objections, of course.
As it turned out, by ten o'clock that night, the high-risk and taboo items were delivered.
One could only say, the Anomaly Management Bureau was fast.
After signing for them, Su Ming eagerly entered the classroom.
Meanwhile.
Zhou Zhengyang looked at the sealed object Su Ming had applied for.
Items like sealed objects were stored in fixed locations.
Everyone knew these things were dangerous, so almost no one considered them.
For example, the [Mutated Humanoid Fish Statue] was stored in a fully enclosed chamber three thousand meters underground, prohibiting anyone from approaching.
Rubbing his temples, he picked up the phone beside him.
"Gu Shen, I've sent you the specific situation."
"You need to personally deliver the Sealed Object 094 to Su Ming."
"And."
Zhou Zhengyang thought for a moment and said, "After delivering it, take a few days off and spend some time with your daughter."
Gu Shen was Gu Yan's father, a military man who became an Awakened twelve years ago, currently a 4th-Awakening Awakened and also a Level 4 Handler at the Anomaly Management Bureau.
However, this guy was somewhat extreme.
He wished he could handle anomaly incidents 24 hours a day.
The reason, Zhou Zhengyang understood.
His wife had sacrificed herself in an anomaly incident, so he harbored extreme hatred for anomalies, wishing to clean up all the anomalies in the world in a single day.
This time, sending him was partly to relax his highly tense nerves, lest he suddenly break down like Elder Lin.
On the other hand, it was to let him get in touch with Su Ming, to slightly change his obsession with anomalies.
After all, Su Ming's way of interacting with aberrations was unheard of.
After hanging up the phone, he thought for a moment and decided to call Su Ming to ask what he needed the sealed object for.
Of course, it wasn't a business call, but a personal one.
Mainly out of curiosity.
But after several calls, Su Ming didn't answer.
Because at that moment, Su Ming was grinning as he watched the Ghost School Belle absorb the high-risk and taboo items he had just applied for.
The most beautiful music was nothing more than.
[Favorability +10, Current: Unfamiliar (115/200)]
[Favorability +10, Current: Unfamiliar (125/200)]
[Favorability +10, Current: Unfamiliar (135/200)]
[Favorability +10, Current: Unfamiliar (145/200)]
[Favorability +10, Current: Unfamiliar (155/200)]
Almost there, almost there.
The favorability was about to level up.
After waiting for quite a while.
The Ghost School Belle's favorability stopped at 155.
"Still 45 points short."
"When the sealed object arrives, it should level up."
"School Belle, do you want more?"
The Ghost School Belle was in a very good mood, she even took the initiative to walk up to Su Ming and take his phone.
After flipping through it, she chose some more items.
Su Ming wanted to exchange them.
But suddenly realized, damn, the rental limit was reached.
Unless he returned what he had rented before and reapplied.
But how to return them?
The Nameless Sacrificial Mask, Human Skin Black Robe, and Life-Borrowing Bronze Mirror had all turned to ashes.
The Ghost School Belle looked at the frowning Su Ming and gently said, "I want."
After a pause, she spoke again, "Give it to me."
Snap.
Su Ming immediately started to take off his pants.
After being killed seven or eight times by the black hair, Su Ming finally realized the Ghost School Belle wanted the items she had chosen.
Of course, whether he truly realized it or was just pretending, only Su Ming knew.
He slapped his thigh, "School Belle, wait for me."
This was the first time the Ghost School Belle had actively asked for something.
Even if he had to sell everything, Su Ming had to satisfy her.
Back to reality, he shouted, "Xiaolou, come with me."
Time to collect some trash.
Those cursed objects could be handed over to the Anomaly Management Bureau for recycling, each worth a hundred thousand or 10 points.
If they found out after processing that they could serve as items, there would be additional rewards.
10 points might be little, but the quantity was large.
Other handlers had to search like finding a needle in a haystack, analyzing one by one.
But Su Ming didn't have to.
With a scan, he would run wherever there was a red dot.
As he said, the world was full of gold.
Thus, that night, the Pingjiang City branch of the Anomaly Management Bureau was paralyzed.
Looking at the piles and piles of cursed objects, they were almost stacked into a mountain.
Yet Su Ming continued to deliver them to the bureau.
When Zhou Zhengyang found out, he was dumbfounded.
He knew Su Ming was good at finding cursed objects, but not to this extent.
Could it really be as he said before, that he could pick up 2 or 3 just by going out to buy something?
"No way."
Not only Zhou Zhengyang, but many big shots couldn't sit still.
That night, the Dragon Nation's air routes were packed, with planes, fighter jets, helicopters, and armed aircraft arriving one after another in Pingjiang City.
Thus, Pingjiang City was once again locked down.