Abyssal Invasion, I Wield Dark Authority – Chapter 41

Ch 41: Waiting for the Rabbit

Seeing this message, Qin Jin-nian suddenly remembered… he was still a student, wasn’t he?

But after going to school yesterday, Qin Jin-nian felt that high school wasn’t very helpful to him at the moment.

But university was very important.

After thinking for a moment, Qin Jin-nian drove with one hand while the other hand tapped away: “It’s rare for the group leader to remember this lowly person, I am extremely flattered.”

At this moment, in Class 23 of Fifth High School, a girl with a sweet appearance but a hint of heroism suddenly raised her eyebrows: “Hmm?”

She looked at the message on her phone, and a hint of surprise appeared in her eyes…

Had Qin Jin-nian changed so much? Now he dared to joke with her? It really wasn’t an illusion that day.

She couldn’t help but recall the chance encounter with Qin Jin-nian at the Tongmuqi Community that day.

At that time, she felt that his state was completely different from when he was at school.

But at that time, she was busy with her cousin’s affairs and didn’t have time to chat with him, so she hurried away.

But now it seemed… he had indeed changed quite a bit.

Thinking in her heart, she pondered for a moment and typed away.

“I only arrived at school in the afternoon yesterday, as I had just finished dealing with things at home.”

Looking at the message on her phone, Qin Jin-nian immediately thought of that woman who had turned into something like a bug…

She was taken away by the Night Watch, and they clearly stated that they would ‘deal with’ her…

Thinking of the black mist on her head, Qin Jin-nian couldn’t help but think of that Evil Youth… Could there be a strange, weird creature in her head too? From the information he had so far, these churches and the weird creatures were inextricably linked.

He frowned, but in the end, he didn’t ask further, and instead continued to reply with one hand: “Okay, understood.”

“So, you’re already late. Hurry and come to school.”

“Group leader, I was kidnapped by my blanket, so I probably can’t go to school today. I ask for leave.”

“?? Are you kidding me?”

“Really, my blanket might have been infected by a weird creature during the Blood Moon, and now it has trapped me on the bed… I’ve already called the Night Watch for help. They said that in this situation, I have to close my eyes, breathe evenly, and after a long while, when I’m hungry and thin, I can break free on my own.”

“???”

“I won’t say more, I’ll subdue the blanket weird creature first, group leader, please ask for leave for me. Thank you.”

“……”

Qin Jin-nian didn’t reply again, put away his phone, and focused on driving… Driving while distracted, brings tears to loved ones.

On the other side, at the school, Chen Feifei stared blankly at the message on her phone.

Blanket weird creature, kidnapped? How could he come up with that?

This guy…

A black line appeared on Chen Feifei’s face. Speechless, she also felt a strange feeling in her heart.

Of course, she knew that he was making excuses to ask for leave, but this ‘excuse’ of an ‘excuse’ made her feel very novel.

If it were a classmate with a cheerful personality who was joking with her like this, she would at most be speechless.

But these words were said by Qin Jin-nian, which made her feel a bit novel while being speechless…

After all, everyone knew Qin Jin-nian’s situation in the class.

In the past, he wouldn’t even dare to talk to her.

This…

Lost in thought.

“Feifei, has your Group 50 arrived?”

Mu Bai’s voice came from behind.

Chen Feifei came back to her senses, looked at Mu Bai who was registering not far away, thought for a moment, and said: “Qin Jin-nian asked for leave, not feeling well. Everyone else has arrived.”

Hearing Qin Jin-nian, Mu Bai paused for a moment, but quickly nodded, recorded it, and didn’t say anything more…

Everyone in the class knew that Qin Jin-nian’s health wasn’t good. Asking for leave occasionally was also normal.

If it was before, Mu Bai would probably have no feeling at all.

But this time, Mu Bai paused slightly, clearly paying attention.

And the reason was that Qin Jin-nian had spoken to him yesterday.

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It was strange, if other classmates spoke to him, he probably wouldn’t take it to heart.

But Qin Jin-nian… this person who had never had much of a presence in the class, suddenly spoke to him, which instead left a deep impression on him.

Seeing Mu Bai nod without asking more, Chen Feifei looked at the message on her phone, finally shook her head, and put away her phone.

Although Qin Jin-nian’s change surprised her a little, that was all.

They were already in their third year of high school, and they didn’t have much time left. They had to work harder to get into their desired universities.

After all, everyone only had one chance at the college entrance examination. If they missed it, there was no chance to do it again.

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Half an hour later, the Headmaster’s car returned to the underground parking lot.

It was almost eight o’clock.

Qin Jin-nian got out of the car, put on his hood, and buried his head, heading towards the building where the Headmaster lived.

Then he took the elevator to the 27th floor and got off.

A glance, and there was no difference from when he left.

Qin Jin-nian looked at the location of 2708, almost at the very end, far from the stairwell.

Qin Jin-nian exhaled softly, and the next step was to wait.

He turned and walked into the stairwell, then casually sat on the stairs, and waited quietly.

He didn’t know when the person delivering the Road Permit would come, so he could only use this stupid method to lie in wait.

Of course, the purpose of lying in wait was not to kill the other party… but to follow the other party for a while, confirm the other party’s identity… and see if there would be any other gains.

The Church was very mysterious. He got the Headmaster’s phone, but her chat records with others were basically cleared, only retaining the chat records with the mysterious ‘-‘ from yesterday… If Qin Jin-nian hadn’t acted in time, the records from yesterday would probably have been cleared as well.

So the gains in terms of intelligence were still not very significant.

If he could have one more ‘branch’ to obtain intelligence, then for his subsequent actions, perhaps at some point, there would be unexpected effects.

“However, finding the other party’s headquarters, just me alone, going to their door would be like offering myself up. So, I still have to rely on external forces…”

Qin Jin-nian’s eyes flickered as he thought.

They were an entire Church, mysterious and weird. Relying only on Qin Jin-nian, it was impossible to save Ningning.

Qin Jin-nian had always been very clear about this.

So, from the very beginning, he didn’t plan to do this alone.

He was going to rely on external forces.

And there were actually no other choices for external forces… only the Night Watch.

And the reason why Qin Jin-nian didn’t contact the Night Watch at the moment, but was investigating on his own, was also very simple… Once the Night Watch took action, the commotion would inevitably be significant. As a Church of the Chaotic Evil alignment, how could they not pay attention to the movements of the Lawful Good alignment Night Watch?

I’m afraid that some of the stronger ones inside were watching at all times… Whether they could keep an eye on them for the time being was another matter, but if the Night Watch had special actions, the Church of the End would very likely pay close attention.

So it would be better for Qin Jin-nian to investigate secretly on his own first, and after getting a result, then figure out how to inform the Night Watch…

Hmm, how to inform the Night Watch also needed to be carefully considered… If it could both attract enough attention from the other party, and also guarantee that he himself wouldn’t be exposed to the greatest extent, that would be great…

Qin Jin-nian began to think.

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Unknowingly, time passed.

He didn’t know how long it had been, the elevator ‘ding’ed, and Qin Jin-nian, who had been waiting here for a long time, subconsciously raised his head. After waiting for a moment, he quietly walked to the stairwell and peeked into the corridor.

Then, his eyes suddenly flickered slightly, and he saw a figure standing in front of the door of 2708.

Accompanied by a series of password inputs, and a ‘click’ sound, the door opened, and that figure walked in.

Qin Jin-nian didn’t stay, turned his body, and moved, jumping down from the stairwell directly.