What's wrong, Yězi? What did you see?"
Inoshita Riya quickly walked over and helped the female student named Yězi, asking her urgently.
Yězi's expression was on the verge of tears, and she choked out,
"I... I think I just saw a shadow flash outside the window..."
"What!"
"Is that true or false!"
"Yězi, don't scare me..."
The surrounding students instantly erupted, quickly backing away, keeping their distance from the window where the shadow had appeared.
The entire room instantly revealed a large empty space.
Inoshita Riya stared at the window with a heavy expression for a while but found nothing.
However, the surrounding students began to panic.
One student clutched Inoshita Riya's clothes tightly, looking as if he wanted to hang on him.
"Riya-sensei, is there really something... out there?"
The students around him all showed the same fear, pressing tightly against each other.
Inoshita Riya didn't speak, but his vigilance was already at its highest, his gaze sweeping back and forth across the windows on both sides.
Shangguan Mo shook his head imperceptibly, feeling somewhat worried about the quality of these Ninja Academy students.
Children in the Ninja World generally mature early; ten-year-olds are already sensible, and in three more years, these students will graduate from the Ninja Academy and become Genin, but Shangguan Mo saw no trace of Ninja qualities in them.
After observing carefully for a while and finding no shadow, Inoshita Riya breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"Everyone, don't panic. There are so many of us; that guy wouldn't dare to come in! Besides, I, your teacher, am with you. What's there to be afraid of?"
Although he spoke casually and put on a relaxed expression.
But with Shangguan Mo's experience, he immediately realized that Inoshita Riya was just trying to reassure everyone.
"He probably doesn't have any confidence himself..." Shangguan Mo muttered to himself.
After this ghostly interlude, the atmosphere in the room became tense again.
Some timid students didn't even dare to look at the windows.
At this moment, outside a window that everyone had their backs to, the darkness seemed to solidify a bit.
A pitch-black shadow suddenly appeared, seemingly without substance in the darkness. A seemingly inconspicuous hand reached into the window and instantly grabbed the collar of a boy who was pressed tightly against the window.
Swish!
Without even a gasp, the people around only felt a cold wind on their backs, a slight chill, and when they turned their heads curiously, they found a small empty space behind them; the classmate from before had vanished.
"Ri-Ri-Riya-sensei, He, He is gone!"
After a few seconds of silence, a student finally stammered out a sound.
"That guy is just toying with us. He's definitely from the Evil God Cult, otherwise he wouldn't be so twisted!" Shangguan Mo gritted his teeth in annoyance.
"After all, they are my classmates. I still can't just stand by and watch them die without doing anything..."
He lowered his head and thought for a while, then sighed slightly, and still pulled Li to Inoshita Riya's side.
He chose to step forward.
If he couldn't stay hidden, then he wouldn't!
"Riya-sensei, this won't do. Let's each watch a window. If we notice anything wrong, we'll act immediately!"
Inoshita Riya was slightly stunned. Seeing his serious expression, he still nodded helplessly.
He himself was just a retired Chunin. He had suffered internal injuries when he was young, and now that he was older, his strength had long since declined. He was only slightly stronger than an average Genin.
Facing the mysterious figure who had appeared and disappeared, taking two of his students, he only felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
...
A few minutes later, in front of Shangguan Mo, the pitch-black night outside the window seemed to grow even more eerie.
The next moment!
A hand suddenly reached in from outside the window!
Chii chii chii!
The three Shuriken Shangguan Mo had already held in his hand instantly flew out.
"Ah!"
Then an incredulous cry of pain came from outside the window, and the Black Hand instantly retracted.
Shangguan Mo moved, and his entire body leaped directly out of the window. Inoshita Riya's face paled, and just as he was about to follow.
A hurried but rapidly receding voice sounded from the darkness, making his expression waver.
"Riya-sensei, don't come over. Prevent others from taking advantage of the situation..."
He couldn't hear the rest of the words clearly, but he already understood Shangguan Mo's meaning.
Looking at the students around him, whose faces were filled with fear mixed with surprise, he sighed softly in his heart.
Beside Inoshita Riya, Li watched Shangguan Mo disappear into the darkness, her face filled with worry. She clasped her hands together, praying for his safe return.
"Mo-kun, you'll be fine..."
...
In the night, Shangguan Mo tightly followed the pitch-black figure ahead.
He dared to follow because he had his own confidence.
He saw the ground beneath his feet rapidly rising with his steps. The Earth Dragon Beast, accompanied by the Iron Hedgehog, followed him closely, and the Earth Beetle above his head also received Shangguan Mo's command, ready to activate its ability at any moment.
Shangguan Mo was like a ghost in the night, his figure merely a fleeting glimpse under the faint Moonlight.
But the shadow in front was even faster. In just a dozen seconds, Shangguan Mo could barely make out the person's blurry figure.
Just as he was about to give up, the shadow suddenly stopped.
Shangguan Mo was slightly stunned, and the next moment, as if understanding something, a cold smile appeared on his lips.
"Want to deal with me? Then let's see who deals with whom!"
With that thought flashing through his mind, Shangguan Mo slightly slowed his pace, conserving his stamina, and then he called out to the Earth Dragon Beast in his mind, telling it to hide deeper underground.
It wasn't until he was about ten meters from the shadow that Shangguan Mo finally saw the person's true appearance. The person wore a black robe and a hideous grimace mask, revealing only a pair of intriguing, dark eyes under the Moonlight.
"Brat, you're quite bold..."
Shangguan Mo remained silent, which, to the Genin of the Evil God Cult, meant he was scared and just putting on a brave front.
After a while, Shangguan Mo finally asked in a low, somber voice,
"What about my two classmates? Did you..."
"Of course... they returned to the embrace of the great Evil God. They all experienced the most wonderful way to die, having all their blood drained by me..."
"You deserve to die!"
Uncontrollable rage surged in Shangguan Mo's eyes as he stared intensely at the cruel Evil God Cult follower before him.
"Hehehe... Brat, so... you came after me alone, have you already chosen to throw yourself into the embrace of the Evil God?"
The Evil God Cult Genin let out a hoarse laugh, feeling immense satisfaction at the impotent rage of a dying person.
"Die for me!"
Shangguan Mo roared, seemingly enraged by the other's nonchalant attitude, and charged at the person with his Kunai.
"Interesting, very interesting! You're really different from your classmates, brat! I almost don't have the heart to kill you."
The Evil God Cult Genin easily dodged all of Shangguan Mo's attacks, but his eyes showed surprise, and he began to babble.
"I've changed my mind. How about it, brat, are you interested in following me and joining my Evil God Cult?
Believe in the Evil God, gain eternal life!
At such a young age, you can possess such excellent intellect and have the strength of a regular Genin in your third year of Ninja Academy. If you were to learn Ninjutsu, even I would find you a bit troublesome..."
Seeing Shangguan Mo remain unmoved and continue his furious assault, the person's eyes flashed with a sharp glint, and he finally began to feel impatient.
"Brat! There's no future staying in a place like Tang Yin Village. I'll give you one last chance, believe in the Evil God..."
"I believe in your mother!"
Shangguan Mo suddenly roared, simultaneously issuing an attack command to the Earth Dragon Beast in his mind.
"Are you serious? My own mother has already been sacrificed to the great Evil God!"
The Evil God Cult Genin's eyes were dark, and his expression was morbid!