Master of Kaidan-Chapter 537: Be Cautious When Solving Problems

"Teacher, this really isn’t mine!"

The poor-performing student seemed to also realize something was wrong and immediately started to defend himself. However, the proctor just frowned and said, ƒree𝑤ebnσvel-com

"I didn’t say it was yours. Now, stand up!"

"I..."

The student, very conflicted, stood up, and the proctor walked over to him. Just then, a roll of paper money fell from his pants.

Time seemed to freeze at that moment.

The proctor’s face began to contort, morphing from barely human to entirely inhuman, his originally normal arms becoming rough and slender like dry branches, effortlessly grabbing the fallen paper roll without even bending down.

"Teacher, this really isn’t mine. I don’t know who put it on my leg!" The student tried to argue, but the proctor had already unrolled the paper money and, seeing the dense text on it, angrily said,

"You, get out!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the student vanished into thin air, along with the test paper on his desk.

Feng Xue, who had watched the whole scene, was secretly astonished but also confirmed something—

"It seems that ’certain’ school rules do apply to all ’students.’ It’s just unclear whether the enforcement is uniform or somewhat mitigated. After all, it wasn’t just that player who made errors during the inauguration ceremony, but, in the end, only the player disappeared."

Feng Xue muttered to herself, decided against further sabotage, and dutifully began filling out her test paper.

She had clearly seen many students slacking off during the principal’s speech; lots were whispering, but strangely, only the player triggered something.

However, on reflection, the timing was a bit off.

"The player disappeared when the principal said ’no rules’ and not before summoning ghosts, which means he didn’t vanish because he broke a rule; it was the commotion he caused after breaking the rule that made him disappear."

Thinking this way, Feng Xue felt she had unearthed a pattern.

In a sense, maybe the players were just too nervous. Actually, breaking a rule at school doesn’t necessarily mean death.

Like getting a warning, a major demerit, being put under observation, or even being expelled... Missteps have levels, like resolving student conflicts directly through combat, similar to the previous Long-necked Ghost.

While minor offenses do get punished, they generally don’t result in instant death, for instance, not knowing a text by heart might just mean loads of homework, and not doing homework could escalate to harsher punishments.

But things like cheating on an exam or shouting during the principal’s speech might trigger the strictest instant death rule, disappearing on the spot.

"Still, no guarantees—it might just be a difference between the explicit rules and the implicit ones, considering the Long-necked Ghost attacked me not for breaking a school rule."

Feng Xue mentally separated the ghost attacks into two categories, looking at the phantasmagorical test paper in her hand. She had a feeling that the segment pertaining to ’school rules’ was the core of this Ghost School, unlike the Long-necked Ghost and the like...

"If my guess is right, then this Long-necked Ghost might actually help us crack the secret of this Ghost School."

Feng Xue quickly filled in her answers, all the while recalculating her strategy for this area of the school.

...

"Feng Xue, how did you do on the exam?" After the exam, Dazhuang came over waving his hand, and remembering the note the language teacher had made for Dazhuang, Feng Xue responded, "Not bad, thanks to the class leader setting us straight yesterday, I managed to memorize what I needed."

"Me too. Don’t you think the class leader knew the questions in advance and warned us on purpose?"

Dazhuang laughed, Feng Xue rolled her eyes internally but answered seriously,

"You can’t just say that. If someone hears, the class leader might lose their bonus. By the way, what do you think will happen to Lin Shu?"

"Lin Shu? Who’s that?" Dazhuang’s genuinely puzzled question sent a shiver through Feng Xue; Lin Shu was the struggling student she had framed, but Dazhuang’s nonchalant response suggested he genuinely didn’t remember.

"Maybe, but maybe this group of ghosts is colluding to trick me!"

Feng Xue tensed internally, yet shook her head and said,

"Eh, I heard someone mention Lin Shu was in trouble, isn’t he in our class?"

It must be said, Feng Xue’s acting was spot on, her ambiguity coupled with all the naive stupidity of a school environment. Dazhuang scratched his head as if thinking, then responded,

"I’ve been in class three since the first year of high school, there’s no one named Lin Shu. Maybe you’re thinking of someone from another class."

"Oh, that could be. Next up is math, how’s your review going?" Feng Xue brushed off the subject with a laugh, Dazhuang shook his head,

"Math? How do you even review that? You either know it or you don’t, no amount of studying can help!"

"That’s not necessarily true, at least memorizing formulas can help." Feng Xue shrugged, then pulled out a notebook, pointing at the sample problems,

"Just memorize these solving processes. Even if you can’t solve the big problems, randomly copying one might still scrape up some marks for formulas or neatness."

"Why didn’t I think of that? You’re a genius!" Dazhuang slapped Feng Xue heartily on the shoulder and then rushed to his seat to start memorizing formulas.

Feng Xue grinned, feeling that this guy was...

pretty simple.

"Is this really a ghost?"

Feng Xue suddenly began to doubt, but then she shook her head.

This game is tricky, she almost let her guard down!

Just like in a game, steadily increasing difficulty isn’t scary. What you need to watch out for is a sudden spike in a smooth journey.

First, they provide an environment flush with high school students to lull her into a false sense of simplicity, then suddenly, an office-level trap and she might well fall straight into it!

"Truly top-tier difficulty, damn sneaky!"

Feng Xue thought grimly, but she was vaguely forming a new plan. Just as she was refining her investigation strategy in her mind, the bell rang again.

The proctor came in with a stack of math papers, distributing another set of phantasmal papers to the students. Feng Xue frowned slightly because, while most of the paper resembled the language one, the note was somewhat different—

"Everything in this world can deceive you, but not math, it just won’t!"

"Eh, what does that mean?" Feng Xue looked at the note that seemed like a normal sarcastic remark, her expression a bit puzzled.

Until—

"Shit, after all that, this damn test can detect lies?!"

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