Chapter 49
Inside the school’s meeting room.
Xing Nuo, swinging his little legs, clung to the edge of the conference table, struggling to peek over it.
He looked around at the serious-faced teachers, then at his brother, Shen Baizhou, sitting at the head of the table in his blue and white school uniform.
The atmosphere was serious and awkward, and Xing Nuo hesitated for a long time before finally whispering, “Big Brother.”
Shen Baizhou, his arms crossed, looked up, his monolid lifting slightly, his eyes softening.
“What’s wrong, Xing Nuo?”
Xing Nuo clutched his tummy and mumbled, slightly embarrassed:
“Big Brother, Zaizai needs potty.”
Shen Baizhou hummed, interrupting the principal’s impassioned speech, and picked up Xing Nuo.
“We’re leaving. Continue your meeting. I’m taking my brother to the bathroom.”
The principal, eager to please the new dungeon boss, nodded repeatedly, rubbing his hands together.
“Oh, of course, of course! Your brother is most important! This is just a small matter!”
The former school boss, now demoted to vice-principal, also stood up and opened the door for Shen Baizhou.
“Don’t worry, we’ll make sure no more dungeons invade your and your brother’s schools!”
I can’t believe I’m the vice-principal now, the vice-principal thought resentfully. It was a normal dungeon invasion. Who would have thought we’d run into Shen Baizhou, pretending to be a high school student?!
That monster usually lazed around in his underwater lair, only emerging when hungry to snack on a few smaller monsters.
It was both unlucky and lucky. Unlucky that the school dungeon had a new boss, but lucky that, thanks to this new boss, their school had been upgraded to an SSS+ level dungeon!
As an ambitious monster principal, he felt a sense of pride and honor!
His resentment was insignificant in comparison!
The vice-principal and the principal saw Shen Baizhou off, then turned to the two monster teachers cowering in the back row, their faces darkening.
“Are you two blind? You didn’t even notice Shen Baizhou was in the dungeon?!”
The principal, his large belly jiggling, smacked their heads.
“Didn’t the announcement say the dungeon had been upgraded?! Are you deaf as well as blind?!”
The two monster teachers wanted to cry, wishing they could turn back time and cling to Shen Baizhou’s leg!
The moment they opened the meeting room door and saw Shen Baizhou, feeling the oppressive aura of a high-level monster, they had almost prostrated themselves and begged for mercy!
Fortunately, Shen Baizhou, having already vented his anger by beating them up, didn’t bother with them anymore.
The two monster teachers, having narrowly escaped death, huddled in the corner, not daring to move.
Outside.
Shen Baizhou carried Xing Nuo out of the faculty building, his expression bored.
I expected more from this monster-created dungeon, but it’s nothing special.
“Let’s go back to kindergarten.”
Xing Nuo nodded vigorously, his voice sweet.
“Kindygarten has potty…and baby hand soap~”
Shen Baizhou hummed and carried Xing Nuo towards the school gate, not looking back.
At the kindergarten.
The children were dozing at their desks.
Teacher Xiao Song entered, carrying a stack of books, and, seeing the sleeping children, clapped her hands.
“Wake up, children! Look what Teacher Xiao Song brought for you!”
The sleepy children woke up, yawning, their minds blank.
The chubby boy clutched his head and yelled.
“Teacher, I have amnesia! I don’t remember anything!”
His mind was a blank slate.
Teacher Xiao Song rubbed her forehead, placed the books on her desk, then walked over and ruffled the chubby boy’s hair.
“There, there. Did you wake up too early for kindergarten and then fall asleep again?”
She knew the chubby boy was prone to drowsiness.
“We haven’t even started our lesson yet…wait, where’s Xing Nuo?”
She looked around and saw Xing Nuo entering the classroom.
“Xing Nuo, why weren’t you sitting at your desk?”
Xing Nuo scratched his cheek, his face also slightly dazed, and shook his head.
“Don’t know. Zaizai…maybe…went potty.”
When he regained consciousness, he was already in the kindergarten bathroom.
He didn’t know why.
Teacher Xiao Song pinched Xing Nuo’s soft cheek, enjoying the soft, squishy feel.
“Alright, now that you’ve gone potty, go back to your seat. Teacher is going to hand out storybooks!”
The children, distracted by the storybooks, forgot about their amnesia and looked up at Teacher Xiao Song expectantly.
The amnesia also affected the students in Shen Baizhou’s high school class.
The students taking the physics quiz felt a sudden wave of dizziness, and when they looked up, most of the exam time was gone!
“Holy crap, where did the time go?!”
“I haven’t finished the test! This isn’t right!”
“Ahhh, my mind is blank!”
Their physics teacher entered the classroom, tapping his ruler against the desk, his voice echoing through the hallway.
“I could hear you all the way from the hallway! Our class is the loudest in the entire school!”
The students, scolded, lowered their heads and continued working on their tests, grumbling.
Shen Baizhou entered through the back door, looked at his physics test, and raised an eyebrow.
He wasn’t going to score in the single digits again!
Having used the high-level Time-Turner prop to erase everyone’s memories of the dungeon, Shen Baizhou was confident.
He returned home with an 11-point physics test.
Shen Wen, carrying the fresh vegetables he had carefully selected from the market, strolled towards the kindergarten and waited for Xing Nuo at the gate.
Sensing a lingering anomaly at the kindergarten, he looked up, thoughtfully stroking his chin.
This anomaly…seems to be over?
He was wondering if he should go inside and check when he heard his third-floor neighbor’s booming voice.
“Unauthorized personnel, keep out! Stay back!”
The third-floor neighbor, dressed in civilian clothes, his face serious, his thick beard intimidating, noticed Shen Wen, who looked out of place among the crowd with his elegant and aloof demeanor. He paused, then walked towards Shen Wen.
“Shen Wen? What are you doing here…? Is this the kindergarten Xing Nuo attends?!” Qi Yao’s voice rose slightly as he realized.
Shen Wen nodded, turning his head, sunlight glinting off his golden hair.
“What are you doing? Why are you cordoning off the kindergarten?”
Qi Yao hadn’t expected the anomaly to occur at Xing Nuo’s kindergarten.
His heart sank, thinking of Xing Nuo’s sweet face. He felt a surge of anxiety, but maintained a calm expression.
“Nothing serious. Some playground equipment malfunctioned. We’re just taking precautions.”
He gave the prepared excuse.
A mother waiting to pick up her child gasped and asked anxiously:
“Is everything alright? My daughter is still inside!”
Another parent, more agitated, tried to push past them.
“No, something must have happened! Let me in! I need to see if my child is okay!”
The parents clamored to enter, but Qi Yao and his teammates blocked the gate, yelling that no one was allowed inside.
Seeing that he couldn’t calm them down, Qi Yao slipped past the gate and entered the kindergarten.
He carefully made his way inside, his energy detector in hand, heading towards the source of the anomaly.
Halfway there, he was spotted by a group of children who had just finished class and were playing on the slide.
“Look, everyone! A big, bearded bad guy!”
“Chase him away! Bad guy!”
The children scattered, except for Xing Nuo, who had finally reached the top of the slide.
Xing Nuo wiped the sweat from his forehead, spread his arms, and slid down with a happy yell.
The wind ruffled his curls, sunlight filtering through the leaves and illuminating his face.
Qi Yao, surrounded by the chattering children, hurried towards the slide.
Seeing Xing Nuo, his worry subsided slightly.
Fortunately, the little one wasn’t involved.
He sighed in relief, enduring the children’s playful attacks, and slowly made his way towards them.
“Alright, alright, I’m not a bad guy!” he said quickly.
The children didn’t believe him and continued hitting him with their small fists.
Xing Nuo, seeing the children attacking his third-floor neighbor, giggled, hiding behind the slide.
Zaizai remembers! Uncle teased Zaizai this morning!
Xing Nuo huffed and, seeing the children distracted, ran to the other side of the slide.
Smiling, with no other children to compete with, he slid down again with a happy yell.
