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Chapter 1628 The Key (Long Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)

"Case, what did you say?"

Upon hearing this, Finn's face flushed red, and he stared wide-eyed at the short-haired boy.

"I'm telling you, you're a hypocrite! A treacherous scoundrel!" The short-haired boy looked at Finn and said without hesitation, "Everything you did was just an act for the teachers! You're the teachers' and the headmaster's lackey!"

“I’m not!” Finn shouted.

"You are him!" The short-haired boy turned around and looked at He Ao. "Loren, he's a bad guy. Don't believe anything he tells you. He's just lying to you!"

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Just then, a piercing alarm sounded in the orphanage.

The short-haired boy turned around and looked at He Ao, "Hahaha, the teacher found out you were causing trouble, the security guards are coming soon, you're about to be caught, that teacher's lackey will definitely betray you— ugh—"

Before he could finish speaking, He Ao had already pulled out the tape he had previously torn from the fat man's pocket and stuck it to his mouth.

"Mmm-hmm-hmm—" The short-haired boy seemed to want to say something more.

He Ao glanced at him and casually said, "Aren't you helping the teacher too?"

The boy's voice faltered.

He Ao tore a strip of cloth off the boy's clothes and tied the boy's hands and feet together, then placed him against the wall.

At that moment, hurried footsteps could be heard not far away, as if security guards were approaching. They seemed to have received some kind of clear instruction and were running quickly toward this side.

Heo pulled Finn away and quickly left the place.

Soon, Heo led Finn back to the main building, and no more footsteps approached.

It seems that controlling the short-haired boy's behavior triggered some kind of rule, causing the security guards to 'sense' the boy's location and 'chase' him in this direction.

Indeed, the children in this orphanage must not be 'harmed'.

Hea snapped out of his thoughts, turned around, and looked at Finn beside him.

Finn's face was somber at that moment, as if he were deep in thought.

"Still thinking about what just happened?" He Ao asked casually.

“No,” Finn shook his head and chuckled softly, “Should we go back to where we just met and wait for Reed?”

“No,” Heo glanced at him, knowing he didn’t want to delve into the topic, shook his head, and continued, “Let’s do something else first.”

The two quickly crossed the corridor and entered a classroom on the outermost side of the building. Standing by the classroom window, they could already see the main gate not far away and the guard booth next to it.

"Shall we climb over the gate?" Finn asked Heo slowly.

“No,” Heo shook his head, “Let’s go get the keys.”

"The key?" Finn was taken aback.

“Yes, it’s on the security guard at the gate,” He Ao said slowly. He looked up at the guard booth and whispered, “We have to cooperate, but it might be a little dangerous.”

“I’m fine!” Finn looked up at Heo, staring at Heo’s profile, and said seriously, as if to prove something.

“Okay,” He Ao nodded, “but please be careful.”

dong dong dong-

As they spoke, hurried footsteps came from outside. "Search every classroom. We must find those disobedient children."

The voice was rough yet familiar.

It was the voice of the security guard who had been patrolling outside the back door earlier.

He Ao and Finn exchanged a glance, then quickly walked towards the classroom door, glancing towards the corridor.

After seeing several security guards enter the classroom to search, the two immediately turned to the outside, opened the outermost side door, and stepped into the rain.

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The piercing alarm echoed throughout the orphanage grounds. The security guard in the gatehouse stood there, silently watching the tightly closed gate, motionless.

Just then, a figure emerged from the rain and stopped in front of the gate.

He picked up the lock on the door and shook it rapidly, as if trying to force it open.

In that instant, the security guard stood up abruptly, picked up the flashlight from the table, and pushed open the door.

A bright light shone on the face of the blond boy banging on the door. The figure made of ash quickly approached the boy, shouting as it went, "Kid?! What do you want?!"

"Uncle, I want to go out, I have something urgent!" Finn shouted as he saw the gatekeeper approaching.

"You're not allowed to leave here," the gatekeeper shouted as he walked toward the gate. "Didn't your teacher tell you? You can only leave with a teacher's help."

He strode forward, the keys at his waist clinking together.

Behind him, behind the guard booth, He Ao's figure slowly emerged, staring at the key at his waist.

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Ridla opened the window on the third floor of the main building, climbed over from outside, sat on the windowsill, and looked down.

His direction was exactly towards the side outside the gate.

The height of this location was above the high-voltage power grid on the ground, allowing Reed's gaze to naturally pass over the walls and power grid, looking at the 'scenery' outside the orphanage.

It was a hazy mist, in which there seemed to be buildings, yet there seemed to be nothing at all, only the drifting mist itself.

For a moment, he couldn't tell whether this anomaly was simply an abnormal space, or whether it still overlapped with the real world and was an anomaly existing in reality.

Reed sighed softly, lowered his head, and prepared to climb his whole body through the window.

Just then, out of the corner of his eye, he saw the gate below, the blond boy in front of the gate, and the security guard near the boy.

His gaze shifted back, and he saw the thin boy standing behind him.

In that instant, the boy looked up and met his gaze briefly.

Then he nodded slightly to him.

Loren...
What are they planning to take?

As he was pondering this, Reed glanced to the side.

Not far behind the guard booth, several security guards who had been wandering and searching in the rain were quickly approaching.

After a brief moment of thought, Reed rolled over and slid out the window, moving toward the security guards.

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He didn't see Reed's movements. After confirming that Reed was on it, he looked away and focused his attention on the vibrating key at the doorman's waist.

There were about five keys hanging on the keychain, one large key and four small keys, which were clipped to the security guard's belt.

The keys to a real orphanage are much more complicated than this one, and the security guards don't like to carry them; they just leave them in the security room. It would be much easier to take them than it is now.

While he was thinking, the security guard was already very close to Finn.

He Ao watched the security guard's back, took a step forward, and moved forward like a phantom, getting closer to the security guard.

"What's going on with you, kid?" At this moment, the security guard had stopped not far from Finn, his eyes made of sparks staring at 'Finn', his flashlight shining on Finn's cheek.

Just then, a slight breeze seemed to pass by behind him, as if something had happened, yet also as if nothing had.

But instinctively, the security guard reached out and touched his waist.

The key that used to jingle has disappeared.

He immediately turned around and saw a blurry figure quickly passing through the rain and disappearing behind the buildings.

"My keys! You little brat! Don't run away!"

The security guard picked up his flashlight, turned around, and chased after the figure that had disappeared behind the building.

Seeing this, Finn, who was standing at the door, breathed a sigh of relief and immediately turned around and ran towards the main building next to him.

But in an area out of his sight, several figures were rapidly emerging from the rain.

In the distance, the security guards made of ash chased after the main building to the back, but all they saw was an empty curtain of rain, and the figures in the rain had completely disappeared.

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"Where did that kid run off to?"

Deeper into the rain, at the corner of the warehouse building, two security guards were quickly looking around, searching for something.

Reed leaned against the other side of the corner, watching the security guards pass by through the reflection of the water on the ground.

The two security guards were originally heading towards the main gate, but Reed led them here to avoid them interfering with Loren's actions.

However, despite their keen intuition, these security guards didn't seem very smart and were easy to get rid of.

The sky seemed much darker now, and the reflections on the water were not clear; only blurry human figures could be seen.

Seeing that the security guards seemed to be leaving completely, Reed breathed a slight sigh of relief.

At that very moment, he felt a hand pat his shoulder.

His body suddenly stiffened, and when he turned around, he saw only a charred figure.

Behind this figure, several other similar figures were standing there.

They formed a dense circle, blocking Reed's escape route from this side.

When did these guys show up?

Reed instantly reached into his waistband.

Just then, a bright beam of flashlight shone into the corner. "Ah, so that's where you are!"

Two figures made of ashes, supporting a blue security uniform, appeared at the corner, bright lights illuminating Reed's face.

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He Ao, who had climbed over the wall into the main building classroom from the back, glanced at the key in his hand, looked away, leaned against the edge of the classroom wall, and quickly moved forward.

Voices and footsteps could be heard in the distance; it was the security guards still searching on this floor.

He looked up and glanced around. While the security guards went into the new classroom to search, he quickly left his classroom, crossed the corridor, and entered the painting classroom diagonally opposite.

If nothing goes wrong, Finn should meet him in the art classroom.

But the moment he stepped into the art classroom, he looked up and saw only a few charred figures outside the classroom window, and Finn being held by these figures.

"What are you trying to do?! Let me go!"

Finn struggled desperately, but all he got in return was for the charred figures to pull out a blackened rope and tie him up.

'School worker'?
He Ao watched this scene with a furrowed brow.

He reached out and grasped the long spear on his back, then slowly leaned forward, resting against the window sill, and looked out the window.

At this moment, these charred figures are carrying Finn and heading towards the small door where they just encountered the ghost.

At that moment, Finn, who was struggling, saw Howe leaning against the window, and Howe nodded slightly to him.

Finn looked away and shouted, "I won't run around. Tell me, what do you want to do?"

But the school workers, who looked like charred corpses, seemed not to hear what he was saying and continued to control him, leading him forward.

Although these school workers moved naturally, their expressions were blank, as if they were unable to communicate.

At that moment, Heo had already opened the window, climbed over it, drawn the Vestasla Spear from his back, and quickly approached.

He wasn't going to waste time figuring out what the school workers were up to; dealing with them and rescuing Finn was more important.

Moreover, the longer you stay in the square outside the gate, the more dangerous it becomes.

At that very moment, a white, shimmering figure slowly emerged from the innermost part of the main building, near the kitchen.

Finn, who was still speaking, immediately shut his mouth to avoid making a sound that would attract the attention of the figure in the white dress.

Upon seeing the figure in the white dress, the school staff quickened their pace and hurried towards her.

Are they going to use the 'Ghost' to kill Finn?
While pondering, He Ao strode forward.

A brilliant ray of light streaked across the sky, piercing the neck of a school worker who was standing at the back. Before the worker could react, he was reduced to ashes.

The school workers who were moving quickly forward suddenly stopped and turned around to look behind them.

But before they had completely stopped, dazzling gunfire erupted behind them.

The three school workers closest to Finn were pierced one after another in almost a single breath, their bodies collapsing and turning into falling ashes.

The school janitor who grabbed Finn was quicker; he had already turned around completely, raised his hand, and was preparing to attack Heo behind him.

But in the next instant, his neck was pierced by the star-like crystal spear tip, and his entire body collapsed instantly, turning into a pile of ashes.

As Finn stared blankly, Heo reached out and caught the restrained Finn. Instead of untying the ropes binding Finn, he hoisted Finn onto his shoulder and dashed through a small door to the side.

The few school workers who remained finally snapped out of their daze. They looked in the direction where He Ao had disappeared and were preparing to give chase.

At that very moment, a figure in a white dress appeared in front of them.

The girl in the white dress raised her head, her face devoid of features, and 'stared' at the school workers who looked like charcoal.

The next instant, surging flames erupted from the bodies of these school workers, instantly reducing them to ashes.

Then, the girl in the white dress turned around and looked at the open door.

She slowly moved forward, stepped through the narrow doorway, and onto the clean and tidy floor inside.

She looked down at the water-stained footprints on the ground.

Her body flickered, and she continued forward, completely passing through the small door and entering the corridor. Following the blurry footprints, she stepped forward, walking deeper into the building.

(End of this chapter)