Two dolls smirked as they played with a piece of chalk, and when the sound of the ruler dragging approached, they suddenly raised their hands.
However.
Bang.
Before the chalk could be thrown, a marble hit the lectern first, making a clear, crisp sound.
They were startled, their small cloth faces wearing expressions of shock as they looked at Lu Fei.
Striking first gives the advantage!
Lu Fei made a face at them.
If they could attract the teacher's attention through sound, why couldn't Lu Fei?
The sound of the ruler dragging grew closer rapidly, and in a moment, the stern teacher rushed into the classroom.
An intense, chilling aura swept through the room.
The long ruler whistled as it struck the doll.
"Bad child, you deserve a beating!"
The doll's expression turned to panic, and it fell from the podium, its tiny face full of fear. It scrambled up and, hand in hand, fled desperately out of the classroom.
"Why aren't they teleporting now?"
Lu Fei squinted his eyes and observed carefully, noticing that after the doll ran out of the classroom and put some distance between itself and the teacher, its small figure disappeared again.
The teacher chased into the corridor but lost direction once more, with a surge of dark energy emanating from them like burning anger.
"Bad child! Despicable! Despicable!"
Failing to catch the bad child, the teacher grew increasingly agitated.
The roars echoed through the entire kindergarten, and the long ruler struck the wall, leaving deep dents.
Inside the classroom, Lu Fei and Jing Jian felt their hearts pounding with fear.
"Can't the doll get too close to the teacher? If it gets too close, it will lose its ability to teleport and hide. That makes sense; children naturally fear their teachers."
Lu Fei steadied his mind and tried to think hard.
"If that's the case, then if the doll wants to use the teacher against us, we can also use the teacher to counter it."
"But first, we need to lure it out..."
"But how do we lure it?"
Lu Fei thought for a moment and stood up from the corner.
"Let's go out and give it a try!"
"As soon as we encounter the doll, we'll immediately use sound to attract the teacher."
"Although the teacher is frightening, as long as we don't make a sound, it won't be a threat."
He moved his backpack to the front and whispered the plan to Jing Jian.
"Isn't this method a bit... too stimulating? I think we should temporarily ignore those dolls and first find the child's soul?"
Jing Jian's eyes widened, and the thought of his teacher's long iron ruler made his whole body go numb.
"The child's soul must have been hidden by the dolls! We can only find the child by finding the dolls."
Lu Fei tiptoed out of the classroom; the figure of the teacher was at the end of the corridor, and the sound of the ruler striking the ground could be heard from time to time.
"Xiao Hei, any discoveries?"
Lu Fei glanced at his backpack.
Xiao Hei was cowering inside and refused to come out.
"Those dolls disappeared over there."
Lu Fei beckoned to Jing Jian and went over to try their luck.
There were several classrooms in that area. The two of them quietly entered and searched one by one, only to find a few pale little ghosts, who scampered away in panic as soon as they saw them.
The two did not chase after, in order to avoid attracting the teacher's attention with too much commotion.
Their main goal was to find the living souls of the dolls and the little boy; they could deal with these minor spirits later.
Avoiding the teacher, the two almost searched the entire kindergarten.
Several times, they encountered a teacher in the hallway, pressing themselves against the wall, holding their breath, and barely daring to breathe as the teacher passed by.
Finally, they found a row of lockers in the changing room, which were perfect for hiding.
"This is the only place we haven't checked yet."
The two approached the lockers quietly and were about to open a locker door.
Suddenly, the red-clothed dolls appeared by the window.
Their expressions were somewhat tense as they reached out their small hands and struck the window hard.
Bang!
In the next moment, a sharp and eerie aura surged through the corridor, and the teacher, holding a long ruler, immediately rushed over.
The doll's figure vanished.
Lu Fei had just pulled open the cabinet door when he heard the teacher approaching and hurriedly stopped what he was doing.
Inside the cabinet.
was hiding a pale little boy.
The little boy looked confused and nervous, seemingly unaware of what was happening, but instinctively afraid.
A raw soul!
Before Lu Fei and the others could feel any joy.
"Bad kid, you deserve a punishment!"
The enraged teacher swung the ruler, smashing the window.
The glass shattered all over the floor.
"Waaah!" The little boy was so frightened by the terrifying sound that he burst into tears.
"Not good!"
A sharp surge of Yin energy immediately hit their backs, and Lu Fei and Jing Jian darted out of the way with all their might.
A long ruler whistled through the air between the two of them, striking the cabinet door with great force, causing the cabinet to dent inward.
The little boy burst into tears, terrified.
"You noisy bad child, I've finally found you!"
The teacher lowered his head, an excited and sinister smile on his face, as his large, eerie hand reached into the cabinet.
"Let go of that child!"
In desperation, Jing Jian shouted out loud, the celestial light of the magical instrument in his hand flowing as he desperately struck at the teacher.
However, the starlight seemed like a weak flame.
It instantly went out as soon as it touched the yin energy on the teacher's body.
Lu Fei immediately took action.
The power of thunder and lightning from the jujube wood stick burst forth, and the rumbling thunder finally caught the teacher's attention.
The large ears twitched, and the teacher's face became increasingly sinister, with yin energy erupting all over his body.
"All the noisy bad children will be punished!"
The long ruler swung, striking towards Lu Fei.
"Quickly go and save the child!"
While dodging, Lu Fei shouted to Jing Jian.
"Hold on!"
Jing Jian gritted his teeth and carefully approached the wardrobe.
Lu Fei continuously swung the thunderbolt wood, making a lot of noise, and retreated step by step, trying to lure the teacher out of the classroom.
Jing Jian successfully reached the wardrobe and raised his finger to the crying little boy.
"Little one, stop crying!"
People cannot directly touch living souls, so he picked up a doll from nearby and did his best to guide the boy.
"Be a good boy, attach yourself to this doll, and we will take you out to find your mom..."
The little boy was originally very scared, but upon hearing the mention of finding his mom, he immediately crawled out of the wardrobe.
But at that moment.
The pair of red-clothed dolls appeared again, and they grabbed the little boy's hand.
"He is a bad guy, a liar, don't believe him!"
They led the little boy, nimbly ducking under Jin Jian's arm, his small face filled with deep wariness and hostility.
"Wretched brat!"
Jin Jian was enraged, swinging his Seven Star Magic Sword at the red-clothed doll.
The red-clothed doll, leading the little boy, had retreated to a corner. After pushing over a cabinet with great force, their figures instantly vanished.
The cabinet crashed to the ground with a loud noise.
The big-eared teacher, who was about to be lured out of the classroom by Lu Fei, immediately turned around and threw the ruler in his hand at Jin Jian.
"Bad children! All of you are bad children!"
Boom!
The ruler seemed like a huge long sword, whistling through the air as it flew towards him.
Jin Jian was utterly terrified, barely avoiding the ruler after a frantic scramble.
Dust flew, and the ruler was forcefully embedded into the wall, producing a snapping sound that made his scalp tingle.
Before he could react, the teacher's ghostly hand grabbed at the air, causing the ruler to fly out of the wall and rise high above his head.
It then came down with a fierce slap!