「The Horror of the Haunted School」A Letter

"Don't scare me. I'm timid!" Linda gave Leo a glare, but in her heart, she had already vaguely accepted Leo's statement.

Leo quickly scanned through the information in the class register, then put it back in its original place and opened the envelope. Inside, besides a thick stack of banknotes, there was also a short letter.

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[Dear Principal, I'm truly sorry!]

[(Scratched out) I've caused you trouble with this matter. I will definitely pay more attention to such things in the future!]

[Regarding (The whole paragraph is scratched out)]

[I heard that his mother was his only relative. Now that this matter has escalated like this, he probably won't let it go easily. Please communicate more with the mayor!]

[This money isn't much, just a small token of my respect for you!]

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Obviously, this letter hadn't been sent out yet. There were many revisions in it, and a lot of the ink marks had been scratched out. And these scratched-out ink stains were clearly very crucial pieces of information!

"This letter is addressed to the principal..." Leo's eyes lit up, and the next moment, he said to Linda, "Let's go to the principal's office."

He and Linda quickly tidied up the office and put the items back in their original places. When they were about to leave, Leo took out a portion of the banknotes.

Linda asked curiously, "What are you taking the money for?"

Leo replied meaningfully, "Just in case."

Linda was completely confused. Although she had been by Leo's side the whole time and had seen everything Leo had seen, she had no idea what Leo was thinking! This feeling was very similar to when everyone watched Conan. Every time Conan found all the clues and had an epiphany, but they themselves didn't understand anything.

The only thing on Linda's mind now was that after the dungeon ended, she definitely had to go for an IQ test!

The two of them came out of the office, carefully closed the door, and continued walking upstairs.

"Can you explain it in detail?"

"I still can't figure out why you took that money!"

Leo countered, "Why did I dare to go to the office to look for clues?"

"Because you're brave!"

"Why am I brave?"

"I... How should I know why you're brave!"

Leo raised his eyebrows and said, "Because I knew there was no one in the office. That's why I brought you in. I told you, whether the things in this school are humans or ghosts, they're all acting according to their own rules. The teachers are invigilating. Without special circumstances, they can't leave the classroom for too long. But the principal is different. You have to understand that the principal doesn't have as much to do as the teachers for most of the time in the school. If it's in the office, we have to find a way to lure it out of the office! Do you understand?"

Linda's eyes lit up. "I understand!"

"But... What does this have to do with the money?"

Leo motioned for her to be quiet. They reached the top floor, walked along the dark corridor always keeping to the right, and finally came to the spacious principal's office. They carefully peeked through the window, and there was indeed a black shadow inside! Moreover, those unstable data emerged again at this moment!

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[Principal: High-level Danger!]

[Note: This is obviously an existence that you rookies can't confront head-on. However, its mobility is greatly restricted, causing it to move with the same hand and foot when running.]

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The opponent's data suddenly appeared in front of their eyes. The principal was indeed sitting in its office, and the action it was doing also made Linda understand Leo's true intentions.

The principal of Shishan High School was counting money at this moment. Obviously, the other party was a complete miser! Leo wanted to use the money to lure the principal away!

"You stay here and keep an eye on it for me. I'll go spread the money!" Leo whispered an instruction and started spreading the banknotes on the ground. He wanted to use these banknotes to attract the principal to a farther place, and then they would have time to check the things related to the past in the principal's office.

Leo was very fast and returned in less than ten minutes. Then they took off their shoes, knocked on the door of the principal's office, and quickly ran towards the stairs leading to the rooftop!

After a while, the door was opened, and a strange black shadow stood at the door. Its head rotated 360 degrees. It didn't see anyone, but there seemed to be a strange smell in the air... It was like... a stray dog in the school had come to its door and urinated.

The black shadow was puzzled and lowered its head. A bright red banknote appeared in front of it! It was stunned for a moment, and its body seemed to be out of control. It involuntarily picked up the money. So, when it bent down, it saw the second banknote not far away!

The principal was confused. Holy cow! What was going on today? Did it hit the jackpot? Why was there so much cash on the ground? Hmm, the smell of urine was stronger here too.

The principal looked curiously at the stairs leading to the rooftop, but after thinking for a long time, it still chose to go downstairs to pick up the money. How could a stray dog be more important than money?

After leading it a little farther away, Leo and Linda reappeared at the door of the principal's office.

"Linda, I hope you can go to the bathroom in advance before our next action." Leo admonished seriously. They had almost been exposed because of the smell of urine on Linda just now.

The darkness covered the burning red on Linda's face. Her five delicate toes gripped the ground tightly, wishing she could dig out a three-bedroom and one-living-room apartment in front of the principal's office!

"Got it!"

The two of them didn't waste any time. They both knew that the principal wouldn't be away for long, and they quickly started searching the office.

"From the previous letter, we can see that there was a conflict between a certain student's mother and the school, and the school caused serious harm to his mother. Even... they killed his mother. So now, what we're looking for is the archives."

Linda, who was rummaging through the cabinet, was confused. "If it's really as you guessed, something that would damage the school's reputation shouldn't be recorded in the school archives, right?"

Leo carefully flipped through a file record sheet in his hand and casually said, "But a student's withdrawal from school will be recorded. There aren't many motives for a huge conflict between the school and a student's family. Parents causing a big scene with the school for their children are usually because of the children's safety, health, and studies. Shishan High School is a military-style closed school. Students go home once a month. The school rules strictly prohibit students from fighting on campus, and the supervision is very strict. As the top-ranked school in City A, the possibility of campus violence occurring in Shishan High School is almost zero! So, the motive that could make the school and a student's parents have a big fight, even come to blows... is mostly related to the student's withdrawal from school!"

Linda's eyes lit up. That's right! Why hadn't she thought of that?

Barrage:

"To be honest, I've become a fan of Leo after this!"

"As a newbie, he's really excellent!"

"I'm also a newbie. I really want to be matched with Brother Leo so that I can win easily!"

"I'm going to follow this Leo. I feel like I can learn a lot from him!"

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