I Can Read People's Comments

[Chapter 135 Comments]

[Xinhuan: These students might end up forming some sort of future inter-world organization if they continue to grow at this speed]

"The students are in danger." Theo exclaimed while turning around, ready to rush off.

"Wait, Mr. Theo. What is happening?! Do you know something?" The manager asked in panic.

"I will tell you about it later. But for now—" Theo abruptly stopped when he saw four black balls appear inside the room.

He didn't know what these balls were doing, but it was quite surprising that they could spawn right before their eyes without any sign or whatsoever.

Even though Theo was the kids' teacher, the amount of essence in his body still couldn't be compared to anyone else in this room. This was the reason why it summoned four balls instead of five like the current number of people in this room.

The balls turned into spiders. As expected of the elites, they hurriedly grabbed their weapons. Even the manager grabbed his pistol from the drawer.

Theo clapped his hands once as the room started changing. The floors and the ceiling formed a spike that impaled the spider from two sides, preventing it from moving.

When they saw the assist, the exorcist tossed a talisman at the spider, causing it to light up and the spider disappeared into nothingness.

The 5th Rank Officer Iris unsheathed the long blade hanging from the waist, splitting the spider into two. The other 4th Rank Officer called Rach struck the spider with his fist before the spider could move, crushing its head.

Last but not least, the manager. He shot a few rounds at the spider's head, but surprisingly, the bullets exploded inside the spider's body and obliterated it.

"What is that…" The manager sucked a cold breath. Everyone couldn't help but look at Theo as though he knew something.

But the one who answered his question was the exorcist. "It's a Familiar Summoning, but unlike the real familiar, it doesn't have any soul or whatsoever. It's made entirely from essence."

"Stop!" Theo couldn't help but look at the door. It was faint, but he could hear a lot of screams coming from the outside. Without hesitation, he opened the door and caused the scream to echo inside the room. "The spiders are most likely to appear in the main lobby as well!"

"Not good. A lot of people will die!" The manager's face became pale.

"!!!" The others widened their eyes in shock, unable to imagine the scene where blood would fill the entire floor.

Without bothering to say any more words, all of them stormed out, heading straight to the lobby.

Fortunately, they were on the first floor, so it was easy to reach the main lobby. But it was a mess.

There were a total of seven spiders from what they could see. They were attacking civilians, but most of them were stopped by a few fighters that chose to help.

However, there were already a few people falling to the ground. A lot of blood had been shed on the floor.

Even before Theo, the manager rushed toward the spider and shouted, "Get back. Get back!"

The people were screaming in panic, dispersing in all directions just to get away from the spiders.

As soon as he reached the spider, he pointed his gun at it and shot it several times, causing it to explode from the inside.

However, he was still alone. There was no way he could stop all these spiders by himself. Some of the spiders actually changed their directions and targeted civilians.

"Nooo!" A boy was screaming as he tripped himself. He could only watch the spider stab him with its leg. Fortunately for him, Exorcist Rintaro managed to reach him as a talisman formed a star-shaped barrier and stopped the leg. There were also a few more talismans that blocked the other spiders from coming after the civilians.

The manager shouted, "Rach. Kill those bastards and bring our doctor here to treat the civilians."

Rach nodded. There was a small health center in this hotel, but it was on the opposite side of the hotel.

After receiving the order from the manager, Rach's eyes flashed as he leaped forth with a speed hardly visible with the naked eye.

The spiders seemed to be able to sense him, but when they smashed their legs, they ended up missing Rach as the latter had long passed them.

After passing all the spiders, Rach continued toward the health center.

As for Iris, she leaped to help the manager eliminate all the spiders in a single slash.

On the other hand, Theo didn't do anything. He looked like he was about to rush to his students, but he saw the comments.

'The students have got high praise? Does that mean the previous chapter showed the students? With that kind of praise, they should have solved the problem, right?'

'And yes, it's getting dicey. The author is truly stepping up in his game, but it's rather unpleasant to have this kind of situation.' Theo clicked his tongue.

He genuinely believed that his students were improving, but he didn't know what kind of problem they were currently facing.

If it were the same spider, he thought the students wouldn't have any problem killing them.

So, when he brushed off the matter regarding his students for a moment, he got another picture of the current situation. If the enemies appeared on several floors, it meant that there was a trigger.

If there was no spider in the lobby, it meant that the enemies just targeted Theo and the students. However, the fact that they appeared here meant the trigger was not related to Theo.

"In that case, is there anything that is used as a trigger?" Theo muttered in a low voice.

"What are you doing?" Rintaro couldn't help but furrow his eyebrows when he saw Theo not doing anything.

"Do you notice anything within the manager room? Is there something with contaminated energy?"

"No. The air is filled with contaminated energy, but there is nothing special in that room." Rintaro shook his head, not understanding why Theo asked such a question.

"If not an item…" Theo looked at Rintaro as if he had found the cause. "Us."

"Us? Us what?"

"We're the trigger to summon those things."

"What?!" Rintaro widened his eyes in shock.

"I'm not sure as well, but is it possible to use us or any other fighters with a lot of essence in their body to summon the so-called familiar?"

"That's…" Rintaro fell silent for a moment before his eyebrows lit up. "You said that the hotel has been isolated with another barrier of energy, right?"
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"Yeah."

"If that's the case, I'm afraid there is one method. You could say that the Double Rectangular Method is the one isolating the entire hotel, but this one is a kind of execution method. The enemy is trying to kill people and use their blood for a different purpose. I don't know if it's to strengthen him or something else, but it's going to be bad."

Theo's expression darkened. "Can we do something about it?"

"There are two ways. First, we can gather people like us in a single place. Since we're the trigger, bringing them to us and exterminating them shouldn't be a problem. As for the second way, it's to find the catalysts that are used to execute this formation. There are five catalysts, which I don't think are easy to find."

"In that case, let's go with the first option." Theo nodded and shouted, "Manager!"

The manager seemed to have killed three spiders while the other officer had killed the rest of the spiders. They were still checking on the people who had been stabbed by the spider. One had died while the others still retained their lives.

The manager asked, "What?"

"We need to gather all the fighters in this place because we're actually the trigger. However, if we bring the civilians to other spaces, I'm afraid that the enemy is going to target them. So, what do you think?"

The other party was stunned but soon contemplated. He didn't have a lot of time to react since there might be more casualties if he was too late.

"I will use the broadcast system to call all the people. If it doesn't work, I will use the fire alarm. As for the number of fighters, I can open the database right now."

"Good. Let's do that. And tell my students to go down one floor at a time and clean up each floor."

"I can do that. What will you do?"

"I and Mr. Rintaro will search the hotel to find the catalyst to summon those spiders. It seems that it's going to summon the spiders again if we let it be."

It appeared that Iris wanted to know what they were talking about since it looked serious. She came to them and asked, "What's going on?"

Theo raised two fingers. "We don't have a lot of time, so I will let you choose your role. First, you can switch with me and follow Mr. Rintaro's instructions to stop the spiders from appearing. Second, you can become bait. We need to buy time to reorganize the people."

"I choose to fight," Iris answered without hesitation.

Theo nodded. "In that case, ask Mr. Rintaro's help to stop anything from happening to you. My students got possessed, so get something to resist it. I know that you're strong, but let's not underestimate our opponent here. It would be troublesome if you got possessed as well."

"Got it. So, how am I going to be the bait?"

Theo pointed at the exit. "Go outside the hotel and in the town's direction as if you're going to ask for help. The enemy should be trying to stop you, so buy us some time. I will come out once we're done."

"That's easy enough." Iris nodded her head.

As soon as Iris and the manager left Theo's side, Theo turned to the other side of the building. He noticed that Rach was dragging someone with a white lab coat, so he must be handling the injured.

Theo looked down, falling into deep thought. He wondered if he was missing something.

'What if I'm the enemy? What will I do after causing all this mess?' Theo muttered inwardly. On the one hand, the blood seemed to be the main objective of the enemy. On the other hand, there was no way the enemy's plan was so simple, considering he was intelligent enough to use all these weird abilities and tactics.

Theo couldn't help but look at the situation from the enemy's perspective.

'The enemy's attack was timed perfectly. The author might just do it because he wants it that way, but to make the enemy more believable, the enemy should possess that kind of intelligence as well to make its character consistent. In that case… how did it time its attack perfectly…' Theo instantly widened his eyes, observing every single person in this room.

There was only one answer to his question. The ghost was actually watching them.