Really? I'm fighting the Dark Emperor.

Chapter 264 The Star of Flame and... the Star?

"Elf Inn, you came from Elf Inn?"

The gloomy duchess replied matter-of-factly, "Otherwise, is there some other place in the Moe Academy that leads to the space-time rift?"

It seems she is unaware of the backlash mirror.

"Oh, right, a student from the Moe Academy entered the spacetime rift before. I should thank her, without her, how could I have obtained the Dark Moon Stone and come out safely?"

The Dark Emperor would not remember that someone was sealed within the spacetime rift, nor would he grant her the power to rebuild herself and see the light of day.

Pa slipped from his hand, holding the magical artifact that could notify the entire school, and pretended to have forgotten what he was supposed to do. He stopped what he was doing and retorted:

"How would I know if there are other places? I've never been locked up inside."

A vague answer that subtly touched a sore spot. Fortunately, the gloomy duchess had no interest in returning to the time rift and didn't press for details about the other passage.

"It's just a small thing, how long are you going to take to debug it?"

She pressed for details about the equipment.

"Although this thing is small, it is exquisite. The smaller something is, the more carefully it must be handled. We cannot underestimate it, otherwise..."

"Stop, stop, stop! Just tell me, when can it be done?"

She hated these long, uninformative sentences that gave her a headache.

"A few minutes, very quickly." He pretended to examine the equipment from left to right, then casually mentioned, "I remember two students from our Moe Academy unfortunately ended up in the time-space rift when you arrived..."

"You mean Flame Star and Ten Star? They are now my loyal slaves, obediently guarding the phone booth for me."

To be precise, it was the Dark Soldiers who were watching over them. Forcing and controlling slaves to do things for her for a long time was too exhausting, and she didn't have that much energy to waste.

But there's no need for this trick-loving, fallen director to know any of this.

"Flame Star and... ah, uh, oh, yes... no, um..." The magical artifact almost slipped from his grasp and fell during the movement.

"Aren't you surprised I knew who they were?" she said smugly, as if she had won some kind of victory.

"Ah, um." Having recovered from the news that Gui Gongzai was one of the top ten stars, Pa slipped down without denying it.

Although he didn't know what the students were up to, his intuition told him it was best not to deny it.

"what--"

The familiar yet jarring exclamation sounded so pleasant at this moment. He gave a wink, hoping that Da Tian Tian might be reliable just this once.

Given their years of working together, it's clear that Teacher Da Tiantian didn't understand.

She stormed in, shoving him aside and pulling him behind her: "Why are you so close? What are you going to do to my handkerchief?"

The handkerchief slipped to the ground and her eyes twitched; this time, she wasn't winking at anyone.

It was his lower back, which was still aching from the series of "difficult" movements he had just performed.

"You care about him a lot, huh?" The gloomy duchess didn't even seem to care about her "offensive" tone. "Then let's see if he cares about you, shall we?"

Da Tian Tian: ?

"Of course the headmaster cares about me... and every teacher at Moe Academy."

She turned her head, her initial aggressive demeanor gone: "Pa, isn't this person a bit strange?"

He seems to have some mental issues; he speaks in a strange way.

Ha, I've finally figured it out: "She's the gloomy duchess."

"The gloomy duchess?" The gloomy duchess was saying, "You are the gloomy, gloomy, gloomy, gloomy, gloomy..."

Her body went limp and fell backward without any support. She almost fell over, but after a few staggering steps, she regained her balance and noticed that Pa had moved several steps to the side.

"It's the enigmatic Duchess of Wuhu, a woman of unparalleled beauty, captivating all who see her, and enchanting all who love her."

Who wants to hear such a long self-introduction?

Words speak faster than reason, but fail to fulfill their purpose.

Her body was pulled away by a strong force without her being able to resist. Then, her fragile neck was grabbed. She instinctively opened her mouth wide to breathe, but was unable to say what she wanted to say.

"It should be debugged soon, right?"

Pa slipped and fell, causing a headache.

……

"Did you hear the announcement just now?" After leaving the dormitory, the first person Eric could talk to on his way to the broadcast location was Ou Pa.

“Yeah,” he said, clearly also because of this incident, “I felt something was off.”

Over the loudspeaker, Director Pa's voice sounded tense, urging everyone to assemble as soon as possible, which sounded more like a plea not to go over there.

The students around them complained that they had just finished the school anniversary celebration and returned to their dormitories to rest, only to have to gather again.

"You feel something's not right too!" Eric instinctively wanted to discuss it with Mia Xing, but he hadn't seen him since Mia Xing left midway through the school anniversary dance.

This isn't the most pressing issue right now.

“Oops, notify the students you can, tell them not to go to the notification location,” he hesitated for a few seconds, “go to the shelter.”

"But……"

"If it's just a false alarm, I will apologize to everyone."

Kenny and Kwai Kung-jai haven't shown up yet. Even if they accidentally forgot the time and were late, it's been far too long.

The elves of the time rift don't have the habit of keeping track of time. Kenny might be careless, but what about Gui Gongzai, who also promised his friend to come see the show?

"I'll go check the phone booth, Oppa. I'll leave the task of notifying the others to you."

Without needing much explanation, his companion clearly understood the seriousness of the matter: "Okay."

Hopefully, things haven't gone as badly as they've imagined.