Day of Imprisonment

"Hello, I need to speak with Han Fengtian."

A deep, thick male voice came from the other end of the line. Just from the sound of it, you could tell he was a rigid and quite dull person.

Luo Xi handed over the phone: "It's for you."

Han Fengtian quickly shuffled over, took the phone, and said, "Hello, hello, this is Han Fengtian!"

What followed was a period of communication between Han Fengtian and the person on the phone. The former nodded repeatedly, saying yes, yes, I understand.

He later realized he should find paper and pen to take some notes.

"What? Who did you say answered the phone just now? Ha, that—" Sweat broke out on Han Fengtian's forehead. Clearly, he was still lacking in on-the-spot reaction skills. Fortunately, it was over the phone; if it were a face-to-face conversation, he would have been exposed already.

At this moment, Han Fengtian glanced at Luo Xi, who had already written the words 'employee' on a piece of paper.

"Oh, an employee, the person who answered the phone just now is my employee."

"Understood, okay, rest assured, I will work hard, strictly implement the company's requirements, and stand guard meticulously according to the rules and regulations, Mr. Potato. You can set your mind at ease. I, Han Fengtian, am absolutely disciplined and principled in my work. Supervision? No problem, you can supervise me at any time, yes, at any time. I, Han Fengtian, have always been open and aboveboard in my work."

After rambling on for a while, Han Fengtian hung up the phone.

He wiped his sweat and turned to look at Luo Xi.

"So, I'm now the administrator of Piggy Elementary School?"

It was clear that he still couldn't quite believe it.

Luo Xi then asked, "Teacher Han, let me ask you a question. If you can't answer, shake your head. If you can answer, then answer. What do you mean by the supervision you just mentioned?"

"This is, like, mind-reading. For example, a person knows best whether they have done anything wrong. Similarly, they also know best whether they have violated company rules. Supervision is for that. If it detects that an administrator has violated the rules, it will impose punishment."

"Okay, you don't need to say anymore, I understand!" Luo Xi immediately interrupted Han Fengtian.

At the same time, he thought to himself that this guy didn't even realize that he had violated one of the company's rules when he answered the phone just now.

For example, Teacher Han actually directly called out the name of the person on the other end of the phone in front of him.

Potato.

If Potato was Teacher Han's superior, then saying that was clearly a violation of the rules.

But the problem was that Han Fengtian had to realize himself that he had violated the rules for the supervisory mechanism targeting administrators to detect it. If Teacher Han himself didn't know he had violated the rules, then it seemed he could escape supervision.

"Could this be considered a loophole?" Luo Xi wondered to himself.

It definitely counted.

But Luo Xi estimated that the company's supervisory methods for administrators were definitely not limited to just one.

So, it was better not to let Teacher Han continue talking.

To avoid being 'fired' for violating the rules.

In any case, having Han Fengtian replace Liang Yunshi was a risky move, and to be honest, even Luo Xi wasn't sure how this move would develop.

For now, he could only leave it at that.

Most importantly, this time, Luo Xi had achieved his initial goal, and even the gains were far greater than initially expected.

"Teacher Han is a chess piece set by the former me. He is responsible for transmitting information, and can be understood as a fragment of a jigsaw puzzle!" Luo Xi thought to himself. Han Fengtian himself probably didn't even realize this.

He thought that the former Luo Xi had only given him two seemingly inexplicable sentences.

But in reality, those two sentences were just something like a 'password,' with only one purpose: to let the current him understand that this was indeed a conversation between the past tense and the present progressive tense.

The real information was Teacher Han's seemingly boring and ordinary 'experience.'

"So, I used to have a building... and not a building in the traditional sense, because Teacher Han said that back then, every time I came, I would chat with him alone. The purpose of doing this was to have Teacher Han record the general content of these chats and then pass it on to me."

Luo Xi believed this was the real situation because if it were him, he estimated he would use the same method.

Moreover, Luo Xi could be sure that there must still be existences similar to Teacher Han in the Day of Imprisonment. Each of these people is a fragment of a memory puzzle. Only by finding and piecing together these fragments can the true 'memory' be revealed.

"So, that's why I said to Teacher Han back then, the real Memory Retriever doesn't eke out an existence by relying on a [Card], but is a strong person who dares to explore, and even if they become an amnesiac, they can still retrieve the truly lost memories."

"It seems that every sentence he said belongs to my memory."

Luo Xi smiled.

This discovery was undoubtedly quite crucial for him, as it was equivalent to pointing out the direction for the next period of time.

Find memories, complete memories.

In this way, even if one becomes an amnesiac, they can still retrieve the memories that were once lost.

Luo Xi didn't plan to worry about Teacher Han for the time being.

The sky outside was already a bit dim.

"Leaving now?" Teacher Han was clearly a little flustered, but with Luo Xi's encouragement, he managed to steady himself.

"Then, Luo Xi, will you come to see me often in the future?" Teacher Han asked with anticipation.

"Of course!" Luo Xi waved his hand and walked out of the administration office.

At this time, the campus activities of Tun Tun Elementary School had already ended, and the originally lively campus fell silent again.

Under normal circumstances, after a while, school would start, and the children would welcome a new semester and begin a new campus life.

But obviously, all of this is impossible to happen during the Day of Imprisonment.

Luo Xi had no time to lament, or rather, so-called lamentations were like a fleeting shooting star, not enough to make him stop and savor or contemplate.

He still had many things to do.

The gunshot wound was still hurting, and he couldn't move around casually.

Although Luo Xi could suppress the pain, and even look like a normal person, not injured at all.

But in reality, constantly suppressing the pain would not truly solve the problem.

On the contrary, it would only increase the burden on the body.

Eventually, it would backfire.

"Ke Lan said that [Healing] is a necessity.

Not only [Healing], but this time dealing with Liang Yunshi made me understand the power of cards.

This is an extremely unique power in the Day of Imprisonment.

Including that mysterious company, including the administrators, all are affected by the cards.

Therefore, some valuable cards must be prepared, otherwise, it would be a big problem if they are not effective next time."

After using the [Kurapika's Chain Jail] card, Luo Xi clearly lost an important ability.

He needed more similar cards.

Without a doubt, a wide variety of cards with different abilities would greatly enhance the abilities of a Rememberer.

After getting into a taxi, Luo Xi called Ke Lan.

"Where are you guys?"

"Damn, I thought you were dead.

We're at the food stalls in front of the First Hospital, just waiting for you.

By the way, I grilled you two kidneys to nourish you, didn't you get shot in the kidney?"

Luo Xi hung up the phone.

Ke Lan's mouthiness was even worse than Qian Pangzi's.

He looks like an honest and introverted person, how could he be so annoying after getting familiar?

Therefore, the ancients were right when they said that you can't judge a book by its cover.

On the way to the First Hospital, Luo Xi remained silent.

Even if the taxi driver took the initiative to strike up a conversation, he would only respond with 'Oh' and 'Um'.

The driver wasn't stupid either, knowing that this guy didn't like to chat, so he focused on driving.

Luo Xi sat in the back seat and took out the card numbered 077, [Horadric Cube].

The card flipped back and forth in Luo Xi's hand, like a ballet dancer dancing between his fingertips.

"The building, haha, because you were afraid I wouldn't think of it, you even told Teacher Han that the building looked like a cube.

This isn't a hint, it's practically a blatant suggestion."

Through the memory puzzle of Teacher Han, Luo Xi could basically confirm that the 077 [Horadric Cube] in his hand was the 'building' where Teacher Han and many of the Withered resided.

But obviously, Teacher Han didn't know how to open this building.

However, he still provided a clue.

"To enter and exit the building, you need a password... a password?" Luo Xi narrowed his eyes.

He silently materialized the [Horadric Cube] card in his hand, and holding the cube, Luo Xi closed his eyes and enveloped it with his psychic power.

Vaguely, Luo Xi seemed to see a door.

But this door seemed to be hidden in a void, unclear and untouchable.

No matter how Luo Xi tried, he couldn't get close.

"Hey, young man, are you asleep?

We're here, scan the code."

The driver's voice interrupted Luo Xi's meditation-like state.

He opened his eyes and looked at the bright lights of the First Hospital outside the car window, then scanned the code and got out of the car.

The entrance of the hospital is always lively.

Various stalls, various burritos and fast food are dazzling.

There are three convenience stores in front and behind, and the most are pharmacies, which basically occupy more than 50% of the storefronts on this street.

Opposite the hospital, there was indeed a food stall, and it was lively at this time.

Small tables and small benches were placed inside and outside the store, and people gathered in groups of three or five, drinking and having skewers.

Luo Xi walked over and soon saw Wu Rui standing up and waving at him.

"Luo Xi, over here."

Over there, Wu Rui, Mao Ge, Guo Zening, and Ke Lan were all there.

Wu Rui was fine, but Mao Ge and Guo Zening were a little listless, especially Guo Zening, who still had a bandage wrapped around his arm.

"Injured?" Luo Xi walked over and sat down.

Wu Rui opened a bottle of beer very boldly, saying it was low-alcohol and wouldn't get you drunk.

Luo Xi took a gulp.

What kind of beer is this? Fruit beer!

But the sparkling water feeling was very refreshing.

"Injured while challenging a scene this afternoon," Guo Zening said with a mournful face.

This afternoon, the four of them attacked a scene together, but the other three were fine, and only he got injured.

Was this due to insufficient strength or bad luck?

Or both?

In fact, Guo Zening was very aware of the crisis, because he found that in terms of experience and combat power, he was not as good as Mao Ge or Wu Rui; in terms of intelligence, not to mention Luo Xi, Ke Lan could crush him.

Looking at it this way, he belonged to the weakest in all aspects of this small team.

The sense of crisis immediately hit him.