I Can Read People's Comments

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[Adam_Balch_7324: Going toward energy fluctuations where you witnessed a white dress does not seem like a great idea but nothing ventured nothing gained I suppose]

"Hmm? There is no one here." Avalon looked around. They had gone to the place where they last spotted the dress, but they couldn't find anything around them. There wasn't even a trace of someone stepping on the ground.

"I couldn't find anyone as well." Oliver furrowed his eyebrows. "Did we just imagine the same thing?"

"That's far too weird. There's no way we will imagine the same thing at the same time."

"Fair enough." Oliver thought for a moment and remembered their assignment. "Maybe it's the ability of the plant we're searching for? It's supposed to be a special plant that contains much more essence than the rest, right?"

"So, we might be able to find the plant here?" Avalon contemplated. He had no way to refute it, so he agreed to investigate the area, trying to look for the special plant.

"But don't you think this is a bit weird? Teacher was concerned about the trip, remember?"

"Ah?!" Avalon remembered the conversation Theo had with the guide. "Does that mean he knows that something like this is happening?"

"Maybe. There is a chance that he chose this location because of this. We might consider this a mission for the entire class."

"That's possible. So, the first step is plant gathering and on the last day, we might do something about this."

"Yeah. So, we have to find the plant first and report about it to the teacher later."

Avalon and Oliver were among the people who overheard Theo's conversation. However, they misinterpreted it, thinking it was another assignment from their teacher.

…

On another side of the area, Mia and Haruka had reached their destination. Mia was still on the teddy bear's back while Haruka asked her friend, "Can you scout the area around us? Check if there is anyone around us and see if you can find a weird plant."

After her friend flew away, Haruka turned to Mia and asked, "Mia. What are you going to do now? Do you have any abilities you want to use?"

"Well…" Although reluctant, Mia jumped off the teddy bear and placed her hand on its back. The teddy bear started glowing as its form returned to its original shape, which was formed by essence. The essence was then split up into a dozen teddy bears. "Go forth and search for the plants."

Those teddy bears hurriedly ran in all directions and inspected the plants in front of them.

"This should be enough, right?" Mia asked.

"Yeah." Haruka nodded. She didn't expect that Mia would be able to control all those twelve teddy bears. However, her spirit soon returned to her in a rush as though something bad had happened.

Haruka's expression soon darkened before turning into a shock.

"What's wrong?" Mia noticed her expression and became worried.

Haruka seemed to be listening to her friend for a bit more before explaining, "According to my friend, it feels like there is a presence like her in this place."

"A presence like her?" Mia tilted her head in confusion. "Do you mean this place is haunted?"

"How do I explain this…." Haruka was aware of the difference in their power system, so she changed her words. "In our world, an exorcist has a spell to crush the supernatural being. However, not all supernatural beings are bad. There are some good ones and they work together with an exorcist. We call them Shikigami. They can be a god, a demon, a yokai, or even a ghost. They fought together and evolved into our guardian spirits. High level exorcists usually have guardian spirits that will assist them during the exorcism."

"So, is there a presence similar to the so-called Shikigami?" Mia asked to confirm it.

"Yes. I'm not sure about it as well, but there is indeed a fluctuation of something like that in this place."

"Does that mean there is a Supernatural Being here? And if we're talking about a similar thing, this Supernatural Being is a ghost?"

"Most likely." Haruka thought for a moment. "Should we report this to the teacher? But your father usually knows everything already."

"I will report it to him later. For now, we should focus on the assignment first. I think your friend can search for that presence while we're doing the assignment. Who knows if we will get a bonus point by discovering that presence?"

"Fair enough." Haruka nodded in agreement. Theo usually did something like that, so she didn't hesitate to inform her friend to locate it.

…

Not far from them stood Lancelot and Lucas. Lucas had a high sense of pure essence, so it wasn't that hard for him to notice the different levels of essence contained inside each of the plants.

On the other hand, Lancelot didn't have anything that could help him in the search other than doing it manually.

Hence, Lancelot was looking around to make sure they didn't get lost while Lucas performed his task.

However, Lucas's condition wasn't that great because of the supplementary lesson, so Lancelot couldn't help but ask, "Are you alright?"

"Yeah. I'm fine. I'm a bit tired, but this mountain contains a lot of essence, so I can recover in a bit. Still, I don't like this kind of essence…"

"What do you mean?" Lancelot tilted his head in confusion.

"I couldn't sense it in the hotel, but I can feel that the quality of the essence is rather low. It's like they are contaminated with something…Hmm, how do I describe this? Malice? Enmity? Anger? I'm not sure." Lucas crossed his arms, trying to find a suitable word.

"So, do you think there is something wrong?"

"Yeah. Since I can sense it here, not in the hotel, the source of contamination should be around."

"Is it the plant?"

"I'm not sure. But I can try to locate it and see if it's the thing we're looking for or not."

"In that case, you can focus on locating the source of contamination. I will protect you in case something bad happens." Lancelot might not bring his sword outside, but he still had his magic and body to protect Lucas.

"I'm counting on you." Lucas agreed with the arrangement.

As expected of the twins, Luca was actually acting the same as Lucas.

She suggested that they look for the contamination, but the only difference was the fact that Luca was on the opposite side of the building.

"Aurora. Do you mind if I fly a bit?"

"Sure. I don't know what's going on, but I'm going to report this to Teacher." Aurora, as one of the three people who overheard Theo's conversation, chose a different action than Oliver and Avalon. She took out her device and sent the message to Theo.

On the other hand, Luca was tracking the contamination through the essence.

As for Li Wei and Jayden, they had a different approach than the rest.

"Li Wei. You're going to use your senses to check the fluctuation of energy."

Li Wei nodded. Even though his face was a bit pale, he still worked hard for the bonus point.

As Li Wei sensed everything around him, he actually felt something wrong. "Hmm?"

"What's wrong?"

"I could sense someone else in this area. I'm not sure, but this person is releasing a quite strong essence from his body."

Jayden couldn't help but raise his guard. On the one hand, that person should be a tourist like them, so they shouldn't be enemies. On the other hand, the fact that the other party was stronger than them was a concern.

"Should we come to him?" Li Wei asked.

"I don't think so. Since we don't cross paths, let's just stay that way. He might be strolling around."

"The problem is... I can sense another source of essence near him." Li Wei made a wry smile, thinking they had no other choice.

That other source might be the plant they were looking for, so they should go to that person as the latter might take it away.

Jayden frowned. He didn't really want to risk it, but considering both of them were one of the best in terms of fighting, Jayden ultimately agreed with the arrangement.

"Alright. Let's go with that."

The two approached this person carefully. But to their surprise, when they were about to reach this person, Li Wei abruptly stopped while saying, "Huh? His presence disappeared."

"!!!" Jayden hurriedly raised his stance. It might be because Li Wei was tired that he realized it too late, but the person was already standing next to them. "Li Wei!"

"Who are you two kids?" The person turned out to be an elderly woman. She was short and her body was already filled with wrinkles. Despite her age, she was actually a strong person. "Oh my, do you get lost with your parents?"

Li Wei's reaction was a bit too late but he hurriedly raised his guard when she spoke. Unlike Jayden who perceived everything as dangerous, Li Wei was calmer and tried to handle the situation. "We'd like to apologize if our actions disturb you, Elder. We are from the World Union Academy and are currently on a trip to this place."

"Oh my. It turns out to be two students." The old lady gently smiled. "I thought you were searching for me."

"We're very sorry. Our teacher made a little game to pick up a plant with an abundant essence in this mountain."

"So, that's how it is." The old lady nodded in understanding. "I think I know what you're looking for. Follow me."

The two exchanged looks. The elderly didn't seem to be offended by their action, so they might as well follow her and get this plant.

After a moment, the old lady picked up a flower. Its petals had three colors: red, yellow, and blue. It looked too abnormal.

She handed it to them and said, "You must be looking for this."

Li Wei was the one receiving it since he was the most polite. He could sense a lot of essence within the flower and gestured to Jayden to open the assignment.

Jayden hurriedly searched for the picture that matched the shape of the flower and found it. "This seems to be the one we're looking for."

"That's good." Li Wei let out a sigh of relief.

"With this, we have fulfilled the assignment."

Seeing their happy faces made the old lady ask, "What are you two planning to do to this flower? While it contains a lot of essence, the flower hasn't matured yet. So, even if you bring it back, it won't benefit you."

"We are not very sure. We're thinking about bringing this flower to our teacher to confirm that we've fulfilled the assignment. Knowing our teacher, he should be replanting this flower so as to avoid destroying nature."

"I see. In that case, I will leave it to you." The old lady nodded with a smile.

"Thank you for the help, Elder." Li Wei politely cupped his hands.
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"Hehe. Good luck with your assignment." The old lady waved her hand before walking away.

Oliver and Li Wei didn't know at that time that despite having found one of the plants, their group was actually the most unfortunate one.