After 18 Years of Silence, Now My Words Are Divine

Chapter 47

Chapter 47—Among You… Hides A Ghost!

'It's fine… It's nothing!'

Watching the Half-Head Ghost in front of him—its half-face filled with eager anticipation as it waited for him to give up his seat—Kamiya Konan was frantically reassuring himself in his heart.

'I am a Divine Chosen! I possess Sequence 099's 【Answer Analysis】!'

'I am the true protagonist! I cannot die here!'

Kamiya Konan forcibly suppressed his fear, his mind racing at full speed.

'As long as… as long as I prove my worth to these people!'

'As long as I make them realize I'm irreplaceable!'

'There are so many empty seats in this classroom—is it too much to ask for 1 for a Divine Chosen like me?!'

At that thought, he shot up from his seat with a snap.

Facing Lu Shiyan at the podium, as well as the indifferent classmates around him, he shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Everyone! Listen to me!!"

"I have an ability! I'm a Grade A ability user! My ability is 【Insight】!!"

He hadn't revealed his true ability name—instead, he made up a name that sounded more intimidating.

Kamiya Konan pointed at the blackboard, hawking himself with every last ounce of his voice.

"I've already used my ability to see through all the rules of this class!!"

"As long as you listen to me! As long as you follow my commands! We won't die! And none of us will be taken by the ghosts!!"

"I have a way to break the situation! I have value!!"

However.

The shock and immediate submission he had imagined never came.

What answered him was dead silence, and… mockery.

Lu Shiyan leaned against the corner of the wall, took a long drag of his cigarette, furrowed his brow slightly, his eyes full of skepticism.

"I know you, Kamiya Konan."

"Back when we were gathering together, I specifically asked everyone about their combat strength to assess it."

"You told me then that you were nothing but an ordinary person who couldn't even truss a chicken."

Lu Shiyan blew out a smoke ring, sneering coldly.

"Oh? Now that you're staring death in the face, you suddenly have an ability?"

"Grade A? Insight? I'd say you made that up on the spot just to get us to save you."

"What—are you trying to con us into dying for you?"

At these words, the Sakura Nation students around them—who already disliked Kamiya Konan—all chimed in one after another.

"Exactly! Kamiya Konan is absolutely lying!"

A boy with freckles across his face laughed mockingly.

"Everyone knows that ability awakening is closely tied to a person's potential!"

"Kamiya Konan, this idiot, scrapes by at the passing line on every exam—never a single point more!"

"He gets scolded by teachers all the time for being a blockhead who can't learn!"

"Someone who's been dead last his entire life—how could he possibly awaken something as impressive as a Grade A ability?!"

"If he's Grade A, then doesn't that make me Grade S? Hahaha!"

"……"

Listening to the piercing mockery, Kamiya Konan trembled with rage, nearly choking on his own breath.

'I… I was Score-Controlling! I was Playing Dumb!!'

He raged in his heart.

But right now, he truly hated it.

Hated himself for putting on that act.

Hated himself for Score-Controlling just for that pathetic little sense of superiority.

Now look—he couldn't wash himself clean of it even if he tried.

Was this the punishment for crying wolf?

And just then.

The Half-Head Ghost standing before Kamiya Konan seemed to be running out of patience.

On its half-face, the smile of eager anticipation gradually faded.

Its hand began to tremble, and its black fingernails grew wildly.

Give up the seat… or… not?!

The countdown to death had begun.

Kamiya Konan knew that if he didn't take concrete action soon, even if he refused to give up his seat, the ghost would simply tear him apart!

"I'm not lying!!"

Kamiya Konan cried out in desperation "Believe me! I really do know the rules!"

Lu Shiyan lit another cigarette and let out a sigh.

Although he didn't believe a word from this 'failing student,' he genuinely needed manpower right now.

"Fine, if that's what you say…"

Lu Shiyan pointed at the sleeping figure in the back row, a gleam flashing in his eyes.

"Then prove it."

"Use your 【Insight】 and tell me… what exactly is that sleeping man's ability?"

"If you get it right, I'll believe you—and spare your life."

This was a trap.

It was also a Pledge of Allegiance.

Lu Shiyan needed precise intelligence to confirm his suspicions.

Before Kamiya Konan could even respond, Yu Shishi couldn't hold herself back.

"You stinky old man! You…"

But she'd barely opened her mouth before Liu Yuqing covered it with her hand.

Because she understood.

The other party seemed on the surface to want intelligence through Kamiya Konan's Insight.

In truth, he wanted to judge—from the reactions of Jiang Nan's teammates—whether the air manipulation from earlier was real or fake!

Lu Shiyan caught Liu Yuqing's expression and gave a small shake of his head. Clearly…

He already had his answer.

The older the ginger…

The spicier it gets.

"This…"

Kamiya Konan was stunned.

He knew Lu Shiyan was trying to trap him—if he revealed Jiang Nan's ability…

With the other man's personality, he would undoubtedly have him killed without a second thought.

Besides…

He couldn't say it anyway, because his single daily use had already been spent!

And that man called Jiang Nan still had the notepad covering his face.

Not the slightest bit interested in this life-and-death drama playing out nearby.

'Arrogant bastard…'

A nameless fire surged up in Kamiya Konan's heart.

'You'll regret losing a Divine Chosen like me!'

But reality was cruel.

To survive, he had no choice but to lower his proud head.

He put on a fawning expression, trying to sell himself to the one who seemed to be the strongest person here.

"Mr. Jiang! You… please don't sleep anymore!"

"Don't you want to know—where your subordinate, Guo Shuai, went during that time he disappeared?!"

"And more! He might be about to die!!"

"I'm not talking about the problem of his seat having no desk! I mean something else—a deeper reason! I know the truth!"

"The truth about someone in this classroom—who intends to overturn everything!!"

At the sound of his own name.

Guo Shuai, sitting in the corner, shuddered.

Having rested for a while, he had recovered a fair amount of his strength.

He turned his head with difficulty, looking at Jiang Nan beside him, his eyes full of questions.

"Boss…?"

Clearly—if this kid really did know some intelligence unfavorable to him, shouldn't they hear it out?

Just as everyone expected Jiang Nan to rise and inquire out of concern for his subordinate's safety.

Rustle.

A slender hand slowly lifted the notepad from his face.

Jiang Nan opened his eyes. Those pitch-black pupils held not the slightest ripple.

He picked up his pen, wrote a single line on the notepad, then tore it off with a casual flick and tossed it out.

The notepad paper drifted lightly through the air, landing on the desk in front of Kamiya Konan.

On it was a single, cold line:

【No evidence without words—say my ability's name, or else… die.】

"!!"

Everyone present was stunned.

They hadn't expected that at this critical juncture, Jiang Nan cared nothing for the rules, cared nothing for his subordinate's safety.

He had gone straight ahead and asked the exact same question as Lu Shiyan!

This was extraordinarily sensitive!

And how easily it could expose one's hand!

What kind of confidence was this?

And what kind of…

Playing outside the rules?

Kamiya Konan stared at that notepad and froze completely where he stood.

Cold sweat trickled down his forehead, instantly drenching his glasses.

A deep sense of powerlessness welled up in his chest.

He felt like a husband who was incapable in that department, facing his wife's coquettish advances and remaining completely unmoved.

Because…

His Sequence ability, 【Answer Analysis】, could only be used once per day.

And that single chance had just been wasted on that cursed Curse of "4" question!

Right now, he was nothing but an ordinary person!

How could he possibly know what Jiang Nan's ability was?!

The air seemed to freeze.

For some reason, after the extreme despair, Kamiya Konan actually calmed down.

Even…

He suddenly felt like laughing.

'This Jiang Nan… what a strange person.'

He thought to himself, without a trace of frustration.

'Any normal person would've asked me where Guo Shuai went, wouldn't they? Or why he's going to die?'

'Even asking about the class rules, or the ghosts' weaknesses—any of that would make sense!'

'I spent so long setting up and guiding the question…'

'And this guy… just copied that bastard Lu Shiyan and asked what his own ability is?'

'Something completely unrelated…'

'He really is a thorough, completely self-centered lunatic…'

'I've lost.'

'Lost to luck—and lost to this wretched human nature.'

'Haha… hahaha!!'

Kamiya Konan suddenly covered his face and let out a frenzied laugh.

‘Since nobody believes me…’

‘Since we're all going to die anyway…’

‘Then let me be a madman for once too!’

"Ya-re ya-re…"

Kamiya Konan abruptly dropped his hands, his eyes flashing with a final gleam.

It was a Divine Chosen's last remaining dignity—and his final act of spite.

"Since none of you want to let me live…"

"Then let me give you a free answer before I die!!"

He widened his eyes and used every last ounce of his strength to shout at everyone.

"Listen to me!!"

"Among you… hides a ghost!"

"And this ghost… is among the 3 human teach—"

Whoosh!

Before he could finish.

A flash of silver light cut through the air in an instant.

Slash!

Kamiya Konan's voice cut off abruptly.

He stared wide-eyed, both hands clamped tightly over his own throat.

But blood kept gushing wildly through the gaps in his fingers.

His vocal cords—his entire throat—had been severed clean through!

And at the podium.

Lu Shiyan withdrew his right hand from the throwing stance, his face completely expressionless, exhaling a single smoke ring.

"So noisy."

"Class is about to start, and you're still screaming."

"Have you no classroom discipline?"