What? You think something worth 8 can just break like that? Don't be ridiculous.

Chapter 74 What?! You think you can just break something worth eight million like that? Don't be ridiculous!

The next morning.

The warm sunlight shone down, bringing new life to the entire earth.

The entrance to a primary school.

An old man who came to open the gate walked to the school gate, but strangely found that the lock on the gate seemed to be faulty.

"Why can't I insert the key?"

The old man, dressed in a security guard uniform, tried to open the door lock, but after a while, he found...

"Clatter"

The lock just fell off?

"What's going on?"

The old man was shocked.

A bad feeling suddenly welled up in his heart.

The old man rushed into the schoolyard.

Sure enough, upon seeing what was there, he immediately froze on the spot, dumbfounded.

The next moment, he came to his senses and, without the slightest hesitation, ran into the security room, found the school's internal communication device, and called the highest-ranking school leader he could contact.

Perhaps because it was too early, one connection didn't work, two connections didn't work, and three connections still didn't work.

But the old man persisted, and finally got through after a barrage of frantic calls.

When the call was first answered, there was a groggy sound on the other end, as if the person had just woken up.

However, the old man didn't care and reported what he had seen with his own eyes without exaggeration or embellishment.

"What?!"

After the old man finished speaking, the previously somewhat impatient voice on the other end of the phone instantly exploded.

"Baka! Don't talk nonsense!"

"impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

After finishing his sentence, the old man held the phone away from his ear.

He walked into the campus, and described everything he saw along the way in writing, which he then told to a school leader on the other end of the phone.

As the old man's account became increasingly believable, sounding more and more credible than mere fabrication, a leader from Youzhi Elementary School fell silent.

"Clang"

There seemed to be a sound of something falling over there.

"Are you alright?" the old man asked.

"Please continue," the leader said, his voice a little hoarse.

The next moment, the sound of drinking water could be heard over the phone.

Seeing that the other person was alright, the old man went up to the teaching building.

He reported everything he saw and heard along the way, word for word.

For example, the school was covered in shards of glass.

Or perhaps a table, chair, or podium that is missing an arm or a leg.

When the old man reached the top of the teaching building, he went into a classroom that no longer had a door, went to the window, and looked out at the campus.

As the saying goes, "Climb high and look far."

He stood on a high place and looked down.

However, with a wider field of vision, the "battle damage" that could be seen was also more severe.

The old man found a window that was luckily not broken, opened it gently, and then leaned on the windowsill to look around.

"The current situation is a bit hard to describe."

The old man had very little hair left. He stroked his bald head with one hand and then gave his feedback to the college leaders.

"What's going on? It's hard to say. Is there something more serious than all the windows and benches in the school being broken?"

Upon hearing the old man's words, the school's junior leader on the other end of the phone burst into laughter in anger.

He had seen how the desks, chairs, and podium were stacked at school yesterday, and from the old man's description, it seemed that only a few more pieces of glass were broken.

He could roughly imagine what kind of scene it would be.

Could things get any worse than they are now?

He didn't believe it.

The schools nowadays are probably in ruins!

Did the building collapse?

"The statue that the chairman gave to the principal, I remember you mentioned it before, it's probably worth about eight million yen, right?" the old man's voice rang out.

"Yes, eight million eight hundred and eighty thousand!" The junior manager on the other end of the phone replied with a hint of pride, "I was the one who went to the auction for the chairman!"

However, before he could recall his past "heroic" actions, his tone suddenly faltered.

"Wait, what do you mean by asking this? You don't mean to say..." The junior leader didn't finish his sentence, but his voice already carried a hint of sobs.

"Sigh—" The old man was also a little confused. He sighed and then nodded slightly, "Yes, just as you thought."

"This statue is now completely destroyed and there is absolutely no possibility of restoring it."

After the old man finished speaking, there was silence on the other end of the phone.

The old man didn't say anything, assuming the other person was thinking of a solution.

Therefore, an eerie silence fell over the scene.

But the next second, a deafening scream rang out from the phone—

"What?!?!"

Upon hearing the old man's words, one of the junior leaders at Youzhi Elementary School was completely stunned.

All I was thinking was, what if this statue fell out of the fountain? And you just dropped this bombshell on me?!

Broken?

You think you can just break something worth eight million like that?

I f***

The junior leader had just woken up when he suddenly heard such terrible news. He almost fainted on the spot.

Fortunately, he was in bed, and all he needed to do was quickly lie flat to calm himself down.

After catching his breath, he asked the old man in a tone that seemed to say, "You're not kidding me, are you? You mean, the statue is broken?"

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"Yes."

"Completely shattered?"

"That's right."

"Completely irreversible?"

"You're absolutely right."

"I," the junior leader, almost choked on my breath again, and quickly rubbed his chest.

"That statue was made of a special material, so heavy that even heavy machinery couldn't move it, and it was as solid as iron. How could it have been smashed to pieces??"

Are you fucking kidding me?!

If the last shred of rationality in the junior leader tells him that this is an old security guard, and that he shouldn't lose his composure in front of such a person, whether out of politeness or class considerations.

Then he probably would have already started yelling and shouting to vent his emotions.

"Snap"

Finally, after asking the old man a few more questions, the junior leader hung up the phone.

Looking at the communicator, which was already in a busy tone, the old man sighed deeply.

"What's going on here?"

He stood in the classroom, put away his communicator, leaned against the window, and looked somewhat weary and unfazed.

After an unknown amount of time, he slowly pulled out a cigarette, half-eaten, from inside his clothes.

Then, he leaned forward, pressed himself against the wide-open window, and felt the morning breeze blowing through, ruffling his few remaining hairs, while pulling out a lighter and starting to smoke.

"suck"

"call"

He took a couple of puffs before stubbing out the cigarette and putting the remaining cigarette butt back into his clothes.

Even though the school is in such a state now that no teachers or students will be attending classes and it won't have any impact, he still politely picked up the cigarette ash that had fallen on the ground.

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"Is it a holiday again?"

On another morning after subduing the Shadow Cards, Wang Changsheng slept until noon before getting up.

I learned the news from the housekeeper as soon as I got up.

However, this was something he had expected, so he wasn't surprised.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have slept until noon.

After all, the mess that left at school last night was all caused by him and Sakura.

"Ring ring—"

Suddenly, the communicator that was placed on his bedside table also rang.

It was as if they were waiting for him to get up.

Wang Changsheng raised an eyebrow and then answered the phone.

"Hello, this is the Wang family." Wang Changsheng's voice rang out softly.

"Good afternoon, Chosei-kun. This is Daidouji Tomoyo." A clear and pleasant voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Oh, it's Tomoyo. Good afternoon. What's up with calling at this hour?" Wang Changsheng paused slightly upon hearing Tomoyo's voice.

He didn't expect Tomoyo to call him in the middle of the day.

However, it seems that besides Tomoyo and Sakura, he doesn't have any other friends here.

So if someone calls him, it can only be someone from his uncle's side of the family, besides those two friends.

"I was busy too late last night, so I thought you might be sleeping this morning and didn't want to bother you," Tomoyo's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"I called to ask if you already know the current situation at the school, right?"

What is the current situation at the school?

Upon hearing Zhi Shi's voice, Wang Changsheng was taken aback.

"The school must be in a lot of chaos right now," Wang Changsheng guessed.

"It's actually not too bad now. I had people renovate the whole school. Because the money was enough, the progress was quite fast."

Tomoyo's voice on the other end of the phone was soft, with a hint of sweet laughter.

"Huh?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Changsheng was stunned.

What does Tomoyo mean by saying this? Does it mean the school is almost finished with renovations?

Does that mean they'll have to go back to class right away?

"Then, Zhi Shi, do you know roughly when the school will allow students to return to class?" Wang Changsheng asked Zhi Shi tentatively.

After all, when she captured the Shadow Card yesterday, Tomoyo mentioned that her family had influence on the school's board of directors.

"It'll be around the day after tomorrow." Tomoyo's voice came from the other end of the phone, sounding very confident.

It seems she probably got some inside information from her mother.

Moreover, this rumor is very reliable.

"The day after tomorrow?"

Upon hearing Zhi Shi's words, Wang Changsheng nodded.

In other words, they have one more day off tomorrow.

"Tomoyo, is this what you wanted to talk to me about?" After getting the answer he wanted, Wang Changsheng asked Tomoyo on the other end of the phone.

"That's not true~" came Tomoyo's denial.

"Actually, I wanted to tell you, Changsheng, that the stone that the Clow Card raised yesterday is a decorative sculpture for the school fountain. It seems to have been given to our principal by someone from the board of directors."

Tomoyo's sweet and soft voice came from the other end of the communicator.

Wang Changsheng did not interrupt her, but listened quietly.

He knew that Tomoyo must have something else to say next.

Sure enough, Tomoyo continued, "This morning when my family's employees came to clean up the scene, they found something strange among the ruins and fragments of that statue."

"Strange thing? What thing?" Wang Changsheng couldn't help but ask.

"It was an irregular crystal that looked like a gemstone. Although I've seen many diamonds, this crystal gave me a strange feeling. It didn't seem to be an ordinary diamond or anything like that. So I thought I'd let Changsheng and Xiaoke take a look at what it was."

Tomoyo's voice rang out, and she finally revealed the purpose of her call.

Upon hearing this, Wang Changsheng was immediately taken aback.

"You mean there's a crystal hidden inside that angel-like statue, and you find it strange, so you wanted me and that brat to come and take a look?"

"Yes, that's right." Tomoyo's soft laughter came from the phone.

Wang Changsheng narrowed his eyes, feeling a little strange.

Is there such a scene in anime?

How come he doesn't remember?

Despite his doubts, he nodded and agreed.

"Okay, no problem. When shall we meet?"

"Let's go to Sakura's house this afternoon." He simply mentioned the time he had already arranged with Sakura and Kero.

"Okay," Wang Changsheng said, then hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Wang Changsheng sat on the bed and couldn't help but ponder the plot of the anime he had watched.

Because the Shadow Cards were the first cards Sakura captured, and they were also among the stronger cards Sakura had in the early stages of her Cardcaptor Sakura form.

The frequency of appearance of the Shadow Card is second only to that of the Wind Sister, making her one of the hardest-working characters under Sakura.

Therefore, Wang Changsheng had a rather deep impression of it.

After Sakura and Tomoyo captured the Clow Card, did they encounter any statues?

Wang Changsheng found it strange; according to his memory, there didn't seem to be one.

However, it cannot be ruled out that he misremembered, or that this was a hidden event that was simply not shown in the anime.

After getting out of bed and tidying up briefly, Wang Changsheng took the elevator and left his room, which was a few hundred meters away, before heading to the restaurant.

Lunch was as plentiful as ever.

Every time Wang Changsheng picked up a bite of food, he felt an indescribable sense of guilt.

He's clearly just a primary school student, with a small appetite. Even if he only takes a bite of each dish, he'll be full after a few meals.

But the chef insisted on making so many dishes.

It made him feel like he was eating a Manchu Han Imperial Feast every time he ate.

Those who knew him assumed he came from a wealthy family.

Those who don't know might think he's an emperor from some dynasty.

Fortunately, none of the food was wasted in the end.

Since Wang Changsheng basically only takes one bite of each dish, it doesn't matter whether it's clean or not.

Therefore, these meals will also be eaten by other people working on the manor.

After finishing his meal, Wang Changsheng took a hot towel from a maid and wiped his mouth before putting it back.

After finishing his meal, he did not leave immediately. Instead, he sat there for a moment, pondering, before looking at the butler who had been waiting not far from him.

"Uncle Fang."

"Young Master, what are your orders?"

Upon hearing Wang Changsheng's words, the butler, who had been standing in the corner of the room, immediately stepped forward, bowed slightly, and responded to Wang Changsheng.

"Um, Uncle Fang, you don't need to be so polite. We don't need to use the master-servant etiquette between us. Just treat each other as friends. After all, you are my elder."

Wang Changsheng was still a little unaccustomed to the butler's actions.

He maintained a certain level of respect for all the staff at the estate.

For example, he would politely express his gratitude after anyone provided him with a service.

This is not only because Wang Changsheng is an upright young man who has gone through nine years of compulsory education, but also because of his uncle.

After all, everything he enjoys now can be seen in a sense as a "gift" from his uncle.

The people in those manors were all arranged by his uncle.

Although Wang Changsheng's time with his uncle was very short, almost a brief encounter before they parted ways.

However, Wang Changsheng could still sense a certain aura and feeling from the other party that he had only felt from the superiors he had seen in his previous life.

That aura was ethereal and intangible, yet it was a certain quality cultivated from childhood.

This is something that almost no one can cultivate or change through shortcuts later in life.

The only thing we can do is let it settle.

Therefore, Wang Changsheng gave high praise to his impression of his uncle.

The people he assigns to him must not only be people he trusts deeply, but each of them probably possesses some unique characteristic or skill that he is unaware of.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been arranged to come here by his uncle. From what he said before, it seemed that their family wasn't very safe. His uncle would definitely not feel at ease leaving him here without anyone to protect him. Therefore, everyone he left here must have the talent and qualities to match him.

Who knows, some of them might even be assassins or killers.

Never provoke someone you don't know, even someone close to you.

What if the other party is some big shot?

Therefore, showing respect to everyone when no ill will is expressed is a good habit that Wang Changsheng has always cultivated.

This habit, even in his previous life, still helped him a great deal many times.

For example, when he was in school, he saw a short guy being bullied, so he went to help him. As a result, the guy gave him a Switch game console, which made Wang Changsheng extremely happy.

Of course, they didn't actually need his help at all; there were plenty of bodyguards secretly watching him, ensuring he wouldn't be truly bullied.

Therefore, theoretically speaking, if one is careful and cautious while maintaining a kind heart, one will not make mistakes in most cases.

"Maybe that sister with the ominous creature who handed me the towel just now is some kind of assassin who has lived for thousands of years," Wang Changsheng couldn't help but think, and then he was amused by his own thought.

How is that possible?