"Someone pulled into parallel time and space?"
"Perhaps in a different timeline, this version of Le Na is appearing alongside Thanh Linh..."
Hoang Tuan bowed his head, lost in thought.
He turned to look at the surroundings and noticed that the other students seemed to be oblivious to Nhat Minh's disappearance.
As if...
Nhat Minh had vanished without anyone noticing...
"According to the general novel scenario knowledge..."
"There are two types of situations when someone disappears from sight without a reaction from others."
"One is that when that person disappears, everyone loses their memory of them. This is a common narrative element."
"The other is when no one pays attention, like going into a blind spot or something, and then the person doesn't appear again..."
Hoang Tuan closed his novel control board, organizing his thoughts.
Considering the rumors of missing students in this school...
He could only speculate that this was the second type of situation.
Ultimately, if everyone lost their memory of that person, such rumors wouldn't exist.
After thinking for a while, Hoang Tuan looked up at Le Na and asked her, "How can I help you?"
Even though the girl in front of him didn't belong to the same timeline as him...
He was quite confident that in that different timeline, Hoang Tuan would still be relatively trustworthy to Le Na.
So Le Na's attitude toward Hoang Tuan...
Wouldn't be so enthusiastic from their very first meeting.
"I must have been in this world longer than you. I've been researching a lot about the school since I arrived here."
Le Na stood up, pulling Hoang Tuan along as she spoke and descended the stairs.
"As for the missing students, I personally encountered them a few times before. Because of the fragrant bag, I can sense the approximate location where they disappeared for a brief moment when I touch them."
Hoang Tuan followed behind Le Na and couldn't help but interject with a question, "So you want to go to those locations to find the missing people?"
"Yes... The locations I sense are likely near the school building. Because I still remember some questions from the Tran Hung Dao High School scenario, I've been exploring those peculiar spots."
"The pond, the rooftop, the playground..."
"I've searched these places, but there have been no results."
A crowd of students passed by Le Na and Hoang Tuan, bustling about.
Occasionally, a few students would curiously glance at the dark blue backpack on Hoang Tuan's back.
The school cafeteria was still bustling with people...
On the playground.
Hong Manh, one of the few people Hoang Tuan had interacted with, was playing basketball and was surrounded by a group of spectators.
He executed a characteristic long-range shot, smoothly sending the ball into the hoop with a perfect three-pointer...
Instinctively, Hoang Tuan stayed away from the basketball court.
"Do you think we can uncover the secrets of this school as long as we find the places where the missing students vanished?"
Hoang Tuan asked Le Na.
"Yes, in any case, to explore the storyline, we should focus on the main plot locations."
Le Na nodded.
After saying this, she walked ahead and turned back to Hoang Tuan, adding, "You taught me this."
Hoang Tuan remained silent.
In this timeline, he hadn't taught Le Na this...
But...
Le Na's approach wasn't problematic. Currently, what they needed to understand was the story of the mother and the rules of Tran Hung Dao High School.
These were the two main threads in the storyline.
If they could untangle the threads and conclude this long story, then they could leave this place and return to the real world.
"Where will you go next?"
Hoang Tuan continued to inquire of Le Na.
"To the principal's office. I have a feeling that even if there are no results, there might be some connection to the school story."
"What time is it?"
"Evening, the time when students attend evening classes and return to the dormitory. At that time, the teaching building won't have many people, and the principal and teachers will also return. It's the best time to avoid crowds."
"By then, one of us will keep watch, while the other goes inside to gather information."
Listening to Le Na's plan, Hoang Tuan couldn't help feeling a sense of admiration.
This was a different Le Na from a different parallel timeline, so distinct from the person he had met before.
"Alright, let's head back for now. We'll meet tonight."
Hoang Tuan felt that Le Na's idea was reasonable, so after thinking it over for a while, he agreed.
The two of them walked down the dormitory stairs and paused.
Hoang Tuan observed Le Na's demeanor and understood that she had some things to attend to without informing him. So, he didn't ask too many questions and made a few casual remarks, like focusing on the timing and so on.
When preparing to return to the dormitory...
"Right, Hoang Tuan!"
As he was about to enter the dormitory building, Le Na stopped him.
Hoang Tuan turned back and looked at Le Na.
"You must come to the meeting, it's very important."
"I know."
He replied.
...
...
...
Night fell.
The weather was colder than yesterday, and the students in the classroom were wearing short-sleeved shirts under their school uniforms, zipping up their pants and putting their hands in their sleeves, curling up on their chairs.
Tonight was the first time the teacher didn't give a lecture.
Instead, he took everyone to the computer room, spread a cloth on the floor, and played a classic movie for the students to watch.
The classroom was dimly lit.
Only the projector was casting the movie onto the blackboard, creating a soft, sparkling light reflecting on everyone's faces...
Hoang Tuan still sat at the back row.
"Hoang Thanh Doan" next to him was not as focused on the movie as usual. Instead, he raised his head and watched the movie attentively.
In fact, not many families had televisions in this era.
Many students from less privileged families could only occasionally go to the movie room to watch films.
This was a time that many people enjoyed...
The movie being screened was relatively old.
Because Hoang Tuan had watched this movie many times before, he had no intention of watching it now...
Unlike the others.
Instead, he was waiting for the end of the school day.
Le Na and he had agreed that whoever finished school first would wait downstairs in the garden, and then they would pretend to be a couple and chat.
Waiting for half an hour, as most students and teachers had returned.
They began to take action...
...
...
As it turned out.
When there was a specific goal to wait for.
Time seemed to stretch on indefinitely.
Hoang Tuan lost count of how many times he glanced at the clock hanging on the wall. At this point, there were still over forty minutes left until the end of class.
He really had nothing to do.
He could only open his novel control board, ready to study if any new updates had been made.
However, when he opened his control board.
The updated story content above made him pause...
【Hoang Tuan and the Muse.】
【Who would have thought they would boldly infiltrate that room like that...】
【They saw things they shouldn't have seen...】
【The story concludes.】
【Butterflies, not always beautiful.】
Hoang Tuan read the content.
Thinking of the principal's office, where Le Na had indicated she was headed...
Suddenly, he remembered the last time at Tran Hung Dao High School.
Executing those questions...
【Question three: You see a butterfly in the principal's office. What do you do now?】
【A, catch it; B, stare at it; C, run away from it; D, let it go in the water.】