Chapter 99 The Strange Thief
"That's weird. I clearly put it in the cabinet."

"You didn't eat it and forget about it?"

"How is that possible? Could it be that one of you secretly ate it while I was away?"

"Are you kidding me?"

"We're going to eat openly!"

"That's right, sneaking around is not what a real man does."

"…Is there a mouse in the dormitory?"

……

When Xiao Xiao and his friends were on their way to class, they suddenly overheard a conversation between a group of boys passing by.

It seems that one of them had his snacks stolen, and now he is wondering why.

They were heading in the same direction as Xiao Xiao and the others, so their conversation could still be heard clearly.

“… Never mind. It’s gone.”

"That's a whole box of snacks I just bought online! It cost me nearly three hundred dollars!"

"Uh... that is, which bastard did this immoral thing?"

"But how on earth could such a large box of snacks be stolen without us even reacting?"

……

The boys who were discussing continued to move forward, while Xiao Xiao and the others had already arrived at the teaching building where they had classes.

They didn't take the conversation they overheard seriously.

However, they didn't expect to hear different people talking about similar things in the classroom, in the corridor after class, and even on their way to the cafeteria.

There are both boys and girls.

All my snacks disappeared inexplicably.

Many people have already run wild with ideas, wondering if a large army of rats has attacked the school?
Naturally, someone has already reported the situation to the school.

Things must be investigated thoroughly.

It would be great if the lost snacks could be found again.

However, the owners also know that this possibility is not high. Their only hope is that the school can act quickly and catch the criminal immediately, leaving the other party no time to "destroy the body."

……

"Tell me, what thief is so unsophisticated that he doesn't steal money but only snacks."

"That's right, if you want to steal snacks, you might as well go to the supermarket or the canteen."

"He stole from every dormitory, and it's a good thing he knew which dormitory had the snacks."

"Maybe he looked at everyone and stole the snacks when he saw them."

"This is amazing, how come no one noticed it?"

……

“Moreover, not only the boys’ dormitory building was robbed, but the girls’ dormitory was also robbed.”

"It's not really a mouse, is it?"

"Haha, how is that possible? Then this mouse has also become a spirit, right?"

"Unless there are a lot of mice, how could so many snacks be stolen?"

……

"It's really unpleasant to think that there might be so many rats in the school."

"so horrible!"

"I think I'm going to go get some rat poison."

……

In the cafeteria, everyone was talking about this latest "mysterious snack theft incident."

"Shall we buy some rat poison too?" Zhao Luzheng couldn't help but shudder when he heard the faint voice of "Maybe a rat will crawl onto your bed."

"What are you buying? I don't care what kind of rat it is. If it comes one by one, I'll kill it one by one. If it comes a pair, I'll kill them both." Zhang Bo looked very proud and eager to try. "Oh~" Xiao Xiao and the other two clapped their hands in a polite manner, "Pa pa~"

"But, youngest, are you afraid of mice?" Zhuge Yun winked, with some ill intentions.

"How is that possible?" Zhao Luzheng denied it flatly. Seeing that everyone looked unconvinced, he said seriously, "I just hate mice."

"Cut~"

……

But after all, the incident didn't happen to them, so Xiao Xiao and the others didn't take it too seriously. They just listened and discussed it.

However, Zhao Luzheng really bought a packet of rat poison in the evening, and sprinkled some in every corner of the dormitory under the somewhat disgusted gazes of Xiao Xiao and others.

"Could it be that there were no rats originally, and these rat poisons have attracted rats again?" Zhuge Yun inexplicably felt that he would not be a jinx.

Zhao Luzheng: ...

"Haha, no way?" Zhang Bo laughed dryly. Although he had said it in the cafeteria before, most people really don't like creatures like rats, right? Especially those dirty gray rats. Just thinking about it makes the hair on his body stand up.

Of course, hamsters are an exception. Zhang Bo's cousin once raised two hamsters, which he also thought were very cute.

"Okay, since it's already been scattered, forget it." Xiao Xiao grabbed Zhao Luzheng, who was about to put the rat poison away again, and felt a little amused.

Is it really that serious? Isn't it just a mouse?
But when he was awakened by a rustling sound in the middle of the night, he opened his eyes and carefully leaned out from the bed, and saw that his desk was occupied by a swarm of rats, he felt extremely miserable!

It was already the middle of the night and the dormitory was dark. Only a faint light shone through the gaps in the balcony curtains, casting a thick shadow.

Xiao Xiao's desk was filled with mice, their black and gray hair almost making them disappear in the darkness.

The small black eyes flashed with a strange light, and some pairs of eyes were even a creepy blood red.

Xiao Xiao felt that he could no longer look directly at his desk.

"Fei Fei~" Fei Fei snuggled into Xiao Xiao's arms, with a look of arrogance and disgust on her face, as if her eyes were dirty.

Xiao Xiao patted Feifei's head with a smile.

In the dim light, Feifei's hair, as smooth and cool as snow, was shining with a halo, which was extremely beautiful.

Xiao Xiao felt that after looking at Feifei, his previous disgusted mood caused by the mouse was immediately cured.

Then he realized something was wrong, glanced around casually, and suddenly realized: rat poison!

Did the youngest buy fake rat poison? Why is it not working at all? The rats are crowding onto his desk!
Xiao Xiao was already considering the possibility of changing to a new table the next day.

……

"Knock knock~" The sound of knocking on the glass made Xiao Xiao suddenly put away some of his scattered thoughts.

Damn it, are these rats still trying to take his fish?

The mice on the table below have surrounded the fish tank in circles.

The mouse in the front row stood on tiptoe and tried to use its front paws to grab the fish in the water.

The fish tank is not too short for a mouse. It is already the limit for a mouse to stand up and touch the edge of the tank.

Seeing this, Xiao Xiao had not yet finished exhaling, but was surprised to find that the mice in the back row came forward, lay down, and lifted up the mice in the front row.

Xiao Xiao:!
……

The Emperor Black Lantern fled in panic.

Later, seeing rat claws everywhere, Emperor Black Lantern was aroused and began to attack fiercely, showing his ferocious teeth and biting the rat claws hard.

The mouse was so frightened that it lost its balance and fell backwards.

The rat colony was in chaos.

"Zhizhi~zhizhi~"

Well done! Xiao Xiao secretly said good.

However, the matter was about to end. Just when Xiao Xiao wanted to wake up Zhang Bo and others to help kill the rats, a familiar evil aura floated in through the balcony glass door which had a tiny gap in it.

The weather is getting warmer, and Xiao Xiao and his friends are used to leaving a gap in their beds to allow for some fresh air when they go to bed at night.

At this moment, the glass door on the balcony was slowly moving away, silently but inexplicably terrifying.

Has this upgraded from The Rat Swarm to The Ring?
(End of this chapter)