Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes? Chapter 353 My Hero Friend

Junior high life is so boring.

Every day almost repeats the activities of the previous day.

Except for so minor differences in classes, or so minor episodes caused by naughty classmates, everything is mostly the sa.

Few are here because they truly love learning.

Zhang Xu Yang is no exception; he’s not a top student, just diocre, with grades neither high nor low.

Although he doesn’t get sleepy upon seeing books, his thoughts tend to wander, making it hard for him to concentrate in class.

As soon as the class starts, various mini-dramas begin in his mind.

Ultraman descends from the sky and flattens the school with one foot...

Little monsters deep under the sea...

The sun suddenly disappears, and humans can glow through intellect; the smarter you are, the brighter your head shines, but thinking of his own IQ, he guesses he could only be likened to a five-watt light bulb, which makes him dislike the idea...

A stream of sweet dew falls from the sky, transforming him and turning him into a superhero who could blow out the sun with a single breath and flood the Earth with a pee, treating planets like pool balls and the universe as a billiard table, pocketing them into black holes...

...

Or maybe that day he shouldn’t have left early; he should have waited for Xiao Long to finish cleaning and gone ho together. He always used to wait for ; if I had been there that day, I definitely would have kicked that car over.

And that woman, my mom said she was no good, Xiao Long’s dad thought so too...

His hand subconsciously drew a circle in his notebook.

This is a magical circle; by entering it, one could return to the past.

To go back to the past, he would definitely remind Xiao Long, tell him to be careful on the road and not get hit by a car...

And... also tell him the lottery numbers; winning would an buying lots of comics and gas...

But it seems I don’t rember any lottery numbers?

There’s a lottery store on the way ho from school; I could check it out then...

...

Zhang Xu Yang’s thoughts are wild and leap from one to another.

One of the happiest monts of the day is probably the break at noon, where he can wander around the playground with classmates or play his favourite ping-pong.

As for taking a nap, that’s out of the question; being in their growth spurt, they have inexhaustible energy every day and simply don’t need rest.

And so, another day passes just like always.

Zhang Xu Yang packs up his school bag while glancing at the bottom right corner of the blackboard, checking today’s howork to see if he can play outside for a while before going ho to do it.

He is accompanied to school, but there’s no one to pick him up after school as all adults are still at work.

So he has to walk ho by himself, but being with classmates makes it far from boring; he actually enjoys this ti.

"Shall we play Identity V when we get back..."

"Maybe not, I still haven’t finished watching my ti travel agent series..."

"What’s there to watch in that? Co back, I’ll help you level up..."

After school is another wonderful part of the day. Zhang Xu Yang may not be good in academics, but he is popular and has many friends at school.

He blends into the crowd, chatting here and there, loudly discussing with people.

Whether or not anyone listens to him, his voice is definitely the loudest.

At this mont, from the corner of his eye, he suddenly catches a glimpse of a familiar figure across the street.

He doesn’t pay much attention and returns his focus to chatting with his classmates, but suddenly it hits him.

He stares in disbelief across the street.

There, under the opposite sycamore tree, stands a familiar figure, looking at him and waving with a smile.

"Xiao... Xiao Long, Xu Shilong?"

Zhang Xu Yang shouts and then dashes toward the street across.

"Watch out for the cars." Xu Shilong couldn’t help but remind.

Actually, there’s no need to worry. This is the entrance to the school, and it’s dismissal ti. Any driver coming here basically crawls along, slowly crossing this stretch of the road. Other than students bumping into cars, there are rarely cars hitting students.

Of course, this is not absolute. There are always so people who are jealous and resentful of the world, who, out of a ntality of revenge on society, harm so innocent people.

When classmates saw Zhang Xu Yang acting so panicked, they rely glanced once and then looked away.

Because the behavior of soone like Zhang Xu Yang is very normal at the school gate, there’s never a lack of lively kids.

So of their childish, bizarre behaviors seem incredible to adults, but for them, it’s perfectly normal.

Zhang Xu Yang rushed up to Xu Shilong, his eyes shining, cheeks flushed with excitent.

It was unclear whether he was excited, or if it was because he had run too fast that his blood had surged.

"Zhang Xu Yang." Xu Shilong greeted him with a smile, thinking about how to explain things to him.

But before he could speak, Zhang Xu Yang grabbed his hand excitedly and said, "I knew it... I knew it..."

"Knew what?"

"I knew you weren’t dead, that you must have traveled to an otherworldly realm, beca a Hero, defeated the Demon King, beca the Magic God, and after hardships, found your way back..."

Zhang Xu Yang rattled on like a machine gun, spilling out words that made Xu Shilong’s head spin. What is he even talking about?

After thinking for a mont, he handed over the pinwheel he was holding.

"Here, this is for you."

"A pinwheel?" Zhang Xu Yang took it with a delighted expression.

"Is this a Magic Treasure? How do I use it? Can it summon a hurricane to destroy everything, or if I put it above my head, can it make fly to the sky?"

As he spoke, Zhang Xu Yang held it above his head, seemingly treating it like a bamboo dragonfly.

"Neither, it’s just a regular kite," Xu Shilong said.

Hearing that, Zhang Xu Yang paused, looking at the pinwheel in his hand with so surprise, and said, "So stingy?"

"Don’t you like it?" Xu Shilong said, a bit uneasily.

Zhang Xu Yang sighed, shook his head like a deflated balloon.

"I thought you were going to give a treasure, considering we’re best friends," Zhang Xu Yang said, unable to hide his disappointnt.

Xu Shilong laughed.

"Of course, but I didn’t travel to an otherworldly realm, nor did I beco a Hero. I died, and beca a ghost..."

Zhang Xu Yang: (﹁﹁)~→

"I’m telling the truth."

Seeing that Zhang Xu Yang didn’t believe him, Xu Shilong beca a bit anxious, but he didn’t know how to explain it well.

"Alright... co on, I’ll treat you to a milk tea."

Zhang Xu Yang patted his shoulder, pulling him forward.

"Why haven’t you grown at all, still so short?"

"I’m dead, how can a ghost grow taller."

"That makes sense, how co you, turning into a ghost, aren’t scary at all?"

"Huh, you believe what I said?" Xu Shilong said, surprised.

"Not a single word."

Xu Shilong: ...

Just then, Zhang Xu Yang suddenly leaned in close to Xu Shilong’s ear and whispered, "Tell quietly, are you not able to reveal your true identity? Otherwise, will it bring disaster?"

Xu Shilong sighed, then looked around to see if anyone was paying attention to them, and suddenly vanished under Zhang Xu Yang’s arm.

Zhang Xu Yang: ...

Did he go back again?

PS: To be continued~