I Became a Witch in a World Full of Urban Legends

He wanted to drive her out of the lab.

But how could one drive a young, innocent, and naked girl out into the unknown?

He would really rather she not speak at all.

“You… are you really the Lu Yibei I know?” he asked.

“Y-yes, it’s true.”

“I suppose I could help you keep your secret, but…” Professor Ma said as a sinister smile appeared on his face.

Her heart skipped a beat as she clutched his coat tighter around her. Surely this old man isn’t having strange ideas about…

Where are your morals, old man?

On a remote path leading outside the campus.

A hesitant young girl walked out of campus with a dazed look in her eyes.She wore a dark blue, buttoned-twill cardigan and linen cropped pants. The underwear hidden beneath had an ancient twinge to its fashion.

The girl is Lu Yibei, and the clothes on her body were found by Professor Ma. When Professor Ma was researching a special text about cloth dyeing, he asked the students to restore the clothes according to the recorded content and keep them inside the storage room of the laboratory.

“It was just research,” he told her. He didn’t expect the small clothes to fit her that well.

Strangely enough, Lu Yibei felt as if the cores affecting her memory had been quelled.

Although the clothes had a weird texture to them, strangely enough, they didn’t burn up into pieces, and her body temperature remained at a constant, pleasant level.

‘But what is that old plan planning?’

She couldn’t help but think of the deal she had just made with Professor Ma.

“You may look different, but you are still my student; I have to protect my interests as well,” Professor Ma said. “And let me ask you, why haven’t you handed in the essay I asked you to do?”

“Ah, well…”

“Not finished? Change it to a standard paper and hand it to me next week.”

She couldn’t believe what she was hearing—she thought her grades were going to be deducted! She planned to head home as soon as possible and ask that damned Jumeng to write an essay for her as rent!

“After you’re done with that, I’ll task you with another essay! You love studying, don’t you?”

Oh. So that’s how it is.

Taking advantage of a little girl, she felt like a joke.

It’s hard to read, Professor Ma.

Looking at his giddy smile, she felt fear that she had never felt before.

There is a remote road leading out from Huacheng University. It cannot be named, but most students know it as the road to Gate No. 4.

When the road was first built, it was a normal road made for students to head out into the bustling city centre.

Besides the remote location and the obvious disrepair, the road was said to be haunted. Two or three years ago, when a girl was attending her boyfriend’s birthday party, she left the party early and went back to campus alone in the heavy rain, and something chopped off her head.

Nobody knew what had happened; the security guards heard a brief scream and nothing more.

It was said that she discovered something between her best friend and her boyfriend, and because of her untimely death, she was filled with resentment and turned into an urban legend, wandering about near the road in Gate No. 4.

Every rainy night, some students claim that they see a girl holding a rose-coloured umbrella, and if you dare to approach her…

“System, with you following me around, I don’t think any urban legend will come and attack me,” Gu Qianqian huffed.

Ever since she first infiltrated the campus, she found that taking the path by Gate No. 4 made it much easier to break in and out. Others are afraid of encountering urban legends, but she is not.

Weirdly enough, she too has become some sort of urban legend—the unnamed Guardian of Huacheng University. Ever since she came around, the number of urban legends spotted on campus has decreased significantly.

“I was just telling you what had happened here before,” the system replied. “Besides, you are the one repelling the urban legends with your presence.”

The system couldn’t help but grumble under its breath. How could somebody this dumb be bestowed with so much power?

“System, I know you asked me to stick the scraps from the bamboo scrolls into my flesh, but why? I don’t want to die of an infection.”

As a vagrant, she has seen many homeless people succumb to their untreated wounds. It is natural that she has worries like these.

“There is no need to worry,” the system assured. “It is imperative that the bamboo scrolls remain embedded in your flesh so that you can form a connection, and you can wait until the full moon rises to go to that place.”

“Then, why do I even need to participate on a school night? Won’t I just delay my mission?”

“I’m helping you create an alibi! The bamboo scrolls will inevitably trigger strong psychic energy fluctuations, luring the Night Division over! Do you really think they’ll come up to you and invite you for tea?”

“Makes sense, but why do I even need the bamboo scrolls on myself in the first place? That doesn’t…”

“Gu Qianqian, run!”

The system went haywire and into overdrive, warning Gu Qianqian of an impending presence down the path. She turned her head around, only to be greeted by the sight of a young girl.

Gu Qianqian takes this path because nobody else would dare take it. Lu Yibei had the same idea, it seems.

It wasn’t smart to remain in Professor Ma’s lab; what if Li Xuan decides to turn back? Besides, Professor Ma promised to help her with related matters at the school.

“Good thing I told him I’d turn back to normal in three to five days,” she grumbled. “I don’t have to submit that thesis for at least a week.”

She planned to leave campus on this path, but never in a million years would she expect to meet Gu Qianqian on this path.

‘She must be sneaking into campus from this path. No wonder I don’t see her around that often…’

Just as she was deep in thought, Gu Qianqian immediately turned around and ran in the opposite direction. She took several looks behind her as she ran.

‘Why does she keep running away from me?’ she sighed, deciding to chase after them. There were things she had to ask them.

“Hey! Don’t run! I want to talk!”

Gu Qianqian heard her words, and all she did was run faster.