"acid burns their skin and reveals their true selves," mingi explained to san and i in the livingroom. san's mom barely paid us any mind, probably thinking we were all just friends having a casual sleepover.

"we'll drive our van over to the school before five pm tomorrow, and set up the necessary equipment," wooyoung continued for mingi. "since metal daggers weaken them, we won't hesitate to use them on anyone we see attacking students tomorrow."

i gulped. "do we have to use them too?"

yunho shook his head. "not necessarily. you and san have to keep the students safe. if there are more shedders than we can cope with, you'll send for the police, okay?"

san looked less disturbed by this than i was. "okay."