Chapter 13: I Care [3rd Update]

Room 304,

After the middle-aged man Tanaka Ichiro and Kamimura Mie returned to the room, Kamimura Mie immediately asked about what happened on the first floor.

The female staff member who appeared, the mutation of the female staff member after Huang Mao replied, and the screams that followed.

This hotel was very supernatural and very dangerous.

"Rule 8 suggests showering before bed. Do you want to go first, or should I?"

It was optional, but both indicated they should shower.

"You go first."

Tanaka Ichiro was still in the aftermath of the panic. ===== CHAPTER 27 =====

The sound of flowing water rang out.

Tanaka Ichiro glanced over and suppressed the stirring in his heart.

He and Kamimura Mie were actually meeting for the first time today, and coming out together was merely a transaction—one person paid money, the other provided their body, a fair trade. But he never expected to be dragged into this dangerous supernatural game.

"If I had known, I wouldn't have made the appointment tonight; it would have been better to stay home and sleep."

However, there is no regret medicine in the world.

Tanaka Ichiro could only sigh.

Suddenly, a woman’s scream rang out.

It was Kamimura Mie’s voice.

"What happened?"

"Blood, so much blood!"

The sound of something crashing to the floor rang out.

The middle-aged man, who had been scared and still wanted to go over and see what was going on, saw the blood-red liquid at the bathroom door and immediately had no thoughts of going to the bathroom at all. Instead, he fled far away and grabbed a vase, ready to deal with a monster that might appear suddenly.

"Come help me, hurry over..."

"Handle it yourself,"

Finally, Kamimura Mie stood up on her own strength. She gradually calmed down, and feeling that there was nothing wrong with her body, she endured the psychological discomfort and turned off the shower switch.

"Trash,"

She, who had changed into clothes and come to the bedroom, looked at the middle-aged man hiding far away and mocked coldly.

"I’m more than enough to deal with you,"

"Hmph, you just know how to bully a weak woman like me."

"Don't you like being bullied?"

"Come on!"

But Tanaka Ichiro had absolutely no urge to go forward; instead, he worried that the woman coming near him would put him in a dangerous state.

……

307,

Kuroda Hikari and Sawanaga Taisuke talked for quite a long time, with the girl focusing on asking about what happened in the first-floor lobby.

Sawanaga Taisuke explained simply, telling her they encountered the hotel’s female staff member on the first floor. But he concealed the fact that he felt he had been targeted by the female staff member because he had replied to her.

I just did it to avoid making Kuroda Hikari worry for nothing.

He thought to himself.

"Kuroda, if you really encounter danger, you must go to 306 and ask Brother Lin for help. If one of us can leave this Love Hotel alive, it will definitely be him."

This was everyone’s consensus; Lin Ye’s performance in the hotel was something they all saw.

"I will, Sawanaga-kun. We will definitely be able to leave here alive."

"Yes, we will. You are a girl, very cute. Although that... doesn't sound very good, Hoshino Ai is stronger, but you are also very charming. But if it’s for your own survival, sometimes you can make sacrifices."

Sawanaga Taisuke spoke very tactfully, but Kuroda Hikari understood. She revealed a bitter smile and lowered her head.

How could it be like this!

Kuroda Hikari’s heart was filled with bitterness; she turned and walked toward the bathroom.

She turned on the faucet at the vanity, saw the black-red liquid flowing out at a glance, immediately pulled her hand back, and made a panicked sound.

Soon,

Sawanaga Taisuke rushed over and confirmed the situation with the water.

"It’s all black-red,"

"Then, then showering..."

"I’m not showering. Rule 8 didn't say we absolutely had to shower."

Sawanaga Taisuke looked at the red-black liquid, feeling only that the thing was like a deadly pollutant from the abyss.

Finally,

Kuroda Hikari didn't shower either.

She was worried too.

Afterward, the two found a place to sit and rest.

Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.

……

……

Time was passing,

The time was now 10:48 PM,

More than an hour had passed since Lin Ye arrived at the Love Heart Love Hotel.

During this time, except for the faucet flowing with black-red liquid, no other abnormal things had happened.

Hoshino Ai would occasionally find topics to chat with Lin Ye, telling him about her future plans and dreams, hoping to become a popular idol with super high popularity, and feeling that if she were to get married and have children in the future, she must also become an excellent mother.

"I, actually, am from a single-parent family. My mother was very fierce and often hit me,"

Recalling the past, Hoshino Ai hugged her legs, her body trembling slightly. At this time, she had put on Lin Ye’s jacket to deal with any sudden events that might occur.

Lin Ye still remembered Hoshino Ai’s growth experience, but now he chose to become a listener, listening to the girl’s deepest thoughts and consciousness.

"She was later caught and sent to prison, and I went to an orphanage, but I actually missed her all the time. Even though she hit me often, I knew she was my only relative in this world."

The girl with black-purple long hair revealed sadness, permeated with an aura of bitterness,

"I kept waiting for the day she would be released from prison to come find me, but until now, I have never seen her again. She completely abandoned me. Perhaps if I died, she wouldn't even care."

"I care,"

"Eh?"

Hoshino Ai cast a surprised gaze over,

"If you died, Hoshino, the world would be missing a beautiful girl; how regrettable that would be. So, I care very much, and you will leave here alive."

"Lin Ye-kun, you really are..."

She didn't know whether to laugh or cry, not knowing if she should be happy or sad.

"Think more about happy things. This world has sadness and pain, but it also has happy and joyful things. As someone who is an idol, you must also love the job of being an idol very much; it can bring you joy. So, keep going! Become the idol with super high popularity you look forward to being! Hoshino Ai."

"Thank you."

A single "thank you" expressed all the gratitude in her heart.

"That... Lin Ye-kun,"

"Speak freely,"

"Can you... continue to support me? I hope you can... continue to support me, don't, don't go support Mai, okay?"

This request seemed to use up all of Hoshino Ai’s strength.

She looked at Lin Ye nervously, waiting for an answer.

Don't go support Mai?

Wait, this means Mai really exists!

Lin Ye’s heart suddenly burned, a raging fire bursting with heat.

Bunny Girl Senpai!

"No, after leaving this hotel, I’m going to go find Mai,"

Since Mai had appeared, how could he not go see her.

Only Hoshino Ai had a sorrowful face at this moment; she had been rejected flatly.

"I actually..."

But at this moment, *mmm-ahhh...* sounds rang out.

Hoshino Ai and Lin Ye looked at each other and turned toward the direction the sound came from.

"Mmm..."

"Ohh..."

Tanaka Ichiro and Kamimura Mie next door, they were doing it directly!

"No,"

Lin Ye reacted abruptly.

The direction the sound came from was 308, not 304. ===== CHAPTER 28 =====