Chapter 4

Rule 5: The room card is very important, please keep it properly. You can handle the check-out procedure after 6:00 the next day and return the door card to the card machine.

Five rules.

"Tomorrow at six,"

Hoshino Ai realized that if they persisted until six o'clock tomorrow morning, they would successfully clear the game and be able to leave here.

Instantly, she had a goal, motivation, and hope.

And at this time,

The mechanical sound of 'Welcome' rang out again.

Footsteps came from the direction of the entrance door.

Someone else had arrived.

Hoshino Ai panicked instinctively.

This wouldn't be a weird thing, right!

... ===== CHAPTER 7 =====

Ever since being dragged into the Weird Game, Hoshino Ai's nerves had been constantly on edge, suspicious of everything; except for Lin Ye beside her who could bring her a sense of security, everything else made her feel very dangerous.

This was a place where one could encounter weird things and lose their life at any time if they were not careful.

A moment ago, she and Lin Ye had walked outside for so long without encountering a single person, and now that they had entered the weird Love Heart Love Hotel, footsteps rang out at the entrance just after they finished reading the check-in rules; this definitely had a problem.

'Swish', Hoshino Ai hid on the other side of Lin Ye, leaning tightly against him, her hands gripping her clothes tightly, her bright eyes filled with fear not daring to look toward the entrance, yet she couldn't help but want to see what was going on.

Lin Ye and Hoshino Ai's psychology was similar; he also instinctively felt that the owner of the footsteps was definitely not a kind person.

The possibility of it being a weird thing was extremely high.

He looked up, ready to activate his ability at any time.

Two figures appeared in the hotel lobby, one after the other, a step apart.

Walking in front was a middle-aged man wearing a black suit; his head was a bit bald, his abdomen slightly bulging, a standard middle-aged greasy man's appearance.

The other person was a woman with shoulder-length black hair; she was wearing a beige dress and a black lady's hat, around twenty years old, having just entered society and not yet having completely shed the naive temperament of a student.

As soon as the middle-aged man saw Lin Ye and Hoshino Ai, his eyes lit up, and he walked over quickly.

"Finally ran into people. Do you know what's going on? Why did Tokyo suddenly have such heavy fog? Walking around, there's only this one hotel,"

"Stop,"

Lin Ye scolded.

"What kind of attitude is that, kid,"

At this instant, Lin Ye immediately put on a sharp, stern look, his upright posture forming a powerful aura.

Even if he didn't have any special fighting ability, being young, strong, and tall was his capital, not to mention having a superpower as his backing.

The middle-aged man felt a chill in his heart and couldn't stop his pace.

And the woman with shoulder-length hair had a flash of surprise in her eyes, her gaze couldn't help but size up Lin Ye.

"Handsome, do you know what's going on?"

'Ding-dong...'

"Welcome,"

Another welcoming sound from the hotel.

A man and a woman walked in side by side.

"There really are people in the hotel, scared me to death, I thought the hotel would be gloomy and completely empty!"

The man who entered had a bit more relief and relaxation in his tense tone, and the girl beside him was also much more at ease.

The young man had dyed yellow hair, was about sixteen or seventeen years old, and was wearing a black-gray short-sleeved shirt and beige sweatpants.

Beside the yellow-haired guy was a girl with chestnut-colored twin tails; she was wearing a green patterned off-shoulder top and brown five-point shorts, pure and cute, but her bright eyes flickered with a faint sense of unease.

The arrival of the two immediately became the new focus of the lobby.

"What's wrong, what's wrong..."

Suddenly,

The yellow-haired man seemed to have discovered something, showing a look of astonishment; his hand raised, pointing...

"You, you are Hoshino Ai, Ai-chan!"

Hoshino Ai was stunned; the yellow-haired guy immediately ran to Hoshino Ai, but Lin Ye stepped in front of the girl, facing this yellow-haired guy.

"Eh, sorry, I was too excited to see Ai-chan. I, I am a fan of Ai-chan, I even went to participate in B-Komachi's concert in Sakakino City before."

"The concert in Sakakino City half a year ago,"

Hoshino Ai remembered this matter.

"Yeah, yeah, it's been half a year. I went to participate in Ai-chan's concert with my friend Ken at that time, it was really great, I didn't expect to meet you here, Ai-chan!"

At this time, the man suddenly remembered something and immediately said,

"Sorry, I haven't introduced myself yet, I am Sawanaga Taisuke, a student at Sakakino Academy, and also a loyal fan of B-Komachi and Ai-chan, hehe."

"Hello, Sawanaga-kun."

But Hoshino Ai noticed that Lin Ye's expression had changed.

Could it be that he didn't like her greeting other men? Did he think this man was dangerous and a weird thing?

Unconsciously, Hoshino Ai's eyes sized him up and thought.

Lin Ye recalled a work, a work called *School Days*.

The school and the names matched; the possibility of this being a coincidence should be very small, right!

"She is..."

Lin Ye asked.

"This, this is my classmate Kuroda Hikari, from the same school as me, also a student at Sakakino Academy. This time we met at the mall, and on the way back together, we didn't expect to encounter the fog, and finally... we found there was a hotel here,"

Lin Ye confirmed his thoughts.

Real *School Days*, then Sekai, does Sekai exist too? She should exist, right!

"Which mall were you at?"

Facing Lin Ye's questioning, Sawanaga Taisuke didn't seem used to it, but he didn't refuse either.

"The mall three kilometers from Sakakino Academy."

It was Sakakino City.

Lin Ye and Hoshino Ai looked at each other.

This was definitely a weird event; people from different places had encountered the fog in a short time and come here; this must have been chosen by the 'Weird Game'.

"Hey, hey, hey, no matter what, I am the elder, you kids shouldn't ignore me. Hurry up and tell me what's going on here! Why can't we walk out, why is there a hotel here!"

The middle-aged man suddenly became angry; facing a group of young students who ignored his existence, he felt that his dignity had suffered a huge blow.

"Quiet,"

"You..."

'Swish!'

In just an instant,

The middle-aged man only felt the man in front of him flash, and his abdomen suffered a heavy blow; the intense pain made him grimace and let out a howl of pain.

"I don't really like violence, but I think the way to make you calm down right now is my fist,"

Lin Ye's calm words made everyone present calm down.

"I'll only say it once: if nothing goes wrong, we should have been chosen to enter the 'Weird Game'."

The middle-aged man was a bit confused, but the woman with shoulder-length black hair had her face turn pale in an instant, her expression becoming even uglier.

"No, that's impossible, right! We... how could we!"

Even the chestnut-haired girl Kuroda Hikari showed a look of extreme panic.

"Isn't this an urban legend, doesn't it not exist at all?"

But at this very moment, facing this weird reality that had appeared, their hearts had already accepted it to some extent.

"What Weird Game, what is that!"

Soon, ===== CHAPTER 8 =====