Chapter 54

Along with time, the number was constantly increasing.

"Contamination,"

Hoshino Ai and Kuroda Hikari said in unison.

The two girls couldn't help but look at each other, revealing a knowing smile.

"Right, contamination value; this doesn't refer to our contamination, but the contamination value of this room."

"According to my judgment, starting from 22:00, the contamination value gradually increases,"

"Wait, there's a problem,"

Hoshino Ai suddenly thought of something; she looked at that number below the clock, that number was zero now, but if she remembered correctly, Lin Ye said that when they left Room 306, the number for Room 306 was 70.

"Starting from zero to 20, 40, shouldn't the next be 60, and not 70!"

Lin Ye's gaze fell on Kuroda Hikari, and he pointed his finger,

"Me?"

Kuroda Hikari was puzzled,

But immediately, the two reacted once again.

"Because one room had three people, so the contamination value increased by 30 every hour."

According to this rule, the more people there are, the larger the value increased every hour.

Kuroda Hikari suddenly thought of the "six people in one room" that Sawanaga Taisuke had proposed when the six of them were just in the first-floor lobby.

If this were really six people in one room, then... the room contamination value could reach 100 in two hours.

All of them would be completely contaminated and become complete eerie entities.

Kuroda Hikari's heart trembled, cold sweat breaking out on her back, especially since they had initially prepared for four people in one room; if that had really happened, she would have already become an eerie entity and would never have been able to leave this love hotel alive.

Immediately,

Kuroda Hikari cast a look of gratitude toward Lin Ye.

Hoshino Ai also realized this point,

"Lin-kun, did you see through this early on?"

Her eyes sparkled with the luster of stars; that was admiration for Lin Ye's wisdom. Firmly trusting and supporting Lin-kun from the beginning was the most correct choice!

"Experience."

This was the experience he gained from reading numerous eerie ghost story and supernatural novels and other works in his past life.

People gathering together in large numbers is often courting death.

The rules didn't limit the upper limit, only the lower limit of people, but it was often also an obscure hint. Therefore, choosing two people is the most appropriate.

But these words couldn't help but make the two start to associate.

The two girls subconsciously felt that Lin Ye had participated in eerie games before and had rich experience in handling and dealing with them; otherwise, why was Lin Ye so calm from beginning to end, not worried or afraid at all.

Hoshino Ai was even more certain of this idea of hers, because only by passing the "eerie game" could one obtain magical power; Lin Ye's "time stop superpower" must be a reward he obtained through the "eerie game."

If she passed this "eerie game," could she also obtain magical superpowers?

Suddenly, Hoshino Ai had an extra touch of expectation for the moment after passing.

"Lin-senpai, the contamination value is related to the number of people and time, so if it were just one person in one room, from 22:00 to 6:00 the next morning, it would only increase by 80 contamination value, and one could completely successfully live until the moment of checking out the next day."

"This is a love hotel, people who come here to stay are assumed not to be alone."

Just a single sentence made Kuroda Hikari understand what she had ignored; even without the clear hint of Rule 1, they shouldn't have been one person in one room.

"I boldly guess... if a participant checks into a room alone, the hotel would probably arrange a 'companion' to stay with them."

The two immediately felt their scalps go numb.

What kind of scene would that be?

The two couldn't imagine.

"Then... Sawanaga-kun he..."

What is the situation in Room 307 now?

Kuroda Hikari thought subconsciously.

"Hope he is okay."

A single sentence made Kuroda Hikari understand that Lin Ye didn't hold much hope for Sawanaga Taisuke.

But she didn't blame Lin Ye, and she had no qualification to blame him either.

Because she knew Lin Ye had already done his best for Sawanaga-kun; "cleaning Room 307" was something Lin Ye proactively proposed to the cleaning staff, with the purpose of not wanting Sawanaga Taisuke to die so simply from contamination.

Otherwise, Lin Ye, who had already seen through the rules of this hotel, would have had no need to do something extra if he really wanted Sawanaga Taisuke to die.

It was just that in the end, Sawanaga-kun failed to live up to this kindness.

Kuroda Hikari sighed in her heart,

Two rooms with zero contamination, one person increasing by 10 contamination per hour, and there are still more than four hours until six o'clock; calculating as five hours,

Then actually four people using it is just right.

But...

——"Get lost..."

She remembered Sawanaga Taisuke's final refusal and scolding voice, deeply afraid that they would affect his life safety.

Sawanaga Taisuke's obscure reminder to her when he first checked into Room 307—that one can sacrifice for survival—this sentence made her heart ache, constantly stabbing at her inner self.

Kuroda Hikari slowly withdrew her thoughts,

Her gaze fell on Lin Ye's face.

A certain idea emerged.