Chapter 73

"After that, we hid in that classroom for about seven or eight minutes. We heard footsteps coming from the hallway, getting closer and closer, so we panicked. Kurozawa went to take a careful look, and the female entity really came straight toward our classroom."

"After that, it was..."

But the otaku's words were interrupted by the blonde girl, Chiharu, who was filled with indignation.

"That bastard man, to save himself, actually, actually grabbed... he threw me at that female entity, trying to use me as a human shield to create a chance for himself to escape. The damn bastard, he deserved to die, hahaha."

Chiharu was angry and terrified, yet she mocked the tall man for his self-inflicted end.

Her boyfriend, Kawasaki, echoed her, continuously expressing his anger and dissatisfaction toward the tall man.

The otaku, Kazunari, wanted to say something but could only swallow his words. He knew what Kurozawa did was indeed wrong, but at least toward him, Kurozawa had always been caring and had always wanted him to survive.

"Alright, describe the female entity's method of attack and its specific form in more detail."

The blonde girl, Chiharu, had physical contact with the female entity; it was very cold, cold like an ice cube.

The hair could lengthen, hook onto people's feet, and continuously bind them until it swallowed the whole person.

The three stuttered as they described the details they had seen, supplementing the information missed by the others.

No one held anything back; they knew very well that knowing a little more information now meant one more hope of leaving this place alive.

Lin Ye sorted through the information.

The only thing that concerned him most was the female entity's physical form.

At the moment she first appeared, the female entity was in a spectral state; he couldn't touch her at all.

As time passed, was the female entity becoming more materialized?

"Fujibayashi, share the information we have with them."

The purple-haired girl, Fujibayashi Kyou, who had been standing silently by Lin Ye’s side watching, was startled.

"Oh, oh, yes, okay. Then should I talk about... the broadcast thing?"

"Yes."

The three pairs of eyes immediately focused on Fujibayashi Kyou.

"Lin Jun and I entered a classroom that was originally closed and couldn't be opened by force—Class 2-A. When we turned on the lights, the broadcast in the classroom played."

Fujibayashi Kyou recounted the content of the broadcast.

The three had expected it to be important information for survival, but this information was completely useless!

"This doesn't even have a shred of useful information."

Kawasaki said indignantly, feeling like he had been happy for nothing.

Lin Ye didn't speak in a hurry; instead, he observed the reactions of the three.

"Lin-ge, I think we should start with this 'Kuroshima-san' girl."

The otaku hesitated for several seconds before speaking up.

"Isn't she that female entity? How are we supposed to start with her? Are you going to kill her?"

Kawasaki said irritably.

"After knowing her name, we can specifically search for information or items related to her."

The otaku, Kazunari, ignored Kawasaki's mood.

Obsessed with 2D culture, but now with his survival instinct exploding, he was trying his best to show his value.

If someone had to die or be abandoned, it would inevitably be the person with the least value and contribution. The otaku didn't want to be that person. Now that he had lost his friend Kurozawa, he could only cling tightly to the thigh of the big boss, Lin Ye, in front of him.

"Tell me your thoughts."

Lin Ye looked at the otaku and said calmly.

The otaku realized he had guessed correctly; he was even more certain that Lin Ye had just been testing them, judging their analytical and thinking skills.

As for this Kawasaki beside him, he was likely already marked with an 'X'.

People without brains die the fastest.

The otaku suddenly remembered his friend; sigh, he felt a bit sad.

"We should go to the faculty office. We should be able to find a roll book there. Based on the student roll book, we can find the class she attended and her full name. I think in her classroom, especially at her desk, there must be more clues and information."

That was all the otaku could think of.

"Very good. Thinking calmly is the key to surviving in this strange school building."

Lin Ye patted the otaku on the shoulder.

"I'll leave this matter to you."

In an instant, the otaku, Kazunari, was stunned.

Leave it to him? Weren't they going together?

Kawasaki almost laughed out loud; it was just too funny. You wanted to show off your intelligence, and now look! You have to go find the office and look for the roll book, right?

"You go with him too."

This one sentence made Kawasaki’s eyes widen.

What, he had to go too?

"Afraid?"

"N-no, it's not that... I, I'm worried about Chiharu. If I go with him, what will happen to Chiharu?"

"I'll take care of your girlfriend."

Kawasaki was dumbfounded.

"I guarantee she will be alive before you return."

Lin Ye was actually using this to further test the entity's attraction to the number of people.

If the entity prioritized coming for him this time, he could basically conclude that 'the more people there are, the stronger the attraction to the female entity.'

"But..."

"Then you can go along too!"

But as soon as these words were spoken, the blonde girl immediately bristled and walked right up to Lin Ye's side.

"No, no, I'll just stay by Lin-ge's side. Kawasaki, are you even a man? You want me to go take risks with you?"

"I just want to protect you, Chiharu. It's dangerous for you to stay by his side too!"

"Lin-ge can protect me better."

Kawasaki’s nameless anger flared up.

"Then, then what are you doing? We're going to find clues, you're not just going to stay here waiting for us to find clues and come back, are you!"

He no longer suppressed it; his words were aimed directly at Lin Ye, expressing his dissatisfaction and anger.

This guy acted like he was above everyone, ordering them to find clues while he stayed in a safe place waiting for them to return? What was this?

"Who do you think you are! What right do you have to order us around?"

The otaku, Kazunari, remained silent; he had the same thought.

He had thought they would act together, but the result was that the two of them had to go; he definitely couldn't accept that in his heart.

"The shoe lockers."

Suddenly, one sentence made the people present freeze.

"The school's shoe lockers. Since we know her surname is Kuroshima, we can find the shoe locker that belongs to her."

The group immediately remembered one of the segments from the video they saw before entering.

The protagonist received a letter in her own shoe locker.

They had all overlooked this detail!

Was this the gap between them?

"W-we'll go to the shoe lockers."

Kawasaki said immediately.

Compared to searching for clues in the faculty offices on each floor, which required going floor by floor and office by office, he preferred to go to the shoe lockers at the entrance of the school building.

It was such a short distance; it wouldn't even take half a minute to run there.

Although there were many shoe lockers, now that they knew the name, searching would be much faster; it wouldn't take much time at all.

"Fine, I'll leave the shoe lockers to you."

To Kawasaki's surprise, Lin Ye agreed directly; this wasn't normal.

Could it be that the shoe lockers were more dangerous?

Kawasaki felt a bit creeped out.