Chapter 76

Fujibayashi Kyou’s gaze fell on Lin Ye’s side, her eyes shining with luster. She pulled on Lin Ye’s sleeve, her red lips opened slowly, and she said,

"Thank you, Lin Jun."

One sentence contained Fujibayashi Kyou’s gratitude.

Facing the female entity right in front of her, she really had nothing left but endless fear; her mind went blank, and she was completely frozen in place.

Without Lin Ye, she would definitely have died.

"You are Nanase-san’s friend, and also my friend. Helping you is what I should do. Would Fujibayashi-san not help me if you saw me in danger?"

Fujibayashi Kyou immediately shook her head to deny it.

"Of course I would help Lin Jun, but from the time we entered this school building until now, it has always been you helping me."

She felt she hadn't done anything for Lin Ye.

"Fujibayashi-san seems to have forgotten that when we first entered this school building and the female entity first appeared, everyone else ran, but you were the only one who rushed back to the classroom, attempting to bring me away with you."

As the words fell, the otaku, Kazunari, and the blonde girl, Chiharu, had their expressions change slightly. They were busy running at the time; how could they have noticed Lin Ye, who was left in the classroom?

At this moment, the two also understood Fujibayashi Kyou’s status and importance in Lin Ye’s heart. If he could only save one person, Lin Ye would definitely choose Fujibayashi Kyou.

The blonde girl looked at Fujibayashi Kyou, and jealousy began to spread in her heart. She was prettier than her and received special care; why!

"That, that actually, without me, Lin Jun could have run away too."

Fujibayashi Kyou’s voice became lower as she spoke, with a touch of weakness, making people want to raise a desire to bully her.

But Lin Ye quickly suppressed this thought; now was not the time to bully Fujibayashi Kyou.

"Lin-ge, what should we do next? That female entity can obviously appear in her seat at any time; we can't get the important clues from the desk at all!"

*Clatter...*

Several books were thrown by Lin Ye into the textbook pile, and a clear collision sound rang out.

In an instant, the otaku was stunned.

"Too strong, Lin-ge. You not only saved Fujibayashi-san, but you even brought the books out. As expected of Lin-ge. I was originally thinking of suggesting luring the female entity away to get the clues from the seat; now it's completely unnecessary."

He couldn't hide his excitement.

They didn't need to take the risk to go to Class 2-F.

The otaku knew very well the danger of his suggestion; it required two people to cooperate. Fujibayashi Kyou couldn't be the executor, and either he or the blonde girl would inevitably have to perform the task of luring or getting the clues from the female entity's seat.

He had a 50% chance of being chosen, and even more possibility because he was the proposer and a male, but now it was completely unnecessary.

They didn't need to take risks.

The three books were quickly flipped through; there were two notes in total, with generally consistent content but different details.

The group began to read.

[I am ■■■■, when you...]

Many of the words were the same, and a large section in the middle had disappeared, erased by some force.

Lin Ye read downward quickly.

[Her power comes from fear, she is attracted by ■■.]

[You can stay in the teacher's office to avoid danger, but pay attention to the time.]

[Don't die ■■, don't die ■■, absolutely don't die ■■]

[Dawn, and you can live,]

[Or find her ■■, bring it to the art room]

[and you can ■■ leave here.]

[Her ■■ is in ■■]

"The information in the key places has been affected by a mysterious force again."

The otaku complained.

But at least it supplemented the information that the first note didn't have.

"Lin-ge, what do you think? The other method seems to be that we find something of hers, then take this thing to the art room, and finally we can leave this place alive."

It's simple if you say it's simple, and not simple if you say it's not simple.

What is this thing?

But since it belongs to her, it is highly likely that its location is related to her, such as her seat, or the shoe locker.

This is equivalent to saying that if they want to get this thing, they will face the danger she brings.

"Could this thing be her favorite item while she was alive, such as a bracelet, pendant, earring, ring, etc.?"

Fujibayashi Kyou put forward her own conjecture.

"I used to watch a lot of horror movies with my sister. After people die, their souls will reside in some special items. So, could this missing keyword be the item her soul resides in?"

Seeing that Lin Ye didn't react, the girl with purple shoulder-length hair said timidly,

"I, if I said it wrong, just pretend I... didn't say it."

Lin Ye gently patted Fujibayashi Kyou’s shoulder, signaling the girl to relax. "Fujibayashi-san, your conjecture is very useful. A resident item is one direction we consider. Besides that, I think a corpse, bones, or even hair are all entirely possible."

Hair?

But thinking of the special situation where the female entity's hair can lengthen as a weapon, it's not impossible that hair is their target item.

But the entire school building is the search range; how are they supposed to find it?

"Go to the art room first."

There must be new clues there.

The four left the faculty office one after another. Compared to the safe faculty office, the hallway outside was exceptionally cold, making people feel dangerous.

Night wind blew, and they trembled.

But Fujibayashi Kyou and the others gritted their teeth and gathered their courage to follow.

Don't be afraid, don't be scared,

Fujibayashi Kyou recited the reminder information from the note in her heart.

After the four searched the second floor and didn't find the art room, they went up to the third floor.

But there was still no art room on the third floor.

Lin Ye took the opportunity to confirm that the Class 1-B and E classrooms on the third floor were both tightly closed and could not be entered.

After silently noting these two classrooms, the four of them arrived on the fourth floor.

Along the way,

everything was safe and sound; they didn't encounter the female entity at all, as if the female entity had given up on them and was no longer dealing with them.

Finally,

on the fourth floor, the third classroom on the west side was the art room.

When they found this place, the otaku and the blonde girl had slightly strange expressions.

"Lin-ge, we were hiding in that classroom at the very beginning."

The otaku pointed to the classroom at the end; there were only two classrooms between the two, and the distance was very close.

They had just missed the key classroom back then. Maybe if they had hidden in the art room, they would have been safe, and might even have found useful clues.

The blonde girl also thought of this, and thought even more of her boyfriend, Kawasaki Kanzanari.

"Sigh!"

Her boyfriend, Kawasaki, had already been killed by the female entity!

At this moment,

the otaku grabbed the door handle and opened it slowly.

*Click...*

The door opened slowly.

Silence, soundless, and a faint smell of paint blew toward them.

This was the art room.