AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 38 - 38 17 Classmate's Murder Logic_2

38: Chapter 17 Classmate’s Murder Logic_2 38: Chapter 17 Classmate’s Murder Logic_2 After grasping this logic, all the details aligned perfectly for Lin Yi!

The way that classmate reached under the desk to grab Lin Yi resembled how he had searched on the floor tiles for a flashlight.

Indeed, there was no such thing as a terrifying supernatural attack; it was all just a survival game limited within certain rules!

We must trust in science as much as possible—even when reality throws a major curveball, even if science can’t explain why these rules exist.

And all reasoning also proved that the class teacher’s emphasis on an “ignore principle” warning was correct.

[Do not close your eyes!

Do not look around or look up!

Focus on the patterns on the floor or the legs of the desks, and silently recite your names and student IDs in your minds!

Do not communicate with anyone!

Do not pay attention to any sounds!]

“As long as you ignore everything, you naturally won’t trigger the classmate’s killing mechanism!”

“Furthermore, the other classmates were discovered because they saw him!”

In the originally dark environment, focusing on the legs of the desks was basically safe; however, suddenly in the vast classroom, a Little Genius with a portable flashlight appeared!

A beam of flashlight light was enough to suddenly make the normal classmates under the desks see those abnormal classmates and thus become victims.

“Liangzi is right again, damn it, that genius is a freaking trap!”

“A reverse move showed us a mass wipeout!”

“It harms others and himself!”

“But why did the class teacher also warn us ‘not to close our eyes’?”

Normally, closing your eyes would be the simplest form of ignoring, wouldn’t it?

So why not?

“It seems there is also a rule about ‘closing eyes’ in the student handbook…”

One is about abnormal weather:

[If you lose your way in abnormal weather, please look for the nearest numbered street lamp.

If you cannot find a numbered street lamp immediately, keep your head down and focus on the ground, looking for any reference that assures you that you are still on the road.

If you notice the ground is distorting, stretching, or undergoing any unrealistic changes, quickly grasp your student ID card and map tightly in your hands, and repeatedly remind yourself of your name and student ID in your mind.

Remember you are a student.]

There is another rule about dormitories, compared to the one about abnormal weather, both dormitories and classrooms are indoors, which seems more referential:

[The dormitory has a bathroom, if you need to wash your hair, do not close your eyes while shampooing, make sure you can see the bathroom tiles, patterns, or anything that helps to confirm that you are still in the bathroom.]

“From the look of the rules, although I still don’t know the reason, it seems that closing your eyes could lead to unexpected dangers…”

But these were not what he should be thinking about now.

So, Lin Yi didn’t think further about it, since he had approximately figured out his classmate’s killing mechanism, he should then consider how to eliminate his classmate’s attention from being triggered.

Otherwise, this classmate’s presence was like a sword hanging over his head, always ready to fall and giving him a strong sense of crisis.

Lin Yi reasoned:

“For that classmate to see me, first I need to see him.”

“And the reason he can notice me is precisely because I noticed him…”

“So, he can vaguely sense my position through this, which is also why he could follow my attention no matter how I initially hid behind the bookshelves…”

Lin Yi deduced:

“In that case, to avoid his notice, I just need to dispel my attention towards him?”

He recalled, this form of attention existed bidirectionally.

When he noticed that classmate, that classmate received a feedback and then through that feedback became aware of him.

And once that classmate noticed him, he naturally developed a feeling of being watched.

The emergence of this feeling would deepen his attention toward that classmate.

This formed a vicious cycle where, relying on Lin Yi’s focused attention, the classmate continuously strengthened his lock on Lin Yi.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi couldn’t help but shiver!

If he had not deduced this cause-and-effect relationship, once the classroom lights went out, even if he hid well, his deepening attention would sooner or later lead him to follow in Little Genius’s footsteps.

“So it’s said, ‘it takes the one who tied the bell to untie it,’ as long as I ignore him, he will lose my ‘coordinates.'”

Going round and round, it came back to the initial warning given by the homeroom teacher—ignore.

“But what is the logic behind this?”

“Is it just simply not to think about it?”

It’s not that simple.

He couldn’t help but glance at Wei Liang.

Wei Liang’s face was almost buried in his book, looking through the gap with a highly dialectical gaze.

Lin Yi sighed deeply in his heart, comparing Wei Liang and other normal classmates, and suddenly understood the key issue—execution.

What good is it to have a handbook of rules for everyone?

Everyone’s execution is different, so the degree of adherence to the rules varies.

How to absolutely adhere to various rules under such a bizarre atmosphere and to what extent these rules can be adhered to, that’s the real big issue.

Who could keep their composure, no, remain slow-witted enough not to think in the face of such outrageous events?

Even Lin Yi himself, after receiving a warning from Xu Shunkang, had almost fallen into traps several times.

The behaviors that came subconsciously, which might break the rules, were the most lethal.

Lin Yi took a deep breath and decided to first take concrete actions to dismantle his attention and get past the immediate difficulties.

So, he picked up the first volume of “Yak*n Byoutou (Deluxe Edition)” and placed it beside him, then chose a manga from those he had picked out.

“Water Shadow Ninja: Kawaki’s Tale.”

Lin Yi had read “Water Shadow Ninja” as a child.

He heard that “Kawaki’s Tale” was a sequel, telling the story of the protagonist’s son Uzumaki Kawaki fighting against his father’s killer, Otsutsuki Boruto.

He planned to revive his childhood memories for an immersive reading session to help distract from his attention on that classmate.

After reading for a while…

“Slam!!!”

Lin Yi slammed “Water Shadow Ninja: Kawaki’s Tale” onto the ground.

“What is this drawing?

What a rip-off!”

“Was any thought given to the reader’s feelings when this book was placed on the shelf?!”

Hearing Lin Yi’s complaints, Wei Liang looked over in surprise.

When he spotted the “Water Shadow Ninja: Kawaki’s Tale” on the ground, he suddenly realized.

“I warned you when you picked it up; ‘Kawaki’s Tale’ was drawn by the original author’s assistant, which included too much personal flair, better used as toilet paper.”

“Don’t like ‘Yak*n Byoutou’?”

Wei Liang frowned slightly, surprised by Lin Yi’s pickiness.

But remembering Lin Yi liked more intense stuff, he recalled the catalog on the bookshelf in his mind, then said, “Old Lin, wait a minute!”

He left his seat like a whirlwind and passed through the oddly behaving classmates as if nothing was amiss, still muttering as he walked: “Excuse me!

Let me through.”

“Damn, not sleepy during evening self-study, standing up like a bunch of logs?”

He cursed as he wove through the crowd and reached the bookshelf, returning minutes later with a set of manga, slapping it in front of Lin Yi.

“Ikkitousen, intense battle-themed H-manga, might be your style.”

“If not, there’s ‘To-M*ru Ninja,’ also has a ninja element but a bit stronger in taste, not quite suitable for beginners…

you wanna try?”

Lin Yi’s eyes widened and his mouth hung open as he looked at Wei Liang, thinking about his agile movements skirting the bookshelf earlier, he couldn’t help asking, “Liangzi…

you didn’t spend the last visit reading manga for seven days, did you?”

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