AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 71 - 71 33 Daytime is Our Home Ground_2

71: Chapter 33 Daytime is Our Home Ground_2 71: Chapter 33 Daytime is Our Home Ground_2 The air gradually solidified, and the somewhat noisy student cafeteria suddenly became deathly silent.

Those zombie-like classmates seemed to have smelled something, turning their heads and looking at the chef in the green apron with crooked necks.

Beneath the white chef’s uniform of the green apron chef, a dark red viscous substance slowly seeped out…

The eyes of those students gradually revealed a mad and deranged expression, and they swarmed him like a tide, overwhelming the chef in the green apron.

During this process, none of the other students showed the slightest reaction; they silently ate their meals, although the speed of their eating increased manifold.

Xu Shunkang stood at the entrance of the student cafeteria, coldly watching the scene unfold.

He glanced at the baseball bat smeared with the dark red viscous substance, his gaze flickering.

After a moment’s thought, he raised the baseball bat against the sunlight.

‘Sss sss sss…’

The dark red viscous substance emitted a faint dark red mist and began to harden and deteriorate at a visible rate, eventually turning into a white plaster-like solid.

Xu Shunkang shook the baseball bat and knocked it against the floor tiles a few times; the white solid immediately turned into powder and drifted away.

He slung the baseball bat over his shoulder, his gaze sweeping towards the people in the shadowy area who looked at him curiously, the corners of his mouth lifting in a cold, mocking smile.

“Heh…

a bunch of filthy things.”

His eyebrows slightly bent, a brilliant golden glow flickered deep in his eye sockets, akin to scorching hot gold.

…

Student Passage.

Lin Yi wanted several times to look back and check on Xu Shunkang’s situation, but he ultimately chose to adhere to the cafeteria rules:

[Before you enter the “Student Passage” or reach the convenience store, do not stop your footsteps, do not look back, do not respond to his calls, even though you feel he is about to catch up to you.]

For safety, better not to look back at all until leaving the student passage.

Looking ahead, he saw a figure as if gliding, speeding across the steps of the student passage.

“Liangzi?!”

“This speed…

is he cheating?!”

Although the slope of the student passage wasn’t steep, to sprint at such an uncontrolled speed without braking at all seemed utterly preposterous.

Lin Yi’s eyeballs were about to pop out from watching, feeling more and more that Wei Liang had maxed out some bizarre survival skills.

Though shocked, he dared not relax at all, and hurriedly chased after Wei Liang.

The two of them quickly burst out of the student passage.

But Wei Liang did not slow down, continuing to charge forward…

“Liangzi!

Don’t run too far!

You have to take off your shoes as per the cafeteria rules!” Lin Yi shouted out loud.

A painful scream from Wei Liang could be heard nearby:

“I don’t want to run too far either ahhhh~~~”

“I can’t slow down ahhhh~~~~~~”

As Wei Liang shouted, he tried to slow down, resembling a steam locomotive braking urgently, sparks flying everywhere.

Eventually, he managed to slow down, but at the same time, his shoes were almost smoking and about to fall apart.

Lin Yi looked at Wei Liang’s shoes, feeling as if even if they hadn’t been stained with tomato sauce, it was about time to throw them away.

Wei Liang, panting heavily, with his tongue almost dragging on the ground, and exhaling heavily, said, “I’m so tired I can’t run anymore…

feels like I’ve digested all the food I just ate…”

Despite being tired, he still thumbed up: “Old Lin…

huff huff…

I knew when it comes down to a pinch, it’s you I can rely on!

But it seems your shoes also got stained with tomato sauce?”

Lin Yi looked down at his feet.

Tomato sauce indeed stained his right shoe, he quickly realized: “It must have happened when I kicked under the table…”

“No big deal, if it’s stained, let’s just throw it away,” he was quite indifferent.

“Right,” Wei Liang nodded.

Clothes and shoes were not much of an issue; their dormitory was equipped with everything, something Wei Liang had discovered during his last visit, so although they were carrying backpacks this time, they actually didn’t bring much.

“Hey wait, Old Lin, should we return the cafeteria rules first, or should we throw the shoes in the trash can?” Wei Liang asked.

Lin Yi contemplated the rules for a moment, then said, “Let’s throw the shoes away first.”

The cafeteria rules read:

[After leaving the cafeteria, please promptly remove your clothes, check if there is any tomato sauce on you, and if there is, throw your clothes into the nearest trash bin.]

“First” and “nearest”—these are not to be taken lightly.

“Just return the rules casually on your way out.”

“Okay.” Wei Liang nodded solemnly, then said, “Ah right…

that was actually what I was thinking too.”

“…” Lin Yi held his forehead, “You don’t need to stress that.”

“Ah, I was just worried you might think I felt left out!” Wei Liang grinned and nudged Lin Yi with his elbow.

“I really underestimated you, Liangzi.” Lin Yi shrugged his shoulders.

The two were chatting and laughing as they searched for the nearest trash bin, but after a full round, they simply could not find even one.

Lin Yi couldn’t help but mutter, “Strange…

can’t find a trash bin.”

“Indeed, very strange.” Wei Liang nodded solemnly.

“Have you never seen a trash bin before?”

“Nope.”

“You can’t be serious, you’ve been here for seven days and haven’t thrown out trash even once?” Lin Yi asked incredulously.

Wei Liang corrected him: “Don’t say it like that, strictly speaking, it was five days and fourteen meals; I didn’t come to the cafeteria at all for the last two days…

almost fainted from hunger.”

“So you mean to say, you’ve been to the cafeteria fourteen times, but you haven’t thrown out trash even once?”

Wei Liang glared at Lin Yi, unable to hold back, “Hey, not throwing trash is normal!

If you don’t buy snacks from the convenience store, there’s generally no need to throw anything away, right?”

“Besides, nothing out of the ordinary happened during my previous visits.

Each time, I just kept my head down, lined up, quietly ate my meal, and left quietly after finishing.

I never bothered with what was happening around me!”

“Who needs a trash bin then?”

When Lin Yi heard this, he thought about Wei Liang’s top solo strategy, fell silent for a moment, and then nodded, “What you said…

sounds about right.”

“Ah, no worries, no worries!” Wei Liang patted Lin Yi’s shoulder, “Don’t feel bad for being a bit dumber than me; after all, I did replay this, didn’t I!”

“Hmm.” Lin Yi nodded and suddenly said, “Hey, found it!”

But he immediately frowned.

Wei Liang hurriedly followed Lin Yi’s gaze and indeed spotted a trash bin, his brow also furrowed immediately.

That trash bin was located right at the entrance of the Staff Passage.

“Old Lin, the location of the trash bin… seems a bit off,” Wei Liang murmured.

Lin Yi was silent.

After the recent event, he wasn’t too impressed with the cafeteria staff.

He bent down to look through the cafeteria rules, searching for anything related to the Staff Passage.

“In the cafeteria rules, only two mentions are made about the Staff Passage…”

“One is to instruct the students to use the Student Passage to enter the cafeteria instead of the Staff Passage, and the other is…”

[If you inadvertently breach any of the above rules, please leave immediately through the Student Passage and then enter the Staff Passage, seeking help from the cafeteria staff wearing blue aprons (be sure it’s blue and not green, with a badge displayed) or a security guard, showing your student ID card before asking for help.

At all times, absolute, unconditional trust in the security guards!]

“So theoretically speaking, entering the Staff Passage is relatively safe, but it is not allowed without fulfilling the conditions.”

“But since the trash bin is right at the entrance of the Staff Passage, I don’t need to actually enter, so probably nothing will happen if we go to throw the trash away.”

After all, the cafeteria rules clearly state that clothes stained with tomato sauce should be thrown in the trash bin.

“Old Lin, what do we do, should we go and throw it?” Wei Liang hesitated and looked at Lin Yi for guidance.

After some thought, Lin Yi nodded, “Go, but let’s throw it and leave immediately; don’t even put half a foot into the Staff Passage!”

“Okay!” Wei Liang responded seriously, then looked down at his feet, as he suddenly remembered something.

After Lin Yi helped kick off the pervert licking his foot, he had lifted his left foot and kicked a few more times, so if he wasn’t mistaken…

“Damn it!!” Wei Liang exclaimed to the heavens, “I knew it!”

His left shoe was indeed also stained with tomato sauce due to the finishing kicks!

“Dammit, did my shoes get consumed with the meal!

My limited edition Feikun sneakers!”

“Wuuu~~~~” Wei Liang covered his face with his hands, tears streaming down.’