When she found out that Saya had disappeared, the first thing that came to Irin's mind was ...... Sure enough, it's a routine of a thriller plot.

Saya ...... Nope.

Although Irin's and Oda's attention was more focused on the eggs in front of them, they didn't completely relax their vigilance around them.

But Saya still disappeared inexplicably.

Right under the noses of the two of them.

"There's no one else here."

Irin said the conclusion.

Mai Oda was still frowning, not knowing what movement she had noticed.

Irin simply ignored it and let Oda Dance continue to let the wind go, and he re-observed the eggs around him and the life in them.

"This is the truth hidden in Styx Junior High School?"

"All the students are born from these eggs?"

"But what does that mean?"

"Cyborgs? Clones? Not human? ”

Yi Rin remembered the way Han Han died on the roof of the teaching building.

"It is very likely that the danger of this escape trial is in this group of students who seem harmless to humans and animals."

"But is it really that simple?"

It is estimated that as long as they are not blind, it can be seen from the magic theory class, the food in the cafeteria, and Saya's strange reaction that these students look ordinary on the surface, but in fact they are not ordinary.

Irin had been vigilant.

Then the egg in front of him has no other purpose than to quote Irin's thoughts.

"Well, what is it?"

Irin flipped over and over for a moment.

It was found that behind these eggs, there was a strange shape of flesh whiskers of different thicknesses and shapes, which looked like blood vessels.

From time to time, there was a throbbing sound in the whiskers, like the blood vessels of a human being, and some kind of fluid flowed from them.

Following all the whiskers, Irin's further steps deeper, he found that almost all of them had converged in one place, submerged behind the wall.

On the wall, a huge sarcoma protrudes countless pseudopods and sinks into the wall, forming cracks in the wall.

Irin approached the wall and reached out to touch the surface of the wall that was not covered with whiskers, thoughtfully.

"Well, come here."

Irin hooked his finger at Mai Oda.

Oda Mai came to see him with a knife, no nonsense.

When she saw the sarcoma on the wall, there was no movement in her eyes.

"It's time for you to play, cut."

Mai Oda quickly grasped the hilt of the knife and took a stance.

Irin pointed to a spot on the wall and added, "Wait, I'm talking about this wall, not the nodule." ”

A faint hint of doubt appeared in Mai Oda's eyes, as if she was surprised by Irin's proposal.

Why is the "monster" so obvious on the wall not killed, but let her cut down a wall.

Yi Rin didn't explain, and said with a smile: "I have my own arrangement, you can try it first." ”

Mai Oda nodded slightly.

The next second.

She pulled her left foot back, and her spirit was one, all around her waist.

Thereupon.

Draw the knife!

A bright white light flashed in Irin's eyes, and Irin's gaze was slightly condensed, and the knife of Oda Mai seemed to be a little faster than the last time they met.

In this way, when he was by the wall, Oda Mai slashed at the back of his head, and it was really merciful.

Thinking about it, Irin was less angry.

Ding.

Laugh at!

"Ding" and "snort" are two completely different sounds, almost converging in one place.

The sword has not completely dissipated, and Oda Mai has received the sheath.

Irin didn't have time to feel how fast Mai Oda's knife was, and the two of them looked at the wall that Mai Oda had slashed at at the same time.

In an instant.

Irin and Oda Mai stared at the "knife mark" on the wall, and once again felt a chill down their spines.

The wall near the sarcoma was cut out of a gap by Oda Mai's knife.

However, the moment the knife came into contact with the wall, there was a "snort" tone, which was clearly not the sound of the blade coming into contact with a hard object.

Irin and Oda Mai both quickly took a few steps back and stood far away.

The cracked depths of the wall revealed the color of flesh, similar to the egg color around it, but the flesh of the wall appeared more solid.

After being split by Oda Mai, a puff of reddish liquid slowly flowed down the knife marks, and after a few breaths, it had converged into a small pool by the wall.

The flesh and blood inside the wall, while "bleeding", seemed to be crawling with strangely shaped insects, and Mai Oda's knife seemed to break the hibernation of insects, and countless tiny tentacles wriggled wildly in the gap.

Five minutes later.

Irin and Oda Mai were both silent.

They watched as the split wall "healed" again and became an intact wall again.

And the pale red liquid that flowed down from the ground was absorbed somewhere, and only a shallow red mark remained in place, as if nothing had happened if nothing had happened if you didn't pay close attention.

Mai Oda lowered her head, her small hand rubbing the knife, as if she had the urge to slash again.

Now the situation is clear.

The egg is "weird".

Sarcoma is "weird".

Even the walls are "weird".

Maybe even the ceiling and floor are all "weird".

Everything in front of her is a "monster" that can be stabbed with a knife, and Oda Mai really can't think of any reason to stop herself from pulling out the knife.

As soon as Irin's murderous expression looked at Oda Mai, she had already guessed the girl's thoughts, and she suddenly couldn't laugh or cry.

"Are you stupid? Have you forgotten our purpose? ”

“？”

"We're here to escape, not to kill these things, so what's the use of you cutting all of us here?"

“……”

Wait a minute.

When this sentence is spoken.

Irin was slightly stunned.

Darkly, he felt as if he was missing something, and that feeling flashed away as he spoke.

This might be called inspiration.

But when Irin tried to grasp that inspiration, he became clueless.

He always felt that he had overlooked a very important and crucial hint.

After thinking about it for a while, Irin's still hadn't come up with a key point, so he had to give up for the time being.

"Forget it, let's go back first, we have gained a lot today, there is no need to rush for a while."

Mai Oda nodded.

Just as the two were about to leave.

Irin paused, and suddenly said, "Well, you go first, I'll leave later." ”

Mai Oda slowly put a question mark.

"Don't worry, when there is a time to cut monsters, I promise to call you."

Oda Mai then left with a satisfied sword.

Two hours later.

Irin finally came out of the pile of eggs.

"I don't know if it's useful?"

Yi Rin shook his head, some simple arrangements, although I don't know if they can be effective, but there is always nothing wrong with laying them out in advance.

Before leaving.

Irin noticed a puddle of undried blood near the spiral staircase, almost completely absorbed into the floor.

And on the surface of the bloodstains, there is a small tentacle of the sea monster that has not yet had time to be fully digested.

Next.

After dawn.

Irin yawned and came to the second class of the third year.

When I walked into the classroom, the students were all smiling and chatting happily in groups of threes and twos.

At first glance, it seems to be a very peaceful scene.

Oda Mai was already sitting in her place, her head down and deserting, not knowing what she was holding in her hand, and her expression was unwavering.

And Liu Liu and Tian Tian are already in place.

Are they still alive?

Scold.

From the faces of the two, it seems that nothing can be seen.

Irin was very curious about what the so-called "Yanluo's training" was.

"Hey, morning."

Yi Rin happily greeted Cao Tiantian at the same table.

"Hmm."

Cao Tiantian squeezed out a reluctant smile, she shaved off her long hair at some point, and had a boy-like hair, and the freshly healed scar on her head was like a sheepskin moss covering the top of Cao Tiantian's head, which was very dazzling.

Of course, as long as you can return to the real world, everything can be repaired, I believe that Cao Tiantian can live until now, and she will not care about this change in appearance, otherwise she will not shave off her hair.

Irin thought for a moment and asked, "Let's be teammates, right?" ”

Cao Tiantian's smile was finally not so reluctant: "Of course." ”

"So, what happened last night?"

When Cao Tiantian heard this, she immediately turned her head to prevent Yi Rin from seeing her expression.

I saw that she was trembling all over, as if she had suffered some kind of inhuman abuse.

After a while, the trembling calmed down, and she lowered her voice and said in a tone that was difficult to figure out her mood: "Don't ask, it has nothing to do with you anyway." ”

"Really?"

Irin smiled in understanding.

But in my heart, there was a quiet question.

In this class, I am still the head teacher, Ambersa.

Seeing Ambersha walk into the classroom, Irin immediately straightened her back to avoid being looked at by Ambersha again and asking what kind of ghost animal class questions.

Ambersha seemed to have forgotten what happened in class yesterday and smiled kindly.

"Start class now."

"What we need to review today is the self-cultivation of the students."

"Please turn out your textbooks."

"As a member of Styx Junior High School, if you don't have qualified cultivation, you might as well die! 》。 ”

"I believe that after this period of study, the students have deeply remembered the name of the textbook."

"Everybody's a good boy."

Irin: "......"

Cao Tiantian: "......"

Liu Ruyan: "......"

Oda Mai: "......"

The homeroom teacher began to read aloud.

Irin, too, opened the textbook with the legendary name listed in four lines.

No surprises.

I don't understand.

It seems that the language level is insufficient.

"First and foremost, Styx Junior High School is everything to you."

"You have to remember to uphold discipline and school rules in all circumstances."

"In your hearts, the principal comes first, and the vice principal comes second."

"School rules third."

"Oh yes, the vice-principal added a note not long ago that when the vice-principal is not there, the vice-principal says the same thing as the principal."

"Now turn to page eight, article six, line five, and begin to read ......."

This lesson is almost equivalent to brainwashing.

Irin ended the class in a bombardment of reading the school rules over and over again, and he felt his ears buzzing until the end of the lesson.

Strangely, the students' expressions became more serious and reverent, more and more fanatical as they read the school rules like a mantra, and if it weren't for Irin covering their faces with a textbook the size of a 4A paper, they might have exposed their feet.

It wasn't until the end of class that Ann Bosha left in a hurry that Irin breathed a sigh of relief.

As the apostles stepped out of the classroom door, the mandatory option reappeared.

The four of them froze in the corridor one after another, resembling sculptures.

Almost exactly the same as last time.

…… Almost.

The difference is that the content is slightly different.

[Finally class is over.] 】

You're hungry. 】

You seem to be really hungry. 】

[But you're a little lonely.] 】

[The lunch break is long, and you decide to find a place to spend your free time during your lunch break. 】

【You're heading to——】

[Please select.] 】

[A. I heard that Marisa, who is in the same class, always likes to look up at the sky on the rooftop during the lunch break, maybe this is a romantic encounter. 】

[B, as a pink transfer student, I got lost at the school gate again the next day, it shouldn't be too much, right? 】

[C, you must eat when you are hungry, there is no doubt about this, today, maybe there will be a new recipe! 】

“……”

The options are still those three options.

Rooftop.

Canteen.

Gate.

But the content is slightly different.

The order of the options has also been adjusted.

Why?

Irin was a little confused.

But this time he had experience, but he didn't choose those three options, and when he couldn't move his limbs and fingers, he meditated wildly in his heart.

“D，D，D，D……”

Two seconds later.

Irin found that she was suddenly able to move.

【……】

You made your choice. 】

[You have defeated hunger, defeated your heart's deepest desire for a rooftop encounter, you have given up the intention of getting lost, and you have chosen to move freely. 】

“……”

It really can!

Irein vaguely guessed the true face behind these [choices].

When Irin makes a strange choice.

Others were quick to make their own choices.

Yi Rin suddenly remembered the content of those three options, his expression was slightly condensed, and he hurriedly sent a message to Oda Mai.

Irin: You chose C?

Mai Oda: Hmm.

Irin: .......

Oda Mai: Questions?

Irin: No, if you like it.

End of call.

Sure enough, there should be no hope for this girl's ability to think.

Let's hope people are okay.

Well, hopefully everyone else in the cafeteria is okay.

Driven by the [Pathfinding Mode], Oda Mai, Liu Ruyan, and Cao Tiantian had already involuntarily walked down the stairs and towards the dining hall, and it was too late to say anything at this time.

Irin suddenly felt a little strange.

Oda Mai chooses all ™ C in the multiple-choice questions, which is expected and reasonable.

But seeing Cao Tiantian and Liu Ruyan, walking neatly and almost in the same order, it was obvious that they didn't hesitate too much when they were doing multiple-choice questions.

The two of them had already done a useless job at the gate yesterday.

There are only two possibilities to go down the stairs.

Gates, canteens.

So is the cafeteria?

Irin simply guessed the destination of the two.

Irin first pretended to walk towards the rooftop, and then when the three of them disappeared around the corner of the stairs, they immediately turned back and quietly followed.

"I suddenly changed my mind and wanted to slip away to the cafeteria, which is also an option, right?"

Irin smiled and muttered to herself.

It was as if he was whispering to something in the dark.

【……】

Irin turned on Shadow to minimize the sense of presence.

Although there are a lot of sights that can be seen at Irin, Irin is also dressed as a pink student now, and even if he is seen, it will not attract too much attention.

Three people in front and one person in the back, and the four of them arrived at the cafeteria one after another.

Unlike the Oda Mai trio, Irin now seems to have escaped the shackles of multiple-choice questions and is in autonomous mode.

In fact, about the hidden cattiness in the multiple-choice questions, Irin's already informed Oda Mai, but for some reason Oda Mai still chose C, which made Irin's really not know how to say.

Never mind.

Let her be.

For now, it's good not to have an accident.

Irin hides in the shadows.

None of the three Oda dancers were aware of Irin's existence.

In any case, Irin's confidence in the effect of [Shadow's] skills.

After all, he was destined to be a shadow-like man.

Even if it's Oda Mai, in the Huating City incident, when Irin pressed the knife to Oda Mai's neck, she didn't notice Iorin's existence, which shows how good the effect of the skill with the sense of presence disappears.

in the cafeteria.

Cao Tiantian and Liu Ruyan quickly ordered a dish.

It's similar to Irin's experience yesterday.

Oda Mai frowned, and subconsciously put her hand on her waist, there was no knife there.

Her subconscious action shows that she is very wary of the recipe in the option, and she is so wary that she wants to pull out the knife to seek security.

Irin's spy observation.

Ignore Oda Mai's side for now.

Cao Tiantian and Liu Ruyan gave Yi Rin a feeling that was so strange that Yi Rin couldn't say it.

When Cao Tiantian and Liu Ruyan chose a seat and sat down with an indescribable plate, the expressions on their faces were not a series of speculative reactions such as disgust, disgust, vomiting, and early pregnancy. But...... Ready to move, and a beastly desire.

The craving for "food" on the plate!

Cao Tiantian and Liu Ruyan sat on the table.

Suddenly.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

At the same time, he used his knife and fork on the dark dishes on the plate, and devoured the pieces of unknown flesh and eyeballs, or the corpses of insects, and stuffed them into his mouth.

The two of them eat, if they don't know why, they still think they are eating some kind of delicacies, their cheeks are bulging, and the sticky juices of various colors overflow from the corners of Cao Tiantian and Liu Ruyan's mouths, dripping on the plate, and then they are quickly licked back by the two.

"Choose?"

Irin watched the scene with a blank face, even as the two beautiful girls greedily nibbled on a plate...... The scene made Yi Rin feel very ghostly, but Yi Rin was now thinking more about why such a strange scene happened.

"No, no matter how coercive the choice is, it is impossible to change their minds, and what is revealed in their eyes is clearly a naked desire, which cannot be pretended at all, unless...... They are all actresses. But in this case, they don't need to act at all, because there is no audience. ”

"Do you mean ......?"

Irin suddenly thought of a possibility.

The other students around them all left envious saliva when they saw Cao Tiantian and Liu Ruyan eating.

While the two of them gobbled up food.

Mai Oda finally made her choice and sat in the corner with a simple braised elbow.

Braised elbows?

Irin craned her neck and glanced at it.

Well.

Braised elbow is a very normal dish.

The premise is that the five fingers at the tip of the elbow don't look so much like human fingers.

Mai Oda's eyes widened, and she silently stared at the braised elbow in front of her.

“……”

“…………”

“…………………”

Thirty seconds.

The cute and cute classmates around once again drooled envy at the braised elbow on the Oda dance plate.

Swish!

The knife flashed.

Out of the knife, back to the sheath.

In the blink of an eye, Oda Mai has completed the four actions of drawing the knife, swinging the knife, chopping, and returning to the sheath, and the movements are smooth and smooth, all in one go, with the elbow and the plate, together with the table, cut in half.

Mai Oda stood up with a blank face and walked silently towards the door of the cafeteria.

It wasn't until Mai Oda took two steps that the split table was overwhelmed and cracked and fell to the ground with a thud.

The cafeteria aunt walked out from behind the door angrily, pointed at the back of Oda Mai and shouted, "That classmate who wasted food stopped me!" ”

"Huh?"

Mai Oda turned around slowly, pulled out half of the knife that had just been unsheathed, and put a question mark.

Aunt Cooking's expression remained unchanged, but her fingers quickly retracted, and she said to Oda Mai: "It's not a good habit to waste food!" Didn't you read the school rules? Oh, and you're a new transfer student? That's fine, be careful next time. ”

After saying that, the cafeteria cooking aunt quickly walked back to the backstage and slammed the door shut.

Ahh

Irin witnessed this scene from beginning to end.

Can Temeow still be like this?

Is this the legendary Eli convincing man?

As if nothing had happened, Mai Oda walked out of the cafeteria, and she happened to see Irin who was peeping.

Irin also turned off the "Shadow" skill at this time, and looked at Oda Mai with a smile.

"To be honest, I was surprised."

Mai Oda lowered her head slightly, avoiding Irin's gaze, and said in a muffled voice, "I'm sorry. ”

Irin: "? ”

Mai Oda: "I couldn't help it. ”

Yo?

How did you learn to say sorry?

"You're mistaken, I didn't mean that by accident."

“？”

"To my surprise, you were able to endure thirty seconds before drawing a knife, which was beyond my expectations."

“……”

The two of them drifted apart as they spoke.

They didn't see that after Oda Mai left, there was a group of students around who did not belong to the second class of the third year, and finally when Oda Mai was far away, they rushed to the ground and were cut into two "braised elbows", tearing them up without any image, such a scene, like a hungry dog grabbing food.

Liu Ruyan and Cao Tiantian were full of food and drink, and they burped contentedly.

The corners of their mouths were covered with unknown slime.

After sticking out their tongues and licking the mucus from their mouths, Liu Ruyan and Cao Tiantian looked at the chaotic situation not far away that was frantically fought because of a braised elbow, and their eyes invariably revealed a complicated look.

At the same time.

Campus Trail.

Mai Oda and Irin act together again.

Irin remembered what had happened in the cafeteria not long ago.

"I know what this school is really about. However, there are still a few key pieces of the puzzle missing. Well, of course, it doesn't really matter what you really look like, what matters is where you live. ”

Mai Oda listened silently.

No opinion was expressed.

Originally, Irin was just talking, and he didn't expect Oda Mai to provide much useful advice.

However, her way of convincing people has broadened Irin's horizons in a certain way.

Irin continued.

"It stands to reason that even if it is an escape trial, there is never only one way to clear the customs, in other words, there is definitely more than one way to escape. Even if there is only one way, there is definitely more than one way to find this path. Otherwise, there is no point in clearing the evaluation. ”

"Or, in addition to the simple escape, there are other important side quests that can be discovered in the trial...... Wait, choose? ”

Irin muttered to himself as he analyzed, remembering the original quest prompt.

Select ...... Choose...... Choose......? Styx Junior, Identity, Egg, Escape, Wall, Permit ......"

"All of this, it's ...... Choose? ”

Since entering the trial, all kinds of clues, all kinds of strange scenes, have been circling in Irin's mind.

"Isn't that ...... Can you also choose? ”

When Irin suddenly opened his mind and came to a whimsical conclusion, he couldn't help but be stunned, and his face showed a look of shock.

If that's the case, then it's too bad, right?

Who would have thought in general?

Although there is no evidence yet, and no way has been found, the more Irin thinks about it, the more likely it becomes.

"In that case, time is running out a bit."

Irin nodded, turned around instantly, and walked in the direction of the school building.

"Pippi Shrimp, let's go!"

Mai Oda: "? ”

"I mean, come with me."

Mai Oda put away the knife: "What? ”

Irin smiled mysteriously, "Isn't there still a 'romantic' encounter when you go to the rooftop?" ”