Why is my journey to the world of anime a strange tale of rules?

Without hesitation, Gao Hai picked up Jianzi with one hand and summoned a second rescuer by using the rescue team badge.

This is Howard, the firefighter Gao Hai encountered in the Red Nut Gray Hole. As another special being who can retain a certain degree of self-awareness in the dungeon after the one he met in the Virtual Life, Gao Hai finally succeeded in persuading Howard to leave his obsession to Gao Hai and integrate it into this rescue team badge.

Unlike Lao Guo, who was a weak byproduct, Howard's obsession transformed him into a much stronger rescue team. At this moment, without even needing Gao Hai's instructions, he whispered, "Mission initiated, fire department deployed," then faced the students, spreading his arms to block the corridor and forcefully stopping the students from reaching Gao Hai and Jian Zi's location immediately.

Taking a step forward, Gao Hai quickly led Jianzi towards the corridor on one side of the hall. Or rather, they moved forward at a speed similar to race walking, making almost no sound.

This special footwork was something Gao Hai had specifically practiced beforehand.

The rules of "Sheep Mama" and "Duck Teacher" emphasize that running and making noise in the corridor are prohibited, while the rules of "Flashlight Sister" state that if you encounter the other, you must run away immediately. Gao Hai could not ignore this contradictory rule, so he prepared in advance and specially practiced a fast-paced walking posture to ensure that he could act under the three conditions of "not running", "fast movement" and "no noise".

Through the badge he wore on his chest, Gao Hai could sense that the second rescue team member had been pushed to the ground by the students.

The only thing left in this badge is Howard's restless obsession. His true self has ultimately disappeared into the Red Nut Gray Hole. Therefore, this remaining eerie summon, which only possesses a certain degree of autonomy, still has some performance flaws and cannot hold off the students for too long.

They gained about 7 seconds, and there was no damage, so they can wait until the students leave before letting the rescue team member enter the archives room to try.

While he was thinking, Gao Hai had already run to the corner of the corridor with Jianzi.

After passing this corner, you can proceed to the printing room and office number 3, or further on to the classroom of Class 1, Grade 8.

The only problem is that there is a staircase at this corner.

There is a strange creature called "Turtle Teacher" in the stairwell of the teaching building, so we must be careful.

Will we encounter it?

As the stairwell gradually came into focus in the darkness ahead, Gao Hai couldn't help but think to himself.

One step, two steps.

Gao Hai focused his gaze on the road ahead.

Five steps, six steps.

The footsteps of the more than twenty students without facial features could already be heard behind them.

Eight steps, nine steps.

The staircase ahead finally became clear.

The blurry figure standing at the top of the stairs, looking this way, also appeared in the background.

Bang!

The black umbrella opened in the next moment.

Gao Hai kept running, crossing the corner of the corridor and heading further ahead.

The thing standing at the bottom of the stairs slowly turned around and began to move slowly downstairs.

It was wearing a turtle headgear, or rather, a giant turtle head was sewn onto its neck.

Its hands hung down.

Connected to one another, the bodies that had fallen to the ground, fused together, were still struggling and wailing.

Ahhh... Ahhh...

The agonizing screams were still so clear, even from a great distance.

Jianzi shielded the candle with both hands, closed her eyes, and pretended not to hear the desperate cries.

She heard the voices of several of her classmates.

She knew that while she and Gao Hai were struggling to survive, some of her classmates had already lost their lives, and perhaps the entire class had been wiped out.

But now, all she could do was close her eyes, pretend not to see, pretend not to hear, pretend she didn't know such a thing had happened. Otherwise, she didn't know how to soothe the trembling pain in her heart.

【Ah ah ah ah ah--】

Even more piercing screams echoed down the corridor.

Those were the students, the students whose facial features had been removed.

Upon seeing the teacher, they stopped chasing, knelt down on the ground, and repeatedly kowtowed to him.

With muffled thuds, the students fell to the ground, their bodies covered in blood. Fresh blood flowed uncontrollably from their gouged-out eye sockets, nostrils, and mouths, staining their entire bodies and turning the corridor a glaring scarlet color.

They could hear their cries.

They are talking.

They kept talking, never stopping, constantly talking.

Please forgive me, teacher, we know we were wrong.

I'll do anything you ask, please, stop warning and punishing me.

[I...I will listen to the teacher and not do that, please, please!]

Don't send me to the basement, no, no, no!

[Mom...Mom...]

The chains rattled.

A piercing wail, accompanied by incomprehensible and indistinguishable shrill sounds, rang out.

I saw the color of blood.

Dye every corridor red, dye every classroom red, dye everything red, dye everyone red, and finally dye the whole world red.

……

Gao Hai put away his umbrella.

After overcoming Howard's bizarre pursuit and running through two corridors, he has now arrived at his first target location, which is near office number 3 on the map.

Looking down, he was somewhat surprised to see the black umbrella he had put away. This was an item he had been obsessed with, one that he had thought was unusable. It had even been found to be quite risky of going out of control in the Dark Night-level dungeon, Red Nut Gray Hole. However, after testing it, Gao Hai discovered that it could actually be used in the [Wisteria Middle School] dungeon, and the risk of going out of control seemed to be much lower than in Red Nut Gray Hole.

What's going on here? The Dark Night-level dungeon goes out of control after a few uses, but the Red Moon-level dungeon actually reduces the risk of going out of control. Is there such a strange obsession?

Although the specific reason is unclear, it is certain that the umbrella did indeed shield him and Miko from view.

We've arrived. How are you?

After putting the umbrella back into his watch, Gao Hai put down Jianzi and noticed that she seemed a little dazed, so he asked her a question.

"...No...nothing, I just feel a little dizzy."

The girl gently shook her head, unable to resist turning back to look in the direction she had come from, only to see the corridor shrouded in darkness.

Did you just see something?

Strange, why can't I remember some of them?

But there's no need to care. Yes, it's none of my business. It's something only bad students care about, something only bad kids have to deal with... It has nothing to do with me, absolutely nothing to do with me...

The girl, with a slight frown, quickly gave up on further recollection and thought.

She followed Gao Hai and the person standing next to him, and walked forward toward the office.

Chapter Twelve: Donning the Bloody Mask to Conceal Oneself

The students who were following the two of them have all stopped moving because of the presence of "Turtle Teacher," which gives Takami and Miko more time to catch their breath before continuing their actions.

"Did you see anything just now? Like someone laying flowers at a school that's now in ruins?"

Gao Hai turned to look at Jian Zi and asked her.

Since he could see that blurry image before, he figured that with Jianzi's even more powerful senses, he should also be able to see something, and perhaps even more clearly and comprehensively than he could.

"Huh? I didn't see it, no, I didn't see the kind of scene Mr. Gao described."

But this time, things seem a little different.

Seeing the bewildered expression on Zi's face, she seemed completely unaware of what Gao Hai was talking about and knew absolutely nothing about his questions.

She didn't see it, only I did?

This situation surprised Gao Hai for a moment.

Since entering this place, Miko's senses have always been able to detect abnormalities before I do, so why are they suddenly not working this time?

Is there something special about the scene I'm seeing, something only I can see? If so, why did the scene suddenly stop, as if it were affected by some force and lost its effectiveness?

It's as if something discovered that I was seeing that scene, and then cut it off, preventing me from seeing the complete picture...

"Let's go, it's time to move on."

In the end, Gao Hai didn't continue to think about this issue. He just said something casually and then continued walking forward.

There's no point in dwelling on questions that can't be answered; let's focus our energy on finding ways to change our identity.

With that thought in mind, Gao Hai walked forward and soon saw the entrance to the printing room on one side.

At this moment, the door to the printing room was half open, and through the dim candlelight, one could vaguely see the printer and desk inside, as well as a thick stack of white papers on the desk, which looked like some kind of test papers.

Gao Hai did not rush into the printing room. He vaguely sensed a malicious intent lurking in the room, so he did not intend to disturb the other party.

Continue forward to the end of the corridor, and you will find the entrance to Teacher's Office No. 3.

The doors to the teachers' office and the classrooms are distinctly different. The office door is vermilion, and the door itself is clearly a sturdy metal security door, as if specifically designed to prevent unauthorized intrusion. In contrast, the previous classroom doors were mostly wooden or lightweight metal doors, clearly indicating a significant difference in price; some even looked rather cheap, as if they were just there to make up the numbers.

Gao Hai walked to the door, reached out and grabbed the doorknob, tried to pull and push it, and found that the door was locked.

So he used the strength of his rescue team badge to reach out and grab the edge of the door. With a dull thud, Gao Hai slowly pried open the edge of the heavy iron door, forced the lock back in, and then opened the door.

This process left Jianzi stunned. Although Gao Hai's previous wall-breaking incidents were already quite eye-catching, this act of opening a heavy security door with bare hands still had a considerable visual impact on Jianzi, leaving her momentarily speechless with the shock she felt.

Will I become like Mr. Gao someday?

After hesitating for a moment, Jianzi pointed to the security door that Gao Hai had torn to shreds and rendered unusable, and tentatively asked.

"This is a very basic thing. Only with a strong enough body can you withstand strange damage and curses, and have a better chance of escaping and fighting back when facing danger. Of course, it may be a bit early for you. Just try to survive first."

Gao Hai smiled and said that he first carefully sensed the situation inside the office using the power of blessing, and only after confirming that there was nothing inside did he open the door and step inside.

The office wasn't very large, consisting of three large desks. A wooden board in the middle of the desks divided the space into six desks for teachers. Each desk also had a sign indicating which subject's teacher's office it belonged to.

Of the six tables here, five are for Chinese, Mathematics, English, Science, and Social Studies, while the remaining table is empty. At this moment, Gao Hai noticed that five of the six tables only had some test papers and textbooks on them, nothing of value. But the empty table, which was not labeled with any subject, had a sheep's head mask that smelled of blood, and next to the mask was a pink sticky note.

what's the situation?

Gao Hai frowned.