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

This time, however, Alice did not immediately answer Gao Hai.

The silence lasted for about three or four seconds.

Then, Gao Hai heard Alice's voice, a voice completely different from the one he had heard before.

But teacher, you're going to die here now. There's no way you can save anyone.

It was just a casual remark.

That alone is enough to make one feel an indescribable level of malice.

Gao Hai knew that what he was hearing at this moment was the inner essence of "Alice," the deepest and most authentic part of it, hidden beneath the surface disguise.

There is absolutely no empathy involved.

Without cause, purely innate intense malice and a completely distorted mindset.

This is the essence of this thing.

And now, it has shown itself this side. All Gao Hai did was think about how someone like Howard should react when faced with something like [Alice], and imitate it to a certain extent.

Gao Hai has come to understand what Alice truly hates—the kind of people with whom it is absolutely impossible to be friends.

The rescue team member that Howard transformed into was hated by Alice not because he was a kind person by nature, but because after Howard died and became a monster, the obsession that constituted his existence was to eliminate the root cause of all the tragedies. It was this hatred of darkness and evil, which was deeply engraved in his obsession even after death, that caused Alice to hate him.

In other words, good people who hate evil are the kind of people that Alice absolutely cannot tolerate.

"Perhaps I will indeed die here, but soon it will be your turn, and that day will not be far off."

As they spoke, the surging flesh finally spread to Gao Hai's feet.

And at that moment, his eyes turned blood red.

chap!

A crimson light swept across the surging chunks of flesh.

Relying on Hedar's berserk blessing to greatly reduce the damage from the strange attack, Gao Hai charged directly into the body of the fleshy monster at this moment.

He swung the machete with all his might, slicing through the body of the twisted creature.

The writhing flesh attacked from all directions, merging with Gao Hai's own flesh and blood, and then being forcibly torn apart by the power of the blessing.

In a distance of less than ten meters, Gao Hai's clothes and skin were completely torn apart, and his entire body was covered in blood, with not a single intact part to be found.

The students' pitiful cries before they died echoed in his ears.

One hellish scene after another flashed before his eyes.

Gao Hai's gaze, however, was not directed at the students, but rather at the spectator who stood by and watched all of this from the sidelines amidst the scenes of death.

Alice is smiling.

She was smiling as those students died.

She was appreciating these cruel and horrific scenes, and genuinely loved them.

This is the true, authentic side of the lovely girl with a perfect appearance, nurtured by Fujika Middle School over many years.

"Ha ha……"

Covered in blood, Gao Hai forcefully broke out of the area where the enormous fleshy creature was located.

Despite his flesh being completely torn apart, his left hand ripped off, and a large portion of his intestines protruding and missing, he had indeed managed to break free of the creature's encirclement alive. However, as the price, Hedar's berserk blessing had been pushed to its limit, and his physical strength had been exhausted. If he couldn't escape quickly, Gao Hai would likely collapse and lose consciousness on the spot.

Heading forward, I took another difficult step.

The rescue team badge he was carefully protecting materialized again into a rescue suit for Gao Hai to wear, and began to repair the wounds on his body.

Then, as Gao Hai stumbled forward, a pair of soft little hands reached out and gently hugged his body from the front.

[Thank you for your hard work, teacher! You've really put in a lot of effort!]

In a gentle voice, those fingers dug into Gao Hai's chest cavity, pulling his heart, liver, intestines, and stomach out of his body.

Chapter Thirty-Five: Still One Step Away from Death

The sensation of pain was exceptionally clear at that moment.

Blood splattered everywhere, splashing onto the ground, the walls, and onto the body of Miko, who was also Alice.

His ripped internal organs fell to the ground, and Gao Hai, whose chest and abdomen were almost emptied, swayed precariously. He was only able to stand up again after Alice reached out and hugged him.

"Don't worry, it won't hurt. It'll be over soon."

The girl gently patted Gao Hai's back, her voice surprisingly tender.

"Ahem... vomit..."

Gao Hai was speechless.

At this moment, his throat was filled with blood, and the intense pain had numbed his senses, making his thoughts muddled.

Although for Gao Hai now, this level of pain is no longer a problem at all.

Grinning.

Even after suffering a fatal injury, Gao Hai's face showed no pain; instead, he wore a very happy smile.

He can feel it.

At this moment, Alice, who was embracing him, was holding a bone staff.

To ensure the safety of the object of obsession, it was obvious that this thing held the most crucial object in its hand. This choice was naturally correct, but only if she didn't hug Gao Hai, who was covered in blood.

Teacher, actually, this girl really likes you.

Alice's soft laughter reached my ears.

She feels safe as long as she stays by the teacher's side; she relies on you and trusts you a lot.

[Although you can't be my friend, you can definitely be my friend, right? So I'll have her kill you. Will you be happy? Don't worry, I'll teach her how to make dolls later. I'll definitely make you into a beautiful doll.]

I forced my eyes open.

Through a blur, I saw Miko's tear-filled, pained, and desperate gaze, and the slight upturn of her lips.

So that's how it is. Because I'm not "Alice's friend," this thing can't use its strange powers to destroy or execute me. But the person it possesses, Yotsuya Miko, is a physical being, so manipulating Miko's body to harm me doesn't need to follow any rules. That's why it can tear out my internal organs. The same principle might have been used when this thing killed Ikino Rika in the first playthrough. Tsk, what is this thing? This freak even exploits a bug in the rules!

And this guy actually made Miko control her to do this while she was still conscious?

Gao Hai could feel his consciousness becoming increasingly hazy.

He was about to die.

If I don't do something, I'm really going to die right now.

and so……

Bang!

With a muffled thud, a rescue worker rushed from the end of the corridor, knocking Alice aside and then reaching out to support Gao Hai.

Then a goat-headed doll appeared in Gao Hai's hand, and in an instant, all the wounds on his body transferred to the doll, leaving it tattered and broken. At that moment, Gao Hai was restored to a completely unharmed state, and even the goat-headed mask he was wearing fell off, restoring him to his human form.

【Huh, what's this doll...?】

Alice, sitting on the ground, stared at the doll in Gao Hai's hand with a surprised expression and a somewhat puzzled look.

Gao Hai himself had already started running forward without hesitation, and at the same time, he didn't forget to throw another out-of-control obsession into the fleshy monster.

This time, he threw the medicine bottle that could heal injuries directly into the pile of flesh. The flesh monster, having swallowed yet another object of obsession, moved even slower, so Gao Hai easily followed the rescue team members who had run down from the processing room on the 6th floor and jumped down through the passage in the processing room used to dispose of corpses directly to the incinerator.

As soon as he realized the situation was dire, Gao Hai had already instructed the rescue team in the teaching building to speed up their operations and arrive in time; it all happened within minutes.

Despite the ongoing crises, Gao Hai is still one step away from death, at least for now.

whoosh-

In the blink of an eye, Gao Hai had already run a considerable distance forward.

In his field of vision, there was a concrete wall in front of him.

But to the rescue team members beside him, the road ahead appeared to be a normal one.

Alice's illusion energy obviously couldn't work on the supernatural, so Gao Hai crashed into it and successfully passed through the non-existent wall. He then continued to move forward normally by relying on the shared line of sight of the rescue team members and quickly escaped the area.

The fleshy monster was still slowly chasing after them.

Alice, who possessed Miko Yotsuya, simply sat on the ground, showing no intention of following.

Alice knows where the teacher is going next, and she can't escape by running away like this.

The girl simply called out to Gao Hai from afar, her tone suggesting she was certain of what was about to happen.

Gao Hai didn't run too far before finding a room to stop in, using the blood key to unlock the door, and then returned to Class 15 of the second year of junior high school, which was the students' class.

Hmm... there are no survivors left...

At this point, only a wriggling mass of flesh remained in the classroom, barely recognizable as the result of the girls merging together.

Gao Hai could roughly guess what had happened. It was most likely that Alice had used illusions to induce the situation, causing all the girls to sit in the same spot when the "daytime" phase began, resulting in the current situation.

They are still alive.

Although this is no different from being dead, it might even be better to be dead.

"Another total wipeout. I wonder if those two girls managed to escape..."

Gao Hai didn't know what to say about the current situation. He simply pulled out the key, closed the door, and looked at the rescue team members beside him.

The silent rescue team member then took out a blood-stained notebook and handed it to Gao Hai.

This was found by the rescue team on the 6th floor in the biology classroom; it was something they pulled out of the stomach of a mannequin.

It appears to be a booklet bound with a stapler, containing a lot of research information, including the sacrifice records of several Class 1 students that Gao Hai had seen before, as well as sacrifice records of the dormitory building, swimming pool, and playground.

Fujika Junior High School has underground observation facilities in each of its four areas. The information for the swimming pool and playground facilities is inexplicably completely blacked out, making it impossible to decipher the original markings. However, the information for the dormitories and classrooms remains intact. From this information, it's clear that the school's experimental methods are quite primitive: accumulating resentment through torture and death. Many of the pipes in the underground bases are even used to transport dismembered corpses. To ensure the effectiveness of their research, the researchers would even bring in corpses from outside, grind them up, and fill the school's underground areas.

As for the information about [Alice], there isn't much information here. It only mentions that the organizers of the research institution have found a way to ensure that all the resentment of the dead is concentrated on a single individual.

What is this individual? Where did it come from? And how could resentment be concentrated on it? This document lacks any information on these questions; it seems this part was deliberately omitted. At the end of the document, the owner claims to demand protection, otherwise they will not hand over the rest of the material. But, to be honest, the handwriting on this document looks exactly like a girl's delicate handwriting, completely inconsistent with the burly appearance of "Turtle Teacher" in the hallucination.

Was this the result of Alice's scheme? The fact that she was able to write these words proves that Alice at that time had already begun to have the ability to influence reality. Could this have been accomplished by possessing a student?

As soon as I stepped out of the classroom, the students who had encountered the strange creatures in the hallway quickly surrounded me.