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

It seemed as if it heard a cold snort from something, and sensed a kind of resentful aura appear and then disappear.

Gao Hai turned around and looked at the doorway of the small room.

A pale, filthy child with a distorted face stood outside the door, staring at Gao Hai with wide eyes.

He could sense the eerie aura emanating from that thing, and feel its intense presence.

But in the blink of an eye, it vanished without a trace.

Looks like you passed the test.

Gao Hai breathed a slight sigh of relief.

The two biggest obstacles preventing him from continuing to explore and investigate this instance were now resolved. It seems the giant pea flower was summoned by the little girl, but she calls it "Supreme Ruler"? If I remember correctly, that's the name of the research project at Hayate Elementary School, just like Fujihana Middle School's project is named "Painful Idol." Hayate Elementary School's research project is named "Supreme Ruler," so perhaps we can deduce the content of Hayate Elementary School's research from this naming?

A few thoughts quickly flowed through Gao Hai's mind.

Kaguya's exclamation rang out from behind Takami in the next moment.

At the same time, there was a second girl making a pitiful "woofing" sound, like a little puppy.

"Hayasaka, you're back to normal?! You, oh my god, this pose is awful... Wait, Taka-kun, don't turn your head, don't turn your head!"

Kaguya's voice was filled with panic. Then she realized that Takami was just standing with his back to her, expressionless, and had no intention of turning around.

Thank goodness, it seems Gao Jun can be reliable sometimes.

Thinking this, Kaguya turned to look at the long-haired blonde girl who was still crawling on the ground, seemingly unable to adapt to her current situation. She was at a loss, wondering where to find something to cover the girl up.

"Use my shirt. I'm tall and my clothes are big, so it'll be fine for an emergency."

At this moment, Gao Hai took off his t-shirt and threw it to Kaguya. He then walked to one side of the small room, shirtless and wearing only his dirty apron, and looked at a greasy notebook on the stove.

He had no intention whatsoever of turning back to spy on Hayasaka Ai.

After all, during the process of successfully sealing the butcher and turning back to check on the little girl monster outside the door, he had already taken a peek before Kaguya could react and successfully recorded the girl's appearance in his DNA.

In this matter, Gao Hai can proudly say that he is a professional.

"Another notebook, but if we want to get clues, we have to look through this kind of thing."

Having refocused his attention on the matter at hand, Gao Hai looked at the dirty notebook, hesitated for a moment, and then sighed. Suddenly realizing something, he summoned the firefighter who had been nearly torn apart by the butcher earlier and handed him the notebook.

"Write down all the names in it, and then cross them out. This will prevent this dangerous notebook from harming others."

Gao Hai's expression was very serious as he said this.

The firefighter, formed from Howard's lingering obsession, simply nodded, then opened his notebook, picked up a similarly dirty pen lying next to it, and began sketching as he looked at the notebook.

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Hayasaka Ai Has Joined the Team, Bringing New Information and New Ideas

Hayasaka Ai.

Height 1.62 meters, age 17, weight confidential.

A girl with long blonde hair and blue eyes, of one-quarter Irish descent, belongs to the Hayasaka family, originally one of Japan's prestigious families, but which was annexed after losing out to the Shinomiya family in a competition. After destroying the Hayasaka family's businesses, the Shinomiya family considered the Hayasaka family to be of superior bloodline and thus absorbed its members, making them an appendage of the family.

Growing up in such an environment, Hayasaka Ai herself was destined to become Kaguya's personal servant from birth. Of course, she was also a spy for Shinomiya Kōji, the eldest son of the Shinomiya family. Such practices of planting spies among family members were perfectly normal in the Shinomiya family.

In short, from a very young age, this girl lost the right to grow up happily as a child from an ordinary family. She was forced to get involved in the power struggles within the Shinomiya family and witness the dirty deeds of adults. Therefore, despite her young age, Hayasaka Ai appears more mature and aloof than Shinomiya Kaguya. Furthermore, she possesses a versatile ability to disguise herself that Kaguya lacks, easily mimicking various types of people. Combined with her cross-dressing skills, she can impersonate anyone, regardless of age or gender.

Unlike Kaguya Shinomiya, who always lived a sheltered life, Ai Hayasaka had truly experienced the hardships of the adult world and suffered a great deal. In fact, even after overcoming those trials and officially becoming Kaguya's servant, her life wasn't much easier. To take care of Kaguya's life and manage the various servants in the mansion, Ai Hayasaka often had to get up around five o'clock and start working in the early morning. After Kaguya went to school, she not only had to go to school with her but also had to run around doing various things for Kaguya at school while ensuring her own studies went smoothly. After school, she would go home and arrange various tasks at the mansion, working until eleven or twelve o'clock when Kaguya fell asleep before she could rest.

Hayasaka Ai has spent several years in this 507 work environment, and the total vacation time she's taken in those years is probably less than a week. But even so, this young girl has persevered and treated her master, Shinomiya Kaguya, with all her heart.

Well, how should I put it? If Takayuki were in Hayasaka Ai's situation, he would have already wiped out the Shinomiya family, even if it meant mutual destruction, rather than endure this kind of torment. However, he couldn't say much about personal choices, as it was their own business. Compared to exploiting child labor, he was more optimistic about this girl's potential.

Although it's not quite as good as Fujiwara Chika or Yotsuya Miko, the overall shape and curves are still quite good. It has a significant advantage over Kaguya Maki, and with some post-production adjustments, it might achieve a fantastic effect.

After seeing the little maid's posture and state while she was lying on the ground, Gao Hai left this impression in his mind.

"Waaah... I... Waaah... Miss Hui..."

Hayasaka Ai, who couldn't even stand up, trembled all over at this moment, her eyes filled with tears.

After experiencing being transformed into a dog for three whole days, Hayasaka's cognition had been somewhat damaged. She even had difficulty speaking normally. After Kaguya draped clothes over her, she was not able to immediately realize what was happening to her. It was only after being helped to sit on a small chair in the room that she gradually recovered and finally realized that she had returned to human form.

"Soothe the girl and tell her the general situation. I'll leave the rest to you. I'll be in charge of gathering clues."

Although Kaguya had already helped Hayasaka get dressed, out of politeness, Takami put the firefighter, who had been facing away from him the whole time, back into his rescue team badge, picked up the notebook with all the names crossed out, and spoke to Kaguya behind him before reading it.

"Thank you, Gao Jun."

Kaguya replied to Takami in a low voice, then quietly inquired about Hayasaka's condition, explaining the current situation to him as concisely and clearly as possible.

Takami wasn't concerned about how Kaguya would help Hayasaka understand the current situation; he believed Kaguya could handle something like this. Therefore, his attention was entirely focused on the notebook in his hand—a notebook that, theoretically, had been cleaned of cognitively contaminating content by the firefighters and was now, to a certain extent, safe.

The notebook's contents weren't particularly complex; it mainly recorded changes in the number of puppies in the kennel and other miscellaneous matters. However, after carefully reviewing and investigating it, Gao Hai still found some valuable information within.

[7 month 17 day]

Three dogs came in.

[Eate a dog]

[■■■■ said there will be many more dogs in the future, and they can eat as many as they want]

[7 month 25 day]

Three dogs came in.

[Eate a dog]

[■■■■ brought a child,■■■■ said it was a dog, not a child, but that was a child,■■■ doesn't understand]

[8 month 2 day]

Three dogs came in.

A child and a dog came in.

[Eate a dog]

[■■■I have a puppy, but it won't eat. What should I do? ■■■■It's a dog, but it won't eat. What should I do? ■■■■They say they don't know.]

[8 month 6 day]

Three dogs came in.

[Eate a dog]

[A child and a dog died]

[Eate a dog]

[The puppy died because it wouldn't eat; ■■■■ said it couldn't be wasted]

[The taste of each dog is different, but they are all delicious. ■■■■ says they are all dogs, so they are all edible.]

[8 month 7 day]

[■■■■ Saying that children and dogs are the same, they are all dogs, just don't look alike]

The dog is disobedient.

[■■■To make a dog obey,■■■■It is said that disobedient dogs can be eaten]

So delicious!

[8 month 15 day]

Many dogs came in, both small and large.

【■■■■Anything that runs in here because it's disobedient is a dog, and you can eat dogs】

[The dog is eating so well]

[■■■ likes to eat dogs]

Sprinkle with seasoning powder, then feed it to the dog. Feed the dog this every day.

[9 month 2 day]

[A lot of dogs came, but [the authorities] said only the dogs that came in are safe to eat.]

I really want to eat dogs, so many dogs!

[A dog said it could help [someone], and that it could bring other dogs over. This dog likes [someone], so [someone] won't eat this dog.]

The dog gave three dogs to [the person in question], the dog is a good dog.

[9 month 10 day]

Good dogs come to see [■■■] every day, [■■■] likes good dogs.

[■■■There are many dogs to eat,■■■does not eat good dogs,■■■■can let■■■eat dogs,■■■does not want to eat good dogs, good dogs gave■■■a spoon, good dogs gave■■■a gift, good dogs are■■■'s good friends,■■■does not want to eat friends]

[10 month 20 day]

[■■■■ took away our good dog,■■■ misses our good dog so much]

【November???】

The good dog is back! The good dog gave ■■■ an apron, and ■■■ received another gift from a friend.

[■■■A good dog is a friend forever]

……

Skipping over the meaningless repetitive and tedious parts, Gao Hai flipped through the record in his hand and realized quite a lot of things.

It is certain that the butcher that Sato, who was in charge of running Hayate Elementary School back then, hired was very likely mentally challenged.

Judging from the notebook's word choice and sentence structure, it's easy to see that this dog-meat-loving monster has a rather poor cognitive level, perhaps only that of a young child or even worse. It's likely for this reason that Sato, the mastermind behind it all, brought him in and made him the butcher managing the kennels.

Then, according to the records, before the strange power at Hayate Elementary School truly began to take shape, before the anomaly was truly born, Sato and his men, in order to advance their experiments, directly treated the children like dogs, feeding them to this butcher...

Even now, after experiencing many hardships and witnessing much ugliness, Gao Hai still clicked his tongue after understanding what those children went through back then, and couldn't think of anything to say for a long time.

In order to create this so-called strategic-level monster, these innocent children, along with their parents and families who raised them, were all turned into bloody foundation stones. Even though Gao Hai didn't consider himself a kind person who would rush to save people from suffering, he couldn't help but clench his fists. This kind of thing was just too disgusting.

"It's always like this. Even if there's an eventual price to pay, someone has already suffered and endured pain. Perhaps the reason people wish for hell to exist is because a simple and decisive death is far too merciful to such scum..."

With a soft sigh, Gao Hai put down the notebook, his thoughtful expression deepening.

Let's temporarily shift our focus from moral boundaries and look at the clues. Among the erased names, the initial ■■■■, Takahashi believes, is likely [Mr. Sato] or the name of some other researcher. However, the ■■■■ that appears later in the notes, Takahashi feels, probably refers to [Chiyo Hachiya]. As for ■■■, it's likely the butcher's name—the name of this clearly intellectually disabled monster, manipulated by researchers to create nightmares for children, when he was once human.