Bai Yuze gasped, trying to keep himself calm.
Fortunately, although the Corpse was staring at him through the crack in the door, it was a safe time, so Bai Yuze could confidently enter 102.
Bai Yuze pushed open the wooden door of 102, and the Corpse, due to the impact, also fell backward. Bai Yuze subconsciously grabbed the Corpse's arm to help him maintain balance.
"Strange? Logically, a body should be cold, but why is this guy's hand warm?"
Bai Yuze felt the heat emanating from his palm, and a few questions arose in his mind, but the current situation did not allow him to think about other things.
He first placed the Corpse on the bed in the room, then pulled out the surgical knife stuck in the wooden door.
Bloodstains still clung to the surgical knife, and the tip of the blade gleamed with a cold light, looking incredibly sharp.
"My apologies."
Bai Yuze walked to the Corpse, cut a piece of fabric from the Corpse with the surgical knife, and carefully wiped the surgical knife with the fabric.
After the bloodstains on the surgical knife were wiped clean, a character appeared on the handle.
[Liu]
"Doctor Liu?"
Bai Yuze looked at the Corpse lying on the bed, his mind actively working.
(Is this Corpse a doctor? Or did a doctor named Liu kill this person?)
Creak—
The wooden door behind Bai Yuze was pushed open again, and Youbihama quietly poked her small head out from behind the door. After confirming there was no danger, she spoke her classic line.
"Ya-harro! Xiao Ze!"
"What the hell is 'ya-harro'? And don't call me Xiao Ze."
Bai Yuze was a bit speechless. He suddenly felt that the Tuanzi in front of him was somewhat unfamiliar. Was the Tuanzi in the original work really this silly?
"Ehehe, what does it matter, Xiao Ze?"
"I can't do anything with you, Tuanzi!"
Adhering to the principle of 'if you can't beat them, join them,' Bai Yuze also spoke the nickname he used for Youbihama in his previous life.
"Eh? Tuanzi? Why do you call me that?"
Youbihama was stunned for a moment, then she seemed to realize something and quickly made a gesture to protect her chest.
"Xiao Ze, you're so lewd! Baka! Hentai!"
"Did you misunderstand something...? Isn't your hair like a Tuanzi, so I called you Tuanzi."
Bai Yuze couldn't help but rub his forehead. Did he look like some shameless scoundrel? But the Tuanzi's touch was indeed wonderful...
Yukino also entered the room at this time.
"Are there any important clues?"
"Only this surgical knife, but there is a 'Liu' character on the surgical knife."
"It seems we'll have to go out and look for clues. It's safe time now, right?"
Yukino held a clock in her other hand, and the time on the clock showed exactly 12:00 PM.
"That's right, both the external and internal time are daytime now, and daytime is absolutely safe, so now is the best time to look for clues."
Time was of the essence, and the three immediately divided their tasks. Yukino and Tuanzi formed a group to go to 103, Bai Yuze went to search 106, and as for rooms 107, 108, and 105, the three decided to check them together after the first two rooms were searched.
"You two take this knife."
Bai Yuze handed the surgical knife to Yukino, but Yukino shook her head and did not take it.
"You keep it. The room you need to search is closer to 105. Don't forget, you deceived it. From its words, it's clear it's very afraid of this knife, so if anything unexpected happens, you'll at least have a means of self-preservation."
"Xiaoxue cares about Xiao Ze quite a bit."
Tuanzi playfully looked at Yukino, who merely replied with a cold expression.
"The best way out right now is for us to help each other. If anyone is missing, it won't benefit the other two."
"Oh! Xiaoxue really sees the big picture!"
The time for banter quickly ended. After finalizing their plan, the two girls and Bai Yuze all went to their planned rooms.
Bai Yuze walked to room 106, took a deep breath, and pushed open the door.
"This is!"
Bai Yuze froze. He hadn't expected to encounter a student from his own school in this cursed place, but this person was a bit troublesome...
Looking at Yamauchi Haruki lying on the bed, Bai Yuze fell into contemplation.
Good news: He met a student from his school!
Bad news: It's Grandpa Yamauchi!
Bai Yuze, who was familiar with the original plot, had a deep impression of Yamauchi Haruki, affectionately called the 'First Person of the Black Room' by his fellow readers.
"Tsk, this guy wouldn't betray me, would he? Should I just take him out now?"
A dangerous thought popped into Bai Yuze's mind, but he quickly suppressed it.
Ignoring Yamauchi Haruki, who was sound asleep on the bed, Bai Yuze began to search the room for other clues.
But he searched the entire room and found no hints.
"Could it be..."
Bai Yuze approached Yamauchi Haruki and reached into Yamauchi Haruki's pocket.
Sure enough, he pulled out a note from the other person's pocket.
"How strange, why would the note be in his clothes pocket?"
Bai Yuze looked at the contents of the note while wondering.
[This is my second week in this residence. I've gotten used to the strange things that happen, but new people are actually entering this residence!]
[Monday: I tried to help them, but they always harbored great hostility towards me. I know that in a strange and dangerous environment, it's hard for people to trust strangers.]
[Tuesday: I personally don't like doing thankless tasks, so after they repeatedly rejected my suggestions, I gave up on them. Sure enough, they died.]
[Wednesday: I can feel it becoming somewhat abnormal. Is it because I gave up on those newcomers? Heavens! This is simply making things difficult for me!]
[Thursday: I often dream of a scorched earth. Something there seems to be calling to me. I feel like I'm getting closer to the answer.]
[Friday: My memory is getting worse and worse. Will I one day forget how to write and read, becoming an uninitiated infant?]
[Saturday: I feel like I can't give up on those newcomers. I've decided to use some means to protect them, even if it costs me my life.]
[Sunday: It actually talked to me! It said... I am still me, I haven't changed... Did we know each other before?]
The note looked as if it had been torn, and the other side contained the incomplete rules.
[8. The residence will provide food for all residents every morning, but please confirm if the food is normal.]
[9. Keeping animals is prohibited in the residence. If anyone is found keeping animals, please immediately inform the Front Desk. The Front Desk lives in 108.]
[10. Respect is mutual. When communicating with the Front Desk, do not make eye contact with the Front Desk.]
[11. The Front Desk sometimes becomes very strange. Don't worry, it's just sick.]
[12. Please do not count the steps when climbing the stairs.]