Withdrawing his thoughts, Bai Yuze looked at the monster outside the room. The monster outside the room was still standing there, showing no intention of leaving.
"Oh, so you're sticking to me?"
Bai Yuze smiled, fiddling with the cleaver in his right hand. The monster, upon seeing the cleaver, actually left.
"What kind of knife is this? Could Zhu Daqiang also be possessing it?"
After witnessing the cleaver's deterrent effect, Yukino also became very interested in the cleaver in Bai Yuze's hand.
"This thing is just an ordinary cleaver, but this residence has given it a different value."
"Value? Is it rare?"
Tuanzi curiously examined the knife, but no matter how she looked, she couldn't detect what was different about this cleaver.
"How should I put it? Do you remember I said that each floor can only accommodate one strange occurrence?"
"Wasn't that a lie you made up to deliberately deceive Zhu Daqiang?"
Yukino was a little confused. Could a lie actually turn into reality?
"Hahaha, you're overestimating me a bit. No matter how flexible my brain is, it's impossible for me to spontaneously fabricate a believable lie, unless this lie..."
"Was originally adapted from the truth. This method is called 'montage-style lying.' You used this method to instantly create a lie that Zhu Daqiang deeply believed, didn't you?"
"Uh... that... Xiao Xue... what is montage-style lying?"
Tuanzi looked bewildered. What's wrong! Are you trying to show off your knowledge!
"It means every sentence spoken is true, but by reversing the order of events, you achieve the effect of lying. For example, 'I saw the entire crime, but I didn't see the killer's face' translates to 'I am the killer.'"
"Wow! How scary, Xiao Ze, you wouldn't use this trick to deceive innocent girls, would you!"
Bai Yuze: ???
"Six-oh! Tuanzi, I'll pay for your postgraduate entrance exam!"
Bai Yuze had anticipated Tuanzi's reaction, but he never expected Tuanzi to pull such a stunt. Indeed! Humanity's understanding of Tuanzi is less than one percent.
"Alright, stop messing around. From what I see, you replaced certain words while using the montage-style lie, didn't you?"
Yukino felt exhausted. Why were the two people beside her acting like children, especially Bai Yuze? He was clearly very smart, but sometimes he was like an immature child. Could what the books say be true? Male psychology is categorized under child psychology.
"Alright, I did indeed replace certain words. For example, the phrase 'each floor can only accommodate one strange occurrence' was actually 'each floor only has one thing that can restrain the strange.' I call these things Town-Suppression Strange Objects."
"Things that restrain the strange? Town-Suppression Strange Objects? Are you talking about the cleaver in your hand?"
"That's right, and the scalpel on the first floor. Both of these have a deterrent effect on the strange and can protect us from their harm."
"This feeling is like..."
Yukino thought of a word, but she just couldn't say it.
"Dorm supervisors. Each floor has a dorm supervisor, and the 'key' in the supervisor's hand is the Town-Suppression Strange Object we are looking for."
Bai Yuze became Yukino's mouthpiece. He also had this feeling that each floor had its own order and rules, managing its own jurisdiction.
"Then that's strange, why are there two strange occurrences on the second floor?"
Tuanzi was completely puzzled. Since each floor had a supervisor, then it would only be reasonable for the second floor to have only Zhu Daqiang as the strange occurrence.
"Because the difficulty of solving the second floor was too low. The rules assigned Zhu Daqiang and Yuan Xing the identities of residents, so Zhu Daqiang isn't a supervisor, at most he's just the dorm leader for these few dorms."
"Then the monster on the first floor is also a dorm leader?"
Tuanzi drew an inference, but the answer wasn't as simple as she thought.
"No, the first floor has two supervisors, but the real supervisor is the Front Desk. As for the other monster, I suspect it escaped from the fourth floor, which is the basement."
Tuanzi's face was filled with worry, her tightly furrowed brows almost twisting into a knot.
"Don't be so gloomy. Frowning easily causes wrinkles! It won't look good with a wrinkled face then."
"What! I was worried about future plans, Xiao Ze is so annoying! Big idiot!"
After Bai Yuze's teasing, the atmosphere finally livened up a bit. A team of three couldn't do without anyone, and Yamauchi Haruki was still sleeping.
"By the way, it's almost ten o'clock now. Should we go back to room 202?"
"No need, just close the door. Zhu Daqiang and Yuan Xing are already dead. This room is uninhabited. We can stay wherever we want."
"Since that's the case, let's discuss our next plan."
Seeing this, Yukino quickly steered the conversation to the plan. She never participated in actions without a plan. In this strange world, even with a plan, it would be called an adventure, so no plan would be equivalent to suicide.
"Yukino is right. We've already obtained the item on the second floor. Next, we need to go to the third floor to get the third floor's Town-Suppression Strange Object."
"Should we bring the scalpel from the first floor? More weapons mean more power."
Yukino looked at the knife in Bai Yuze's hand. Since it could deter the strange, it meant this object could harm them, or perhaps... kill them.
"It's best not to. That strange object is suppressing the Front Desk, preventing the Front Desk from harming us for now. Moreover, it's still uncertain whether the male corpse in 102 is good or bad.
Once the suppression of the Town-Suppression Strange Object is lost, we'll be in trouble if we're caught in a pincer attack."
"So we just sit here now?"
"I've got it!"
Tuanzi suddenly had an idea. She thought of a game that wasn't boring and could pass the time.
"Hehehe, since we're just sitting around, why don't we talk about our ideals?"
Ow!
Tuanzi's forehead was flicked by Bai Yuze. She glared at Bai Yuze, her face clearly demanding an explanation, her fangs trembling, as if she would transform into a hunting tiger and pounce on Bai Yuze at any moment.
"What time is it? Instead of doing this, why not enjoy this rare rest time? And talk about our ideals in this ghost place? I don't want to set a death flag!"
Bai Yuze reached out and pinched Tuanzi's face. After satisfying his urge, he lay on the ground and closed his eyes to rest.
"Hmph! What! What a boring guy."
Tuanzi snorted, turning her body to the side, calculating how long she would ignore Bai Yuze.
(Hmm... a day! No... that's too long... maybe an hour! Tsk... still a bit long, I've decided! I won't talk to that guy for one minute! Just one minute! Hmph!)
Yukino, seeing the two of them like this, couldn't help but sigh and rub her forehead, but she didn't dislike this scene.