Rumble—
Before the three could finish speaking, the house shook again.
"This instance is about to collapse, and the escape route is opening!"
The intense reaction of the house confirmed the identities of Yukinoshita Yukino and Yui Yuigahama; when the three Town-Suppression Strange Objects were together, the escape door would open.
The lights in the entire corridor flickered on and off.
The three were instantly engulfed by darkness.
Bai Yuze stood in a void. He looked around and found that there was only one color here: gray.
Suddenly, a ghostly blue light screen appeared in front of Bai Yuze.
[Congratulations on clearing the "Horror" level instance, Sunny House]
[Player: Bai Yuze Evaluation Rank: A]
[Reward: You can choose one Town-Suppression Strange Object from the following]
1. Dr. Liu's Scalpel (Holding this item can offset a small portion of damage from the strange entity)
2. Zhu Daqiang's Cleaver (Deals double damage to the strange entity)
3. The Necklace given by the Front Desk (Can enslave the strange entity and establish a master-servant relationship with it)
Bai Yuze thought it over and still chose the Necklace. It was clear that in a strange entity instance, an excellent helper could bring him more convenience; he couldn't always rely on a cleaver to hack his way through.
If he encountered a strange entity that didn't use physical attacks in the future, that knife would directly become a piece of scrap metal.
[Selection successful. Please bid your final farewells to your teammates. This instance is a trial instance. Due to an unexpected error, your companions will lose their memories of you after the instance ends.]
"Ah? That's so disgusting? I thought my spring had arrived."
Bai Yuze was a bit helpless. He had finally met the female lead he liked, but now they were suddenly going to become strangers... just thinking about it made him feel a little sad.
At this moment, Yukinoshita Yukino and Yui Yuigahama also appeared in front of Bai Yuze, and both simultaneously bowed to Bai Yuze in thanks.
"Arigato, Bai Jun. If it weren't for your help, we two might have been trapped here forever."
"Xiao Ze, although we've only spent a short time together, I will definitely remember you for the rest of my life!"
Facing Yui Yuigahama's words, Bai Yuze just smiled and didn't mind.
Suddenly, Yui Yuigahama pounced into Bai Yuze's arms, took a deep breath from Bai Yuze's body, and performed an epic lung-full for Bai Yuze.
"I'm also very happy to have met you all as my teammates. There's no need to exaggerate my contribution so much. We supported each other all the way to get to this point."
The sadness of parting is always so unbearable. Bai Yuze suddenly felt a little confused. Logically speaking, shouldn't there be a so-called farewell kiss at this time?
Why did Yukino always have a mysterious smile on her face?
But there was no time for him to think. The gray light enveloped the three again. When Bai Yuze opened his eyes again, it was the familiar dormitory, the familiar ceiling.
Bai Yuze returned to his Advanced Nurturing High School dormitory.
"Hoo... I'm back, huh?"
Bai Yuze lay on the bed, recalling everything that had happened in the house. It all felt like a dream, making Bai Yuze feel so illusory and unreal.
It was just that Bai Yuze's romance ended before it even began, which made Bai Yuze a little disappointed.
He picked up his phone from beside the bed. It was still evening, so he could sleep a little longer to make up for his fatigue, hoping he could forget the romance that had withered before it could bloom.
On the other side, after Yukinoshita Yukino woke up in her apartment, she pulled out her phone and called her older sister, Yukinoshita Haruno.
The call quickly connected, and Haruno's slightly tired but forcedly cheerful voice came through.
"Hello... is that Little Yukino? It's so late, is there something you need to call your sister for? Could it be that Yukino is too lonely living alone? Do you want your sister to come and stay with you?"
Snow Mother was training Haruno to be her successor, so Haruno had to work late every day, and her stored 'sister energy' was already severely depleted.
When she saw her sister suddenly call her, Haruno was first stunned, then joy surged in her heart.
Could it be that her cat-like sister felt lonely living alone and needed her to keep her company?
So, joy mixed with anticipation made Haruno perk up and answer the phone, having already decided to pack her things and run to Yukino's place to stay.
Just thinking about living in the same room with Yukino every day, being able to tease her cute sister and replenish her sister energy at the same time, Haruno couldn't help but chuckle foolishly.
As a result, Yukino's next sentence directly shattered this sister-con's world!
"Sister, can you help me look up someone named 'Bai Yuze'?"
Haruno: ...
Haruno was stunned... This isn't right, is it? Shouldn't her good sister be feeling lonely, cold, and needing her to come and keep her company? Why is she asking for someone else's information right off the bat?
Moreover, although she had forced herself to perk up, with her understanding of Yukino, Yukino would definitely notice the fatigue in her tone.
She had expected a few words of concern from Yukino, but who would have thought that her good sister didn't care about her first? This made Haruno feel an unprecedented crisis!
And the name "Bai Yuze" sounded male. Could it be that Yukino was in love?
That shouldn't be!
Haruno glanced at the computer next to her. On the computer screen, there were several small split screens, and the images in the split screens seemed to be surveillance footage. The combined images formed the layout of a room.
If Yukino were to see it, she would be surprised to find that the room in the picture was identical to the apartment she lived in.
"That should be impossible. Yukino's apartment is filled with pinhole cameras by me, and at school, Xiao Jing reports Yukino's situation to me. Yukino falling in love is impossible no matter how you think about it!" (Whispering)
"Sister, what are you muttering about?"
"Ah? Oh, oh! Nothing, nothing, your sister is just a little tired. Look up 'Bai Yuze's' information, right? I got it."
"Mm, okay. Please send it to me when you find it. I'm hanging up now."
Seemingly realizing this was inappropriate, Yukino added another sentence.
"Take care, sister."
Beep beep beep—
The phone went dead, but clearer than the dial tone was the sound of Haruno's heart breaking.
With Haruno's level of cunning, how could she not realize that Yukino's final concern was an afterthought, added on the spur of the moment because she felt it was inappropriate!
At this moment, a sister-con's heart quietly shattered, but then she thought of Yukino's cute face and the joy of teasing Yukino.
Haruno's broken heart reassembled itself.
"Bai Yuze, huh? Interesting. I'll have to see what kind of ability you have to charm Little Yukino like this!"
Yukinoshita Haruno's eyes blazed with anger, while Bai Yuze had no idea he had provoked a sister-con. He lay on his bed, slowly savoring this hard-earned rest time...
PS: The first instance is over. Recently, traffic has declined too severely, so I plan to update during the day, with a minimum of three updates and a maximum of five per day.
I'm also aware of some readers' feedback. Some complain about declining quality, others about instances being too long. I will improve on these in the future, striving for more interaction between the male and female leads. I'll shorten instances and not build such large frameworks.
After all, I'm writing a comprehensive anime novel; everyone is here to see the male and female leads, not the strange entities.
However, this does not mean that the quality of the strange entity plot will decrease. On the contrary, I will continuously improve and strive to write more brain-teasing strange entity plots.
I hope you like it, and I also implore everyone not to 'collect' it anymore. I will listen to everything.