Having dealt with the Guaidan for so long, Bai Yuze was already accustomed to it. He remained silent, still staring intently at the other party.
Are you kidding me! A person only has three chances to peek through the cat eye. If he gets scared and blinks or leaves, he will lose one chance!
No matter what, he had to remember the other party's features, otherwise it would be a huge loss!
The Guaidan outside the door seemed to sense Bai Yuze's thoughts, so its eyes moved away. Soon after, an international friendly gesture appeared in Bai Yuze's field of vision.
Bai Yuze: ...
Although annoyed, Bai Yuze did gather some information. The other party's arm was grayish-green, its hand looked swollen, its fingernails were long, and it had a smell like a sewer... or a drain...
Bai Yuze left when he couldn't observe any other information.
He thought for a moment, then suddenly got up and walked to the bathroom. The bathroom door key was in the keyhole. Bai Yuze locked the bathroom and then threw the key to Tuanzi.
"Xiao Ze... I might slightly understand feeding Sabre, but why lock the bathroom door?"
"Just a hunch. What if the guy outside doesn't take the usual route?"
Guaidan: Watch your toilet! I don't take the usual route!
Rule Three did not explicitly state that the guy outside would definitely use the window. The only clear hint it gave was that Tuan Ma would only use the main door. The reason for warning them about the window was actually to make them understand that the Guaidan outside would not play by the rules and that they should pay attention to any possible entry points into the room!
"However, I'm not feeding Sabre on a whim. Our only way to identify the Guaidan outside the door right now is by sight and smell.
We only have six chances to look between the two of us. Once the chances are used up, we can only distinguish by smell...
Neither of us is as good as Sabre in this regard, so we can only rely on it for help."
Bai Yuze pointed to Sabre, who had already woken up and was feasting. At this moment, Sabre thought, 'A last meal is a last meal! At least I'll die a full ghost on the road!'
"Oh! I see!"
Tuanzi immediately understood Bai Yuze's idea. Rule One said Sabre could help them, but they should try to rely on themselves, because Sabre could be misled by the Guaidan outside the door.
Once both of their cat eye chances were used up, they would only be able to rely on Sabre. If the Guaidan outside placed some dog food in the door crack, Sabre's attention would be completely influenced by the smell of the dog food, and then they would lose a capable assistant, becoming completely passive!
After all, Sabre would keep sniffing at the door crack, unable to analyze whether the person outside was the real Tuan Ma.
At that time, if the Guaidan outside pretended to be Tuan Ma again and feigned confusion,
"Eh? Why is there dog food in front of the door?"
Would the two of them open the door or not?
Therefore, Bai Yuze first fed Sabre, so Sabre would be completely immune to the attraction of dog food...
But as the saying goes, a dog can't change its ways... The Guaidan outside shouldn't be so crude as to relieve itself at the door, right...
"You're smarter than me. I'll look next!"
"Alright!"
Rule Four mentioned not staring at the door for too long, in various senses, which meant that Bai Yuze's observation with closed eyes was already invalid... even recalling wouldn't work, but the more they were reminded, the more they would pay attention!
Therefore, Bai Yuze had been chatting with Yui Yuigahama, trying to distract himself and Tuanzi!
And he could also understand the other party's situation, which was killing two birds with one stone!
So the two talked about everything from life ideals to future goals, and what the future world would develop into...
They talked about everything they could.
Ding-dong!
The doorbell rang again!
Yui Yuigahama and Bai Yuze exchanged glances, then patted their cheeks and bravely walked up.
Bai Yuze said nothing, just quietly followed behind Tuanzi. Under Tuanzi's puzzled gaze, he hugged Tuanzi from behind... Although it was a hug, he actually covered Tuanzi's mouth with both hands from behind.
After being enhanced by the Guaidan, Bai Yuze could subconsciously restrain some conditioned reflexes, but Tuanzi did not have this ability. Who knew if there would be any danger if she accidentally made a sound.
There was nothing wrong with taking some safety measures. As for whether Bai Yuze was taking advantage...
Bai Yuze: Are you kidding! I've seen what I should see, and I've been forced to see what I shouldn't. What's there for me to take advantage of?
The two were a little too close... But for the sake of the bigger picture, Tuanzi didn't mind. She was such a generous person! If I hadn't seen the smirk in his eyes, I almost would have believed it!
Temporary instance: Oh no! I've become a tool for the two of them to flirt!
After getting ready, Tuanzi quietly approached the cat eye, then her body suddenly jolted! It was a good thing Bai Yuze had prepared a defense!
Bai Yuze dragged Tuanzi away. After settling Tuanzi on the sofa, he poured her a glass of water.
"Are you alright? Or should I do it..."
As soon as Bai Yuze's hand touched Tuanzi, Tuanzi trembled violently. She looked at Bai Yuze, her eyes welling up with tears.
"What did you see?"
Bai Yuze realized that Tuanzi might not have been scared by the Guaidan, but had seen something else.
"I... I saw Mom... but... Mom... something happened..."
Tuanzi's voice, as she held Bai Yuze, gradually turned into sobs. She had indeed seen the Guaidan through the cat eye just now, but the Guaidan's other hand was dragging a figure, and that figure was Yuigahama-ta.
"Don't panic, I know you're worried, but this is just an illusion. Think about it, if Auntie really had an accident, wouldn't they just directly rule that we have no way out?
The rules said we need to distinguish which one is the real Auntie. If Auntie is just killed, then this instance would be meaningless, wouldn't it?"
Bai Yuze tried his best to comfort Tuanzi. As the saying goes, concern leads to confusion. After Tuanzi calmed down, she indeed felt it made sense. She looked at Bai Yuze's clothes, soaked with her tears, and scratched her head a little awkwardly.
Bai Yuze smiled at the sight, but he actually knew... the Guaidan outside the door was not groundless. This meant that Tuan Ma was also an object that could be harmed by the other party...
As for how the other party would harm Tuan Ma, that was Rule Five. They only had one chance to open the door, which didn't mean they would die immediately upon opening it. One should know that the Guaidan wouldn't always block the door; it would come once every so often.
It was just that the two of them, being confined indoors, would subconsciously assume that the outside was always unsafe!
People would be subconsciously misled by the rules, mistakenly thinking that they could only open the door if there was a knock. In fact, they could open the door even without a knock, but then they would waste their only chance to open the door. At that time, not only would the two of them die, but Tuan Ma would also die.
In other words, this one chance to open the door not only represented the life and death of the two of them, but also the life and death of Tuan Ma.
And Rule Three also confirmed this conjecture: staring at the door for too long would lead to getting lost, and the body might subconsciously go to open the door.
At that time, everything would be over...
However, whether Rule Three was a jump scare or an illusion... Bai Yuze's idea was that it was best not to violate it...