Part 4 of Chapter 44
Do You Still Hate Her? 34 – Escape Room (Non-Horror Version)
“This uniform is so ugly!” Ye Lu looked down at the school uniform on himself, then looked at Ou Yi’s uniform and asked, “Why am I in black while he’s in white? White looks much better.”
As for Shang Lu, she stood next to Lin Yanyan, looking at the paper posted beside the blackboard. She read out the contents written on it : “Classroom Rules, Article One : Good students are not allowed to shout loudly in the classroom. Please take good care of the classroom. Article Two : Good students are absolutely forbidden to speak without the teacher’s permission. Refuting the teacher’s words is strictly prohibited. Please respect the teacher. Article Three : Good students wear black school uniforms, while bad students wear white school uniforms. Bad students who wear white uniforms during the end-of-month assessment will be punished. Please strive to become good students.”
And this third rule answered Ye Lu’s question.
At the same time, everyone understood the different meanings represented by the different school uniform colors.
There were a total of thirteen people present, and only five of them were wearing black school uniforms, namely Shang Lu, Ye Lu, Yu Su, Tang Qingqing, and Wang Hanfei.
After realizing that he was a good student and Ou Yi was a bad student, Ye Lu’s mood instantly improved, and he no longer cared about whether it looked good or not.
Lin Yanyan continued to read the content of the classroom rules: “Article Four : Good students must sit in their seats after the class bell rings, and under no circumstances are they allowed to stand up or leave their seats during class. Article Five : Repeat Article Four, regardless of the circumstances, you must sit in your seats after the class bell rings. This principle takes precedence over everything else, and violation will result in immediate expulsion. Article Six : This is not a rule, but a precaution, when the classroom is not in session, the lights will automatically turn off. For safety reasons, please do not linger.”
Just as Lin Yanyan’s voice fell, the loudspeaker sounded again.
“In this game, there are two elimination rules. The first is that contestants who press the elimination button will automatically eliminated. The second is that those who violate the classroom rules will be expelled by the school. Please adhere to the classroom rules. Class is starting.”
At the same time as the class bell rang, it was different from what they usually heard. Faint cries could be heard from the loudspeaker, and the bell also sounded eerie.
Originally, everyone was still studying what was different about this classroom, but after hearing the bell, they all found nearby seats and sat down.
The teacher, who looked as pale as a paper person with a piece of rotten flesh on his face, walked into the classroom with blood stains on his white shirt, showing a sinister smile to the students in front of him : “Students, class is in session. Today, our first lesson is film appreciation. Please watch quietly and do not cover your eyes to avoid watching. Do not make any noise at any time.”
After the teacher finished speaking, he walked off the stage and gave each person a pendant similar to a necklace, saying, “This is a decibel detector. It will count based on the number of times you make a sound. Screaming once counts as one demerit, and violating any of the first three articles of the Classroom Rules will also result in one demerit each. Exceeding three demerits in the same class will result in immediate expulsion, and violating Article Four of the Classroom Rules will also result in immediate expulsion.”
[Damn, how did we dive straight into the horror movie atmosphere?]
[That teacher’s makeup is so scary, that scar on his face scared the life out of me.]
[Hahaha, Ye Lu and Ou Yi sitting right in the center of the front row, I’m about to die laughing.]
[Both of their faces are saying ‘save me, save me.’]
[By the way… can Ye Lu still complete the task of scaring other guests? I feel like he’s going to be scared to death first.]
The classroom lights were turned off, and the movie started playing.
It’s a famous foreign horror film, and what’s most important is that it’s set in a school, just like their current environment, which adds to the immersion.
Thirteen people are sitting there, and when the scary scenes appear, there are still people who scream one after another because they’re afraid.
Shang Lu deliberately chose the back row of the classroom, and in front of her was Mu Chengyi, the Male #2 from <Love is Love>. He’s a bit timid and scared of scary things, and he has already screamed twice before the movie is halfway through.
If he screams one more time, he’ll be eliminated.
Ten minutes into the movie, the countdown is down to sixty seconds.
Shang Lu has seen this movie before. In the next scene, the male lead sits on the couch and the ghost starts to caress his face from behind.
The male lead became aware of the ghost’s presence, his expression growing increasingly fearful, yet he dared not turn around—
“Ahhhhhh!”
Mu Chengyi screamed, jumping up from his chair in sheer terror. He clutched his neck with his hand, his face filled with fright as he turned around, only to see Shang Lu sitting behind him.
Shang Lu had already withdrawn her hands, crossing them over her chest, wearing an expression of someone who had been startled.
[Shang Lu’s acting suddenly went top-notch]
[This is the level of a future movie queen. If I hadn’t seen it myself, I wouldn’t have suspected her, hahaha]
Mu Chengyi was stunned, and for a moment, he began to doubt whether his earlier sensation was real.
If it wasn’t Shang Lu, and it wasn’t an illusion, then it was…
“This student, how can you stand up from your seat? Leaving your seat is the most forbidden rule in this school, and the school has decided to expel you.” The teacher standing at the podium said, and suddenly, two people in black uniforms covered in blood walked in through the door and took Mu Chengyi away.
These two students who had suddenly barged in startled Tang Qingqing, who was sitting by the door. She looked at her chest where the counter displayed the second count, immediately covering her mouth, afraid to make any more noise.
The teacher stood at the podium and opened the attendance list : “Student Mu Chengyi, expelled. There are now eleven remaining students in this class.”
Everyone : “!”
The smarter ones realized the problem.
There were clearly still twelve of them in the room, but the teacher’s count didn’t match. It meant that one of their classmates was no longer among the living.
Only Ye Lu grinned and mocked, “Teacher, you’re a film appreciation teacher, right? You’re not good at math. There are clearly twelve of us.”
The teacher at the podium lowered their head and looked at Ye Lu. “Ye Lu, you have violated Article Two of the Classroom Rules. You’re given one demerit point.”
Ye Lu suddenly panicked. Because just now, he couldn’t hold back and shouted twice. Now, another demerit—does that mean he’s already eliminated?
Netizens were shocked too.
[Huh? Does this mean Ye Lu is directly eliminated?]
[No way, this is too early, right?]
[Hahaha, Ye Lu, you’re the smartest! You’re the math genius! But you talk too much!]
The teacher looked at Ye Lu, remained silent for a few seconds, and then said, “I am your new teacher. I’ll make an exception just this time. But the next time, you will be expelled immediately.”
Shang Lu’s gaze shifted between the teacher and Ye Lu.
And at that moment, the bell for the end of the class rang.
Here, class periods were ten minutes long, followed by ten minutes of break.
As the teacher left the classroom, the door was closed from the outside, and everyone instantly got up, starting to search for clues inside the classroom.
They needed to enter the next room; otherwise, they would be stuck here, taking a film appreciation class forever.
Soon, they found several graduation photos from different years in the classroom. The faces in the photos were in both black and white and color.
They arranged them in order and quickly discovered a pattern.
“These are nine years of graduation photos from this school. Although we haven’t graduated yet, there’s a photo from our class. From this one, you can see that among the thirty people, only our faces are in color. Everyone else is already dead,” Song Zeqian said casually, his finger pointing and confirming on several photos, “It’s decreasing, from thirty in the first year to twenty-four in the following year, and only three people in the last year before us is in color in the photo.”
Duan Anguo nodded in agreement. “The password is related to the year and the number 3.”
It was a five-digit combination lock.
After several attempts, everyone quickly managed to leave the classroom successfully.
+1 with Another. That anime really did something to me.
oh, I think the author drew inspiration from the anime “Another” ??