Is there anything more satisfying than being invincible, opening the entire map to read guides, and killing the boss in one blow?
The natural thing is to let the NPC help you pass the level!
Especially for puzzle adventure survival games like this, once you have the help of NPCs, there is no need for strategy anymore.
The only ones that have not been found by everyone are Saionji Sekai, Katsura Kotonoha and her sister, Sora. On Shishido Yui's side, there are Mori Shige Sakutaro, and Mochida Tetsushi and Mochida Yuka. With the introduction of this ghost girl named Guan Noxue, Fang Zheng finally figured out the "map structure" of the entire dungeon.
Although it is called a multi-dimensional space, there are actually only "four" Tenjin elementary schools here, corresponding to the children kidnapped in the initial abduction case such as Guan Noxue. Guan Noxue, Tsuji Tokiko, and Yoshizawa Ryo are "in charge" of one of them respectively, and the last survivor, Shinozaki Sachiko, is located in the center of this space.
However, Fang Zheng and the others also learned the truth from Guan Naixue, which shocked them. Because the person who committed the murder was not Yanagio Yoshio, the son of the principal, who was arrested for suspected kidnapping and eventually committed suicide as they saw in the news reports, but Shinozaki Sachiko who was rescued as a victim!
Not only that, according to Guan Noxue, Shinozaki Sachiko was not the "last victim" but the "first victim", because when the three of them were killed and became vengeful spirits, Tenjin Elementary School already existed in this space!
However, at that time, there was only "one" Tenjin Elementary School. It was not until Guan Noxue, Tsuji Tokiko and Yoshizawa Ryo were killed and their souls were imprisoned here and transformed into vengeful spirits that another "three" Tenjin Elementary Schools appeared, thus forming a four-circular multiple confined space.
Now everyone is in one of the four loops, Tenjin Elementary School, which is in charge of Guan Naoxue. According to Guan Naoxue, three people are in Tenjin Elementary School of Tsuji Tokiko, and the last two, one is in Tenjin Elementary School of Yoshizawa Ryo, and the other is in the core of the entire space - Tenjin Elementary School of Shinozaki Sachiko.
Guan Noxue didn't know much about Shinozaki Sachiko, after all, the three of them were killed by Shinozaki Sachiko herself. Of course, strictly speaking, Yoshizawa Ryo was the "luckiest" one, as he managed to keep his body intact except for his tongue being cut off. Guan Noxue and Tsuji Tokiko were not so lucky. Guan Noxue had her left eye poked out, and Tsuji Tokiko was even worse, having half of her head cut off alive - and because of this, among the four vengeful spirits, Tsuji Tokiko was the most introverted, and she hardly contacted anyone except Guan Noxue.
The degree of danger in the four confined spaces varies.
Yoshizawa Ryo's Tenjin Elementary School is the least dangerous. Generally speaking, as long as you don't make eye contact with him, you won't be attacked.
Guan Naixue is secondly, the main danger lies in the fact that Guan Naixue will indiscriminately attack any victim who enters her space.
Tsuji Tokiko is ranked third. The danger of her space lies in that although Tsuji Tokiko rarely appears in front of others and rarely attacks others, people who stay in Tsuji Tokiko's space will go crazy to a large extent, and then hurt themselves or attack their companions.
However, if Fang Zheng and the others wanted to convince others, then they had to do the same as Guan Naixue did at that time and find the damaged and lost parts of their bodies and return them to them.
Of course, now that Guan Naixue is here, everyone doesn't need to run around like headless flies, they just need to follow Guan Naixue to find them - in the past they were vengeful spirits, and vengeful spirits are essentially the same as lunatics who kill indiscriminately, with no self-control at all. However, now Guan Naixue has been purified by Fang Zheng and has regained consciousness, so Fang Zheng only needs to right-click to follow and automatically pick up, and then he can hang up.
Now he just hoped that the others could hold on and not die before he found them.
At this time, Katsura Kotonoha and Sekai also came to the main building with Yuka from the annex.
"Hmm... this is the main building of Tianshen Elementary School. It looks really weird..."
Looking at the shabby corridor in front of her, Sekai couldn't help but shrink her body. Before, she and Katsura Kotonoha took Yuka to search the annex from top to bottom, but they couldn't find any trace of Mochida Tetsuo. In desperation, the three of them had to follow Yuka's instructions and return to the main building to see if Mochida Tetsuo had returned here.
By the way, when the three of them were looking for Mochida Tetsuo in the annex, they returned to the second floor, but to their surprise, the boy with glasses who was knocked unconscious by Katsura Kotonoha and the bloody body of the girl were all gone, which made them feel a little scared. After all, the boy with glasses didn't look normal at all, and if he wanted to cause trouble for them, it would be too scary.
So the three of them decisively left the villa and returned to the main building.
However... there was no one here either.
“Oh…Brother…”
After several missed attempts, Yuka's eyes were a little red, and seeing her like this, the world was also panicked.
"Don't cry, Yuka, we will definitely find your brother... okay? He will be fine."
"I, I'm worried about my brother...his classmates...they're so scary..."
Yuka was getting more and more worried. She was fine. The two sisters around her were very friendly to her even though they just met for the first time. But the man with glasses gave Yuka a bad impression, and he was her brother's classmate. Although Yuka looked like a child, she was a junior high school student after all, so she naturally had the ability to think and judge for herself.
She was now worried that her brother had run into that classmate who looked a little abnormal, and was killed by him... If that was really the case...
Thinking of this, Yuka became even more worried.
"Really? Where did Mochida-san go? My sister is so worried..."
Seeing this scene, the world couldn't help but complain.
"You clearly said you'd wait for us at the entrance, but in the blink of an eye you're gone... huh?"
Having said this, the world suddenly stopped talking, and then she tilted her ear.
"Did you guys hear any noise?"
Hearing the world's question, Katsura Kotonoha and Yuka were also stunned, and hurriedly listened carefully.
"It's coming from here, it sounds like the TV!"
Shijie's ears were sharp enough to immediately find the destination, and then quickly took the two to the duty room at the end of the corridor. In front of them was a locked bright red door, and through the crack in the door, they could hear the noisy sound of the TV coming from inside.
In such a haunted place, is there anyone watching TV?
Thinking of this, the world could not help but ring the midnight ring that she had watched at Fang Zheng's house before, and she shuddered. She raised her head and looked at Gui Yanye, who happened to look at her too. The two looked at each other for a moment, then lowered their heads.
Everything is implied.
"Boom boom boom."
After hesitating for a while, Shijie decided to knock on the door. After all, they had been here for so long, and this was the only place they hadn't searched. If there was sound from the TV inside, maybe there was someone there?
Even if there is no one, and someone like Sadako comes out... so what?
Aren't they trapped here anyway?
"Excuse me, is anyone there?"
“…”
There was no response from the duty room, only the TV was still squeaking.
"Saionji-san, leave it to me."
At this moment, Katsura Kotonoha also made a decision. She took two steps back and reached out to hold the hilt of the knife again. Seeing this, Sekai also pulled Yuka back.
There was a flash of knife and the door lock opened.
"I never expected that. If I had known earlier, I should have practiced kendo..."
With a complicated look on her face, she looked at the door lock that was cut open by Gui Yanye with a knife. Shijie didn't know what to say. But she just sighed and then walked in with Yuka.
Compared to the run-down corridors and classrooms outside, the duty room was surprisingly normal. On the tatami, an old-fashioned TV was placed there, making a rustling sound. There were some sundries placed everywhere, and it looked almost the same as an ordinary room. There was no one outside, and the kitchen and bathroom inside were also empty.
"Let's take a break."
After walking back and forth like this, Sekai was also tired and couldn't help but make a suggestion. Katsura Kotonoha and Yuka also nodded.
After all, compared to the environment outside, this place is already clean enough for them to accept.
"call……"
Sitting on the tatami, everyone was tired and thirsty. Kotonoha and Sekai were fine, at least they watched the movie after eating and drinking. But Yuka was miserable. She was dragged into the movie when she was delivering an umbrella to her brother. She didn't even have dinner and had been running around in school for several hours. She was tired, sleepy and hungry...
Especially after I had just taken care of my personal hygiene problem, I felt even more uncomfortable with an empty stomach.
"Let me see if there's anything to eat."
Although he didn't hold out hope, Shijie still stood up and walked to the kitchen. He opened the small refrigerator inside and looked inside. As expected, he didn't find anything edible.
"Um?"
However, just as Shijie closed the refrigerator and stood up, her eyes inadvertently swept to the kitchen knife on the kitchen chopping board.
It was a very ordinary kitchen knife, a simple triangle, placed there, and it looked like no one had used it for a long time. But for some reason, when Shijie saw the kitchen knife for the first time, she couldn't move away. She just stared at the kitchen knife, as if it was some exquisitely crafted work of art.
“Puff!!”
Blood splattered.
Shijie raised the kitchen knife in her hand high up, and then stabbed it down with force. The sharp blade easily tore through the skin and entered the body along the gap between the bones. She could even feel the sharp blade running rampant in her body, one cut, one cut, and another.
Warm blood covered her hands, but the world seemed to never stop. She stared at the corpse beneath her, raised the kitchen knife again, and brought it down with force once more.
“Puff!!”
The chest was cut open, muddy blood flowed out, and the world reached into the wound, feeling the warmth and wriggling of the internal organs...
The feeling of being in control of life fascinated her...
Everything you have is mine.
Kasugano-kun, now, you will never leave me.
Shijie picked up the kitchen knife skillfully and began to cut the muscles and separate the bones. The thought that she would soon be able to become one with the beloved person in front of her made Shijie feel a tremor all over her body.
I will not let you go. The meat can be braised, the bones can be used to make soup, and even the internal organs can be eaten after being grilled. Only in this way...you will belong to me forever, and no one will know...you and I will merge into one, and we will never be separated again...
"Saionji-san?"
“——!!”
The voice of Katsura Kotonoha suddenly sounded, startling the world. She instinctively came to her senses and turned her head. She saw Katsura Kotonoha sitting on the tatami outside, looking at her in confusion.
"What’s wrong with you?"
"Ah, nothing, nothing... I was just daydreaming for a while."
Shijie smiled and waved her hand. Only then did she realize that her right hand had already grasped the kitchen knife without her knowing.
“…”
Seeing the kitchen knife in her hand, the world was silent for a moment, and then as if by magic, she put the kitchen knife away.
Maybe...it could be of use?