A Role Model for Our Kind

Because of this unexpected event, the original plan to book the Explore Store had to be terminated.

The dagger pierced Night Owl's shoulder blade, causing a severe injury. After Zither-Drum Harmony gritted their teeth and pulled the dagger out, Night Owl fainted from the pain.

In the isolated Apartment, her left hand was essentially useless for the next few days.

"Alright, come in."

After bandaging the wounds of the Night Owl who had fainted from the pain and changing her clothes, Zither-Drum Harmony glanced at the motionless Weather Doll hanging on the table, then turned around and called out towards the door.

"Please elaborate, what exactly is the situation with this _book_?"

Entering the room, Bai Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the pale-faced Night Owl lying on the bed covered by a blanket.

--The accident happened so fast, less than a minute had passed since everyone went their separate ways.

"After we parted ways, we planned to go to a Name Card store. Since the Apartment had seemed quite safe during the day, we let our guard down..."

With a sigh, the Zither-Drum Harmony spoke in a somber tone.

"But what no one expected was that suddenly, something hiding in the mirror attacked us from behind... If it weren't for the Night Owl, I'm pretty sure I would have been killed."

"Did you see what the figure that attacked you looked like?"

PrayerUnderDreams glanced at the dagger that had been pulled out and placed on the table, and frowned slightly.

"Uh... no."

After a slight pause, Zither-Drum Harmony shook his head.

"The reflection in the mirror... In any case, let's be even more careful. As time goes by, the dangers around us will only increase."

He picked up the dagger on the table Heavenless Heretic, glanced at it, and sighed.

"It's best not to look in the mirror. To prevent something like this from happening again, I suggest we smash all the mirrors... But wait, that's too much of a waste of time. Just to be on the safe side, let's try smashing all the mirrors we can see."

At this point, Heavenless Heretic frowned slightly.

"... The Monster that crawled out of the poster on the wall in my room last night also came out of the mirror. The mirror must represent some kind of connection."

"Let's talk about it later. It's still early, not even 3:30 yet. There's no need to waste time here."

Bai Zhi took the dagger from Heavenless Heretic's hand, his expression noncommittal.

"The three of you continue exploring the Supermarket. Try to find a store where you can use your points by today. With three people, as long as you're careful, you shouldn't encounter any problems."

"I'll take care of the Night Owl..."

Zither-Drum Harmony had only uttered half a sentence when she saw Bai Zhi pick up a chair and sit down in front of the bed, so she silently stopped talking.

"Leave the Night Owl situation to me, you guys go ahead and do your work, but remember to be back before seven o'clock... and it's best not to go alone."

Playing with the dagger in his hand, Bai Zhi looked at the pale-faced Young Girl lying on the bed in front of him and spoke calmly.

"If you go solo, you're more likely to get ganked by the jungler."

This is room 504, which is also his room's partition.

Night Owl's Key and cards were all placed on the table. After everyone left, Bai Zhi idly looked around the room.

The room layout was similar to his room's, except that the posters on the walls had long been covered up by the Night Owl, and the bathroom door was tightly closed. After a brief inspection, Bai Zhi found serious knocking marks on it.

After glancing at the Notebook on the desk and thinking for a moment, Bai Zhi shut it down, closed it, wrapped it with tape several times, and finally stuffed it into the wardrobe.

Given her current condition, it's impossible for Night Owl to play Game at night, since her left hand is completely useless, and playing Game in this state would be extremely dangerous.

After doing all this, Bai Zhi opened the refrigerator, took out an Apple, and sat on the edge of the bed, peeling the Apple with his finely crafted dagger while pondering in his mind.

A breakthrough has emerged to break the previous deadlock. Although this breakthrough has shrouded everything in a hazy the Mist, seeing the Mist is better than seeing nothing at all.

He didn't intend to deliberately create a chain of suspicion, but the current developments seemed to be intentionally leading him into it... What exactly did the Night Owl mean by the sentence on the note he received earlier?

Is there really something wrong with Heavenless Heretic? He didn't see anything, and after what happened with Night Owl, he also saw Heavenless Heretic on his way there... Hmm?

Thinking of this, Bai Zhi's brows twitched suddenly, and then he turned his head to look at the Night Owl who had opened his eyes on the bed.

"You're awake?"

"Almost... hiss--"

The moment she tried to move even slightly, the excruciating pain emanating from her left shoulder made the Night Owl gasp.

"It takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone; you should just stay in bed and rest."

Bai Zhi glanced at the other person, then peeled the Apple with lightning speed, leaving a long strip of Apple connected together.

"There's no one else here now, and I have a few questions I want to ask you. You should know what I want to ask you, right?"

"That note, right? Of course I know."

Looking at the Apple that was almost peeled in Bai Zhi's hand as he sat on the edge of the bed, Night Owl muttered to himself as he reached out from under the covers to take it.

"I suspect that Heavenless has already been..."

"Huh? Why are you looking at me like that?"

Taking a bite of the peeled Apple in his hand, Bai Zhi looked at the unusually complicated gaze directed at him by the Young Girl in front of him and asked her a question with a hint of curiosity.

"..."

So, the Apple you're holding wasn't originally meant for me?

Seeing the half-eaten Apple in the other person's hand, the Night Owl's right hand, which had been extended from under the covers, froze in mid-air.

"Hmm..."

Looking down at the Young Girl's hand sticking out from under the covers, Bai Zhi thought for a moment and then thoughtfully placed the long string of Apple from his own hand into hers.

"Here, eat slowly."

Night Owl:"???"