In the long-abandoned theater, the lights at the unmanned ticket window were blazing, while the old ticket machine creaked and clattered, spitting out red paper tickets from thin air. The scene was undeniably eerie, yet Little Red Riding Hood seemed to have seen it countless times before and simply waited nearby with a calm expression.
A few seconds later, the old-fashioned ticket punch stopped creaking, and three connected admission tickets dropped inside the window.
Little Red Riding Hood froze for a moment. Instead of reaching for the tickets, she knocked on the glass of the ticket window again. "Wait, we need four tickets! Four people entering!"
However, there was no movement inside the ticket window. Two or three seconds later, just as Little Red Riding Hood was about to knock on the glass again, the lights in the booth flickered several times before going dark once more.
Only three red paper tickets remained, lying quietly in the dust-covered window.
Yu Sheng stared at the scene in astonishment. After counting the people present, he looked at Little Red Riding Hood in confusion. "...What's going on?"
"I don't know. This has never happened before." Little Red Riding Hood sounded hesitant. She reached in and took the tickets, her gaze sweeping over Yu Sheng, Huli, and Eileen. "The entrance to the 'Museum' has communicative properties. At every hour and half hour after sunset, it can accurately identify and respond to qualified requests for entry. There's never been a situation where it 'deliberately made a mistake.'"
Yu Sheng frowned. His gaze passed over the four people, himself included, twice. Then he suddenly paused, his eyes settling on Eileen.
The little doll twisted her body. "...What?"
Yu Sheng sounded a little hesitant. "...Children under one meter tall enter free?"
Eileen froze for a moment before