Yukinoshita's Correction Method

To avoid students needing to prepare mentally and to make the activity more exciting, the departure time for each group was determined by the high school students themselves.

"Next up is this team," Hayama Hayato pointed in a direction. "Let's go."

The children gasped in surprise, and the team whose name was called stood up and walked to the starting line.

At the entrance Saika Totsuka gave simple instructions to the elementary school students. She was a little nervous at first, but became more and more skilled after guiding a few groups. "Please go to the shrine deep in the forest to retrieve the talisman."

One squad after another set off, until finally Rumi Tsurumi's squad was left.

This is the real purpose behind the high school students specifying the starting order.

Everyone else was chatting excitedly, but Rumi Tsurumi stayed quietly in a corner.

Finally, they entered the forest as the last small group.

They chatted and laughed along the way, and occasionally shouted excitedly when they heard strange noises in the forest.

Rumi Tsurumi followed behind them, her lips pressed tightly together, consciously keeping a step's distance.

Wu walked to the fork in the road. The person in the lead glanced curiously at the road blocked by traffic cones, and then walked onto the bend.

The people behind followed suit.

Rumi Tsurumi glanced at her strangely, her lips moved, but in the end she said nothing.

"Roar~" Yui Yuigahama jumped out from under the shade of the tree, "I'm going to eat you all up~~"

The elementary school students were not frightened at all; in fact, they laughed out loud.

"It's an older sister!" "Not scary at all!" "Such a cliché way of scaring people..." "She's dressed normally!"

"Okay..." Yui Yuigahama slumped her shoulders in disappointment. "We didn't scare anyone at all. By the way, were you the last group?"

"That's right," one of the elementary school students answered.

"Then my work is finished." Yui Yuigahama picked up a cloak from the side and put it on. "I'll go with you guys, waaaah... it's so cold~"

Rumi Tsurumi stared at Yui Yuigahama with a searching look in her eyes, but she never asked a question.

Not far ahead, they encountered the Hina Ebina, shaking a tree branch. "With reverence, I pray to High Plain of Heaven... Huh? It's already over... How fast! I'll go with you."

Further on, a white figure stood in the woods, the bright moonlight illuminating her white skin and long black hair, causing the elementary school students to hold their breath.

"Hmm?" Yukino Yukinoshita's icy gaze swept over them, causing the elementary school students to involuntarily shrink back. "The last group? Come with me."

In the deep, dark forest, the elementary school students were completely unable to resist the ghostly snow woman, and could only obediently follow behind, moving forward... forward... forward... huh?

Haven't we already walked through here once?

Chapter 354 Endless Loop

The elementary school students noticed something was wrong and whispered among themselves, wondering who should ask. Yui Yuigahama spoke first, "Little Yukino, are we lost?"

"No," Yukino Yukinoshita replied calmly, "I made the right decision."

Hina Ebina looked around. "But..."

Yukino Yukinoshita's voice carried an undeniable authority. "I am on the right path."

"But we just walked through here once..." a primary school student said timidly.

"It seems like it's happened more than once..." another elementary school student added.

"Following the normal route, we should have arrived long ago."

"I feel so tired, this is the mystery..." The fourth elementary school student was only halfway through his sentence when he felt Yukino Yukinoshita and couldn't continue.

Rumi Tsurumi looked at Yukino Yukinoshita with a puzzled expression.

Yukino Yukinoshita didn't seem to be lying, and the confidence she exuded didn't seem fake.

But they did indeed wander around in the woods for a long time.

"Actually... I just realized it." Hina Ebina's voice trembled slightly. "We're on the right path, but we just can't seem to find our way out."

"You... you're scaring me..." Yui Yuigahama's voice was tense. "How could this be..."

"It's still possible." A cold glint flashed in Hina Ebina's glasses. "For example... disappearing into the shadows."

The elementary school student asked, puzzled, "What's that?"

"That's... how yokai hide people." Hina Ebina hugged her shoulders, her body slightly curled up. "Yokai will trap people in one place and keep them in that place in a loop until they are full."

"How... how could that be..." The elementary school student was clearly panicked. "Monsters and stuff..."

Whoosh--!

The bushes suddenly swayed, making a distinct sound, as if something had suddenly darted through the forest.

The elementary school students screamed in surprise and huddled together in a panic, shining their flashlights in the direction of the sound, only to see swaying tree branches.

"I... I understand!" The elementary school student stared at the high school students. "This is Test of Courage! You're just trying to scare us. I don't believe in disappearing spirits..."

"Disappeared by divine intervention?" Yukino Yukinoshita narrowed her cold eyes slightly. "I don't believe in such things either."

Hina Ebina frowned deeply. "But we just can't get out of here!"

"Whether he really disappeared or not..." Yui Yuigahama took a deep breath, "I'll go ahead and scout ahead. You guys keep an eye on me, and if anything happens to me, shout a warning."

Rumi Tsurumi reached out to stop her, but seeing Yukino Yukinoshita nod in agreement, she didn't say anything more.

Yui Yuigahama, cloaked, walked alone into the distance, the devil horns on her head glowing red.

The woods were dense, and with only a flashlight providing illumination, her figure appeared and disappeared among the tree trunks.

As the figure receded into the distance, Yukino Yukinoshita took the lead. "Let's follow her, keeping her within our sight."

The others quickly followed, their eyes and flashlights constantly tracking the lone figure ahead.

As they walked, the elementary school students gradually realized something was wrong.

It seems like something... is following behind.

"Ah!!!" The terrified screams of the elementary school students mingled together, mixed with another panicked voice.

"Don't, don't be afraid! It's me!" The dark figure became clearer in the flashlight beam, revealing a cloak covering its body and glowing red horns. "It's me, Yui Yuigahama. How did you get ahead of me?"

"No, it wasn't us..." The elementary school students turned their flashlights forward in terror, but they couldn't see the figures that had been following them.

"How could this be..." "They were just in front of us..." The elementary school students grew increasingly panicked. "No way..." "What on earth is going on..."

They followed Yui Yuigahama at a considerable distance.

But why is Yui Yuigahama appearing behind them?

"Could it be..." Hina Ebina murmured absently, "[Head-Biter]?"

The elementary school student was on the verge of tears. "What is Head-Biter?!"

"It's a monster whose tail bites its head..." Hina Ebina's voice was low and menacing, sounding even more terrifying in the dark forest. "The Head-Biter will connect its head and tail together, trapping a person to death in a stretch of road."

"No, it's impossible!" "How could there be such a monster?" "It's all fake..." "Waaaaah..."

"Let's try again!" Yui Yuigahama turned around. "If it really is Head-Biter, then I should try going in the opposite direction... Anyway, let's give it a try."

Amidst the panicked gazes of the elementary school students, Yui Yuigahama where she had come from.

Wrapped in a cloak, with her Yui Yuigahama appeared and disappeared among the trees, gradually moving further and further away.

Just as they were about to disappear from sight, the group immediately gave chase.

This time everyone walked very quietly, constantly watching their backs and shining their flashlights behind them from time to time.

We walked like that for a while...

Footsteps suddenly sounded.

The elementary school students were startled and turned around abruptly. The beam of their flashlights illuminated Yui Yuigahama, who had appeared behind them.

"It's happening again..." Yui Yuigahama blankly.

The elementary school students were even more terrified, even though they could clearly see Yui Yuigahama's figure right in front of them.

In the blink of an eye, Yui Yuigahama appeared behind them.

Could it really be that monster named Head-Biter that connected the beginning and end of a road?

"What do we do...?" "Is it really impossible to get out?" "Why us...?" "Is... is there any way?"

The elementary school students' attention was focused on Hina Ebina.

Hina Ebina took a deep breath and tried to calm her voice. "There are limits to how yokai attack humans. Only people with certain special qualities will be targeted as prey by specific yokai."

"What trait?" a primary school student asked impatiently.

"Head-Biter targets those who refuse to help those in distress, and those who conceal or deceive." Hina Ebina's glasses reflected the light. "There are such people among us, which is why Head-Biter has targeted us."

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Wherever Hina Ebina's gaze fell, the elementary school students turned their heads away guiltily, not daring to meet her eyes.

Chapter 355 Fables

"Head-Biter can't prey on people who don't have the corresponding traits, so by eliminating our traits, Head-Biter can't eat us." Hina Ebina lowered her voice. "If it can't eat us, trapping us is just a waste of its power. Head-Biter doesn't want to waste its power, it will have to let us go."

"But how do we erase that...?" "Refusal to help and concealment/deception..." The elementary school student's panic was mixed with confusion. "Does it mean I have to prove I wouldn't do that kind of thing?" "How do I prove that kind of thing...?"

"To stand by and watch someone die..." Yui Yuigahama looked around. "Right now, we're the only ones in danger. We'll definitely save each other. But what about hiding it from each other...?"

Rumi Tsurumi Rumi's eyes flickered slightly as she turned her gaze to Yukino Yukinoshita.

"I like biting my boyfriend's shoulder." Yukino Yukinoshita said this in a barely inflected voice, then walked off in one direction.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, they walked further and further away, finally disappearing into the woods.

Almost the instant her figure disappeared, everyone simultaneously looked behind them.

Behind them was a quiet forest, Yukino Yukinoshita, who had disappeared, did not reappear.

"She didn't come back!" "She went out?" The elementary school students immediately realized, "It's a secret!" "Tell us your secret!"

"Yes... yes!" Yui Yuigahama blinked her big eyes. "As long as I tell one of my secrets, I can prove that I haven't been hiding anything or lying, and then I can leave!"

"It seems so." Hina Ebina sighed. "So, who's next?"

The elementary school students looked at each other, when suddenly one of them had a bright idea. "If one person speaks and the others follow, we can get out, right?"

"Huh... wait?" Yui Yuigahama's expression froze. "Is... is that so?"

"Well..." Hina Ebina adjusted her glasses, "I'll give it a try... I like seeing boys with boys."

After saying this, Hina Ebina walked forward.

The others immediately followed, afraid that if they were even a step too slow, Hina Ebina would disappear.

In the dark forest, the sound of footsteps overlapped.

As the flashlight beam swayed, the shadows of the tree branches stretched out like twisted claws in the moonlight.

Accompanied by a faint sound... No!

It wasn't a faint sound, but rather footsteps that were getting closer and closer.

Something was rapidly approaching from behind. The beam of the flashlight shone through and they could clearly see the branches shaking violently as they moved from a distance toward the group.

The hurried footsteps, accompanied by the Sasa of branches and leaves, grew closer and closer.

"Ah!!!" A scream, whose identity was unclear, rang out, and the footsteps stopped abruptly.

Everyone held their breath, staring intently at the spot where the sound had disappeared.

What's there... wait!

The Head-Biter connects the beginning and end of a path.

If the footsteps you hear are coming from behind, then the monster must be on... the other side!

A rapid sound suddenly rang out from another direction, as if some eerie force was rapidly approaching.

Amidst the sharp, shrill cries of other elementary school students, Rumi Tsurumi had already raised her digital camera. Accompanied by a series of mechanical clicks, a dazzling light burst forth from the darkness—a flash!

A faint mournful cry echoed from the woods, the chaotic sounds quickly fading into the distance.

"Now's the time!" Rumi Tsurumi grabbed a classmate next to her and ran out.

"Huh?" Yui Yuigahama paused for a moment, then immediately followed.

The others realized what was happening and followed suit.