"What is it?" Lin Yi asked.
"About Song Rentou. Do you have any plans?"
"Huh? What do you mean, 'plans'?" Lin Yi froze. "Weren't we going to do what we agreed on before-give the slip of paper to the Head Teacher, then let the bullets fly?"
Tian Bufan said, "If that sound of water hadn't appeared after midnight, that would have been the right thing to do..."
"But that sound of water came from the Bathroom at one in the morning. If Song Rentou woke up then and took it for the sound of someone showering, what would happen...?"
Lin Yi stopped abruptly. The information on Song Rentou's slip of paper appeared before his eyes again, as though scrolling past.
["I saw them looking for my roommate..."]
["My roommate was showering..."]
[...]
As though guessing that Lin Yi had started thinking about Song Rentou again, Tian Bufan interrupted him. "Don't dwell on Song Rentou for now. Last night's dream already gave us a lot of information. What matters is taking the time to digest it."
As he spoke, his expression grew more serious. "As for Song Rentou, there's something very suspicious about his situation... The truth might be even stranger than what we've inferred from a single piece of paper. Be extra careful. Don't let those bullets end up flying back into you."
Lin Yi's expression tightened, and he nodded solemnly.
Tian Bufan continued, "For today's exploration... focus on talking to the Athlete Students and the Head Teacher."
"Exploring the inside of the Gymnasium is the priority, but... don't force it. Whatever you can find out is something!"
"Yeah," Lin Yi replied.
They had more or less finished exploring the Teaching Building area, while the other buildings were difficult to investigate. As a compromise, there was nothing wrong with focusing