Chapter 118: Sister's Debt, Sister's Repayment
Facing the pale little boy's refusal, Lin Ye spoke bluntly, "Is it that you can't do it, or that you don't want to do it?"
"I can't do it."
He shook his head in denial.
"Three days. In three days, the teacher will return. She won't die, so..."
"Take me to see her."
The little boy seemed to realize something, his eyes slowly widening, making his already prominent eyes even more noticeable. Blood vessels spread across them like a web. "So... you like Teacher Fujibayashi."
Lin Ye didn't explain. There was no need to explain to a supernatural entity.
"The rules of the game are simple," the little boy continued. "Guess which hand the candy is in. Best two out of three. If you guess correctly twice, I'll take you to see Teacher Fujibayashi."
"Guess! Left hand or right hand? Guess correctly twice, and you can see the Teacher Fujibayashi you like so much."
"Five..."
"Four."
Lin Ye glanced at him and said, "Left hand."
The little boy opened his left hand.
A candy lay quietly in his palm.
"Wow! You're amazing! You're so lucky! Teacher Fujibayashi never guessed it right even once!"
The little boy danced around, more excited than if he had won himself.
"Now... round two."
He immediately put both hands behind his back, fumbling around for a while before bringing them back in front. "Left hand or right hand? Five-second countdown."
His smile was bright, but the blood from the wound on his forehead dripped down his cheek.
"Left hand... probably not..."
Lin Ye's right hand gripped the little boy's right wrist. "It doesn't seem to be there either."
The touch was icy, devoid of any warmth.
"Which one? Guess quickly!"
The little boy urged, seeming to grow impatient.
"Neither hand has it."
In an instant, the little boy froze.
"Open both hands."
A liquid dripped from his forehead blood, or perhaps sweat.
Under the pale white light,
the little boy slowly opened his left hand. It was empty. Then... he began to open his right hand. At that moment, a smile spread across his face.
"It's in the right..."
But as he opened his hand, he realized the candy he had just placed in his right hand was gone, vanished without a trace.
"Neither hand has it, right?"
Lin Ye asked with a smile.
"You..."
The little boy was about to accuse him, but Lin Ye's voice cut him off.
"So, guess where the candy is now?"
The little boy was drenched in sweat.
This guy... he's really troublesome!
Lin Ye released the little boy's hand and stared coldly at him. "Take me to see her."
Click...
The classroom door opened.
"Let's go out first."
Lin Ye didn't move, his gaze unwavering. "Take me to see her."
The little boy's heart churned even more.
I can't trick him into leaving!
"Teacher Fujibayashi will be back in three days."
"Oh?"
"I'm telling the truth. That place is dangerous. Even if you're a supernatural player, there's a high chance you'll die there."
He put on a concerned expression, as if genuinely worried for Lin Ye's safety.
"One last time. Take me to see her. Take me to see Kyou Fujibayashi."
Lin Ye's words were firm, without a hint of hesitation.
Supernatural entities also had to follow rules. They could set traps, deceive with words, and mislead, but they could never break the rules. Violating the rules would result in backlash.
"Don't blame me if you die."
The pale little boy cursed under his breath, then reached into his small black backpack. After rummaging around for a while, he pulled out a ticket.
Rip!
He handed it to Lin Ye.
"Here, hold onto it. After this, I'll take you to Tenmachi Elementary."
Lin Ye took it.
The supernatural game interface displayed relevant information.
[Visit Ticket (Sub Ticket) – Tenmachi Elementary]
[Type: Item (Supernatural Object Derivative)]
[Ability: Using this ticket will allow entry into the Otherworldly Tenmachi Elementary. Activity time is two hours. This item is a one-time use item.]
...
A supernatural object derivative, similar to the movie ticket for "Elite High School." Using the sub-ticket allowed entry to a specified location.
"Where's the main ticket?"
"There isn't one."
The little boy explained, "This is a ticket the teacher gave us to invite people willing to visit Tenmachi Elementary. So far, you're the only one who's willing to go."
"Didn't you use a visit ticket to take Kyou Fujibayashi away?"
"She lost the game, so I could send her directly to Tenmachi Elementary."
There was clearly a difference between the two, likely the distinction between a captive and a guest, or even a visitor.
"You can still back out now."
The little boy warned.
But Lin Ye's calm expression gave him the answer. He took Lin Ye's hand.
A moment later,
a prompt appeared before Lin Ye's eyes.
[Yamashita Sawa invites you to visit the Otherworldly Tenmachi Elementary together. You may use the 'Visit Ticket' to accompany him. Do you accept the invitation and proceed?]
"Accept."
With the "Supernatural Game" reminder, there was some assurance.
But what if it were an ordinary person? Would they still be able to guarantee entry to Tenmachi Elementary?
In the next moment,
Lin Ye's vision shifted.
His body felt weightless, and with a snap, he passed through a thin barrier, entering another world.
The next second,
Lin Ye felt his feet touch solid ground. His eyes focused, and the scenery ahead gradually became clear.
The words "Tenmachi Elementary" came into view. Lin Ye took a breath, feeling the turbid air, and realized he had once again entered the Otherworld.
"This way."
The little boy, named Yamashita Sawa, was already inside the school gate.
Lin Ye observed his surroundings before following.
For now, he would follow.
Meeting Kyou Fujibayashi shouldn't be a problem. The real issue was how to get her out of here.
"Where is Kyou Fujibayashi?"
"People who are sent here usually end up in the infirmary."
The infirmary? Not the faculty office or a classroom, but the infirmary?
Lin Ye pondered for a moment.
Tap, tap, tap...
The little boy led the way, his footsteps echoing. Lin Ye followed, maintaining a two-meter distance.
Tenmachi Elementary wasn't much different from a typical elementary school. The buildings had a standard school design, with a gray, overcast sky. The structures and pathways were shrouded in a gloomy atmosphere.
The occasional flickering lights added an eerie touch.
But for Lin Ye, who had been to Elite High School, the atmosphere didn't feel much different. The environment didn't affect him.
The little boy crossed the front courtyard.
Suddenly, two figures ran out.
A boy and a girl. The boy's eyes were pitch black, deep and devoid of pupils. The girl seemed normal at first glance, but when she opened her mouth, a second mouth was revealed.
But this slight anomaly didn't stir much emotion in Lin Ye.
The two children ran toward him.
Lin Ye remained calm but mentally prepared himself for danger.
As a human in this place, he could be attacked by supernatural entities at any moment.
A few seconds later,
the two children approached. Their playful running stopped as they stood in front of the pale little boy.
"Yamashita, you're back?"
"Yeah."
"Where's the teacher?"
"She didn't come back."
The little boy seemed to let out a sigh of relief. Clearly, facing that "teacher" was a source of immense pressure for him, and he didn't want to deal with her.
The two children quickly turned their attention to Lin Ye.
"Is he... a human? Did you invite him, Yamashita?"
Facing the questions from his companions, the little boy grinned and said, "I tricked him into coming."
In an instant, the atmosphere changed.
Lin Ye immediately bolted.
There was a big difference between being "invited" and being "tricked."
If the little boy had said he was invited, Lin Ye would still be considered a guest here, and the other two children might not have immediately resorted to violence.
But being "tricked" was a different story.
"Roar..."
"Growl..."
In that moment,
the quiet campus was filled with loud, chaotic noises.
The boy with black eyes transformed, sprouting two additional arms from his back. The sound of his hands clapping, dong dong..., seemed to announce his newfound strength.
Meanwhile, the little girl's long tongue shot out from her second mouth and quickly retracted.
"He's a supernatural player. His soul is stronger. If we offer him to the teacher, she'll definitely be happy."
In truth, the pale little boy didn't need to say anything. The other two already knew what they had to do.
Capturing this human and offering him to the teacher was their goal.
Especially since the pale little boy knew that he had failed in the game and brought a human into Tenmachi Elementary. If he didn't capture this supernatural player, the teacher would surely scold him harshly and punish him severely.
Just the thought of the teacher's punishment made the little boy shake his head vigorously.
Thud...
A tongue lashed out toward Lin Ye, who dodged with a sharp turn. Crack... The wall behind him splintered.
The destructive power was no joke.
Lin Ye ran as fast as he could while simultaneously observing his surroundings.
The infirmary where was the infirmary?
After running for a while and causing such a commotion,
Lin Ye still hadn't seen any other supernatural entities. He tentatively concluded that there were only these three supernatural beings in Tenmachi Elementary for now.
Three was already enough to surround him.
Suddenly, Lin Ye spotted a familiar figure ahead the pale little boy.
"You haven't taken me to see Kyou Fujibayashi yet."
"Teacher Fujibayashi is in the school. I've already brought you here to find her. Just come quietly, and I'll take you to her."
Lin Ye chuckled.
He turned and ran in another direction, only to find the four-armed boy blocking his path.
Lin Ye was now surrounded from three sides.
"Don't worry,"
"you won't die,"
"stop resisting."
"You can't escape."
...
...
The three children slowly closed in.
Lin Ye looked at them and said, "How about we make a deal? Let me see her first."
"How about you take a nap first?"
Clearly, the pale little boy wasn't taking any chances.
With ordinary humans, they might have been more trusting, but this was a supernatural player, someone with all sorts of special abilities and tricks.
They had to be thorough.
Lin Ye sighed softly. "Well, I was planning to keep up the act a little longer,"
The three children paused,
"But I guess I'll come clean I'm actually really strong."
The three children: ???
The pale little boy was the first to laugh. "Oh really? Show us how strong you are."
But in the next second, Lin Ye disappeared.
"Where did he go?"
The little boy asked, and the other two children nearby were equally confused.
In the blink of an eye, Lin Ye had vanished.
"Yamashita, on your body..."
Suddenly,
the little girl noticed something and called out.
"Huh?"
He looked down.
There was something small and black attached to him.
In an instant,
his eyes widened.
It was... a grenade!
Boom...
A loud explosion rang out.
Boom boom... Two more followed.
By then,
Lin Ye was already over thirty meters away, listening to the echoes of the explosions.
"Three grenades. If that doesn't kill them, or at least injure them, then I'll have to reconsider my approach."
But Lin Ye didn't receive any notifications from the game.
If the pale little boy had been killed or dealt with, the game should have sent a "mission complete" notification.
But it seemed that eliminating the little boy wouldn't be so simple.
"My goal here is to rescue someone."
Only after that would he consider how to deal with the supernatural entities.
Lin Ye kept running without stopping. As he turned a corner, he finally spotted the sign for the infirmary.
"Found it."
Lin Ye ran over.
He reached the infirmary door and grasped the handle with his left hand.
He didn't rush to open it. Instead, he used his x-ray vision ability.
If there were any hidden supernatural entities, he would see them immediately.
The interior of the infirmary was revealed in Lin Ye's vision.
From the outside, the infirmary looked small, but the inside was surprisingly spacious, completely disproportionate to its exterior.
White curtains divided the room, creating barriers around the beds.
Lin Ye continued using his x-ray vision skill, but his eyes began to ache. He rubbed them with his right hand.
"The farther the distance and the more obstacles, the more the strain increases exponentially. It's exhausting."
It was a limitation of his current level of x-ray vision.
Lin Ye turned the handle with his right hand and stepped inside.
At the very least, he was certain that aside from the people lying on the beds, there were no supernatural entities present.
On the second-to-last bed lay Kyou Fujibayashi.
As Lin Ye walked, he pulled back the curtains, quickly scanning the other patients. Even though he was sure Kyou Fujibayashi was on the second-to-last bed, he still checked the others, hoping to gather more clues.
The people lying on the beds looked pale, occasionally frowning or changing expressions, as if trapped in nightmares.
Soon,
Lin Ye reached Kyou Fujibayashi's bed.
Swish!
He pulled back the curtain and saw her familiar, delicate face.
"Fujibayashi,"
"Fujibayashi, wake up."
Calling out to her didn't work.
Lin Ye considered shaking her awake but decided to test it on the person in the neighboring bed first.
"Wake up, wake up..."
But the older woman remained unconscious, showing no signs of waking.
"They can't be awakened."
Lin Ye checked the area but found nothing unusual. He then turned his attention to Kyou Fujibayashi, conducting a similar inspection. Again, he found nothing out of the ordinary.
How could he wake her up?
He had no idea.
"Let's get out of here first."
If the three children had any brains, they would have realized by now that he'd come to the infirmary. They might even be waiting outside, ready to ambush him when he left.
"I hope that's not the case."
Lin Ye reached out and grabbed Kyou Fujibayashi, supporting her body as he prepared to carry her out.
"Guest, you can't do that."
A calm, almost watery voice spoke up.
Lin Ye immediately turned his attention to the tenth bed. With a creak of the bed frame, a figure sat up. Swish! The figure appeared.
It was a woman dressed in black casual clothes. She casually took a white lab coat hanging nearby and draped it over herself.
Lin Ye immediately recognized her identity
the school doctor.
The school doctor smiled warmly, but her eyes were sharp and cold.
"You can't take my patient without my permission."
"She's my friend."
"No, you can't!"
The female school doctor shook her head.
"How am I supposed to take her away?"
Hearing Lin Ye's question, the female school doctor's interest peaked, her lips curling into a smile.
"It's simple! Just give her a shot."
She didn't seem worried about Lin Ye taking Kyou Fujibayashi away. Instead, she walked straight to a cabinet in the distance, opened it, and took out a vial and a syringe.
Soon,
she returned to Lin Ye's side, her expression growing even more delighted.
"Once the guest receives the injection and wakes up, you can take her away! Really, I promise you, there's no lie in my words."
Can you trust such eerie words?
You can, but not entirely.
"What is this?"
Lin Ye looked at the reddish-purple substance inside the vial and asked.
"Nightmare. It's a good thing. Injecting it will give you beautiful dreams!"
Beautiful dreams?
Looking at Kyou Fujibayashi's current expression, it didn't seem like she was having a beautiful dream at all.
"Occasionally, there might be nightmares."
The probability of nightmares seemed quite high.
Nine people injected, nine nightmares that's a 100% rate.
"So, what will the guest choose? Leave immediately? Or take the injection and then leave with your friend?"
"Of course, I want to take her away. But after we leave here, how do we return to reality?"
"That's a secret!"
"I can give you a shot."
"After the injection, I'll tell you."
"..."
Lin Ye felt that this female school doctor probably didn't know the answer.
"Alright, I can take the injection, but I need you to wake my friend up first. Only then will I take it."
"Oh!"
The female school doctor stared at Lin Ye for a moment. Lin Ye spoke again, "If you keep staring at me like that, I'll feel embarrassed."
She was taken aback, then her smile brightened.
"Alright! Since the guest is so interesting, I'll make an exception."
She went back and retrieved a blue reagent.
Soon, the syringe was filled with the blue liquid.
"It's not poisonous, is it?"
"Of course not! It's all-natural and has no side effects. However... she'll still need to sleep for a while until the effects of the nightmare wear off."
Lin Ye had no choice but to believe her.
If she really wanted to harm Kyou Fujibayashi, he wouldn't be able to tell.
"Inject her first,"
Lin Ye pointed to the person on the neighboring bed.
"You're quite a troublesome guest."
But the female school doctor didn't refuse. Instead, she injected the blue liquid into the middle-aged woman on the neighboring bed.
In less than ten seconds,
Lin Ye saw the woman's furrowed brows relax, and her entire body seemed to release a sense of ease.
It seemed to be true.
"Alright, now it's time to inject your friend."
The female school doctor administered the injection, her movements skilled and without a hint of hesitation.
Kyou Fujibayashi's expression gradually softened, and her slightly tense body relaxed.
The female school doctor turned to Lin Ye, "For you, guest, I've paid a great price. So now, it's your turn to receive the injection."
But seeing that Lin Ye didn't move or respond, the female school doctor's expectant expression slowly changed. Her emotions seemed to be stirred by something, and her tone grew colder and more agitated.
"Guest, guest... you're not thinking of breaking our agreement, are you?"
"Right? Right? Right?"
"Breaking the agreement... fine,"
"I can force... it, hehehe..."
Her lips twisted, her beautiful eyes bulging, her gaze fixed on Lin Ye like a dead fish's. Her appearance and demeanor had completely changed.
Her ferocious face grew increasingly pale, appearing extremely eerie.
Lin Ye confirmed his suspicion.
Without his consent, the female school doctor couldn't inject him. But once an agreement was reached, she gained the right to administer the injection.
If he completely refused, she could enforce it.
Rules were good. Eerie beings with rules were the easiest to deal with.
"Of course not. I always keep my promises. If I said I'd take the injection, I will."
With those words,
the female school doctor returned to her initial state, as if the grotesque transformation earlier had been an illusion.
"Is that so? I misunderstood you, guest. I apologize."
"Your apology doesn't seem very sincere."
"Eh? Then how can I show sincerity?"
"By gently injecting the nightmare, of course."
Seeing Lin Ye roll up his sleeve and extend his arm, the female school doctor's smile brightened. She licked her red lips, her charm eyes fixed on Lin Ye. "I like this."
"Guest, I really like people like you."
She gripped the syringe, ready to inject.
But at that moment,
Lin Ye grabbed her wrist, causing the female school doctor to freeze.
"It's my turn to inject you."
"Huh?"
In an instant, the female school doctor felt the syringe disappear from her right hand. She was startled, a surge of emotion rising within her. The next second, she saw Lin Ye holding the syringe in his right hand, thrusting it toward her.
"Thud..."
Lin Ye was pushed back.
"Guest, you, you..."
"Injection, right? As agreed, I'll inject the nightmare, but I'll be the one injecting you."
"That's not what we agreed on."
"You misunderstood."
"You..."
The female school doctor's expression changed, her form briefly taking on a more eerie appearance.
Lin Ye felt a pang of regret.
His earlier miss meant he had to use time-stop again.
"Time-stop, activate."
The second time-stop.
Everything fell into silence once more.
The female school doctor was completely still.
Lin Ye injected the nightmare reagent into the female school doctor's neck, then immediately picked up Kyou Fujibayashi and moved away, ensuring he was out of reach in case the female school doctor went berserk after time resumed.
In the final few seconds, Lin Ye approached the medicine cabinet and saw two purple nightmare reagents and a blue one. He quickly grabbed them and stuffed them into his waist pouch.
Fifteen seconds passed quickly.
Time resumed its flow.
The female school doctor noticed Lin Ye was gone, and Kyou Fujibayashi was no longer on the bed.
"Where..."
Her gaze swept across the room, quickly locking onto the farthest bed.
"There."
Once she confirmed, her emotions surged as she took a step forward.
'Clang...'
The next second,
she felt an overwhelming fatigue, waves of drowsiness washing over her.
"It's... the nightmare..."
"When... how..."
When had she been injected? Why hadn't she noticed at all?
'Thud...' She collapsed to the ground. Lin Ye appeared in the distance, watching her. The female school doctor struggled to lift her head, her eyes filled with anger and resentment.
"Have a good sleep. Experience the nightmares you've inflicted on others."
Finally,
the female school doctor couldn't hold on any longer and closed her eyes, falling asleep.
"It works pretty fast."
But Lin Ye didn't approach.
He couldn't be sure if the female school doctor was truly asleep or just pretending to lure him closer.
So,
he kept his distance, not daring to get any closer.
"For now, let's rest here for a while."
Lin Ye used his x-ray vision ability to see the three children outside the door.
The three children were chatting happily, as if they were certain he was done for inside the infirmary.
For Lin Ye, this was actually a good thing.
"Time-stop needs time to cool down,"
"Kyou Fujibayashi needs time to wake up,"
"And I need time to rest."
"Then let's rest in the school infirmary for now!"
Lin Ye wasn't in a hurry anymore.
He tidied up a bed, letting the original user and the sleeping person next to them squeeze together on one.
Kyou Fujibayashi lay quietly, the occasional twitch of her lips seeming to indicate her satisfaction with the dream. Lin Ye, looking at her sleeping face, couldn't help but mutter, "You're sleeping comfortably, huh? Wake up soon."
Lin Ye had tried calling out to her, but Kyou Fujibayashi wouldn't wake up. All he could do was wait patiently.
"Because of you, I've suffered a huge loss this time. You'll have to compensate me properly. If you don't, then your sister Fujibayashi Ryou will have to pay your debt. Sister's debt, sister pays."
Lin Ye keenly noticed Kyou Fujibayashi's eyelashes twitch. He thought it might be a sign that she was waking up, but after testing it, he realized it was just a reaction to the mention of her sister's name, "Fujibayashi Ryou."
"You really are a full-blown siscon."
Half an hour passed,
Lin Ye still hadn't seen Kyou Fujibayashi wake up. Instead, he heard a knock on the door.
"Teacher, it's me, Yamashita."
He glanced over and saw the pale little boy waiting nervously outside the door.
They were all terrified of the female school doctor in the infirmary.
"Couldn't resist coming to check on things?"
Well, he might as well let them in.
Lin Ye walked to the door and clicked it open.
The sight of the open infirmary door made the little boy tremble as he stepped inside.
Thud…
The boy was suddenly kicked flying.
"Teacher, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have come to disturb you…"
The boy, now on the ground, cried out.
But when he shakily looked up, he was shocked to see Lin Ye smiling at him.
"Where's the teacher?!"
"Dead."
"No way."
"She's dead. And you're next."
"Save me…"
Instinctively, the pale boy screamed, completely forgetting to resist or fight back.
The two children outside, a boy and a girl, roared as they charged in. The moment they saw Lin Ye, they glared at him furiously. One swung a fist, while the other stuck out her tongue.
Whoosh… The sounds of their attacks filled the air.
But none of them hit.
They soon realized that Lin Ye had disappeared again.
"Where did he go?"
"When did the door close?"
"Ugh…"
Clang… Clang…
At that moment,
The pale boy watched as his two companions fell to the ground one after the other. He, too, felt a heavy weight pressing down on his body, and a wave of drowsiness washed over him.
"It's… a nightmare."
This feeling, he knew it well!
He was about to fall into the dream world once again.
His consciousness scattered, his head felt unbearably heavy, and finally, he succumbed to a deep sleep.
Meanwhile, Lin Ye, carrying Kyou Fujibayashi on his back, walked through the empty, lifeless school grounds.
"So heavy…"
"You should really lose some weight."
Feeling the soft yet overwhelming pressure of the girl on his back, Lin Ye couldn't help but complain.
The two sisters were really alike softness, smoothness, and even the faint, lingering fragrance were almost identical.
"As expected of twin sisters."
Lin Ye sighed.
Tap… tap… tap…
A figure carrying a girl walked through Tenmachi Elementary School.
Under the dim sky, a few bright streetlights cast Lin Ye's elongated shadow into the distance.
Along the way,
Lin Ye didn't encounter any other strange occurrences.
His luck was holding out.
"Let's get out of here first."
While in the infirmary, Lin Ye had taken out the movie ticket for Kyoto Private Elite High School and the invitation to the Royal Casino, but both indicated that they were currently in an "unusable" area.
Clearly,
He needed to leave Tenmachi Elementary School and reach a usable area to activate these tickets.
"I only have an hour left. If you don't wake up within this hour, you'll have to stay in this world."
If Kyou Fujibayashi didn't wake up, they wouldn't be able to use the tickets to leave this place and head to safety.
As for returning to reality?
Lin Ye hadn't figured that out yet.
Apart from thinking about the "Return Ticket" from the Royal Casino, he couldn't think of any other items that could help.
But the "Return Ticket" required going to the Royal Casino, and Kyou Fujibayashi needed to wake up first to use it.
He decided that after leaving Tenmachi Elementary School, he would call for Miyuki Kuroshima, a native of the inner world, and ask her if there was any way to send Kyou Fujibayashi back to reality.
A few minutes later,
He saw the gates of Tenmachi Elementary School.
Finally, he could leave this place.
But Lin Ye spotted two figures approaching.
Not from inside the school, but from outside the gates.
It was a middle-aged woman dressed elegantly, though the traces of time were visible on her face. She walked with steady steps.
Beside her was a little boy with a pale face, walking steadily as well.
Looking at the boy, Lin Ye felt a sense of familiarity, as if he had seen him somewhere before.
"Isn't that the boy from the bus?"
To run into him again?
Lin Ye was surprised.
But meeting an acquaintance didn't bring him any joy.
At that moment,
The middle-aged woman and the boy, having just reached the school gates, noticed Lin Ye as well.
Their eyes met, and a brief silence fell between them.
The middle-aged woman narrowed her eyes, scrutinizing him.
The boy blinked, as if trying to recall something.
Suddenly, it hit him.
"Big brother… it's you."
His exclamation immediately changed the woman's expression.
An acquaintance?
At that moment,
Lin Ye thought for a moment and then responded.
"Long time no see."
He took the initiative to approach them.
Right now, he was fully in actor mode.
His goal was to avoid conflict and leave smoothly.