AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 115 - 53 Scrambled Eggs with Tomato (Extra 1000 words!)_3

Chapter 115: Chapter 53 Scrambled Eggs with Tomato (Extra 1000 words!)_3

The Cafeteria Auntie looked at Lin Yi and asked, "Student... I didn’t notice just now, did you order this shredded pork with garlic sauce?"

She was bent over, slightly raising her face, with a smile at the corner of her mouth that seemed perfectly normal, but from another angle, it was as if an Old Witch was crazily stirring a spoon full of blood, her eyes wide open showing half her whites, eerily smiling there.

While Wei Liang was picking his food earlier, Lin Yi still had time to observe and think, but when it was his turn, he felt a chill emanating from the Cafeteria Auntie, heading straight for his heart.

At that moment, he suddenly realized what Wei Liang’s behavior meant, and he quickly said, "That’s right, that’s right, it’s this dish, hurry up Auntie, I’m a bit hungry!"

Seeing this, the Cafeteria Auntie just tipped the food into his plate.

Lin Yi reached out to take the plate.

Just as he took the plate and the Cafeteria Auntie released her grip, he heard her faintly trembling, somewhat morbid greeting, "Student... you ordered the scrambled eggs with tomato, didn’t you?"

Lin Yi jolted and looked up.

"Whoa!"

The face of the Cafeteria Auntie was right in front of him—she had somehow climbed onto the food compartment and pressed her entire face against the thick glass of the serving window, her eyes glaring at Lin Yi.

Her features were distorted against the glass, showing a monstrously insane and frenzied expression, completely different from her appearance when serving the food earlier.

"That is... scrambled eggs with tomato, scrambled eggs with tomato! Scrambled eggs with tomato, right student?"

This abstract and manic scene sent shivers down Lin Yi’s spine, and he felt an intense discomfort.

He did not respond to any of the words from the Cafeteria Auntie, and walked towards the card reader with his plate.

After swiftly swiping his card, he joined Wei Liang.

"Liangzi, are we supposed to...?" Lin Yi gestured with his eyes towards the tray return area.

"Heh heh heh, you caught on!" Wei Liang laughed proudly, wobbling the plate full of scrambled eggs with tomato, and said, "Let’s go, off to trash it!"

Student Cafeteria Rule No. 8:

[When purchasing a meal, if you notice that the staff member with the blue apron has included a food item containing Tomato Element in your meal, please do not remind them of their mistake ("do not" being highlighted for emphasis).

But once you receive your plate, please go directly to the tray return area and pour all the food into the recycling bin, then proceed to buy your meal at another service window.

During this process, please remember their employee number, and inform your class teacher after returning to the Teaching Building.]

This was exactly what Lin Yi had realized just now, the behavior of the Cafeteria Auntie was relevant not just to Rule No. 7: [When purchasing a meal, do not argue with the staff over incorrect food items, remember you can safely consume any food except that containing Tomato Element.], but more importantly, it was necessary to link it with Rule No. 8.

But because one only had a fleeting few seconds to confront the Cafeteria Auntie, it was nearly impossible for anyone to react immediately.

Both Wei Liang and Lin Yi had been momentarily stunned before they realized it.

"Let’s go." Lin Yi responded.

The two thus walked side by side towards the garbage recycling.

But this time, as they carried their trays to the tray return, they were met along the way by one student after another who slowly turned their bodies and then generously directed their longing and greedy gazes toward them.

No, not at them, but at... the plates in their hands.

The target was the scrambled eggs with tomato!

"Shushushu..." The Student Cafeteria suddenly became bustling as students either left the line or stood up from their seats, ultimately fixing their unifying stare onto the plates in Lin Yi and Wei Liang’s hands.

"Shushushu..."

One figure after another, like zombies, slowly closed in on them...

"Holy shit, what the hell is this..." Wei Liang pursed his lips and whispered a cryptic conversation through the corner of his mouth.

Having had the experience of an encrypted conversation before, this time Lin Yi silently said, "I don’t know either, it looks similar to last time... Last time we touched tomato sauce, which caught their attention."

"Last time?" Wei Liang’s shins trembled, making it difficult for him to walk steadily, "So this time aren’t we without tomato sauce? Damn, does scrambled eggs with tomato also count?"

"Of course, it counts..." Lin Yi muttered.

Hearing this, Wei Liang’s eyes rolled back, and he nearly passed out on the spot. It took him a while to recover, and he nearly spilled the scrambled eggs with tomato with a trembling hand.

"Damn it... If I’d known this would happen, I wouldn’t have acted all cool and had the Cafeteria Auntie pile up the scrambled eggs with tomato." Filled with fear, Wei Liang’s quivering voice had a devilishly tempting tone.

"I thought you had discovered some mystery and intentionally had the auntie fill the bowl to catch my attention!" Lin Yi said earnestly.

Wei Liang, on the verge of tears, said, "You just met me for the first time or what? Do I seem like someone who is that scheming?"

Lin Yi: "..."

"Anyway, as long as we follow the rules and throw it away, we should be fine, right? Let’s not concern ourselves with what these people think," he consoled, "It’s not likely that they would suddenly attack over a little scrambled eggs with tomato..."

"Stop, stop, stop! Damn it... could you please not jinx us right now?" Wei Liang’s tears threatened to flow as his voice carried a strong sobbing tone.

Lin Yi quickly got the hint and closed his mouth, quietly leading Wei Liang... and a horde of crazed and fervent tomato aficionados to the tray return.

But as they were only three tables away from the tray return, Lin Yi suddenly stopped.

A chef had emerged from who knows where, silently standing at the edge of the tray return.

He stood there elegantly and calmly, but his gaze was fixated on the scrambled eggs with tomto at their trays.

"To throw it away without even taking a bite... seems rather, wasteful of food, doesn’t it?"

He slowly moved away from the tray return, his dark green apron seeping in the light in a way that was unsettling.