AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 230 - 108: Oops, My Shoelace Came Undone

Chapter 230: Chapter 108: Oops, My Shoelace Came Undone

"Other ways, we’ll analyze slowly once we find the clues,"

"But be careful of any blue apron chefs outside service windows No. 1 to No. 9—it’s definitely them,"

At these words, Lin Yi nodded solemnly, "I understand, when in doubt, just ignore,"

"If you can’t ignore them, take them out," Wei Shan added in a deep voice.

Kuai Hongji laughed darkly, yet he crossed his arms in front of him and unusually, he did not contradict Wei Shan.

Wei Liang, with his hands over his ears, silently followed them. He didn’t speak along the way, nor did he perform any maneuvers, obediently like a hitchhiking Chihuahua without a presence.

As they walked out of the Student Passage, Lin Yi glanced down at the time.

7:20.

"All clear."

He quickly passed the spot where the blue apron chef stood.

Even though the chef was not in his line of sight, he still distinctly felt a sensation of "brushing past"—that spine-chilling sense of being watched.

As they each passed by, the blue apron chef, just like the last time, maintained his posture standing toward the Student Passage, but his upper body started to twist slowly like a marionette.

He watched each of them, Lin Yi and Tian Bufan, as they passed in front of him.

Suddenly, as Kuai Hongji brushed past him, his ordinarily vacant eyes suddenly sparked with golden flames.

Then, a pale and gaunt hand shot out from his white chef’s robe, lightning-fast towards Kuai Hongji.

A chill flashed across Kuai Hongji’s eyes, but he was suddenly grabbed by the arm by Wei Shan and pulled away from the reach of the blue apron chef.

"Yin Bi, didn’t you eat, walking so slow?" Wei Shan mocked.

Kuai Hongji shook off Wei Shan’s hand, "Superfluous."

"Tch!" Wei Shan snorted, lifting the plastic curtain and entering the Student Cafeteria.

Kuai Hongji, without saying much, also entered the Student Cafeteria.

Wei Liang was the last of the group to enter the Student Cafeteria, maintaining silence throughout until he let go of his hands covering his ears.

As he let down the plastic curtain, he glanced outside the Student Cafeteria only to see the blue apron chef’s characteristically sinister smile shift slightly higher, hands still in the gesture of snatching, overall emanating an eerily malevolent vibe.

Wei Liang swallowed, silently withdrawing his gaze.

When he turned his head back, he was suddenly confronted by a face nearly pressing against his own.

Wei Liang jerked backward in fright, his pupils constricted, and his body tensed, seeing a green apron chef with a blank expression and scattered gaze, who had somehow ghostly moved behind him.

It appeared too abruptly, just in the moment Wei Liang let down the plastic curtain, turned his head for a glance, and then turned back.

In that moment, the air seemed to freeze, Wei Liang and the chef were almost nose to nose, not to mention Wei Liang could feel the nauseating, filthy, blood-tinged breath seeping from the chef’s teeth...

Yet despite such confrontation, Wei Liang’s eyes seemed to see right through the green apron chef, focusing instead on Lin Yi and the others behind him.

At that moment, one more step forward would have led him to bump into the green apron chef.

But if he chose not to step forward, to walk around the green apron chef, it would mean he saw the chef.

Though one needed only to ignore, deliberately dodging meant there wasn’t a complete ignorance...

He seemed trapped in a deadlock.

The green apron chef’s mouth slightly curled up, revealing that signature sinister smile to Wei Liang.

At that time, Wei Liang still stepped forward...

"Hey, how did my shoelace come undone?"

He suddenly halted, bent down, and began tying his shoe.

The green apron chef, momentarily startled, then twisted its body in an unreasonable manner like a pretzel, putting the back of its head against the tile floor, slowly looming over Wei Liang’s face...

But just then, Wei Liang finished tying his shoes and stood up.

"Damn, Old Lin, don’t walk so fast, wait for me!"

He stepped forward easily, stepping over the green apron chef who had twisted its body into a pretzel and laid down trying to catch his attention, and walked towards Lin Yi and the others.

The green apron chef was frozen in place, utterly baffled by what had just occurred.

Lin Yi, hearing Wei Liang’s call, turned back from the queue at service window No. 3, instantly noticing the presence of the green apron chef, his heart leaping to his throat.

"Liangzi, you...?!"

"Damn shoelace got loose, almost lost you guys!" Wei Liang said, but his muscles relaxed, and sweat streamed down his forehead, looking like one relieved from great danger.

He waved his hands dismissively, hinting to Lin Yi that he indeed encountered the interception of the green apron chef, "Forget about it, let’s not talk about it... Wandering the world, I’ve picked up a few crafty tricks, all trivial skills really, not worth mentioning to others."