AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 553 - 249: Mountain Man Has Another Bag_2

Chapter 553: Chapter 249: Mountain Man Has Another Bag_2

At this thought, Lin Yi couldn’t help but reveal a bitter smile in his heart, and an unbidden phrase surfaced—"In this life, I’ve walked on thin ice."

Lin Yi returned to his seat, while Wei Liang was still engrossed in his hentai manga.

He was quite curious about studying hentai manga, but there were still some matters that needed to be addressed.

"One thing at a time..."

He picked up a pen and drew a table on a sticky note, then wrote down a few names like A, B, C, and started jotting down the symbols "〇", "√", "×", "/" in the blank spaces...

Following his memory, he made a few marks, and then began pondering the meanings of these symbols and the implications of the various annotations.

"The circle and slash on the names obviously represent the person’s status..."

"The ones with nothing are the ’unconcerned’ like me..."

"Those marked with circles are Sports Students... or, expanding the scope a bit, let’s assume that both Sports Students and Art Students are named with circles."

"So... do the crossed-out names represent those who’ve been ’taken out,’ like Little Genius?"

In fact, the hardest to deduce was the meaning of "/", so Lin Yi chose to use a hypothetical deduction method. If it could be deduced in reverse, then there would be no problem.

"However, behind the names marked with ’/’, there are also "√" for those who’ve shown up and "×" for those who haven’t checked in... and furthermore, ’√’ and ’×’ are both random, which is a bit contradictory..."

Lin Yi thought for a moment, then suddenly realized something.

"No! It’s not contradictory!"

"Firstly, regardless of life or death, those who didn’t check in should all be marked with ’×’ in that record."

"Then, those who’ve died and turned into Pseudo-Humans... when they return to the classroom, they still have to check in under the identity of ’Pseudo-Human Experience Students.’ When the homeroom teacher sees them, they can then cross off the names..."

With that, it seemed he had solved the problem.

"Then, what remains... are the names marked with circles."

With this, the status became quite clear.

The ones with nothing on their names represent "can leave";

The ones with circles on their names represent "Polluters on the side of humans who possess supernatural powers";

Lastly, the ones whose names are crossed out represent "Pseudo-Humans and Nocturnal species," while "√" and "×" simply indicate the check-in status, used to assist in judging the students’ safety status.

Lin Yi felt that he had figured it out, and this might very well be the answer.

"Next up, I can focus on the hentai manga!" Lin Yi took a deep breath and his gaze fell onto the hentai manga Wei Liang had given him.

"The Magical Girl Who Made a Promise with the Geoduck"...

"The Iaido of the Swordmaster Girl"

"Super Duel!!! Cheng Yaojin vs Ximen Qing"

...

The corners of Lin Yi’s mouth twitched fiercely, "Come on, the first two are sort of understandable, but what the heck is this crap?"

He pointed at "Super Duel!!! Cheng Yaojin vs Ximen Qing," his expression extremely weird, especially because of the male philosophical symbol that looked like it was about to fly out of the cover and slap someone in the face!

Wei Liang, distracted by Lin Yi, glanced over in confusion, then said dismissively, "That was something I picked up for Li Huiyuan yesterday, forgot to return it... Why are you reacting so strongly?"

"Wait... Damn it!" Wei Liang’s face suddenly changed, he snatched the book back, "Crap, you’re not going to be awakened by the philosophy in this book, are you?!"

Lin Yi: "..."

"Get lost! Whoever wants to see that crap can see it!" Lin Yi said with a scowl, but then he thought, maybe Liangzi was up to something, so he reached out his hand, "Give me the book, I’ll return it."

"You...?" Wei Liang was skeptical.

"Oi, give it here!" Lin Yi snatched the book back, then picked up the other few books on the table as well, "I’m going to switch them for some others."

Wei Liang was startled for a second, "Switch what? Did I hear that wrong?"

Lin Yi: "..."

"Get lost! You’re the one who’s good-looking!"

After saying that, Lin Yi walked towards the bookshelf in the back with the stack of books in his arms.

Just then, the classroom door was opened again, and Lin Yi subconsciously glanced over, pausing in his tracks.

The person who entered the classroom was Mountain Man.

"Did he really finish breakfast so quickly and then come back?" Lin Yi was somewhat surprised. Mountain Man’s clothes were dirty, and it seemed he hadn’t changed into the school uniform they were provided for some reason.

Suddenly, Lin Yi’s pupils tightened slightly.

In Mountain Man’s hands... there was an extra bag!

"Did he dig out another bag? What’s in it this time?"

Mountain Man’s two bags, put together, made up an exoskeleton, but now... there was an extra bag?

Others came to be Experience Students, but was this Mountain Man here to play a card collection game?

Hmm?

Collect five bags, summon a Dark Great Magician?

Lin Yi couldn’t help but mutter to himself.

At that moment, Mountain Man finished signing in, but unfortunately, due to the distance, Lin Yi couldn’t hear what Mountain Man said.

Then, he glanced at Song Rentou and noticed that Song Rentou was also focusing his attention on Mountain Man and seemed to be staring intently at Mountain Man’s third bag as if something incredible was inside it.

Lin Yi withdrew his attention, went to the bookshelf area, and after positioning himself where he wouldn’t be seen, he secretly observed Mountain Man.

He tried to recall carefully but couldn’t really remember how many bags Mountain Man had in his hands at the time.

It seemed like he had one on his back and was carrying another... or maybe he was carrying two.

He hadn’t paid close attention at first, and now recalling it felt both scenarios were likely, like some quantum memory...

Mountain Man, having stepped down from the podium, seemed to sense something and suddenly looked in Song Rentou’s direction, revealing a chilling, aggressive smirk.

Seeing this, Lin Yi, as if anticipating something, turned around and walked deeper into the bookshelf area.

Just then, Mountain Man’s gaze moved away from Song Rentou and toward the spot where Lin Yi had been standing, as if a flash of brilliance shone in the depths of his eyes.

"..." After a moment of silence, Mountain Man found a spot and sat down.

Lin Yi continued to observe Mountain Man through the gaps between the bookshelves.

Mountain Man unzipped his wretched-looking windbreaker and pulled out a pocket watch from the inner pocket, then took out another one from the pocket of his camouflage pants.

He first glanced at the clock above the blackboard, then after opening the covers of both pocket watches and comparing them, he took out a book with a leather cover from his backpack, opened it, and recorded something...

He noticed that each of Mountain Man’s pocket watches had a metal chain, connecting them to the pockets of the windbreaker and the camouflage pants, as if to differentiate them.

"Why does he need to carry two watches?" Lin Yi wondered. "Is the time not accurate?"

He subconsciously looked at his own wristwatch.

8:33.

Then he looked at the time on the clock.

"8:33"

The times matched.

"One watch should be enough... Could his watch be inaccurate?"

Lin Yi didn’t want to think any further. There were too many secrets about Mountain Man, and too few clues could be gathered from a distance. Anyway, he wouldn’t have much interaction with him, so let it be.

He then leaned against the bookshelf, placed the books he had in his hands in the empty spots on the shelf, and picked up the book "Super Duel!! Cheng Yaojin VS Ximen Qing", opening the cover with a spirit of scientific inquiry and a calm demeanor...

Since it was specially given to Li Huiyuan by Wei Liang, he didn’t believe there wouldn’t be some strange clues inside.

So... he started flipping through the book slowly, and just a few pages in, the atmosphere filled with an aura of brotherliness was like a mixture of onions and garlic mashed onto his face, so pungent he almost teared up.

He couldn’t read any further!

Really, he couldn’t bear to read any further at all!!

Lin Yi felt so uncomfortable that he thought he might throw up his meal from the night before.

Just then, he heard the sound of a book falling to the ground and the pages spreading with a "thud" nearby.