AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 575 - 260: A Combination of Moves_2

Chapter 575: Chapter 260: A Combination of Moves_2

Their numbers had increased, floating around the Student Cafeteria’s floor like wraiths, with a beam of green light from who knows where casting their faces in an eerie green glow, as if they were stepping on the cracks to hell.

In such green light, it was already very hard to discern whether their aprons were dark blue or dark green with just the naked eye.

Wei Liang hastily wore a mournful expression and said, "Bro, can you not talk about any flags until we’ve left this place? I’m kind of freaked out!"

Lin Yi quickly shut up and silently followed the queue forward.

Soon, they arrived at the No. 3 meal service window.

As the Experience Student ahead finished getting their meal and left with a tray, the scene inside the meal window appeared before him.

Lin Yi, who had intended to order a meal, suddenly froze as if possessed when he saw the Cafeteria Auntie.

The person in the meal window was not a Cafeteria Auntie, no, it should not be called that anymore, but rather a meal-serving girl, who was actually...

"Li Huiyuan...?!" Lin Yi’s pupils contracted slightly.

"Student, what would you like to order?" ’Li Huiyuan’ seemingly did not recognize Lin Yi and calmly asked.

Lin Yi’s train of thought was brought back, and with some confusion, he randomly pointed at some dishes, "These few will do."

’Li Huiyuan’ calmly scooped up a large spoonful of chicken strips and was about to dump it into the plate when Lin Yi hesitated and said, "Uh... aren’t you going to shake the spoon a bit?"

The movement of ’Li Huiyuan’ froze for a moment, then her drooping head slowly lifted up a bit, the light inside the service window reflected onto her face by the alloy window frame, casting a bright shadow on her slightly raised face, horrifying like a resentful widow burning papers on a midnight grave...

"I think... there’s no need to shake it..." ’Li Huiyuan’ spoke in a gloomy voice.

Lin Yi quickly glanced at her chest and saw a chef’s badge, but the badge was scrawled with the words "...30507..."

A loud bang went off inside Lin Yi’s head, and almost instantly, several images flashed across his vision!

That "...30507..." was not a chef badge number, but... a part of Li Huiyuan’s Student ID card!

Li Huiyuan’s Student ID number was "X0230507046", so obviously, the ’Li Huiyuan’ in front of him was not Li Huiyuan, but... the green-aproned Pocket Chef who had eaten Li Huiyuan’s Student ID, usurped her identity, and "returned to the stage" as a chef!

Realizing this, Lin Yi looked again at the greasy face before him, which now seemed all the more strange. ’My Vision’ silently activated, and he noticed that within the No. 3 meal service window, light and shadow skewed, the steam from the hot food resembling heavy mist floating about more than water vapor.

"No need to shake the spoon, just like that is fine, thank you..." Lin Yi extended his hand, trying to take the tray from ’Li Huiyuan’.

’Li Huiyuan’ hesitated for a moment, but still generously filled the food and handed it over to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi received the tray and revealed a friendly smile, "Thanks a lot... Ge Qing, classmate."

’Li Huiyuan’ was truly stunned this time, a hint of confusion surfacing in those indifferent eyes.

Before she could figure it out, Tian Bufan followed up from behind and demanded in a stern voice, "What are you dazing out for, are you still going to serve the food or not?"

’Li Huiyuan’s’ thought process was interrupted, and she quickly grabbed the rice spoon with one hand and frantically picked up an empty plate with the other, before saying, "Yes, right away, what would you like to eat?"

"The same as him." Tian Bufan pointed at Lin Yi’s retreating figure, "By the way, what did he order again, was it the tomato beef stew, or the deep-fried chicken strips...?"

"Uh... it seems like it was..." ’Li Huiyuan’ furrowed her brows, her gaze wavering. She almost said "tomato", but in the end, she corrected herself and said, "It was the deep-fried chicken..."

"Oh, I remember now!" Not giving ’Li Huiyuan’ a chance to finish, Tian Bufan snapped his fingers as though he had an epiphany, "It’s the braised chicken cubes, right! Ah, my mistake!"

While speaking, Tian Bufan took the plate with deep-fried chicken strips and said with a smile, "I can always count on you, Nie Yun, classmate, to serve me so many tomato chicken cubes!"

He finished speaking and turned to walk toward the card reader, leaving only "Li Huiyuan" by herself, very disheveled, standing in place. Her eyeballs were spinning in their sockets like uncontrolled spheres, and she murmured softly, "What dish is that exactly..."

"Is it chicken tenders... or chicken nuggets... is it fried?"

She looked down at the fried chicken tenders in her plate, but her gaze kept drifting. One moment she saw some flesh and blood, the next moment it was tomato sauce. She shook her head hard, and it was only then that she began to see a little more clearly; it seemed to be fried chicken tenders...

But she became confused again; if those were fried chicken tenders, then who was she?

"Who am I... am I Nie Yun?"

"No, that’s not right... Then, am I Ge Qing?"

"That’s also not right... I’m a chef..."

She glanced at her name tag: "Aren’t I ’Chef-30507’... My name should be..."

"Li..."

"Hui..."

Wei Liang gave Wei Shan a look.

Wei Shan decisively cut in front of him and slammed his hand heavily on the glass of the serving window.

"Hey, hey, hey!!!" Wei Shan’s noisy roar and the heavy pounding suddenly interrupted her thoughts, "Are you serving the meal or not? What are you doing?!"

Wei Shan frowned deeply, looking at her quite displeased.

He pointed at the fried chicken tenders and said, "And give me that braised chicken nuggets! Hurry up! I’m starving!"

"Li Huiyuan," who could not distinguish her own identity, looked at the fried chicken tenders Wei Shan was pointing at, lost in thought.

Wei Shan got angry and pounded the serving window’s glass several times: "Hey! Are you going to serve the meal or not?! I’m not eating! Where did they recruit such a dazed chef?!"

Angered, he left the serving window abruptly, leaving "Li Huiyuan" still stunned in place.

"What... exactly is this dish?" "Li Huiyuan" looked at the fried chicken tenders next to her, both her eyeballs out of sync. Her face seemed to have a feeling of slack skin, as if she couldn’t anchor her own identity...

Seeing this, Wei Liang hurried over, grinning and said, "Classmate, classmate, he doesn’t want it, I’ll have it, heh heh! I’ll eat! Just give it to me!"

"Li Huiyuan," still dazed, handed the plate over to Wei Liang in a bewildered state.

Just as Wei Liang took the plate, he hesitated and said, "Eh, that’s not right... are you a chef, or a student?"

"I... I am..." "Li Huiyuan’s" eyes spun as if she were trying to find herself among the many identities and then anchor herself.

But then Wei Liang suddenly clapped his hands sharply, attracting her attention like a hypnotist with a rhythm: "I remember now! I got it wrong, you’re the chef here!"

"Li Huiyuan," upon hearing this, couldn’t help but let out a long sigh of relief, as if this was the only anchor point among many that hadn’t been confused.

"Thank you..." "Li Huiyuan" murmured.

"You’re welcome." Wei Liang took the plate, but just before leaving, he suddenly seemed to think of something, turned to look at "Li Huiyuan," whose gaze was gradually clearing and who seemed to be letting down her guard, and asked innocently, "Chef sister, that name tag of yours... looks like a Student ID card!"

Upon hearing this, "Li Huiyuan" underwent a dramatic change in complexion, her body stiffening abruptly, and then as if encountering something terrifying, her grip loosened, and she dropped the spoon in her hand...

"Li Huiyuan" staggered backward but accidentally tripped over herself and fell to the ground with a "thud," limp as boneless dough, collapsing into a soft, deflated pancake. She struggled to get up a bit, then crawled towards the exit of serving window number 3 in horror...