AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 84 - 39 Sea Breeze and Thunder and... Sculpture

Chapter 84: Chapter 39 Sea Breeze and Thunder and... Sculpture

Lin Yi looked at the characters on the sign and felt as if he recognized each one, but when put together, they made no sense to him.

It was like doing a strange reading comprehension, and the question was written in a foreign language.

"The road to the Gymnasium is and only is one...?"

He poked half his head out from in front of the sign, looking towards the Gymnasium.

Not counting the path they had already walked past in front of the sign, indeed, there was only one road leading to the Gymnasium, and it even had street lamps alongside it; there simply wasn’t a road without street lamps.

"Since it’s a road that doesn’t exist, why bother expressly writing about it?"

"Is it because of what comes after?"

"If it starts raining on the way, one needs to dash to the Gymnasium or the Teaching Building at the first moment..."

"This also matches the description in the student’s code of conduct, rainy or foggy weather is considered severe weather, requiring immediate actions, but..."

But martial arts class was canceled in the rain.

"Though martial arts classes are canceled in the rain, the sign still writes about emergency measures when it rains..."

"Writing this out specially indicates that such situations are common and occur frequently."

He looked up at the sky; it was sunny, not a single rain cloud in sight.

He felt the environment around him, a gentle breeze blowing, with no strong wind occurring.

"Could it be... the weather is fine when departing from the Teaching Building, but turns bad once inside the vicinity of the Gymnasium?"

That kind of "strong wind" notably mentioned on the sign might have something to do with the weather...

"It’s weird, but... given the good weather right now, let’s not think blindly about it."

He shook his head, then read the sign’s content a few more times to make sure he remembered all the emergency situations before planning to move.

Wei Liang had been waiting for him for a long time beside him.

"Having been here once before, Liangzi clearly knew the rules by heart."

While Lin Yi inwardly marveled, he noticed that Wei Liang’s gaze was fixed unstoppably on the lamp posts on the road, as if he wanted to imprint their positions in his eyes.

"Liangzi, let’s go!" Lin Yi reminded.

"Let’s go, let’s go!" Wei Liang responded, "Oh right, have you memorized it all? Time is tight. If you haven’t, it’s also not..."

"I have memorized it." Lin Yi interrupted him.

Wei Liang’s mouth twitched slightly, swallowing down his sentence "If not, it’s fine, I have a special technique."

He changed his tune and muttered: "Erm... you memorized all that maze?"

"Huh?" Lin Yi was stunned, "You didn’t memorize it?"

Wei Liang shook his head: "I memorized nothing."

"Gah...?"

"It’s too convoluted," Wei Liang waved his hand, "This actually is simple enough; just one approach really matters. Listen, the content on this full face, it seems comprehensive, but basically, we only need this one thing."

"Ah? One approach?" Lin Yi was greatly astonished.

He had always thought that Wei Liang was slacking, but it turned out Wei Liang had scaled many levels.

Damn!

Chang Wei, you said you don’t know martial arts?!

Seeing Lin Yi’s surprised expression, Wei Liang immediately became proud and began to pontificate, "You see, this whole face of rules seems to cover every aspect, but in fact, we just need to follow this one."

He pointed his finger at Rule No. 4, emphasizing "Just cling to this lamp post."

"Once it starts raining, we do nothing else; no need to search for the Teaching Building or the Gymnasium! We just hug the lamp post and hang there, waiting for the Security Guard or the sports teacher to show up."

"Ah this..." Lin Yi was stunned; the method sounded absurd but... it seemed feasible?

"Right or not?" Wei Liang said proudly.

Lin Yi was still perplexed, Wei Liang’s approach had skipped the first three options, directly "actively" choosing the fourth.

That is to say, in Wei Liang’s world, there were only two scenarios:

First, the weather is good, naturally reaching the Gymnasium;

Second, the weather is bad, stand by requesting jungle support.

Not that he summarized several options into one, but rather, he eliminated all options other than hanging there.

Essentially choosing two types of laying low techniques.

Lin Yi looked at Wei Liang, a sense of admiration spontaneously arose.

He slowly raised his thumb, uttering a word: "Nice."

"However... if we encounter the second scenario, it should be windy and rainy, right? Are you sure clinging to the lamp post won’t turn us into drenched chickens?" he raised a critical question.

Before the words fell, Wei Liang rummaged through his trousers pocket for a long time, pulling out something that looked like a crumpled plastic bag.

"I brought a raincoat."

"Oh right..." he reached into his back pocket again, digging around before handing a plastic bag to Lin Yi, "I’ve prepared one for you too."

"Choose one?"

Lin Yi almost gazed blankly at the raincoats in this guy’s hand, never imagining he’d actually come prepared.

"Stop dawdling, let’s go!" Wei Liang handed a set of raincoats to Lin Yi, then pointed to the students who gradually began walking this road, saying, "Look, they’ve all started; it’s getting late, hurry up!"

"Let’s go, let’s go!"

Wei Liang urged as he stepped over the sign.

Lin Yi reluctantly stored the raincoat and then quickly followed.