Why is my journey to the world of anime a strange tale of rules?

"Quiet."

Gao Hai turned around and spoke again.

The girl was immediately speechless and could only reach out and grab her mouth in terror.

"Now, everyone, please sit still and don't move around."

As a result, all the students were unable to leave their seats and were forced to remain seated.

After closing the door he had opened, Gao Hai returned to the podium and looked at the terrified girls below the stage. Suddenly, he felt a sense of satisfaction.

Just like everything I just did, it stirred up a deep inner joy and made me want to go even further...

No, I'm tormenting these girls to keep them in check and to prevent the rest of the group from running around recklessly when we go out to explore later. I shouldn't feel good about this kind of thing. I don't have a penchant for tormenting the weak for amusement.

Gao Hai easily escaped the mental corrosive effects of the sheep's head hood.

“Well then, Ms. Yotsuya Miko, please step forward and come to my side. And Ms. Itino Rika, are you the class monitor or the vice-monitor again? I don’t quite remember. How about this, you pick a student you trust who won’t cause me any trouble and come with you. And Ms. Ogawa Kyoko, I see you’re quite calm, so I’ll give you a chance and you can come up here too.”

Under the power of the sheep's head mask, no student could disobey Takami's orders. Soon, Miko Yotsuya and Kyoko Ogawa, who had died tragically in the first playthrough, stepped forward and stood trembling beside Takami.

"Are you... Mr. Gao?"

Seeing the terrified look on Zi's face, she seemed to sense something from the sheep's head mask that others couldn't, and was therefore terrified of Gao Hai, so much so that her legs involuntarily came together.

"Do you want me to be?"

Gao Hai's nonchalant question made Jian Zi tremble, and she dared not speak again.

When choosing students, the girl named Nori Hana was clearly very hesitant, with everyone pleading with her not to be selected. But under Takami's watchful eye, she finally chose a somewhat thin girl named Sanada Ai and led her to Takami's side.

Looking at the four young girls who were either about to cry or had already cried, and their fearful expressions, Gao Hai couldn't help but feel a pang of emotion, as if he had become a wicked person. Then, he decisively led them out of the classroom.

"The rest of you can stay here. When the lights come on, study hard and don't leave. Of course, if you want to try leaving, I won't say anything; that's your prerogative."

After closing the door and leaving behind those last words, Gao Hai walked to the other classrooms and gave all the strange students inside the order: "No one is allowed to enter Class 015 of the second year of junior high school. This is the teacher's order. Even if other teachers object, they must come and talk to me. Those of you who are carrying out this order do not need to obey any orders from anyone other than me." Only then did he lead the four girls forward.

In that case, if we encounter that "Alice" or other strange entities again, we'll have three cannon fodder to help test the rules. Well, calling them cannon fodder might be a bit too cruel; after all, it's necessary to protect them when needed.

Gao Hai's goal was very simple: to intimidate the entire class and prevent the pointless suicidal actions of the first time around. Even if they died, he wanted these students to die in a way that was more meaningful, one that helped him gather more information. For example, the strange way the human model mimicked footsteps was difficult to detect without someone's help. Ogawa Kyoko and Ichino Rika from the first time around seemed to have some ability, so Gao Hai brought them out first, and then brought one more as a bonus to Miko.

As for the people in the class, consider them backups. If they're obedient enough, Gao Hai wouldn't mind taking them along. Of course, if they want to run away, that's fine with him. Just like in the first playthrough, Gao Hai knows very well that the vast majority of these people are doomed to die, so he doesn't particularly care whether they live or die. If they want to live, he'll help them when he can; if they want to die, well, then go ahead and die.

Click——

The hands on the watch moved continuously at this moment, from 2 to 3, then to 4, and finally stopped at 5.

After consuming three full rollback attempts, Gao Hai clearly sensed a coordinate, a coordinate located in the teaching building, roughly on the 7th floor based on the distance.

Having missed three chances to rewind, I hope the rewards will be worth the effort.

"There were too many idiots in the classroom just now, so I had to resort to that method. Now, I'd like you all to listen to me. I don't want to use orders every time, but in this place, the slightest negligence could lead to death, or a situation worse than death. Yotsuya, I've already explained the situation of the dungeon to you. If they ask, you can explain it to them."

As Gao Hai said this, he gestured for the four girls to follow him, and then headed towards one of the halls on the 5th floor.

"You... are you really Mr. Gao?"

Seeing that Zi's expression was still frightened, she seemed to breathe a sigh of relief after hearing Gao Hai's voice return to normal.

"Yes, it's me. Okay, it's time to go."

Gao Hai simply left behind this sentence, then took out a candle (from a certain strange student whose candle had been tampered with) and walked straight ahead.

Without hesitation, Miko took the lead and followed. After a slight hesitation, Itono Rika gestured to Ogawa Kyoko and Sanada to join her, and the three of them followed Miko.

"Yotsuya-kun, do you know that scary man?"

Rihanna approached Miko Yotsuya slightly and asked her in the softest possible voice.

"Hmm... I know, he... we can trust him. Although he looked scary in the classroom just now, we can actually trust him. He's not trying to hurt us. We absolutely mustn't separate from him now."

Seeing that Zi was thinking about how to explain Gao Hai's situation, after thinking for a long time, he could only give this advice.

At this moment, Jianzi understood to some extent why Gao Hai had done what he did earlier; it was indeed the best way to intimidate the whole class. However, cutting off a student's hand was simply too horrific. Therefore, Jianzi could only try her best to convince herself that trusting Gao Hai was the only path forward.

Can everyone survive this terrible place?

The girl was completely uncertain, and subconsciously she followed Gao Hai closer. The girls behind her, including Ichino Rika, had first seen Gao Hai's unusual and terrifying side, and then they saw him ordering those terrifying-looking students in the corridor. So they also followed closely behind Gao Hai. The four girls stayed firmly behind Gao Hai.

Even in the classroom at the back, where only 20 students remained, the girls dared not make a move. Even the girl who had the deepest suspicion and the most vehement criticism of Takami Miko during the first playthrough did not have the courage to leave the classroom now.

Despite displaying the demeanor of a villain, Gao Hai is, in a sense, more "trusted" by the students in this second playthrough. The cerebral palsy plots that occurred in the first playthrough have completely disappeared in this second playthrough.

Of course, Gao Hai himself didn't care about such things. He had three projects in mind and was wholeheartedly thinking about how to complete them.

First, you need to find the items at the target location and identify what that item is that will help you unravel the truth and break free from your core obsession.

Secondly, it is to find a way to restore the players who have been turned into puppets to normal people, and to find a player faction that can truly help them.

Third, it is necessary to figure out how to win the "Alice Game" while ensuring that it is impossible to become friends with Alice, so as to leave the school building alive and further explore the "Fujihana Middle School".

There are three objectives; at least one must be completed in the second playthrough.

Having made up his mind, Gao Hai quickly walked into the hall and saw the human mannequin standing there.

Chapter Twenty-One: The Past Shadows and the Strange Appearances Seen by Jianzi

"Waaah...waaah..."

Amidst painful groans, the young girl with dyed yellow hair leaned against the table, clutching her severed hand and trembling all over.

None of the girls around her dared to come up and help her. Even the few people sitting relatively close to her kept their distance out of fear of the two severed hands on her table.

Some girls were whispering among themselves, discussing what to do next.

Fear, timidity, unease.

Everyone felt extremely uneasy about their current situation.

Some students glanced at the game rule sheet on their desks, then at the words on the blackboard, hesitating to try leaving the classroom, thinking that completing the game might provide a way to escape. But when they saw the densely packed, blood-soaked, and horribly disturbed students in the corridor—some with holes dug into their faces, others with their skin completely gone—they naturally abandoned such thoughts and had no choice but to obediently return to the classroom.

In the dark corridor, the students with broken bodies still stood motionless.

Figures wearing duck and sheep head masks passed by, but were blocked by students and had to leave.

There was another figure, who also appeared to be wearing a school uniform, who stood at a distance and silently watched the students for a while before disappearing.

Meanwhile, Gao Hai and the others had already reached the top of the stairs.

tread--

Footsteps landed on the tiled stairs, making a crisp sound.

Creak—creak.

At that moment, the eerie sound of joints grinding together, belonging to the [human model], also rang out.

Gao Hai's gaze turned to one side of the stairs.

At this very moment, the mannequin was standing next to Gao Hai on the stairs leading downstairs.

Together with that "Turtle Teacher," I was grabbed by his hand and dragged downstairs while struggling.

Teacher...please...don't use me as...teaching material...

It seemed as if the cries and pleas of many students were coming from inside the mannequin.

However, the "Turtle Teacher" seemed completely oblivious to the sound, continuing to walk step by step with the mannequin in his arms, until he disappeared from the side of the stairwell.

The stairwell was completely dark, with only the candlelight in Gao Hai's hand illuminating the surroundings.

This time, the [Turtle Teacher] was much cleaner, at least it didn't have that pile of flesh and blood. It was probably because the game had just started and Miko's classmates were trapped in the classroom by Takahashi, so it hadn't killed anyone yet.

The girls beside him were all pale-faced. Even though this "Turtle Teacher" didn't seem that scary, just a person wearing a hood, the eerie aura and the teacher's hierarchical control over the students still made them feel a strong sense of fear.

Except for seeing the child.

Only her reaction differed from the other three.

He lowered his head, closed his eyes, and then covered his ears with his hands.

She sensed something—something she didn't want to know, yet couldn't stop herself from knowing.

It was in a dark room.

A bald, middle-aged man stood under the light, his face filled with panic and fear.

In the darkness beyond the lamplight, countless gazes were fixed on that man.

You've let us down, Mr. Kameda.

A voice rang out from the darkness.

As a teacher, your job is to maintain order in the school, not to commit such a treacherous act.

You clearly saw it, and you personally felt it, didn't you? The efforts we made and the results we achieved in our journey towards the realm of the gods.

[A great and prosperous nation is about to be established. This world belongs to us. What's the point of leaking intelligence to those doomed Americans? You saw the battle reports from the past two days, didn't you? Eleven of their aircraft carriers have already been sunk. We will soon achieve a complete naval victory, and you actually choose to betray us at this time?]

Amidst the angry shouts, the man under the lamplight, drenched in sweat, involuntarily knelt on the ground.

No...that's not how it is!

I did nothing wrong, I didn't betray anyone, I really didn't betray anyone!

I've been trying so hard to finish my work! I really haven't done anything!

Whether it was provoking students or creating a killing spree to select even more insane students, I did everything perfectly!

"I didn't do that! I absolutely didn't do that! I really didn't do it!"

The man seemed to already know what he was about to face.

He defended himself with all his might.

The fear even caused him to urinate, leaving a wet puddle beneath him.

But the figures in the darkness remained silent; not a single one was willing to stand up and protect the man.

Moreover, it seemed that other sounds rang out along with the man's pleas for mercy.

That sounded like the painful sobs of many children.

The man stood smiling in the blood-soaked corridor, alongside the students lying on the ground, barely alive.

[Your greeting wasn't sincere enough; I'll pull out your tongue and gouge out your eyes.]