"rule?"

Netkura Mako was taken aback, then seemed to realize something and looked at the two of them with some surprise:

"Don't you... know about the 'Black Ball Trial'?"

"The Black Ball Trial...?"

Ayanokouji and Hirata looked at each other, clearly unfamiliar with the term.

"Ah, it's the 'special exam' the teacher was talking about!"

As she spoke, Asako Amakura quickly pulled out the long chart that Ichinose had summarized earlier and handed it to the two of them.

Ayanokouji took the phone and quickly scanned the information on the screen.

GANTZ, S Points, Quest Objectives, Hidden Monsters...

Lines of text came into view, gradually coinciding with his previous guesses.

"I see......"

After reviewing the information, Hirata Yosuke clenched his fists, his face revealing barely suppressed indignation:

"What kind of trial is this... They're actually using the school building as a slaughterhouse? Disregarding the lives of so many innocent students... Does the school administration really condone this?!"

'To tacitly agree...'

This reminds me of Chashu Sakae's ambiguous attitude.

Kiyotaka Ayanokoji already had the answer in his heart.

However, he did not voice this speculation.

He handed the phone back to Asako Amakura, then walked over to Hirata and helped him to a more secluded corner to sit down and rest.

After doing all this, Ayanokouji looked up at the side window again, his gaze seemingly piercing through the darkness.

"According to Ichinose, the exam will end once the 'qualified ones' have cleared out these monsters."

Netkura Mako looked at him nervously:

"So, what are you planning to do...?"

"Of course, we wait."

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka spoke up as if it were the most natural thing in the world:

"Even if we need to find hemostatic drugs and antibiotics for Hirata, we can only wait until Horikita and the others clear a safe passage before we can take action."

"According to Ichinose, these monsters are probably beyond our ability to deal with bare hands."

Even though Ayanokouji was confident that he could subdue Hirata with a pair of Kabane swords that had easily severed Hirata's left arm, he was sure he could do so if given a suitable weapon.

However, the "hidden monster" mentioned in Ichinose's information makes Ayanokouji wary.

There's a saying that goes, when facing zombies, you don't need to run super fast, you just need to run faster than your companions.

While it shouldn't be taken too seriously, in this environment full of unknowns and variables, revealing one's hand too early is by no means a wise move.

Just as he was pondering this.

Netkura Mako, who was supposed to be keeping a watchful eye on the corridor, suddenly let out a short, startled cry.

"What is that?!"

Upon hearing the sound, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji tensed up instantly and looked up sharply.

But what he saw was a face equally filled with confusion.

Amakura Asako blinked, looking at Ayanokouji with some confusion:

"...What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"..."

Kiyotaka Ayanokoji's pupils contracted slightly.

That exclamation just now wasn't a hallucination.

Amakura Asako definitely saw something, but in less than a second, she seemed to have blacked out, completely forgetting what had just happened.

A strong sense of unease crept up my spine and onto my scalp.

Ayanokouji didn't answer, but quickly looked around.

Finally, his gaze settled on a row of display cases in the backlight of a corner of the laboratory.

there.

A bizarre creature, dressed in a black suit, with skin as pale as paper and a face resembling a combination of the famous painting "The Scream" and the alien Greys, stood silently.

It tilted its enormous head to the side, as if observing them.

Ayanokouji Kiyotaka blinked, then bit his lip, leaving a mark.

He believed that Netkura Mako had indeed seen something.

The reason she has blacked out is probably thanks to this monster.

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