Chapter 118 "A Cannon Fodder"
Chapter 118 "A Cannon Fodder"
"You are amazing, Liangzi. You even gave up your innocence just to play dumb."
"What are you talking about?! You're talking nonsense! Don't even think about insulting the intelligence of the great believers of the White Silk Lolita Cult!"
"Get out! Let me ask you, when I was distracted on the first night, was I the same as she was just now?" Lin Yi pointed at Li Huiyuan.
"Huh? Distracted? Like her? Ahaha? Ababa Ababa... I don't know anything. I just patted you because I saw you dozing off. I don't know anything else!"
"..."
"Okay!" He stood up speechlessly and patted the dust off his body. "Okay, let's go."
It's 10:40 and the cafeteria is open.
Seeing that Wei Liang was keeping his mouth shut, he knew that there was definitely something fishy going on. But since Wei Liang didn't say anything, he didn't continue to ask, so as not to accidentally break Wei Liang's pseudo-safe state of "self-deception".
He walked into the student passage.
Seeing this, Li Huiyuan hurriedly followed.
Perhaps it was because of the bright midday sun and the presence of the great believers of the White Silk Lolita Cult, the students walked through the passage exceptionally smoothly this time, and soon arrived at the exit of the passage.
Li Huiyuan didn't think there was anything unusual about "walking through the student passage without incident". Instead, Lin Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it had been a long time since he had felt so normal...
"That's not right... What do you mean by 'it's been so normal for a long time'? This is clearly the first time that it's been so normal..." Lin Yi corrected his wrong thoughts with tears in his eyes.
But just as they were about to walk out of the student passage, Lin Yi suddenly thought of something, and pretended to glance casually, his eyes casually sweeping across the exit of the student passage.
When he lowered his head, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes under his black hair.
"Damn it..." Lin Yi cursed inwardly, "As expected, he is still here."
That familiar figure stood at the end of the student passage like a husband-waiting stone, with his hands folded on his lower abdomen, a standardized stiff smile on his face, and his eyes swept over every student who walked out of the passage.
The chef in the blue bib appeared there again.
Lin Yi could always see him, but he could never see him for some unknown reason. His existence... was like a strange phantom, making it impossible to be sure whether he was "there" or "not there".
It was a strange quantum state, and Lin Yi defined this state in his mind as "as it is".
And this "blue bib chef" had always given him the same feeling as an inhuman unit, emitting a terrifying feeling that made people shudder with fear, but it did not make him feel the same strong discomfort and uneasiness as the inhuman unit.
Even all the chefs in the cafeteria are not as bizarre as this chef in a blue bib who is in a state of "being there".
Lin Yi still cannot infer the division of cafeteria employees from the valid information given in the code, but this "present" blue bib chef seems to be definitely a special one.
Unfortunately, Lin Yi did not see the scene where it attacked its non-human classmates, otherwise he would have more guesses.
……
On May 023, X5, at 8:10, Lin Yi and the other two walked out of the student passage, passed by the chef in the blue bib, and then stood in the sun.
When Lin Yi passed by it, he could clearly feel that its body began to twist in an inhuman way again. It stretched out its hand again and slowly reached towards them, as if trying to grab something.
But the "speed" it displayed was really too slow, and its feet never left the original place from beginning to end, so it did not touch Lin Yi and the others' bodies until the end.
Lin Yi walked inconspicuously to a position far away from the chef in the blue bib and close to the entrance of the student cafeteria, then squatted aside leaning against the wall, silently waiting for the arrival of Tian Bufan and Wei Shan.
According to the agreement, the meeting place for them at noon is here, and the latest time is 11:30. If Tian Bufan and Wei Shan have not arrived by 11:30, they need to hurry up and eat and leave the cafeteria.
"Student Lin, aren't you going in to eat?" Li Huiyuan asked in confusion.
"I'll wait for someone. If you're in a hurry, you can go eat first."
"I... am not in that hurry." Li Huiyuan shook her head. Although she said that, her eyes that kept glancing at the food window betrayed her thoughts.
At 10:47, Wei Shan walked out of the student passage, and after a brief greeting to Lin Yi, he stood beside him like a bodyguard.
Sensing Li Huiyuan's presence, Wei Shan squinted and stared at her for a few seconds, then rubbed his nose and asked Lin Yi, "Who are you looking for as cannon fodder?"
Lin Yi's eyes jumped: "Cannon fodder, what cannon fodder?"
Wei Shan suddenly shut his mouth and stopped talking. This action left Lin Yi confused.
In the following period of time, a huge flow of people entered the student cafeteria through the student passage, and the position where Lin Yi was squatting did not affect the passage of other people. So while waiting for Tian Bufan, he pretended to look around aimlessly, noticed the behavior and expressions of many experience students, and from time to time he glanced at the "present" chef in the blue bib.
And a scene that made his heart skip a beat also appeared during this period.
He found that most of the trainees were not aware of the existence of the blue bib chef at all. A few of them showed a slight discomfort when passing by the blue bib chef, but they also did not notice the existence of the blue bib chef.
All these students formed a huge flow of people, and when they walked out of the student passage and headed for the student cafeteria, the most bizarre scene appeared - when they met the chef in the blue bib, they passed through him as if they had touched air...
Such a scene made Lin Yi's pupils tremble, and he quickly lowered his head.
"When they met the blue bib chef, they went straight through? What...?!"
He only thought about it for a moment, then quickly shook his head to get rid of the thought.
"I shouldn't be thinking about anything related to 'it' here!"
Lin Yi knew nothing about this "present" blue bib chef. He didn't know which level of pollution it tended to be, nor did he know if it had some strange mechanism. So for safety reasons, it would be better to wait until he left the cafeteria area and think about related issues under the sun.
After he made up his mind, he looked towards the student passage again, looking for Tian Bufan.
But at that moment, a strong hostility suddenly erupted from Wei Shan's body. His breathing became heavy, and between his teeth, he seemed to be exhaling a burning airflow...
Lin Yi quickly reached out and held Wei Shan down, and at the same time, following Wei Shan's feeling, he glanced in a certain direction unnoticeably.
In that direction, the chef in the blue bib was like a shadow covered by water waves. Every time someone passed through it, its shadow would ripple. However, its sight did not look at any of the experiencers who passed through it, but it stared straight at him from beginning to end. Staring at him, Lin Yi.
"Could it be that I attracted its attention because I had 'thoughts related to it'?" Lin Yi came to a guess instantly, and his voice was so low that it was unclear whether it was his inner voice or a whisper.
But Wei Shan heard his voice, and immediately lowered his voice and said in a low voice: "Don't guess blindly, Lao Lin, it has been watching you from the beginning!"
Lin Yi was shocked when he heard this, and couldn't help but narrow his eyes: "Let's not talk about this for now, let's wait until Master Tian comes to eat."
"Yeah!" Wei Shan nodded heavily and shifted his gaze elsewhere.
As for the chef in the blue bib who was "present", he just stood there staring at Lin Yi without making any unnecessary movements.
While waiting for Tian Bufan's arrival, Lin Yi looked down at the time from time to time.
At 11:03, Tian Bufan finally walked out of the student passage and met Lin Yi.
"No need to wait for Kuai Kuai." Tian Bufan said as soon as they met, "We are our own, give me the things first."
"Okay." Lin Yi took out the folded paper with the Art Building Rules and Art Student Rules written on it without hesitation and handed it to Tian Bufan. "First look at the part about the building, then the part about people."
"Okay, I'll remember that." Tian Bufan calmly took the paper and put it in his pocket.
"Aren't you curious about the accuracy of my dictation? Aren't you afraid that there might be something I didn't remember clearly?" Lin Yi asked in surprise.
Tian Bufan glanced at him calmly: "Don't be afraid."
Lin Yi's expression became serious.
Tian Bufan has absolute trust in him, just like he has absolute trust in Tian Bufan and the others...
This is a very subtle emotion, and even he can't explain what kind of bond it is.
Generally speaking, Tian Bufan and the others have an aura that makes Lin Yi feel at ease. Even if he is in such an environment, as long as Tian Bufan comes, there are no mysteries that cannot be solved, and as long as Wei Shan is around, all conflicts can be resolved.
"What should we do with Kuai Kuai?" Lin Yi asked.
"He won't eat with us." Tian Bufan said, "Don't worry about his safety. There are few things that can threaten him."
"Yes." Wei Shan sneered and affirmed, "It's good enough that the wicked one doesn't harm others."
Tian Bufan noticed Li Huiyuan following behind them: "Your... new classmate?"
"A new one arrived yesterday." Lin Yi said and told them about Li Huiyuan's "teaming up" with them.
Li Huiyuan didn't say a word during the whole process, as if she also sensed the subtle sense of oppression from Tian Bufan.
"'Teaming up', isn't that good? Why are you so sad?" Tian Bufan said with a faint smile.
"Ah? This can be applauded?" Lin Yi didn't understand why Tian Bufan said that.
Tian Bufan said, "What you are about to do is very dangerous. It is not certain whether Wei Liang will act with you after pretending to be crazy. And when you are alone, you lack some safety measures anyway. In this case, isn't it a good thing to have a cannon fodder who trusts you?"
"If it were me, I would definitely make good use of it."
"'A cannon fodder.'" Lin Yi's pupils shrank slightly, and he thought of what Wei Shan said as soon as he saw Li Huiyuan.
[Are you looking for cannon fodder? ]
Why do Tian Bufan and Wei Shan both think that Li Huiyuan is cannon fodder?
Moreover, Tian Bufan said this unscrupulously right in front of Li Huiyuan.
"Mr. Tian...is it really okay for you to say that?" Lin Yi said a little embarrassedly.
Although he and Li Huiyuan had made it clear in advance that if they really encountered a very dangerous situation, he would not help Li Huiyuan unless he was absolutely sure, but the meaning of not helping and being cannon fodder are still very different.
"What's wrong with that? She won't live long anyway. We might as well talk openly about some things." Tian Bufan's expression was calm and indifferent. "Didn't you notice that the guy in the blue bib has been staring at her from the beginning, just like he was looking at a dead person?"
“You, what did you say?!” Lin Yi’s face suddenly changed, as if a bolt of thunder had fallen from the depths of the dark sky, striking him directly. “Wasn’t it looking at me just now?!”
He suddenly understood something, turned around, and really saw Li Huiyuan standing behind him!
"You...?" Lin Yi hesitated to speak.
"I...it..." Li Huiyuan stammered, and a pale look appeared on her delicately made-up face.
Lin Yi covered her mouth and said, "Don't talk about this first. Let me ask you, which anime character do you want to cosplay as the most?"
Li Huiyuan was interrupted by Lin Yi's sudden shout, and the fear that was spreading in her heart was interrupted. She was stunned for a moment, then touched her lips and uttered a few names: "Uh... Matsumoto Rangiku, Tsunade, Hinata... Hey, come on, what are you looking at with that!"
She had just said a few names when she noticed that Wei Liang beside her was looking her up and down with a strange look on his face.
Wei Liang touched his nose and pouted, "Come on, those are all big-breasted characters. Even if you take off your butt and stuff it into your chest, it won't be enough, right?"
"Fuck your manners?" Li Huiyuan got angry as she clenched her fists and smoke came out of her head. "He asked me what character I want to cosplay, not what I can cosplay! Besides, haven't you heard of technology? If it's not big enough, can't I add more ingredients?!"
“Ah, yes, yes, yes…” Wei Liang shrank his neck and muttered softly, “Boba milk tea and everything.”
Seeing Li Huiyuan's pale face gradually turning red, Lin Yi glanced in the direction of the chef in the blue bib inconspicuously, only to see that the chef in the blue bib had indeed retracted his gaze from Li Huiyuan.
"It's okay for now..." Lin Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. On the one hand, he was sure that the chef in the blue bib was not looking at him, but on the other hand, he was curious about what had attracted his attention to Li Huiyuan.
Moreover, he didn't know what Tian Bufan meant.
What does... "She won't live long" mean?
(End of this chapter)