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"Your na?"
"...The Wicked Lord's Tyrant Eye Holder."
"You just said your surna is Takanashi."
The girl with the ahoge hair took a small step back, pressing down on her eye mask with her right hand. "My true na holds great power. I can't reveal it so easily."
"..."
Amamiya fell silent for a couple of seconds, suddenly feeling like the girl in front of him might not be the sharpest tool in the shed.
"Are you the only one in your ward?"
"There's one more," she replied.
Amamiya raised an eyebrow. "Another player?"
"No." The ahoge girl shook her head nervously, casting a glance at the door behind her. "It's a terrifying vengeful spirit. It talks. It said it's hungry and told to go find food. If I don't bring any back, it'll get angry, and... when it's angry, bad things happen."
As this conversation unfolded, unlucky players began erging from their respective wards, though Amamiya still hadn't spotted Chika or Kaguya among them.
After a brief exchange among the group, Amamiya pieced together the rules of the ga:
Each player begins in an "initial ward" and is paired with a "fellow patient."
These patients aren't human; they're malevolent spirits or sothing equally unsettling. Though they won't attack players directly, they harbor a deep malice, finding various ways to deepen the players' fear.
The light in the corridors only lasts ten minutes.
The dark corridors are especially dangerous.
Players must remain in their ward most of the ti to avoid harm. To survive, they need to build good relationships with their fellow patients by satisfying their eerie demands.
For example, the girl in front of him had been tasked by her ward's vengeful spirit to search for food. Returning empty-handed would likely spell disaster.
In short, the current threat ca entirely from the fellow patients.
Amamiya's thoughts drifted to Miss Sadako, his own ward's companion.
Miss Sadako, burdened by her social anxiety, had retreated to the well on the TV screen and showed no signs of coming out, no matter how much he called. Did that an his ward had beco a safe room, a place where he could stay indefinitely?
Of course, lying low forever wasn't an option—he still hadn't found Kaguya or Chika.
Since they hadn't appeared in the corridor, it was clear they were still trapped inside a ward sowhere, unable to leave for so reason.
Amamiya surveyed the hallway, which was lined with rows of wards on both sides.
"Should I check room by room?"
"No, it's too risky." He quickly dismissed the idea.
He wasn't invincible like One Punch Man; he could only rely on the prompts.
"In that case, the priority is finding out which ward Chika and Kaguya are in..."
After organizing his thoughts, Amamiya began walking down the corridor, deep in contemplation.
The ahoge girl followed closely behind.
"Why are you following ?" Amamiya suddenly stopped, turning to face her.
Rikka Takanashi looked up, her eyes wide. "Destiny is guiding ..."
Amamiya frowned. "Cut to the chase."
"Oh..." Rikka's ahoge drooped in defeat. "I don't know where to find food."
"You're already a player, not to ntion the Wicked Lord's Tyrant Eye Holder. That sounds pretty powerful—solve your problems on your own."
"Well, my Wicked Lord's Eye is temporarily out of commission from overuse..." Rikka's expression grew pitiful, like a small animal about to be abandoned by its owner. "But you seem like a reliable person, senpai."
"Bad people don't exactly advertise their badness."
"Sister Yukinoshita said the sa thing when I t her."
"Hm?"
"..."
After so questioning, Amamiya discovered that the Chunibyo in front of him had only recently completed her first ga, making her a novice player.
The reason she had survived wasn't due to her own wits or skill, but because she had encountered a veteran player in her previous ga—a girl with long, straight black hair surnad Yukinoshita.
Now, with other players panicking and pale-faced, Amamiya's calm deanor reminded Rikka of Yukinoshita. Naturally, she decided to stick by him!
As they continued walking, a nurses' station ca into view.
Beneath the dim, cold light stood a young woman in a white nurse's uniform. Her figure might have been attractive, but the uniform was marred with dark brown bloodstains, and her face was completely wrapped in blood-soaked gauze, instantly killing any appeal she might have had.
Not to ntion, she held a thick syringe in her hand that looked like it would cause even a pig to scream in pain. No player dared to approach her.
Earlier, a brave player who called himself the "Tyrant of the Nangong Family" had tried. The result? A shot straight away, and he was still lying on the floor.
Amamiya stared at the nurse for a few seconds, and a prompt appeared before his eyes:
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[You have encountered the Swollen-Faced Nurse.]
[You've seen through her weakness...]
[As the lowest-ranking employee in the hospital, she does the hardest work, earns the lowest salary, and endures endless night shifts. Every day, the nurse contemplates suicide.]
[This nurse despises working the night shift and doesn't want to interact with patients during these hours. As long as the patients stay quiet and don't make noise, she'll choose to ignore them.]
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After reading the prompt, Amamiya made his way toward the nurses' station.
"Senpai..."
Rikka's voice was shaky as she hurriedly grabbed the corner of his clothes.
"Stay quiet," Amamiya raised a finger, signaling for silence. "Wait here and don't make a sound."
The Chunibyo girl nodded fervently, covering her mouth with both hands.
With asured steps, Amamiya headed toward the nurses' station, determined and calm.
A few players nearby watched in shock as he approached.
"What is that guy doing?"
"He knows he's going to get an injection, but he still dared to go there? He's done for, right?"
"Maybe he got so kind of mission and had no choice... Wait, why is he okay?"
Under the stunned gazes of two unlucky players, Amamiya casually strolled up to the nurse's station and began rummaging around in front of the swollen-faced nurse.
"Found it."
Amamiya quickly located a worksheet that listed the patient admission information for each ward.
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'Ward 404: Amamiya'
'Ward 405: Chika'
'Ward 406: Kaguya... Wait, she's right next door?'
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After confirming the locations of the two girls, Amamiya turned and left the desk. The nurse didn't react at all, acting as if she hadn't seen him.
"How is that guy not in trouble?"
"Is he invisible?"
"No way. The nurse definitely looked right at him just now."
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"Glad you're okay." Rikka let out a sigh of relief and quickly followed behind Amamiya. Unable to hold back her curiosity, she asked, "How co you were fine back there?"
"Don't ask ," Amamiya replied flatly. "Why don't you use your invincible Wicked Lord's Eye to figure it out?"
"The Wicked Lord's Eye is still sealed," Rikka said with a pout. "I can't see the truth."
"..."
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As they made their way back down the corridor, the ten-minute ti limit was running out. The lights began to dim rapidly, signaling the approach of darkness.
Amamiya stopped at the door of Ward 405, raising his right hand to knock.
Knocking before entering is just common courtesy, after all.
After waiting a few seconds, he gripped the door handle, turned it gently, and pushed the door open. His eyes quickly landed on Chika, who was standing there in nothing but her underwear.
"Uh, excuse . Goodbye."
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