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Chapter 1627 Feint to the East, Attack in the West (Long Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)

Reed turned his gaze to look at Heo's actions.

He only saw He Ao glance at the girl in the white dress outside the trash can. At that moment, the girl in the white dress turned her head back and looked towards the doorway.

At that moment, his clothes trembled, as if a gust of wind had swept through the rain. He Ao, who was in front of him, suddenly disappeared and almost silently crossed the water and mud, arriving at the slide in front of him.

Then He Ao crouched down and hid his body in the gap between the slide and the steel pipe.

He didn't know what He Ao was planning to do, so he could only lean against the trash can, watching He Ao and waiting for his next move.

At that moment, He Ao leaned against the gap in the slide, carefully peeking out and watching the gate in front of him, watching the little girl in the white dress guarding the gate.

The raindrops fell softly from the sky, and the entire square was eerily quiet, save for the pattering rain and the suppressed, faint breathing of two children beneath it.

boom--

Just then, a sudden sound broke the dim silence.

One foot stepped out from outside the door and onto the small puddle in front of it, turning the puddle into a blooming flower and splashing water droplets.

A chubby figure appeared in front of the door.

He stepped out of the small door and looked towards the depths of the orphanage, towards the direction of the kitchen and storeroom, where all the teachers were now.

Faint lights shone from that direction, illuminating the rain curtain.

At that moment, He Ao, who was hiding on the side of the slide, also rushed forward, his whole body shooting out like an arrow.

The fat man's attention was entirely focused on that side, completely oblivious to the changes happening around him. He accelerated, rushing towards the kitchen and warehouse, shouting loudly, "Teacher—"

Just at this moment.

His voice suddenly stopped.

A blurry shadow appeared in front of him.

It was a faceless little girl in a white dress.

The fat man's throat felt like a squeezed water pipe, and he couldn't make a sound for a moment.

A faint glow of sparks spread across his body.

Just then, he widened his eyes and looked behind the little girl in the white dress.

A phantom flashed past the little girl in an instant, its hand sweeping across the back of her neck, removing the shards from her neck, and then, cutting into her blind spot, rushed into a small, open door to the side.

All of this happened so fast that after it was all over, the little girl in the white dress looked up in a daze and looked around.

The fat man wanted to say something, but his body was already engulfed in flames, and in an instant, he turned into a cloud of ashes filled with sparks, drifting down in the rain.

But the little girl in the white dress was no longer looking at him; she had turned her gaze to the open door.

After a brief pause, she slowly moved forward, leaning towards the open door.

boom--

Just then, a crisp sound came from behind the trash can not far away, and then it quickly became quiet.

The little girl in the white dress paused slightly, then lifted her foot and slowly moved forward, approaching the trash can.

But instead of going directly to the back of the trash can, she first approached the gap in the trash can and looked through the gap towards the back.

After confirming that no one was in the gap, she withdrew her gaze, her body flashing forward, appearing behind the trash can.

But the other side is also empty.

She looked up at the torrential rain and the tightly closed window, seemingly somewhat lost.

After a brief pause, her body flickered and slowly moved forward along the windows, stopping outside the classroom.

Her gaze swept across the classroom, taking in the neat, unchanging electronic easel and the scattered papers in the corner.

After a brief pause, she turned her gaze away from the classroom window and continued forward.

Below the window where she had just stood, Reed was curled up inside, his small body tense, his breathing suppressed.

After an unknown amount of time, a figure slowly pushed open the door, looked at Reed standing against the wall, and nodded gently to him.

Reed breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and walked through the classroom.

Looking at the thin figure standing at the door, he said slowly, "Where were you hiding just now?"

He Ao glanced back at the window facing the corridor, "Just squat under this window."

Reed was slightly taken aback.

The two looked at each other and burst out laughing.

After laughing, Reed looked at Heo and sighed, "You've got guts, kid."

He Ao looked at his short stature and chubby, cute little face, "You don't sound like an old person at all when you say these things like that."

Reed paused for a moment, then chuckled again.

The tense atmosphere between the two eased considerably.

The operation just now was indeed extremely dangerous. The little girl in the white dress killed someone almost instantly. It was pure rule-based damage that couldn't be avoided. If they had been a little off, the two of them would have been stuck here forever.

They quickly left the corridor with windows.

"You predicted all along that the fat guy would betray us?" Reed looked at Heo and continued to ask.

The fat guy ran out the door, clearly intending to go directly to the 'teacher' to complain.

“Unsure.” He shrugged and sighed softly.

The fat man's betrayal was one plan, and his not betraying him was another.

“You actually gave him a chance,” Reed sighed.

Heo had made the dangers outside very clear, but the fat man 'Cato' still refused to believe Heo and chose to betray him.

This time, He Ao remained silent.

Finn had already raised his head and was looking at them from the corridor ahead.

Reed did not continue on this topic.

"How is it?" He Ao looked at him and asked quickly.

“Including mine, 21 pieces,” Finn said, pulling a stack of black pieces bound together with rubber bands from his pocket. “They’re all here.”

He paused, then continued, "There are still five children in the kitchen, and the fragments of Cato are gone."

“I’ve obtained the fragments of Cato,” Heo said slowly.

Finn was slightly taken aback, and Reed told him what had just happened.

“He’s been captured by a ghost,” Finn shook his head and sighed. “Then he won’t be getting out today.”

Hearing this, Reed paused slightly. He looked at Finn and asked curiously, "If you're caught by a ghost, will you disappear for a whole day?"

“Yes.” Finn nodded, not noticing anything unusual, nor showing any sadness.

Reed looked up at Heo.

He Ao shook his head slightly, indicating that he didn't know either.

Then Heo turned his gaze to Finn and said slowly, "Then there are only the fragments of the five children in the kitchen."

“But the teachers are all in the kitchen,” Finn said hesitantly. “If we go in, we’ll have to help them with chores until orientation starts. If we disobey the teachers, the security guards will arrest us.”

"Let's head that way first and think about it as we go," He Ao nodded slightly.

The three of them turned around and walked towards the innermost side.

At that moment, Reed leaned closer and whispered to Heo, "Here, perhaps there is no concept of 'death'."

“Yes,” He Ao nodded slightly and said slowly, “Time here is forever frozen on September 17th.”

Reed paused, realizing something. "You mean, every day, this place resets? It goes back to that day?"

At this moment, he lowered his head and said hoarsely, "Based on my understanding of anomalies, during the reset of this kind of 'anomaly,' those who do not belong to the orphanage will likely face some terrifying things."

That's why no 'survivors' escaped from this orphanage.

Even if the 'intruder' follows all the rules, is not caught by security, and is not burned to death by the ghost, he may still be completely erased at the moment of reset.

So how did those members of abnormal cults manage to evade detection?
While Reed was pondering, the group had already arrived at a side door that no one had ever used before.

Judging by the location, this should be the innermost side door.

“If we go out from here, we’ll be in the building with the kitchen.” Finn looked at the side door, then turned to Heo. “But how do we get into the kitchen, get the fragments from our friends, and then leave safely?”

“I remember the kitchen had two doors,” Heo said, stroking his chin thoughtfully. “One led directly outside, and the other connected to the warehouse.”

He looked at Finn. "Is the warehouse guarded?"

“Yes,” Finn pondered, “it’s the security guard who patrols the back door. He’ll be watching the warehouse. It should be easier to bypass him.”

“In other words, we can enter the warehouse first,” Heo pondered. “From the warehouse, we can enter the kitchen and then access the children.”

“But the teachers are all in the kitchen,” Reed, who had been thinking, chimed in. “If we go in through the storeroom, the teachers will still find us.”

“We need to think of a way to get the teacher’s attention,” Finn said, scratching his head.

“I remember that teachers really like cute children, right? If a cute child gets lost and cries at the door, wouldn’t they go and pay attention?” He Ao suddenly said.

“Definitely,” Finn nodded. “They absolutely adore cute kids.”

At this point, he paused slightly, as if realizing something, and turned to look at Reed, who was also deep in thought.

Heo had already turned his gaze to Reed.

Reed looked up at the two of them with a puzzled expression, his cute baby face raised. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

-

The raindrops pattered on the ground. Reed straightened his loose clothes, looked up, and stared at the open kitchen door in front of him.

He rubbed his cheeks, letting the rainwater mix with his face.

Then, he sniffed and slowly walked toward the kitchen.

"Wow--"

The piercing cries echoed through the rain.

-

Inside the warehouse

He looked at the security guard walking away, reached out and closed the door, and together with Finn beside him, quickly crossed the warehouse and walked to the back door marked as the kitchen.

He Ao slightly opened the door a crack and looked into the kitchen.

The orphanage's kitchen was large, a square area with a long table in the middle. Six ashe figures in gray uniforms were gathered around the table, taking out frozen bags of synthetic chicken legs one by one.

Meanwhile, the five children on the other side of the table quickly took the chicken legs and arranged them evenly on the baking tray.

On the other side, outside the open kitchen door, accompanied by a slightly trembling cry, a small figure slowly approached from the rain.

The teachers and children inside the room clearly heard the crying.

A teacher who was standing outside quickly went over and looked at the little boy who was crying at the door. "What's wrong? How did you get here? Tell the teacher."

But the boy didn't react; he just kept crying, and the crying got louder and louder.

As a result, more and more teachers gathered around.

Soon, all six teachers gathered at the doorway, watching the boy crying there.

The children who were dividing up the chicken legs looked at each other when they saw this scene, and seemed to want to go and see as well.

Seeing this, Heo pushed open the small door and gestured to Finn.

Finn nodded slightly and walked out through the small door.

He Ao stood guard at the door, leaning against the small door, watching everyone.

The children were slightly surprised when they saw him approaching, and some were even more surprised when they saw He Ao in the corner.

However, it was clear that Finn was very popular; during their quick conversation, four children gave him their fragments.

Then Finn walked over to the child on the far side of the group of five, who was also the child closest to the teacher.

It was a little boy with short hair.

He watched Finn approach, listened to Finn's conversation with him, and quickly handed the fragments he was carrying to Finn.

But just as Finn was about to reach out and take it, the boy suddenly looked up in the teacher's direction and shouted, "Teacher! Finn is taking it from me—ugh—"

But before he could say anything, He Ao, who came up from behind, covered his mouth.

But at this moment, the sound had already attracted the attention of the teacher at the door.

He covered the short-haired child with one hand and pulled Finn with the other, his whole body quickly leaning backward.

When the teachers who heard the shouts turned around, they only saw an empty kitchen and four children looking at each other, still not having reacted.

"And what about the other child?"

A teacher looked blankly at the remaining children.

Just then, the teachers suddenly realized something, turned around, and looked towards the door.

The adorable child who was standing at the door crying loudly has now disappeared.

The only sound outside the kitchen was the patter of rain.

-

On the wall behind the warehouse.

boom--

Heo pinned the short-haired boy against the wall, and Finn took the shards from the boy's hand.

The short-haired boy looked at He Ao, his lips moving as if he wanted to say something to He Ao.

He Ao loosened his grip slightly and looked at him.

“Loren,” the short-haired boy glanced at Heo, then at Finn, “Don’t be fooled by this guy. He’s a hypocrite, a teacher’s lackey. You think he’s trying to be nice to you? He just wants to use you. Don’t be misled by him!”

(End of this chapter)