JOJO: Bizarre Adventure

As we mentioned last time, just as everyone was diligently studying the cafeteria rules, Qiao Zhou suddenly let out a strange scream, his face contorted in extreme pain as if affected by something...

"In the end what happened!"

The group dared not speak loudly, and could only communicate in hushed tones.

“Uh…uh, I,”

Qiao Zhou strained his facial muscles, trying to utter a complete sentence.

"I C..."

Finally, he seemed to have recovered, and with a look of resentment, he said these words:

"This thing... is Sichuan peppercorns!"

He pointed to the blobs he had spat out.

Upon hearing this, all four people present fell silent.

Qiao Zhou stood up, turned around and walked towards the food serving window.

"Where are you going?"

"Buy a drink."

Those who have carefully read the "Storyteller's Encyclopedia" column know that...

Qiao Zhou really hates Sichuan peppercorns.

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Meanwhile, on the second floor of the cafeteria.

A plate of rice bowls, all vegetarian, was placed in front of Qiao Maipi.

"I saw on the rules at the entrance that it says you can't stay for more than fifteen minutes, right? But isn't there a half-hour break at lunchtime?"

He ate his meal while quietly talking to the boy across from him.

This boy's name is Wu Enyu, and he is a first-year high school student in the same class as Qiao Maipi.

He was the intelligence target that Joe McPee had identified.

As a detective, Joe McPee's ability to judge people is also highly refined.

Wu Enyu glanced over, looking slightly nervous, his eyes darting around, clearly the appearance of an average student.

The main thing is that his expression wasn't so blank, and he seemed to have a certain desire to express himself.

"It's always been like this..."

"What if we don't follow this rule?"

"what?"

Upon hearing Qiao Maipi's question, Wu Enyu exclaimed in surprise.

"That's impossible,"

He shook his head,

"This rule definitely won't be violated."

His expression was calm, as if he was very confident in what he was saying.

"why?"

"what why?"

It's obvious that these two are treating each other like idiots.

"Even though you're a transfer student, have you never been to school before?"

Wu Enyu had an expression that seemed perfectly natural.

"Um, the school we went to before seems to be a little different from this one."

Qiao Maipi put a mouthful of rice into his mouth.

Although he doesn't need to eat at all, this allows him to better integrate into the human community.

Especially in places like this.

"I see... I'm sorry, I've never met students transferring from other schools before. I thought they were all like the students at Run Run Middle School."

"So, what exactly is the reason?"

Wu Enyu thought for a moment,

"If a student stays in the cafeteria for more than fifteen minutes, the cafeteria will automatically ask them to leave."

"What do you mean by 'driving away'?"

"Well, uh, I don't know how to explain it. I thought all schools were like this, that they would take you out."

Wu Enyu scratched his head.

"You'll appear at the cafeteria entrance when the time comes."

Qiao Maipi roughly understood Wu Enyu's situation; it was a case of "the curse of knowledge."

Once someone knows something or has learned a skill, it becomes difficult to understand why others don't know or can't do it.

Because the impact of this rule is already commonplace for them, he was initially a little confused.

Imagine an alien who doesn't need to sleep standing in front of you one day, asking you what it means to "fall asleep by closing your eyes" or "what it feels like to sleep," and you would have a hard time answering him.

"So, when the time comes, the students still inside the cafeteria will be teleported directly outside?"

"That's roughly it,"

Wu Enyu nodded.

"So we don't dislike this rule because it doesn't deduct our quantitative score."

"So, you really hate those rules that deduct points?"

At this point, Joe McPee found a very natural transition.

"Of course,"

When the topic of personal performance evaluation scores came up, Wu Enyu's expression turned sour.

"So what will be the consequences of deducting quantitative points?"

"If you lose points normally, you'll be punished by the teacher, but if you lose too many points, things will get really bad."

He seemed a little nervous when the topic of numerous demerit points came up.

"If you lose more than 32 points, your situation at school will become very bad. Everyone will be hostile towards you. Your actions as a student will be restricted, and you will be under great mental pressure. What's even more terrifying is that the lower your score, the more your body will gradually change, and eventually you may... succumb."

Qiao Maipi was somewhat surprised by this statement.

It's not that the story is particularly outrageous, but rather that Wu Enyu's way of telling it is quite unique.

In the previous account, the other party's explanation only gave a general overview of the school's situation, and they knew nothing about the details. Their vocabulary was also typical of ordinary students chatting.

But this time, he used so many unusual words and phrases, which is not like his usual style.

"What does this mean? What does 'fall' mean?"

"The fall is the fall, everyone knows that."

"Okay, let me rephrase the question: what will happen after the land is captured?"

"I don't know, it might turn into something else."

Joe McPee was thinking to himself,

The so-called 'fall' is a change, and we don't know what the consequences of this change will be, but it is likely not a good thing.

The relationship between the quantitative scoring mechanism and the fall of the country can be summarized in two main possibilities:

Firstly, the quantitative scoring mechanism is the reason for the fallout. Changes in the quantitative score will lead to changes in the human body. If this is the case, then there must be a medium for this change, the most likely being the electronic bracelet on one's wrist.

Secondly, the quantitative score is actually a "protection" for the student group. The collapse of the system is an objective mechanism in the entire campus, and the quantitative score can resist the collapse to a certain extent.

With too little information available, Qiao Maipi is unable to draw any specific conclusions at this time.

"What if,"

He asked again,

What would happen if all 64 points were deducted?

"All of them, deducted completely?!"

Wu Enyu gasped.

"I was just curious."

"If all the money is deducted, I'll probably get fired."

Upon hearing the word "expulsion," a multitude of thoughts flashed through Qiao Maipi's mind.

"Expulsion? Does this school actually expel people? This is supposed to be a world of strange rules, so there shouldn't be such a mechanism."

He knew that "expulsion" did not mean kicking them out of school. Otherwise, escaping this strange world would be too easy; they could simply find a way to deduct sixty-four points from their individual performance evaluation.

It's important to know that this school has many disciplinary violations that can result in a deduction of 32 points or more.

"However, I don't know the specifics. In my memory, there are very few students who have been expelled."

Wu Enyu ate the last bit of rice in her bowl.

"Alright, it's time to go."

Seeing the other person get up, Joe McPee quickly followed.

"correct,"

He asked, seemingly casually:

"Are there any transfer students like us recently?"

Wu Enyu turned her head.

"Yes, I heard that a foreign girl transferred here."

Joe McPee guessed that the person he was referring to was probably Liouan.

"Do you know which class she's in?"

"what?"

Wu Enyu's expression was somewhat strange.

"I heard she was fired."