Chapter 026: Key Card Malfunction
"Knock, knock, knock!"
The door of Room 307 was being knocked on.
"Hello!"
"Room cleaning service."
But the door didn't open.
The cleaner quickly retrieved a key card from the pocket on their chest a master key card that allowed them to open any room.
Lin Ye's expression shifted slightly. He had searched those pockets earlier and hadn't found any key card.
The rules of the hotel had restricted him.
"Room 307 requires cleaning service,"
"Proceeding to unlock the door now."
The cleaner moved closer with the key card in hand.
"Don't..."
Suddenly,
A voice of strong rejection came from within Room 307.
"Room 307 doesn't need any cleaning service. No, absolutely not. Go to another room."
It was Taisuke is voice.
He wasn't dead; he was alive and well.
The cleaner immediately turned to look at Kuroda Hikaru, making the twin-tailed brunette shiver involuntarily, her hands and feet turning cold.
"Taisuke, Taisuke-kun, open the door. We... need room service."
"No! Go away!"
The rejection came again, firm and resolute.
The cleaner lowered their hand.
"Room 307 is occupied and does not require cleaning service. Moving to the next room."
But at that moment,
Time froze once more.
Lin Ye sighed, a little disappointed.
"I had hoped Taisuke wouldn't respond."
He was curious to see what the cleaner would do in a room with someone inside. Would they treat the occupant as garbage and clean them up as well?
Initially, Lin Ye's attitude toward Taisuke had been shaped by his dislike for the character in the original story. While he didn't intend to harm Taisuke outright, he wouldn't have hesitated to help him if necessary.
Now, however, after Taisuke coldly shut the door, prioritizing his own survival and refusing to communicate or cooperate, Lin Ye no longer cared if the infamous yellow-haired character from this fictional world ended up dead.
A dead blond is a good blond.
Still, for now, this plan was temporarily out of reach.
Lin Ye walked over to the cleaner, took the master key card from her left hand, and approached the door to Room 304, putting some distance between himself and the cleaner.
Next,
He would use the key card to unlock the door.
Time resumed.
"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."
The key card failed to work on Room 304's door.
Hoshino Ai's expression changed slightly as she watched.
They couldn't return to the room.
After the cleaning was completed, the original room card could no longer be used!
"What... what should we do?"
Lin Ye pressed the cleaner's room card against the reader.
Hoshino Ai watched and couldn't help but praise him once again. Lin Ye-kun had already anticipated this issue and obtained the cleaner's room card in advance.
However, the sound of "zzz zzz zzz..." still indicated an error.
The door remained tightly shut.
Hoshino Ai's face turned pale.
Lin Ye, on the other hand, remained calm, showing no signs of panic over the invalid room card.
"Guest..."
A hoarse voice came from the cleaner.
Lin Ye turned to look.
In the blink of an eye, the previously normal-looking cleaner had changed. Her expression became increasingly grotesque, her hollow eyes oozing liquid, and she began pulling various tools from her cart.
There was a broom, a duster, and even... an axe.
Why would a cleaner carry an axe?
Kuroda Hikaru's eyes widened at the sight. The sharp axe gleamed, its edge still dripping with blood. That must be the blood of Miho!
"Stealing a room card,"
"Guest's property... danger,"
"Report..."
The hoarse, stuttering voice sounded eerily similar to that of the previous female receptionist.
In the next moment,
The cleaner moved. Her humanoid body twisted into an unnatural form, while the broom and axe swung wildly through the air.
Hoshino Ai and Kuroda Hikaru froze in place, instinctively closing their eyes.
Before long, Hoshino Ai realized she was unharmed. She felt herself being carried away.
It must have been Lin Ye using time-stop.
When she blinked and her vision returned, Hoshino Ai found herself at the elevator entrance. Meanwhile, all the cleaner's attacks at the door of Room 304 had missed.
The cleaner noticed the disappearance of the three people.
"Take the stairs, go down."
Just as Kuroda Hikaru was about to press the elevator button, he immediately turned and ran toward the emergency stairwell.
"Ahhh..."
Behind them,
The eerie cleaner let out a guttural scream,
But her figure stopped at the stairwell entrance, unable to go any further.
"It... it didn't chase us."
"It must not be able to leave the third floor!"
Hoshino Ai breathed a sigh of relief.
"What should we do next, Lin Ye-kun? We can't return to our room, and the receptionist on the first floor is also dangerous. We can't just stay here forever!"
The dimly glowing green stairwell wasn't exactly safe, either.
"To the lobby."
"Really stay in the lobby until six o'clock?"
It's just a matter of not talking to the female receptionist for a few hours, Hoshino Ai gritted her teeth, thinking she could manage it.
"No,"
"Then..."
"Have a chat with the female receptionist,"
"Huh?!"
Hoshino Ai was stunned,
Even Kuroda Hikaru was completely surprised.
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