Transform randomly in Kexue World

Chapter 436 The sleepy curator

Want money? Salary increase? Thirty thousand? Why don't you go and grab it? ——You are here to rob.

Tsugawa Hideharu refused without thinking: "This is unreasonable."

The ghost employee in blue uniform was surprised by Tsugawa Hideharu's reaction, and said in an anxious and trembling voice: [Director, I am an employee of the adult section. I need you to give me a salary increase! 】

He seemed to be hinting at something, emphasizing something.

Just when Hideji Tsugawa was about to continue to refuse, a chill locked in his mind, as if some kind of reptile had crawled into his heart and onto his back.

He looked at the rule sheet, and a voice in his heart reminded him not to violate this rule.

With trembling fingers, he took out his wallet and counted the money he had brought with him.

Very subtle, two pieces of ten thousand and two pieces of five thousand. After taking these, I only had 570 yen left in my wallet, which was not enough to take the train home.

It was originally enough, but since the tram that I usually use will be out of service for repairs from today (the tunnel at Xianqiao Station was damaged), and I have to switch to other tram lines from today, the money will not be enough.

Are you here to find me? Hearing the 'ding' from the elevator, Hideji Tsugawa immediately understood that someone was coming to him from the sixth floor.

It only took five or six minutes to turn on the old computer. After turning it on, Tsukawa Hideharu found that the time displayed on the computer was about 10 a.m., but he would not be surprised now. It should be daytime for the ghost.

Someone is coming again? Jinchuan Xiuji subconsciously thought that someone would ask him for money again, but he really has no money now...

But then, the employee stuffed all the pieces of banknotes into his mouth, chewed them dryly and swallowed them with difficulty. Jinchuan Xiuji saw the other person's throat bulge in a circle, and then swallowed it down his neck into his stomach.

Unfortunately, God responded to his curiosity. After picking up the people on the sixth floor, the elevator descended to the fifth floor and stopped here.

The normal library only has five floors, and Tsugawa Hideharu's location is on the top floor, but in the ghost library, the elevator does not reach the first floor. There is another floor above the fifth floor, which is marked with black squares on the elevator.

Is that guy's soul still working here as an employee after turning into a ghost?
【...I need three pieces of your nails,】

However, after the ghost employee opposite took the money from Tsugawa Hideji, not only did he not even say thank you, he tore the banknotes into fingernail-sized pieces directly in front of Tsugawa Hideji.

And coming from this weird location on the sixth floor, I'm afraid they are employees in black uniforms... But according to the rules, I have to treat those in black uniforms who ignored me as employees to satisfy their requests.

Jinchuan Xiuji handed the money to the ghost in front of him with slightly trembling hands, wondering if the other party would receive it if it was not a ghost coin.

At this time, he heard the sound of the elevator rising again.

Tsugawa Hideharu: You broke the law, did you know?

Could it be that this is another employee who came to make a request?

Tamada! Jinchuan Xiuji's eyes widened even more after hearing the other party's name, and he carefully looked at the face of the employee in red. Yes, he is Tamada Kazuo, the unlucky guy who was buried in the elevator by himself after discovering his secret.

Not a black uniform, but a red uniform, as bright as blood.

Tsugawa Hideji felt chills in his heart. After eating the banknotes, the employee in blue uniform walked back with heavy steps. He felt that his originally lively expression became dull, and the color of the dark blue uniform became darker and darker. Dark.

After watching the elevator doors slowly close together and swallowing the other party's figure, Tsukawa Hideji's expression suddenly dropped - is the director of the ghost library really a stupid person who throws away money at work?
He turned on the computer and prepared to see if there was anything else in the ghost library. If it was not profitable, he would leave the library now and never come back at night again.

The man in red uniform walked into his office: [Director, I am Tamada who is in charge of the adult area. I need...]

But the elevator passed this floor, continued to rise, and reached the floor above this.

Did someone take the elevator to the sixth floor? Or did someone take the elevator down from the sixth floor?
Tsugawa Hideharu no longer paid attention to the computer that had successfully started up. He stared at the indicator light of the elevator, full of curiosity about the people on the sixth floor.

When the elevator door opened, Jinchuan Hideji's eyes widened when he saw the people inside.

what?
I originally thought that Tamada was here to ask for money from me, but Tsugawa Xiuji simply didn't believe his ears after hearing the other party's request.

However, looking directly into the other person's eyes, there was no trace of hatred in the way Tamada Kazuo looked at him, as if that person was not the person he killed with his own hands.

Nails... Tsugawa Hideji's body moved on its own, completely against his own will, and was controlled by invisible puppet strings.

He was obviously reluctant and wanted to resist, but he could only watch as his hand reached for the desk drawer, opened the drawer and took out a pair of pliers.

Holding the pliers in his right hand, he put his fingertips into the jaws of the pliers with his left hand.

"Ugh—!"

Bastard, I'll kill you for how dare you make such a request.

Three times of severe pain had made Tsugawa Hideharu lose his mind, completely forgetting that Tamada Kazuo in front of him had been killed by him. He wanted to look at the three bloody nails that had fallen on the desk and his bloody fingers, and thought that it would be okay this time.

But his body still hadn't regained control because Tamada Kazuo hadn't finished his request.

[…and one of your eyeballs. 】

No, no, don’t, no—!
Jinchuan Xiuji watched helplessly as the bloody hand reached for his eyeball, and then his vision was filled with blood.

The request was met, and the restraint that controlled his actions finally disappeared. Tsugawa Hideji knelt on the ground and wailed, having no energy left to care about how Tamada Kazuo used his nails and eyeballs.

When he regained his breath, he opened his eyes and looked ahead through blood-red eyes, only to see that Tamada Kazuo had returned to the elevator, and the elevator door was slowly closing.

kill him! kill him! kill him! There was never a part in the rules that the curator could not harm the employees. Tsugawa Hideharu took out the pistol just in case from his desk drawer, walked to the elevator dripping with blood, and slammed his bloody fist on the elevator switch. .

When he came, the elevator had already taken Tamada Kazuo back to the sixth floor, so Tsugawa Hideharu could only wait for the next elevator.

The gouged left eye socket was still bleeding. He covered his eyes with his left hand that was also bleeding. He held the pistol tightly in his right hand, waiting to beat the guy into a sieve.

The elevator came down, and the elevator door opened to reveal an empty, pale car.

Entering the elevator, he pressed the sixth floor button at the top without hesitation, and then frantically pressed the door close button.

When the elevator rose to a new floor that he had never seen before, regardless of the fact that only darkness could be seen in the opened elevator door, Tsugawa Hideharu, with one blood-red eye staring at him, rushed into the darkness.

Then he hit his head hard just as he got out of the elevator.

The darkness is not because there is no light, but because there is a wall outside the elevator door, a wall that is still dark even under the light in the elevator car. With only one bloodshot eye and blurred vision, Tsugawa Hideharu did not notice this at first.

By the time his mind, which was losing its mind in pain and anger, realized that something was wrong, the elevator door had already closed behind him.

Complete darkness.

Stretching out his hand to explore, he saw a black wall in front of him, without any gaps.

Behind him is the closed elevator door, which is cold and hard and requires a lot of strength to force it open.

Above, below, left and right are marble stone door frames, complete, cold and hard.

Yes, there is no switch to call the elevator.

Jinchuan Xiuji was trapped and died here. He could not call the elevator that had gone down to come back to this floor to pick him up.

It's even a very narrow place. My chest is pressed against the wall and my back can touch the elevator door with a slight movement. I can't turn around and can only put my right hand behind my back to explore.

The so-called sixth floor is just such a small space that can only accommodate one person? Where did that bastard Tamada go?
Wait...that's what happened. Jinchuan Xiuji suddenly understood.

There is indeed a small space above the fifth floor, which is directly above the elevator, where the drive motor of the elevator is placed.

When the elevator reached the fifth floor, Kazuo Tamada, who was on top of the car, was stuck in the narrow space between the motor and the car.

Just like he is now, in total darkness, unable to move, he can only wait for death to come.

Or maybe he was already dead like Tamada, so he was trapped in this kingdom of the dead?

……

I’ve finished reading. Conan closed the book in his hand heavily.

This was too torture. There was only completely incomprehensible gibberish in front of him, but he still had to read it line by line, page by page, and turned through hundreds of pages in this way.

Fortunately, this is a game where you can fool yourself by just pretending. If it were a real supernatural event, Conan probably wouldn't be able to count himself as having completed his study.

After taking a look, the staff in black uniforms stood aside to supervise the two of them very conscientiously. Conan urged Hui Yuan Ai beside him: "Turn it over faster, it should be fine."

However, Hui Yuan Ai turned a deaf ear to his words and did not react at all. She still scanned and turned the pages of the book at her own pace.

Regarding Haibara Ai's complete disregard for her performance, Conan could only shrug and look down at his little black suit.

When I was flipping through the book, I naturally saw my sleeves, and then I discovered that my classic dark blue suit had turned black at some point. Therefore, to be on the safe side, Haiyuan pretended that he could not hear him as he was a staff member in black uniform.

However, Conan guessed that his clothes were changed at the very beginning, when the game started. But because they were in the dark with only a flashlight for illumination, they and Haiyuan didn't notice anything wrong with each other's clothes. Even if they saw black, they would guess it was because of the dark environment.

But it doesn’t mean that I’m actually a staff member, but it’s a reminder from the game, right? Conan looked at Haiyuan Ai's body, a lace that was originally blue but now black, and speculated in his mind.

"The rules we got are for the outside world after all, and we are now in an abnormal inner world. The difference between this place and the outside world is not just that it is not open to the outside world."

Because Haiyuan would definitely not respond by listening carefully, Conan simply said to himself in the direction of the bookshelf: "I was wondering before, since this is a warehouse used to accumulate useless books with messy contents, Why waste space by using rows of bookshelves that are open to the public? If it were me, they would be stacked more densely.”

"Moreover, name tags are hung in different rooms. The contents of the books inside are obviously unreadable, and the distribution of name tags seems to be exactly the same as the distribution in areas open to the public." Conan concluded: "This is not just a library. Continue to add new floors above, but it will be a more special space, right?”

No matter how smart he is, Conan has no experience in reasoning about supernatural phenomena in the past. This puts more emphasis on imagination than logical thinking. So only now did I have a guess: "There is a corresponding relationship between this space and the front space of the library that is open to the outside world. The layout of the room and the position of the bookshelf can only be exactly the same as the table space, but they are placed on the bookshelf. The books are just different.”

"And the connection between the surface world and the inner world is not a staircase or an elevator, but another method that is difficult to detect and easily leads people to enter by mistake. Therefore, a marker is needed to confirm where one is, and that is color." Conan read He looked at his clothes and said: "I can't guess the specific method. In short, the dark blue things in the outer world will turn black in the inner world."

Therefore, Conan judged that although the rules applicable to the outer world stated that people in black uniforms should be ignored, in the inner world, there was no need to be wary of black uniforms.

No one responded to Conan's reasoning. Haibara Ai maintained basic vigilance, while the expressions on the faces of the black-uniformed staff on the other side were as rigid as puppets.

Then Haihara Ai closed the book he had read in his hand and put it back on the bookshelf. The staff moved and slowly walked towards the door of the adult-only browsing room. Before opening the door, he looked back at the two of them and motioned for them to follow. superior.

Conan, who believed in his own reasoning and believed that the man in black uniform was safe, strode after him, while Haibara Ai couldn't violate the rules related to the loss of his companions, so he chased after him.

According to the procedure, normal staff should take readers who have finished reading psychology books to the entrance of the library and send them to meet their families, but as expected, Conan did not take them to the stairs or other places, but to Entering the bathroom, I stood in front of the sink and the mirror.

(End of this chapter)