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Chapter 37 Negative one plus six equals

After being divided into two teams, Haihara Chu and Tamaki Yumiko began to act according to the plan formulated by Orilu Aoi.

Their route is to first retrace their steps from the secret entrance of the power mezzanine to the underground parking lot, then cross the entire underground parking lot to the east stairwell, and take their last breath from the east stairwell to the roof of the theater building. , rendezvous with the responding troops.

Of course, if you don't encounter the Crusaders along the way, that would be the most ideal situation.

The next best thing is to run into an ordinary crusader, and Hui Yuanchu can also deal with it.

And the worst-case scenario is to meet the warrior captain... Regardless of whether they can deal with it, this at least means that the team of Oroku Aoi and Alyssa may have encountered something unexpected...

Fortunately, they didn't encounter any crusaders along the way, especially when the two of them walked through the deserted parking lot.

After safely entering the east stairwell and closing the door to the parking lot, Haiyuan listened carefully and breathed a sigh of relief when he heard faint gunshots coming from above the stairs.

It seems that the support force Oroku Aoi mentioned has arrived and is exchanging fire with the Crusaders.

This also explains why they encountered no Crusaders along the way.

In fact, if Oro Aoi did not make a decisive decision to escape first, but was still trapped in the theater with Tamaki and others, then the supporting troops would not dare to attack rashly, and the Crusaders would not have to worry about the attackers who entered the theater building. , just need to hold on to the Chinese Theater.

But the successful rescue of Tamaki and Alyssa by Oriuru Aoi and Haihara made the current situation completely different.

Zorokui, Tamaki Yumiko, Alisa, Huiyuanchu.These four are all important targets of the Crusaders, either original or newly added.To the Crusaders, none of the thousands of students in the theater were as important as these four.

Therefore, it was meaningless for the Crusaders to continue to defend the theater, and they had to go search for the four people who had escaped.

It was during the search process that they came into contact and exchanged fire with Oroku Aoi's response force. They may have also called search teams from other areas to come for support.

In addition, the thousands of crusaders in the theater could not be completely ignored, and they had to be guarded by manpower... As a result, Hui Yuanchu and the others had a smooth journey along the way without encountering any crusaders.
Thinking of this, Hui Yuanchu admired Zhe Lukui's decision at the beginning.Although if it were him, he would still rush forward, but Oroku Aoi was different from him. He must have considered all these situations and timing carefully.

Next, all you have to do is climb the five flights of stairs and reach the top of the building...

While Hui Yuanchu was thinking, he looked up the stairs - he frowned, feeling that he felt some kind of discomfort from this stairwell.

Hui Yuanchu stood on the floor platform in front of the emergency door, looking around.The right side of the platform is connected with stairs: the one near the door is connected to the stairs going up to the second floor, and the one on the outside is the stairs going down to the basement floor.The staircase is double-running, that is, there is an intermediate platform in the stairwell of the two floors that makes the direction of the staircase turn back.Therefore, Huiyuan couldn't see the 2nd floor upwards, only the middle platform.Going down... down, you can't even see the middle platform, because it happens to be completely blocked by the partition wall between the ascending and descending stairs.

The stairwell is clean and not dark.The walls are painted white, and emergency lights are installed on the mezzanine and floor levels, projecting a gentle, milky white light downwards.

But this space made Hui Yuan initially feel uncomfortable.

Just like... In some cases, someone will suddenly have a bad premonition about something, and with the arrival of the premonition, there will also be some physical symptoms of discomfort, such as rapid heartbeat, confusion, and the desire to vomit. kind.Hui Yuanchu's current feeling is that the discomfort of "a shock" has been weakened a hundred times, but it has become a permanent effect.To move, feel as though the body is being locked down heavily from the core area.To breathe, it feels as if there is a veil covering your face.

...At this moment, Yumiko Tamaki suddenly bent down at the side.

Hui Yuanchu hurriedly asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"

"Maybe I ran too fast and got a little distracted...it's okay." Tamaki Yumiko whispered.

"It's okay, let's go." She pulled Haiyuan understandingly and took the lead.

Hui Yuan nodded and followed.

Second floor.

Three floors.

four floors.

——Fifth floor.Five flights of stairs take less than half a minute.The two boarded the fifth floor platform.

Hui Yuanchu pressed his hand on the handle of the emergency door, ready to activate the power at any time - pushing open this door will lead to the top floor platform, but maybe, he will bump into the Crusaders right outside the door?

But before he could exert any force, Tamaki Yumiko suddenly held down his hand.

Haiyuan turned around and saw Tamaki Yumiko's intensely uneasy expression.

"Mr. Huiyuan... We are on the fifth floor now, so we are already on the top of the building, right?" she asked.

"Yes."

"Then, what's next...?" Tamaki Yumiko's voice was trembling, and she turned her head and looked back.

Hui Yuan was stunned for a moment, then followed Tamaki Yumiko's line of sight and felt a little thump in his heart.

He had just arrived at the emergency door from the stairs on the left side of the floor platform. He turned left and couldn't wait to push the door open without even looking elsewhere.Only then did he realize that: on the right side of the floor platform... there was actually an upward staircase.

"Then this is definitely not the fifth floor. We counted the wrong floor." Hui Yuanchu calmed down and retracted his hand that wanted to push the door. "Let's go up."

However, when he arrived at the platform of the upper floor, Huiyuan looked to the right... only to see an upward staircase again.

Huiyuan stared at this mysterious staircase, and only had one question in his mind... which floor are they on now?

To confirm this problem, there is actually the simplest way.

Hui Yuanchu turned around and looked at the emergency door leaving the stairwell on the left. He took a deep breath, stepped forward, and pushed the door open in one breath.

The scene outside the stairwell made him stay there for a moment.

How many floors did Hai Yuanchu and Tamaki Yumiko run up just now?Maybe six floors, maybe five floors.But no matter what, there can't be only one layer.

But now, outside the stairwell is the first floor.

On the left is the main entrance on the first floor of the theater building.Outside the main entrance, a pool not far away reflects the ripples of sunlight, and the sculptures standing there quietly cast the same light and shadow as always.

On the right side of the stairwell, there is a long gentle slope leading to the second floor.

Tamaki Yumiko, who followed him and ran out the door, also held her breath and unconsciously grabbed Hui Yuanchu's arm, her nails digging deeply into the flesh of her arm.

Hui Yuanchu finally woke up, and immediately realized another thing that was wrong.

—It was too quiet.

There was no one around as far as the eye could see.

And there was no sound coming from outside the door or from the second floor.

What about the Crusaders?What about support troops?What about the frequent exchange of fire that could be heard in the stairwell just half a minute ago?What about the students in the theater?What about their noise?What about the sound of traffic on the highway outside the theater?

Hui Yuan initially had several questions in his mind.

He quickly made a decision: "...let's go back first."

(End of this chapter)