If the hotel lobby was a little dark, the stairwell that William followed his servants to was almost pitch black and had no lighting equipment.
Seeing William pause, the Black Rat attendant beside him explained:
“Please don’t mind, most rat people prefer a dark and humid environment, so we did not provide any lighting in the ‘passage’ area of the hotel and kept it dark.
There are many similar places in Rat City. I hope you can get used to it.
Please follow me, your room is on the fourth floor."
At this time, Thirteen's voice came from behind: "Teacher, do you need me to provide lighting?"
"It's okay. When in Rome, do as the Romans do."
William deliberately hid Thirteen's trump card. After all, it cost a full hundred thousand, and it was a discounted price. The candle doll that had been perfectly transformed by the Duke's Chamber of Commerce must be an important support for exploring the abyss.
The 'abyss' in William's eyes could very well be some kind of living thing. Releasing her candlelight in advance might alert the enemy.
Moreover, William could see through this level of darkness simply with his own vision.
I have already noticed that there is something wrong with the 'gap' in the stairwell.
Dense black rat hair grows mainly along the wall edges and in the gaps. As you look closely, you will find that these wriggling rat hairs seem to be slightly thicker, and more like a rat's tail than hair.
When William's leather shoes stepped over them, the tails would automatically retract.
Arriving at the fourth floor, the entire horizontal corridor was also pitch black, with more rat tails growing on both sides of the aisle, and some even clinging to the walls.
Finally came to the special offer room at the end.
The lock turned out to be a completely hardened rat corpse. When the key was inserted into the mouth and turned, the corpse immediately softened.
Click! The door opens instantly.
A rotten and moldy smell emanated as the door opened, and a large number of rat tails retracted into the cracks in the wall the moment the door opened.
The Black Rat attendant explained:
"Special price rooms are rarely occupied, so they may smell a bit. I hope you don't mind."
"fine."
"Dear guest, if you have any questions during your stay, just tap the headboard and let us know what you need.
The 'messenger mouse' inside the wall will immediately bring your needs to the hotel front desk, and we will solve the problem for you as quickly as possible.
In addition, we have unified dining here, and you can go to the second-floor restaurant at any time to enjoy our Rat City’s special meals.
If there is nothing else, I won’t bother you.”
Card~
While closing the door, William also released the chains to completely block it.
The only candle at the bedside was lit, providing a tiny amount of light.
The round bed was like a rat's nest, the bedding was moldy and even had a lot of rat droppings on it. The water flowing out of the bathroom was light green and could barely be used for bathing.
"Teacher, there seems to be something wrong with the hotel."
"Well... Having problems is a good thing. As long as we can solve the problems, it will speed up our understanding of Rat City. If trouble comes, you don't have to light the candles in a hurry. I can solve it."
"OK.
With your ability, you can carry out large-scale missionary work in this city, easily figure out the situation here, and have a group of plague students to work for you, and even use them as cannon fodder to explore the location of the abyss in advance."
"If I have no bottom line in the matter of 'recruiting students', my essence as a teacher will also be affected. The rats here are too low and disgusting, even their brains are flowing with green rot.
Moreover, this city may have been affected by the abyss. Before we are sure of the problem behind it, we must not alert the enemy... Maybe there are brains stronger than mine who have already controlled some of the rats.
If I continue to educate them, they might be able to understand my epilepsy in advance, and they might even influence me against their own brains.”
"I'm sorry for my inconsiderateness... I haven't been with the teacher for some time, and I have become a little conceited. I will try my best to correct it." Thirteen lowered his head and even felt a drop of wax falling.
"It's good to have your own ideas, but you should process and deduce them as much as possible to get more detailed and accurate conclusions before speaking them out. Okay! It's getting late, and I've been a little hot along the way. I'm going to take a shower and go to bed."
"Teacher, do you want to take a shower here?" Thirteen asked this question and then felt that he had said too much, so he quickly covered his mouth with his hand.
"Yeah, why... you want to come along?"
"No~ No! My body is not suitable for contact with liquids~ If the teacher wants this, I am willing to wash my body with you."
"Just kidding, just stay outside and watch."
William walked into the bathroom carrying his suitcase and first lit the white candle on the sink.
Who knew that the fire would spread out in an instant.
Hiss! A hissing sound,
The rat tails growing in the cracks of the bathroom wall all retracted, and at the same time they made uncomfortable noises. It was as if the momentary illumination made these tails, which were used to the darkness, quite uncomfortable, and even burned.
William didn't care about these "rats in the wall".
He opened the suitcase and looked at the piece of skin folded inside, an "apostle's skin" of inestimable value that came from the leather factory keeper.
One month of circus life was too tight and William had no time to deal with it. Although he had time now, it was still a bit troublesome to be in such a hotel.
"If we take out the Apostle's Skin, it will easily alert the enemy. Forget it... We can use this Skin in the next channel. It may even play a good role in boosting the enemy. There is really no need to transform it into "Black Dead Skin" now."
William took off his clothes and stood under the shower head, with the light green water washing over his body. The invading pathogens were still beaten to death in his body.
Everything was normal during the wash.
William put his hands on the bathroom wall, quietly feeling the situation inside the wall, with a strange smile on his face.
Finished washing up.
William returned to the room without any concern for the dirtiness and fell directly on the mattress that was like a rat's nest.
Instead of using gentleman's attire to isolate the mold on the mattress, he took off his shirt and deliberately exposed his firm and beautiful body.
This scene made Shisan stunned. He felt that the teacher had changed a lot after not seeing him for a month.
"Teacher, you can sleep peacefully. I have replaced the candles with new ones. It's okay if you don't need to rest."
"Pretend to rest and pretend everything is normal."
"Oh, I see."
Thirteen followed the instructions and switched to "standby mode". No light came out of his head and he stood at the door like a decoration.
Having been transformed and upgraded by the Chamber of Commerce, she will not release any vitality in this mode, but her mind still exists and she can sense everything around her, making her very suitable to serve as a night sentinel.
I don't know how much time has passed,
When the humid and hot room made William's exposed upper body covered with sweat, he rolled back and forth on the bed.
Squeak! It seems that there are a large number of rats running around in the wall.
Immediately afterwards, densely packed black rat tails stretched out,
This time, it not only penetrated the cracks in the wall, but also directly pierced through the wallpaper and ceiling, and even the bathroom!
Tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of rat tails intertwined and coiled in the room, eventually forming an extremely huge black rat skull, big enough to swallow William's body in one bite.
Thirteen, who was standing at the door, noticed the abnormality very early. When he was about to burn candles to dispel and burn the evil spirits, he suddenly remembered what his teacher had told him before and finally chose to turn a blind eye.
Until... Ka! The rat-tail braided black head swallowed William in one gulp.