[Cave Base Security Personnel Code of Conduct]
[This Code of Conduct applies to all security soldiers at this base. Please observe the contents of this code strictly.]
[1. As security personnel, you will be assigned to different areas for guard duty or patrol work each week. During working hours, you are not permitted to whisper or chat casually, nor engage in any communication with exploration personnel beyond mission-related matters. Do not disturb the researchers in their work, and do not provide assistance to researchers unless they actively request it.]
[2. All security work requires the cooperation of at least two people. There will never be a work assignment for a single individual acting alone. If you discover an error in the work arrangement, do not execute it; please report it to your superiors and only proceed once the error is confirmed to be resolved.]
[3. When your companion exhibits signs of delirium, muttering to themselves, inability to identify direction, or a strong inclination to have you go to a specific location, please immediately distance yourself from your companion and seek help from other companions who are not exhibiting this phenomenon. Subdue the companion exhibiting this phenomenon and await researchers to transfer them for treatment. In special circumstances where it is difficult to suppress the other party, you may apply to lift fire restrictions and shoot them dead.]
[4. Security soldiers assigned to the Quarantine Zone must rest in the personnel preparation room for one hour after completing their work. Only those who can correctly recite their identity, duties, name, and ID code after resting may end their mission. Those unable to fully recite this information must return to the Quarantine Zone for further examination.]
[5. Each security personnel's work schedule for the week will be arranged at least one week in advance. Once arranged, it will basically not change. All requests for temporary changes to mission content must have the permission of General Shegera to be approved; otherwise, they are not to be executed.]
[6. Unless permission is granted by Professor Fulen and General Shegera, security personnel are not permitted to enter the Analysis Workshop or the Research Zone.]
[7. All noises coming from the direction of the Quarantine Zone, such as crying, calls for help, or knocking on doors, are hallucinations. The air environment here contains an unidentified special biological toxin that induces a certain degree of hallucinations. Do not pay excessive attention to these hallucinations. If you believe these hallucinations have affected your normal work, please report and explain to the superior department.]
[8. Every soldier is required to take specific psychotropic drugs. This medication guarantees you will not be affected by the hallucinogenic microorganisms of this place. Please ensure you take the prescribed amount at the scheduled time daily. The drug supply for each soldier is fixed; you must not transfer it to others.]
[9. All exploration personnel who do not act according to instructions and regulations may be shot dead immediately; no application is required.]
[10. Researchers who do not hold the corresponding access card, or appear at times they should not, must be immediately controlled. If necessary, you may apply to lift fire restrictions, but you should try to ensure the other party remains alive.]
[11. Security personnel will not enter the area behind the Quarantine Zone inspection room. You will not receive such an order, and that area is unrelated to your work.]
[12. General Shegera is the supreme commander of security personnel. Professor Fulen holds second-level command authority. When orders from the two conflict, please follow General Shegera's orders.]
[13. The Entertainment Area is a venue specifically provided for security soldiers and researchers to relax. You may change out of your clothes here. In areas other than this, except for toilets, showers, and dormitories, you must wear formal attire. You are not permitted to wear personal-style clothing outside the Entertainment Area.]
[14. When you are designated as Quarantine Zone security personnel, please proceed to General Shegera's office to confirm the appointment. Security personnel for this area can only be appointed by General Shegera personally.]
[The right of interpretation of this code belongs to Professor Fulen and Lieutenant General Shegera.]
After earnestly finishing reading this folded rule sheet found in the pocket of the black soldier protective suit, Kaguya Shinomiya raised her head and walked forward.
Pushing open the door, a considerably large bar appeared before her eyes. Many soldiers and researchers were currently drinking here.
They had taken off their jackets and helmets, revealing heads that looked squeezed and crushed into rotten pulp. Each one was hideously terrifying, yet they drank their little drinks just like ordinary people. Some were shouting at each other out of boredom, while others simply drank sullenly or hummed little tunes, putting on an air of contentment.
Not a single "person" paid any mind to Kaguya Shinomiya's appearance.
This was the third floor of the research base, an area specifically dedicated to relaxation and rest. It had to be said that although this research base looked small, it really did have everything in terms of functions. Kaguya just found it a bit strange that she hadn't found a place like an armory; otherwise, planting explosives there would definitely be far more effective than blowing up a monitoring area just now.
Regardless, now was the time to search for the security personnel of the Power Zone.
Kaguya Shinomiya's gaze swept over the "people" present as she advanced silently.
The camera on one side of the room was currently flickering with a faint light. Even though the monitoring room had been destroyed, these things were still working. The anomalies playing the role of base personnel maintained an attitude of indifference toward this. Except for that Professor Fulen, whose movements had paused briefly right when the explosion occurred, he had quickly resumed his usual demeanor, returning sluggishly to his office with absolutely no intention of managing the situation.
These things... their reaction to the changes occurring within the base was quite dull. Was it because they were anomalies playing roles? But according to Student Fujiwara's account earlier, she and Gao-kun had encountered some anomalies in the cavern that played their roles very "vividly." Was there some difference between the two?
While thinking, Kaguya Shinomiya passed through the bar, opened a door, and arrived at a place filled with smoke and fire.
This was a large canteen. It usually served three ordinary meals a day, and outside of those times, it provided things like barbecue. Just like now, Kaguya Shinomiya could see various big chunks of fish and meat on the grill. It had to be said that it was quite greasy, making Kaguya, who was accustomed to exquisite high-end cuisine, very uncomfortable.
A considerable number of researchers and security personnel were gathered here as well.
Next, there was an entertainment area with many game consoles, and a sports area with equipment like basketball shooting machines.
Different "people" existed in every area. It was as if they were truly still alive, still needing various forms of entertainment to relax and reward themselves, enjoying their play in different parts of this floor.
Creak—
Opening the door and walking out of the sports area, Kaguya arrived in a corridor. At this moment, there was a toilet to the side of this corridor. Inside, suppressed low moans could be heard, appearing to be two people entangled with each other.
Kaguya's soldier uniform had been obtained here just a moment ago. It had to be said that the scene of those two piles of squeezed rotten meat embracing each other was quite disgusting—so disgusting that Kaguya felt she would definitely have to wash her eyes thoroughly afterward.
However, right now she had no time to care about such issues, because she had already found a security guard with a bunch of keys hanging from their body. She secretly swiped the keys off the target.
Stealing things from an anomaly was truly quite thrilling.
Thinking this, Kaguya Shinomiya returned to the bar and then quickly approached the direction of the stairs.
At the same time, on the second floor, Maki and Chika had already slipped into the Archives. They pretended they needed to retrieve a certain document, but in reality, they were picking out files that looked potentially useful at random, planning to take them back to the dormitory area to study slowly.
"Remember not to take Exploration Record 01. Ah... Gao-kun said he already read this in the last loop. He knows the content, and he already told me. I can tell you and Student Kaguya directly after we get back."
Chika Fujiwara reminded Maki in a whisper.
Of course, this was actually a lie. In the second loop, Maki hadn't had time to tell Gao Hai about that exploration record. But during the month in the real world, Maki had spoken to Chika about this record, so she dared to say such things here.
Still, what a terrifying ability. Rewinding both the month in the real world and the fifteen days of the instance... just how many secrets did Ah-Hai possess?
Such a powerful man with secrets... Mmm, I feel like I'm getting a little excited.
"Hai-kun really confided a lot in you."
Maki, who dutifully put down that record, turned her head to look at Chika, a trace of imperceptible scrutiny in her gaze.
"Of course! I'm super amazing, you know. Even if it's a horror game, I can clear it easily."
Revealing a smug expression, Chika easily glossed over the issue. Although Maki consistently felt something was off, without tangible evidence, she could only nod lightly. Then, she and Chika left the Archives, each holding a document, quietly leaving the invisible doll behind.
I wonder what Hai-kun's situation is right now.
The thought of Gao Hai fighting alone made it difficult for Maki to calm the worry in the bottom of her heart. She wanted very much to change into explorer's clothes and go over to help.
But if she did that, the research base, which hadn't been thoroughly investigated for three loops, would lose an investigator. The difficulty and time cost of such an operation would rise significantly. In comparison, Gao Hai had already investigated most of the situation on that side. Going over there now would be meaningless other than causing trouble.
But she just couldn't set her mind at ease. That idiot would always push himself too hard. What exactly was his situation now? Maki really, really wanted to know, but she didn't dare ask through the mental link for fear of distracting him at a critical moment.
Opening the dormitory door and walking in, after confirming no one was there, Maki placed the acquired documents on the table.
Chika Fujiwara walked behind Maki, hugging another document. After closing the door with her foot, she walked to Maki's side and placed the documents in her arms on the table as well. She then sighed softly, reaching out to mime wiping sweat, as if she hadn't been carrying a stack of paper documents but something very heavy.
"Student Shijo, can I ask a question?"
Then, the pink-haired girl turned her head and spoke up suddenly in a soft voice.
"Hm, what is it?"
Maki Shijo, who planned to wait for Kaguya's return to read these materials together, replied casually.
"Are you Gao-kun's girlfriend?"
And in the next instant, her body froze at the sound of Chika's voice.
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