She is the Side Character! — Watch Her Change her fate!

The second night arrived, and Ah Chen and the group had already returned to the dormitory.

Everyone was tense, after all, twelve people would encounter monsters tonight, unless, like Ah Chen, they could hold them off.

Li Yao sat on a chair, her face somewhat sullen, because she still didn’t know how Ah Chen dealt with the monsters the previous night and no one else intended to share it with her, which made her furious.

But now, no one stood on her side, and saying anything was useless. She rummaged through her props, thinking of ways to deal with it.

The clue said the school had special tools to eliminate monsters. Everyone had been keeping an eye out during the day but hadn’t found anything.

At 11 PM, the dorm lights went out on schedule.

They didn’t talk much tonight, knowing that avoiding the monsters was impossible, so they just lay down to sleep.

Li Yao was very uneasy, but she still held onto some things. She wouldn’t really die if eliminated.

In a daze, Ah Chen once again saw the shadow squeezing in through the crack in the door. Was it coming for her again? Now it should be in the alternate space, only she could see it. It was most likely looking for her.

The monster appeared by her bed, its bloody mouth wide open, moving very slowly.

”Shall we play a game of statues? Only winning monsters can eat me, how about it?”

Unexpectedly, the monster shook its head, refusing the suggestion, and continued approaching with its gaping mouth.

Ah Chen was not afraid, it was just a test.

She wondered whether facing the same monster meant she couldn’t use the same method, or if each person could only use such a method once.

Ah Chen sat up and took out a notebook and pen: ”Let’s play Gomoku, if you win you can eat me, if you lose, you keep watch for me overnight.”

This time, the monster nodded.

Ah Chen began drawing the grid. When it was ready, she handed the monster a pen, and the human and the monster began their game of Gomoku.

In less than a minute, the monster lost.

Ah Chen even noticed that the other party was very upset, unable to understand how it lost so quickly.

”You lost.”

”Now I want to sleep, you remember to keep watch.” Ah Chen took back the notebook and pen and lay down to sleep.

It didn’t seem very smart.

She closed her eyes. The monster stood beside, watching eagerly. Having promised, it had to follow through, such were the rules.

Had it known, it wouldn’t have come.

Having listened to another monster before, it hadn’t thought much and came to regain the monster’s ground.

Unexpectedly, she was so formidable!

After a sound night’s sleep, Ah Chen opened her eyes and immediately heard Bai Qiaoqian’s voice, ”Li Chen, are you alright? Did the monster come for you again last night?”

Ah Chen sat up, ”Yes.”

Upon hearing the response, Bai Qiaoqian sighed in relief. It’s good that everything was fine. With this master around, she felt much more at ease.

Last night everyone else was okay too.

She glanced at Li Yao’s spot. The other being safe was probably due to Li Chen holding off the monster. There were still many people now, so the probability of being found by another monster was small. But as time went on, with more being eaten, sooner or later two monsters would appear in the dormitory.

It depended on everyone’s abilities.

No matter how many props one had, each could only be used once, and five nights weren’t that easy to get through.

But no matter what, she truly benefited. With Li Chen able to hold off a monster, even if more came later, she’d save a lot of resources, greatly increasing her chances of passing.

Li Yao apparently realized this too, her eyes lighting up.

”Did you spend the whole night with the monster?” Li Yao said smugly, just to disgust Ah Chen. Two nights in a row, she didn’t think Ah Chen deliberately held off the monster. She believed the other was forced to tangle with it.

”Seems like the monster likes you more,” Li Yao was in a good mood, ”Thanks to having someone in the dorm loved by the monster, but if it wants to find you, not others, it’s not something we can do about.”

Zhan Ying was a bit speechless, ”If you know you’re taking advantage, why not shut up.”

”My mouth, none of your business? The monster didn’t come for me,” Li Yao sneered, ”What’s this about me taking advantage? The monster found her, not me. She did nothing for me, not even willing to share how she dealt with the monster. What advantage am I taking?”

After casually washing her face, Li Yao didn’t call out to others and left the dorm with her things.

”She’s really annoying,” Bai Qiaoqian said. Someone who can hold off the monster, how could they be simple? Even if just holding it off, didn’t they all benefit? If it was any other dorm, let’s see how relaxed Li Yao would be.

”Wonder if we can apply to change dorms,” Bai Qiaoqian said, ”Li Chen, why don’t you just change dorms, but take me with you.”

Ah Chen smiled, ”Sure, I’ll ask the homeroom teacher later and take you all with me. But... later on, the dorm might have more than one monster. You’ll still have to be careful on your own, I can only hold off one.”

She already had this thought; she wasn’t exactly mild-tempered.

Bai Qiaoqian and the others were still agreeable. She didn’t want to let the monster loose to attack them.

As for Li Yao, she wished her well.

”Let’s change; I’m really fed up with this person, don’t want to see her face,” Ma Qin said.

Zhan Ying and Liao Jingyun planned to follow Ah Chen to change dorms, as Li Yao really was intolerable, leaving a distasteful impression.

Later, Ah Chen shared with the group about last night’s game of Gomoku with the monster.

”I can’t do that,” Bai Qiaoqian said, ”I’m not good at this.”

”So you can’t use statues to compete either. Not sure if others can, we’ll find out when we go to class later,” Liao Jingyun said.

In class, Ah Chen immediately noticed many people were missing.

After a while, Liu Mingming’s voice sounded, ”According to my count just now, nine people disappeared last night.”

There should have been twelve people encountering monsters, but three had escaped, meaning eleven would face monsters tonight.

”I used some props to win. Overall, competing with the monster saves more than just using props,” a lucky survivor said, shaking his head, ”Relying on one’s own abilities to beat a monster isn’t easy; they’re formidable. Oh, I played the statue game last night and bought a stillness prop.”

Ah Chen glanced around the classroom, noticing that those approached by monsters last night were mostly those who hadn’t communicated with them before.

Hearing that someone used the statue game to compete, she understood. Each person could likely only use one method, just like each prop could only be used once.

She shared her thoughts, and everyone looked grave.

With three nights remaining, surviving wouldn’t be easy.

Under normal circumstances, eleven people were set to encounter monsters tonight, unless someone could hold off a monster—adding sixteen people over the other two nights, a total of twenty-seven. But if very unlucky, the survivors might still encounter monsters afterward.

They couldn’t help but look at Ah Chen. But she was formidable, and any monster that found her would only go hungry.

No one knew how many would pass in the end.

Many thought they should find the props, as there existed tools that could eliminate monsters without attracting more.

Nothing special happened during the day; everyone was fine.

The people in Ah Chen’s dorm went to the homeroom teacher to change rooms, and approval was given.

When Li Yao returned to the dorm at night, she found Ah Chen and the others moving things, her voice involuntarily rising, ”What are you doing?”

Bai Qiaoqian laughed gleefully, ”Moving dorms.”

Li Yao’s face twisted, ”You’re moving out?”

”Yes,” Bai Qiaoqian gloated, ”After all, you said you weren’t taking advantage of Li Chen, even implying she deserves to meet monsters, speaking so nastily. You’ve caused us mental distress, so we’re moving.”