Chapter 61: Escape Until Death
By the time breakfast service ended and the morning rush to lectures began, a surprising number of students had already abandoned their schedules and converged on the hotel. They came in waves, drawn by the irresistible pull of fresh scandal, treating the building like some sacred site on a pilgrimage route.
A large crowd surged toward the entrance, their excited chatter loud enough to make the front-desk clerk flinch behind the counter. Blackmail collection? No—more like a public shaming. But there were far too many of them. Whoever had been cuckolded clearly wanted the other guy dead on the spot.
The clerk worried a real crime might break out and he'd be the one left holding the liability. After a tense moment he gathered his courage, flagged down one of the girls near the front, and asked, "Excuse me… what exactly is everyone here for?"
