A Promising Talent—I'll Raise Him

“Why’s he going to the restroom?! Is he trying to get himself killed?! It’s a dead end in there!”

“Sigh, I’d just praised him for being clever, and then he pulls this. I’m stunned. He’s definitely done for, right?”

“What a shame.”

The live comments were lamenting his fate when the image abruptly paused. The service attendant, who had been sprinting after Zhong Mu, stopped the instant he entered the men’s restroom and stood outside the door without going in.

Zhong Mu had safely hidden in a restroom stall, but the service attendant stayed by the entrance and showed no sign of coming inside.

“Why isn’t she chasing him in? I refuse to believe monstrosities follow men’s and women’s restroom etiquette. If you’re that well-behaved, you’re not a monstrosity!”

“I don’t think that’s it. There’s probably another reason.”

“Ah... Wait, could it be the guesthouse’s fourth rule? The restroom is at the end of the hallway. If possible, have someone accompany you. You can go alone, but never pay attention to any voices.”

“I was wondering earlier: if someone went to the restroom alone at night and died on the way, would the person left in their room trigger the first rule? But then I thought, since the rules say you can go alone, maybe the room is exempt from the two-person occupancy rule while someone’s in the restroom?”

“That does seem to make sense. So this newbie... plans to use the fourth rule to stay in the restroom all night???”...