Chapter 82: The Two Minutes that Seemed to be Longer than Eternity(2) (1/2)

Calvin suppressed the gasp that was about to come out of his mouth.

He took a step backward and retreated.

The Tiyanaks in the distance didn't even notice his presence.

He heaved a sigh of relief, ”Thankfully, these bastards are only interested in women. If not, then I'm sure that the moment I peeked my head out to look at them, they would've already detected my presence.”

”As far as I could remember, these Tiyanaks treat men similar to that of a rock...”

”They don't care about men at all!”

”But just how can I have these women masquerade as men?” Calvin thought to himself.

”Calvin, are you okay?” Hugo realized that Calvin's expression seemed to be pale.

He couldn't help but feel concerned, so he asked.

”I'm good, but our situation is not... There are a dozen of Tiyanaks out there!”

Calvin sternly declared.

”What? A dozen?! How are we going to pass through this corridor? Shit...”

Jannette uttered a curse. Her face was full of terror and fear.

She could already imagine herself being sucked dry by those monsters.

”Calm down, everything's not over yet... We can still do something.” Calvin replied.

”What do you mean?” Jannette turned to look at him in curiosity.

”As I said, we must do something to make these Tiyanaks think that you are men!” Calvin explained.

”A disguise, you mean?” Zahra interrupted.

Calvin nodded his head, ”Yes, we need a disguise. But not just any disguise. It needs to be incredibly convincing. These Tiyanaks can detect the smell of women if they are in close proximity with them, so we need a disguise that would not only change your appearance, but also your smell...”

Zahra, Scarlette, and Jane pondered...

Jannette had a frown on her face as she fell into deep contemplation.

Hugo didn't even bother about thinking anymore for he realized that the issue was far more complicated than his brain could understand.

Calvin's eyes swept around the empty corridors before landing on a door. Without saying anything, he approached that door and under the eyes of everyone...

He opened the door.

”Wha...”

The scene beyond the doors was incredibly nauseating. If not for the fact that most of them were already desensitized when it came to grizzly scenes like this, all of them would've dry heaved or even worse, vomited outright the moment this scene was revealed in front of them.

Inside the room was another mountain of corpses.

Judging from the clothes, these corpses seem to be the corpses of the security guards of the Asylum.

From the slick and sticky blood on the ground, it was obvious that they had just recently died.

The room was an office dedicated to the auditor of the Asylum.

It was quite huge, and its size was unexpected for everyone who expected a small office due to the fact that the door to this room was somewhat unassuming. Calvin stepped inside. The others were unwilling to stay outside without Calvin so they also went inside the room.

The women of the group were now used to the sight of corpses.

But that didn't mean that they were comfortable around them.

Jane covered her mouth, while Scarlette had a pale look on her face.

Medea, Jannette, and Zahra looked better than the two of them but one could still see the discomfort on their faces.

”What are we doing here, Calvin?” Scarlette asked.

Everyone turned to look at Calvin out of curiosity, but Calvin didn't even spare them a glance.

He walked towards the wooden desk behind the mountain of corpses and found stationary tools such as a pen, sharpener, and a scissor. He took the scissor from the desk and handed it over to Scarlette before smiling to the others.

”I found a solution that we can use so we can get past those monsters!”

”What is it? Does it involve this scissor?” Scarlette absentmindedly asked.

Calvin nodded his head and explained, ”Yes! With that scissors, I want you girls to cut your hair short like a man! What's more, I will also use that scissor to remove the uniform of these security guards. I'm sure that if you girls wore the clothes of these guards those Tiyanak's won't be able to smell anything apart from rotting flesh!”

Calvin had a look of excitement, comparable to that of a child that had just discovered a new toy.

But as soon as he completed his explanation, the faces of the women changed as they gulped a mouthful of saliva and glanced at the corpses on the ground.

”Is... Is it absolutely necessary for us to wear their clothes? Can't we just cut our hair short?” Jane asked with hesitation.

But Calvin shook his head and replied, ”I understand your concerns, but we are on the border of life and death at this moment. We can't possibly hesitate and be wishy-washy! We need to do what we must to survive. That is why I want you all to do what I said, right now!”