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The two companions seemed to be startled by the sudden sound, looking at each other with frozen fear on their faces.
"It should just be... what, the sound of a water pump, right?"
The skinny boy stammered.
The bespectacled man swallowed hard and shook his head slightly: "How about... we just forget about it?"
Before the skinny boy could speak, the door in front of him suddenly rang.
I checked the restroom and it was empty, but I heard a knocking sound coming from inside.
After that sound, you could hear a pin drop in the toilet.
"boom!"
Suddenly there was a loud noise!
The three of them shuddered and turned around abruptly, only to find that the toilet door had already been closed!
The sudden, eerie phenomenon terrified the three of them. The girl screamed and rushed to the door, reaching out to try and open the bathroom door, only to find it was as if it had been welded shut and couldn't be opened at all!
"Help, help me, Fujita, I can't open the door!" she cried in terror.
"Knock knock knock."
Just then, there was another knock on the door in front of the skinny boy.
"Ah!" He was startled and took two steps back.
"Rustling, rustling..."
The entire toilet seemed to suddenly come alive, or perhaps a swarm of invisible rats had appeared, accompanied by soft rustling sounds.
Keep your voice down.
The rustling sounds were like the whispers of vengeful spirits, stirring up unease and fear in their hearts. The three of them backed away until they bumped into each other, huddling together in terror.
Just then, with a creak, the door to the last toilet creaked open and slowly opened a crack, revealing darkness behind it that seemed to conceal tiny, insignificant substances.
The scene before them filled the three with even greater fear.
Chapter 41 Why are you eating toilet paper, you little devil!
The flashlight beams began to flicker incessantly, as if something unknown was interfering with the flashlights in the hands of the three people.
In the dark toilet, the rustling sounds were incredibly unsettling, like whispers right next to your ear, sending chills down your spine.
Even more terrifying than the faint sounds was the slowly spreading chill; the smell of rotting meat began to fill everyone's nostrils, intensifying their trembling and driving a heavy, horrifying fear deep into their bones.
The bespectacled man named Fujita could clearly see that black mold was slowly creeping up the tiles on the wall in front of him, as if the whole world had been put on fast forward.
"Om..."
But he astutely noticed that only one tile on the wall remained a bright white, and all the black mold had avoided it.
But that wasn't enough to distract him. He then followed his companions, using the flickering lights to look into the deepest compartment, the one that was already ajar.
The crevice was filled with endless darkness, which even a flashlight could not illuminate. And whether it was an illusion or not, the three of them felt that there were countless tiny lines intertwined in that tiny darkness, like rope snakes dancing in the air.
No one dared to speak, no one dared to utter a sound. The three of them leaned against the toilet door, their eyes filled with terror. The bizarre and sudden scene before them was the best response the school could give them, a response to their exploration.
"Oh!"
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door behind the three of them!
"Ah ah ah ah ah!!"
The girl let out a scream that cracked in her voice, her whole body covered in cold sweat, and the three of them huddled together.
A force pushed from the door behind them, and the three instinctively pushed back, showing no intention of giving way.
Although the force would open the door, people in extreme terror are irrational; they would not allow themselves to take even one more step forward, let alone give up their place.
Not to mention, what came from outside wasn't human voices at all, but a strange and incomprehensible clicking sound, as if someone was pushing the door open while simultaneously knocking on some small, hard object.
This is so scary!
As the three stood in the darkness, trembling with fear, a skeleton was struggling to push open a door in the corridor outside.
"Click-clack..."
He shook his jaw vigorously, wondering why the people inside were blocking the door if they were already scared.
Is your brain sick?
Enraged, he took two steps back and then kicked the door with a left front kick.
At the same time, he shouted in a strange and hoarse voice, as if he had become an evil spirit: "Students inside! Open the door!"
But his voice seemed to intensify the students' fear inside, as cries from a girl and wails from two boys came from behind the door.
"Damn it! I'm not a bad guy, open the door!"
A skeleton dressed in a doctor's white coat stood in the corridor, kicking the door angrily.
The three students behind the door were trembling with despair.
It's like an evil vengeful spirit hunting down ignorant young boys and girls who provoke it in the schoolyard late at night!
The flashlights in the three people's hands were in even worse condition. If the light was flickering before, it was now completely broken. The three flashlights would turn on and off alternately. The moment the light went out, the complete darkness seemed to hide countless ferocious evil spirits.
A vengeful spirit was knocking on the door, its voice hoarse and mournful.
Inside the door lies another world, where something seems to be stirring in the darkness.
Extreme fear drained the three of their strength. The darkness seemed to be slowly sucking away their souls, and their muscles began to feel sickly and weak. Their strength was steadily flowing into the darkness.
The bespectacled man couldn't even pick up his phone; it crashed to the ground.
Just then, a sound came from behind the door. The three of them were powerless to stop it, and the door was forced open a crack.
For a brief moment, the three of them thought they were saved, that the person who broke down the door was a normal person, perhaps a security guard or something, who had come to rescue them, because the cool, bright moonlight shone through the crack in the door, dispelling the pure darkness inside the toilet.
But this idea was shattered in an instant.
Suddenly, a hand dressed in loose white clothes reached out from the crack in the door. But upon closer inspection, what was emerging from the white sleeve was... a skeletal hand, its grayish-white bones looking eerie and bizarre.
The hand moved as if it were still alive, groping along the wall, while an angry voice came from outside the door: "You bastards, why aren't the lights on!"
The girl burst into terrified sobs, kicking her legs wildly, while the three of them huddled together in the corner.
Suddenly, a skull appeared outside the door!
Although the skull was expressionless, one could still sense an inexplicable anger emanating from it.
His jaw clicked, and despite having no vocal cords, he still managed to produce sounds.
Voice: "All you do is cry, cry, cry!"
"Still crying!"
The skeleton pushed open the door, with bright moonlight behind him, and his white coat fluttering in the breeze.
Looking at the three people on the ground, Ejima Izai suddenly became playful, extended his bony finger, and pointed at the three of them, "I ask you, which of you is my MASTER?"
"Aaaaaahhhhh..." The only response he received was a scream.
The darkness in the toilet slowly faded with the moonlight, and the black spots on the walls became blurred. Only the stall with a crack still exuded an indescribable chill.
Jiangdao Yizai walked in with his hands in his pockets and a nonchalant gait. He walked past the three people who were slumped on the ground, but stopped after taking just one step.
The escape route was right in front of them, but the three people, already affected by the resentment, hadn't come to their senses and sat there in a daze of extreme terror.
Ejima Izai thought for a moment.
Suddenly, he bent down sharply, turned around, and opened his hands into claws, chin wide open, threatening the three of them.
"Waaaaah!" The sound, unique to evil spirits, startled the three of them once again.
"Ugh, ughhhhh!" The bespectacled man named Fujita was the first to lose his temper and scrambled towards the door. The other two, seeing this, also snapped out of their daze.
The three of them stumbled and shouted as they rushed out of the toilet.
Once the three had disappeared from sight, Ejima Iya looked towards the cubicle.
Seemingly sensing Ejima Iya's gaze, the cubicle slowly closed. Just as Ejima Iya was about to reach out to stop it, the cubicle door slammed shut with a bang, giving him no chance whatsoever.
He tried to turn the doorknob of the cubicle, only to find that it wasn't locked at all.
Opening the door, all that was behind it was a simple toilet and an empty wastebasket; nothing else.
Out of habit, Ejima Iza scratched his chin, the bones rubbing together and making a rustling sound.
Then, he once again demonstrated his skill in spouting nonsense.
"...Hanako-san ate waste paper stained with poop?"
The bathroom mirror made a sharp cracking sound; a piece of it had broken off.
Chapter 42 Living Better
Dou Tang was never at peace.
Having just finished dealing with matters in Yangping and returned home, Lu Zizhen brought new news.
In the apartment's underground parking garage, Lu Zizhen took the motorcycle helmet from Dou Tang and smiled, "How about it? Not bad, right?"
Dou Tang got out of the car, and the cat in his arms meowed. Lu Zizhen looked at the black cat with some confusion.
Dou Tang said, "It's not bad, but the sound is too loud and too flashy."
Lu Zizhen shrugged: "Please, have you ever seen a motorcycle rider who doesn't make a sound? Even Kamen Rider wouldn't do that, okay?"
Dou Tang smiled without saying a word.
Lu Zizhen continued, "So, you've finished dealing with your underlings?"
"For now, I guess. If it weren't for your motorcycle tonight, I definitely wouldn't have made it. Thanks."
Lu Zizhen patted the pure black motorcycle in front of her and said, "Then I'll just give it to you. You need a means of transportation, right?"
"Don't be ridiculous, I don't have a motorcycle license. Tonight I've been choosing roads where there are no traffic police."
Lu Zizhen pursed her lips and then said, "There's one more thing. Do you remember the old school building you asked me to investigate? It's the place that Yiyan Private Academy used to use."
Dou Tang immediately perked up, since he had been thinking about Ejima Izai, so he asked, "Any news?"
"That's right, let's go tomorrow, how about it?"
"During the day?" Dou Tang frowned. "If there are evil spirits there, what if we go during the day and find nothing?"
Lu Zizhen chuckled and tapped his nose: "Idiot, we're going to investigate, not kill evil spirits. Is evil spirits all you can think about?"
"That Ejima Izai you've been so concerned about, perhaps his past isn't so simple... I don't have any information through my channels, only about the case of the missing school doctor in the old school building."
"However, unlike what has been reported outside, my investigation revealed that Ejima Iya was not the only one who went missing from the old school building; there were two other students, a boy and a girl."
Dou Tang slapped her fingers away and frowned, saying, "Three people? Was there no further investigation into this kind of disappearance case?"
"No, as for the reason... I don't know."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work. So, shall we go tomorrow?"
Lu Zizhen, hands on her hips, said, "Of course, I'll pick you up first thing tomorrow morning. As for Huaiyin, let her look after the house, okay?"
"You should give her more space, right?"
Dou Tang nodded in agreement.
After seeing Lu Zizhen off, a slight fatigue welled up inside him. Dou Tang could now feel tired like a normal person, which he considered a good thing.
Going upstairs, holding the black cat in her arms, Dou Tang slowly opened the door.
Huaiyin remained seated on the ground, holding a game controller in her hand, her eyes sparkling as she stared at the screen in front of her.
For some reason, Dou Tang really hoped that she could go out and face the world, and even kill him at the end of the Crown Game to win her victory.
But at this moment, a despicable selfishness was stirring within me.
He put down the black cat he was holding, said, "I'm back," then walked over to Huaiyin, sat down on the sofa, and watched the girl's back as she turned away from him.
Look at her smooth, long black hair, neatly draped over her back.
I'm starting to not want to die anymore; I feel like I want to cherish this life I have left.
Watching Yohei fight for him, listening to Hoshino recount his past of being unable to control his own destiny, and recalling Ejima Izai who had forgotten his entire life, he realized that he now undoubtedly possessed a great deal.
He even felt that having just Huaiyin alone was far more than having them.
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