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The fireball hit the monster, making a sizzling sound as it burned.
But the monsters seemed completely oblivious to the pain, relentlessly pursuing them.
Jiang Huali regained control of her body and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
Qi Man shouted to her teammates, "Split up and run!"
Running like this isn't a solution. There are too many ghosts, and they're getting faster and faster. We'll catch up with them sooner or later.
The group split up and ran when they reached the next floor, and the ghosts behind them also scattered and ran after them.
Jiang Huali used a prop to temporarily block the ghost chasing after her, and she hid in the girls' restroom.
There was really nowhere to hide in the teaching building, but Jiang Huali regretted it as soon as she entered the toilet.
Someone was sobbing in the toilet.
Jiang Huali also wanted to sob.
She used a concealment item on herself, hesitated for a moment, and then walked towards the direction from which the sound came from.
The door to the last toilet stall was open, and a little girl was squatting inside, her back to the toilet door, her head buried in her shoulders, her shoulders trembling slightly, and she was sobbing intermittently.
The little girl has her hair in a ponytail, and the hair tie she's wearing is green with a small flower on it.
A strange feeling welled up in Jiang Huali's heart. The little girl in the classroom just now had a blue hair tie.
Little Blue? Little Green?
“…Little Green?” Jiang Huali called softly.
Hearing the sound, the girl paused in her sobbing, slowly turned her head, revealing a pair of bloodshot eyes, staring straight at Jiang Huali.
Jiang Huali's lips twitched slightly as she tried to soften her voice in the eerie atmosphere, "I'm Teacher Jiang. It's class time now, why aren't you back in the classroom?"
Xiao Lü wiped away her tears, her hands stained with blood. "Teacher Jiang?"
"My red scarf has been stolen! Can you help me get it back?"
Jiang Huali: "Ah...of course you can, who stole your red scarf?"
"It's Xiao Lan, teacher, didn't you know?" Xiao Lü looked at Jiang Huali with a resentful expression.
...
"vomit--"
Jiang Huali ran out of the toilet and squatted at the corner.
Why does this ghost smell so strongly of decay?
At first, there was no smell, but the smell became stronger and stronger, and Jiang Huali felt that her nose was being polluted.
She squatted on the ground and dry heaved for a while, then wiped her mouth and used the wall for support to stand up.
The ghost outside has disappeared. She probably used a concealment item, so the ghost didn't sense her presence and left.
Jiang Huali walked towards the classroom, intending to look for Xiao Lan.
Who would have thought that as soon as I turned the corner, I would see a white figure sitting on the railing of the corridor.
Jiang Huali's vision went black again.
Isn't this the ghost she saw before she was knocked unconscious that day?
The ghost looked to be a male ghost, dressed in white clothes and black pants, sitting on the railing with his back to Jiang Huali.
Jiang Huali quietly turned around, her footsteps light, intending to leave first.
It's best not to disturb this ghost.
Jiang Huali walked to the top of the stairs and looked back.
The ghost had turned around at some point and was looking at her.
Jiang Huali was stunned.
The ghost simply stared at her silently, without moving or uttering a word.
Jiang Huali lowered her head.
A hand appeared in her blurry vision.
A voice that sounded like it belonged to a teenager rang out, tinged with doubt, "Were you scared and crying?"
Jiang Huali looked up and met the ghost's gaze.
Looking down, a few teardrops were held in a pale palm.
Jiang Huali sniffed. "No."
Mo Ci approached and gently sniffed Jiang Huali, "Your soul smells so good."
Jiang Huali instantly stopped crying. She held back her tears, took a few steps back, and looked at him warily.
With a slight dampness still clinging to his hands, Mo Ci hesitated for a moment.
Do you want to get out of here?
"I'll help you get out of here, can you give me half of your soul?"
Jiang Huali paused for a moment, "Of course... no."
Mo Ci blinked, somewhat disappointed.
"You won't die," he said.
They'll just have a shorter lifespan.
Jiang Huali shook her head again, observing the expression on the other person's face. The other person was clearly disappointed and said, "Alright then."
Mo Ci prepared to turn and leave. If she couldn't get out and unfortunately died here, then he would just devour her soul.
Jiang Huali called out to him, "Wait a minute."
Mo Ci turned around. "You've changed your mind?"
Humans are fickle animals, and he knew that.
Jiang Huali said, "No, do you know where Xiao Lan is?"
"Take me to Little Blue, and I'll give you a portion of my soul as a condition before I leave this instance."
Her voice sounded a little nervous: "How is it?"
Mo Ci asked, "Why?"
Jiang Huali said, "After I give you my soul, I will become weak, right? I still want to leave this instance alive, so I can't give it to you before I leave."
Mo Ci thought for a moment, then said, "Alright."
"Come with me."
Jiang Huali followed him.
The two walked one after the other. Jiang Huali's thoughts were somewhat disordered. With a glimmer of hope, she asked, "What's your name?"
Mo Ci turned to look at her, and said cryptically, "You want to know my name?"
Before Jiang Huali could answer, he turned around and casually said, "Mo Ci."
"My name."
Jiang Huali felt a little disappointed at the unfamiliar name.
【system. 】
The system has appeared: [Host.]
What's going on?
Why does this ghost look so much like Meng Zhiling?
No, it's not just similar, it's exactly the same. Jiang Huali had seen photos of Meng Zhiling when he was a teenager, and he looked exactly like the ghost in front of her.
The system spoke again after a long pause, [Host, this seems to be Meng Zhiling... I'm not entirely sure, I'll tell you after we get out of here.]
Since the system had said so, Jiang Huali could only suppress her doubts; the current situation was indeed not a good time to investigate further.
Mo Ci led Jiang Huali upstairs, and this time the stairs were no longer endless.
Mo Ci led her into a classroom, where the blackboard still bore traces of writing.
It's the classroom where Jiang Huali has her classes.
There are two students in the classroom.
One is Oda, and the other...
Jiang Huali saw the familiar blue hair tie and blue butterfly hair clip.
Xiao Lan saw someone coming, but remained unmoved, still sitting upright in her seat.
Jiang Huali frowned. There was no red scarf on Xiao Lan's neck, only bloody marks, the wounds were gruesome and looked rather terrifying.
Xiao Lü said that Xiao Lan had taken her red scarf, but Xiao Lan wasn't wearing a red scarf around her neck.
Could it have been hidden away?
Xiao Lan isn't attacking her now, probably because Mo Ci is nearby.
Jiang Huali called softly, "Xiao Lan?"
Little Blue didn't react.
Jiang Huali then asked, "Xiao Lan, where's your red scarf?"
This time, Xiao Lan reacted. "Teacher, my red scarf is around my neck, didn't you see it?"
Jiang Huali looked at the bloody wound on her neck.
"Where is Xiao Lü's red scarf?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Lan became excited and giggled, "Teacher, Xiao Lü's red scarf isn't with me."
Jiang Huali turned to look at Mo Ci, "Can you take me to find Xiao Hong and Xiao Huang?"
Mo Ci: "We can only find one more. If we find more, we'll have to increase the stakes."
Jiang Huali thought for a moment, then said, "Let's find Xiao Huang."
Mo Ci nodded: "Okay."
He snapped his fingers, and the previously empty classroom instantly filled with people, with all the students taking their seats.
Even Little Green, who was crying in the toilet, appeared in the seat.
Jiang Huali glanced at Mo Ci in surprise. The other person said, "It's too troublesome to look for them one by one. I don't know who Xiao Huang is. You can find him yourself."
Jiang Huali didn't say anything upon hearing this, but simply observed the hair of each student present.
Strange, there are no students wearing yellow hair ties.
Jiang Huali frowned. The students were all sitting still in their seats. She walked down and circled the classroom.
As she walked to the end, she suddenly saw a pair of yellow shoes.
Jiang Huali looked at the student wearing yellow shoes.
It's a boy; no wonder he wasn't wearing a yellow hair tie.
Little Yellow wasn't wearing a red scarf around his neck.
Actually, very few of the students sitting in the classroom were wearing red scarves; they must have all taken them off after the inspection.
Jiang Huali looked at the motionless Xiao Huang, touched the goosebumps on her arm, squatted down and rummaged through the drawer on the seat, finally finding a red scarf in Xiao Huang's schoolbag.
The moment Xiao Huang received the red scarf, he seemed to want to move, but was held back by some force.
Jiang Huali took the red scarf and walked up to Xiao Lü.
"Your red scarf has been found by your teacher."
Little Green picked up the red scarf on the table and smiled.
"Thank you, teacher."
It seems we found the right person. Jiang Huali breathed a sigh of relief.
Just then, the students in the classroom suddenly became restless.
All the students stood up, staring intently at Jiang Huali, and asked that classic question—
"Teacher, what do you think?"
Which student is not wearing a red scarf?
Jiang Huali wasn't scared this time. She said, "It's because Xiao Huang wasn't wearing his red scarf."
The moment those words were spoken, all the students in the classroom simultaneously sat back down in their seats, their faces showing obvious disappointment.
Director Luo appeared at the classroom door, his face full of anger. "Xiao Huang! You weren't wearing your red scarf again during the inspection today, and you even dared to sneak out. Come to my office after class!"
The surrounding space began to change.
Jiang Huali looked at Mo Ci, who smiled at her and said silently—
Don't forget.
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