Chapter 63 Grave Numbers Above All 25 Sixth Middle School
According to the students' testimonies in the files, each dormitory in the old school building only had one toilet, so everyone had to line up to shower at night. Of course, it was best to stagger the shower times, with some people showering after school in the afternoon and others showering after evening self-study, so as not to delay until the time for dormitory checks.
On the night the girl had the accident, she came home a little late for some reason. In those days, hot water was rationed and had to be filled with your own kettle. The hot water for drinking and bathing had to come from the kettle.
The taps in the restrooms only provide cold water. Students usually fill their own buckets with hot water and then take the hot water to the restroom to mix with cold water for a shower.
The students remembered it so clearly because the girl did come back very late that night. They were all in the same dormitory and would usually help each other get water. The girl in the next bed helped her get water, which is why everyone remembered that the deceased came back late and was the last one to take a shower.
While she was taking a shower, the others had already tidied themselves up and gone to bed one after another.
The situation before her was just like it was back then. Wu Wangwang counted the heads and found that there were nine people in the dormitory besides her. Everyone kept quiet. After all, it was a school with strict management. They didn't talk or chat at night so as not to disturb others.
This silence made the sound of water running in the bathroom even more noticeable.
Unless students pay for it themselves, there are no clocks in the dormitories. Everyone can only determine the time by the school bell, music, hot water supply, and lights out and power outages.
Wu Wangwang only had time to finish counting the number of people before the lights went out the next second. Only a dim yellow light shone from under the bathroom door, indicating that the old-fashioned yellow light bulbs were still in use inside.
At this moment, the girl near the door raised her voice slightly: "Jingjing, hurry up and wash, the lights are out, the auntie is coming to check the rooms."
The girl in the bathroom responded, and the sound of water grew louder, as if she was in a hurry to finish washing.
The other girls remained silent and lay down to prepare for sleep.
The sound of the aunt coming out to patrol was very clear. She was carrying a huge flashlight, and every time she passed a dormitory, it would become completely quiet. All the rustling sounds would disappear, like some kind of supernatural tale with a set of rules.
Old buildings are inherently poorly soundproofed, and this situation is particularly noticeable; you can clearly hear the noise gradually decreasing from the first floor.
Basically, the students would fall asleep in this short time, but Wu Wangwang noticed that Jingjing, who should have appeared after the rushing water, suddenly became silent.
Wu Wangwang thought that Jingjing should have fallen by now, and if someone could save her at this time, they would definitely be able to save her.
After a moment of contemplation, Wu Wangwang strode to the outside of the sanitation room and raised her hand to pry open the gate, but the scissors passed directly to her. She immediately realized that this was just a reenactment of the past, not reality. Some demons and monsters would create such illusions to influence people's minds.
Even if one realizes that the situation is fake, the ghost is real. People cannot escape the illusion and cannot save themselves; instead, they will be eaten by the real ghost.
When people can't distinguish between truth and falsehood, they are prone to death.
Wu Wangwang had not yet noticed the ghost appearing. She paused, put away her scissors, and stood outside the bathroom waiting for the plot to unfold.
The dormitory supervisor was very familiar with the room checks. She quickly arrived outside room 504. Instead of opening the door and coming in, she stood at the window, tapped on the window bars with her flashlight, and asked, "Is there anyone else here?"
The girl near the door, presumably the dorm leader, looked up and said, "She was taking a shower just now, probably getting dressed. Auntie, could you please not deduct points? She was late because she talked to the teacher a few more times during evening self-study."
This is not the truth. In the later statements in the records, the dormitory head said that everyone would use this method to avoid being penalized by the dormitory supervisor. As long as they studied hard, the supervisor would carefully give them some care within her authority. At the time, she really meant well. She never expected that Jingjing had already fainted in the bathroom.
The aunt believed her and said she would check the dorm rooms at the back of the fifth floor first and then come back later.
During this time, the dormitory head was worried, so she went to the bathroom and knocked on the door again, asking, "Jingjing, hurry up, the auntie will be coming over later, or she'll really deduct points from your score."
Wu Wangwang thought Jingjing had fainted in the bathroom and couldn't speak, but then she remembered that the file seemed to say that Jingjing was still alive at this time, so why didn't she come out even though the water had stopped for so long?
The next second, Wu Wangwang heard a quiet reply from the bathroom. She said, "I think I'm bleeding a little. Dorm leader, could you get me a sanitary napkin? It's under my pillow."
The dormitory head was taken aback, but quickly agreed. She ran to Jingjing's bed and found a sanitary product that was barely available in the city at the time. Moreover, this thing was folded up to be very small, and could be passed through the gap under the toilet.
There was no sound after that. The dorm leader didn't suspect anything and went back to her bed to wait for the dorm supervisor to come.
The dormitory supervisor arrived about ten minutes later. She knocked on the window bars again and asked the girl inside why she hadn't come out yet.
The dorm leader explained that she had started her period and needed to wait. The dorm supervisor became impatient. How come she was taking a shower just now, and now she's on her period? Was she just making excuses to fool her?
Therefore, the dormitory supervisor simply opened the door, went in, and knocked on the bathroom door: "Student, what's wrong with you?"
There was no response at this point.
The dormitory supervisor had a bad feeling and hurriedly said, "Come out quickly, I won't deduct points from your score today."
There was still no response, and the dormitory supervisor panicked completely. She tried various methods to open the door, worried that the girl might have fainted inside. Some girls faint during their period, and if left unattended for a long time, something bad might happen.
What happened next was pretty much as described in the file: the aunt couldn't open the door, so she called the police and then an ambulance. By the time she finally opened the door, the person was already dead in the bathroom.
The scene was chaotic. Wu Wangwang waited for someone to open the bathroom door. When the police removed the door, she saw the scene inside—Jingjing was lying in a twisted position in the narrow bathroom, her body embracing the red bucket clinging to her, while her head was flipped over and pressed against her back.
There was blood on the faucet, matching the wound on Jingjing's forehead. She wasn't wearing any clothes, but her clothes were in the bucket. The sanitary napkin that the dorm leader had stuffed in was by the door, seemingly untouched.
Without considering other unrealistic factors, it does appear to be an accidental fall, and because the bathroom was too small, the angle of the fall was incorrect, resulting in a broken neck and death.
Seeing that the police dared not move the girl any further for fear of causing more damage to her cervical spine, Wu Wangwang noticed that the doctors arrived quickly and both sides worked together to save her. When the girl's head was finally turned over, Wu Wangwang saw that the girl's eyes were wide open, but there were no eyeballs inside; instead, there were two bloody holes that were constantly gushing blood.
The doctors seemed oblivious, carefully performing first aid on her in the dormitory, not even bothering to cover her with a cloth.
Soon, the rescue time passed, and even with the machines, they couldn't save her. The doctor declared her dead on the spot.
The students in the dormitory could no longer sleep there, so the school teachers notified their parents and took them home.
The dead Jingjing was placed on a stretcher, her body stained with blood. The hospital provided a white sheet to cover her.
Wu Wangwang was certain she had seen it. Her quiet eyes suddenly twitched a few times, as if searching for the exact location of her eye sockets. Once they reached the correct position, the severed head suddenly moved, and its stiff eyeballs instantly stared at Wu Wangwang. Then, a white cloth was placed over it, obscuring her eyes.
The hallucination seemed to end there, and the dormitory instantly became even darker, almost pitch black. Only the corpse covered with a white sheet remained on the ground. The doors and windows were open, and the wind howled in, twisting the white sheet covering the corpse.
The wind slowly blew away the white cloth, revealing the blackened and twisted arms of the corpse inside. Without saying a word, Wu Wangwang walked over and lifted the cloth, immediately meeting the corpse's bloodshot eyes.
Perhaps the player was too bold this time, catching the corpse off guard. Its eyeballs paused for a moment before continuing to move.
Wu Wangwang raised the scissors in the back of her hand and pointed them at her eyes: "Tell me the truth, or I'll poke your eyes out and eat them like chewing gum."
Its eyeballs twitched, but seeing the sharp reflection on the scissors, it stopped moving.
"Playing dead?" Wu Wangwang's eyes turned cold, and she was about to make a move.
The corpse shook its head frantically, crying, "No, no, no, this can't be!"
As the corpse struggled, Wu Wangwang sensed that the referee was paying attention. It was rare that Ling Yuanshan wasn't around, and she had props in her hands, so why couldn't she be caught? Even if she was caught, she would have a valid reason.
So Wu Wangwang continued to point the scissors at the eyeball: "I have props, so I can do whatever I want. Either you spit out the clues, or I'll take action."
Before the corpse could answer, the referee suddenly appeared, holding a folder, and said, "This player's items can all be used against ghosts, so her threat is valid."
Wu Wangwang stared intently into her eyes, waving the scissors in her hand: "Did you hear that?"
The corpse succinctly summarized the key information: "I was number one in my grade, and number two pursued me. I agreed to be with him secretly, but later the number three found out. That's when I learned that the number three was also the girlfriend of number two. He was with us in order to become number one!"
Upon hearing this, Wu Wangwang felt her cerebral cortex expand. What was this all about? Are you guys really this competitive for first place?
Wu Wangwang put down the scissors: "Wait a minute, let me sort this out. Your ex-girlfriend was originally second place, right?"
The corpse's head moved slightly, indicating confirmation.
"Oh, did your grades drop later?" Wu Wangwang asked after she understood.
"I died before I could finish, but when I was taking a shower, I felt someone touching my stomach. I was so startled that I fell and hit the faucet. I don't know anything else," the corpse honestly replied.
In the story's setting, Jingjing was the first person in room 504 to die. She was unwilling to accept it, so everyone who moved in would suffer her revenge if they fell in love or their grades dropped. Occasionally, she would scare one or two people to death.
Wu Wangwang noticed the key phrase: "Occasionally? Quite a few people died in 504, it can't be considered occasional, right? Does that mean that the people you scared to death also killed people along with you?"
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Author's Note: [End of Chapter]
Wu Wangwang: One little devil after another! [Starry-eyed]
Ling Yuanshan: My Wangwang is weak, can't take care of herself, and is a bit slow. I'm sure she'll be terrified of completing the game. I'm so worried! [Please help!]
The threatened ghosts: ? ? ?
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