"You think too much." Chen Ge's eyes caught sight of the black bag behind the door, but he didn't take it seriously at all.
No matter whether it contains household garbage or corpses, what does it have to do with him now?
Chen Ge has always been very clear-headed. The first thing he has to do is to figure out his identity and what kind of person Lin Sisi is.
From his perspective, there was no change in his body or appearance, and he didn't know why Wang Xiaoming and the people around him called him Lin Sisi.
“Maybe Lin Sisi is not a person’s name at all, but a code name, an identity.”
"If you still want to go to the cafeteria later, you can call me to go with you. I'm going back first." Chen Ge's expression did not change much, as if he did not see the bag.
"Okay." Wang Xiaoming retreated into his dorm room. Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he shouted to Chen Ge, "Xiao Lin, you were sleeping in class today. I wonder if you heard what Teacher Bai specifically told you."
"What's up?"
"Recently, please do not leave your dorm at night. Stay in your rooms. Also, the lights-out time has been moved forward from 11:00 to 10:30. After the lights are turned off, someone will be patrolling the corridor. I hope everyone can pay attention."
"That's all?" Chen Ge thought Wang Xiaoming was going to say something important. It had been a while since he entered the school, but everyone and everything he met seemed normal. To be more precise, everything seemed normal on the surface. This school was just like an ordinary night school. There was nothing particularly noteworthy.
Wang Xiaoming bit his lip and seemed to want to say something, but perhaps because he was unsure, he did not speak again.
The door was closed, and Chen Ge stood alone in the corridor of the dormitory building. It was very quiet around him, without any sound.
"The lights are not turned off yet. How could the corridor be so quiet? Are there no one living in the dormitories on either side?"
Chen Ge took out the key from his backpack and looked at the dormitory door opposite Wang Xiaoming. There was a number written on the door - 413.
"Is this Lin Sisi's room?" Staring at the number, Chen Ge suddenly felt that it looked familiar: "4 represents the 4th floor, and what does 13 represent? The 13th room?"
Chen Ge had seen the number 13 in a diary in the basement of Nightmare Academy. He remembered it very clearly. At the end of the last page of the diary was a sentence - I, death, one three, psychic ghost school, escape.
"Is the number 13 in the diary referring to this dormitory? It shouldn't be that simple."
In the dead silent corridor, there was only the sound of keys being inserted into the keyhole and turning. Chen Ge tried several times before finding the correct key.
After opening the door and seeing the scene inside the dormitory, Chen Ge frowned tightly.
The dormitory is not big, with a total of six beds, all of which are upper bunks. Under the beds are wardrobes, desks, and various sundries.
There would not be anything wrong just looking at these, but what caught Chen Ge's attention was the wall of the dormitory.
There are many figures on the walls and ceiling of this dormitory. They are of the same height and shape as normal people. I don’t know if they are pasted on or painted on.
"One, two..." Chen Ge roughly counted and found that there were five human-shaped shadows in the dormitory.
That thing is so conspicuous that it's hard not to notice it.
For his own safety, Chen Ge first climbed up the ladder to the bed and observed the figures closely.
Chen Ge touched the shadow closest to him with his finger and gently scratched the wall with his nails: "It's painted on with paint. Who would paint these things in the dormitory if they have nothing better to do?"
These shadows, which are the same size as normal people, look scary when the lights are on. Isn't it even more terrifying when you turn off the lights and look up to find shadows everywhere in the room?
Chen Ge glanced at all the figures and jumped off the bed. After losing the help of his employees, he became more cautious than ever before.
"There are six beds in total, but there is only one thermos in the dormitory, and only one pair of slippers on the floor. Xiaolin should be the only one who actually lives in this dormitory."
Chen Ge carefully searched the wardrobes and desks corresponding to the other beds. Although there were various sundries piled up in them, they were not daily necessities. They were all very strange things.
For example, drawing boards, paint buckets, severed plaster hands, broken wires, etc.
This dormitory seemed to be a storage room. Xiaolin was the only one living there. The other beds were empty.
"Few night school students live on campus. Xiaolin's financial situation is not good, so it is impossible for him to pay extra money to live on campus. The only possibility is that living here is cheaper than renting a house outside."
Normally, the price of school apartments is much more expensive than that of family hotels near the school. The abnormally low price of this place can only mean that there is something wrong with the room.
Chen Ge had no idea what had happened in Xiaolin's dormitory, but he always felt an inexplicable sense of urgency in his heart.
I climbed onto bed number four, which was farthest from the door. This bed was covered with brand new sheets and quilts. Although the other beds also had quilts thrown on them, most of them were covered with dust and were so dirty that they could not be used at all.
"Why would you keep a quilt here if no one is living there? Who would be willing to use such a dirty quilt?"
Chen Ge sat in bed number 4 and looked at the dormitory from a different angle. It felt completely different and not so crowded anymore.
"Yes, this is Xiaolin's bed." Next to the pillow were words of encouragement and a schedule. If it weren't for this weird school, Chen Ge would definitely think that Xiaolin was a hardworking and good student.
"The sheets have been washed and smell like detergent, and the quilt is neatly folded. When I was in school, I rarely saw people in the dormitory folding their quilts so well. Xiaolin must be a clean and extremely self-disciplined person." Chen Ge speculated about Xiaolin's personality in his mind.
Apart from the quilt and pillow, all that was left on No. 4** were books and pens.
At first glance, Chen Ge thought Xiao Lin was very fond of learning, but after flipping through the book a few times, he discovered the problem.
Most of the books related to professional courses were clean and had no markings on them, just like they were newly bought. In contrast, the edges of Kobayashi's own notebooks were badly worn, and it was obvious that they were often read.
Chen Ge took out the three notebooks hidden between the textbooks. They were filled with various stickers. Some were cut out from newspapers, some were notices posted below the dormitory building, and some were small notes with different handwritings.
"This is..." After taking a casual look, Chen Ge was immediately attracted.
"The man took advantage of the students' holiday to enter the dormitory, but he found that some people had not yet left the school. He hid in the closet and was discovered when he left the closet late at night."
"The body was found in the closet in the early morning of the next day. The murderer has not yet been caught. Teachers and students at all levels are requested to take precautions."
What was cut out from the newspaper were pieces of news, without detailed addresses or specific names, but only reports of murder cases that the person had heard of.
"It seems that the names were intentionally cut out. Where did Xiaolin find the newspaper? The paper is yellowed and looks quite old."
There are more than one cases recorded in the notebook, and the crime scenes include dormitories, libraries, laboratory buildings, and elevator cars.
"Could these cases have really happened in reality?" Chen Ge flipped through the notebook and became more and more shocked. "This notebook is very important."
While looking through the notes, Chen Ge became even more curious about Xiao Lin. Who was he? Why did he collect these bizarre murder cases?
Chen Ge placed all of Xiao Lin's notebooks on the bed. He always carried one notebook in his backpack, and **there were three more. Now Chen Ge had a total of four notebooks.
"The notebook in the backpack should be used for disguise. It does not contain much important information. The three notebooks found on the bedside are probably Xiaolin's biggest secrets." Chen Ge read carefully and memorized what he saw.
Chen Ge was concentrating without any distraction, but at this moment, there were sudden knocks on the door.
The silence was broken, and Chen Ge held his breath out of habit.
After a few knocks on the door, the knocking stopped.
"Is Wang Xiaoming outside? He asked me to go to the cafeteria to eat with him?" Chen Ge didn't want to make too many comments about Wang Xiaoming, nor did he want to have anything to do with him.
About a minute later, the annoying knock on the door suddenly rang again.
However, this time the knock on the door seemed to be a little stronger. Chen Ge did not say anything and did not open the door. After the knocking continued for a few seconds, there was a sound of a key being inserted into the keyhole and the spring bouncing at the door!
Crunch...
The door was pushed open, and Teacher Bai, with a pale face, appeared at the door holding a key and a flashlight.
"Why don't you open the door?" Teacher Bai glared at Chen Ge. His forehead was sweating and his Adam's apple was trembling slightly. He seemed a little scared.
"I just fell asleep." Chen Ge naturally grabbed the blanket and covered himself with it, covering the three notebooks at the same time.
Teacher Bai did not enter the house, but just stood at the door and took a look: "Don't run around at night, just stay in the dormitory, do you hear me?"
"Okay." Chen Ge nodded in agreement.
Teacher Bai closed the door and left.
"Strange guy, he opened the door in a hurry just now, it seemed to me that he wanted to see if I was still alive."
Chen Ge was covered with a quilt and was about to continue looking through his notes when the lights in the dormitory suddenly went out.
"Lights out? It's already half past ten?" Lying in the darkness, Chen Ge suddenly realized something: "Since I entered the world behind the door, I haven't seen anything that can display time. There is no clock, and there is no time on the phone."
"Time should be a hidden clue, perhaps it can bring me some special help." From the moment the lights were turned off, Chen Ge began to divide his attention, counting his heartbeats silently while using his Yin Pupil to continue reading his notes.
He didn't need to know the exact time, he just wanted to have a rough idea to facilitate his next action.
"Go through the contents of the notes briefly, and then look for other clues. If you can't find any, move to another place immediately." Teacher Bai has the key to the dormitory door, and he can enter and leave the dormitory at will, which makes Chen Ge feel insecure.
The dormitory curtains were very thick, and only a thin ray of light filtered into the room through the gaps.
There were five figures printed on the wall, and the atmosphere became increasingly depressing.
Bang, bang, bang…
In the darkness, Chen Ge suddenly heard someone knocking on the dormitory door, and the other party's movements were very gentle.
"Why is there someone coming again?" The new knocking sound was completely different from the sound of Teacher Bai knocking on the door just now. It should be another person knocking on the door.
"Could it be Wang Xiaoming? No, he looks very timid and is very afraid to stay in the corridor of the dormitory building. It shouldn't be him." Chen Ge lay in bed covered with a quilt. He remembered what Teacher Bai and Wang Xiaoming said, not to leave the dormitory casually at night.
While Chen Ge was still hesitating whether to go over and take a look, the knocking on the door had stopped. The other party only knocked three or four times.
"There was only knocking on the door, but no footsteps. The person outside the door probably hasn't left yet." Chen Ge was also very experienced in investigation and counter-investigation.
He made no sound and didn't even move, trying to create the illusion that there was no one in the dormitory.
After about ten minutes, the house and the corridor were still dead silent.
"That person has left?" Chen Ge breathed a sigh of relief. He reached into Xiao Lin's backpack and touched the pair of scissors with polished edges. "Whether it is useful or not, at least I can feel more at ease with this thing."
Chen Ge is not the type of person who would sit and wait for death. No matter how desperate he is, he will never give up easily.
He grabbed the scissors, but before he could take them out of the bag, the knock on the door sounded again.
Not very hard, just like a mechanical repetition.
"Is the monster outside the door targeting me?"
Chen Ge clenched the scissors tightly and stared at the door. This time the knocking did not stop, but became more rapid.
"That guy outside seems to be being chased by something. Does he want to come in for refuge?" Even a clay Buddha can't save himself when crossing the river. How could Chen Ge dare to run over and open the door for him at this time?
The other person knocked on the door faster and faster, but with less and less strength, giving people the feeling that his life was slipping away and he was dying.
"A prank? Or is he deliberately trying to trick me out?" Chen Ge listened to the knocking sound that was becoming increasingly urgent but increasingly quiet. He narrowed his eyes and said, "The knocking sound came out of nowhere. There was no sound in the corridor. Something is wrong. I seem to have overlooked a possibility."
Chen Ge reached out and flipped through the notes beside him. One of the records of a murder case was that the murderer hid in the dormitory closet and was seen by a student when he left in the middle of the night. In the end, the student's body was found in the closet.
"Whether it was the murderer or the student, they were all in the dormitory that night. If this story happened in this room, then what I heard now was not a knock on the door from outside, but a cry for help from inside the house! The ghost may be in the room!"
A chill ran up his spine into his brain. The position of the figure on the wall seemed to have changed slightly. What was worse was that Chen Ge suddenly felt something moving in the quilt!