Chapter 135 The Ouija Board (12) "His calmness is precisely his..."
"Sister Xiao Ai, aren't we going to the old teaching building?"
Chang Mingai was observing the quiet, empty campus when she heard this and teased, "Logically speaking, Xie Tan saved you, so you should respect him more, right? Why don't I see you calling him 'brother'?"
Among them, she and Xie Tan were the youngest.
“No, I respect you all very much!” Sun Enze almost slipped off the steering wheel, and whispered, “He just said to just call him by his name…”
Didn't I say something like that too?
"Forehead……"
"Are you afraid of him?" Chang Mingai said understandingly. "After all, we both know it's just a joke, but that guy is expressionless all day long. Even death is not enough to move him, so when he brings life and death to others, it is quite unexpected. Who wouldn't be afraid of him? Is there really anyone in this world who can understand him? I often think about that."
“…” Sun Enze was silent for a moment before saying, “I’ve thought about that too.”
"Right, right! Jinzhao should be able to understand him. Understanding is a prerequisite for love, right? Besides, he has a beast-like intuition. Miss is also a possibility. Although she doesn't talk much, she's always good at judging people. If either of them were here, maybe they could answer my questions."
Sun Enze couldn't quite understand.
He could neither understand Xie Tan nor Chang Mingai's desire to understand Xie Tan's thoughts.
In his view, there must be a huge gap between him and Xie Tan in terms of experience and perspective. If he said he could understand Xie Tan, it was definitely just boasting to use Xie Tan's self-pity.
He was indeed afraid of Xie Tan, but his relationship with Xie Tan was simple enough that he would do his best when his savior needed him.
However, everyone in the club is very kind and has helped him a lot. What should he do if a conflict arises between the two sides?
“But actually, I might know what he’s doing,” Chang Mingai muttered.
After all, it was he who told her that himself, but just like a math problem, knowing a theory and understanding a theory are worlds apart.
She still doesn't understand why she was specifically told it was because she was the hand of the clock.
The car arrived at its destination. Sun Enze hadn't heard clearly and quickly came to his senses. Just as he was about to ask again, Chang Mingai had already opened the car door and stepped out first.
Sun Enze caught up, but hesitated at the door: "This is the girls' dormitory."
"I would be happy if there were other female classmates, but not the female ghost."
So, why are we here at the dormitory building?
“Xie Tan, he’s got a problem, isn’t he?” Chang Mingai suddenly said.
She turned to look at the stiff Sun Enze: "Since I woke up, you've hesitated to speak several times. It's not hard to guess; you're not good at pretending."
Sun Enze remained silent.
“I don’t need you to tell me the things you hesitated to say. I just want to tell you, Enze, that guy has an absolutely unfair scale in his heart, with two people on one side and this world on the other... no, not even ‘one’ world is enough. It should be said that he can abandon all existence except those two people and all non-existence that has been annihilated, including himself.”
“His calmness is precisely where his madness lies.” Chang Mingai looked at him and said, “If you still want to live, or if you still have someone you want to keep alive, now you should move him from the position of ‘benefactor’ to the position of ‘enemy’.”
Thump, thump, thump—
There was a knock on the door upstairs.
The location was a bit far, but because the building was so empty, I still managed to hear it.
They followed the sound.
Based on his experience of witnessing Xi Rui's reckless behavior, Chang Mingai investigated the suicide case after Xi Rui mentioned the Ouija board. With the cult leader around, it wasn't difficult to obtain information about the strange events in Diqiu City from the cult.
Of the thirteen students, six were the initiators of the Ouija board game.
Of these six reckless individuals, two were the source of the problem; their first instance of such behavior occurred in their dormitory.
They successfully summoned the spirit of the Ouija board, but the spirit's answers were limited. Under their persistent questioning, the spirit explained that its true form was not here, but in the old teaching building, which was too far away, hence the "bad signal".
So they gathered their friends and, after much persuasion and coaxing, invited a few more spectators, as well as those who wanted to join in the fun, and arranged to hold another event in the old teaching building.
The dormitory that's been haunted recently is the place where these two girls used to live.
Are we just going to leave like this?
On the way, Sun Enze tried his best to repeat all the questions that Xi Rui and Teacher Meng had asked. Before he knew it, he saw Chang Mingai turn directly out of the stairwell and immediately grabbed her.
The knocking stopped at some point.
But the ghost that knocks on the door may not necessarily leave!
Chang Mingai was faster than him and stood in the empty corridor first.
"...Really left?" Sun Enze followed them out.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, the knocking on the door started again.
Thump, thump, thump—
Sun Enze retreated back to the stairwell.
Chang Mingai rolled her eyes: "The ghost isn't in the corridor."
“Then…” Sun Enze suddenly realized, “The door was knocked on from the inside?”
“Of the thirteen, the first one was a girl who hanged herself,” Chang Mingai said, frowning. “The missing trigger word should be the questioner asking how to save the Ouija board. I suspect that the first time they summoned the Ouija board in the dormitory, it triggered it. They probably saw the Ouija board and hesitated to explain why, without stating its location, but they relentlessly pursued it without any respect, saying anything, such as ‘We want to save you,’ whether it was sincere or sweet talk used to coax them. One of them has already met with misfortune because of this. If they summon the Ouija board again in the old teaching building, from the beginning, one of those thirteen was a ghost.”
Sun Enze didn't really think about what was going on after that. He was still thinking about Chang Mingai's reminder and followed her step by step to the dormitory door.
The knocking stopped again, and Chang Mingai opened the dormitory door.
Sun Enze saw a pair of feet.
Those feet were wearing white shoes, but the soles were soaked red, and blood was dripping down.
Slightly, slowly, it swirls.
Sun Enze's eyes widened, and he was about to let out a scream that would pierce the campus, but then he remembered that his companions were still with him, so he stopped halfway through the scream and immediately went to look at Chang Mingai.
He thought to himself, a beat too slow, "That's unnecessary. Sister Xiao Ai is much stronger than me. She came straight for this ghost, how could she be afraid..."
Chang Mingai's eyes were even bigger than his.
She felt as if she had seen something beyond reason, gripped by the sudden and overwhelming fear, her breathing becoming erratic.
She stood there stunned for a long time. If Sun Enze hadn't pulled her back, the blood dripping from the tip of her shoe would have gotten into her eyes.
Even though she managed to dodge it, she still felt a crimson blur before her eyes, a chaotic scene.
After a long while, she found her voice, avoided looking at the person hanging there, and gritted her teeth, saying, "Enze... I need you, I need to summon the spirit of the Ouija board."
It's still that same Ouija board.
"Ouija board spirit, Ouija board spirit, you are my past life, I am your present life. If you want to continue our bond, please draw a circle on the paper."
The dormitory room was extremely dark with the curtains drawn. The two people sitting opposite each other held pens and remained motionless for a long time, so long that Sun Enze was sweating.
Finally, the spirit entered through the "entrance".
But then there was silence again.
Sun Enze's mind was in complete chaos, and he had no idea what else to ask, while Chang Mingai remained silent for a long time without saying a word.
After a moment, she lowered her voice and asked, "Is it you?"
Sun Enze was completely baffled by the first sentence. Who was it? There was no indication whatsoever. The Ouija board couldn't possibly answer, could it?
"Yes," the Ouija board replied.
Chang Mingai asked again, "Did Xie Tan make it?"
The pen tip passed through "yes" and "no", and stopped again on "S".
Chang Mingai frowned. What exactly is "S"?
But thinking of the fleeting glimpses she had seen on the pointer, she was already inclined to believe that this was what "Observation Seven" meant.
"Are you... already dead?"
This time, the Ouija board remained silent for a long time.
The final answer is: Yes.
Chang Mingai pursed her lips tightly.
There were no new questions. The pen remained silent, like a dead object, between their clasped hands.
"Xie Tan, he..."
The pen suddenly moved, stopping first at "no," as if warning her of her overestimation of her abilities.
“I have that much self-awareness,” Chang Mingai said calmly. “That’s why I didn’t plan to look for him. I wanted to ask you.”
How can I save you?
When Sun Enze woke up, he didn't dare to look up.
The surroundings were so quiet and empty that his fear slowly turned into collapse.
Sister Xiao Ai has also disappeared... What happened...?
Why didn't you look up when you were awake?
Sun Enze suddenly looked up and saw Chang Mingai sitting opposite him, smiling at him.
"Sister Xiao Ai, I thought you...!"
You thought I was dead?
"Uh, no..."
"You're so worried about me, Enze, Enze." Chang Mingai got up and patted Sun Enze's head. "Let's leave here first. It's such a jarring sight to have a ghost hanging here."
Sun Enze grabbed a pen and paper and followed, feeling dizzy. The warmth of Chang Mingai lingered on his head, but it made him feel awkward all over.
It wasn't because of the sudden intimacy, but... but...
He thought for a long time before coming up with a fitting description—those two movements were more like "teasing a pet."
The moment this thought of being ungrateful arose, he immediately suppressed it in fear.
How could you think like that!
"Sister Xiao Ai, so isn't 'how to save you' the key to being taken away by the Ouija board or...?" He couldn't bring himself to say the word "death."
"That's the sentence."
"Huh?" But he clearly heard Chang Mingai ask that question at the end as well.
“Maybe it’s because I’m close to the Ouija board? My best friend, so why shouldn’t they let me off the hook?” Chang Mingai said matter-of-factly.
It took Sun Enze a while to realize that the suicide case happened many years ago, and it was impossible for any of the thirteen people to be her friends. Besides, wasn't her best friend the president?
"That's the club president?! Did Xie Tan plan this too, to find a successor?"
"Yes, how cruel! They're just using us as sacrificial offerings."
"Why is it that the president is still... Sister Xiao Ai?" Sun Enze looked over in horror, only to see Chang Ming'ai staring at him with an undiminished smile, as if she were listening to something interesting.
Sun Enze was stunned again, and his blood seemed to run backward as he staggered backward.
If that Ouija board spirit really was the club president, Sister Xiao Ai wouldn't be laughing like that.
But looking back at Sister Xiao Ai's attitude and questions when she consulted the Ouija board, the Ouija board spirit was the club president.
One after another, as long as one asks "How can I save you?", they will become the new Ouija board spirit.
And Xiao Ai's attitude can only mean...
"Who are you!" Sun Enze exclaimed.
Chang Mingai continued to smile at him, answering the previous question to herself: "There's no reason why. Didn't I say that he's just ruthless and cold-hearted? I really like that about him. They say a nephew is like his uncle, and it's true!"
Sun Enze couldn't understand at all. He wanted to yell and tell this unknown thing to get out, but the smile on that face was nothing like hers, and all he felt was fear.
Run...run!
He took off running, not daring to even look at the reflection on the glass, afraid that he would be caught at any moment.
His first thought was to find Xie Tan, but Xie Tan wasn't in the club building. Fortunately, he had left a note, so he drove quickly to the old teaching building.
Sun Enze couldn't think straight; it wasn't something he could understand. So he stopped thinking about anything and instinctively grabbed onto his benefactor, the devil who had responded to him, the one who knew everything and could do anything!
He rushed into the old teaching building and found Xie Tan in the corridor on the second floor.
The corridor was a mixture of black and gray, shrouded in a desolate blue, like a veil.
Xie Tan was standing in front of a classroom door, looking up at something.
Sun Enze, as if seeing a lifeline, ran over with his eyes wide open and grabbed him.
"Xie Tan! Xie Tan! Sister Xiao Ai is in trouble, her body has been attacked by some kind of monster..."
Sun Enze suddenly felt something gently stepping on his shoulder.
He turned around and saw a pair of feet hanging in the doorway.
One of the "people" reached out and touched his shoulder. The "person" hanging from the ground had his upper body bent at a 180-degree angle, his neck tightly bound by a rope made of twisted clothes, and his eyes staring at him eerily from behind his long hair.
"Ah, another one," he heard Xie Tan say emotionlessly.
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