Chapter 134 The Ouija Board (11) [If I were to die at A-Tan...]
The entire student club building was dark.
But as Xi Rui and his companions followed Xie Tan's words and made their way to the old teaching building, they were stuck in a stalemate when, in the darkness, the boy opened his eyes.
The entire building lit up again, except for the central room, which remained dark, missing a piece like an eye.
He sat motionless in front of the chessboard, in the position of the player, a cold draft blowing in through the broken window, ruffling the papers and the hem of his clothes and hair.
"Too slow." He slowly looked at the person who had just arrived.
[Is today the 27th? Either Rui Rui overslept, or Atan is skipping around!]
You, Tan, never waste a single word on others.
[It definitely is. Rui Rui and En Ze both realized it. The composition also hints at the Eye of Observation. Xiao Ai was also at the travel agency at the time.]
[He's incredibly handsome! Is Atan planning something big?]
In the comic, Xie Tan pretends to listen to their plight, then asks Xi Rui to bring a new sheet of paper, and flawlessly draws the Ouija board.
He subtly reminded Xi Rui that the spirit couldn't be summoned here. On the way, he met the student on the rooftop again in the car. It was like a silent exchange, with the human and the ghost speaking in words only they understood.
Teacher Meng was startled at that moment.
When it came to summoning the spirit through the Ouija board, Xi Rui's attempts failed multiple times, but his succeeded on the first try, drawing the spirit into the "entrance."
Xie Tan leaned to one side, watching indifferently. He almost fell asleep at one point. Even when Xi Rui asked who the mastermind was, he was the only one whose expression remained unchanged, as if it were none of his business.
[This Ouija board is exactly the same as the one in the teaser image!]
[It really is you, Little Atan!]
If only math problems were this easy! The God-like perspective is so cool; it's crystal clear who's manipulating things.
[Was that unfortunate student also killed by the Ouija board and trapped here?]
Wasn't he taken away by the ghost of one of the thirteen suicides?
[The Ouija board game 1.0 already had the scene where the Ouija board impersonates other people to deceive people, right? They're using the same old trick.]
[Were the several eye contact exchanges between him and Atan a plea for help?]
[Hiss, should we ask Ah Tan for help? Ah Tan is different from Lu Lu; he won't save someone for nothing.]
[Enze 2.0? What does Atan want to do with him?]
[Rui Rui just blurted it out so sweetly, hahaha]
[The child is primarily honest, and Enze couldn't help but watch Atan's videos.]
[The final exam questions are so simple]
Wait, it's not Ah Tan! Xie Tan's name doesn't have an "S" in it.
[It could be describing a personality trait or a hobby.]
I mean, Ah Tan hit me.
[Upstairs, you're always there during raids on prostitution!]
[It wasn't Ah Tan? ? ?]
【impossible】
【impossible】
Is this fortune-telling method accurate? Can't you tell the difference between Ex and Ace?
[Hilarious! Everyone reacted exactly like Rui Rui En Ze; they questioned the Ouija board but not A Tan.]
Regarding reputation
[Authoritative!]
[It must be Atan, or it must be Atan's scheme!]
Why can't it be our blessing and protection?
[Don't scare the child, Enze: Me?]
[S, Seven, Observation Seven? Does that refer to this?]
[Is that so? Jumping through time to the future is controlled by the Eye of Observation. Perhaps this is the language of observation. [Nods]]
[That's hilarious, so cute! Little Seven is back!]
Is this even possible?
Xie Tan didn't think of "seven" because he knew he wasn't observing seven, so even if he thought the Ouija board's answer was absolutely correct, he wouldn't have thought of that.
Could this have been done by the real Observation 7?
The stories of the eighteen observations were not fully developed. Some appeared in previous series, and later, when most of them were inspected by the Black Goat and taken back by the Order, there were a few scenes that some long-time readers of the comics recognized.
In the main storyline of this series, only a few characters are emphasized, among which [Xia Wujin] is not Observation Seven, but Observation Ten.
Most of the observations have been burned and recovered by the cult, but it is unclear whether there are any observations that have not yet been identified.
"Is the real product going to come and expose the fake?" Xie Tan sighed.
It might not be Observation 7. The new story first introduces the Black Goat and the Order. The Black Goat's surname is Su, which is "S".
In the following comic strip, Xi Rui's questions became increasingly outrageous, while Xie Tan remained completely oblivious until the "suicide is a crime" argument was mentioned, at which point he suddenly spoke up, startling Teacher Meng and Sun Enze.
[Sometimes, he really is like a ghost...] Sun Enze thought.
Xi Rui thought to himself, "There is such an eye that ignores time and space, embraces darkness, and witnesses countless deaths and destructions. In its eyes, all things in the world are boring dramas, played out in turn, endlessly, which is tiresome."
He only felt a spark of interest when he heard the end of himself and imagined all this tedium vanishing into nothingness.
However, it was just a passing interest. When Xi Rui turned around and probed him, Xie Tan remained calm and indifferent. Even when Xi Rui brought up Lu Jinzhao as an excuse, he did not waver in the slightest.
Xi Rui was quite surprised that he couldn't find even the slightest incriminating evidence against him.
[Calling LuLu! Calling LuLu! Your cat is up to its old tricks again!]
[Only when talking about his own death did Xiao A-Tan display such spirit; wasn't that a kind of final burst of energy before death?]
[Tan's push is just like that, a hellish humor]
[After the humorous remark, Tan Tui will shout:]
[Aaaaaah, you can't die, baby! You can't die! I'm going to tell Lu Lu!]
[Feels good]
[Ah Tan said he was a bit roguish when he played with people's feelings... He's so charmingly wicked, it suits his face perfectly.]
Actually, he was a pure-hearted male college student.
[If he acts so arrogantly now, he'll have to coax her if Lu Lu catches him.]
Next, the office encounters a ghost, revealing that the girl had always been facing him directly. The scene then cuts to Teacher Meng's perspective. As soon as the door opens, what he sees is as if he used that sword to lightly swipe it, and the vengeful ghost is annihilated.
The peach wood swords all seemed to have gained a luster.
However, later events proved that the sword was nothing at all, merely a misleading act by Xie Tan.
[Haha, so the sword wasn't used for a long time. Is it all because of Ah Tan's sword stand that it looks so cool?]
[Ah Tan: The Show Begins]
[The perfection of fashion truly depends on appearance; with a wave of his hand, the peach wood sword acquired the texture of a divine iron sword.]
So, this Ouija board spirit is the boy who died last among the thirteen?
This is also the question Xie Tan cares about most: who exactly is the spirit of the Ouija board?
At the end of the ritual, Teacher Meng asked how to save him. From the moment their hands clasped together, Sun Enze on the other side was covered by another being.
Her breathing suddenly quickened, but the comic's perspective was limited to below the neck of the person opposite her, so she could only make out that it was a boy.
Just when Xie Tan and the forum were convinced of this, Xi Rui and Sun Enze once again invoked the Ouija board, overturning this conclusion.
Xi Rui saw Teacher Meng.
The eyeball in his pocket shattered.
[Holy crap? I knew the cult had intervened, how could the spirit in the old teaching building still be alive? Turns out they were just looking for a replacement??]
Therefore, in Ouija Board 2.0, the original Ouija Board spirit was the last of the thirteen boys to die, who tricked the student who jumped off the building and became the new Ouija Board spirit in his place.
The key to triggering the alternation is to ask "How can I save you?"
That student likely asked the question out of empathy, but their good intentions led them astray.
The new Ouija board happens to fall right in front of Atan, hoping that Atan will help him. Although it is a corpse, Atan has the eye of observation and can see the "cause" hidden in the future.
Teacher Meng was already trapped; she was the next Ouija board spirit chosen by the new Ouija board spirit.
As the carnival games began, Atan misled Teacher Meng with a peach wood sword, making her pretend to ask that question.
Teacher Meng has become a new Ouija board spirit.
Just like Rui Rui's previous cunning tricks, secretly using her pen to mislead Teacher Meng with her answers (Rui Rui was the one who caused the light bulb explosion; look under the magnifying glass, her hand was making a talisman under the table), Teacher Meng also pretended to have shaky hands, feigning being restricted by Atan, misleading Rui Rui into trying to win her over and asking questions (what a case of the wicked always getting their comeuppance).
[Holy crap, so all thirteen students were actually replacing one another? The last boy wasn't just replacing his girlfriend, was he? This is horrible.]
[I thought it was thirteen students seeking revenge! I was really worried for our fugitive gang; nine wouldn't have been enough to catch!]
[Yes! I also thought it was about the darker side of things, plus four main characters from separate stories, making a total of thirteen. The student who jumped off the building and Teacher Meng are two of them.]
【RuiRui's cleverness backfired! What should we do? She won't die here, will she? No way! Waaaaaah!】
[No way, they're the main characters, after all. It seems unlikely they just died at the hands of a ghost in a side story, especially Rui Rui.]
[Agreed, Rui Rui must have a backup plan! Is that the same eye that Master Yun Song had? The eye of observation! Was it used to ward off disaster?]
[Ahhh, someone save me! Ah Tan! Jin Zhao! Xiao Ai!]
【No, haven't you guys realized what's going on...? What if he dies at A-Tan's hands?】
[Was Ah Tan deliberately trapped?]
I also think that Atan deliberately let Rui Rui go, and it's even possible that he misled her.
[Wait, I'm confused. What does this mean? Ah Tan wants to kill Rui Rui? It made sense at first, but now that the alliance is about to have a major war, why would he suddenly betray her? That's impossible!]
[Wow, it's true!]
In the comic, from Sun Enze's perspective, just as everything had settled down, the boy walked out of the dark stairwell, like a snake slowly slithering out of a deep alley.
He stood in the wind on the rooftop, more ethereal than the wind itself. His beautiful face was deathly pale, and he gave a half-smile: "Are you going to use a Ouija board too?"
【Ahhhhhhh】
[I also said that to Ah Tan... It scared me to death! The Ouija board didn't scare me, the folded ghost didn't scare me, but this sentence really scared me!!]
[Enze: My turn]
[Ah Tan has no reason to lie; his confirmation of the Ouija board's answer is absolutely correct, so Ah Tan genuinely doesn't know the details of the suicide case... That can only be because there's no need for him to, since Xie Tan's target is everyone at the travel agency, right?]
[No! No! Don't wake me up at this time! Can't our horror stories have a loving family?]
[Blind dates are like family, they're actually a never-ending battleground]
[No, that doesn't make sense. Rui Rui is essentially Atan's cult's exclusive contact person. There's no reason for Atan to suddenly make a move.]
[And the other main characters are even more innocent, not to mention Lu Lu, it can't be...]
That's right, Enze didn't die!
You guys are overestimating Ah Tan. We're a horror story, and the main characters have a good relationship, but there are some subtle undercurrents.
There are two types: those with a touch of sincerity hidden in their pretense, and those with some pretense hidden in their sincerity.
It's obvious that Ah Tan doesn't care about anything except his mommy and Lu Lu.
[He lit it, he just lit it like that, he threw away the timeline like that, how could he possibly have any real feelings for a classmate he'd only known for one semester?]
[I still don't believe it. Could it be that the Mirror God is possessing him?! Hasn't the Demon Dog been lurking in Ah Tan's dreams all along?!]
That's what I thought too, but the ending...
At the end of this episode, Xie Tan returns to the chess club.
The boy went to the window that had been blown open, picked up the piece of white paper between the chess pieces, and casually knocked one of the pieces away.
A crisp sound.
He didn't give her a single glance from beginning to end.
Time refreshes, and we move on to the next day.
He listened to the sounds coming from the travel agency in the distance, then left as if he had never been there.
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