Free Web NovelShe really likes this school, so she wants to protect it...
This reason is quite sufficient, and from her performance, she doesn't seem to be lying to me. Lu Yibei muttered to herself, staring at the Headless Senior.
However, to be safe, I still need to ask clearly how terrifying the terrifying thing she mentioned really is.
If it's within the range I can handle, I'll come to the school tonight.
If it's too difficult to deal with, then I'm sorry, the urban legend girl you called is out of service!
If you can't handle it, being 'damn kind' is just stupid! It's better to lie low, level up, and wait until you can defeat the enemy before solving the problem. Isn't that better?
Thinking of this, Lu Yibei looked at the Headless Senior and said seriously, "I can help you contact Professor Ma and ask him if he can find the girl you mentioned."
"However, I can't guarantee whether she can ultimately be found. Also, you'd better tell me the detailed situation of that terrifying existence you mentioned. If I find her, it will be easier to relay."
"Mhm, mhm." The Headless Senior held her neck and nodded, her tone somewhat excited, "It's enough that you're willing to help me. Even if you can't find her in the end, I won't blame you."
"As for the detailed situation of that terrifying thing..."
The Headless Senior paused, rotated her head about one hundred and forty to fifty degrees, and looked in the direction of the faculty and staff dormitory, "I can't explain the detailed situation very clearly either. If you're not afraid, you can come with me to take a look."
In the direction of the faculty and staff dormitory? Could it be... Lu Yibei followed the Headless Senior's gaze, narrowed her eyes slightly, and said, "Did you see the scene where a certain Counselor was attacked?"
"Ah?" The Headless Senior was clearly stunned for a moment, and said in surprise, "How did you know? Uh, no, I didn't actually see it either, I just felt it. And earlier, I heard someone say that a certain Counselor living there went crazy."
Then it's probably close enough... Lu Yibei pondered, nodded at the Headless Senior, and said, "Okay, then I'll go with you and take a look from a distance."
Take a look at the situation and then decide whether or not to show up tonight. Lu Yibei thought.
...
Walking along Sakura Avenue towards the faculty and staff dormitory, Lu Yibei's gaze drifted towards the Headless Senior from time to time, controlling her steps and leading her to avoid pedestrians on the road.
Although she didn't know if there would be any bad effects if ordinary people's bodies intersected with this kind of urban legend, Lu Yibei felt that it was better to avoid it as much as possible.
Perhaps sensing Lu Yibei's little action, the Headless Senior said in a low voice, "It's okay. Before I met you, I was wandering around the school, trying to find someone who could see me. I don't know how many people I passed through face-to-face, and it didn't affect them."
"Is, is that so?"
Lu Yibei responded awkwardly, suddenly remembered something, and quickly changed the subject, "Right, you've been staying at the school. Besides liking it here, is there any other reason?"
If there were no other reasons, and she just simply liked it here, she shouldn't care if anyone could see her, right? Lu Yibei thought.
"..." The Headless Senior tilted her head and glanced at Lu Yibei, was silent for a moment, and said, "I want to repay the three people who offered me flowers and sincerely mourned for me in the days after I was murdered."
Three? Didn't Professor Ma say there were many people spontaneously mourning that day? Lu Yibei thought doubtfully, and then heard another reason why the Headless Senior was lingering on campus.
"Also, I want to find the person who killed me."
As expected, I knew there was another reason, but this reason isn't malicious. Lu Yibei furrowed her brow slightly.
"But, so much time has passed, that person, I mean the murderer, if he hasn't been caught, he should have left here long ago, right?"
The Headless Senior's expression suddenly became gloomy, and the black mist surrounding her body also thickened slightly. Lu Yibei's eyes stung slightly. She could feel a bone-chilling coldness emanating from the Headless Senior's body.
"No, he is still in this school. I can feel it."
Still in this school? Lu Yibei was stunned.
He killed a girl in such a cruel manner, and after so many years, not only is he still at large, but he actually dares to stay near the crime scene?
Is he a student or a Teacher? Damn it, what kind of psychology did that person have to do such a thing?
Lu Yibei thought in surprise, frowning, "Then can you tell me who it is? Maybe I can help you a little."
If I can't deal with urban legend, can't I deal with a criminal? Criminal Law warns! Lu Yibei thought.
Hearing this, the Headless Senior was stunned for a moment, looked at Lu Yibei, her turbid eyes trembling slightly, and stammered, "I... I... forgot what he looked like."
"What the heck, that's incredible! Can you forget something so important? Why didn't you forget your name too?"
Lu Yibei blurted out. As soon as she finished speaking, she felt a bit arrogant, daring to tease a urban legend. Just as she was about to explain something to the Headless Senior, she found that her pale face was already flushed red.
"My name, my name, I forgot too..." the Headless Senior said weakly.
Lu Yibei, "..."
Is this because when a person dies and becomes a urban legend, their memory becomes incomplete?
Or is it because her death, with her head separated from her body, was too tragic, and her head is somewhat disconnected?
Lu Yibei thought, just as she was about to press the Headless Senior, she was interrupted by a soft cry, "We're here! That's the place!" freēwēbηovel.c૦m
As the two talked, they unknowingly reached the ground floor of the faculty and staff dormitory. Following the direction the Headless Senior pointed, Lu Yibei's gaze fell on the balcony of a dormitory on the second floor.
On the balcony, she saw a familiar Coat. Counselor Xue was wearing that Coat when they first met.
At this moment, that Coat swayed gently in the breeze. The balcony window was tightly closed, and the curtains were drawn. There was nothing particularly special about it to the naked eye, but it gave off an unsettling feeling.
That should be Counselor Xue's dormitory, right? Lu Yibei thought, turned around, and nodded at the Headless Senior, "I see. Let's go up and take a look."
Entering the faculty and staff dormitory, surprisingly, the Headless Senior just stood by the window of the duty room, and the old woman in the duty room seemed not to see Lu Yibei, letting her pass.
Is it some kind of special Spiritual Energy ability? It's a shame I prepared a basket of excuses. Lu Yibei thought, quickened her steps up the stairs, and soon arrived in front of Xue Hua's dormitory door.
The tightly closed dormitory door blocked her way. She was considering whether to just look from the doorway since she couldn't get in anyway, when the Headless Senior, who was right behind her, suddenly distorted in light and shadow, stepped forward, and directly passed through the door.
A few seconds later, the doorknob turned, the door opened with a sound, and the Headless Senior gently pushed from inside the dormitory, opening the door a small crack.
Seeing this, Lu Yibei looked left and right like a thief. After making sure no one was around, she pushed the door open and quickly slipped inside sideways.
"Click—!"
The dormitory door closed. Lu Yibei turned around to look and was immediately shocked by the scene inside the dormitory.
This was a single room of about thirty to forty square meters. A single bed was placed near the door, a desk was beside the bed, and a book shelf leaned against the desk.
The area near the balcony was simply arranged as a reception area, with a carpet on the floor and two single sofas. The entire room looked simple and cozy.
However, the dark photos messily hung on the surrounding walls greatly destroyed this cozy feeling. At first glance, it even made one feel a little strange.
Lu Yibei went to the wall and carefully examined the photos on the wall, frowning.
Lu Yibei had heard about Xue Hua's hobby of photography from the gossip among classmates during breaks. At the time, she didn't pay much attention to it, as photography is a very common hobby.
However, after seeing the photos Xue Hua had taken and developed, Lu Yibei felt that his hobby was not that simple.
Almost every photo he took was a scene from late at night. Occasionally, there were one or two that weren't, but judging from the light in the pictures, they were either at dusk or before dawn.
What made Lu Yibei feel even more uneasy was the content of Xue Hua's photographs.
Those photos taken late at night almost all depicted ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) various humanoid statues: bronze statues in the University City park, Confucius in front of the library, mannequins abandoned in garbage heaps, and clown statues in abandoned amusement parks...
Each of those figures, set against the night sky, was photographed by Xue Hua using overexposure, making the image appear as if covered with a layer of faint light. Coupled with the eerie shooting angles, the entire picture looked very gloomy.
After looking at a few of them, Lu Yibei even had the illusion that the statues in the photos were alive.
What is he taking pictures of these things for? It's creepy! Always doing these strange things, it would be more strange not to encounter urban legend, right? Lu Yibei thought.
Just as she was thinking, the Headless Senior gently tapped her shoulder. She turned her head, followed the direction the Headless Senior pointed, and then saw the photo that had fallen beside the sofa.
"Is that photo related to Xue Hua's encounter and the terrifying existence you mentioned?"
"Mhm, mhm, that's right."
Hearing this, Lu Yibei furrowed her brow slightly, walked forward, picked up the photo that had fallen on the ground, and examined it carefully.
The background of the photo was the sports equipment room of Huacheng Institute of Technology at night. In the dimly lit corridor was a sallow-faced, hunched Old man wearing a brightly colored burial shroud.
He was holding a blood-red lantern in his hand and was squeezing out a strange smile at the camera. His aging face was covered with uncomfortable wrinkles.
Perhaps it was due to the photography technique, but the Old man in the photo looked like a wax figure, or rather...
A corpse!
Lu Yibei thought, looking at the photo in her hand again. Her eyes momentarily met the turbid eyes of the Old man in the photo, and as if in an illusion, she saw him blink...
(I'm a bit stuck today, so there's only one update. I'll do two updates tomorrow...)
