Nightmare Apostle

Chapter 1883: Chapter 1070:

The sound of water splashing naturally caught Takagi Reina’s attention. She abruptly lifted her head and looked in the direction of the noise.

Undoubtedly, the entity from before had arrived; the thing they most feared tonight had ultimately happened.

But Takagi Reina couldn’t understand, clearly, the problem was with Mimura Kaori, so why... why would the Ghost come after them?

Yet, now wasn’t the time to think about these things. The Ghost had already appeared, and the pressing matter was to find a way to survive this attack.

Yang Xiao gestured to Takagi Reina not to move, while he crept towards the door, making almost no noise. He hid behind the wall beside the door, intensely watching it with his side eye. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

The door was already double-locked; theoretically, it shouldn’t be opened from the outside. But after all, you couldn’t use common reason to deduce what they were facing, and Yang Xiao couldn’t be certain.

If such a thing happened to a regular person, they would have long lost their composure. But Yang Xiao and Takagi Reina were seasoned players, with mental fortitude far beyond ordinary people.

"Plop."

"Plop."

...

The inevitable will come. With a deep breath from Yang Xiao, the damp footsteps eventually arrived outside the door.

As the footsteps stopped outside the door, Takagi Reina’s last trace of luck was dashed. She confirmed that the entity outside was coming for the two of them.

And the most likely target was herself because aside from Mimura Kaori, she was the one who accompanied Sasaki Sakura to the restroom that time.

"Bang."

"Bang."

The entity outside began to knock on the door with a muffled thud. Yang Xiao could fully imagine the ghostly appearance of that thing outside — surely drenched, the entire body swollen and rotten from soaking, even the palms seeping water.

After a while of knocking, the thing seemed to give up. But before Yang Xiao could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw the doorknob slowly turn, like someone on the other side was gripping it and pressing down.

This scene made Yang Xiao’s eye twitch, as he was sure and certain the door was double-locked, but he couldn’t avoid the immense pressure because he knew if the door in front of him were to open, his life would end then and there.

But now he dared not do anything, only silently praying in his heart.

"Click."

With the handle fully pressed down, it got stuck and couldn’t go further. The unexpected incident he feared did not happen.

The door didn’t open, and the lock didn’t fail; everything was quite scientific.

After trying again, the thing outside seemed to lose patience, and the heavy footsteps sounded again, but this time leaving. freёwebnovel.com

The splashing of water gradually faded away. Yang Xiao heard it clear, heading towards the restroom at the end of the hallway, the same route it came from.

The footsteps grew farther until they almost completely vanished. Yang Xiao turned his head towards Takagi Reina, standing by the table. Both of them wore a look of relief after escaping disaster.

But before the two could relax, an unexpected scene occurred. That damned red telephone rang again, its jarring ringtone piercing through the silent night.

At that moment, Yang Xiao felt murderous; Takagi Reina’s face turned pale with fear. And faster than both of them were the hurried footsteps, reappearing outside the door almost in the blink of an eye.

"Clack!"

"Clack!"

"Clack!"

The doorknob was frantically turning up and down, as if the person outside was sure there were people hiding behind the door. This time the intensity and magnitude of the doorknob’s shaking were at least ten times stronger than before.

The trembling sound of the lock tortured nerves. Yang Xiao stared intently at the doorknob, fearing one motion would unlock it.

If it were ordinary people, they would have used their hand to control the doorknob, but Yang Xiao didn’t. He knew well that doing so would not only fail to save himself but would also reveal that someone was hiding inside the room.

Yang Xiao still had a shred of assurance, given by Xiao Lin Zhengyan and Yamamoto Chunai, who managed to survive the Ghost’s attack in the afternoon; thus, he had no reason not to.

He firmly believed that as long as the Ghost couldn’t open the door, they would survive.

Seemingly aware it couldn’t open the door, the thing outside stopped its actions but did not leave. Yang Xiao didn’t hear departing footsteps.

Time ticked second by second. Yang Xiao was hidden behind the wall close to the door, not daring to make a sound, and Takagi Reina didn’t even dare to move, fearing the noise might provoke trouble.

Suddenly, Yang Xiao frowned. He heard a dripping sound outside the door.

It started as a drip-drop but quickly grew louder and more apparent, the drips turning into a stream, gushing like a faucet had been turned on.

Yang Xiao couldn’t even imagine this scene; it was a figure with water flowing all over. He had no idea what the entity intended to do.

Until he saw water appear behind the door, seeping in from outside through the crack.

It was as if a heavy blow struck Yang Xiao, the texture of the water was sticky, mixed with some mud, as the muddy water rolled in, quickly covering part of the floor behind the door, with a faint stench wafting in the air.

More terrifying, as the water surface expanded, Yang Xiao vaguely saw a human figure reflected.

The image stood there rigidly, its head stooped low. From that indistinct face, Yang Xiao sensed a chilling gaze.

Yang Xiao reacted swiftly, immediately dropping flat as the figure turned its head.

While dropping flat, he deliberately avoided contact with the mysterious water, simultaneously gesturing frantically to Takagi Reina, signaling her to crouch down and hide immediately.