Chapter 37
As the saying goes, speak to people with human words, speak to ghosts with ghost words.
Although Li Yi couldn’t speak ghost words, he was more than proficient in human words.
With this explanation, Wu Qian immediately understood-this master had come out to uphold justice again.
Last time, when something strange happened at Wangfei Hospital, this master arrived even faster than the Spirit Bureau.
From this, it was clear: he was a man who hated Fierce Ghosts as enemies and acted chivalrously.
If this were ancient times, he would be a true wandering hero of the martial world.
Though not officially appointed, the things he did were no less fitting than those of some Spirit Binders.
Should she take this chance to tell him that the Spirit Bureau was preparing to move against him?
Wu Qian hesitated, after all, she was on the same side as the Spirit Bureau.
“Is this place haunted?” After thinking for a long time, Wu Qian still didn’t know how to bring up the news, so she quickly changed the subject.
“You don’t know?”
Li Yi glanced at Wu Qian in surprise. Goodness, the incident was all over the internet, yet Wu Qian, a police officer, knew nothing about it.
“Hey, Fiend! Why do you disguise yourself as someone else? Reveal your true form at once!”
Li Yi pretended to be serious, jokingly said, instantly making Wu Qian laugh.
“I only joined the police force this year, so I don’t know much about some things.”
At this, Wu Qian’s cheeks flushed.
After all, as a police officer, knowing less about a case than a passerby was a bit embarrassing.
[“Sister, you’re so pretty, can you be my wife? I hope you know what’s good for you.”]
[“Tonight at ten, wear your uniform and come to my room, I have a major case to report.”]
[“Upstairs, I’m the police, and I’m right outside your door.”]
[“You’re killing me, you’re the police? I wouldn’t-“]
[“The suspect has been arrested by us. The internet is not outside the law, please speak cautiously.”]
‘666’
The appearance of the female officer instantly brought the popularity of the Live Streaming Room to its peak, making everyone’s imagination run wild.
But at this moment, as the only male protagonist, Li Yi wasn’t thinking about that, because he hadn’t forgotten that this place was haunted.
Li Yi thought the footprints mentioned by the Live Streaming Room viewers earlier were left by Wu Qian.
And with Wu Qian’s arrival, the viewers forgot about the footprints for a while, and the matter just passed like that.
No one mentioned the footprints again, and those footprints gradually walked into the school-one step, two steps, getting farther and farther away. Judging by the size, they belonged to a child about seven or eight years old.
He hadn’t expected to meet a living person in a place like this, and greeted Wu Qian.
Li Yi relaxed-this was definitely a living person.
If it were a Fierce Ghost disguised as Wu Qian, it wouldn’t be so clueless, not even knowing about the incident at Dajiang Kindergarten.
Li Yi was quite pleasantly surprised by Wu Qian’s arrival, but after a moment, he couldn’t help but feel troubled.
He wasn’t used to teaming up with others; women were nice to look at, but to bring one along to exorcise ghosts-just thinking about it felt like a burden.
“Since we’ve met, is there anything I can help you with?”
Wu Qian’s earlier reaction was genuine. Back in the police squad, she had never heard anyone mention a case at Dajiang Kindergarten.
She must ask the Captain about it when she got back.
“To think I’d run into him again in a place like this.”
Wu Qian looked curiously at the man before her.
“Forget it, just stay behind me later. I’ll do my best to keep you safe.”
Li Yi was helpless. Since they were already here, he couldn’t just drive her away. With the rain pouring so heavily, it didn’t seem feasible to leave anyway.
Leaving this woman alone at the entrance wouldn’t be safe either, especially since there was a Fierce Ghost that was ‘invisible and inaudible.’
The two of them walked one after the other toward a classroom.
Pushing open the door, the classroom’s furnishings were quite ordinary-just like any regular kindergarten. But after two years of abandonment, it looked dilapidated and rundown.
The walls were covered with graffiti, drawn by children with innocent hearts.
Due to the passage of time, all these drawings had changed color. What were once colorful images now appeared gloomy, even carrying a twisted and eerie aura.
The windows on the walls had long been shattered by something unknown. The cold wind blowing in from outside made the classroom feel even more sinister.
Li Yi surveyed the classroom. Including the podium, there were twenty-one seats, corresponding to one teacher and twenty students.
“This classroom should be the one from the video. The twenty children who died used to have their lessons here.”
“Likewise, this is also the place where the most strange incidents occurred.
According to some adventurous netizens, they heard the sound of children reciting texts from inside at midnight, and sometimes the sounds of children playing and laughing. Both types of noises are eerie, yet completely different.”
[“Just looking at this classroom gives me palpitations. The Streamer is brave.”]
[“If children turn into Fierce Ghosts, they’d be a hundred times more vicious than ordinary ones.”]
[“That’s actually true, but I don’t know if kindergarten children count. Either way, the Streamer should be extra careful.”]
Li Yi glanced at the time. It was now one o’clock in the morning. There’s a folk saying that midnight, twelve o’clock, is when the yin energy is at its peak and the gates of the Underworld are wide open.
And at one o’clock, the Ghosts become most irritable.
Because at one o’clock, the gates of the Underworld are about to close, and the Ghosts released from the Underworld must return during this period.
Having finally made it to the human world, now they’re about to go back, so naturally, the Ghosts are unhappy.
That’s why one o’clock is the time when it’s easiest to encounter Ghosts.
In this world, there is no Underworld; otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many incidents of Fierce Ghosts harming people.
But one thing is similar: one o’clock is the time when Fierce Ghosts are most active.
“Hehehe…”
Li Yi checked every detail in the classroom but found no important clues.
Just as he was about to explore other areas, a strange laugh suddenly came from outside the door.
The laughter sounded like both crying and laughing, identical to the voice he had heard on the recorder before.
It was approaching his current location, growing clearer and clearer.
The Fierce Ghost had appeared.
Li Yi looked gravely toward the source of the sound-it was in the corridor.
“It’s a Fierce Ghost!”
Wu Qian’s hand instinctively went to the short knife at her waist. Her gaze met Li Yi’s, and the two slowly retreated, trying to avoid becoming its target once the Fierce Ghost entered the classroom.
[“This voice sounds so familiar!”]
[“Feels exactly like the recording we heard before. Could it be the same person?”]
[“I’ve said it before, the owner of this voice is definitely not human.”]
[“Streamer, run!”]