Chapter 148: The Noble Urban Legend
In the charred classroom.
A serious fire must’ve broken out here—walls that are completely black, with weird burn marks on the walls, as if somebody was trying to escape the fire.
The atmosphere was strangely dry and hot compared to the damp and chilling air that permeates the entire school. Plus, the tables and chairs were fully intact as they sat on the soot-covered ground as if they had grown back after the fire.
Hua investigated the classroom and frowned. Before this, there was indeed a classroom that had been burnt, according to the Night Division Records, but that was in a classroom on the other side of the campus.
A terrible deduction came to Hua’s mind: the school is alive and is shifting its structure.
Among the many urban legends, they have dealt with, it wasn’t uncommon to have places of gathering for urban legends. In the end, all of them would merge into one, creating a much more chaotic, unstable, and terrifying entity.
She ordered her other members to investigate the classroom thoroughly, and soon they found something.
Every member quickly gathered, and with the aid of a flashlight, the molten and cooled metal on the ground was covered with palm prints. Even just by looking at the palm print, you could feel the painful emotions contained within its twisted grasp.
“We need the fingerprints,” Hua ordered. “We’ll have to compare it with the missing person’s reports around the country. As for the others, continue investigating and see if we can find other clues.”