Chapter 56 : Chapter 56
Chapter 56: You’re Seriously Sick
The girl’s eyes showed astonishment, but beneath it lurked vigilance and a trace of ferocious cruelty. Her soul was far uglier than the innocent and lovely appearance of the girl she wore. Inside that body lived an executioner whose hands were stained with blood.
The moment she saw Bai Yu, the girl moved swiftly and pulled a butcher’s knife with a blood groove from her pocket.
Her stance was neither standard nor graceful, yet she gave off the feeling of a coiled venomous snake, ready to strike with the blade in her hand at any moment.
Bai Yu showed no fear and stepped inside.
Everyone here wore a layer of borrowed skin, and Ghostface could not recognize her.
“How does it feel to be back here?” Bai Yu narrowed her eyes beneath her bangs. She looked relaxed, but in truth she was ready to act at any moment.
She did not believe that these lunatics, after putting on the skins of beautiful girls, merely became a little stronger while all their other abilities disappeared, making them easy to look down on. Even if that were truly the case, she would not lower her guard. This was also an important lesson she had learned in the Scum Game—caution keeps one safe for ten thousand years.
“How did you discover it?” Shen Shuyun’s body tensed as she slowly retreated behind the principal’s desk while facing Bai Yu.
“That is none of your concern. All you need to know is that your appearance here was not a coincidence. I accepted a task to help you recover your memories. That is all.”
Bai Yu stood at the doorway. Her seemingly delicate body brought Shen Shuyun a pressure no less than that of a ferocious red-robed ghost.
Her instincts told her that this “old friend” before her, who now bore the identity of a Fierce Ghost, could crush her to death with ease. More importantly, this pressure did not come from the difference between a human and a Fierce Ghost.
In other words, even before changing into this body, the other party’s strength had already been enough to crush her.
If nothing unexpected had happened, she must have been someone within the top five of the assassin rankings—no, perhaps even among the top three.
“Help me recover my memories?” Shen Shuyun held the butcher’s knife in one hand, her brows slightly furrowed.
She did not know why she had returned. She only knew that coming back was a good thing. At the very least, it allowed her to uncover things she had never had the chance to learn before.
She wanted to know whether that scumbag had ever regretted what he did back then.
“No need. You are not even willing to reveal your identity. How can I trust you? Let me guess who you are.”
“The Doctor? The Nightmare? Or the Dragon Girl?”
The Doctor ranked first on the assassin list, Nightmare ranked second, and Dragon Girl ranked third.
“Nightmares are impossible. That guy would not speak as calmly as you do. He is always making those awful giggling sounds.”
Before she could finish, Bai Yu interrupted her.
“Is identity really that important? I am merely completing a task. Whether you live or die determines whether my task succeeds, so at the very least I will not kill you for now. But if you learn my identity, once the task ends, I will definitely kill you.”
Shen Shuyun’s expression changed slightly. That reasoning was indeed sound. If things were truly as Bai Yu said, then not knowing the identity was better than knowing it.
When identities remained unknown, everyone was the same—just like how she could stand in an alley chatting casually with other participants of the game.
But once identities were revealed, it would become a fight to the death.
“You have two choices. Either I break your limbs and sever the tendons in your hands and feet, then help you recover your memories before you die—or we cooperate.”
Bai Yu could not be bothered with more words. If Ghostface were not somewhat threatening, and if she did not need to extract information from her, Bai Yu would have already broken her arms and legs. Of course, carrying her after breaking them would also be troublesome.
If there were no mission restrictions, cutting off her head and carrying that would be the fastest and most convenient method.
Ghostface was not the type to drag things out. She hesitated for less than two seconds before nodding in agreement.
“I have some things I want to investigate here. You need to complete your task. I do not care who you are. Let us cooperate—mutual benefit.”
She did not speak about what would happen after the matter was finished, because that would be foolish.
Once everything was done, there was no need to think about it—the other party would definitely kill her first.
Instead of dying now, it was better to watch how things developed and find a chance to escape with Lu Liangting.
Yes, escape with Lu Liangting.
In her view, whether it was the Doctor or the Dragon Girl, they would kill both her and Lu Liangting together.
As for the reason—Did they not see Zhao Mingyue standing outside?
She was the female protagonist. That rabbit-masked person had said before that the target for conquest was not only Lu Liangting. The implication was that the female protagonist could also be targeted.
“I have something to ask you. Tell me the truth—what are those ghosts in the school?”
“You mean those ghosts that are attracted by sound?” Shen Shuyun let out a quiet chuckle. “Those ghosts are even more resentful than I am. Why? Have you fought them?”
Shen Shuyun pulled out the principal’s chair and sat down, though her tense nerves still had not relaxed.
“I killed one.”
“You… killed one?” Shen Shuyun’s expression turned strange, though after thinking about it, it seemed normal.
Whether it was the Doctor, the Dragon Girl, or even the fourth or fifth place, their strength was absurdly powerful.
“Those ghosts do not belong to this school. I brought them here. To be precise, the me from before brought them here. Their identities were not students of this place—they were the parents of the students here.”
“Parents?” Zhao Mingyue, standing beside Bai Yu, looked confused when she heard that word.
“Yes. I think you still do not understand this place very well. Let me put it this way. The original owner of the position I am sitting in now was a complete pervert who enjoyed eating human flesh and also liked adopting other people’s children.”
“And this place used to be an orphanage that specialized in taking in children.”
“I believe you understand now. That old man would select his prey, sneak into their families, kill the parents, and then, as the director of the orphanage, adopt the children who had become orphans from those same families.”
“And unfortunately, I was one of those children.”
“You mean the old director? Was he not supposed to be a good person? Why would he adopt children after killing their parents?” Zhao Mingyue could not understand. She could not comprehend how such a person could actually be a cannibal.
“Heh. Why? How would I know why?” Shen Shuyun sneered. “That day, I dug open his chest and pulled out his heart. I asked him the same question you just did. Unfortunately, he did not tell me the reason.”
Shen Shuyun spoke as though she were describing the most ordinary thing in the world. Her tone was eerily calm.
“Not only me—everyone asked that question. I remember that night. A full one hundred and twenty ghosts surrounded me, asking the same thing.”
“But I could not give them an answer. I could hardly say that I was going to kill that bastard along with their rotten children.”
At that moment, Shen Shuyun’s expression finally changed. She smiled—a faint smile, yet one filled with genuine happiness.
“I never expected that I would return, but this is exactly what I wanted.”
“When they were alive, I could not get answers from them. But now that they are dead and have become Fierce Ghosts… they should be able to speak, right?”