Chapter 64 : Chapter 64
Chapter 64: Lu Liangting: My Bank Card Password Is…
The dried corpse behind the mirror had a very small skeleton. Traces of a not-yet completely decayed school uniform could still be seen on it.
From this alone, it was obvious that this corpse had once belonged to a student of this school.
Who could have silently sealed her inside the wall and hidden her behind the mirror?
Zhao Mingyue instinctively thought of the school’s teachers and the principal.
Especially the dance instructor.
[Red Dancing Shoes]
[Task Requirement: After midnight, enter the dance studio on the third floor of the Youth Center, find the red dancing shoes and put them on. Remove them after sixty seconds.]
[Have you heard? That girl disappeared. She hasn’t come to class for a long time.]
[Hmph. Good riddance. Just because she slept with the principal doesn’t mean she can keep first place forever.]
[But I think she really did train seriously. She came to the dance studio every night.]
[Tch. When can’t you practice? Why insist on coming at night? She doesn’t dare show up during the day when we’re here. Only when it’s late and quiet does she have the chance, that little slut. Juan, don’t defend her.]
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[Juan, do you smell something? It stinks. Did a rat die somewhere in here?]
[Juan! Where are you? There’s someone in the mirror—she smiled at me!]
Just from the task information, it was clear that the principal was the most suspicious.
Only he had the ability to quietly seal a girl’s corpse inside the wall without anyone noticing.
All he would have needed to do was announce that the dance studio required repairs and close it for a week.
Zhao Mingyue also speculated that the girl in the mirror had probably been bullied frequently.
That was why she did not dare come to the studio during the day and instead practiced at night.
And precisely because she came at night, it gave the principal the opportunity.
If the situation truly matched the task information—if the girl had come to the dance studio at night to secretly meet the principal—then under normal circumstances the principal would not have killed her.
After all, from a certain perspective, that would count as “mutual consent.”
Unless something had gone wrong.
For example, if the principal had wanted to take advantage of her without giving her anything in return.
After analyzing this far, Zhao Mingyue felt that her reasoning made quite a bit of sense.
What she did not know was whether the ghost she had just smashed to death was actually the girl behind the mirror.
The beam of the flashlight still shone on the dried corpse at the back of the classroom.
Zhao Mingyue felt a little nervous.
Ghosts themselves did not frighten her much anymore.
But asking her to remove a pair of shoes from a corpse and then wear them herself…
That was a bit too much.
But then she thought again.
If she did not work harder now, the little sister in the shadows might be taken away by someone else.
Instantly she felt a surge of determination.
“For Little Sister Yu… I’ll do it!”
Zhao Mingyue gathered her courage.
Her slightly trembling hand reached toward the corpse’s feet.
“I’ll only wear them for a moment. Don’t worry. After I leave, I’ll call the police so they can bring you home and give you justice.”
She murmured softly.
But before her hand could touch the red dancing shoes, her movement suddenly froze.
Because of certain reasons, loud noises could not be made in this school.
Without human interference, the entire building was almost completely silent.
In such silence, even the faintest disturbance would be greatly amplified.
At that moment, besides the sound of her own breathing, she faintly heard footsteps coming from downstairs.
Very light.
Barely noticeable.
If she had not listened carefully, she would not have heard them at all.
Zhao Mingyue withdrew her hand and looked toward the stairwell.
It could not be Bai Yu.
And since it was not Bai Yu, whoever was approaching had to be treated with caution.
The footsteps slowly came closer.
The person was clearly cautious as well and did not rush up immediately.
Zhao Mingyue really wanted to know whether the approaching figure was human or ghost.
She slowed her breathing and focused intensely.
There might still be ghosts hiding inside the dance studio.
And the figure climbing the stairs outside could be either human or ghost.
Time seemed to slow down at that moment.
She did not know how long passed before the footsteps finally reached the third-floor stair landing.
The footsteps were heavy.
At least compared to ghosts.
They sounded more like those of a living person.
Zhao Mingyue raised the Magic Staff in her hand and hid behind the wall, waiting to deliver a sudden strike.
She knew she was weak.
Whether the opponent was human or ghost, she was no match.
So she could only rely on ambush attacks.
And they usually worked quite well.
Zhao Mingyue lowered her gaze.
The first thing she saw was a woman’s boot stepping inside.
“A human!”
She was certain she had never seen that pair of shoes before.
And anyone wandering here in the middle of the night could hardly be an innocent passerby.
The pickaxe-shaped Magic Staff smashed fiercely toward the person at the doorway.
The newcomer had never expected someone to be hiding at the third-floor stair landing, let alone launching a shameless ambush without a word.
After all, she was still an ordinary person.
Her reaction speed was not that fast.
Zhao Mingyue’s strike landed solidly on her shoulder with a dull thud.
A muffled groan of pain followed.
If Lu Liangting had been standing here at that moment, he would have recognized the girl immediately.
She was the same girl who had saved him from Li Nan at Sunshine Apartments.
Her name was Chen Yun.
She attended the same high school as Zhao Mingyue and Lu Liangting.
Back then, she had used a talisman to destroy the Fierce Ghost on Li Nan’s back.
Lu Liangting had also used her talisman to hold the old principal outside the door for quite a long time.
Chen Yun staggered back two steps, clutching her shoulder with one hand.
Her left shoulder had taken the blow.
It hung limply at her side.
Any slight movement caused a piercing pain—like the dull agony from a heavy blunt strike.
Standing at the stairway entrance, Zhao Mingyue gripped the hammer-shaped staff with both hands and stared at Chen Yun.
She felt that the girl looked strangely familiar, as though she had seen her somewhere before.
Chen Yun raised her head angrily.
But when she realized that the one who had injured her was Zhao Mingyue, her expression grew even more resentful.
One of the reasons she had come here tonight was precisely because of Zhao Mingyue.
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“How did this kid survive?”
After Bai Yu finished devouring the old principal, she did not kill Shen Shuyun.
Instead, her gaze shifted toward Lu Liangting.
There was one thing she could not figure out.
How had Lu Liangting managed to block the door?
When she noticed the red talisman paper pasted beside the door—drawn with a pair of ghostly eyes—her brows immediately furrowed.
The talisman gave her a faint sense of danger.
And its power had already been mostly consumed.
The talisman itself was not important.
What mattered was who had given it to Lu Liangting.
Anyone capable of creating something like this had to be eliminated as soon as possible.
Otherwise they would become a major threat later.
A game participant capable of crafting items specifically designed to counter ghosts…
Such a person would be her natural enemy.
As for how to find the answer—Bai Yu chose the simplest method.
“Lu Liangting.”
Standing not far from him, she suddenly spoke.
Just three simple words.
Lu Liangting immediately perked up.
He was so excited that he even became a little nervous.
This was the first time Bai Yu had called his name.
Did that mean she was actually willing to communicate?
This was the most critical step!
“Is there something I can help you with?”
Lu Liangting quickly responded.
“I want to know who gave you that paper.”
“You mean this talisman? A friend gave it to me. She’s a good person. Her name is Chen Yun. If there’s a chance in the future, you could—”
Before he could finish his sentence, Bai Yu had already turned and walked away.
“Chen Yun…”