Taking the bedroom door as the dividing line, 917 is divided into two parts by the lights, one part is covered by incandescent lamps with 16 beds squeezed next to each other, and the other part is a bare wall covered with perennial damp green spots.
At the corner between the wall and the floor, two girls in white were curled up on the ground. To be precise, only Orofe, who was wearing a white T-shirt, was trembling, while No. 13, who was wearing a white dress, had her head down, unable to see the expression on her face clearly.
Orofe poured water into her mouth, but no matter how much she drank, the thirst in her throat did not relieve at all.
The crying in my ear became more and more clear, it no longer looked like a girl sobbing, it became two, three, or even a group...
Snapped.
O'Ruofei's hands shook so much that she couldn't hold the cup, the paper cup fell to the ground, and the water splashed on No. 13's clothes.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to!"
Ou Ruofei quickly apologized, but found that No. 13 didn't respond at all.
Through the black hair hanging down her cheeks, one could see the girl's fair neck stretched out at a strange angle, even her head was touching the wall, her chest didn't rise or fall at all.
Orofe curled up her fingers involuntarily. She really didn't want a thought to arise from her mind, but she couldn't control the random thoughts...
Is number 13 in front of you really a normal person
Maybe it was because the crying was getting closer, and she also woke up from the daze, realizing the weirdness of the situation.
"Student, I'm going back to bed first, that, I'll go first..."
She waved her hands incoherently and stepped back, trying to get up but her arms were grabbed!
No. 13, who was leaning against the wall, turned his head at some point: "Don't you want to chat with me?"
The cold light hit the girl's face, passed through the black eyeballs, and printed her back on the wall.
But this time, Orofe finally heard the direction of the crying.
It comes in the shade of body number 13.
In the bathroom, No. 5 yawned.
"The inspection here is over. My dear sister will be on shift immediately, and I will go back and call her."
No. 7 also left together, with a succinct preface: "If there is an accident, shout, and I will come back when I hear it."
No. 5's joking voice came from the corridor: "What if you fall asleep?"
Her answer was No. 7's cold words: "I haven't slept for a long time."
…
Tang Xinjue and Jiang Lan stood in front of the sink.
The freshly cleaned bathroom still had an unknown source of rancid smell, which Zhang Youdong couldn't get rid of even after using two large bottles of air freshener. He could only let it fill the space continuously.
Jiang Lan spoke first: "Have you received my note?"
After receiving an affirmative answer, she looked slightly relieved: "I'm sorry for using this roundabout way, because I'm not sure if it's safe to speak directly during the day, and props are time-limited."
She spread her hand, and there was a golden bell in her palm. With the crisp sound of shaking, a transparent corrugated protective cover appeared beside the two of them, isolating the sound from outside.
Tang Xinjue also cut to the chase: "Who do you suspect?"
Jiang Lan clasped her hands, her voice was deep: "Many people... the only ones I can trust now are our two dormitories."
Tang Xinjue had reminded her to be careful of other people, and Zhang Zhengguo's three roommates were all strong and active, so it was impossible for them to be ghosts in disguise.
"Especially their dormitory on No. 13," Jiang Lan frowned tightly, and told about the fact that she wanted to go to the upper bunk to check, but was stopped by No. 13 excitedly.
"Ah Nian's inspiration is very strong. If she sees blood, it is absolutely impossible to misunderstand ketchup."
But the blood on the two beds had indeed turned into ketchup, which gave them no reason to investigate further.
Tang Xinjue: "Is it very similar to the skeleton at the door?"
Obviously saw the smile, but turned into a fake doll in an instant, confusing everyone's guesses and senses.
Behind each false alarm, it was more like someone had deliberately erased the hints they had received, making the clues chaotic and no progress at the end of the day.
"That's right." Jiang Lan was reminded, her brows tightened, and she simply revealed another piece of evidence. She took out a golden ball, and when the switch was triggered, the ball rotated by itself and a pair of wings popped out.
"I thought it was the 13th at first, but..."
The wings fluttered, and the girl's voice floated out from inside:
"...I hid what you gave me well, and no one saw it, when can I open it?"
This is the voice of number 13!
Immediately afterwards, another female voice also sounded: "... until tonight, you will know what is inside."
Tang Xinjue heard that it was number 15.
No. 13 sounded a little scared, and was always looking for an affirmative answer in his words. And No. 15 said softly, "Don't worry, we are roommates, will I lie to you?"
The recording stopped abruptly at this point, followed by a noise.
Tang Xinjue lowered her eyes slightly, not surprised by the content of the recording, "From this, the person who really had a problem on the first day was No. 15."
And No. 13's initial anomaly is also inseparable from No. 15, but No. 15 has been quietly staying in the crowd, and many people did not notice her.
Jiang Lan seemed to have a headache: "But the tricky thing is that we can't be sure whether they are people or ghosts now, and what is the purpose of sneaking into us."
Most importantly, she didn't have enough evidence to confirm it, and she didn't dare to act rashly.
Once suspicion arises, it will be difficult to control - if the identity of No. 15 is not credible, then No. 13 who is closely related to it is also suspicious, and even No. 11 and 12 in their dormitory, No. 14 and No. 7 who are alone...
In the worst case, half of the dormitory may be "candidates" in disguise!
Tang Xinjue's clear voice stopped Jiang Lan's suspicion: "They should not be ghosts in disguise."
"I'm more inclined that they didn't have problems at the beginning, but were influenced by some existence during the exam."
Jiang Lan's eyes moved: "You mean... ghost possession?"
According to Tang Xinjue, this was the closest guess she could make.
"No," Tang Xinjue shook his head, "Whether it's a ghost disguised or possessed, as long as the ghost appears in person, my roommate will find out."
Guo Guo's yin and yang eyes have never failed, but this time he found nothing.
So no ghosts? Is everything normal, but their intuition and judgment have gone wrong? Jiang Lan felt her head hurt even more.
They did rely on intuition to make guesses without substantive evidence, and it is not impossible if there is a mistake... Jiang Lan was about to speak, but Tang Xinjue said: "I am more inclined, the ghost did not appear directly in the dormitory , but use another method to intervene. And this intervention has a process and rules.”
After speaking, she dipped her fingertips in water, and wrote on the mirror the serial number of the bed where the accident happened on the first day.
Bed No. 16 where Anian is, bed No. 14 where Orofe is, bed No. 15 on the upper bunk of No. 16, bed No. 13 on the upper bunk of No. 14...
Jiang Lan stared at the numbers silently, and quickly realized: "The order is from the back to the front—"
Her voice stopped abruptly, and she realized another problem: if the ghosts choose their targets from the back to the front, then Anian should be the first to have an accident.
Tang Xinjue looked at her, "Is there any problem with Ah Nian, I think you know better than me."
The person next to her pursed her lips, and finally answered firmly: "Ah Nian is absolutely fine. She has a safe bracelet that I bought at a high price from the mall, which connects the five-dimensional attributes of the three of us. Once she is affected by any outside influence, Ke and I Ke will know immediately."
"So after the ghost failed on her, the target was postponed to the next one."
Tang Xinjue drew a circle on the mirror: "No. 15."
Guo Guo: [Damn! It turned out to be the 15th! I guessed wrong again. ]
Zheng Wanqing: [You didn’t listen carefully, you knew the recording was number 15, how can you pass the level with this attitude, how can you get a high score... ]
The roommates who were connecting in real time in their minds seemed to be watching a live broadcast, and soon changed from scrolling bullet screens to arguing with each other, and finally ended with Guo Guo yelling at the eldest lady to stop reading.
Tang Xinjue: "...In short, when I noticed that there was something wrong with number 15, I didn't make a judgment immediately, because the changes in her body were extremely slight, and I couldn't confirm it until now."
In the state of mind connection, she can not only have a spiritual dialogue with her roommates, but also see other people's spiritual power from another perspective.
Everyone's mental power is originally a light orange flame, the size and brightness are almost the same. But when the door smashing drama was over, she was keenly aware that someone's flame had dimmed.
Although it was not obvious, the dimmed flame no longer danced, as if it had faded, and at first glance it seemed that it was just frightened and unobtrusive.
But after a whole day, the only flame that remained strange was enough to make people sure.
Tang Xinjue didn't elaborate on the information about the spiritual flame, but simply mentioned her spiritual ability, and Jiang Lan naturally understood the cause and effect.
"I didn't expect someone to really awaken the spiritual power." Jiang Lan was a little shocked, "Psychic power is one of the most expensive power categories in the mall, and it is even more expensive to upgrade. Self-awakening is equivalent to making a lot of money for nothing. Points, your luck is really strong."
"… Um."
Tang Xinjue acquiesced to this statement, without explaining that the ability she first awakened was actually a toilet stick.
Turning back to the topic, with the prerequisites, the two quickly sorted out the situation of the dormitory based on the information in their hands.
"Let's regard No. 15 as being controlled by ghosts, then their next targets should be No. 14 and No. 13."
"I was caught by a ghost suddenly on the 13th during the day, does it indicate this? Then how should we deal with it..."
Jiang Lan was talking about her thoughts when she suddenly saw Tang Xinjue stop her movements and suddenly turned her head to look at the dormitory behind her.
"What's wrong?"
Tang Xinjue's expression was unprecedentedly serious since entering the exam: "I feel a strong fear from others...it's Ou Ruofei!"
She is crying for help!