Between the Corners

One minute ago,

As Luo Di started running through the passageways...

Xiao Ying, who was holding onto his sleeve, also started running to keep up with Luo Di's speed.

However, during the run,

Xiao Ying...

A familiar and gentle voice suddenly came from behind.

Xiao Ying also subconsciously stopped running, turned her head, and habitually shouted:

"Squad leader!"

The echoes reverberated through the long corridor, but all that responded to her was endless darkness and the faint sound of reading coming from the next classroom.

There was no class monitor behind her, nor did anyone call her; it seemed to be just an auditory hallucination from the crack.

But it was precisely because of this pause that when Xiao Ying turned around, Luo Di, who had been holding her sleeve, was nowhere to be seen, completely unaware of her departure.

In an instant,

Alone, she immediately felt the oppressive feeling emanating from the Teaching Building, as if countless dark arms were reaching out to grab Xiao Ying's body, and her most primal and deepest fear surged forth like a flood.

She began to instinctively back away, wanting to retreat towards the stairwell at the back, thinking of leaving this strange and eerie Teaching Building.

Moreover, the class monitor's voice just now came from behind, so maybe if we run back, we will really run into the class monitor.

However... going back would mean abandoning Luo Di.

Forward or backward?

Various factors were urging Xiao Ying to choose to escape; fear had already permeated her entire mind.

Three seconds passed.

She swallowed two pills abruptly, gritted her teeth, and ran forward.

Class 5, Senior High 12

The classroom that Luo Di knew all too well.

The Pseudo-Human that he had been worried about had actually died, and was so conspicuously, even deliberately, pinned to the blackboard area.

His mouth was forced open unnaturally, the corners of his lips were completely torn, and his jaw was dislocated.

The pituitary gland, which is the most important organ in the Pseudo-Human's skull, appears to have been damaged.

By observing with the light of a flashlight, Luo Di also discovered that the thing used to pin the corpse was the largest silver needle in Gao Yuxuan's box.

Perhaps, just as he guessed, Gao Yuxuan reunited with the class monitor and even joined forces to defeat the Pseudo-Human.

At the same time, the right hand, holding both the Zombie Blade and the flashlight, slowly rotated, shifting the light from the podium to the desks in the classroom.

On the desks or in the corridors, there were scattered security guard corpses, mostly upper bodies, which matched the situation in the Security Room earlier. Many of the corpses were not intact, so they were here.

The battle moved from the Security Room to the classroom.

The transfer in the middle may be related to Gao Yuxuan's intervention midway.

Luo Di also noticed a detail: the skin of these corpses was stuck together, as if someone had pieced them together into some kind of giant monster, which was eventually defeated.

The flashlight beam continued to move horizontally, gradually shifting towards the back of the classroom.

It's strange.

If the class monitor or Gao Yuxuan were still in the classroom, they would have reacted immediately upon seeing the beam of light shining in, but the entire classroom was eerily quiet.

Luo Di wanted to shout out the name at the top of his lungs, but his subconscious prevented him from doing so.

He simply kept the flashlight spinning slowly, intending to use the light to spot the two people who might be hiding in the corner of the classroom.

Or rather, he hoped that the classroom was empty, that the victorious class monitor and Gao Yuxuan had already left and perhaps gone to the infirmary, thus avoiding him.

The light swept across the three students' former desks one by one, finally landing at the back of the classroom, the empty space in the back row where Luo Di used to do push-ups during breaks.

A human-shaped silhouette, mostly obscured by a school desk, was in the innermost corner.

With their backs to each other,

When the light caught a glimpse of long black hair, Luo Di seemed frozen in place, his entire body stiffening.

He still didn't shout.

He walked with extremely awkward steps into the dark classroom, through the aisles between the desks, and slowly made his way to the back row.

Tap tap tap~

The footsteps sounded particularly crisp in the quiet classroom, but the individual squatting in the back corner remained unmoved, seemingly busy with something.

Slowly~

My view went beyond the obstructing desks.

The flashlight beam shone in a complete circle,

The photo revealed the true situation in the back corner.

The head, torso, and legs, which were crouching on the ground, were all visible.

There's no mistake.

This is the class monitor.

The black, form-fitting Investigator uniform was unique to the class monitor.

The goal of "finding the class monitor" has finally been achieved.

Moreover, the scabbard-like Pseudo-Human has been confirmed dead.

The class monitor himself appeared to be unharmed.

This should be a fantastic thing.

Theoretically, it should be a heartwarming and joyous reunion.

But right now, there is absolutely no joy of surviving a disaster.

Stiff, cold, gloomy and eerie,

An indescribable sense of unease

Luo Di didn't call out again, but continued to walk out of the desk area and into the extra space at the back of the classroom.

Thud The sole of the shoe sank into fresh blood, still warm.

The circular light, like a spotlight on a stage, perfectly encircled the class monitor in the corner, from whom the blood was flowing.

However, it wasn't the class monitor who was injured; instead, there was a corpse lying in front of her, dressed in a male school uniform.

The squad leader, who was squatting there, was "trying hard" to do something.

Like CPR,

It looks like they're trying to stop the bleeding.

It was as if he was doing something that was very familiar to Luo Di.

But judging from the amount of blood on the ground, it's highly likely that he can't be saved; in fact, he's probably already dead.

Luo Di stepped on the warm blood and continued to approach.

He wanted to confirm the identity of the deceased.

Tap~ But as he drew closer, her tongue involuntarily clicked, as if warning him of the impending danger.

While stopping,

His gaze caught a glimpse of metallic luster—a metal prosthetic arm lying on the ground—confirming its identity.

Deputy squad leader Gao Yuxuan,

However, Luo Di saw something even more terrifying.

The squad leader wasn't doing anything to rescue him; instead, she was using the sickle-shaped nail that grew from her index finger to cut Gao Yuxuan's neck.

Watching those skillful cutting movements,

Looking at these sharp, cutting nails,

Luo Di immediately thought of the dismembered body parts in the Security Room.

Sudden,

The class monitor, who had been standing with his back turned the whole time, stopped what he was doing.

Click click click~

The neck began to turn, producing a clear clicking sound as the joints moved.

It didn't stop until its entire head had turned 180 degrees, looking at Luo Di behind it.

It was still the same iconic smiling face from my memory, only now it was stained with blood.

In that instant,

All of Luo Di's memories of the class monitor were linked together, and all the images and information were integrated.

"Luo Di, we're planning to participate in a field trip around the middle of the National Foundation Day. Are you interested?"

"Such a simulated accident has never happened before. I personally suspect that some of you have a special constitution that makes you prone to 'accidents'."

"Wenwen used to attend First Middle School, but she transferred to your school because of something. Your uncle is very strict with Wenwen, and since high school, we can only see each other occasionally on weekends."

"Luo Di, I have three days off during winter break without tutoring. Can I come visit you?"

"I've never tried eating while watching TV before, it's so wonderful~ I wish I could live like this forever."

"Why did you happen to go to Residential Zone 13 right before the incident, and why did you just happen to knock on the door of the third-floor apartment where the Pseudo-Human lived?"

"Luo Di, you must give it your best for tomorrow's entrance exam."

"Oh no! My clothes are still in the dorm, I'd better go back and get them! You guys don't need to wait for me, go to the stadium first."

One emotionless word after another was squeezed out of Luo Di's mouth:

"You went back to the dorm to build the 'gap'..."

The class monitor didn't respond, but simply put his index finger to his lips, signaling him to be quiet, as if he were currently engaged in something very important.

Seeing that Luo Di had stopped moving and speaking,

She slowly turned her head back and, with great concentration, cut off the entire head.

After finishing everything,

The squad leader wiped the blood and sweat from his forehead with his arm, then looked at Luo Di, holding the head in his hand.

"You clearly started to suspect me a long time ago, but you deliberately raised the bar for suspicion because of our relationship."

This is your weakness, a weakness that must be corrected... Luo Di.

P. S.: This book will officially go on sale tomorrow. All the groundwork laid so far will converge here, and all the truths will be revealed. This is a completely new attempt I've never made before in my writing career; it's the ultimate combination of Yellow Sign -Clad Fatty and Terrifying Fatty. I hope everyone will do their best to support it. As long as the sales target is met, I will definitely continue to add extra chapters until the end of this volume.

Addendum: Updates will start at 5 PM tomorrow, as usual.