I looked out through the window, but what I saw left me completely stunned.
A man was running, with a school uniform girl chasing him from behind, her face twisted viciously. In her hand, she held a sharp dagger.
The school uniform girl's feet didn't touch the ground, yet she moved incredibly fast. She kept thrusting the dagger at the boy.
The boy dodged in a panic, but his arm was still struck. Clutching his arm, he ran with terror filling his eyes.
Just then, a voice sounded behind me. "Stop watching. He's doomed."
I turned around and saw Li Yuming. Enemies meeting again were bound to glare daggers at each other, and I was about to rush over and beat him up. Li Yuming said calmly, "I know what you want to do, but the first thing we need to do now is survive."
"Who is that madwoman?" I asked him in alarm.
"I don't know who she is either, but you have to listen carefully to every word I'm about to say." Li Yuming looked at me. "The place we're in is extremely strange. Once we enter, the gate closes, and that woman comes out to hunt us down."
"If we want to survive, we have to wait until the gate opens automatically three hours later. Only then can we leave."
"Can't we use some other way to get out? There's no need to wait for the gate to open," I said.
"Nothing works. I've tried every other method." Li Yuming looked at me helplessly. "Anyway, we have to hide so she won't find us. After three hours, we'll escape together."
"Fine, no problem. After this, you have to tell me exactly what happened." I looked at him as I spoke.
"Mm." Li Yuming nodded.
And so, we hid beneath the desks without saying a word. In the desolate school, screams rang out continuously. After struggling for a long time, the boy was eventually killed by the school uniform girl.
His dying screams made me tremble all over, but Li Yuming remained completely calm.
Time passed bit by bit. I didn't know how long it had been; I only felt as though every day lasted a year.
Just then, the wound on my back, which had already healed, suddenly began to sting. Li Yuming abruptly said, "Let's go. The gate is open."
I asked no questions. With my mind full of confusion, the two of us walked out of the classroom building.
Then we hurried toward the school gate.
Just as we were running for our lives, a sharp howl suddenly rang out behind us. Immediately afterward, a figure gradually charged toward us.
I glanced back and was scared out of my wits. At some point, the school uniform girl had begun chasing me.
"Run!" I shouted urgently. As we drew closer and closer to the school gate, we ran faster and faster.
But just then, Li Yuming suddenly shoved me hard. Caught off guard, I fell to the ground. Li Yuming's face twisted as he said, "I'm sorry. For me to survive, I can only sacrifice you."
With that, he smugly charged toward the gate.
The school uniform girl had already rushed over. At that moment, aside from grief and fury, I could do nothing at all.
But the school uniform girl didn't charge at me. Instead, she transformed into a sharp sword and shot toward Li Yuming.
She was simply too fast. In the blink of an eye, she was behind Li Yuming. The dagger in her hand pierced straight through him. Li Yuming's face tightened, his back arched, and agony filled his expression.
The school uniform girl suddenly wrapped her arms around him, raised the dagger in her hand, and frantically stabbed him again and again.
Seeing this, I suddenly came to my senses. Without time to think, I sprinted out of the school gate and left without looking back.
Behind me, Li Yuming screamed, his body covered in blood.
His breathing grew weaker and weaker. After letting out a bitter laugh, he stopped struggling. Looking at me, he shouted, "It's useless! As long as you have that scar on your back, no matter how far you run, you'll eventually have to come back!"
I fled wildly, not daring to stop for even a moment.
I didn't know how long had passed before I finally escaped the abandoned school. Without stopping to think, I took out my phone and called the police.
The police arrived soon afterward. My face was pale and my whole body was trembling as I led them to identify the murder scene.
However, when I brought them into the abandoned school, we found nothing at all. Li Yuming's body, the school uniform girl, and the other person's body had all disappeared!
I was horrified. How could every trace have vanished in such a short time?
The police comforted me and assumed that I was suffering from a mental breakdown. My homeroom teacher also gave me time off.
But after I left the school, I unexpectedly discovered that a huge sum of money had suddenly appeared in my WeChat account. It was as if the money had materialized out of thin air.
Only then did I gradually understand why Li Yuming had suddenly become rich overnight.
I originally thought everything had passed, but that wasn't the case at all. When I returned to the classroom the next day, I received shocking news.
Li Yuming was dead—and he had died in a traffic accident. I was utterly stunned.
He had clearly died right before my eyes. How could it have been a traffic accident?
Although I was confused, I didn't want to investigate. That terrifying experience was something I truly didn't want to go through a second time.
Several days passed without anything happening. I breathed a sigh of relief and gradually forgot about the matter.
But during morning exercises a week later, I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my back, and my entire body became extremely uncomfortable. I hurried to the restroom and looked in the mirror, only to discover in horror that the three black claw marks on my back were gradually spreading.
Chapter 3 Imminent Danger
The claw marks spread faster and faster, and the pain nearly made me suffocate. I desperately tried to run to the infirmary, but after I had run for who knew how long, I raised my head and was stunned.
At some point, I had arrived at the entrance of the Abandoned School.
But I had clearly been heading to the infirmary just now. How had I somehow ended up here?
I had been on the third floor just now. No matter how I walked, I shouldn't have been able to reach this place. Everything was far too strange.