"Waaah—!"
The shrill wailing grew louder and louder.
The little ghost behind him was furious beyond measure, but it simply couldn't catch up with Jiang Qiao.
The old woman ghost behind the little ghost was even worse off, limping along so badly that walking was difficult. When it collided with the little ghost, it had inevitably been injured as well.
After all, every action had an equal and opposite reaction. There was no reason it could corrode the little ghost while the little ghost couldn't kick its leg off.
One man and three ghosts all sped up.
The third intersection was already within reach.
If nothing went wrong, Jiang Qiao would reach the intersection in at most five seconds, and by the sixth second, he would have entered the corridor on the other side.
But whenever someone said that nothing unexpected would happen, something unexpected usually did.
Or perhaps—
The little ghost's shrill cries could transmit some kind of special signal, reviving the vicious ghosts hidden in the passageways and prompting them to launch fierce attacks against troublesome opponents.
Thus, when Jiang Qiao reached the room three doors away from the intersection—
Suddenly—
A basin of water splashed out through the half-open doorway.
At the same time—
One of the ceiling lights flickered on and off. Each flash cast a strange human silhouette beneath it, and as the flickering continued, the figure rapidly became more solid.
"Fuck!"
Jiang Qiao had been keeping a close watch on his surroundings.
The moment his Dual Pupils caught sight of a basin of water appearing abruptly inside the room, he immediately moved to evade it.
But the basin of water seemed to possess self-awareness. The instant Jiang Qiao suddenly accelerated past it, it also accelerated in defiance of common sense and splashed hard against