The fat man was bold as brass when the doctor was around, but as timid as a mouse when he wasn't.
In theory, the fat man should have been in his timid-as-a-mouse state right now.
But a brave woman from the Red family was by his side.
He had just seen Little Red kill the wild dorm supervisor with her own hands, and his mouse-sized courage had swelled. He still wasn't bold as brass, but at least he was braver than a mouse.
"Come on, Little Red. Let's take a look over there." The fat man poked her in the back, telling her to turn left.
Young Master Chu had said the doctor went this way, but he hadn't said whether the doctor had turned at the intersection, or which way he'd gone.
There was something going on by the fence to the left. The doctor might have noticed it when he passed by and gone to investigate. Maybe they'd find a clue he'd left behind.
Little Red turned left promptly. The fat man cowered behind her as the human and the ghost headed down the road leading to the school fence.
The road wasn't long, and they soon reached the end, where a narrow strip of greenery stood.
The fat man looked past it toward the fence.
A one-meter-high brick wall ran beneath the iron railings.
From a distance, the fat man had spotted something atop the brick wall.
Only when he got closer did he realize it was a hand.
A hand reaching in from outside, clutching the brick wall tightly. It was already rotted and shriveled.
The hand was terrifying. The fat man was scared, but he still leaned toward the fence and looked outside. There, he saw the arm attached to it.
He followed the arm,