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What had those banging sounds and that loud crash just now been?

Could the ghost have been the one thrown downstairs?

That was impossible.

But the facts were right there: the ghost's footsteps had vanished, while the sound of someone going upstairs continued. Surely a person couldn't have elbowed a ghost to death?

No, Jing quickly understood. The footsteps going upstairs had only seemed to come from a person. She had assumed from the start that any footsteps unlike those of the patrol ghosts belonged to a person, but there were many ghosts in this school, and each type walked differently.

The thing coming upstairs now was probably another kind of ghost, different from the patrol ghosts.

The situation was that when two ghosts met, the more terrifying one won. The terrifying ghost coming upstairs had killed the patrol ghost that went to investigate and thrown it downstairs.

Jing's palms began to sweat. Too many things had gone wrong today. First, a terrifying red-clothed ghost had invaded the dormitory last night. Then the ghost that had disappeared six months ago had returned and appeared in the classroom. And now there was an unknown, terrifying ghost coming upstairs that had easily killed another ghost in a short time. The fact that it had killed the other so quickly showed that the patrol ghost had been completely helpless against it.

Just how terrifying was this ghost? Jing was worried that the newly appeared ghost would break the rules of the school building.

If it could enter the classroom directly, then everyone inside would be doomed.

At the thought, she quickly turned to look at the classroom windows. They were on the second floor, so if the ghost really came in to kill them, they could jump out. But at this hour, patrol