Midnight Murderous "Ring" (Monthly Tickets, Please)

At the Annan Prison Administration Office, a female staff member was solemnly explaining the procedures for visiting a prisoner to the person on the other end of the phone. In the end, she said, "It must be an immediate family member, or an immediate family member accompanying you. Otherwise, you need to prove that the person being visited has no immediate family. Do you understand? Hello? Hello? Hello..."

There was nothing but emptiness on the other end of the phone, not the slightest reply, as if no one had ever been there. At the same time, a somewhat eerie wind blew past, and the phone emitted thin arcs of light, making the female staff member shiver. She recalled the ghost movie she had watched last night. This sort of situation was a classic among classics. Whenever an evil ghost appeared, it was always accompanied by malfunctioning appliances, a wind that sprang up for no reason, or an obviously eerie phone call!

That person is being a little too impatient, isn't he? the female staff member thought at once.

But just as that explanation surfaced, her gaze froze. The person on the other end had not hung up at all, as if he had suddenly vanished. Moreover, the video camera on the phone seemed to have been malfunctioning the entire time; it had not transmitted any image of the other party!

All these strange occurrences piling up made her heartbeat boom like a war drum.

Annan Prison held serious criminals. Every year, some died by self-harm, while others were killed by cell bosses and tyrants. Countless ghost stories circulated among the staff. Many places were so gloomy and terrifying that, aside from the boldest among them, most people working the night shift always felt a little on edge. Now that she