"The first friend who disappeared was Zhou Min. The second friend to disappear was also one of the five of us. Her name was Cai Yuanyuan. She vanished from her own home. Her parents said the room suddenly turned very cold, as if something had gone wrong with the air conditioner. It was at night. When they went to turn off the air conditioner, they checked Yuanyuan's room. She was still there then. When they got up in the morning, Yuanyuan was gone, and the bed was soaked with water. The entire mattress, even the space underneath the bed, was wet, as if it had been soaked... All of Yuanyuan's other things were still there, even her slippers. It was as if she'd left in her pajamas... The police checked the surveillance footage, but didn't see her leave the building."
"Did that happen during summer vacation, too?"
"Yes."
"Did anything else happen after that? Was there a third person who disappeared?"
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"Have you noticed anything strange yourself?"
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"So, the person you suspect now is the black fish spirit from Miss Zhou's hometown?"
"I... I don't know... Something must have taken them... I don't think they're dead. They... They were just taken away by something. Cai Yuanyuan disappeared on August 3. A month had passed between the two cases. If it really was... if it really was something that ate people... the timing doesn't make sense, does it? The frequency doesn't seem right. After Yuanyuan, no one else disappeared. The five of us were always close. If I had to say, another girl was closest to Zhou Min, Yuanyuan and I got along pretty well, and there was one more girl with us. We were all on good terms... I've thought of all sorts of possibilities. The three of