Why Did You Provoke Her?

With Chen Ge leading the way, the girl followed along and recited the words.

They held the pen together. The girl couldn't help feeling uneasy. There was something indescribable about the man before her, and his words were hard to argue with.

The battered ballpoint pen hovered over the paper. After the two of them finished reciting the incantation to summon the Pen Spirit, they fell silent and watched the page.

The warehouse was utterly quiet. No one spoke; the only sound was the thumping of their hearts.

"What is this guy doing? Does he really think he can summon the Pen Spirit?" The girl shifted her gaze to Chen Ge. The dagger she'd pulled out from under the table had somehow ended up in his hand. "Um..."

She wanted to remind him that he could stop now, but Chen Ge suddenly gestured for her to be quiet.

"Quiet. She's here."

As soon as Chen Ge said this, the pen in their hands began to move slightly, tracing a circle on the white paper.

The girl could feel a force coming from the pen. She wasn't pushing, yet the pen was moving across the paper on its own.

"Is he messing with me?" The girl looked at Chen Ge, trying to spot something unusual in his expression. To her disappointment, he was staring intently at the pen in their hands, his face giving nothing away.

The pens in Nightmare Academy's Haunted House could move on their own because both the pens and the tables were specially designed to be controlled remotely. It was just a magic trick. Once someone explained the key steps, anyone could pull it off.

The girl instinctively assumed Chen Ge was using the same trick. She wanted to expose him right there, but after watching him