"Chang Wenyu took my left eye. Now I'm exactly like the monster in the mirror."
"She shattered all my illusions. I'm not Lin Sisi but Zhang Ju. That hideous monster in the mirror is me."
Blood seeped from his wound, and most of Zhang Ju's coat was already stained red. Even more terrifying, the Blood Threads on his clothes were tangled together, growing in number.
At first, Chen Ge thought Zhang Ju was Half-Red Clothed, but he soon realized he had underestimated him. As Zhang Ju's memories continued to return, the bloodstains on him spread until they nearly covered his entire body.
"I was dragged into the mirror. I watched Chang Wenyu standing outside it, holding my left eye. Her lips moved, and it seemed she was saying, 'One more to go.'"
"My left eye slowly changed in her hand. The memories of my entire life flashed through its pupil. When she took my left eye, she took away all the happiness and hope I had, too."
Drip, drip...
Blood dripped from Zhang Ju onto the corridor floor. Faint footsteps echoed through the Teaching Building, but no matter which way they looked, no one appeared.
"What kind of world lies behind the mirror?" Chen Ge asked softly.
"Red. There's only red there. Everything is red."
Zhang Ju's description reminded Chen Ge of what lay beyond the door in the Three-Star Trial Mission. "Then how did you get back from there?"
"There was another me in the mirror. He was covered in blood and wanted to eat me. I didn't have time to think, so I could only flee in panic. I ran for a long time before I realized that there was another school behind the mirror. It was empty, at least on the surface."
"What happened after that?"
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