The Painter and Fan Yu were in a situation somewhat similar to Chen Ge and the Shadow. Chen Ge had realized this, and the Painter seemed to have vaguely sensed it too.
"What exactly did he mean by those last words? There are secrets and memories buried in the well in my heart. Was he warning me to pay attention to what lies deep inside?"
There were many things Chen Ge wanted to ask the Painter, but the Painter had his reservations. In the end, all he gave Chen Ge was a vague warning.
Perhaps it didn't even count as a warning, just an extremely ambiguous hint.
The Painter left without hesitation. Having such a rational, levelheaded opponent gave Chen Ge a headache.
If there had been even the slightest chance, Chen Ge would have wanted to keep the Painter there. With the Painter stationed at his Haunted House, he would have been far more confident facing either the Cursed Hospital or the Underworld Fetus.
But he knew perfectly well that this was impossible. It was extremely difficult to outmaneuver the Painter. He and Dr. Gao were cut from the same cloth and had almost no weaknesses.
"Dr. Gao entered the Blood-colored City. Now the Painter and Lin Sisi's group have escaped into it too. We might meet again somewhere down the line."
With the Painter gone, Zhang Ya was free to deal with the Patient Uniform with all her strength. His screams echoed across the entire sky.
"Chen Ge, what should we do now?" the Old Principal asked quietly. All the Red-Clothed and Ghost School Students around them looked toward Chen Ge. They were relieved they hadn't done anything foolish earlier.
"The Withered Well at Muyang Middle School really is a way out of the Ghost School, but it