"Back again?" At first, Gao Ming only thought the puppet looked familiar. Only after examining it three times did he confirm that the Cloth Doll was the source of the phobia!
"Didn't I throw it into Apartment Six yesterday?! This makes no sense!"
Gao Ming had wanted to use the phobia to undermine the Student Council and weaken Building Six's hold over the campus. After all, however powerful the campus rules were, they still needed someone to enforce them. But he had never expected an old Class Thirteen classmate who had yet to show up to bring the Cloth Doll back out.
"Is this the School Rules fighting back? Or did the scapegoat from Dormitory Building Six overcome the phobia?"
Grabbing his hair, Gao Ming lowered his head to hide the slight loss of control in his expression. "Could Fate be behind this?"
Gao Ming knew all too well how terrifying the phobia was. This affliction lurked deep within the hearts of the living and ghosts alike. The deeper their existing fears, the more terrifying the Cloth Doll's effects could become.
"Wait! Why hasn't the phobia affected Ji Zhe?" Gao Ming narrowed his eyes at Ji Zhe and gradually began to notice a few things.
Ji Zhe's back was soaked in cold sweat, and his body leaned forward involuntarily, as though something extremely terrifying lay draped over his back.
His neck also seemed stiff and uncomfortable, as if he had slept on it wrong. It looked as though he had not turned to look behind him in a very long time.
"Ji Zhe is scared too. He's afraid of what's behind him, to the point that he doesn't even dare turn around!" The phobia awakened the fear buried deepest within each person's heart, and Ji Zhe's deepest fear was his