"Hiss-"
When Ai Xiaojia said that the top student from the neighboring class, Su Bai, had already "passed away," Zhang Pan and Zhou Qingshou sucked in a breath of cold air. The three players standing beside the students cautiously took a step back.
A wandering ghost obsessed with the school?
Considering that the "Midnight Library" was the first mysterious location Ai Xiaojia had mentioned, and that this game took place in a school, the three players found it perfectly reasonable for a ghost with that sort of backstory to appear in the library.
"Could it be that he always held first place on the honor roll, but after dying of an illness, he couldn't accept his photo being taken down? So every midnight, he appears in the library and works away at his books, sometimes crying because he can't keep studying?" Zhang Pan's voice trembled as he speculated about the reason this "top-student ghost" had appeared.
"That's terrifying. Absolutely terrifying." Zhou Qingshou shook his head in fear as well. "I've been saying we should transfer schools. Look, this school doesn't just drive people crazy. Even ghosts can go mad here!"
"I'm dead?" Su Bai closed the workbook in front of him and raised an eyebrow at the Trio.
"I'm sorry. I've read lots of horror novels, so I know something like this is really hard to accept, but... please stop torturing yourself with something as horrifying as doing practice problems!" Ai Xiaojia looked utterly grief-stricken.
"Click!" Mr. Flashlight pulled out his old film camera and snapped a photo of Su Bai.
"Are you close to that top student from the next class?" Zhou Qingshou secretly poked Ai Xiaojia's arm. "Why do I get the feeling you're especially upset?"
Ai Xiaojia turned to look at Zhou Qingshou and Zhang Pan, despair