"Lately, loads of people online have been saying there's something wrong with this haunted house. There have been a bunch of paranormal incidents."
"Even a girl in the year below me got scared out of her wits."
"As president of the Supernatural Club, I have to get to the bottom of this place and see whether there really are ghosts causing trouble or it's just someone playing pranks."
"At this hour, there's no one alive here except us. If anything else happens, that means there really are ghosts."
"If so, I'll have made concrete progress on my research project!"
Far from being afraid, the club president grew even more excited.
At the sight of this,
the two pairs of men and women behind her seemed to catch her enthusiasm too.
One of the girls, who had short hair, asked fearfully, "Hu Xin, what if something paranormal really happens, and there really are ghosts? What do we do? Are we going to die here?"
Hu Xin scoffed. "No way! The second anything goes wrong, we just turn around and run. Besides, don't we have our phones? We can call the police. With all those tourists, have you ever heard of anyone getting hurt? What's there to be scared of?"
The other girl said quietly, "Hu Xin, that's what the protagonists in horror games think too. And that's how they end up dead!"
Amused by what the girls said, the boys started chiming in too.
"Generally speaking, in most horror games, only the protagonist gets out. The supporting characters are definitely going to die."
"Exactly, exactly. Like that classic horror game, XX Party. You've heard of Heavenly Host Elementary School, right? If they hadn't needed a sequel, even the protagonist would've been a goner!"
"Usually, the bravest, most badass person is the