Trapped

Shangguan Yun had already washed her face by this time.

The nosebleed had almost stopped, and when he looked in the mirror again, he suddenly froze, a look of shock in his eyes.

Because his image was no longer reflected in the mirror.

What's going on?

Shangguan Yun looked at himself in the mirror, waved his hand, and took a few steps to the left and right.

No matter what he did, his image was never reflected in the huge glass in front of him.

It was as if he didn't exist at all in the mirror.

"That's impossible."

Shangguan Yun was puzzled. He looked at the faucet, the washbasin, and even the sink. All of these things could appear in the mirror, but he couldn't appear in the mirror himself.

The mirror in front of him was completely blank; there was no one there at all.

"Am I hallucinating from blood loss, or am I possessed by an evil spirit?"

Shangguan Yun rubbed his head, thinking that he might be under a lot of work pressure lately. Should he see a doctor?

"Never mind, let's go back. Maybe it's just someone playing a prank."

Although the situation was strange, he didn't take it too seriously.

He turned and left.

The toilets here don't have doors.

But when he turned a corner to leave the restroom, he suddenly froze.

The road ahead wasn't the familiar one I'd come from; instead, there was darkness. This darkness wasn't the darkness of night, but rather a strange wall, like thick ink, standing before me and blocking my path.

He felt that if he forced himself to step out, he would fall into an abyss of no return.

"What on earth is going on?" At this moment, Shangguan Yun was completely panicked.

It was one thing to not be able to see my own face in the mirror before, but now even the outside world has changed like this.

Could it really be haunted?

Shangguan Yun is a staunch materialist. He has believed in science since childhood and scoffs at anything supernatural or ghostly. He simply doesn't believe in such things; they can only fool naive children. Once you enter the workforce, who would still believe in such things?

However, what he was seeing made his resolute heart begin to waver.

Once your beliefs begin to waver, fear will involuntarily surge forth and take over your body.

Shangguan Yun started to get scared and his first thought was to report the incident to the police.

But he stopped just as he took the phone out.

Report to the police?

How do I report a crime?

He said he was trapped in the KTV bathroom and couldn't get out?

Or is he possessed by an evil spirit?

If I said that, I'd probably laugh at myself.

"Call my cousin and ask her what's going on. Don't panic, don't scare yourself." Shangguan Yun forced himself to calm down and dialed Miao Xiaoshan's number.

"Hey, Xiao Shan, it's me, your cousin."

On the other end of the phone, Miao Xiaoshan's voice was somewhat excited. "Cousin, is it really you? I'm so glad you're alright."

Yang Jian, who was on his way to the restroom, was stunned when he saw Miao Xiaoshan answer Shangguan Yun's call.

Could it be that Shangguan Yun is still alive?

That's impossible!

Even though the ghosts have taken over Shangguan Yun's identity, why is he still alive?

"Miao Xiaoshan, first confirm if he's your cousin. If you're not sure, just hang up. You can't just answer the phone in this situation; you know the consequences," Yang Jian reminded her.

Miao Xiaoshan's joy froze instantly.

She remembered the terrifying phone call from school that started with the number 138.

It was that phone call that attracted the Door-Knocking Ghost, and they almost all died at the school gate.

"Cousin, I'm in the bathroom right now. Something seems off here. You and your classmates should come and check it out. If anything happens, call the police immediately." Shangguan Yun's voice came through the phone again.

"Tell me if something's wrong," Yang Jian said, snatching the phone from his hand.

Shangguan Yun said, "Is that Yang Jian? You'd better come and take a look. I found that the toilet exit seems to be blocked, and it's pitch black outside. I don't know what's going on. Also, I couldn't see my reflection in the mirror just now. I feel like you might be right, I've been possessed by an evil spirit. What should I do now? Can you do something to help me?"

It was pitch black outside the toilet?

Yang Jian frowned immediately when he noticed this message.

He could already see the toilet door ahead.

Everything is normal here; there is no darkness at all. On the contrary, the lights are on, making it very bright.

"Take a picture and send it to me, I'll analyze it for you." Yang Jian didn't directly refute his statement, perhaps Shangguan Yun really was in trouble.

He just can't understand this situation yet.

"OK."

"But we're almost at the restroom now, are you sure you're really in the restroom?" Yang Jian asked again.

"Of course I'm sure. I'm standing right here on the phone with you. Where else would I be if I weren't in the bathroom?" Shangguan Yun said.

Okay, I understand.

Yang Jian hung up the phone immediately after asking his question.

Then.

He led the others into the restroom.

However, reality is cruel.

The restroom was empty; there was no sign of Shangguan Yun at all.

"No, nobody's here? Didn't my cousin just say he was in the bathroom?" Miao Xiaoshan exclaimed in fear again.

Zhao Lei said, "Could it be that the person who made the call wasn't Shangguan Yun, but a ghost?"

"Unlikely. His emotions were perfectly normal, and there was nothing strange about it. Of course, we can't rule out the possibility of a ghost in perfect disguise, but since the ghost in the private room just now appeared, then this phone call shouldn't be fake. So I don't think Shangguan Yun was lying."

He was indeed in the toilet.

"But there's no one here," Zhang Wei said.

Yang Jian strode over, his gaze sharpening as he looked at the huge mirror in front of the sink.

In the mirror, Shangguan Yun was anxiously making a phone call, glancing outside every now and then.

There's no one in the toilet, because the person is reflected in the mirror.

The restroom was empty, but a strange image of Shangguan Yun appeared in the mirror. He seemed unaware of what was happening and was anxiously calling for help, too afraid to leave the restroom.

The mirror only reflected the toilet.

There is no reflection of anything outside the toilet in the mirror.

That's why the outside world, as Shangguan Yun described it, was pitch black.

"Cousin, what's wrong? Cousin, I'm here! Can you see us?"

When Miao Xiaoshan saw this, she was both frightened and anxious. She ran to the mirror in a panic, afraid of hitting it.

But Shangguan Yun in the mirror seemed not to hear, and did not turn around to look at Miao Xiaoshan.

Upon seeing this, Yang Jian immediately used Miao Xiaoshan's phone to call Shangguan Yun.

Upon hearing the phone ring, Shangguan Yun, reflected in the mirror, quickly answered, "Hello, cousin? Why haven't they arrived yet? It's been five minutes. Has something happened on your end?"

"It's me, Yang Jian."

"Yang Jian, tell me about the situation outside. What exactly is going on out there?"

"Everything's fine outside, nothing's happened. The problem is with you. Don't look outside right now, no one will come in. Turn your head and look in the mirror, we're all here," Yang Jian.

Shangguan Yun subconsciously turned around to look at the mirror behind him, and his eyes widened in surprise.

His cousin, Miao Xiaoshan, was crying and hitting the mirror in the mirror, but he couldn't hear anything.

Zhao Lei and Zhang Wei stood there with somewhat frightened expressions.

Yang Jian was on his phone making a call to himself, looking over calmly.

"Why are you all in the mirror?"

"It's not us in the mirror, it's you in the mirror," Yang Jian's voice came from the phone.

This moment.

Shangguan Yun froze, his eyes filled with extreme fear, and the phone slipped from his hand without him even realizing it.

"Beep beep."

The communication was lost.

Is your phone broken?

Yang Jian frowned as he looked at the fallen phone from outside the mirror.

At this point, he wasn't concerned about whether the phone was broken or not; what bothered him was that the communication was cut off, making further communication inconvenient.

Based on the previous situation, it's clear that a person inside a mirror cannot hear people speaking outside.

He was also very curious as to why Shangguan Yun had entered the mirror. And where was the vanished ghost now?