This side mission was written in the first person, and it was about a person who hid inside the fifth cubicle of the toilet to capture the red shadow that appeared at midnight.
As for what happened after that, the mission description did not describe it in detail, leaving Chen Ge with plenty of room for imagination.
He switched off the flashlight and was confused. According to the mission description, a red shadow will appear inside the toilet at midnight, but based on the footsteps, there are two people walking side by side. Could it be that the red shadow has made a new friend in the years that the school has been abandoned?
The footsteps were slowly approaching the second-floor toilet. According to the mission requirement, Chen Ge was supposed to hide inside the fifth cubicle, but he felt like that was too passive. If he really ran into something scary, he would not be able to run even if he wanted to.
Perhaps I should be more proactive.
Chen Ge held the mallet and hid behind the toilet door. No matter who came in, he planned to hammer them down first.
Taking a deep breath, Chen Ge held his breath and raised the mallet in his hand.
The footsteps became clearer. It sounded like two people running side by side, and they were very close to the second-floor toilet.
The waiting process was torture for Chen Ge. He had no idea what was outside, and he had no idea what it was planning to do. All he could do was eavesdrop and try not to make any noise.
Several seconds later, the footsteps finally stopped at the toilet door.
They're here!
Chen Ge's hand that held the mallet started to sweat, and his heart raced.
The wind and rain outside the toilet continued to pour, and more raindrops entered the room, drenching the ground.
Where are they? Chen Ge turned to look behind him and above the door. There was no human face behind him. His patience was wearing thin. He grabbed the door and prepared to go out to take a look.
However, before he could do so, a flash of lightning lit up the night sky. In the brief light, Chen Ge saw two shadows appear on the toilet floor.
There's someone at the door!
His body froze on the spot. The flashlight had already been turned off, and the toilet was pitch black. He couldn't see anything.
"The shadows are very short, like two children." He did not dare to relax. After a few seconds, footsteps came from the door again.
However, it was different from what he imagined. The owner of the footsteps did not enter the toilet. Instead, he entered the staircase at the side and seemed to have gone to the first floor.
"Leaving just like that?"
Chen Ge slowly moved his feet and looked at the toilet door. There was nothing there.
The thing that stood at the door earlier appeared to be two children, which is different from the red shadow described by the black phone. Is it because too much time has passed, and some unknown changes have occurred, or has my arrival awakened something at the school?
Chen Ge couldn't think of an answer, and he wasn't in the mood to explore this.
Switching on the flashlight, Chen Ge walked to the fifth cubicle. Whether this was the black phone's mission target or not, he had to inspect it.
He pushed open the door, but there was nothing behind the dilapidated cubicle.
"Based on the current situation, the cubicle that I'm looking for should be in the third-floor toilet. The two children have run to the first floor, so this is the perfect chance." Chen Ge hurried out, but before he left the toilet, his phone vibrated. An unknown number was calling.
"Whose number is this?" Chen Ge did not have many friends, and the few that he did not keep in touch with.
After some hesitation, he curled up in the corner, exited the livestream, and accepted the call. "Hello."
"You're Gao Ru Xue's classmate, right? I heard you ran into a child who behaved strangely and might be suffering from a mental illness. "The voice on the other end was mature and reliable, giving off a sense of trustworthiness.
"Yes, and you are?"
"I'm her father, a lecturer at Western Jiujiang Medical University."
Heshan had told Chen Ge that he had given his number to Gao Ru Xue, and it looked like this' senior 'was quite reliable.
"Can you tell me more about the child's condition? Mental illness is a poisonous weed that takes root in the body. If it's not removed as soon as possible, it will ruin a person's future. " Gao Ru Xue's father understood the danger of mental illness. From his perspective, mental illness was even more dangerous than physical illness.
"It's like this, there's a child around seven or eight. His physical condition is normal, but he seems to be autistic, unwilling to communicate with others, and afraid of sunlight."
"Are there any other symptoms? You'd better be more specific. "
"I ran into the child at the entrance of the Haunted House. His aunt told me that the child likes to play inside the Haunted House. He doesn't feel any fear or dread inside the Haunted House. Unlike when he's under the sun, he's much more active. It seems like he only feels safe in places where the sun doesn't shine." Chen Ge voiced out the suspicion in his heart. If he had not seen it with his own eyes, he would not have believed that a child like this existed.
"A child of seven or eight likes to play inside a Haunted House? And he doesn't feel fear? "
"Yes, the child was even curious about the Haunted House actors in dead people's make-up."
The person on the other end of the phone was silent for a few seconds. "If it's just that he doesn't feel fear, then it might be Wood-Walton Disease. This disease causes the function of the amygdala in his brain to be damaged."
"I'm sorry, I don't quite understand."
"It's simple. The amygdala is the nerve center for fear memory, and it's also responsible for controlling the production of fear and anger. If there's a problem with the amygdala, even if a person touches a high-voltage wire or gets close to a snake, they won't feel fear, much less enter a Haunted House."
Gao Ru Xue's father had a point, but Chen Ge felt like this disease was different from Fan Yu's condition. "Mr. Gao, it's not that the child isn't afraid of anything. He's afraid of sunlight and hates walking under the sun. Other than that, it's not just that he's not afraid of the Haunted House; he likes the atmosphere inside the Haunted House. He's completely different inside and outside the Haunted House. "
Chen Ge thought about it and added, "He doesn't say a word outside the Haunted House, and he doesn't interact with other people. But after he enters the Haunted House, he becomes excited. If you forcefully drag him out of the Haunted House, he will even attack people. I saw him gouge his aunt's arm with my own eyes."
"Based on your description, it sounds like the symptoms of bipolar disorder. When he's mad, he's filled with the desire to destroy and lose his rationality. When he's depressed, he'll feel lonely and sad. He refuses to communicate and closes himself up in his own world." Mr. Gao analyzed for Chen Ge seriously. "But there's one thing that I don't understand. Patients with bipolar disorder act up randomly. There's no such thing as entering a Haunted House. Personally, I believe that since his personality changed inside a Haunted House, the cause of his illness should be related to the Haunted House. Was he scared inside a Haunted House when he was young? Or did his parents work inside a Haunted House? "
After hearing what Gao Ru Xue's father said, Chen Ge had a guess.
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