Chapter 0773 – The Red Mirror
The mirrors stood at the four corners of the room, and each mirror was covered with a white cloth so that only the bottom part could be seen.
”Why are there mirrors in the repair room? And also placing four of them at once?” Regardless of whether this repair room was used for repairing living people or for repairing furniture, it seemed that mirrors would not be used.
”Could it be that after repairing something, they have to put it in front of the mirrors to admire it?”
Without waiting for Bai Aya and Wang Xiaoming to speak, Chen Ge reached out and lifted the white cloth off the mirror.
”Don’t touch it!”
Bai Aya’s reminder was a little too late, the white cloth fell to the ground, and all three people in the room saw the covered mirror.
”Is this paint?” Chen Ge stood in front of the mirror and reached out to caress the mirror surface, a layer of something similar to red paint was smeared on the smooth surface.
The mirror surface was completely covered, and this mirror couldn’t illuminate anyone at all.
Chen Ge snapped his fingernails on the mirror surface, and those red pigment-like things seemed to have grown on the mirror, and had already fused with the mirror as if they were one, so he couldn’t get them off.
”Mirror ……”
Chen Ge suddenly remembered something, after he woke up from the classroom, this was the first time he saw a mirror in the world behind the door.
Mirrors, which were very common in real life, seemed to have turned into some sort of taboo item amongst this school.
”There are no mirrors in Dormitory 413, there are no mirrors in the backpack that Xiao Lin carries with him, there are no mirrors in the dormitory manager’s room, and there are no mirrors in the faculty dormitory where Bai Aya and Ms. Bai reside!”
Quickly lifting the white cloth on the four mirrors, Chen Ge realized that the four mirrors had different shapes and should have been moved from different places.
”The key to the repair room is on the teacher and the repairman, very few people will come in during the week, and the school put the four mirrors here, obviously because they don’t want too many people to see them.”
The surfaces of all four mirrors were coated with that red color paint, so that even if you stood in front of them, you couldn’t see yourself in the mirrors.
”All the mirrors can’t illuminate people, could it be that they are afraid of seeing themselves in the mirrors?” Chen Ge couldn’t figure out the reason, but he kept a sharp eye out, next time if he saw a mirror, he must pay more attention, maybe there was a hope of escape hidden on it.
”Xiao Lin, have you found everything? It’s time to go.” Wang Xiaoming kept urging Chen Ge, who was getting more and more impatient as time went by.
”Wait a bit.” Chen Ge carefully observed the four mirrors in the corner of the repair room, the first mirror did not have a border, the edges were wrapped with transparent tape, and it looked like it was removed from the closet.
The second mirror wasn’t too big, someone should have sawed off the top half of the vanity, not quite like a piece of furniture that would be found in a school.
The third mirror had the words lab building written on it, so it should have come from there.
The fourth mirror came with a wooden frame that had a number written on it – 413.
Below the number, at the edge of the frame where the edge of the mirror and the wall fit together, there was another person’s name – Lin Si Si.
”Why does this last mirror have Kobayashi’s name on it? Could it be that this mirror came from Xiao Lin’s dormitory?”
Chen Ge felt that things were not that simple, there was no such person as Xiao Lin in the student records, so why would this mirror have the three words Lin Sisi written on it.
Squatting in front of that last mirror, Chen Ge looked at the covered mirror, I don’t know if it was because his own shadow was accidentally reflected on it, or because of the light or perspective, Chen Ge vaguely felt that there was a person in the mirror.
”There is Lin Si Si Si’s name written on the mirror, if there really is someone locked up inside, could that person be the last Lin Si Si Si?”
He reached out and touched the mirror, and the cold and chilling feeling was like touching a slowly opening “blood door”.
The mirror in front of him seemed to have turned into a giant python with an open bloody mouth, Chen Ge forced himself to hold onto the edge of the mirror, and when his fingers touched the back of the mirror, he realized that the back of the mirror was uneven, as if it was engraved with something.
”It feels like it’s going to be swallowed.”
Slowly turning the mirror, Chen Ge inhaled a deep breath of cool air when he saw the back of the mirror.
The back of the mirror had the three words Lin Si Si carved all over it with a large red dye!
It was densely packed, crowding the back of the mirror, and what was more crucial was that the names were obviously from different people, and the handwriting was all different.
”Wang Xiaoming, move the other few mirrors out of the way and see if there are people’s names written on the back of each mirror.” Chen Ge held the fourth mirror with both hands and signaled Wang Xiaoming to move the other mirrors, but after he spoke for half a day, Wang Xiaoming stood still.
Chen Ge looked back and found that both Wang Xiaoming and Bai Aya were staring straight at the mirrors inside the repair room, both of them leaning forward, only pointing the ground with their toes, a blue vein emerging on their pale faces, and their eyes carried boundless malice and resentment.
”What happened to you two?”
The mirror was coated with blood-red dye, reflecting no silhouettes, but Wang Xiaoming and Bai Aya seemed to be able to see what was in the mirror.
”Do they see the mirror differently from what I see? Or do they sense the presence of something? Bai Aya’s father had warned her not to go near the repair room, could it be because of these mirrors?”
Bai Aya and Wang Xiaoming were still considered Chen Ge’s teammates for the time being, and he was afraid that the two would suddenly go crazy, so he hurriedly picked up the white cloth on the ground and covered the mirrors.
Unable to see the mirrors, Wang Xiaoming and Bai Aya slowly calmed down, the blue veins on their faces subsided, and the malice in their eyes disappeared.
They seemed to be unaware of the abnormality that had just appeared on their bodies, as if everything was Chen Ge’s own hallucination.
”The mirrors seem to reflect their true appearance.”
There were very few mirrors in the school, and these four mirrors that were the only ones that existed still had all of their surfaces painted with red pigment, and Chen Ge was a little curious as to what kind of reaction Wang Xiaoming and the others would have if they saw a mirror that hadn’t been painted.
”The items have been obtained, we should leave.” Chen Ge reluctantly walked out of the repair room, if the mirrors weren’t too big, he even wanted to take those four mirrors with him.
The next thing Chen Ge had to do was to find a way to avoid the hostel manager and return to the 413 dormitory, pull out the nails on the walls, and try to convince those shadows.
”Xiao Lin.” Wang Xiaoming touched behind Chen Ge at some point, and he gently tugged on Chen Ge’s arm, “According to our previous agreement, don’t forget to accompany me to the cafeteria to buy something to eat later.”
”Is the cafeteria still open this late?” Chen Ge wore a smile as his gaze moved between Bai Aya and Wang Xiaoming.
”Of course, you’ll know if you come with me, there’s a window that’s secretly selling some really delicious food.” Drool seeped out of the corners of his mouth, and Wang Xiaoming looked a little scary.
”You can’t go! Didn’t you promise to stay with me? I’m only bringing my own family here! You have to come back with me!” Bai Aya clasped her hands around Chen Ge’s left arm, and she and Wang Xiaoming were at odds with each other.
”Also, what can we do about this?” Chen Ge pretended to be difficult and looked at the two people who grabbed his arms, “Why don’t you two come up with a solution, and you guys can decide where I’ll go.”