Chapter 0828: You have her scent on you
”Number One is very special, he is different from everyone else, he is the first student in this school.” Zhou Tu swept his gaze over the other club members, “In other words, he has a lot to do with this school becoming what it is now.”
”When you mentioned the painter, I felt scared for no reason, just those two words made my heart skip a beat.” Zhang Torch’s body was about to be completely dyed red with blood, and his face was like a melted candle, looking extremely terrifying.
”It’s normal to be scared, because you must have seen him before you turned into a monster, you are one of his creations.” Zhou Tu inadvertently revealed another secret: “Everything you experienced after entering the door was arranged by the painter, only that there was a small accident later.”
”How do you know all this? Didn’t you say just now that you didn’t know anything about the painter?”
”Because I’m just like you, to be precise, except for the painter himself, everyone else is his work!” Zhou Tu’s words were tinged with deep fear: “You, me, Lin Sisi, including Wang Yicheng and everyone in this school, we are all the painter’s works. From the moment we enter the doorway, we are living in the painter’s script.”
”If it’s really as you said, then why was there an accident on Zhang Torch?” Chen Ge didn’t completely trust Zhou Tu, it wasn’t that he suspected that Zhou Tu was deceiving him, it was just because there were some things that Zhou Tu didn’t know either, like Zhang Ya’s existence.
The one who had swallowed the Xicheng Private Academy Pusher was Zhang Ya, so no matter what happened to the others, at least one of those fourteen scrolls was definitely not the painter’s work.
”The painter was careless, he didn’t think that someone would make a different choice than him, much less that someone would betray him right under his nose.” Zhou Tu took a deep breath, twisted his neck with difficulty, and looked at Zhang Torch, “You should have heard of the name Chang Wenyu.”
”Of course, she betrayed the agreement and removed my left eye, making me her scapegoat.” Zhang Torch had a very bad impression of Chang Wenyu.
”It wasn’t you she betrayed, but the painter.” Zhou Tu’s voice became louder, as if he was using his last strength to defend Chang Wenyu, “Chang Wenyu was the second person to enter this school, and the only one who managed to escape from here!”
”What do you want to say?”
”She used her actual actions to tell us one thing, there are other paths we can take besides doing what the painter said, the one we need to obey is not the painter, but the real master of this school.” A vein popped up on Zhou Tu’s neck, his health was getting worse and worse.
Chen Ge had always been curious about who the owner of the school was, after all, the other party could be an existence that surpassed Red Clothes: “Can you tell me who the true owner of this school is?”
Zhou Tu gave Chen Ge a deep look and uttered two words, “We.”
”We?”
”That’s right, the despair of all the bullied forged the cornerstone of the ghost school, and the young wandering souls entered the door and fused into an ever-growing monster.” Zhou Tu pointed at himself, and then pointed at the people around him, “We are all in the midst of this monster’s body, we are all part of this monster, this place carries our memories, it is both our home and our body.”
Chen Ge had already understood what Zhou Tu was trying to convey, the master of the Psychic Ghost School did not refer to a particular person, but rather to a will.
When the door pusher died, there was no new door pusher to take on the negativity behind the door, and the door kept wandering in similar despair, and eventually those remnants of despair began to slowly dominate the door.
Chen Ge suddenly understood why the black phone had called this school a psychic ghost school.
The ghost school itself was just a scene, but under the impregnation of despair and negativity, the scene itself already possessed a certain kind of will, and so there was a never-before-seen “door” that could move freely.
All other doors are pushed open by the desperate, fixed in a certain place in the blood-colored world, but only this door will actively appear in the side of the desperate.
It became a home for those desperate children to escape from, sheltering desperate souls, but also, in another way, depriving them of their lives.
”Not right.” Chen Ge suddenly spoke, “If entering the school is certain death, then how did Chang Wenyu escape the ghost school? Children who enter this school should have different choices, and each choice corresponds to an outcome!”
”Although I don’t know why you’re suddenly saying this, you’ve made a good point.” Zhou Tu followed Chen Ge’s words, “The school has its own will, all those who enter the school have their own choices, different choices will have different results, some will leave the school and go back on the road after experiencing pain and despair; some will merge with despair and become a part of the school; and some will give up on everything, forget about it all and close their eyes. There are many choices they can make, at least that’s what I’ve heard from Chang Wenyu’s mouth.”
”According to you, this school is not bad, at least it does for those desperate children.”
”The will that made up the school wasn’t wrong, it was the painter that was wrong. It changed the rules of the school, cutting off the way out and keeping everyone in.” Chouteau’s voice slowly grew louder as he spoke, but his body grew weaker.
”Why did the painter do this?” Zhang Torch was a bit puzzled.
”I don’t know what he was thinking, all I know is that there was once someone who rebelled against the painter, and Chang Wenyu succeeded while I and the others failed.” The leathery Zhou Tu leaned against Zhang Torch, “Every time there’s a problem in the oil painting room, the painter will appear, he’s coming soon, if you guys don’t want to lose your memories again and turn into mindless pleasure dolls, you’d better hurry up and think of a way to leave.”
”Is it too late to escape?” Zhang Torch was a bit pessimistic, “We’re facing a painter, with just the few of us I’m afraid we don’t even have the qualifications to be his opponents.”
”It’s fine.” Zhou Tu’s pale face squeezed out a smile, his dry and thin fingers reached out to Chen Ge, “Chang Wenyu is back, I felt a familiar aura on him.”
”On my body?” Chen Ge was a bit surprised himself, “Are you sure that’s Chang Wenyu’s aura? Not another woman’s aura?”
”I’m sure.” Zhou Tu did not hear the other layer of meaning in Chen Ge’s words and nodded his head with certainty.
”It’s not like I’ve ever met Chang Wenyu, how could I have her scent on me?” Chen Ge waved his hand.
”Perhaps you carry her items on you, perhaps you are related to her by blood? Or maybe you are lovers?”
”Stop, don’t go on and on.” Chen Ge gritted his teeth, “I feel like I’ve been punked.”
Zhou Tu didn’t think it was a big deal that Chen Ge had Chang Wenyu’s scent on him, and he continued to persuade Chen Ge, “We’ve all forgotten certain memories, maybe the secrets are hidden among those lost memories, you don’t have to worry too much, my intuition has always been accurate.”