Chapter 138: Scared to death

Youzhi Primary School, campus corridor.

I don’t know why, but no matter which country it is, any building like schools or hospitals will make people feel inexplicably terrifying at night.

Perhaps this is also the reason why ghost stories are prevalent in schools and hospitals. However, no matter how scary these ghost stories are, they are just rumors.

However, for those with strong associative abilities, no matter how much they tell themselves that this is just a rumor, the feeling of fear will still arise involuntarily.

Sakura is in this situation now. Even though she is a magician and has companions by her side, she just can't control her fear.

Whenever a breeze blew, she would shudder and look around timidly.

The courage that I had finally mustered before setting off gradually disappeared under the terrifying atmosphere around me.

"Zhi Shi, Xia-san, aren't you afraid at all?"

After walking for a while, the fear in Sakura's heart not only did not diminish in the slightest, but instead grew stronger along with the slight whistling sound of the wind.

Unlike her, Xia Yu and Chise were calmer than each other, and even the calm Sakura was a little uneasy.

She looked at Xia Yu and Zhishi crying. It was okay with Xia, after all, he was a boy, and boys tend to be braver.

But why are you so calm, Tomoyo? I'm so scared.

Hearing Sakura's question, Tomoyo moved the camera away from him, tapped his chin with his index finger, thought for a moment and replied, "I'm fine. Compared to ghosts and the like, I'm more worried about not being able to clearly record your heroic figure in the dark environment, Sakura."

Hearing this unexpected yet reasonable answer, Sakura smiled awkwardly. Although the answer was somewhat unexpected, it seemed so reasonable when it came from Tomoyo's mouth.

Xia Yu, who was holding a magic wand to illuminate the front, heard the conversation behind him and turned back to ask, "What are you afraid of? If we encounter a ghost, can't we just send it to the afterlife?"

"But there are no Taoist priests or monks among us, so I guess we can only use physical methods to save the soul."

"Physical salvation?" Upon hearing this word, Sakura tilted her head in confusion. How could the word "physical" be related to salvation?

"That's right. As the saying goes, all fear comes from insufficient firepower. A great scholar once said, 'Namo Gatling Bodhisattva, six roots of pure depleted uranium bullets, one breath turns 3,600 times, great compassion saves the world.' Then there are Buddhist sayings such as 'Bullets pass through the chest, but the Buddha remains in the heart' and 'Seven bullets are better than building a seven-story pagoda'."

"So there is no need to be afraid when encountering demons and monsters. They are the ones you should be afraid of."

"interesting……"

Hearing Xia Yu's words that were full of Buddhist and martial virtues, Xiaoying responded with an awkward but polite smile.

What Xia said is very good. It would be even better if she could understand it.

"Oh, right, Zhi Shi Ni has been practicing in the music classroom these days. Have you heard the rumored ghost singing?"

In order to prevent Xia Yu from continuing to say complicated and incomprehensible words, Sakura quickly changed the subject and asked Tomoyo.

Chatting can dispel fear. She doesn’t even know whether Tomoyo has heard the ghost’s singing.

"No."

Tomoyo shook his head, thought for a moment and said, "During the afternoon practice, there were only the singing of our choir, and no other sounds. However, the latest time we practiced was only around seven o'clock."

"So the only people who have heard the ghost's singing are the choir member who forgot something and the high school student next door?" Sakura spoke as she recalled what her brother said that night.

"I heard from my brother that because they are high school students, they can stay in school until about 10 o'clock at night."

"Tsk, ten o'clock."

Xia Yu let out a light sigh. When he heard that high school students could stay in school until 10 o'clock in the evening, he suddenly recalled his painful high school experience.

At that time, even evening self-study classes would last until after nine o'clock. When I was in the third year of high school, I only had half a day of rest on Sunday, and there were also various non-stop exams.

He thought he had gotten over it, but suddenly he was back in elementary school. Doesn't that mean he has to go through the painful high school life all over again? "What's wrong?"

Seeing Xia Yu's expression suddenly become a little ugly, Xiaoying's heart trembled, and she couldn't help but clench the wand in her hand, looking around tremblingly.

Is it a scary ghost that has appeared?

"I'm thinking, I should just drop out before finishing junior high school." Xia Yu murmured thoughtfully.

He remembered that even the transparent card chapter that followed only took place during junior high school, so dropping out of school after junior high school was completely feasible.

He no longer needs any so-called academic qualifications to prove himself, so it doesn't matter whether he goes to school or not.

"Forehead……"

Hearing this, Sakura was stunned for a moment and couldn't react.

We were just talking about ghosts, how come the topic suddenly jumped to dropping out of school? Even if it's easy to go off topic during a casual chat, this is too far, isn't it?

"Hey!"

Just as Sakura was stunned, a sudden voice was heard, followed by a hand patting her shoulder.

"Uh-huh!"

"Uh-huh!"

"what--!"

"I go."

"Wow."

In an instant, three screams, a cry of surprise, and a relatively calm "wow" were heard one after another. After a few seconds, among the four people who were frightened at the scene, Xia Yu was the first to come to his senses.

He calmed his pounding heart and resisted the urge to swear. He couldn't say bad words, as it would be bad to corrupt the children.

I was almost scared to death just now, but luckily he reacted in time and changed the word "fuck" to "go!".

He was frightened by Sakura's sudden scream, and the reason why Sakura screamed...

Xia Yu looked speechlessly at the two people who were also frightened. One was wearing a green Taoist robe, and the other was wearing a milky white Taoist robe. They were Li Xiaolang and Li Meiling who also came to investigate.

Li Xiaolang and Li Meiling looked embarrassed at this moment, and were obviously frightened. The person who frightened them was now squatting on the ground with his head buried in his legs, not daring to look up.

After a few seconds, Sakura realized that the surroundings had become quiet. She raised her head with tears in her eyes, and then carefully looked along the light at the two people who had appeared beside her.

"Eh? Li-san? Meiling?"

After seeing clearly the person next to her, Sakura breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that the person who patted her shoulder just now was not a ghost, but classmate Li. Now everything was fine.

"It just scared me to death."

"We were scared to death by you!" Li Meiling also breathed a sigh of relief and complained to Xiaoying in a low voice.

Although Li Xiaolang didn't say anything, he nodded and agreed with what Mei Ling had just said.

Come to think of it, this wasn't the first time he had been frightened. Last semester, during the extracurricular teaching at the seaside, he had also been frightened by Sakura's extreme reaction.

It was still night then, as it is now.

Damn it, why didn’t he react earlier? He shouldn’t have patted this guy on the shoulder at night. If he had known, he would have said hello just now.

(End of this chapter)