Just when Jiang Che thought he was about to "meet his end," he realized Teacher Ma had his back turned to him and hadn't noticed him at all.

Through the gap in the curtains, Jiang Che saw Teacher Ma walk to a desk. Strangely, blood was continuously seeping from the desk, dripping down steadily.

Suddenly, Teacher Ma raised the large chainsaw in his hand and swung it down!

"Thud thud thud!"

"Crack crack crack!"

The wooden desk was sliced in half, blood splattering everywhere.

What Jiang Che didn't expect was that inside the desk was a student curled up! How he got in there wasn't important; what mattered was that he was now split in half along with the desk!

The smell of blood began to fill the air.

Teacher Ma's appearance became even more grotesque. He dropped the chainsaw and, like a starving wild dog, started devouring the remains on the ground.

"Crunch, gulp."

The sound was chilling.

Jiang Che watched as Teacher Ma devoured the student completely, then picked up the chainsaw and left the classroom...

Damn it, this is a real cat-and-mouse game. If you're caught, you really get eaten!

Fractured Bone High School, you literally study for your life.

Love it, love it...

...

Time ticked by.

Occasionally, a scream would echo through the deathly silent school building, only to quickly return to silence.

Hiding behind the curtains, Jiang Che began to piece together the clues he had.

The current clues related to the challenge task were:

Zhu Xiaoyue was pregnant with someone's child, was bullied by her classmates, and eventually gave birth in the dormitory, where she harmed the child herself.

Due to her classmates' betrayal, she killed them all and cursed this place, making all the Uncanny dare not mention the incident.

The challenge task was called [The Power of Gossip].

The clue upon triggering was called [Unresolved Grievance].

Could it be... that all the Uncanny need to apologize to Zhu Xiaoyue to complete this task?

Damn! That's a tall order...

After all, it involves not just students, but also teachers, and even the principal...

If the child's father could be found, there might be a breakthrough.

But any mention of the father's name by the Uncanny was immediately erased.

Was this Zhu Xiaoyue's doing?

Was she deliberately protecting that person?

This deduction seemed logical, but Jiang Che felt something was off.

He couldn't quite put his finger on it yet.

...

Soon, it was afternoon.

Jiang Che sat on the windowsill, his legs going numb.

Most importantly... he was desperate!

Even rabbits have three burrows, and humans have three urgent needs!

Recently, he'd drunk a lot of water to stave off hunger.

If he held it any longer, his bladder might explode.

Could a living person really die from holding in urine?!

I think... it's time to take a walk.

The task hints also mentioned that not all mice are afraid of cats.

That means they could attack those teachers acting as cats.

Besides, with Xiaoman backing him up, what was there to fear?

If all else fails, just break through the level!

Xiaoman: "What are you thinking?"

Jiang Che: "Huh? Oh! I was thinking you must be really beautiful."

Xiaoman: "Heh, beautiful doesn't even begin to describe it. This girl is like a fallen star, beauty beyond compare."

Jiang Che: "..."

Emerging from behind the curtains, the first thing he saw was still the scattered remains.

The skull was broken into pieces.

It was a gruesome sight.

Jiang Che shook his head and left the classroom.

He jogged to the restroom, and just as he was about to relieve himself, a thought occurred to him.

So he said, "Don't peek."

Xiaoman: "..."

Jiang Che: "Did you already peek?!"

Xiaoman: "You, you, don't talk nonsense!"

Jiang Che gritted his teeth, suppressing his embarrassment, and began to relieve himself.

"Whoosh..."

The force was strong, and the sound was loud.

In the silent building, it was particularly jarring...

"Ah—relief~"

Jiang Che shivered with satisfaction.

At this moment, Xiaoman couldn't help but speak, "Can I ask you something?"

Jiang Che: "Ask."

Xiaoman: "Is yours... mutated?"

Jiang Che: "Didn't I tell you not to peek, and you still peeked?!"

Xiaoman: "I didn't peek! You, don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense!"

Heh, so you were watching openly?

Jiang Che was speechless.

Just then, a figure suddenly rushed in.

"Niu Junyu?" Seeing who it was, Jiang Che exclaimed.

"Are you here to take a dump too?"

Classmate Niu Junyu was also visibly surprised to see Jiang Che.

But he quickly whispered, "In this game of hide and seek, you still have time to take a dump? Hurry and hide, Teacher Mei is coming!"

At that moment, a line of bloody text appeared in his mind.

[Their methods are extremely brutal, many classmates have been killed! Everyone is very scared, but actually, everyone knows there's an absolutely safe place, they just don't dare to go. The abandoned classroom on the fourth floor, no one dares to go there, not even the teachers...]

An abandoned classroom on the fourth floor?

An absolutely safe place that no one dares to approach?

Jiang Che decided to check it out; maybe he'd find some clues.

Just as Jiang Che was about to leave, Niu Junyu suddenly grabbed him and said, "Jiang, can you do me a favor?"

"What?"

"Can you stuff me into the toilet? I can't do it alone."

Jiang Che gasped.

In eighteen years, he'd never encountered such a bizarre request!

"Is your nickname Old Eight?"

"Yeah! How did you know?"

...

Reaching the fourth floor, the temperature dropped several degrees.

Just as Jiang Che was about to find the classroom, a voice suddenly came from behind.

"Jiang Che."

"Ye Qingyao?"

Seeing Ye Qingyao tiptoeing over, Jiang Che frowned.

Ye Qingyao smiled, "Why the long face when you see me? Did you find anything?"

Jiang Che shrugged, "Just looking for a place to hide, what about you?"

"I saw you come up, so I followed," Ye Qingyao said directly.

Well, she's sticking with me, huh?

But that's fine, I was just worried about not having an opportunity...

Jiang Che continued to frown, "I know what you're thinking, I'm okay with teaming up, but don't hold me back."

"Don't worry, I have a ghostly spirit too."

"With that ghostly spirit of yours?"

"..."

Blood Blade Ghost: "He actually looks down on me? He actually looks down on me!"

Ye Qingyao: "Otherwise, we can't beat him."

...

The two of them searched the fourth floor for a hiding place.

Before long, an abandoned classroom appeared before them.

The classroom was covered in dust inside and out, the windows were mottled from years of neglect, and the desks and chairs were in disarray.

Yellowed papers and books were scattered all over the floor.

A post-graduation celebration?

Jiang Che frowned slightly.

At that moment, Ye Qingyao suddenly said, "This should be the class of that girl from dorm 614."

Jiang Che glanced at Ye Qingyao.

Ye Qingyao continued, "I told you, if we work together, we can definitely complete the challenge task quickly."

"You don't have to believe me, but I can share the clues I've gathered."

Ye Qingyao continued, "A boy in my class told me there are two places in this school you must never go: the abandoned dormitory building and this classroom on the fourth floor."

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Jiang Che looked at Ye Qingyao suspiciously.

Ye Qingyao flicked her hair and puffed out her chest.

"You know, you're quite straightforward."

"We have a lot of simps in our class, maybe that's a girl's natural advantage?"

Jiang Che's face darkened.

Damn, risking my life to gather clues.

And the girl just waits for the simps to deliver them?

Doing a task with gender bias, damn it?

Just then.

Suddenly.

"Creak..."

The classroom door opened.