【Ruijin】Escape

"Want to go?" Jin asked in a low voice.

Compared with poking at the point of the knife in front of him, there are at least two songs left--Jin actually feels quite optimistic.

However, unexpectedly, Gray shook his head.The silver-haired boy moved quickly, quickly turned over from the desk and fell to the ground, but just when he was about to stand still, he staggered, and Jin hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him.

"Hurry up, let's go to the west side of the second floor."

Jin put his schoolbag on his back and strode towards the door of the classroom. He carefully looked around from the door: "There is nothing."

Gray's eyes stayed in the corner of the classroom for a moment, and then moved away expressionlessly.He let out a breath, wiped the sweat off his cheeks vigorously, and followed.

The two left the classroom and walked quickly along the corridor to the west without saying a word. Gray had just recovered from his fever, and his whole body was a little weak, not enough to complete strenuous exercise like running. Jin held him tightly One arm, trying to support him.

As they walked west, the melody of "Fur Elise" faded, and King was slightly relieved.The stairs on the west side were clean, looking to the end, but it still made Jin's scalp tingle. He hesitated for a moment, and Gray saw it.

"It'll be fine, let's go."

Gray didn't ask him what's the matter, but raised his other hand, walked around with some difficulty, and patted Jin's head lightly through the hat.

Jin came back to his senses and nodded hastily—Grey obviously wanted to avoid the music classroom on the fourth floor as far as possible. Put on a powerful microphone, otherwise the piano player (or ghost) wouldn't be able to hear them even if they smashed the piano.

This is indeed much better than rushing to the music classroom when you don’t know anything. "To Alice" is not long. It takes less than 4 minutes to finish playing one piece, and less than 7 minutes for the two pieces together. Such a short time It is too impulsive to solve the unknown ghosts, so it is better to avoid them far away.

When his life was at stake, he was almost held back by a little psychological shadow. Jin reflected on his hesitation, and hurriedly turned down the stairs with Gray.

When they reached the fourth floor, the sound of the music could be faintly heard again, and now it had become a strange and chaotic tune. The keys were pressed in disorder, but neither of them stayed. , stopped and listened carefully - as expected, the piano sound was no longer heard.

"Huh... don't worry about it for the time being." Jin breathed a sigh of relief, he put his schoolbag on the ground, and asked Gray to sit on the schoolbag against the wall and rest for a while.

It was rare for Gray to sit down without saying anything. He closed his eyes, raised his head against the wall, and panted slightly with his mouth open. Beads of sweat slid down the side of his cheeks. The color of his lips reflecting the moonlight was extremely pale, golden Sitting down next to Ge Rui, he leaned over and touched Ge Rui's cheek worriedly—it was no longer hot, but cold, mixed with sweat, and very sticky.

Touching Gray's hand again, it was also frighteningly cold.

"Gerry, you can't do this!" Jin was anxious, he reached into Gray's school uniform jacket, and found that the shirt inside the jacket was soaked with sweat as expected, "Take off your clothes quickly..."

Gray didn't resist. Jin stripped off his school uniform jacket. He also knew that continuing to wear wet clothes would make his body worse, so he unbuttoned his shirt and pulled off his shirt roughly.

Kim held his breath for a moment.

There were scars almost everywhere on the upper body - bruises from the impact, abrasions, wounds that were scratched by a sharp knife and then scabbed... But Gray didn't care about it, he threw his shirt aside casually, and put on his school uniform jacket again .

"Gerry..."

Jin only said two words, and Gray suddenly held his wrist, raised one of his hands, and turned his palm upwards - he could see the torn wound on the palm and the dried blood.

"........."

Gray lowered his eyes, and pressed his fingers lightly on Jin's palm. It was very light and painless. Jin didn't even know if Gray had really touched it—but the heat that touched his body was real.

"It's all the same, don't make a fuss." Gray said lightly.

On the second floor, a vending machine was set up at both ends of the corridor to replenish energy for students after class. But at this time, the vending machine near the west side had been violently broken open, and the lock on the side was directly destroyed, so the entire vending machine portal Wide open, anyone can use it.

No need for Gray to say anything, Jin has consciously gone to the vending machine to get water and food and came back. There are a lot of drinks in the vending machine, but there is not much food to eat. .The two of them sat side by side—Grey on the schoolbag—and silently ate crispy noodles and drank energy-enhancing sports drinks.

"Gerry, how do you know that you will die if you listen to that song three times?" But it is a bit difficult for Jin to keep silent.

Gray didn't intend to hide it from Jin at first: "It's probably similar to the process you got the key. On the first day I came, when I passed by the music classroom on the fourth floor, I encountered a talking potted plant."

"...bonsai?"

Grey's face looked rather indescribable, and obviously felt that this experience was too fairytale: "It told me that it couldn't move, and it would die if it continued to stay near the music classroom. I asked it why, and it said that if I moved it Let’s go, it will tell me. I lifted it up and walked downstairs to the second floor, and it said it was safe here, and then told me that if you listen to the song three times, you will die.”

"What about the potted plants?" Jin asked hurriedly.

"You were cut off before you came." Gray frowned slightly, "So I only know so much... By the way, it also told me to be careful of the five-pointed star. I don't know what it means, but..."

Gray's words were interrupted by Jin.

Jin took out the key from the half-length woman from his pocket, and silently handed it to Gray, who took a look, quickly understood what Jin meant, and fell silent.

The two of them stared wide-eyed, and then stared at the five-pointed star on the front of the key together.

"I don't think... it's not necessarily a bad thing." Jin whispered, "I don't think she will lie to us... Besides, the potted plants only said to let us be careful of the five-pointed star, but they didn't say what the five-pointed star is all about..."

"Let me keep it first." Gray put the key into his trouser pocket.

The crispy noodles and sports drinks supplemented the physical strength of the two of them. Although they were far from full, they would not affect their actions due to hunger. The corridor on the second floor was quiet, and there were ordinary student classrooms in front, but no matter what Whether it is Jin or Gray, neither will take the initiative to open the classroom door.

"You entered the classroom on the fifth floor?" Gray asked suddenly.

Jin was a little guilty, but still nodded: "I can't help it... The eyeball jumped into the classroom. If I don't get the eyeball back, maybe that woman will goug my eyes."

Gray pursed his lips and said nothing, and nodded slightly. He knew that there was nothing to say, and he had no position to blame Jin for entering the most dangerous classroom. This was a place where the plan could not keep up with the changes.

Jin is thankful that Grey didn't continue to ask, otherwise he would have to recall the previous things. He won the game, got his eyeballs back, and was indeed let go by the faceless girl-but, it wasn't "safe". ground" to leave.

Maybe people's memory has some kind of self-protection function. Jin can't quite remember how he poked the faceless girl's face with a mop stick with wooden spikes. He didn't have time to think about anything at that time.

The corridor on the second floor was quiet, but no one knew how long this peace could last.

"Jin, listen to me." Gray patted Jin on the shoulder.

Jin turned his head and looked into Fa Xiao's peaceful violet eyes.

"We're probably running out of time."

"...What do you mean?" Jin was stunned, but his body was faster than his brain. He suddenly became tense, his heart beat faster, and his hands and feet felt cold.

Gray obviously realized the ambiguity in what he said just now. He rubbed his forehead helplessly: "No, what I mean is... Jin, did you come here after school?"

"Huh? That's right, I went into the men's room after school, and somehow I came in."

"You've been here for less than a night, haven't you?"

"correct."

"How many ghosts have you encountered?"

"...Uh, let me think about it..." Jin subconsciously pulled his fingers, "The little female ghost in the toilet, one, and then the mannequin, two... I don't know if I met one when I was climbing the stairs. Well, three! Then let me help her find the woman with eyes, four, there is a faceless girl in the classroom, five..."

"And the piano just now, and the female nurse, seven of them." Gray helped Jin complete, "You came across seven ghosts in less than a night...but Jin, the first night I came, Only encountered two."

"...Maybe it's Grey, you're lucky?"

"I can only estimate the approximate time, but there should be little deviation. There is no day and night here. If I roughly calculate, I encountered three during the day on the second day and three at night; five during the day on the third day. , met six at night, and met you."

"........."

"Have you noticed that the number of ghosts is increasing." Gray lowered his voice, "But it may not be a bad thing, I don't think these ghosts are attacking us aimlessly, they want our lives, they must have a plan .And now they are attacking more and more frequently. One possibility is that we are always alive, and they are getting restless. The other possibility is that... the 'reason' that got us here, is becoming agitated. I am leaning towards the latter, Because not all ghosts want to kill us, there must be something behind it."

"Hmm..." Jin pondered for a while, "I seem to understand what you said, Gray, but I don't seem to understand at all..."

"To put it simply." Gray rolled his eyes in his heart after a long absence, "The frequency of their attacks on us is accelerating, which is dangerous, but it is also an opportunity, which shows that we are indeed getting closer and closer to leaving here...as long as we are not attacked before that." They kill."

Kim understood now.

Perhaps the time is running out has two meanings - one means that as the attacks of ghosts intensify, they probably won't live long here; the other means that they may find a way out soon.

"Is there any place that you haven't been to, Gray?" Jin immediately responded, "I think we can find the lock with the five-pointed star keyhole first!"

This is indeed the only thing that can be tried now, Gray nodded slightly: "It's not too late, let's go."

"Don't you need to take a break?"

"No, after I go out, I'll take a week's leave and lie at home." Gray said with a deadpan face, unable to tell whether he was serious or joking.

Jin snorted and laughed: "Then I will ask for leave with you, and I will also lie down for a week, eating snacks and playing games!"

There are rows of student lockers outside the ordinary classroom, most of which are locked tightly. The two of them looked carefully one by one, but they were all normal lock holes, and none of them were in the shape of a five-pointed star.

Jin bent down to observe a cabinet carefully, and suddenly felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end, he turned his head suddenly, and his eyes caught a shadow that disappeared in an instant at the end of the corridor.

"Grey." Jin tugged at Gray's sleeve and said softly, "I saw a shadow behind me just now, I don't know if I misread it."

"I'm afraid not." Gray had much more confidence in Jin's vision, "Stand over here."

They continued to check the lockers nonchalantly until all the lockers on the second floor had been checked.

On the first floor there is a hall leading to the entrance of the teaching building, and there are hundreds of student shoe cabinets there. The two of them unanimously decided to go downstairs at the end, so they walked along the stairs to the third floor.

however.

As soon as Gray stepped on the stairs, he felt that something was wrong. The sharp intuition he had trained in the past three days made him grab Jin's wrist tightly, and rushed upward desperately.

Following the footsteps of the two, the steps leading from the second floor to the third floor collapsed one after another, like dominoes being toppled. The two jumped over the last three steps and fell on the corridor on the third floor. Seeing that the stairs behind me collapsed completely, with no handrails left, if I want to go back to the second floor, I'm afraid the only thing I can do is grow wings.

Across an empty distance, a vague white shadow appeared on the second floor, and then disappeared again.

"That's it!" Jin's eyes widened.

"Go, keep looking." Gray said, he was relieved to see that the piano sound had stopped, "We are running out of time."

——tbc——