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The team leader said helplessly, "The investigation results are in. Apart from the fingerprints and hair of these students, no other fingerprints or hair were found at the scene. In other words, apart from these two people, no one else was in this apartment during the time when the victims were murdered."

"This is impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"

Looking at Rocco's body, which was already covered with a white sheet, Rui excitedly retorted loudly, "The murderer must have sneaked in and killed Rocco silently last night while we were all asleep! Otherwise, how could Rocco have died such a gruesome death?"

Seeing that they didn't seem to believe him, the head of the serious crimes unit simply handed them the investigation report he was holding.

The group carefully examined the report, while the team leader patiently explained to them, "We've checked all the surveillance footage, both upstairs and downstairs. There are no problems, no suspicious people have come to this dormitory, and the surveillance cameras haven't been tampered with. So... on the surface, this appears to be a locked-room murder. However, how the murderer committed the crime... we can't find out at the scene at all."

Professor Rocco was furious. He grabbed the report and slammed it onto the table with a loud bang, knocking over the water glasses.

"You're all useless! Absolutely useless! Our student was murdered here, and the murder scene was discovered at lightning speed, yet you couldn't find a single clue? Is this how investigative work is done in your Dragon Kingdom?"

Being insulted like this, the head of the serious crimes unit's face also turned cold: "If you're not satisfied, you can investigate yourself, or you can go through the proper procedures and apply to have special personnel from your country come to investigate! I've only conducted a rigorous investigation and collected evidence, and I'm just stating the facts of our investigation! My professional competence is not for you, an outsider, to question."

The professor felt he had lost face after being refuted like that. However, the head of the major crime unit had handled too many similar murder cases and seen all kinds of people. He had an inherent sharp murderous aura. Just by standing there, he could bring a strong sense of oppression and truly showed what it meant to have the aura of a superior.

"Alright, alright, this matter... our school will definitely give you an explanation. Everyone, stop arguing and go back to your homes. It's getting late..." The principal stepped forward, forcing himself to smooth things over.

The meeting ended unhappily.

That night, Rui and his group went to another apartment building. Their previous place had been sealed off because it had become a murder scene.

As Rui walked up the stairs, he said to his classmate, "I think it's very likely that Rocco was murdered because she offended that male classmate who's into feudal superstitions with her words. Do you guys think that's possible?"

"I think it's possible. After all, the people of China have always been evil, just like in the movies. They're disgusting and wicked, with no kindness in their hearts at all."

"That's what I think too, but we have no evidence!"

As they were talking, they suddenly noticed that Rui, who had brought up the topic in the first place, had stopped and was staring intently at the window at the corner of the stairs ahead.

"Hey, Rui, why aren't you leaving?"

When the round-faced Kerrian saw him suddenly stop, he frowned and urged him to hurry upstairs.

Rui grinned, a smile that seemed to stretch from his mouth to his ears: "Actually, have you ever considered that Rocco might have been killed by a ghost? After all, the things he said before were insults directed at ghosts, and this school has been haunted before..."

When Carey saw his classmate's expression, he felt a chill run down his spine.

"You, haven't you always claimed to be a staunch materialist? You're supposed to be a highly educated person, don't be as ignorant and superstitious as the people from China, okay?"

The other students nodded in agreement.

However, Rui let out a sharp laugh: "You can't say that! Although science is very advanced now, no scientist can prove that ghosts don't exist in this world. Just because we haven't seen ghosts doesn't mean they don't exist."

"You're crazy, anyway, I firmly believe there are no ghosts in this world."

Rui turned his head, staring blankly at his classmate, his voice sinister, as if possessed by a ghost: "I said there's a ghost."

As Rui spoke, he reached out and slowly grabbed Kerrian's neck: "Isn't there right in front of you? Why don't you believe I exist?"

The feeling of suffocation intensified, and Kerrian was shocked. His eyes widened in terror as he desperately tried to break free from the other person's grasp: "Let go... cough cough cough, let go of me!"

This sudden turn of events terrified the other students present, who panicked and fled in all directions.

"A ghost! There really is a ghost! My God! Please bless your believer, I've encountered a ghost... Dear Mom... Help!"

"Rui's possessed! Everyone, run!"

Rui suddenly stopped smiling strangely, released his grip on the other person's neck, and burst into laughter, laughing until tears almost streamed down his face: "Hahaha, a bunch of idiots! You fell for it, didn't you? I was just trying to scare you, but I didn't expect you to actually believe me!"

Kerrian, rubbing his neck, kicked Rui in the shin in annoyance. Rui seemed to realize he had gone a bit too far, and instead of dodging, he apologized with a grin: "Oh dear, oh dear, I just suddenly got the urge to scare you guys. I'm sorry, Kerrian."

"You bastard, apologizing to me alone isn't enough, you also need to apologize to the other classmates. Late at night, and something like that happened, everyone was terrified by you!"

Rui didn't take it seriously and followed Kerrian upstairs: "Don't worry, I'll apologize to them later."

They arrived at their floor, a large apartment building where everyone was staying that night. The classmates who had been frightened earlier now knew it was Rui playing a prank on them, and they were all thoroughly terrified!

Pranks are very popular in the West, and some shows even specialize in them. So, after realizing what was happening, they all understood and were furious, wanting to teach Rui a lesson.

Rui was chased and beaten by a group of classmates in the house. He didn't dare to fight back and could only run around the sofa in the living room, dodging their attacks.

"You're all too easily fooled! Who told you to believe so readily? Heh heh, try fooling me this time if you dare! You call me superstitious, but look at how scared you are, you're practically wetting your pants! You actually believe in ghosts so easily, none of you are staunch materialists!"

As Rui ran away, he arrogantly mocked his classmates. Gradually, he realized that it seemed like no one was chasing him anymore.

Moreover, even the footsteps and curses disappeared, and the sudden silence struck him as very strange.

He turned his head with great curiosity to look at the classmates who had been chasing and playing around with him, but the scene before him sent chills down his spine. His classmates were all frozen in place, staring straight at him with an indescribable eeriness in their eyes.

Rui felt the hairs on his body stand on end. He stammered, "What...what are you doing? Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something dirty on my face?" His voice seemed to echo throughout the hallway, the silence unsettling and making one feel as if they were about to collapse at any moment.

Seeing that his classmates were silent, Rui frowned even more and involuntarily took a step back.

The atmosphere is just too strange.

At this moment, Kailian slowly walked towards him, and under his lead, the other students also started to move and gathered around Rui from all directions.

"Let's talk this out, don't surround me like this..." Rui said, cold sweat beading on his forehead, as he backed away until his back was pressed tightly against the wall, with nowhere left to retreat.

Kailian walked up to him step by step, his eyes cold and lifeless, and grinned, "Do you think that worshipping the dead in the Dragon Kingdom is a feudal, ignorant, and backward practice?"

Rui gritted his teeth and nodded stiffly.

"Oh, no wonder there are so many ghosts in your hell, and wandering spirits everywhere. It turns out that no one worshipped you in your previous life, so even after being reincarnated, you don't believe in the existence of ghosts. That's why you think you're not feudal, not superstitious, and not backward!"

These words sent chills down one's spine, and Rui felt as if the person in front of him wasn't Kerrian at all, but a completely different person.

"I..." Rui was about to speak when Kerrian suddenly made a shushing gesture.

Rui quickly shut his mouth tightly, not daring to make a sound, because Kairian had already covered his mouth with his hand, and he couldn't say a word.

"So what if it's feudal superstition? It didn't eat your rice. My parents are properly worshipping me, why are you ruining my offerings? I finally get a decent meal, and you guys have ruined it all! Today, I'll show you that ghosts really do exist in this world!"

After saying that, Kailian pulled a sharp knife from his waist and pressed it against Rui's neck.

With just a light slit, his carotid artery would be severed by this sharp knife, and blood would gush out!

The thought of his blood-splattered death terrified Rui, who trembled violently and almost cried out, "Don't kill me...don't kill me...I'll do anything you want! Please don't kill me!"

Just as Kerrian was about to strike with the knife, he suddenly burst out laughing!
The other students, who had been expressionless, also broke down in their composure and burst into laughter one after another.

The knife was put away from his neck. Rui cried with tears streaming down his face. He was stunned for a few seconds when he saw everyone laughing so hard, but he quickly came to his senses.

He was instantly enraged and shoved Kerrian away, shouting angrily, "Were you all in cahoots to play a trick on me?"

One of the classmates laughed loudly, "Hey, you idiot, you only just realized it?"

"Hahaha! You got what you deserved for trying to scare us!" another classmate laughed.

Rui was furious, but faced with his classmates' laughter, he couldn't openly retaliate. He could only stomp his feet in anger and shout, "That's too much! That's too much! Do you know you're going to scare me to death? Besides, this school has been haunted before! We can't use such terrifying methods to frighten me!"

Kelian chuckled dismissively: "Didn't you scare us first? What, are you scared now?"

The others started whistling and laughing at him.

Rui stubbornly retorted, "I'm not scared! We can't keep playing like this. After all, Rokoro is said to have died from having his internal organs ripped out by a ghost. The cause of our classmate's death hasn't been investigated yet. We can't joke about something like this."

"Alright, since you're so serious, we won't joke like that anymore."

The other students also laughed and went back to their rooms.

That night, Rui felt uneasy and tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.

As soon as he closed his eyes, he felt that the whole room was empty and quiet, so quiet that he could clearly hear the sound of his own heartbeat.

Moreover, if he paid close attention, he could even hear the sounds his internal organs made as they worked, such as the sounds of his intestines moving and food digesting in his stomach. This made him increasingly irritable and uneasy.

Rui tossed and turned, unable to sleep. Seeing the curtains swaying in the wind, he got up to pull them shut.

He reached out and pressed the switch. The light came on, and Rui rubbed his eyes. He thought he had just seen a figure flash by outside the living room.

It's so late, who could be still awake?

As Rui was pondering this, he suddenly felt a sharp dryness in his throat, a surge of thirst washing over him. He decided to go to the living room to get a drink, so he got up and went there. He noticed that the living room light was on, but the house was completely empty, feeling eerily deserted.

But this isn't surprising. Where they live, many people like to sleep with the lights on. Since they don't have to pay for electricity here, leaving the lights on is perfectly normal.

Rui walked to the refrigerator, opened the door, and took out a bottle of chilled mineral water. He had just unscrewed the cap and was about to take a swig when he suddenly sensed a dark figure slowly approaching from the small door beside him.

He turned his head sharply and looked closely; it was Kerrian.

Kerrian, dressed in a white bathrobe, stood stiffly against the wall like a puppet, his eyes vacant, inching his way toward Rui.

"Why are you here in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?" Rui felt increasingly uneasy looking at Kailian's dazed expression.

But Kailian acted as if he hadn't heard him, remaining silent and approaching him step by step.

Rui started to feel uneasy. He forced a few dry laughs and said, trying to sound calm, "You bastard, trying to scare me by pretending to be a ghost? Let me tell you, I'm not falling for your tricks!" (End of Chapter)