Weird collapse, chasing husband crematorium

"Don't worry, this is a real gun. If you think it's a toy, you can bet your life on it."

"Or, bet that there are no bullets in my gun."

When Ikeli saw the gun on his forehead, his body suddenly softened, which is the normal reaction of ordinary people to guns.

He couldn't feel the coldness of the gun against his forehead. The fear came from the human subconscious.

As long as Li Mo pulls the trigger slightly, his brain will spurt out along with blood.

"You, you're killing someone! It's against the law!"

"I'm a normal person! How could a ghost possibly react like me!?"

Ike's voice was trembling. He had no idea why the young man in front of him suddenly pulled out a gun. He could only keep explaining, hoping that Li Mo would show mercy.

Li Mo sighed and said slowly: "Maybe, you may still be a human now, but the ghost is in you."

"To make your death more clear, look at this."

Li Mo used his other hand to pull out an employee card with his position and name written on it.

Name: Ikeli Shavey.

Position: Cleaner.

Gender: Female.

There was also a photo on the employee ID card, and the person shown on it was Ackerly, at least his face looked exactly the same.

But unlike the current Aikeli, although the Aikeli in the photo has a neutral face, even closer to a man, his body is that of a real plump woman.

But now Akeley has a male body, with a flat surface, comparable to Fu Hua's.

"Do you know where I found this?"

"A headless female body outside the women's restroom in the corridor."

Li Mo deliberately emphasized the three words "headless", "female" and "corpse".

"How do you explain this dramatic change in your body? And don't tell me the ID on my badge is wrong."

Aike's eyes were like the flickering flame of a candle, swaying unsteadily.

He saw himself in the photo and his ID card.

Neither gender nor position match my memory...

Is he a woman? A hired cleaner?

No, but that's not right...

Obviously...

"No, it's impossible, I..." Aikeli panicked, his memory and reality conflicted, and his thinking began to become confused.

Li Mo put his finger on the trigger, ready to shoot at any time.

"Actually, there's a way to prove my story. That's to go to the monitoring room and pull up the footage from ten days ago. But there's no need for that. I don't have the time or patience for that."

"It's summer now, and everyone is wearing cool clothes, but you are wearing a high-collar suit. If my guess is correct, you can't feel the cold or heat. If you unbutton your neck now and expose it, there will most likely be an obvious crack on it. Yes, your head and body belong to two people.”

Hearing Li Mo's absurd and almost joking reasoning, the students widened their eyes and looked at Aikeli in disbelief.

"I, I'll try..." Ike stretched out his trembling hands and clumsily unbuttoned his clothes, making many mistakes.

He was afraid, he was really afraid.

Untying the twists and lowering the high collar, Ackley controlled his trembling hands and repeatedly touched his neck, trying to prove that he was not dead.

But he touched it.

A crack that goes all the way around the neck...

"……it is true."

"So, I am the ghost who killed so many people..."

Did Akeli completely lose the desire to refute? He fell to his knees, looked at Li Mo helplessly and desperately, and said: "Kill me, I'm sorry..."

Li Mo did not shoot, but put the gun back to his waist.

"It's not the right time yet. I need you to help me do something. Just consider it as the price for telling you the truth."

"I usually don't attack living people. Even though the ghost is in you, at least you can still be considered 'human'."

Li Mo turned his head away guiltily.

Humanity?

Li Mo himself didn't believe this sentence. When Ikeli picked up the coin, he was destined to be no longer a human being.

He said that he could barely be considered a human being now, and was only doing himself a favor.

He is a ghost, but the consciousness of Ekri, who is the host, has not dissipated yet.

According to experience, a body begins to decompose within a week of death, exhibiting symptoms such as paleness, stiffness, rigor mortis, and livor mortis. Discoloration may also appear around the skin of the abdomen. Due to the production of gas in the abdomen, the abdomen begins to swell. The abdomen may become noticeably swollen, and blisters may appear on the skin.

After a week, the stench of the corpse intensified and the body began to change color.

When the inside of the body is completely decayed, even an active normal brain will not be able to retain consciousness, and the real evil spirit will then revive from the body.

Ikeli said weakly, "What do you need me to do?"

"Open the door." Li Mo replied, "The ghost will not die if he opens the door, but if we open the door and go out, we will die immediately."

"I see." Eckley smiled bitterly. "Can I know the truth? How did I die, and how did I become like this?"

Judging from the exchange of words just now, the young man in front of him was definitely not an ordinary person. He was able to analyze so many truths in a short period of time, and after knowing that he was a ghost, he was able to calmly negotiate with him and lead him to reveal the facts.

Ike looked back and saw that all the students were hiding behind the sofa or coffee table in fear.

Isn't he afraid of ghosts?

An absurd idea came into Ackley's mind.

Li Mo did not refuse. He calmed down and analyzed that everything was easy to reason about.

After dying once, my observation and thinking abilities have been greatly improved, and even... my emotions have been eliminated a lot.

Even if the person in front of him knelt down and begged for mercy, or looked pitiful, Li Mo would not feel too much regret or pity.

"The smell of corpse will continue to get stronger within three weeks after death. It is the smell that came from your body just now."

"I estimate that the real you died ten days ago. The cause of death was opening the door and walking out of the toilet."

"When you opened the door, your head fell to the ground, and your body fell at the door of the toilet. At this time, the ghost happened to be next to you. It picked up your head, entered your dead consciousness, and then manipulated your head to transfer to another dead man."

"The confusion in your memory was also caused by the ghost. After you were resurrected, you led the surviving students to the broadcasting room. Because you are a ghost, you will not die when you open the door."

"Under your influence, the students' memories and cognition have also become erroneous."

Li Mo looked at Aikeli seriously and asked: "Why don't you take a gamble? There are so many of you, you can escape from St. Freya College in batches. Why do you all gather in the broadcast room?"

Aikeli honestly expressed his thoughts: "To call more survivors to the broadcasting room and wait for rescue."

But as soon as he finished speaking, Aikeli himself was stunned. Why should we find more survivors?As long as they survived, why would he want to gather all the survivors in the broadcast room?

The food and water are barely enough to support their survival. Wouldn’t it be even more severe if more people were brought in?

Li Mo shook his head and said calmly, "It seems that you have realized that the logic of ghost behavior is affecting you."

"No living person who entered the broadcasting room could escape, because the person who opened the door was a human being, and anyone who went out would die, no matter how many there were."

"Although I don't know why it trapped everyone in an inescapable room instead of killing them directly, it's definitely not a good thing. The ghost must have ulterior motives."

"As for why they chose the broadcast room, it's probably because there are no windows here and there's only one door for exit. And they can also use the broadcast to attract more survivors. I think I'm right."

Li Mo looked at Aikeli, waiting for his answer.

Aikeli was silent for a moment, then nodded. "Yes, I called a few students over via the PA system. There's a surveillance camera at the school gate in the PA room, and when I see one, I call out through the PA system... and as long as they respond, I tell them my exact location."

"So this is the truth... Ha, ha ha..."

Ikeli laughed at himself, looking lonely.

He may be thinking a lot at this moment, but Li Mo doesn't care.

Ackerley walked to the door, pushed open the door of the broadcasting room, and then stepped aside to make way.

"You go."

"Ah."

Li Mo was the first to walk out of the broadcasting room.

After seeing that Li Mo was fine after walking out of the broadcasting room, the students also fled the closed room one after another.

After everyone left the broadcasting room, Aikeli showed a relieved expression and said to Li Mo: "I will die here. Before my consciousness disappears, neither the ghost in my body nor I will leave this room."

"I will destroy the broadcasting equipment. Even if I die, the ghosts will not be able to attract survivors through the broadcast."

"Take good care of these children. I know you can do it. That's all I ask, even though... my identity is fake."

Li Mo nodded: "I will."

As if leaving a last will, Ackley explained his plan in detail, then closed and locked the door.

Perhaps it won't be long before he dies here completely, and no one will come to collect his body.

Before his death, he had to stay in a closed, dim, and small room for a long time and die alone.

In the silent broadcasting room, Ackley sat on the floor with his back against the door, his unfocused pupils flickering like the chandelier on the ceiling.

Sometimes bright, sometimes dim.

“She” may not be the students’ principal, but she has indeed fulfilled her duties during this period, and this is the last thing “she” needs to do.

"She" is dead.

The last gift from the dead is to not cause trouble to the living.

And the living will give new meaning to the death of the deceased.

"Have you chosen self-destruction..." Li Mo murmured as he looked at the closed door.

Ikeli's action did bring Li Mo a lot of convenience. Otherwise, after killing Ikeli, he would have to escape immediately and would not be able to take anyone with him.

Because there is no way to know whose body the ghost will enter, once you take everyone away, it means you are carrying a potential time bomb.

Now that Ekri has confined the ghost within his body and is waiting for its destruction, he can take all the students away from this doomed room, and even leave the eerie St. Freya Academy.

"Ok?"

Li Mo came back to his senses and found a petite girl clutching his clothes tightly. She looked up at him like a stray kitten, her eyes full of tears and a pitiful look.

Behind her were sixteen girls of the same age.

They were supposed to become Valkyries to resist the collapse, but now their wills have been broken by the ghosts. Seeing Li Mo was like grabbing a life-saving straw.

It is not difficult to understand that Honkai beasts can be defeated by force, but ghosts cannot be killed.

It may be near you right now.

By your side, behind the door, by the bed...

They are everywhere...

Chapter 5: Strange Surge, Night Parade of One Hundred Demons

Li Mo squatted down, put his hand on the girl's head, and asked softly, "What's your name?"

The girl's weak voice uttered softly: "Saori Tsuruyu..."

Li Mo smiled slightly, trying his best to ease the heavy and oppressive atmosphere, and handed the thermometer in his hand to her.

"Xiaoyou, huh? I'm giving you a task now. Keep an eye on this thermometer. If the temperature suddenly drops, tell me immediately. Got it? I'll do my best to keep you and your classmates alive."

"This thermometer is very important, don't lose it." Li Mo emphasized again.

Saori Tsuruyu seemed to suddenly understand something. She held the thermometer in both hands, bit her lips and nodded very hard.

It was also at this moment that a hint of bright light suddenly appeared in her dull eyes.

Right now, her mission is to protect this thermometer.

As long as you do this, you will never have to go back to that room and live with ghosts day and night.