Chapter 554

"It seems to make some sense."

Yukimura Suzune pursed her lips and retorted.

"Your statement has no scientific basis at all; perhaps it's just an occasional abnormal behavior of pets."

Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui muttered.

"If it were just a certain pet getting sick occasionally, how could all the pets in the world perform so consistently?"

Upon hearing this, Yukimura Suzune was speechless for a moment and fell into a brief silence.

Sister Xiyuan Si Xiyuanji Qilai blinked again.

"Hearing Aoi-chan put it this way, it really does make some sense."

Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui rested her hands on the table, leaned forward, and her gaze swept over everyone present, not even letting go of Natsume Chikage who had been eating silently.

She lowered her voice and said in a volume close to a whisper.

"Look, the material shows that after the school learned about this, they sent teachers and security guards to check, but they didn't find anything unusual."

"And precisely because of this, later some students didn't believe in evil and played a ghost-hunting game at night, entering that elevator at twelve o'clock in the morning."

"After entering, two students mysteriously 'vanished'."

"Other students couldn't find them no matter what."

"It wasn't until an hour later that everyone finally found the two in the elevator."

"They looked panicked, their foreheads were full of cold sweat, and they were covered in dust. Upon questioning, it was learned that they had lost consciousness during this period."

"They only vaguely remembered that they seemed to have gone to a very illusory place, were very afraid, their flashlights also broke for no reason, and they couldn't find a way out no matter what."

"But for some reason, in the haze, they heard their companions calling their names, and only then did they follow the sound to find the location of the elevator and finally escaped from that 'ghost place'."

"However, when others pressed them about the specific appearance of that illusory place, the two couldn't say anything, only saying they didn't remember."

"Even their flashlights were later confirmed to be truly unable to light up, as if they had encountered some terrible paranormal phenomenon."

"And so... gradually there was a rumor: if two people take this elevator at night without using any lighting, press the top floor, and then press the buttons for these two floors when the elevator is about to reach between the fifth and sixth floors, they can enter the legendary '5.5th floor'."

"Entering it, one can cross the illusion and arrive at the 'blurred boundary between life and death'."

"And our Private Moonlight Academy was built on a landfill of a lake earlier."

"Earlier, this lake was used as an execution ground for drowning death-row prisoners."

"These death-row prisoners had great resentment before they died, thus forming this 'boundary between life and death', which has been wandering in the school."

"But we ordinary people can't perceive these evil spirits at all."

"Only animals can see them."

"But animals are also extremely afraid of this kind of resentment, so they don't dare to approach the elevator where the resentment is entrenched."

"Because the location of the elevator is exactly at the illusory boundary between life and death—that is a place that living things should never step into!"

Speaking to this point.

Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui's voice already carried obvious fear.

"So I can be sure... there must be evil spirits in this old school building's elevator that we humans can't see!"

After hearing this description, Sister Xiyuan Si Xiyuanji Qilai couldn't help but feel a chill even at noon when the sun was bright.

She subconsciously shrank her shoulders and quietly moved closer to Natsume Chikage.

She asked with some timidity, stammering.

"Hearing Aoi-chan put it this way... could it be that there really is an evil spirit in the elevator?"

Even Yukimura Suzune, who was always cold and calm, couldn't help but swallow her saliva subconsciously.

Clearly, facing this kind of ghost story, even if she was as strong on the outside as she was, she couldn't help but feel a little creeped out on the inside.

But she hid this emotion very well, maintaining her usual calmness on the surface, and coughed gently twice.

"No... it's impossible for there to be any evil spirits. All of this must just be nonsense."

Sister Xiyuan Si Xiyuanji Qilai blinked and looked at her curiously.

"Could it be that you already have some clues, Suzune?"

Yukimura Suzune coughed again and looked away.

"I haven't been near that place... how could I have any clues. Even if I want to know, I have to go and investigate it myself!"

Although Sister Xiyuan Si Xiyuanji Qilai was a little scared, there was more anticipation and curiosity in her eyes.

"Since that's the case—let's go and see after school!"

Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui covered her cheeks in terror, striking an expression like the famous painting "The Scream."

"Really going there—don't!"

"This sounds terrifying, doesn't it?"

Sister Xiyuan Si Xiyuanji Qilai was even more excited.

"It's precisely because it's terrifying that it's worth our while to go and find out, isn't it?"

Yukimura Suzune nodded in agreement.

"Indeed!"

Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui's voice was full of worry.

"Xiyuanji Qilai-chan, Suzune-chan, aren't you two worried that there really is a ghost there?"

"What if we accidentally enter that 'boundary between life and death' too?"

Sister Xiyuan Si Xiyuanji Qilai blinked, trying to soothe her.

"We aren't going at twelve o'clock in the morning, but around three o'clock in the afternoon. I think it should be fine."

Yukimura Suzune no longer mentioned things like "unscientific" and nodded along.

"Indeed."

Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui seemed to feel a little more at ease upon hearing this.

"Putting it that way, that's true."

"But... what if we get cursed or even targeted by evil spirits after coming out of there?"

Sister Xiyuan Si Xiyuanji Qilai's face turned slightly pale.

"This... this shouldn't happen, right?"

Yukimura Suzune swallowed her saliva again, pretending to be calm.

"Exactly... don't scare yourself."

Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui still felt uneasy in her heart and looked at Natsume Chikage with some fear, wanting to seek a little comfort.

But she found that he was still burying his head in eating with full concentration.

She couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but complain.

"Natsume-kun... are you not afraid at all? How come you're still eating?"

Yukimura Suzune also frowned and looked at him.

"... Could it be that you've been eating lunch the whole time and haven't been listening at all?"

Natsume Chikage looked up, looked at the three's different interesting expressions, and laughed.

"Of course I was listening, just didn't speak, just listened to you chat while eating."

Sister Xiyuan Si Xiyuanji Qilai remembered that Natsume Chikage had solved one of the "Seven Wonders" before, and her curiosity was instantly ignited.

"Natsume-kun, since you were listening, do you have any clues or thoughts about the 'Invisible Evil Spirit in the Old School Building'?"

Natsume Chikage thought for a moment and nodded.

"I do have some clues."

Yukimura Suzune was stunned—she hadn't figured anything out yet, and he already had clues?

"What is it?"

Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui also opened her eyes wide in surprise.

"I want to know too! Can you tell us?"

Sister Xiyuan Si Xiyuanji Qilai's eyes, as clear and agile as purple crystals, instantly shone with brilliance.

She couldn't help but lean toward Natsume Chikage who was sitting on the side, almost leaning in front of him.

"I am very—curious!!"

Natsume Chikage looked at Sister Xiyuan Si Xiyuanji Qilai's face close at hand, and his cheeks couldn't help but turn slightly red again.

Before he could react, Yukimura Suzune had already reached out and pressed Sister Xiyuan Si Xiyuanji Qilai's forehead, gently pushing her back.

Yukimura Suzune bit her lower lip gently and complained with a tone of slight reproach.

"Sai-on-ji-Na-na-se! How many times have I told you, don't lean so close to people every time you're curious!"