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“It’s back?!” Gao Ming only thought the doll was familiar at first. However, after multiple confirmations, he affirmed that it was the source of Fear Illnmess! “Haven’t I dropped it at Hostel Building 6 already? This doesn’t make sense!”

Gao Ming wanted to use Fear Illness to negatively impact the student council and weaken the school rules’ hold on the school. After all, no matter how strong the school rules were, they needed people to execute them. However, Gao Ming didn’t expect his old classmate to bring the doll out of Building 6.

“Is this a retaliation by the school rules or the people at Building 6 have overcome Fear Illness?”

Gao Ming pulled at his hair and lowered his head to hide his slightly cracked expression. “Or is it fate?”

Gao Ming knew how horrifying Fear Illness could be. This sickness could stay latent within both humans and ghosts. The stronger the fear became, the more powerful the doll would be.

“Something’s wrong. Why doesn’t the Fear Illness work on Ji Jie?” Gao Ming narrowed his eyes at Ji Jie, and he slowly noticed something was wrong.

Ji Jie’s back was soaked. His body leaned involuntarily forward like there was something very scary on his back. Other than that, Ji Jie’s neck looked like it had been held in place. He hadn’t turned his head around in a long time already.

“Ji Jie is scared too. He’s scared of the thing behind his back, so much so that he didn’t even dare to turn his head around anymore!” Fear Illness would invoke the deepest fears in people’s hearts. Ji Jie’s deepest fear had to do with his back. Gao Ming had no idea why that was the case. He couldn’t see anything wrong on Ji Jie’s back. “Perhaps in Ji Jie’s eyes, there is something incredibly scary currently lying on his back. However, if he’s so scared, why does he choose to come back to Class 13?”

In his branded suit, Ji Jie had a ‘confident’ smile on his face.

“How come it feels like he’s gloating?” Based on his years of study in psychology and various analyses, Gao Ming concluded that Ji Jie was showing off. The essence of gloating was to show off something other people didn’t have and to gain satisfaction from that. However, what was there for Ji Jie to be proud of?

Gao Ming started to get confused by his classmates. When he was in school, he never thought his classmates were this ‘crazy’.

“Back in school, Ji Jie was a normal guy. He was extremely proud and would get into fights over the smallest thing. However, he was not a cunning person…” Gao Ming studied this for a long time. He believed that Ji Jie wasn’t a ghost, but that could mean that something was even more wrong with Ji Jie.

Ji Jie stood on the podium and welcomed the light. After everyone turned to him, Ji Jie extended both of his hands and pressed on the podium surface. He looked down on everyone and said, “Perhaps you still don’t know the situation you’re in.” The students looked at Ji Jie in confusion. In contrast, the students who had been taken over by ghosts looked very serious. They cooperated fully with Ji Jie for realism.

“There are ghosts everywhere in this school. I know you’re scared.” With a smile on his face, Ji Jie’s tone softened, “But you don’t need to be scared anymore. Because I’m here.”

“Ji Jie?” Qian Junran finally recognised Ji Jie. “How much have you had to drink yesterday? Have you lost your mind?”

“I know all of you look down on me, especially you, Qian Junran.” Ji Jie shook his head self-deprecatingly. “I remember how every one of you looked down on me back then, but I will not take it to heart.”

Zhou Sisi glanced at the clock and reminded him kindly, “Brother Jie, the teacher is about to arrive soon. You better take your seat.”

“The teacher? This school is ruled by the student council. Why should we be scared of the teachers?” Ji Jun’s words grabbed the attention of Zuo Jun, Ding Yuan and Bai Xiao. He raised his hands slowly. “Even if I hide this, you’ll find out soon enough, so I’ll be kind and reveal the truth to you beforehand. I’m the chosen one.”

Gao Ming was so confused. Had Ji Jie lost his mind like Zuo Bo did?

“Only ghosts can scare ghosts. And the ghost that has chosen me is stronger than all the other ghosts.”

Ji Jie stood on the stage and explained the incident that happened to him at the hostel building. His description was colourful and intense. Gao Ming, who listened to this, clapped his forehead. He was so ashamed that he wanted to quit school. He tried to summon the fear doll back, but he was not the owner of the death portrait. He merely had the right to use it.

The students in the class reacted differently. Bai Xiao, who came to the class for the first time, was so busy.

He knew how dangerous a Level 4 Anomaly was. Bai Xiao didn’t dare to lose any single detail. He ruminated over everything the students said.

“Don’t listen to him. There’s nothing like being chosen by the ghosts.” Zuo Jun gripped his fists. He was worried that his classmates would listen to Ji Jie and followed him to Building 6. Then, all of them would be fed to the school rules.

“I hear that you’ve done great for yourself. Did you book a bus to send all of us to our deaths?” Ji Jie casually revealed his branded belt. “If I were you, I would have prepared a limo.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Zuo Jun, you’re going to kill all of us!”

“Stop arguing. The teacher is going to come soon!”

“Yuan Hui, if you hate Zuo Jun so much, go fight him! Why come after me?”

The classroom was very noisy. Fatty sat obediently beside Zuo Jun. He asked carefully, “Why aren’t the students more concerned about the existence of ghosts among them? Do we still need to pretend? It feels like they’re in a different world than we are.”

Ma Tao, who had just finished peeling an egg, paused to wipe his hands, “In that case, there’s no need to force yourself to join them. None of them are good people.”

“But we are ghosts. We have to steal their life quota.” Fatty hugged his belly and complained softly.

“You sound like you’re treating them as normal, living humans.” Ma Tao finished the egg. He took out a few wolfberries and tossed them in his thermos. “I joined this class yesterday. I attended a whole day of class with them. They have been acting like this since yesterday. All of them survive, but three ghosts were vanquished.”

Ma Tao blew on the water in the thermos and glanced at Fatty. “Yesterday, you ate a painted apple on the ground. You kept eating that your stomach exploded into shreds of paper.”

Fatty didn’t dare to listen to this any longer. He was worried that he might get nightmares.

The argument in the class became louder. Fatty shrunk his head. “Then, can I request to leave this class?”

“It’s too late now. Someone in this class might go to find you tonight.” Ma Tao flipped through his book. “Furthermore, the school rules won’t allow it. You’ve taken over the original student, so you have to live according to his identity.”

Fatty listened to the argument quietly. Yuan Hui accused Zuo Jun of murder. Zuo Jun said everyone had died 10 years ago. Ji Jie boasted about the ghost on his back. Zuo Bo, in his patient’s garb, was shouting madly. Liu Yi, in the student council badge, radiated a scary presence. There was also that psychiatrist named Gao Ming…

Fatty didn’t dare to speak as he shoved his hands into his pocket. Sometimes, he felt like being a ghost was quite despairing too.

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