Chapter 23 Death and Disappearance

The six students who went to the school to report to the principal were probably worried about whether the school would give them any punishment because of this expedition, so they hesitated when talking about the incident. In addition, several parents interrupted, so Principal Hao was confused at first and didn't understand what happened last night for a long time. After.

In desperation, he decided to lead this group of students and parents to rework the route taken by the students' expedition yesterday, so as to figure out where the problem was.

They first came to the bust, with a very ordinary face, full of wrinkles, kind eyebrows, and slightly closed eyes. When the bronze statue was carved, the rich businessman did not ask to go out his pupils on his half-open eyes.

Principal Hao pointed to the bronze statue and asked six students, "What time did you come yesterday? Did it start here?"

Six students stared at the bronze statue and didn't say anything for a long time.

Principal Hao asked strangely, "What's wrong?"

"Last night, we booked at the door at 8:30. At that time... the bronze statue we saw was open, with two pupil-like holes in the middle." One of the round-faced boys said with an incredible face.

Principal Hao thought for a moment and asked several accompanying teachers. Some of them said that they had been half-open their eyes and some said that they had not paid attention. When they asked these six students, they were very embarrassed to say that they had never paid attention to the appearance of the bronze statue except last night.

Principal Hao did not pursue this topic any more, but asked them where they were going.

The second teaching building.

This building was built at the beginning of the construction of the school. There are four floors. The first and second floors are supplementary classrooms, and the third and fourth floors are various teaching laboratories. You have to walk through the main teaching building to get there. Almost everyone did not say anything along the way.

When we were about to arrive at the teaching building, the round-faced boy suddenly whispered, "Actually, it happened after we entered the building yesterday. There was electricity in the building, and we still felt very boring."

A thin boy next to him echoed, "Yes, we deliberately climbed all the way to the fourth floor. All the stairs are thirteen steps, and there are no fourteen steps at all. We all think that the legend is simply deceptive... Principal, do you think so?"

Principal Hao nodded with a smile, stood at the door of the teaching building and turned to several students and said, "Yes, the legend is that it is spread by false. In order to scare others, you don't hesitate to make it up. Don't believe it..."

He was about to continue talking when he heard some of the accompanying teachers gas and whispering. He couldn't help turning his head to look at the teachers with dissatisfaction, and his staring eyes immediately made several teachers close their mouths.

"What's going on? What are you talking about? Principal Hao frowned and asked.

After sinking for a while, one of the teachers came over and seemed to want to say something in his ear. Principal Hao waved his hand impatiently: "Don't mutter, just say something."

The teacher had to stand up straight and whisper, "Yesterday, there was a power outage in the whole area, and there could be no electricity at all."

Everyone was shocked, and the only female student shouted: "Impossible..." The parents behind her hurriedly hugged her.

The round-faced boy and the thin boy looked at each other and shouted, "The stairs..." After saying that, he broke away the hand that the parents put on them, rushed into the teaching building and ran to the stairs.

"One, two, three... twelve?"

They opened their eyes in disbelief and counted again.

is still twelve.

"Thirteen, it's thirteen." The thin boy's voice was obviously crying.

Everyone followed, and his parents hugged him in their arms and whispered to comfort him. Although the round-faced boy's face was also panicked, he still said, "On the third floor, in the laboratory on the third floor, we put the faucet inside..."

Although it is daytime now, Principal Hao can't help but feel depressed. Looking at others, he finds that everyone's face is involuntarily covered with a layer of haze, and his breathing is not smooth.

When they came to the door of a biological laboratory on the third floor, Principal Hao rushed over and held the door handle and pushed it, but the door did not move.

"When we don't use it, we lock the door..." A teacher said casually, but then reached out to cover his mouth in surprise.

There is no need to say anything more. Anyone can think of it. How could the students go in last night when the door is locked?

Principal Hao had a gloomy face and immediately asked someone to find the employee in charge of the key and open the door.

In the sink in the laboratory, Hao Ran showed a dark red mark under the three faucets.

"Is it blood stains?" Principal Hao's heart suddenly tightened.

No one spoke, and everyone felt an inexplicable fear.

"And... toilet..." The round-faced boy huddled in his father's arms and said feebly.

Principal Hao realized the seriousness of the matter and covered his worries. He pondered for a moment and asked the others to stay in the laboratory. Only two young and strong male teachers followed him, and the three went straight to the toilet at the end of the corridor.

Out of the window on the side of the corridor, the sunlight sprinkled pale light through the glass. In the quiet and deserted corridor, only the footsteps of three people could be heard.

The toilet door was closed, and Principal Hao stood at the door, took a deep breath, and summoned up the courage to push the door open.

The pungent smell of blood rushed to his face in an instant, and took two steps forward. In the first toilet compartment, a boy knelt in front of the toilet, his neck was almost cut, and the splashed blood was everywhere, dry and black, and his head was pulled aside, as if he was still shaking slightly. He could see the endless left in his wide eyes. Frightened.

"Ah..." A scream full of sadness and pain sounded behind Principal Hao. One of the parents of the two missing students who followed was Lin Rui's mother. She rushed and fainted on the spot.

One of the teachers standing behind Principal Hao subconsciously turned around and rushed out of the toilet and vomited in the corridor. The father of another missing student, Li Jin, endured the disgusting feeling and rushed in almost crazily. He searched carefully in a toilet and muttered, "Li Jin, Li Jin..."

Since the murder occurred, the police naturally took over the investigation immediately, but what President Hao has been thinking about is the horrible legend.

Then he called Bai Ru's friend and told him about the matter, but the friend was now working in other places and couldn't come back in time. In desperation, he found Bai Ru.

The narrative basically came to an end. After searching the whole campus, no missing students were found. Through investigation, the police basically eliminated the suspicion of all the teachers on duty that night. There was only one doubt, that is, the round-faced boy said that when they left the school last night, there was a doorman. Now they are, but because it was cloudy last night, they didn't see the doorman's face at all, so they could only hear that the voice should be like a man.

However, Principal Hao said to Bai Ru and Kuang Feifan with a bitter smile, "There was something wrong with the doorman's house that was originally on duty last night. He asked for leave, and the substitute was not notified because of a momentary mistake, so in fact, there was no doorman on duty at the school last night."

Moreover, Feifan looked at Bai Ru. At this time, she had more say than herself. Bai Ru thought for a moment and asked, "Has there ever been a student death in the school before?"

Principal Hao sighed: "It's false to say no. I took over the position of principal of the school seven years ago. I heard that there were students who committed suicide by jumping off buildings due to too much pressure before, and there were also three deaths of students during my tenure. Although the police finally determined that it was suicide, I was also very uncomfortable. Ann, so I have been asking teachers to reduce the burden on students as much as possible, but for the promotion rate..."

Bai Ru interrupted Principal Hao and asked, "Do you remember the time of these three student deaths?"

Principal Hao recalled: "I appeared once when I first took office seven years ago, and it seems that five years ago, and the year before last. I really can't remember the specific time..."

Bai Ru asked tentatively, "Is it possible that these three students died on a full moon night?"

Principal Hao was stunned for a moment and asked in astonishment, "Do you suspect that it has something to do with the legend?"

Bai Ru said, "It's just a guess, that's why I asked."

Principal Hao tried to think about it for a long time, and finally shook his head depressively: "Sorry, I really don't remember whether it was a full moon night before they went out."

Bai Ru smiled comfortingly: "It doesn't matter. It's okay if you can't remember."

Principal Hao said unwillingly, "Why don't I send someone to check it, but... there is still a student missing now, I don't know..."

Bai Ru shook her head: "I don't need it for the time being. It's important to find students."

Kuang Feifan nodded and agreed: "Yes, the most important thing in the disappearance case is the first 48 hours, er..." He thought that this was not an ordinary kidnapping case and quickly closed his mouth.

Bai Ru nodded: "This sentence is also suitable for this time."

Principal Hao asked, "What...what are you going to do?"

Bai Ru said, "I still have to go to school. The missing students should still be in school."

Principal Hao was a little not convinced: "However, today we have almost searched the school and found no trace of that student."

Bai Ru said indifferently, "Sometimes you can't find it just by looking at it."

Since they decided to go to school, they were no longer preparing to stay in the restaurant. Principal Hao insisted that he would pay for the meal. Bai Ru refused twice and left him. She knew that the old man knew that he could not find the missing students by himself, so she had to invite them to dinner to repay him.

When Principal Hao went out to settle the bill, Kuang Fei asked Bai Ru, "Are you sure? Is the stuff in the school awesome? Are you... in danger?"

Looking at the expression full of concern, Bai Ru couldn't help but be very happy. She smiled narrowly: "Although I don't know, I'm not worried about myself, but you'd better care more about yourself. If you go with me on this trip, your risk coefficient will be much higher than mine."

Hu Feifan was so proud of her and patted his chest and said, "What are you afraid of? It's not that I haven't seen it. Who says that if you have seen a ghost, you have to be afraid of the dark. But when I see a ghost, I will no longer be afraid of the black master... Besides, isn't there you?"

In the end, he suddenly came to Bai Ru and grabbed her hand with a playful smile.

Bai Ru stared at him, and there were footsteps outside the door of the private room. Moreover, he hurriedly sat upright. Principal Hao pushed the door and came, rubbed his hands and face, cheered up, and reluctantly smiled, "When are we leaving?"

Bai Ru looked at her watch: "Now!"