Chapter 10 - Second Game (3)

Rainbow Kindergarten

Chapter 10 — Second Game (3)

Ding Yirong was stunned for a moment and then said, “It should be because the novice copy is easier so those who clear it will probably have it. You don’t have it?” He said as he took out a mini peachwood sword from his pocket, it was exactly the size of a palm. “Even though this is small, its function to expel ghosts and ward off spirits is not bad. And is not a consumable prop like that talisman. I am really satisfied with it.”

He looked at Jiang Xiaoli’s expression and then understood. He patted Jiang Xiaoli’s shoulder, “It will be fine, if you are cold then you are cold. 1 I reckon you will go cold 2 very quickly in this ghost game. It will be over in a moment and there will be no pain.”

Jiang Xiaoli: ?

The two of them did not talk anymore, Jiang Xiaoli intended to go to the canteen to eat something. And Ding Yirong intended to go back to the dorm room to see if he could find the things left behind by the former teachers. The two of them just parted like this.

Once Ding Yirong left, Jiang Xiaoli’s heart hurt all of a sudden, it was so painful that she could hardly stand up straight and she almost got on the floor. Fortunately, it hurt for an instant and it was gone the next moment. “If you fancy Ding Yirong then go find him on your own, why did you pinch me!” As soon as her voice fell, her heart started to twitch in pain again.

If this game has a chat channel and has system prompts, then Jiang Xiaoli should be able to receive several thousand prompts of [Your feracious ghost is trying to attack your teammate but has been overruled by the rules.] when she was chatting with Ding Yirong. Li Hongying spent a lot of effort but simply failed to warn her. Once Ding Yirong had left, Li Hongying was so angry that……

Jiang Xiaoli did not dare to shoot off her mouth after the pain this time and obediently went to the canteen to have a meal. There was no need to spend money to eat in the canteen, three ladles of appetisers and one ladle of rice. Then, the iron bowl can be used to get a bowl of soul. The soup served today was tomato and chicken egg soup, with a few slices of tomatoes floating on top. There was no trace of chicken eggs and tomatoes, only half a bucket of soup that was so clear that the bottom could be seen. A bit of egg foam was brought up when she turned the iron ladle around.

While eating the free meal, Jiang Xiaoli could not help feeling regretful: Luckily, this kindergarten supplied meals or else two hundred yuan would not be enough. If she had not been killed by the ghost, she fears that she would have been starved to death.

After eating, Jiang Xiaoli then walked to the apartment building. Since it was time for the afternoon nap, she should also go and take an afternoon nap. She didn’t like to move very much when she stayed at home and she was already tired after walking in the morning. She had better rest more so she could run faster when the ghost comes.

Not long after returning to the apartment building, there were goods sent to the door by express. Jiang Xiaoli went out to take a look, the player beside her also received one. The parcels are all placed together in a big box. She signed to accept it and opened it to take a look. Clothes and toiletries were arranged neatly in the box. The size also unexpectedly fits.

——Probably the work of the escape game.

Having nothing to do after an afternoon nap, Jiang Xiaoli found a piece of yellowed paper in the drawer of the bedside cabinet. It seemed to have been directly ripped off by a person and thrown here. Even if it was seen, it was densely packed words. She read two lines and found out that it was actually a short supernatural story?

It talked about a female teacher, who switched off the lights at midnight, took a lit candle to stand in front of the mirror. She stared at her own reflection in the mirror and counted aloud from one to a hundred. In this period of time, even if the candle is extinguished, she could not stop counting. After counting to a hundred, she could see the past or the future.

However, the part with the name of that female teacher was painted black. Furthermore, the female teacher in the story could not complete this game. She let out a shriek when the candle was extinguished in the middle and an extremely terrifying atmosphere was rendered……

“The cool breeze blew her neck but she clearly closed all the doors and windows before she did all of this so where did this breeze come from? The candle was obviously extinguished, [blanked out] voice trembled but she still persevered to count, ‘sixty-seven, sixty-eight, sixty-nine……’ Suddenly, there was complete darkness. The candle was extinguished. She heard the sound of a woman’s sharp laughter in her ears. ‘Seventy, seventy-one……’ A chilly sensation was transmitted from her waist to her back as if someone was touching her lightly. That sharp laughter became louder, [blanked out] stared at the dark mirror but suddenly thought of something and abruptly turned back. She let out a mournful blood-curdling scream——” Li Hongying took that piece of paper and used a neutral tone to read the terrifying portion out aloud. She turned it over and unexpectedly smiled.

The back of this paper was completely black. Nothing could be seen clearly.

“You need to do the game.” Li Hongying looked at Jiang Xiaoli, whose complexion had turned slightly pale while she was holding the piece of paper. She tilted her head and adopted an innocent and harmless loo, “Do you need my help?”

“Why do I have to do it?”

“A hint. Past and future, the experience of the previous players or what you will encounter in the future. If you complete this you will know one of them. The name of this teacher had been painted black. Who knows if it is referring to you? But if you don’t want to do it, you can take advantage of when others are not in the apartment building to throw it into the rooms of the other two female players.”

Not doing these things might lead to some consequences such as angering the hidden ghosts? Or this is only a simple hint. If it is not completed, one cannot obtain any information. Or perhaps, this is some kind of foretelling of the future? After looking at this, Jiang Xiaoli did not dare to stare straight at the mirror in the toilet. As for what Li Hongying had said about tossing it to others?

—— Jiang Xiaoli could not do such a tacky thing no matter how she thought of it.

“Toilet……” Jiang Xiaoli abruptly stood up and headed in the direction of the toilet. She suddenly froze when she saw the half-opened window, “This window doesn’t have a curtain. Even if I close it……There’s no way there’s no light in the night.”

“When the candle extinguishes, it will come.” Li Hongying embraced Jiang Xiaoli and she took a glance at the mirror above the washbasin in the corner of her eye. Under her attentive gaze, a small crack suddenly appeared on the mirror. However, Li Hongying immediately moved her gaze away and lowered her head to smell the scent of Jiang Xiaoli greedily.

During the protection period, the scent of Jiang Xiaoli that attracted ghosts was isolated and Li Hongying could not smell the ‘delicious’ smell from Jiang Xiaoli’s flesh and soul. It was substituted by a very light fragrance, it was indescribable but comfortable to smell.

Jiang Xiaoli suddenly thought of Ding Yirong. That fellow returned to the apartment building early, she reckoned that he should have found this piece of paper? The other players should also have this sort of hint. It’s only that Jiang Xiaoli didn’t know if what they had to do would be different from what she had to do……The game strives for fairness. Even if it’s not the same, the difficulty is estimated to be about the same.

After midnight, even if it is done in the night, it would still be past the protection period. However, in the beginning, the strength of the ghosts should still be weak. Jiang Xiaoli thought over it for a while and decided to do it tonight. She will go to the convenience store later to buy a candle.

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23:58

Jiang Xiaoli lit the candle, held it with both her hands and walked slowly to the toilet. She turned off all the lights in the room.

A cold breeze swept by.

[The protection period is over, requesting all players to strive hard to clear the game~]

The reflection of herself holding the candle with both hands in the mirror was truly a bit foolish. Jiang Xiaoli looked at herself in the mirror and started to count aloud, “One, two, three……”

“Twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five……”

The surrounding air gradually became cold and gloomy. Jiang Xiaoli looked at the reflection of herself in the mirror and at the red-eyed Li Hongying who was still half lying on her shoulders. For a while, she couldn’t tell whether the room had become cold or it was because Li Hongying was too close to her.

“Forty-one……” Li Hongying seemed to disappear. Jiang Xiaoli counted the numbers aloud and could no longer see Li Hongying who was behind her in the mirror. Where did she go? Did something lead her away?

“Forty-nine, fifty, fifty—” The candle suddenly went out. Jiang Xiaoli gritted her teeth and continued to count, “—one, fifty-two……” She sank into darkness.

Jiang Xiaoli didn’t look away. Even if she did, she didn’t even know if the mirror was still in front of her or not. She definitely did not close the doors and windows. It was impossible for it to be completely dark when there was moonlight shining in.

Here it comes, here it comes…… This feeling was particularly obvious. She even got a layer of goosebumps on her arms. Jiang Xiaoli didn’t stop counting. She only stared at the dark mirror and stared straight at it this way, trying hard to empty her mind. In the darkness, she vaguely saw a slightly fat woman appearing to hold onto something and lifting it up……The thing that had been lifted up was also struggling. It’s a person? The scene passed in an instant. The chilly wind was caressing her neck like there was someone blowing air at her.

“Seventy-five, seventy-six……”

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Clack, clack, clack ……is that the sound of high-heels? The sound of the footsteps got closer and when Jiang Xiaoli said ‘eighty-four’, an extremely ice-cold sensation was felt from her neck. She raised her hand to struggle in fright but touched nothing, “Eighty-five, eighty-six……”

Drip drip …… Viscous liquid dripped on her cheeks, neck and on her clothes. Jiang Xiaoli carried on without a change in her posture and her gaze looked straight all the way, unchanged.

——“Shut up! You’re not allowed to cry!”

——“There are still two weeks before you meet their parents, if they ask you whether you’re happy or not in the kindergarten, what should you reply with?”

——“Do you see that telescope?”

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The acutely ear-piercing wailing and the sharp laughter of ghosts were mixed together, making Jiang Xiaoli so distracted that she had almost forgotten to continue counting. “Ninety-two……”

——“Who will know about it? There’s nothing to be afraid of.”

——“What the hell do children know?”

——“They will forget all of it in a few days.”

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Jiang Xiaoli was strangled by someone all of a sudden. Her eyes widened as she tried to pry something away but she felt that she was clutched and directly lifted up. She was engulfed with the feeling of suffocation, causing her to hardly be able to breathe but her hand did not touch anything…… She opened her mouth and spit out the next following number from her throat in difficulty, “Nine……ty-eight……ninety……nine” That formless pair of hands suddenly tightened up. With an extreme lack of oxygen, Jiang Xiaoli even thought that she was about to die.

“One……hundred……”

Patter . Thud . The candle fell to the floor and rolled around twice. It was extinguished long ago. Then there was a dull sound, it was the sound of Jiang Xiaoli falling to the floor.

Jiang Xiaoli coughed and breathed in a deep breath. The darkness all around scattered and the moonlight shone into the room from the window. A piece of paper floated down unsteadily. She raised her hand to receive it with difficulty and saw ‘Since it is a gift, then it must be kept properly~’ written on it. She only looked at it in a hurry before this piece of paper burned out of thin air, even the ashes were not left. It disappeared in the hands of Jiang Xiaoli, as if it had never appeared.

A pair of hands embraced Jiang Xiaoli’s waist and lifted her from the floor. Li Hongying’s face was slightly cold. The words written on the paper were similar to a mini-game. She attempted to go in but was told that ‘the difficulty is too low so you are prohibited from providing help’. She was isolated.

“ Click .” Li Hongying switched on the lights of the toilet.

Jiang Xiaoli leaned halfway on Li Hongying. She turned her head and saw a ring of purple handprints on her neck in the mirror. A long trace of blood flowing on her cheek was quite obvious. Even the collar and stomach area of her clothes were full of bloodstains.

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The real thriller of this arc has begun~ The FL sure gets jealous a lot. (っ´ω`)ﾉ(╥ω╥) but it shows how much she loves MC.

Footnotes

If you’re dead then it can’t be helped that you’re dead. He practically is like chill with her dying.