Chapter 14 - Second Game (7)

Rainbow Kindergarten

Chapter 14 — Second Game (7)

“Let me see, who is so disobedient……” That figure’s laughter was ear-piercing and the darkness spread from beneath his feet. A fire axe was taken out from his wide windbreaker.

Drip, drip……

She should obviously feel the sensation of the axe cutting her but Jiang Xiaoli smelled a thick stench of blood.

Wei Qianrong’s hand trembled non-stop as she held onto her compass, a talisman was gripped tightly in her palm. She hesitated for a moment before she ran towards Jiang Xiaoli——

The moment that axe was raised, a drop of scarlet blood dripped from the corner of Jiang Xiaoli’s eye. It was extremely viscous and it slid down very slowly……

In that instant, wisps of blood suddenly dispersed from the shadow under Jiang Xiaoli’s feet, directly twisting the figure apart. Only an unwilling howl was heard in the air……

Patter.

The flashlight fell to the ground. It rolled around twice and the light went out.

“……” Jiang Xiaoli’s heart was beating wildly and was so frightened that her face turned pale.

Wei Qianrong rushed forward but halted in her steps. She looked at the flashlight on the ground in astonishment, then looked at the three pieces of talismans that hadn’t disappeared and the compass that had returned to peace in her hands. Her frame of mind was in chaos.

What, what’s going on?

Wei Qianrong couldn’t make heads or tails of this situation. She had just been shaken too. It was largely because she had props in her possession, so she was able to brace herself and go forth. As a result, that ghost dissipated before she could touch anything.

Could it be that they had been scammed?

Wei Qianrong calmed her breath, walked to Jiang Xiaoli and stretched out his hand to help her, “Are you all right?”

“……That scared the hell out of me.” Jiang Xiaoli’s heart hadn’t calmed down at the moment and she even felt a little oxygen-deprived. She leaned on Wei Qianrong and took several deep breaths and her legs that had gone completely limp finally had some strength.

She was just about to speak about that flashlight incident when she heard Li Hongying speaking coldly in her mind, ‘Stand up on your own. Also, I saved you once. Return to the apartment building early. I want to suck your blood.’

Jiang Xiaoli immediately stood up straight and didn’t touch Wei Qianrong anymore. Perhaps it was because she was really frightened, so Li Hongying was ‘benevolent’ and didn’t pinch her heart?

“What about that flashlight? It should be a prop, I wasn’t able to move when I was shone on by it!”

“Over here.” Wei Qianrong bent over to pick up that flashlight. She paused before she raised her hand to hand it over to Jiang Xiaoli, “Take it to protect yourself.”

“You’re giving it to me?”

“I still have other props. It might have been scared away by my compass this time but if I’m not there the next time, I reckon you’ll……” Wei Qianrong smiled helplessly and didn’t finish that sentence. She only shrugged her shoulder and pushed the flashlight over.

As soon as Jiang Xiaoli took it, she received information about the flashlight.

[Immobilising Flashlight: Shine on the target so that it will make the target unable to move for one minute. Number of remaining uses: 2]

It wasn’t a permanent prop but it was actually very impressive. Wei Qian Rong just paused for a moment, probably because she received this information too.

“Thank you.” Jiang Xiaoli thanked her. Now, she was also a person with a prop!

“If you really want to thank me, just clear the game with me.” Wei Qianrong waved her hand, “Let’s return to the apartment building quickly, before we run into this kind of patrolling ghost again——By the way, do you recognise that ghost?”

“His face was covered in black mist, so I couldn’t see his face. Let’s see if there’s a cut in staff among those teachers tomorrow. If there’s no cut……then it just means that this kindergarten had ghosts in the first place.”

The two quickly made their way back to the apartment building together. Jiang Xiaoli took a shower and climbed into bed, intending to sleep after she had washed up. Before she turned off the lights, a knocking sound suddenly came from outside.

Knock knock knock.

Knock knock.

Knock knock knock.

It was very rhythmic.

Jiang Xiaoli was about to open the door but Li Hongying suddenly appeared and turned off the lights. A chill came over her. Li Hongying hugged her, “Go to sleep.”

“But Wei Qianrong……”

“It’s a dead person.”

“It’s a ghost?” Jiang Xiaoli’s eyes widened and she couldn’t help but glance at the flashlight she placed on the bedside table, “Is it because I took something from a ghost?”

“You’re not considered too stupid.” Li Hongying sneered, then buried her head between Jiang Xiaoli’s neck. Her canine teeth rubbed against her skin a little and her voice was suddenly softened, “Blood.”

“……” There was nothing to be afraid of when there was a ghost outside since there was a ghost waiting to be fed on her. Anyways, Li Hongying saved her life……

“Help yourself……as long as you leave me alive.” Jiang Xiaoli was already resigned to it.

Li Hongying’s eyebrows arched as if she was amused. The tip of her tongue licked Jiang Xiaoli’s artery, the coldness of it cause her to get goosebumps and the way she sucked slowly was simply like torture.

And then……Jiang Xiaoli fell asleep.

This lethargic sleep lasted until she woke up the next day, Jiang Xiaoli felt that she didn’t have strength from head to toe. She was weak, extremely weakened. She had a hard time getting up from the bed and felt a little dizzy.

“You……How much blood did you suck?” Jiang Xiaoli felt like she was back in my school days when she didn’t give a d*mn at all. She was a youngster, who didn’t know any better and went to donate blood. After she donated her blood, she almost fainted on the spot.

Li Hongying raised his hand to help Jiang Xiaoli out of bed and didn’t answer her. She was probably a little guilty? She pondered over the flavour of her blood, that bloody taste of it seemed to spread across her tongue again. Li Hongying’s pupils were gradually dyed red but they were quickly kept under control by her. “I lost my self-control.”

“I’m sorry.” Li Hongying added, then helped her to the bathroom, “Can I help you?”

“……No, you can go out. I can do it alone.” She still wanted to use the toilet. How could Li Hongying help her? It would be so embarrassing. She was just a little weak, not disabled.

When she went to the canteen looking sickly, Wei Qianrong and the others looked surprised, “You didn’t sleep last night? Why is your face so pale?”

Wei Qianrong was just telling Ding Yirong about her and Jiang Xiaoli’s encounter with a ghost last night. When Ding Yirong thought about it, he returned to his sense and slapped his thigh. The bread roll almost rolled over and dropped to the floor, “You met a ghost again last night?——No, that ghost is looking for you?” Perhaps he felt that this narrative was more precise, Ding Yirong amended what he said.

Jiang Xiaoli reluctantly showed a smile, “Mhm, there was someone knocking on my door yesterday. He knocked three times, stopped for a while before knocking twice and then knocked another three times like this.”

After she said this, she placed a flashlight on the table, “It probably wanted to get this back but I didn’t open the door. Last night……I didn’t sleep well.” Jiang Xiaoli didn’t say that too much of her blood was sucked by a ghost but she just used the excuse that she hadn’t slept well.

Li Hongying……was considered as a variable, right? It was probably better not to speak of it. Otherwise, when her companions know that ferocious ghost stayed in her body, perhaps they would be frightened……

She could not exactly order Li Hongying what to do, it was completely up to her mood on whether she wanted to do it. Besides, it had only been a short time since she entered this copy and she hadn’t known her companions for long. Although Jiang Xiaoli thought that they were good people, she had better wait for a few more days.

Wei Qianrong and the others just assumed that Jiang Xiaoli was so scared that she hadn’t rested well. After all, no one could bear a ghost knocking on their door in the middle of the night. After their breakfast was over, it was a normal day like before; they called the children to get out of bed to eat their breakfast and then go to class.

Everything seemed normal, except for the ghosts with flashlights patrolling at night; and those ghosts would always hanging around Jiang Xiaoli’s door, occasionally knocking rhythmically.

Jiang Xiaoli was scared at first but she didn’t care about it after getting used to it. She could sleep soundly even if ghosts kept knocking on her door.

The first time this copy showed its fangs was during the lunch break on the second week.

At that time, Jiang Xiaoli was coaxing the children to sleep, Wei Qianrong and Ding Yirong went to get some packed food. The quiet afternoon was pierced by a scream.

Jiang Xiaoli didn’t know what was going on and when she came to her senses, she realised that thick smoke began to billow all around!

She was in a trance and she seemed to be in a classroom. The doors and windows were tightly closed, trapping a class of children. The refined teacher wearing spectacles was now deranged. The smell of gasoline and alcohol permeated her entire nose.

The fire devoured everything……

“What are you doing?!” There was a sharp cry and the classroom door was forced smashed open. This was also a teacher, he was hastily trying to carry the children closest to him out and even began to shout for help.

——Boom!

The desk was lifted and ruthlessly smashed onto him. He shouted and bellowed for the children to leave quickly through the door. When he glanced over, he saw the male teacher and the children at the door running away in fear, “Li Wang, come back! Save me, save the children……” The voice was swallowed by the sea of fire. The male teacher, who committed arson, aggressively smashed the tables onto his head again and again.

Everyone was set on fire, the cries and wails were coarse. The children stumbled along and struggled; eventually, they lost their breath and lost their consciousness after choking from the thick smoke. The smell of flames had never been so pungent and the burning sensation stung more than any other injury.

The burning door suddenly collapsed, the walls were blackened and then the whole building was blackened.

After being in a trance for a while, she was suddenly roused from the dream.

The classroom. Yes. Hurry to the classroom……

Jiang Xiaoli woke up with a jolt and ran towards the classroom immediately.

Hehehe.

Hahaha.

The sound of children laughing.

Countless small shadows wandered around in the classroom, dancing with the flames. The fire snakes twisted and swayed as much as they liked; the thick smoke constantly overflowed from the door and windows of the classroom, which were tightly closed.

Guan Lin slammed his body against the door one time after another but this door was different from the one being burnt down and collapsing in the dream. It remained closed and didn’t open from the impact. Including the windows, they couldn’t be opened. Everything seemed to be controlled, they were just the viewers, unable to change a single thing.

In the middle of the classroom, two tall dark figures surrounded a tall dark figure, who was continuously struggling and screaming but unable to escape. The dark figures of the teachers raised a flame and approached the dark figure of the teacher, who was bound. They kept on giggling and laughing.

“You can’t escape. Even if you do, it’s no use.”

“Li Wang……Hahaha……”

……

The two dark figures were laughing heartily like how the dark figures grinned in a black and white cartoon; A large portion of the white space belonged to the lips of the smile.

The players outside the window looked on in horror. Just at this moment, the two dark figures, who were originally sideways, turned their heads all of a sudden.

They were as stiff as a paper person when they turned their heads over.

Their hollow eyes stared straight out of the window at them, their smiles were almost drawn back behind their ears.

“Not even one, not even one can escape~”

The tone was strange, it wasn’t the tone of a grown man at all. When they listened carefully, it even mingled with the whispers of the children — sharp and soft — piercing directly into their minds.

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Li Hongying is always lowkey protecting her, Jiang Xiaoli really should appreciate it but…we can’t blame her since she doesn’t know and is a teeny bit ignorant. （＾_＾）

This kindergarten is really messed up on so many levels, child abuse from teachers, a teacher going crazy and causing arson. ∑(O_O;)