Chapter 23 - Second Game (16)

Rainbow Kindergarten

Chapter 23 — Second Game (16)

“After all, there’s no money involved.” Jiang Xiaoli pondered. Perhaps the 200 yuan they had in their pockets in the beginning was to improve their meals? It was just that they didn’t dare to eat things from the convenience store.

After eating, they went to get the dolls up. They were picked up, one by one, and taken to the classroom. The dolls didn’t have to eat, which saved time.

“They’re really the same ones from last night.” Ding Yirong touched the black marks on the fabric of the doll that seemed to be scorched, it was also probably the one he cut with his mini wooden sword last night. However, there was no blood on these dolls and they didn’t see any minced meat. They kneaded the doll and cotton wool should be inside.

“We have to serve them during the day and have to be chased by them at night. It’s really hard being a teacher.” Wei Qianrong tsked. She was hardly in the mood to make a joke. She simply shook her head after she spoke and after a while, she couldn’t help yawning. Sleepy. She was simply too sleepy.

The lesson in the morning was Ding Yirong and Jiang Xiaoli’s. Once the bell had rung, she would go back to sleep for a while, set an alarm and get up later at noon. She would catch up on her sleep. As for Ding Yirong…he would go back to sleep later in the afternoon.

“If something happens to Yao Qinyu’s class, remember to call me——forget it, don’t call me. You can watch the excitement and watch it attentively, and remember to share any information.” Wei Qianrong instructed before class. After all, it was information on the game, it was necessary for her to know. It was just that when it happened and they went to call her, she might miss it. If it just so happened while she was sleeping, it was better to share that information after they had watched the excitement.

It wasn’t known whether the escape game was trying to plot a significant move or something, but nothing happened the entire day. Without a doubt, they would still be hunted down by their respective types of ghosts at night. This time, the ragdolls could conjure a machete out of thin air once they were at a certain distance from the players——exactly the same as the doll they saw in Guan Lin’s room.

It was not until four o’clock in the morning that the ghosts suddenly disappeared.

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“Children, are you having a good time in kindergarten? All of you are going home soon, what should we say if our parents ask us?”

“I had a good time in kindergarten, the teachers are very nice…”

A dialogue? Yang Zixuan frowned. Didn’t he just go to sleep? How…When he opened his eyes, he saw a blur of light and it took a while for the image to manifest. Wasn’t this the building block room in the kindergarten? The kindergarten teachers and the children? ——Was it a dream or was it the plot point of their class?

Yang Zixuan shook his head and finally came to his senses. Or rather he—from this perspective—had been awake all along, but his consciousness was still stuck with drowsiness and fatigue. Yang Zixuan looked carefully, the children had tears on their faces when they spoke and seemed to be very scared.

“All right. Anyways, teacher will know what you’ve said after you go back. As for those who have said what should not have been said…will be punished when you come back.” That teacher chuckled as if to threaten but also didn’t seem to care about it. He turned back to look at the male teacher by the door and nitpicked two in the group of children, “Both of you are too noisy today. You’ve been bad. Go find Teacher Sun to be punished.”

The children, who had been pointed out, burst into tears in an instant. They sobbed spasmodically and felt wronged, “Teacher, I didn’t…” But it was of no use, the male teacher by the door came in and pulled the two children out of the classroom.

Yang Zixuan took two steps and tried to stop the male teacher with his hand, but it went through him. He frowned, looked back at the frightened and uneasy children in the classroom, and followed the male teacher out the door.

This place? Wasn’t this the utility room? Yang Zixuan followed and was shocked to find that there was actually a secret door in the utility room, and after going in, there was a small dark room.

——Scum.

Yang Zixuan couldn’t help clenching his fists and blue veins appeared on his arms. There were six children in this room, all of them stood facing the wall——of course, this wasn’t a problem, but the problem was that they were all naked.

The marks on the children’s bodies had disappeared completely. He pinpricks on their legs, buttocks and armpits, all these told Yang Zixuan what sort of place this was. The two children brought by the male teacher cried while they took off their clothes and were then pushed by the male teacher to another man sitting on a sofa, “Go and let your uncle check your bodies.”

A punch was thrown, dispersing the disgusting face of the male teacher but his image was condensed once more shortly after. Yang Zixuan’s eyes were blood red and he kept swinging his fist to punch the man sitting on the sofa with a perverted smile——he looked like a well-dressed person but what was underneath made one disgusted.

“F*ck!” Yang Zixuan fumbled in his pockets but they were empty. There was nothing at all——sure enough, this was just for him to watch?

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When the man put his hands on the child’s body, Yang Zixuan kicked the sofa and his leg passed through it, but he felt pain in his heel. With a sudden jolt, he sat up in his bed.

Though, his whole body trembled.

Yang Zixuan could not refrain from clenching his fist and pounding it on the bed. Was he awake? It was good to be awake and he didn’t see it anymore. He looked sombre as he got out of bed and went to the bathroom to wash his face with cold water. Looking at himself in the mirror, his eyeballs were bloodshot and terrifying.

This damned escape game.

Yang Zixuan splashed cold water on his face, stood in front of the mirror and closed his eyes. It took a long time before he took a deep breath.

Why did his class correspond to this kind of plot? Opening his eyes again, Yang Zixuan looked in the mirror and appeared to see his younger self in it.

“Zixuan, you’re so cute.”

“Zixuan, do you like brother?”

“Zixuan, give brother a kiss and brother will buy some toys for you.”

“Zixuan, do you like this robot? Brother will buy it for you, okay?”

“Zixuan, sleep with brother today, okay?”

“Brother likes little Zixuan the most.”

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Like? It was a disgusting sort of like.

“Brother, it hurts. I don’t want to play this game, it’s not fun…”

“Brother, brother! Go away!”

“Wuuuuu…”

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Crash——

The mirror shattered on the ground and Yang Zixuan came to his senses, only to realise that he had smashed the mirror with a punch. He retracted his hand, and looked at the scratches and scarlet red blood on the back of his hand. He laughed deeply all of a sudden and he became increasingly deranged.

Death. Wasn’t it just death? Would he still be afraid of it? If he could become a ghost after his death…hahaha…

Yang Zixuan turned on the faucet and water flowed towards the blood and the wounds on his hand, making his flesh turn pale, yet he was expressionless. He turned off the faucet and laid back onto his bed.

Scum, always pretending so well in front of people.

Yang Zixuan thought of how gentle and considerate that scumbag was in front of his sister-in-law. Whenever his grandparents saw him, they praised him for his filial piety, but who would actually want such a person…

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He started laughing, and tears slipped from the corner of his eyes and fell into his bed. Yang Zixuan opened the bedside drawer and took out a mask. A thin, light and exquisite human skin mask. Just as soon as it was taken out, the temperature in the whole room dropped to a low degree.

He didn’t get any other prop, he only got this one…A human skin mask that housed a ghost.

When he received it, the game gave him a warning. This ferocious ghost…could invade and occupy his body, squeeze out his soul; and in time, his body would belong to the ghost and he would die.

Death. Wasn’t it just death? What’s so scary about it? After putting on this mask, even if he was bound, each time he used the power of this malicious ghost, he could become like it. Yang Zixuan looked at the mask in his hand, as if he had made up some sort of decision.

“If…I survive this game this time.”

“After I’m out of this copy, I want my revenge. I want to kill that person. I’ll use the power of that ghost and I’ll use any cruel means to do so.” As Yang Zixuan said that, the mask was placed over his face little by little. An icy touch abruptly pierced his face, followed by a concentrated tingling and stinging sensation. If Yang Zixuan stood in front of the mirror, then he would find that blood had begun to ooze from his face. That blood was in harmony with the mask, as if…his face had merged with that mask and it could no longer be separated.

Yes, once this mask was put on, it could no longer be taken off.

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“Yang Zixuan…what’s wrong?” Wei Qianrong looked at Yang Zixuan, who was sitting in a corner, eating his breakfast silently. This person had always been like this. There seemed to be nothing unusual about him but…she had a feeling that something had changed.

“He seems strangely cold and gloomy today.” Ding Yirong took a look at Yang Zixuan, not knowing what had gotten into him, “Last night there seemed to be a sound in his room. It was a loud thud, which scared me to death, and there also seemed to be the sound of something shattering. I didn’t dare to go over to ask and moreover, I was quite tired and I drifted off to sleep on my bed.” But now that he had said all this, he had a perception.

“We won’t encounter any ghosts after the chase, right?” Wei Qianrong shook her head, she couldn’t figure it out. Could it be the plot? The plot would not wait for them to be exhausted after the chase to unfold and furthermore, it was in the apartment building.

“Could Yao Qinyu have done something?”

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“Probably not, Yang Zixuan has never paid any attention to Yao Qinyu. You don’t say. Look at Yang Zixuan’s appearance today, Yao Qinyu doesn’t even dare to go up to him to say hello.” Ding Yirong laughed softly, being extremely gossipy.

“Morning.” Jiang Xiaoli walked over with a bowl of porridge.

“Morning, there’s only these two days left. Be more careful during the day, the restrictions on this copy…should be almost gone.” A few children from Shang Chi’s side have disappeared, and now Shang Chi only needs to look after three little children, so what does this mean? It meant that the difficulty continued to rise. Wei Qianrong thought, perhaps these dolls would be able to run as fast as the wind tonight, raising their machetes aloft with both hands, and hunt them down. Maybe they also have other abilities?

Jiang Xiaoli nodded. She glanced at Yang Zixuan and raised her brows, “Yang Zixuan?”

“You also noticed it? It seems like he has changed significantly and I don’t know what’s gotten into him too.”

‘There’s a ghost on him and he is able to draw on that ghost’s power, but that ghost can also seize his body. He must be using some sort of prop.’ Li Hongying found out with a glance. After all, she was a Lady in Red.

So, who is more powerful between you and the ghost on Yang Zixuan?

‘That thing has to rely on a player’s body to work, but I’m different and I won’t seize your body.’ Li Hongying looked down on ghosts stored in props very much. Most of these ghosts were dormant until a player desired its power and exchanged a part of their body for it.

It was just borrowing part of the ghost’s power and even with all of its power drawn out, the ghost could not beat Li Hongying.

However, it was enough for the players. Although there were hidden dangers, the increase in strength was real and it was much more useful than the props that were gone once they were used up.

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Yang Zixuan seems to have a rather dark past, in which he can relate to the children in their horrendous kindergarten—as if this kindergarten isn’t bad enough…Abuse, arson and now paedophiles…I really hope that Yang Zixuan makes it out alive.