Chapter 46

Listening to the footsteps approaching from outside the restroom.

Yang Jian covered Jiang Yan's mouth, turned off the flashlight, and gently shushed her, telling her not to make a sound.

Jiang Yan, who was much smarter than the students at school, immediately understood the situation. Afraid that Yang Jian's hand wasn't covering her mouth tightly enough, she covered it herself, not making a single sound, and even held her breath.

With the flashlight turned off, the entire restroom fell into darkness, and the surroundings became eerily quiet.

But in the darkness, the footsteps of the person entering were particularly clear.

Without a doubt, someone walked into the restroom at a steady pace.

The person didn't turn on the flashlight, didn't use their phone for light, and didn't speak, as if they were just an ordinary person using the restroom.

Yang Jian could sense the presence of the person outside.

Jiang Yan could feel it too. Her eyes widened, and fear showed on her face.

"Did the footsteps stop?"

Then, Yang Jian's expression changed slightly. He heard the footsteps outside disappear, as if the person who entered had stopped.

From the distance of the footsteps, he could roughly determine that the person was standing next to the first stall in the restroom.

"What does he want? He can't really be using the restroom, right? Should I go check...?" Yang Jian weighed his options in his mind.

But after careful consideration, he decided not to do so.

Because if he encountered a ghost, he would be forced to use the power of a fierce ghost to protect himself, which would waste an opportunity.

It wasn't worth it.

But just at that moment.

"Bang!"

A loud noise suddenly echoed in the restroom.

It sounded like a door breaking.

The door of the first stall in the restroom seemed to have been kicked open violently by someone.

"Ugh~!"

Jiang Yan trembled all over. If she hadn't been covering her mouth, she would have screamed in terror.

As the loud noise subsided, the person started moving again, and the footsteps echoed in the restroom once more.

After a few steps, the person seemed to stop in front of the second stall.

"Bang~!"

Another loud noise of a door breaking came, and the second stall was violently kicked open by the thing outside, with the sound of a water tank breaking and water pipes spraying water faintly heard.

The noise subsided again.

But the footsteps continued.

The person outside walked to the third stall...

"Ugh, ugh ugh."

Jiang Yan was trembling all over. She tightly closed her eyes, and fear had enveloped her heart.

She could sense that the thing outside was definitely not human, but a ghost.

There were only five stalls in the restroom, and it wouldn't be long before the ghost found her.

At that time, she would definitely be dead.

"Is that thing targeting me?"

Yang Jian also felt the person outside gradually approaching, opening each stall to search for anyone hiding.

"Bang~!"

Another loud noise, and the fourth stall's door was opened.

"There's no choice. Since that thing is targeting me, I have to fight it."

Yang Jian took a deep breath, no longer covering Jiang Yan's mouth. He turned to stare at the stall door.

As soon as the door opened, if he saw the ghost, he would use the Ghost Domain without hesitation.

Jiang Yan felt Yang Jian stand up and, finding some courage, quickly stood up as well, tightly hugging him from behind, unwilling to let go.

"You, you... take me with you and run. I don't want to die. Please, I'll agree to any conditions. As long as we leave here, I can be your girlfriend, sleep with you..."

She spoke with a crying and pleading tone, afraid that Yang Jian would leave her behind.

"Shut up."

Yang Jian lowered his voice and sternly said.

"Um~!"

Jiang Yan obediently bit her lip tightly, not making a sound, but her body trembled uncontrollably from fear.

Yang Jian couldn't help but admire this woman. She was very perceptive, seemingly sensing that he had the ability to protect her, so she clung to him like a lifeline, willing to say anything and agree to any conditions.

But he didn't have the time to think about her.

At that moment, his face was serious, listening to any sound coming from outside.

"It's coming~!"

Suddenly, he felt it.

The ghost was approaching.

Right outside the stall, separated only by a wooden door, the distance was less than two meters.

It was almost within arm's reach.

A faint smell of decay wafted in, just like the smell he had detected when they first came to the mall a few days ago.

It wasn't as strong, but it was there, faintly.

"Bang~!"

Suddenly.

A loud noise echoed, and the thin wooden door of the stall seemed to be hit by a massive force, almost breaking immediately.

The recoil almost knocked Yang Jian and Jiang Yan, who was behind him, backward, and they only stopped when they hit the wall.

"Creak~!"

At that moment, the wooden door slowly opened a crack.

Through the crack, it was still pitch black outside, and nothing could be seen.

Yang Jian could sense that the ghost was outside.

It was just that the lack of light made it impossible to see clearly.

"It didn't come in immediately? It seems to have stopped."

Yang Jian almost instinctively wanted to use his Ghost Eye, but he held back.

Because... if the ghost didn't come in to kill, it meant that he and Jiang Yan were not the ghost's primary targets.

This was very important.

Yang Jian stared intently at the darkness ahead, not making any rash moves.

As long as the ghost outside didn't take further action, he wouldn't use his Ghost Eye.

Thus, the human and the ghost seemed to be in a standoff, separated by a slightly open wooden door.

Yang Jian made no sound, and the ghost outside made no movement.

Everything seemed to be at a standstill.

But out of caution, he slowly reached out and closed the slightly open wooden door.

There was still no movement outside, which meant that the ghost wasn't looking for him or Jiang Yan.

Just as Yang Jian thought the situation would calm down.

Jiang Yan, who was behind him, seemed to be uncomfortable from being pressed against him and lightly turned her body.

But the next moment.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The door was hit again, almost breaking open.

"Damn, it's back." Yang Jian quickly blocked the door.

Jiang Yan, though scared, was not stupid. She also rushed forward, fearfully pushing against the thin wooden door.

But the door was hit even more violently, with each impact stronger than the last. Several times, the door almost opened, but Yang Jian forcefully closed it again.

At that moment, he couldn't help but use the Ghost Domain.

No, that's not right,

Why didn't the ghost act earlier, but suddenly moved when Jiang Yan turned her body?

"Stop pushing the door with your back, turn around." Yang Jian shouted, grabbing Jiang Yan and making her turn around.

As soon as Jiang Yan turned, the noise outside immediately decreased and soon stopped.

Everything returned to calm.

"So that's it..." Yang Jian's eyes showed a hint of surprise.

He understood the conditions under which the ghost killed.

The calm lasted for quite a while.

The ghost outside made no movement, which made Yang Jian even more confident in his speculation and assumptions.

"Since neither I nor Jiang Yan meet the conditions for the ghost to kill, and the ghost hasn't started indiscriminate killing, it means... the ghost's threat level is only C, restricted."

As he was thinking.

The ghost outside started moving again.

This time, it wasn't coming toward Yang Jian but gradually moving out of the restroom.

The footsteps grew fainter.

The ghost outside the stall gave up on Yang Jian and Jiang Yan and started looking for other targets.

"Is it leaving? But I need to figure out the true identity of the ghost."

Yang Jian's eyes flickered, and he quickly took out his phone, opened the camera, and extended it outside the stall to take a photo in the direction of the receding footsteps.

"Click."

The flash went off.

"You, what are you doing? What if you bring that thing back?"

Jiang Yan, who was behind him, was startled and pinched Yang Jian, speaking in a low voice.

"Of course, I'm taking a photo. I need to confirm the identity of the ghost. You said Wei Xiaohong is a ghost, but I saw her yesterday, and she seemed fine, not like a ghost. If she is a ghost, I should be able to capture her appearance, even a small feature would be enough."

Yang Jian said calmly, "This is my business, you don't need to worry. Since the ghost didn't break the door to come in, it means we are not its target. If anything goes wrong, I'll take responsibility and won't intentionally harm you."

However, when he looked at the photo he had just taken, he was stunned.

"Impossible, how can it be him?"

The photo didn't capture the full face of the ghost, only a part of the body, the rest being blocked by the restroom's corner wall.

And the small part of the body was wearing the same security uniform as him.