Chapter 222: Hanako Of The Toilet
The blood moon shone high in the sky, ghostly Qi pervaded the campus, perhaps due to psychological factors, Misaki Naomi always felt that in the darkness where the light couldn’t reach, black figures were wriggling there, they were just like gluttonous and hungry devils from hell, lurking menacingly at the only two living humans walking in this abnormal world, salivating.
Misaki Naomi prayed in her heart that at the end of this corridor, or perhaps some corner, she could find the way out, but walking in this silent and deep old school, every inner prayer would involuntarily be influenced by fear, and couldn’t help but imagine that at those corridor ends and corners, some hideous monsters might really be hiding, waiting quietly for prey to come…
She was just an ordinary female high school student, an average person who would hesitate three times even before touching a stray cat by the roadside, her courage could never compare to professionals, so this also made her develop adoration for He Jia’an walking ahead of her, his firm and steady pace and calm expression as if fearless fascinated her gradually, she couldn’t help but fantasize about his past.
As an investigator, what terrifying desperate situations had he encountered before, this was what forged his iron heart tempered a thousand times.
Uncle, even without hair, seems pretty handsome!
On He Jia’an’s emotionless face, a pair of bright and piercing eyes observed the surroundings, every moment confirming whether the New Year’s red envelope was still on him, in this abnormal dimension comparable to a “ghost domain”, countless monsters must be lurking.
The moment he arrived in this world, he had already felt a chilling aura similar to a “blessing” filling and lingering throughout the campus, so even though the New Year’s red envelope now shielded and isolated ghostly things for him, which he couldn’t see or touch, he could still feel it.
The two advanced while exploring, pushing open doors of passing rooms, if the internal space of the room seemed spacious enough with low danger level, they would go in to explore, trying to find some useful things or clues.
However, several classrooms passed by were all “spotlessly clean” inside, drawers, lectern, any possible places in the classroom that could store or hide things had been checked, yet there was no discovery, just empty.
Unknowingly, the two arrived at the bottom of the corridor, the first-year teaching building’s restroom.
“Come on, into the women’s restroom.” He Jia’an said, his one sentence instantly lowered Misaki Naomi’s goodwill temperature.
“Why look for the women’s restroom first?” Misaki Naomi’s temple vein twitched uncontrollably.
He Jia’an said matter-of-factly: “Never been in a women’s restroom in this lifetime, rare opportunity, just right to go in and take a look.”
“What’s there to see, nothing more than bigger than the men’s restroom, all cubicles inside.” Misaki Naomi said somewhat speechless, but still followed He Jia’an in, mainly because she didn’t dare to be alone, could only accompany this dead bald-headed uncle, satisfying his curiosity.
Before entering the restroom, a foul smell came from afar, the two simultaneously covered their mouths and noses, pushing open toilet stalls one by one, seeing the filthy scenes in some stalls not yet cleaned, Misaki Naomi almost vomited up last night’s dinner.
Misaki Naomi couldn’t bear to look directly, yet He Jia’an even tried to use a toilet brush from some stall to explore further.
“Hey, pervert uncle, that’s enough.” Misaki Naomi couldn’t take it, turned her back directly, but didn’t forget to grab one of He Jia’an’s wrists with one hand.
“Don’t rush, I’m just researching.”
“What’s there to research!?”
“You wouldn’t understand…” He Jia’an shook his head, he used the toilet brush to clear away the filth, and the scene he then saw made him frown instantly.
He Jia’an’s sudden silence made Misaki Naomi somewhat nervous, she immediately asked: “Did you discover something?”
“Mm, but I suggest you don’t look.” He Jia’an tried to restrain his instinct to gasp in this environment, said, “This isn’t a toilet for humans.”
He had just seen an eye not fully digested inside.
He Jia’an’s simple sentence made Misaki Naomi imagine everything about this restroom, she somewhat flustered urged He Jia’an to leave quickly.
“No rush.” But He Jia’an just casually threw away the toilet brush in his hand, then took Misaki Naomi into the men’s restroom.
The men’s restroom, compared to the women’s restroom, besides the foul smell, had an additional eerie terrifying atmosphere, the motion sensor lights in the restroom seemed damaged, flickering on and off.
And here, only one stall stood out conspicuously, the one at the deepest end of this restroom, because only that stall’s facade was covered in various black and red pigments with writings and drawings.
“Trash!”
“Stink bug!”
“Loser!”
“Go die!”
“…”
Various malicious words surrounded that stall like a seal.
He Jia’an gently nudged open the stall door with his foot, the scene inside directly scared Misaki Naomi to hide behind He Jia’an, not daring to look anymore.
Large patches of blood stains covered the inside of the stall, fresh blood not yet dried almost covered the even more violent and malicious foul language inside the stall, as if a very brutal slaughter had once occurred here, otherwise there wouldn’t be such an extremely terrifying amount of blood.
Drip—drip—
Blood dripped down from above the head, He Jia’an looked up at the ceiling corresponding to the stall, only to see large amounts of mold suddenly appear on the white ceiling along with blood-arranged text, reading: “I was just afraid of revenge, what’s wrong with me!”
This text was different from the malicious words covering the stall, more like some person’s grief and indignation shout.
“Did something happen here before?” He Jia’an suddenly thought of another legend of Kisaragi High School, quickly turned back to inquire of Misaki Naomi, “Right, I remember you mentioned ‘Hanako of the Toilet’ before, what legend is that?”
Misaki Naomi probably also thought of this rumor, so without thinking explained: “It’s, once a child of a school worker at Kisaragi High School, elementary school student, named Hanako, while waiting for her mother who was a teacher to finish work and get off, was dragged into the restroom by a pervert school worker at the school and cruelly killed, afterwards Kisaragi High School spread rumors of Hanako’s vengeful spirit lingering with extreme resentment, she wanders in any restroom on campus, waiting for opportunities, will cry and shout looking for mommy while dragging unlucky ones who hear the voice into the restroom to mutilate and kill.”
“Did anyone really die because of it?” He Jia’an raised an eyebrow.
“Don’t know, but it’s said there were before.” Misaki Naomi bitter smiled, “But that was Showa period stuff, now I haven’t heard of any students dying in restrooms, heard the school invited a master to perform some ritual or something.”
