The moisture on the wall became more and more serious. In the dark shadow, it seemed that there was a person standing at the corner of the stairs. Jason took the oil lamp from Leon's hand, mustered up his courage, and slowly stepped up the stairs step by step.
In the end, it was just the armored knight collected by the Horst family, holding a sharp blade in both hands. From a distance, it looked like someone was standing.
"Ha, it's nothing, just a surprise."
After seeing it clearly, Jason also breathed a sigh of relief. He slowly opened his fists that he had clenched so nervously, and said calmly.
"Jason, I'm a little scared, otherwise forget it, I'll first... No, Jane is not safe outside as a girl, I'll go find her."
The young man following Leon finally couldn't bear it anymore. Whether it was the fear of the dark or the strange oppression from the mansion, he just wanted to escape from here.
But when he turned around and rushed towards the door, the door slowly closed on its own, without taking a chance. When he pulled the door again, it was already locked. Another boy came to help, but it still didn't move.
"Everyone is so timid, so useless!"
Jason expressed disdain for their behavior. What was originally a thrilling adventure in the mansion was made so boring by them.
"Okay, stop pretending, it's just a door opener... As for you, you don't even have the strength to do it?"
Jason walked down the stairs helplessly. He handed the kerosene lamp to Leon casually, rubbed his cold hands together, and motioned to the other two people to make room for him.
The shadows in the darkness became more vivid, and the looming figures seemed to be moving in the Duanting Mansion. Some sounds sounded in the darkness...
"etc!"
Leon held up the kerosene lamp and whispered.
"Quiet! There seems to be a noise upstairs!"
He interrupted Jason's scolding, and everyone's attention was attracted. Under Leon's reminder, they involuntarily raised their heads and looked in the direction of the second floor.
Wow——
If you don't listen carefully, it's hard to notice such a quiet sliding sound.
"Did you hear that?"
Leon asked others for confirmation and immediately received a positive reply.
"upstairs!"
Jason reacted immediately. He grabbed the kerosene lamp from Leon's hand and walked towards the second floor without hesitation.
"Could it be that the Horst family hasn't moved out yet...If we are discovered, we will definitely be scolded by the family."
The boy who stayed behind murmured to himself that the worry of being discovered outweighed the fear of being trapped in the mansion.
"Since we haven't moved, why is there no light inside at night?"
The other person was awake, but his reaction was still a little late. Seeing Jason moving alone, with nothing shining in his hands, they still chose to follow.
"Then tell me, if the lights are not turned on...will the person living in the mansion be blind?"
Leon reasonably reasoned that if he couldn't find an explainable reason, it would be difficult to convince himself. However, he always felt that there was something hidden in the invisible darkness.
"Don't run! Come out!"
Ignorance leads to fearlessness. The high emotions dominated the body, making Ethan temporarily unable to feel fear. He strode up to the second floor, thinking that he could catch the person who scared him, but when he went upstairs and shined a light, But there was only an empty corridor, not to mention anyone, not even a mouse.
Wow——
But the sound of footsteps still sounded around him, not far or near.
No, there is still a difference!
The echoing sound had a certain movement trajectory and seemed to be walking along a specific route. Jason held up the kerosene lamp and walked towards the place where the sound came from. He seemed to want to find out who was inside the mansion. Activity.
Finally, the young man stopped in front of a door, and the sound was just like this. He walked into the door, and the door blocked it, so the sound of footsteps was naturally much quieter.
"Jason?"
Leon and the others came to the second floor, only to find that there was no one in the corridor on the second floor. There was only a solitary kerosene lamp placed at the door of the room.
"Jason? Where are you?"
An indescribable panic spread among the three teenagers. In Nuoda's mansion, a living person just disappeared.
"Leon... why don't you go in and take a look? Maybe Jason is hiding in there to scare us."
The young man hiding behind Leon suddenly spoke, but someone moved faster than his words. The other young man opened the door without saying a word.
"Le...Leon..."
The young man took a few steps back with a look of horror on his face. He pointed at the room. Even the ceiling was stained with eye-catching red, but it was as if the scene had been cleaned up. There was no one in the room.
There is a faint strange smell in the air.
"What are you looking at?"
Jason's voice suddenly appeared behind him, and a head popped out from behind Leon.
"Ahhhhh!!——"
Screams resounded throughout the mansion. This ghost-like behavior shocked everyone, their hearts were beating wildly, and Leon could hardly hold the kerosene lamp in his hand.
"Jason! Where did you just run away! You didn't say a word, you scared us to death!"
Everyone was also curious when they saw Jason appear intact. They saw him patting the dust on his body and holding a long, thin rope in his hand.
"What's this?"
Leon noticed first.
"I don't know. I found it in the room. I followed the footsteps just now. The door of that room was not locked. As soon as I opened it, I found this."
Jason took the long rope and observed it under the kerosene lamp. After watching it for a long time, he didn't find anything strange.
"I really... don't understand."
The teenagers didn't know what happened, but wandered around the mansion in doubt and confusion.
"Dong dong dong."
There was a sound like a knock on the door.
"Leon, did you hear something?"
This time, it was Jason who noticed something was wrong first. He motioned for everyone to quiet down and pay attention to where the sound was coming from. In a dark environment, no matter what sense it is, it will be infinitely amplified.
"Is there anyone?"
It was the sound of the door lock being opened, and there was some noise on the first floor below. The question sounded a little vague, but it was definitely a woman.
Could it be...Jane?
Didn't she say she wouldn't come?
The teenagers looked at each other and smiled, which was a silent tacit understanding at this age. Jason motioned for the others to hide, and quietly walked down the stairs alone, thinking that he was hiding very well, and observed silently.
But the person who came seemed not to be Jane. She looked like a stranger. The most important thing was that she was carrying a big bag of things and said to him:
"Mr. Horst asked me to deliver a gift. Do you want my help moving in?"
Are you here for delivery? Do you know the Horst family?
He was so flustered, and in desperation to avoid exposing himself, Jason could only reply like this:
"come in."
