Chapter 33: The truth about the figure on the wall (Part 1)

"This series of events caused a stir in Dehong High School. Although the school deliberately blocked the news, rumors still spread. There were various theories at the time, but more people believed that the school was cursed because of the continuous murders. .”

"curse?"

Paine remembered the "figure on the wall" incident mentioned in the information Inujiro sent to him.

The old man stretched out his hand again and made a gesture asking for money. Paine was no longer spoiling him this time.

"Store manager, you haven't said a few words yet? Why do you have to add more money? I also know something about the curse. Isn't it just about the figure on the wall?"

Paine remembered the email sent to him by Inujiro and prepared to deceive this old man who wanted money.

"You actually know?"

The old man didn't feel any embarrassment at being exposed. Instead, he stared at Paine with a confused look on his face and said.

"No reason? Did any of your elders study at Dehong High School? Taro told me that no one else knew about it except those who were in school at the time."

"If I didn't know anything, I wouldn't be asking about the old school building."

"That's true, then consider this information as a free gift from me. You are right. The so-called curse is really because of the figure on the wall. The old building of Dehong High School has a wall facing the back mountain. . Because it faces the back mountain, no one goes there on weekdays. Only students on duty pass by when they take out the garbage. I don’t know when it started, but a stain in the shape of a human figure suddenly appeared on the wall. At first, no one could I didn’t pay any attention to it. But gradually the figure on the wall grew larger and larger, and all kinds of terrible rumors began to spread in the school.”

"What rumors?"

"There are all kinds of things. Some people say that a worker fell off the scaffolding and died when the old school building was being built. It is his ghost that is causing trouble. Some people say that it is the shadow of the slave of the mountain god on the back mountain. In short, there are all kinds of things. There are various theories, but the figure did get bigger and bigger, and finally it reached the school management. At first, the school thought it was a graffiti prank by a student, so they sent someone to paint the wall and remove the stain. It was covered, but the next day the figure would appear on the wall again, and it was bigger than before. The principal at that time was very angry. He held a school-wide meeting and said that he would find out who was causing panic and graffiti on the wall. But after several days of checking, there was no result. Finally, the principal had someone paint the wall again and asked school staff to take turns guarding it."

"But the figure appears again?"

"Yes, something strange happened. The figure appeared on the wall again and became bigger than before! But the school guard who was guarding said that no one had ever been close to the wall! No matter how the school painted it, it could not be covered up. , the more it was painted, the bigger the figure became. In the end, the principal was also scared and no longer cared about the figure on the wall. But the figure still got bigger and bigger, and the face became clearer and clearer, and finally the evil ghost was revealed. The same face. In the end, the principal found an engineering team to tear down the wall and replace it with an iron fence. The matter was finally settled. But after that, the curse has been circulating in the school. According to the statement, it didn’t take long for the serial murders to happen.”

The old man said: "Therefore, even Taro thought at the time that the serial murders were inseparable from the figure on the wall. But later he found out that he had misunderstood. The figure on the wall, whether it was a grimace or not, was actually a sign of goodwill towards them. remind!"