Chapter 51 The never-ending garbage (Part 1)

"Why are there so many trash cans here?"

Paine felt a little strange. In this narrow corridor, there were trash cans placed every other section, filled with all kinds of waste. Some trash cans were so full that some of the trash spilled onto the floor.

"I should ask you this question, right? I heard that you didn't enter the old school building before participating in a courage test? Didn't you find these trash cans before?" Shinozuka Kaoru said dissatisfied.

"Well, I didn't have much impression at the time."

How did Paine know about Xiaolin Shinichi's original experience, so he had to muddle through vaguely.

Shinozuka Kaoru picked up a milk carton from the scattered garbage and said with a frown.

"The date is seventeen years ago. The garbage from that time has been preserved until now?"

"Seventeen years ago?! How is it possible? You saw it wrong!" Paine felt a little incredible. This school can send people in to install surveillance cameras and turn on the lights. Doesn't it have time to clean the place? It’s so weird that the garbage from seventeen years ago is still here!

"If you don't believe it, just see for yourself, and..."

Shinozuka Kaoru put down the large and small bags in his hands and rummaged through the nearest trash can, and soon got a few more snack wrappers.

"The production date on this is seventeen years ago, and snacks with this ancient packaging style are no longer available."

The garbage from seventeen years ago has been preserved until now, which gave both of them some bad associations.

At this time, Paine noticed a few light black footprints next to the trash can.

"What's going on with these footprints? Who walked here?"

"Have you also noticed these footprints? Judging from the size of the footprints, they should not be those of adults. They may be left behind by students who participated in the courage test competition. Xiaolin-kun, did you have any impressions when you came here before?"

"I am not very sure."

Paine was naturally confused.

"There's another note here!"

Shinozuka Kaoru suddenly shook out a small piece of white paper from the snack wrapper.

"There's writing on it... This says - 'Why can't this trash be swept away! The trash cans are full! I'm going crazy! I'm getting out of here!'"

Shinozuka Kaoru read the words on the note word for word.

"It doesn't look like a prank. The handwriting was very sloppy and the paper was scratched at the end. The owner of the handwriting may have really collapsed at the time."

Shinozuka Kaoru analyzed: "The tone seemed really desperate, and the person felt like he was going crazy."

Shinozuka Kaoru handed the note to Pan, "Take a look."

Paine took the note and felt a faint fishy smell on the paper. The words should have been written with a black pen, and the ink had faded due to the passage of time.

"Looking at the color of the handwriting, this note is quite old. It might have been from seventeen years ago."

Paine said.

"Seventeen years ago...the endless garbage was swept away..."

He pondered, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he blurted it out immediately.

"Shinozuka-san, do you still remember the file that Echizen Nanjiro showed us before?"

"One month before the fire broke out in the old school building, seven students died in Dehong High School, four boys and three girls. The first one to die was a boy. The cause of death was suicide. He was left to clean the house and hanged himself. At the door of the classroom... Do you think this was written by that boy?"