Tick tock, tick tock.
Walking into the toilet, the sound of water dripping became much clearer.
The main entrance of the women's restroom faces the sink, and both faucets are closed tightly. Above the sink is a large mirror.
Sayuri glanced into the mirror.
She didn't know if it was due to nervousness, but she felt that she looked strange in the mirror.
"Ishino-san, take this."
Nagatomo Masao took out his mobile phone with his free hand and turned on the camera mode.
Ishino also took it with his free hand.
Adolescent boys and girls occasionally have extremely suicidal thoughts, and they plan to film the process of testing their courage in the toilet.
as evidence of proof.
Then, the two walked to the door of the first toilet cubicle.
Several members of the courage test team had already agreed when they were preparing in the classroom that after entering the toilet, they would have to perform the rumored "ritual to summon Hanako" before the courage test was completed.
Tick tock, tick tock.
Holding their breath, the only sound in the silent women's bathroom was the sound of water dripping, which seemed to hit their hearts.
Like the protagonist in a horror movie who is not afraid of death and does not believe in evil, Nagatomo Masao stretched out his hand and knocked on the toilet door three times.
And Sayuri Ishino pointed her cell phone camera at him.
Ta, tap, tap.
"Hanako-san, are you there?" Nagatomo said, his voice changing tone in the silent toilet.
In an empty toilet, naturally no one would respond.
Next room.
Ta, tap, tap.
"Hanako-san, are you there?"
Still no one answered.
Just the ticking, ticking sound of water seemed to become a little clearer and more obvious.
Next, there is the third toilet where the legendary ghost doll Hanako appears.
Sayuri Ishino felt her heart beating very fast, feeling a little nervous and feeling a little tight in her chest, and couldn't help but squeeze Nagatomo Masao's hand a little tighter.
Ta, tap, tap.
"Hanako-san, are you there?"
Three taps.
I don't know if it was because of Nagatomo's excessive force, but the door of the third toilet, which was originally ajar, suddenly opened.
Hua Hua——
There was a loud flushing sound in the toilet, which was not supposed to be occupied.
At the same time, Sayuri Ishino's left hearing aid, which was slightly malfunctioning, sounded the sound of electric current.
There seemed to be a little girl's vague voice mixed in, close to her ears: "Yes, yes, oh~"
"Ah!" Sayuri screamed.
She also threw the mobile phone in her hand away.
The little boy was naturally startled, but when he looked into the toilet, it was indeed empty.
In the open toilet, the water flushed out was forming a whirlpool and flowing downwards.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's just that the toilet doesn't flush properly." Nagatomo said, not sure whether he was comforting Sayuri or himself.
"Just now, just now...did you hear that?" Ishino Sayuri was in shock, her whole body was stunned.
She could feel the cold sweat on her palms.
Tick tock, tick tock.
After the sound of pumping water passed, the toilet was so quiet that only the sound of water dripping could be heard.
"what do you mean?"
"No, it's nothing... let's go out."
Sayuri couldn't say for sure that she must have heard Hanako's response just now. After all, at that moment, the sound of electricity in the hearing aid was too noisy.
"Um."
Xiaopingtou didn't insist on trying his luck, picked up the mobile phone on the ground, and pulled Sayuri out of the women's restroom.
The moment she stepped out of the women's restroom, Sayuri Ishino glanced back at the sink with her peripheral vision. She still looked unfamiliar in the mirror.
Both faucets are tightened and there is no water dripping.
Sayuri suddenly realized a problem.
Since the faucets at the sink are all tightened, where did the sound of water dripping that existed throughout the process of her and Nagatomo's spirit-testing come from?
Sayuri Ishino really didn't dare to think about this question to scare herself, nor did she dare to ask this question to Nagatomo now.
And, maybe it's just the toilet that's dripping?
Or is a water pipe leaking?
In the dark corridor, the two high school students walked faster and faster. In the end, they almost held hands and ran all the way back to the classroom of Class C of the third year.
"What's wrong, have you seen Hanako? You two are so scared."
The tall and handsome baseball team leader Yuma Nagasaki was originally sitting on the table by the door of the classroom, hugging and making out with his girlfriend. When he saw the two men from the first group coming back in embarrassment, he couldn't help but tease her.
"I think we need to leave." Ishino Sayuri gasped.
"Huh? Are you too hopeless?" Nagasaki let go of his girlfriend in his arms.
"No, Nagasaki-senpai. That toilet is weird." At this time, Nagatomo Masao also spoke, with a shocked expression.
Several high school students in the classroom looked serious at the two people who were trying their luck for the first time, and their expressions changed slightly.
"Let's go, let's go. It's not interesting anyway." Songdao, who was alone for no reason, was the first to speak.
This beautiful high school girl has no interest in trying her courage tonight.
Because nearly half of the people were retreating, and the remaining people were beginning to waver.
"Then let's talk about it next week, let's just say that we all went to that toilet again." Nagasaki Yuma, who originally insisted on going to try his courage with his girlfriend, finally gave up, "By the way, Nagatomo. Did you take the photo?" Did you download the video?"
"some."
Xiao Pingtou took out his mobile phone, only to find that the video of exploring spirits and courage taken in the toilet was full of snowflake blind spots for some reason.
After playing, only the sound can be heard.
The sound of him talking to Sayuri Ishino, the sound of knocking on the toilet door, the sound of the toilet flushing, and the intermittent sound of water dripping.
"Maybe I accidentally broke it just now." Nagatomo scratched the back of his head.
"It's really useless, you guys. How can we prove to the guys in the track and field department that we've been here." Nagasaki Yuma said in an unhappy tone.
"Sorry, senior."
"Forget it."
"Let's go, let's go, it's boring."
A group of people finally ended tonight's courage test early and left the classroom of Class C of the third year.
at the same time.
The women's restroom at the end of the corridor.
The voice-activated incandescent lamp still flickered on and off.
There was no water dripping from the faucet on the sink, but the sound of dripping water still sounded eerily.
The mirror on the countertop reflected everything that was strange. It is as if the scenery on the mirror is not a reflection of reality, but a projection of another world.
The mirror is facing the toilet door, but if you stand as far to the right as possible, you can see several toilet stalls from inside.
I saw a figure hanging quietly above the partition of the third compartment.
It was a girl, a girl with a baby head and wearing a red suspender skirt.
The girl's head was twisted at a 90-degree angle as she stared at everything in the women's restroom. From her red dress, bright red blood beads kept rolling down.
Tick tock, tick tock.
The next second, the girl's figure disappeared.
The sound of water dripping in the toilet also stopped suddenly.
…
A group of brave people walked in the unlit stairway of the teaching building.
Sayuri Ishino and Masao Nagatomo are still holding hands.
The darkness didn't know who in the team's footsteps suddenly stepped quickly, and there were three clear echoes from the stairs under his feet.
Ta, tap, tap.
At the same time, Sayuri's slightly malfunctioning left hearing aid sounded the noisy sound of electricity again.
She turned back subconsciously, but it was pitch black behind her.
It seems like nothing.
Sayuri was a little scared, turned her head, lowered her face and just walked.
Ta, tap, tap.
I don’t know who stepped on the ladder three times.
In the darkness, an unnoticed figure of a girl with short hair and a red dress flashed past.
Ta, tap, tap——
"Yes, yes, oh~"
