Ye Chuan climbed over the fence and then bent down on the diamond-shaped pillar, reaching out his hand to Gu Qi:
"Give me your hand."
Gu Qi, seeing Ye Chuan's skilled movements, couldn't help but ask:
"Why are you so good at this?"
"This kind of thing... I do it three or four times a week. I've gotten used to it." After pulling Gu Qi up, Ye Chuan turned and jumped down to the ground on the other side.
Used to it?
Scenes of Ye Chuan wearing night gear, sneaking into various facilities by jumping over fences every night, popped into Gu Qi's mind.
Is your real profession... a stealth operative?!
While Gu Qi was lost in thought, he suddenly noticed Ye Chuan had already walked far ahead, so he quickly ran after him. "Wait for me!"
It was very cold inside. As soon as Ye Chuan and Gu Qi entered, the temperature around them dropped significantly. This made Gu Qi even more frightened, and he nearly clung to Ye Chuan.
"Relax," Ye Chuan patted Gu Qi on the back.
Looking around nervously, Gu Qi finally grabbed Ye Chuan's arm and stammered, "N-Nothing's going to suddenly jump out, right?"
The corridor was pitch black, with only faint moonlight reflecting through the side windows of the classrooms. It was so quiet that even a pin drop could be heard. The school building wasn't very old and had hardly been used, so the facilities still looked relatively new.
Ye Chuan kept using his aura to sense the surroundings. Whether it was walls or windows, to him they all appeared as semi-transparent blue-glowing objects. Nothing could escape his perception.
Although he didn't need any light to walk freely in the dark, he summoned his Charmander for Gu Qi's sake, using the flame on its tail to light up the space.
Class 3, Grade 2.
Ye Chuan and Gu Qi stopped at the classroom door.
"This is it. The classroom where several paranormal incidents happened." At this point, Gu Qi didn't even dare to look inside. He stayed right next to Ye Chuan, not letting go of his arm.
Gu Qi was a full head shorter than Ye Chuan, and with that timid demeanor, Ye Chuan couldn't help but feel there wasn't much difference between him and a girl.
If the girls in that club saw this, they probably wouldn't let me join...
The classroom door was closed, with what looked like a talisman stuck to it. No one knew who put it there. Ye Chuan reached out, tore it off, and pushed the door open.
Inside was pitch black. Since there was no power, Ye Chuan turned to Gu Qi and asked, "Did you bring any kind of light?"
"Yes."
Gu Qi rummaged through his bag and finally pulled out two flashlights and a lantern.
Once turned on, the whole classroom lit up.
There was nothing particularly unusual inside—just a few desks stacked in the corner and a floor covered in dust.
Ye Chuan opened his backpack, spread out a picnic mat on the ground, and sat down.
"Y-Ye Chuan, are we really staying here?" Even though the classroom was now lit up, Gu Qi still couldn't relax. He kept looking around nervously, clearly still scared.
"If something really is here, do you want to go find it yourself?" Ye Chuan asked with a smile.
"N-No thanks." Gu Qi quickly shook his head.
Ye Chuan took out some snacks and a power bank, then began watching the anime "Kaguya-sama: Love Is War" on Bilibili while munching.
Seeing how relaxed Ye Chuan was, Gu Qi was momentarily speechless. He quietly stayed beside him, occasionally peeking toward the door, conflicted between not wanting anything to show up... and wanting to see something.
As night deepened, the classroom's temperature dropped again. After Ye Chuan turned off his phone, he glanced at Gu Qi and saw he had fallen asleep—still clutching the corner of Ye Chuan's shirt, unwilling to let go.
Maybe it's not Yuyou...
Ye Chuan thought to himself. If it had noticed his presence, it would've shown up already. But since they arrived, nothing unusual had occurred.
Just as Ye Chuan was wondering whether to sleep too, the classroom lights suddenly flickered—catching his attention.
The next second, the lights went out completely, plunging the room into darkness!
Outside the window, faint moonlight reflected off the classroom door in the distance, which slowly creaked open—as if something had entered.
Not only that, but footsteps echoed on the wooden floor.
"Tap... tap... tap…"
With each breath, the footsteps grew closer, and the air became increasingly cold.
Suddenly!
A pair of ghostly pale hands reached out from the darkness and grabbed Ye Chuan's throat.
A face emerged in the darkness—completely featureless!
It's here!
Though Ye Chuan's neck was being gripped, he saw the face and suddenly chuckled. "That's not scary."
The faceless ghost clearly froze at his reaction, then awkwardly let go.
"This shape…" Ye Chuan's blue-glowing eyes examined the figure carefully before asking:
"You're a Misdreavus, aren't you?"
The air in front of him rippled like water, and the hands and face transformed into a petite creature with doll-like features, blinking its curious big eyes at Ye Chuan.
A Ghost-type Pokémon—Misdreavus!
"Misdreavus, the Screech Pokémon. It specializes in creating illusions and dreams, feeding off the life energy of living beings," Ye Chuan said with a strange expression.
"Don't tell me... the student ghost was your illusion? But if you can only create hallucinations, there's no reason why random people would get hypnotized too, right?"
Listening to Ye Chuan, Misdreavus began to feel that this man was dangerous. It slowly floated backward, looking like it was ready to flee.
"I'm not finished," Ye Chuan said calmly, pulling out a Poké Ball. "If you leave now, I'll make sure you're purified early."
"Mii~" Misdreavus floated back, teary-eyed and not daring to move anymore.
In truth, it was far stronger than Ye Chuan's Charmander—an ordinary-level Pokémon. But Ye Chuan's calm demeanor completely threw Misdreavus off, making it think it had run into some kind of boss.
"That student ghost... was it your illusion?" Ye Chuan asked again.
Misdreavus nodded, then shook its head.
Seeing that Ye Chuan didn't get it, it floated closer and pressed its forehead to his.
The moment they touched, fragments of memory rushed into Ye Chuan's mind—
From the perspective of the door, inside the classroom stood a floating girl and two collapsed humans.
The girl, wearing a Yinshan school uniform and with shoulder-length hair, looked down at the fallen figures and smugly put her hands on her hips:
"Yuyou really is amazing!"
"Alright, next one, next one." With that, she floated out the window and vanished.
So it really was Yuoyou!