Nightmare Assault

Chapter 87: Keeper

There was something behind the gate!

This discovery chilled Jiang Cheng and Fatty. The next second, Jiang Cheng wondered how long that thing had been hiding behind the gate. Was she there when they arrived? That thing… had been waiting to ambush them.

“Doctor,” Fatty tried to suppress his fear. However, he couldn’t stop his large body from shaking. “Could this be… Chen Yao? Is she waiting for us?!” His teeth were chattering, and he wasn’t making much sense. “We should go back.” Fatty looked at Jiang Cheng, and his sense of security disintegrated. “If we go in tonight, we’ll definitely die. We’ve been discovered by the ghost.”

“Will we be safe tomorrow?” Jiang Cheng turned to look at Fatty. There was only fear in his eyes. Jiang Cheng didn’t like or understand this kind of people. In his eyes, danger and fear were two separate things. Danger referred to the event itself, but fear was a response to the event. However… fear wouldn’t resolve the danger. If anything, it would exacerbate the danger. Therefore, Jiang Cheng almost never had the feeling of fear. When it tried to surface, he would eliminate it. He would not influence his teammates because of his fear.

“You can go back.” Jiang Cheng told Fatty, “I will stay here.”

“You’re staying?!” Fatty was stunned. The situation couldn’t be clearer. The ghost was behind the gate, and she was ready. If the ghost had a weapon, he could imagine the ghost holding a sharpened blade and having a giant grin on her face.

“The sun will not come up again, so there’s no tomorrow for me.” Jiang Cheng said calmly, “I’ll not stop you from leaving. Since I’m staying, the ghost temporarily will not go find you. Therefore, you can return to our bedroom safely and enjoy one last peaceful sleep.”

“Last…” The word pulled at Fatty’s heart. If Jiang Cheng really died there, he would be left alone… Fatty knew that he would be fully under the ghost’s control. Perhaps Jiang Cheng was not joking earlier. He might be chosen by the ghost to keep as a pet. His limbs would be pulled off and then kept barely alive.

“So…” Jiang Cheng climbed out from behind the low wall. Under the red light, his eyes glowed. He asked Fatty, “What is your decision?”

They inched towards the gate. Fatty suggested that they find a more secluded spot to climb over the wall. Using the front gate was…

“Since we’ve already been discovered, the ghost will follow us wherever we go,” Jiang Cheng said simply, “Plus, we’ll not be familiar with other spots.” Jiang Cheng had his reasons. If they ran into a ghost at an unfamiliar and dark spot, it would be more dangerous.

The closer they got to the gate, the stronger the anxiety in Fatty’s heart. However, when he looked at Jiang Cheng beside him, he didn’t feel as scared anymore.

Jiang Cheng stood before the gate silently. He seemed to be sensing the things around him.

Fatty noticed there was a broken wooden spot near the middle of the iron gate. He held his breath to take a look. It was a keyhole. However, the lock mechanism had been removed for some reason. Only the keyhole remained.

Fatty couldn’t resist the urge to see what was behind the gate. He slowly leaned forward. Strangely enough, his large body didn’t make any sound as he moved. He tried to steady his mind. The picture of a scary female ghost didn’t appear.

There seemed to be a white mist inside the Prop Centre’s yard. The mist was heavy and blurred everything.

“But…” Fatty paused, “Why is the mist slightly yellow, and why does it carry multiple floating red lines?”

Curiosity claimed him, and he leaned closer. Suddenly, the mist in the yard trembled. Then, the mist retreated, and the dark red light shone in. As the mist moved back, Fatty had a better look. His eyes changed from initial confusion to shock and finally fear. The horror in his mind exploded. That was not mist!

It was the white of the eyes that were filled with hatred and envy!

It was… the ghost’s eyes.

The whites of the eyes were murky yellow and covered in blood capillaries!

The thing behind the gate assumed the same posture as Fatty earlier. They were leaning on the gate’s keyhole and peeped out. There was only the rusted gate between Fatty and the ghost!

“Ah! Ah…!” Fatty almost lost his soul. He stumbled and collapsed to the ground. He crawled away. He only had one thought in his mind.

Run!

He had to run as far away as he could!

Even if he had to die tomorrow, it was better than dying at the hands of the ghost!

However, to Fatty’s surprise, Jiang Cheng darted forward and pushed open the gate. The gate was locked, so it didn’t fly open. Regardless, the chain still shook. The gate opened a gap, and through it, Jiang Cheng finally had a good look at the thing behind the gate.

Even a man as calm as Jiang Cheng felt ripples across his heart.

It was a man holding himself upright with a cane. His head was flung to the side. Half of his body was standing inordinately. His clothes were fitted but strangely old. He looked like an old ragdoll. He was the manager of the Prop Center and Li Yanwei’s alleged fiance, Su Yu.

He was the main actor in the incident from ten years ago and the person where all the clues converged.

Jiang Cheng’s eyes landed on Su Yu’s face. His face was abnormally white. Even though he realised that in the morning, at that moment, his face was inhumanly pale.

However, the scariest thing was his eyes.

The pupils had already disappeared. Pale yellow whites floated in his eye sockets. His gaze overflowed with hatred.

Was he… still a human?

Was Su Yu… the real ghost?

They had been tricked…

Just as Fatty was about to faint, he saw Su Yu crawl towards them with an extremely preposterous gait. He looked like a limping spider…