Chapter 6: The Most Audacious Accusation!

“Where did that woman go? How are you controlling the lights?”

Questions arose from the crowd.

The eerie atmosphere in the classroom was truly baffling and chilling, and most people, when confronted with something unknown like a ghost, found themselves flustered and panicked.

Yet among the murderers, a small number remained calm and observant.

They were now the brains of this group.

Wu Wang naturally could not ignore their inquiries; otherwise, it would only be a matter of time before they all turned against him.

Time was precisely what he lacked most at the moment.

“She probably went to challenge the prison warden to a resurrection match. That was just a joke—I promise she’s not a vengeful spirit. I was merely conducting an experiment and didn’t expect such an accident,” Wu Wang replied with the same smile.

Then he pointed to the spotlight above and continued, “The lighting isn’t controlled by me either. I’m guessing the classroom itself is responding to the ‘accusation.’”

At these words, the breathing around him noticeably grew more hurried.

Experiment. Accident.

These two words chilled them to the bone, and they openly revealed their murderous intent toward Wu Wang.

No one wanted to be a guinea pig, especially when life and death hung in the balance.

“What exactly did you experiment on? Care to explain?”

A man dressed plainly, somewhat thin, scholarly in appearance with glasses, stepped forward to ask.

He had been the one to voice the earlier questions.

His gaze was calm and collected, starkly contrasting with the bloodthirsty killers surrounding him.

It wasn’t that he wasn’t angry about being treated like a lab rat; he simply understood that killing Wu Wang now would serve no purpose.

Moreover, he sensed that this seemingly mad youth was actually quite intelligent.

So intelligent that he realized if he didn’t offer some information to convince the others, the pack of wolves wouldn’t easily relent.

“Of course, my friend!” Wu Wang grinned even wider. “As an apology, I’ll share two clues with you.”

Wu Wang enjoyed dealing with clever people.

Because breaking their self-righteous intelligence was quite entertaining.

“First, the medium through which the ghost kills is—shadows.”

He pointed to the spot where the woman had vanished and explained, “The reason I used her for the experiment is that when the first victim appeared, her shadow exhibited abnormal trembling.”

“With a stable light source, her shadow vibrated at a high frequency for a full three seconds. Excluding the possibility of electrical leakage caused by purple mood, this trembling was very abnormal.”

No one paid attention to the yellow joke embedded in Wu Wang’s words.

They were all focused on assessing the credibility of this information.

Shadow trembling...

Indeed, no one had noticed such a detail. After all, there had been fifty people in the classroom initially, and shadows under the lighting were tangled and everywhere.

They barely had time to guard against attacks, let alone watch their shadows at their feet.

“You were playing the shadow-stepping game earlier...” The man with glasses immediately realized the purpose behind Wu Wang’s earlier childish act.

Snap—

Wu Wang snapped his fingers.

Gratefully, he responded, “Exactly. Their shadows started trembling, too. Before that, all these people had coincidentally come into contact with the woman’s shadow.”

“The ghost is hiding inside her shadow!”

With that declaration, the death rule became clear:

[Do not touch any agitated shadow.]

Seeing the change on everyone’s faces, though some hesitated, Wu Wang said no more.

He silently walked over to a corpse, bent down, and swiftly pulled off the victim’s shoe.

Immediately, a pungent stench of sour, sweaty feet filled the air.

But the group’s attention wasn’t on the smell.

They noticed the soles of the corpse’s feet were covered in blood, the skin shredded and twisted in a nauseating manner, exposing raw flesh so severely that even the toe bones were faintly visible.

“The first victim died from severe injuries inflicted by the ghost stepping on their face through their shadow. After that, every victim’s wounds were on the soles of their feet. Feet connect to shadows; the ghost enters the body by traveling through the shadow, killing the victim, and sometimes even hiding inside the target.”

“Such a method is extremely covert and also reveals one piece of information—”

“The ghost is becoming smarter.”

As he spoke, Wu Wang even felt phantom pain in his own soles.

Because the ghost had repeatedly attacked him by crawling through his shadow into his feet.

This was how he confirmed the victims’ injuries originated from the feet.

Wu Wang’s words struck the silent room like a stone thrown into a still lake, sending ripples everywhere.

Even those who had maintained composure now breathed faster.

The ghost was getting smarter?!

How were they supposed to survive now?

Panic swept through the group as everyone hurriedly adjusted their positions, avoiding their shadows touching the scattered corpses on the floor.

After all, quite a few had already died.

Fortunately, the classroom was spacious enough that even with thirty or so dead bodies, there was still room to maneuver and hide.

The bravest among them cautiously used tools to pry off shoes from the corpses, confirming Wu Wang’s claim—the soles of every corpse were mangled beyond recognition.

The chaos and examination lasted about twenty minutes.

Watching the once arrogant murderers now wear expressions of terror, Wu Wang nodded with satisfaction.

Grinning, he resumed, “Of course, don’t get discouraged just because you heard bad news...”

Just as everyone expected some encouraging message, Wu Wang’s tone shifted to sarcasm:

“Because I have even worse news. You can despair after you hear it.”

Others: “?”

Before Wu Wang could continue, the familiar loud bang echoed again.

Boom—

The classroom was plunged into pitch-black darkness.

The spotlight went out once more!

Thankfully, from previous experience, everyone immediately fell silent.

Tap, tap, tap—

The familiar sound of tapping shoes echoed.

Everyone wore resigned expressions.

No need to guess who was moving now.

Only that person dared to so blatantly “ignore” the death rules.

“Hello, hello, it’s time for my one-man show. Did you miss me, dear audience?” A cheeky voice came through the microphone.

As expected, Wu Wang appeared again on the podium.

His eyes gleamed with a madness and mockery none could decipher.

“Let’s continue. The other bad news is that the mission’s ‘time limit’ is nearly up,” Wu Wang squinted into the darkness below.

Time limit?

A question mark appeared in everyone’s minds.

To be honest, none of them had found any clocks or timekeeping devices in the classroom.

How was this “time limit” determined?

Only the scholarly man with glasses silently climbed the podium and calmly asked, “Is the day getting longer and the night shorter?”

It seemed he also realized that normal speech was possible from the podium.

Wu Wang didn’t stop him.

Instead, he smiled appreciatively and said, “Hey, not bad. I’m starting to admire you. The first night lasted ten minutes, the second only seven. This time it’s probably no more than four minutes.” He counted on his fingers like treasuring knowledge, “Meanwhile, daytime has extended from the initial ten minutes to twenty minutes.”

Everyone was stunned.

They hadn’t expected this madman’s observational skills to be so terrifying. Not only had he noticed the shadow abnormalities, but he even remembered the exact length of the first day!

In other words, Wu Wang had been silently counting time in his mind since he first woke up!

It must have become a habit.

Damn! What was his real profession? An assassin?

The man with glasses frowned and said, “Isn’t that a good thing?”

Others shared the same thought.

Yeah, being able to see everything during the day was certainly better than groping blindly in the dark, right?

Wu Wang just shook his head with a sigh, poked the microphone to emit a harsh buzzing sound, and said, “But the ‘accusation’ can only be made during the night, because only then can the ghost’s location be confirmed.”

“What!?”

At these words, their faces drained of color.

If what this kid said was true, by his timeline the next night would last at most one minute, maybe even less.

Eventually, night would cease to appear altogether, making it impossible to ‘accuse.’

Wasn’t this a death sentence?

Just as despair was spreading across the group, only the man with glasses retained a shred of reason.

He took a step forward until they were almost nose to nose, bloodshot eyes locked fiercely on Wu Wang’s lifeless gaze, teeth clenched as he asked, word by word, “How long do you plan to play this game?”

“Play? How do you figure?” Wu Wang teased, his gaze drifting downward.

“You already know where the ghost is, right? Stop beating around the bush. When time’s up, you’re finished too! Do you really want to die?” the man insisted.

But all he heard was a disappointed sigh from Wu Wang.

“I do want to die, but I’ve already tried. This classroom won’t grant me that wish.”

“?”

Before the man could comprehend this, Wu Wang suddenly placed a hand on his shoulder, then with strange strength pushed him off the podium.

Staggering, the man regained his footing in the dark, struggling to calm himself to avoid making noise, eyes still bloodshot and fixed on the boy on stage.

He refused to believe this madman would risk death just to watch them panic.

Time ticked away second by second.

When the four-minute limit was down to the last thirty seconds, Wu Wang finally spoke.

“I accuse...”

A smile tugged at the man’s lips.

Sure enough, he had won his bet.

This bastard just wanted to toy with them; he had no real intention of dying.

But his smile was quickly wiped away by Wu Wang’s gesture.

“The ghost is hiding right here!”

The boy pointed directly beneath the podium—specifically, at his own shadow.

“Bastard! What the hell are you trying to do? You crazy lunatic! Do you want everyone to die with you?”

The man finally lost his temper.

He was well aware that anyone accused of being the ghost would vanish and die on the spot.

But he never expected Wu Wang would accuse himself at such a moment!

Was this guy truly a suicidal lunatic?!

“Shh... quiet.”

“Let me share a secret.”

Wu Wang’s voice was low and magnetic.

After accusing his own shadow, he continued into the microphone with a statement that caused everyone’s minds to go blank—

“The hidden fourth death rule.”

“!???”