Chapter 216

Chapter 216

When they saw the card, everyone's faces changed dramatically. They stepped back, eyes filled with suspicion and wariness as they looked at Charles. "Don't look at me like that. If I wanted to hurt you, there'd be more than two bodies last night."

"Anyone got matches or a lighter? Let's burn this thing."

Charles quickly recounted what Floyd had done the previous night. Everyone was shocked. Despite his young age, Floyd's mind was so twisted that even the usually mild-mannered Briar couldn't help but curse, "That jerk! We had no beef with him, and he wanted to mess with us!"

"This morning, I saw blood all over the door and found Finnegan dead. I really thought it was the 'Smiling Boy.' Never expected it to be Floyd!"

"He got what he deserved. Should've happened sooner!"

Elijah picked up the creepy card and tried to set it on fire with a lighter. But after a while, the card was still intact, not even a single edge.

"Isn't this thing made of paper?"

"Why won't it burn?"

The eerie scene made everyone fall silent, a chill running down their spines.

If they couldn't destroy the card, the remaining four of them would become even more suspicious of each other.

"Can we throw this card off campus? Can the security guard take it out?" Wilhelmina glanced towards the security booth, a sudden thought crossing her mind.

They stood at the campus gate, watching the security guard toss the card into a garbage truck outside the school. Only then did they breathe a sigh of relief.

According to the rules, they couldn't leave the campus, and the garbage truck was there for the morning trash collection. Watching the truck drive away, their trust in each other seemed to solidify a bit more.

"Now there's just one last key point left, and that's the exit…"

Back at the open space in front of the dormitory, the four of them sat closely together, sharing clues in an attempt to find the final exit for this mission.

"If we can survive tonight, a car will come to pick us up tomorrow night. So, we need to be on high alert tonight because the ghosts will be the most dangerous!"

"My previous theory must be wrong. Smiling back at the 'Smiling Boy' isn't the way out. It's useless; he'll still come after us! Floyd and Finnegan's deaths have already proven that."

As soon as Charles finished speaking, the other three looked even more grim. Even the usually sharp-tongued Wilhelmina was silent.

Briar fiddled with her nails, her face scrunched up in frustration. "But it doesn't make sense. Isn't the 'Smiling Boy's' obsession the reason he kills?"

"Or maybe the librarian didn't tell us the truth?"

"If we don't smile back at the 'Smiling Boy,' what should we do when we face him?"

Unfortunately, today was the library's day off, so they couldn't verify anything with the librarian.

But based on Charles's years of experience reading people, he didn't think the librarian was the type to lie.

Charles lowered his head, carefully recalling the middle-aged woman's words and the hints…

When a thought crossed his mind, Charles suddenly broke free from his confusion, understanding the key point.

"No, that's not right…" He sighed.

The others looked at him, puzzled. "What's not right?"

Charles sighed, "My previous line of reasoning… it's wrong."

"This room's task isn't that difficult. We've been overthinking it…"

"The hint clearly told us, but we've been going against it…"

With Charles's revelation, everyone remembered the hint that was written clearly—' Smiling Boy.'

Elijah suddenly understood. "The 'Smiling Boy'… smile… his obsession is with smiling, right? Otherwise, why would he smile so forcefully?!"

"And every time he's about to kill, he smiles. So, to avoid his hunt, shouldn't we just make sure he doesn't smile?"

The hint was rarely this brief, which meant every piece of information was crucial.

But they hadn't thought in the direction of the hint, making the task unnecessarily difficult!

As Elijah finished speaking, the four of them in the open space felt a growing unease, as if an invisible net was tightening around them, pushing them step by step towards an unknown, terrifying abyss…