chapter_021 : Persistent Ghost

Immediately afterwards, he saw the bulging outline gradually move out from behind the curtain. A head of black hair was clearly visible. Then, the whole body of the female ghost emerged.

Yes... It was that one... It was the female ghost in the painting that day! He swallowed hard, then immediately put down the binoculars and ran back to grab the knife. After that, he returned to the window and continued to observe.

"So... You want to come over, huh? I'm not afraid of you!"

Holding the knife in his left hand and the binoculars in his right, he continued to watch the scene outside the opposite window.

The female ghost had now reached the window. Then, she crawled onto the windowsill, and her hands were reaching forward. "What... What does she want to do? Does she want to crawl over? But how? There's no connection between the two windows..."

These binoculars were of such high - quality that it was as if the female ghost was right in front of him. Roderick Green unconsciously took a few steps back. The female ghost's hands were still stretching forward, as if she was trying to grope for something. Then, her body suddenly lurched forward, and her hands quickly reached out, going beyond the field of view of the binoculars.

Yes... It was just like she was right in front of him...

And at that very moment...

Suddenly, Roderick felt something clutch his chest tightly... About ten minutes after leaving the apartment, Joey Foster was shivering. Whether it was because of the cold or fear, she couldn't tell.

Zachary Thompson stroked her hair and said lovingly, "Don't be afraid anymore... At least I'll definitely protect you. There's something I need to say. If I don't say it now, maybe I won't have another chance. I know how you feel. I feel the same way. I really like you. If we can survive, I'll definitely take good care of you, Joey..."

Hearing his words, Joey's eyes welled up with tears. She then hugged Zachary tightly and regarded him as her biggest and only reliance in this world.

After walking Joey home and arriving at the entrance of her apartment, Zachary hugged her tightly for a while before reluctantly saying goodbye.

"See you tomorrow. Don't worry. I'll definitely find a way for us to survive..."

Reluctantly parting from her sweetheart, Joey then entered the apartment. Jane Sophia Parker had once told her not to take the elevator, so she had been taking the stairs these days.

The corridor was very quiet. She first walked to the mailbox and took out the newspaper. Just then, the corridor lights suddenly started flickering. Nervously, she stared at the lights, feeling extremely anxious. Could... Could the ghost be attacking her?

Just thinking about it made her incredibly nervous. She stood there, motionless.

The lights continued to flicker. Joey shrank back and looked around nervously. She had no idea what to do. Just when she couldn't tell how many times the lights had gone out and then come back on, when the lights brightened again, Joey was shocked to see a figure huddled on the left side of the corridor, at the entrance of the stairs! But then the lights dimmed again, so she couldn't see the figure clearly. When the lights came on again the next second, the huddled figure was gone. However, when the lights went out and then came back on the next time, the figure reappeared in the same place!

Joey gradually noticed a pattern. Every time the lights went out and then came back on, the figure would appear; it would disappear the second time the lights came on and reappear the third time. She was so scared that she dropped the newspaper and kept backing away. And then she saw clearly... It was a long - haired woman!

How could this be... What on earth...

As she kept backing away, the next time the lights came on, the figure that had been huddled at the stair entrance was now standing only about five steps away from Joey!

And in the next instant, the lights went completely out!

"Ahhhhh!"

In the dark, Joey ran blindly backwards. Then, the elevator door in front of her opened.

At this point, she had completely forgotten Jane's warning not to take the elevator. She dashed into the elevator and immediately pressed the button for the seventh floor, where she lived. Just as the elevator doors were closing, she vaguely saw the female ghost walking towards the elevator! As the elevator went up, Joey kept praying in her heart. Only then did she realize that her pants were soaked.

Finally, the elevator reached the seventh floor. She heaved a sigh of relief. As long as she got home, she should... she should be safe, right?

When the elevator doors slowly opened, Joey froze instantly.

The female ghost was standing right in front of the elevator door, dripping with blood, and they were face - to - face!

She was too scared to even scream. After standing there in a daze for two seconds, she quickly pressed the button to close the elevator door. After the door closed, she immediately pressed the button for the first floor. She didn't care about anything anymore. As long as she could escape this apartment...

When the elevator reached the first floor, she got ready to run out at full speed as soon as the door opened. However...

The female ghost was still standing at the door!

Her heart was pounding so hard that it felt like it was about to jump out of her throat. She pressed the close button again. The female ghost didn't come in; she just watched the elevator doors close.

Then, Joey quickly came to a conclusion.

No matter which floor she chose to open the elevator door on, the blood - soaked female ghost would be standing there. Was she going to be trapped in this elevator forever? Suddenly, she understood why Jane had told them never to take the elevator. It was like locking herself in an inescapable enclosed space. She took out her phone, wanting to call her father and ask him to come to the elevator. But when she took out the phone, she found that it was turned off, and she couldn't turn it on no matter what.

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the middle of the elevator doors. Then, she saw a pair of pale eyes staring intently at her through the crack. Then, a hand reached in!

She immediately pressed the close button, but to her horror, it didn't work. Then, the crack started to widen...

At this moment of life and death, Joey didn't know where she found the courage. She picked up the phone and smashed it hard at the hand. Then the hand retracted, and the elevator door closed. Then, Joey tightly pushed the two elevator doors together. She wasn't willing to give up and die here. Zachary had just confessed his love to her, and she had just understood his feelings... She didn't want to die here!

As night fell, the silvery moonlight shone on the rooftop of a tall building.

A figure sat alone on the edge of the rooftop, overlooking the whole city. Although the wind was strong, he didn't seem to feel cold at all, even though he was wearing very thin clothes.

Those purple pupils were filled with loneliness and coldness.

"Mason..." From the darkness on the rooftop behind him, a figure suddenly appeared. The figure didn't step out of the darkness. Instead, it just stood behind him and said quietly, "You haven't seen the real stars for a long time, have you? You need to experience many things firsthand to understand them. I'll continue to help you grow. You're not strong enough yet. What are you thinking about?"

The one called Mason didn't show any change in his expression. After hearing the question from the person behind him, he replied, "It doesn't matter. Anyway, I can't find a reason to keep living. If you think I'm useful, I can continue to help you. In fact, what you've done for me is all unnecessary. Whether it's 'inside' or 'outside', it doesn't make much difference to me. Just like those people, I'm just a copy to you."

Another gust of wind blew, and the surrounding air seemed to become even more turbid.

"Go back. It's too cold here. It's up to you to decide. What matters isn't what you are to me, but what you are to yourself. I'll take you to the next destination tomorrow. Get mentally prepared."

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly looked back and said, "By the way... You've met Violet, right? Why did you go to see her? It's not time for you to get in touch with them siblings yet."

Mason had already stood up. He turned around. Under the moonlight, his handsome face, combined with those purple pupils, looked even more mysterious. "It doesn't matter... I just wanted to see a low - level precognitive. Moreover, it seems she doesn't even know she's cursed... No matter who it is, once they're caught in this curse, they're doomed. No matter who..."

When Joey was almost exhausted from holding the elevator doors, she finally felt that the force outside seemed to have disappeared. She let out a small sigh of relief and then began to think about what to do next. Was she going to be trapped in this elevator forever? What if someone else came to take the elevator...

Just then, a strange noise came from above the elevator.

She suddenly looked up and saw that the elevator ceiling had been removed. Then, a few strands of hair hung down, and a pale face appeared in front of her!

"Ahhh!"

She quickly tried to open the elevator doors. But as soon as she opened them halfway, she saw the female ghost still standing outside! She quickly closed the doors again. And at that moment, those strands of hair wrapped around her neck and lifted her body up...