Chapter 782: 782

The palm print stopped turning black, and the anxiety curling around Chen Ge’s heart slowly disappeared . He felt like his breathing had become smoother . The human shadow was not lying to him . On the brink of death, he had made the correct choice .

After the Chen Ge’s palm print stopped darkening, the shadow’s body started to waver even though he had almost coagulated into a physical form earlier .

“I still don’t know if I can trust you . ” Even though Chen Ge had already gotten the advantage, he did not plan to let the shadow go . There was only one chance, so he had to make use of it carefully . When the weakened shadow heard what Chen Ge said, he was practically jumping from agitation . He tried to go and grab the doorknob again, and as a result, there was another nail poking out from his neck .

It was too cruel .

The shadow’s face was blurry, so no one could tell his actual facial expression . After being scammed twice, he did not dare stay close to Chen Ge . As the one who lifted his curse, he could barely believe that he would be cornered to this point by his scapegoat . Blood was about to consume the art room . Everything would be swallowed by blood . The shadow waved his hands madly . If they stayed there any longer, there would be nothing of them left behind!

“You are a cunning, despicable, cruel, and scary ghost, and I am just a normal person . The gap between our power is too big . How do you expect me to trust you? I do not know the process of scapegoating, so I have no idea what the lightening of the palm print represents . Even if you have done something to my body, I cannot tell . ” Chen Ge could feel the change happening inside the art room . The strange paintings were slowly dyed red, and the inverted paintings were turning to normal . Blood covered everything . The two in the room were slowly pulled into the depth of the ocean by a mysterious force that they would find difficult to escape from .

The shadow was unable to speak . He bounced up and down, waving his hands, his gestures becoming bigger and bigger .

“You wish to say that you haven’t lied to me?” Chen Ge knew that they could not stay there for long . He leaned against the door and stood at the spot closest to the door, ready to rush out at any moment . “Fine, I’ll trust you this once, but I hope I can see your sincerity . ”

The shadow grasped Chen Ge’s meaning . He had a hard time believing that he would be scammed by his own scapegoat .

“You originally stayed inside Room 413, so you should know a lot about Lin Sisi . I need you to tell me about that—do not hide anything from me . ” Chen Ge spoked quickly .

When the shadow heard that, he nodded swiftly . Then he tried to walk forward, but Chen Ge pulled out another nail from his pocket .

“There’s another thing . You stay in the same bedroom as Lin Sisi, so you should know about the password to his phone . ” That was one of the key items obtained by Chen Ge, but he lacked the password, so he could not utilize it .

The shadow’s action paused . Just as he was about to express his thought, Chen Ge added, “Don’t think about lying to me . I have his phone right here!”

Retrieving the phone from his phone, Chen Ge turned on the screen . “Tell me!”

When he saw the phone, the shadow’s reaction was slightly out of place . He stepped subconsciously backward and then started to gesture several numbers at Chen Ge .

“51413?” Chen Ge felt that the number was quite familiar . Whenever the shadow gestured a number, he immediately typed it in . After keying in all five numbers, the phone was finally unlocked . “This is an important discovery!”

Memorizing the password, Chen Ge pushed open the door and left the art room . He was a man of his word; after he left, he did not close the door to stop the shadow from leaving . Only after the shadow slipped out did Chen Ge close the door .

The blood inside the door poured and splashed everywhere and swallowed everything, but everything outside the door was normal, completely unaffected . Chen Ge believed that this strange phenomenon had everything to do with those strange paintings .

“I wonder who the painters are . There are thirteen easels in total, so there should be thirteen painters, but their themes and painting styles are so similar . Could it be that they have the same teacher?”

With one problem solved, several new problems rushed into his mind . Chen Ge stood where he was and was frowning in thought when he felt a chill coming from behind him .

Turning back to look, the shadow was expanding, his expression was changing, and his body twisting . His fingers turned into animal claws . The anger that he had experienced when he was inside the art room was finally exploding .

“If you kill me, who is going to be your scapegoat?” Chen Ge opened his arms, and he looked calmer than before . “If I’m not mistaken, everyone at this school is looking for a scapegoat, and there are very few suitable candidates . ”

Taking a confident step forward, Chen Ge lifted his eyes to look at the scary face . “After you got me to be your scapegoat, you immediately went into hiding . This proves that you’re also afraid, afraid that after your success, you’ll be targeted by ‘other people’, am I correct?”

The dark claws wrapped around Chen Ge’s neck . The shadow’s heart was filled with resentment—he seemed to be angry at what Chen Ge had done to him earlier .

“I am your scapegoat, and you are the one who made it so . That is the strongest connection binding us together, and no one will be able to contest that . ” Chen Ge’s expression gave people a warm feeling . He reached out to touch the shadow’s hand but phased through the shadow . “We are not only not enemies but are allies with the strongest bond . Think about it . You cannot kill me, because if you did, you’ll lose your scapegoat . I am just a normal person, so I won’t survive in this school, and I might be ambushed by some unknown ghost at any moment . The only person whom I can trust and rely on is you because I know you won’t kill me . ”

The claw stopped right next to Chen Ge’s neck . The shadow gave it some thought and felt like Chen Ge’s words had some logic to them . However, he felt strange that there would exist such a peaceful relationship between him and his scapegoat .

“This school is filled with danger, and everyone has their own agenda . Cooperation and trust are impossible, but we have worked through that, so we are the most suitable allies!” Chen Ge walked toward the shadow . “Even if the scapegoating is completed, you cannot leave this school . Why don’t we work together to find the exit?”

Looking at Chen Ge, the shadow was beyond shocked . He had never encountered a situation like this before .

“I am in the open, and you’re in the dark . If we work together, we’ll definitely surprise many people . ” Chen Ge was completing an impossible thing . At least in this school, such an arrangement had not been attempted before . The shadow’s body was returning to normal . He hesitated a long time before gesturing something with his fingers .

“You want to know why I’m not afraid of you?” Chen Ge shook his head . “I am not not afraid of you—I am so very scared—but I can put on a brave front . Let’s stop wasting time . What else do you know about this Lin Sisi?”