Saint?Just a bad woman

"Isn't Xiao Liu here? He's usually here at this time."

I first went to the nearest lounge to look, but I didn’t see Xiao Liu.Next is Xiao Liu's work station, but there is no one there either.

Santa Karina's deepest impression of Xiao Liu was punctuality.He was studying at the Academy of Fine Arts of Tianying University, and the two were still alumni. They had no contact with each other and only saw each other during working hours.Xiao Liu never arrives late for work and leaves early, and it is unusual to see no one around.

Passing by the tea room, a faint smell of blood wafted over.When I shined a flashlight, I saw a pool of dark red viscous liquid flowing out of it.

"problem occurs."

With her head buzzing, Santa Karina kicked open the tea room door without caring about protecting the scene.

A headless corpse lay on the ground, the head stuffed into the bucket of a drinking fountain, and the blood dyed the water red.The head's eyes were wide open, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying before death.

"Blanching... who did it?"

Santa Karina was shocked at first, and then a chill swept over her with fear. The hand holding the flashlight began to tremble, and the beam of light emitted shook, making the environment appear even more eerie and terrifying.

After taking a closer look, the corpse with its head missing looked very familiar. It was Xiao Liu who she had just searched most of the sixth floor but could not find.

It is currently unknown why the person who committed this crime had so much hatred for an unconcerned college student. A vicious murder in the library means that the library will be closed for investigation.

The closure investigation is linked to the closure of the library. The municipal library does not have a paid leave system. Taking a break equals no income, and hundreds of dollars in salary are lost for no reason.

It just sucks.

"There is a ghost in the library, and it must be the work of a ghost. The outlet of the bucket on the water dispenser is very small, and it is impossible for ordinary people to put their heads in it without destroying the bucket. I can feel the breath of another ghost, it Move around the library and next you'll see more dead people.

"I'm going to find something that can be used as a weapon first."

Santa Karina did not dare to continue looking at Xiao Liu’s body.What a great person. Two days ago, we were having lunch in the library’s staff cafeteria and chatting about our winter vacation arrangements. In the blink of an eye, we were separated from each other.

She didn't have time to regret Xiao Liu's young life, so she turned around and ran away.

It was not safe to stay on the sixth floor, so I had to find a way to leave first and call the police.Don’t worry about whether the police can handle supernatural incidents, let’s fight first.As she ran, she took out her mobile phone and pressed 110.

After a busy tone, the phone was connected, and a nervous laugh erupted from the other party, like a madman's babble, repeating the same sentence over and over again.

"The call is invalid, just wait for death..."

"The call is invalid, just wait for death..."

"The call is invalid, just wait for death..."

……

The handset of the mobile phone suddenly became hot, and a weak current hit the ear, causing stinging pain.

The operator of the police department would definitely not answer like this. Santa Karina covered her ears and found that the call was not made at all. The phone was garbled, and the words and patterns on the screen were all mixed together, as if they had been coded.Contact with the outside world is cut off, and you can only find a way on your own.

As something suitable for use as a weapon, she immediately thought of the fire ax in the aisle.I smashed the glass with a fire extinguisher and held the heavy fire ax in my hand, which made me feel a little safer.

Ye Shiyu did not take advantage of the opportunity, but followed behind him thoughtfully.

"Don't worry, I will do my best to protect you. This ghost is not very powerful. Find its pattern of action, figure out its characteristics, and leave the rest to me. Only ghosts can kill ghosts. You can't kill them with your mortal body." There is no way to get them."

"It can only be this way."

Santa Karina was convinced that she had a troublesome constitution and that trouble would follow her wherever she went.I was haunted by a love letter ghost, and then I met another ghost in the library where I worked.

She might really be into ghosts.

One person and one ghost walked together, walking down the stairs from the sixth floor.

Although the elevator's backup power supply was separate from the main library, the elevator buttons and the elevator car were still lit, and Santa Karina did not dare to ride on it.In general horror movies, people who try to escape by taking the elevator will eventually be killed by the ghost hiding inside, and die miserably. People who take the stairs have a higher chance of survival.

Passing by the fifth floor, a short-haired girl in sportswear jumped out from the darkness, grabbing her arm tightly with a look of horror on her face.

"I finally saw someone. There was a sudden power outage just now, which scared me to death."

"Did anything strange happen on the fifth floor?"

"The friend who came with me just now disappeared. I looked for her everywhere but couldn't find her. Ms. Administrator, could you please help me?"

"It depends on the situation. The library is in danger now, you'd better act with me."

Santa Karina didn't want to assume too bad a direction. Generally speaking, something must have happened to the friend of the girl in sportswear.According to the laws of horror movies, people who are alone are basically bound to die, and ghosts will definitely attack those who are alone first.

She smashed another fire box and asked the girl in sportswear to get a fire ax to defend herself.

After searching around the fourth floor, the missing girl was not found, and two bodies were found in the corner.One was hung in an elevator shaft, and the other was drowned in a decorative fish tank.

The remaining survivors were gathered in the lobby on the first floor, including Santa Karina, a total of 15 people.This group of people couldn't see Ye Shiyu, and they didn't know what happened in the library. They thought there was a perverted serial murderer hiding in the crowd, and their faces turned pale with fear.

The curator is away tonight and no one knows what to do.

"What should I do... The door can't be opened now, and we can't contact the outside. Xiao Sheng, please think of a way."

Xiao Yang, the administrator who manages the third-floor library, almost cried in fear.

There were also corpses in the hall. The old man who came to borrow books every night was dead. His head was smashed by a decorative statue on the first floor. He died very miserably. The air was filled with a strong smell of blood.

The survivors talked a lot, or ran around in vain, smashing the floor-to-ceiling windows with hard objects, trying to find an exit.

"Listen to me first."

Santa Karina stood at the front of the crowd and took a deep breath.

"The serial killer in the library is a ghost. You heard me right, it's a ghost. The supernatural section of Tianying Forum has been particularly active recently. The news has also reported several 'perfect secret room murder cases'. Ten people appeared under the locust tree in Tianying Wetland Park. Several dead people were skinned and hung. There are many more cases like this, so I won’t list them all. Ghosts are resurrecting and gradually infiltrating into the human world.”

"Stop making up scary stories. What's going on in your library? You can't even do security work well. It costs more than 400 yuan a year to get a library card. rnm, refund your money!"

A young man with oily hair and glasses interrupted her.Several atheists stood behind the man with glasses and blamed the tragedy on the library's poor security.

There are always a few fans behind a brainless person. Having fans does not mean that he is capable.In critical moments, people are often willing to rely on someone who seems calmer, even if he has no real ability.

She didn't bother to pay attention to the people who were clamoring for refunds, and came to the front door of the library.There were many smash marks on the glass door. The survivors tried every means to destroy it, but all their efforts were in vain.

The only ones who can trap people to death here are ghosts. Serial killers are at best ordinary people who dare to kill people.

"What should we do now?"

Santa Karina looked at Ye Shiyu beside her.

"I can only rely on you now."

"If I successfully deal with this ghost for you, do you have to give me a reward when I get home? You know what I want."

The Love Letter Ghost specially emphasized the word "reward" and stuck out the tip of his tongue to lick his lips.

"Reconcile... Okay, it's better to reconcile with your yin and yang than to die."

In order to survive and not become a miserable corpse, Santa Karina had to abandon her principles first.

Principles are not worth mentioning in the face of survival.

The survivors on the first floor are divided into three factions. One faction is centered on the man with glasses just now, and the other is the idlers who do not join any faction and solve problems on their own.

The final faction is centered around Santa Karina, whose members believe there are ghosts in the world and are willing to obey her orders.

In a sense, the librarian's uniform is more effective than the rhetoric. They need a calm leader to lead the team and find a way to break the situation.

But the fewest people are willing to be with Santa Karina. Apart from the girl in sportswear from before, the librarian Xiao Yang, there is only one social uncle who seems to be submissive.

The remaining eleven people were unwilling to believe in ghosts, or were unwilling to place their lives on a weak female college student.

When the other two waves of people were gone, Santa Karina didn't intend to hide her trump card anymore, so she held her right wrist and made a pulling motion on the rope.After groping, she discovered that the "silk thread" symbolized her bond with Ye Shiyu.

According to the Black Book, whenever you touch it with your hand, the ghost who signed the contract will appear physically next to you.

"Come out."

Red light burst out from the void, illuminating the dimly lit library hall.A beautiful woman with white skin and long black legs walked out of the blood-colored halo. Her appearance was astonishing, which actually diluted the terrifying atmosphere.

Everyone looked at each other and didn't know where to start.

Santa Karina showed them the red line on her wrist, and the other end of the red line was on Ye Shiyu's neck. The unusual relationship between the two was clear at a glance.

"She is a ghost who has signed a contract with me. She will obey my orders and will not hurt anyone at will. I know you have a lot to ask, and I don't have time to explain them one by one now. To make a long story short, I am a ghost controller, that is, I control ghosts. People. If you feel scared, it’s not too late to quit and join others.”

The group remained silent for a moment, but after all they did not have the courage to quit the small group.The librarian who led them had been calm and collected from the beginning. She must have some real skills. It wouldn't hurt to use her power. People who can control ghosts feel safer than young people who can only shout slogans.

After some weighing, they accepted the fact that the leader was a ghost master, and followed Santa Karina step by step.Santa Karina didn't know what was going on, so she kept her face calm in order to stabilize the emotions of these people.

It feels really good to be a ghost controller. She is no longer a weak girl who can be manipulated and bullied.

"Now follow me closely and let's find this ghost's killing pattern together."

"Okay..." x3

A team of four was looking for clues in the lobby on the first floor of the library.The building was turned into a very large secret room by the power of ghosts, which felt like trying to catch a turtle in a jar.

Probably only when all the people trapped in the library are killed by the entrenched ghosts can the library door be opened.There is no specific reason why a ghost kills someone, unless he dies unexpectedly and comes back to seek revenge.

Passing through the atrium on the second floor, Santa Karina found many oil paintings hanging on the walls.

She remembered that it wasn't there when she first came to work.I have visited every corner of the library, and it is impossible to be unimpressed by something as conspicuous as an oil painting.

"Xiao Yang, when were the oil paintings on these walls hung?"

"Last month. You happened to have a rest that day, and I did it with Xiao Zhang and Xiao Yan, who are in charge of the second floor. What's wrong?"

"There's something weird about these paintings."

Santa Karina's eyes scanned every painting on the wall. The paintings were mainly portraits, and most of the subjects depicted were Westerners, Western natural scenery and architecture. Only a small number of paintings were related to the East.

The painting style is easily identifiable as Impressionism, which was born in the second half of the 19th century. It emphasizes the feeling and impression of light and shadow, and highlights the momentary experience.

One large oil painting stands out among the others.It is set in Kyushu during the Republic of China. The scene is a classical Kyushu-style garden. A young woman wearing a light-colored coat and skirt came to the center of the lake by boat and lit herself on fire.

There were many servants standing in the corridors and docks in the distance, holding torches and looking anxious.

The artist's brilliance lies in depicting the facial expressions of the characters. Each servant's expression is different, and he vividly depicts surprise, doubt, regret and sadness.

The woman who set herself on fire in a boat in the middle of the lake had a dignified appearance, more beautiful than delicate. Although she did not have the appearance of someone who would conquer a country, she was still one of the most beautiful women in the world.

The identity of the heroine can be inferred from her clothing. She is a young lady from a wealthy family.

The concubine does not dress so innocently and attractively, her clothes are darker and her bun is different.The heroine wears an unmarried woman's hair in a bun, proving that she is still a virgin.

The contrast between light and shadow is strong. People on the shore are shrouded in large dark shadows. The heroine on the boat is bathed in golden firelight, looking pure and holy. There is only a small part of the world illuminated by the firelight. The darkness of the night is endless, which foreshadows the heroine's direction. The inevitability of a tragic ending.

The scene in the oil painting changes slightly, the fire of the torch sways in the wind, and the characters' hair also moves.

"The painting is moving."

"I...I saw that woman pouring oil on her body..."

Xiao Yang's voice trembled violently, and he hugged Santa Karina's arm tightly.This move made Ye Shiyu very dissatisfied. He stabbed the trembling girl with his cold eyes, as if he wanted to declare his sovereignty.

"There's something really wrong with this painting."

She seamlessly inserted herself between the two of them, separating Santa Karina and Xiao Yang.Xiao Yang didn't dare to get close to the ghost and retreated voluntarily. Others stood a few meters away and watched the surroundings vigilantly.

Then, Ye Shiyu turned Santa Karina's face and kissed her eyes.

The seemingly inappropriate move caused a wave of warmth to flow into her eyeballs. When she opened her eyes again, Santa Karina found that she could actually see something she hadn't seen just now.

Thick black mist seeped out from the edges of the Republic of China oil painting and spread to the rest of the space.Although other oil paintings can move, the mist emitted is very light or even non-existent.

Some corridors and stairs also left drag marks with black mist, which were suspected to be the movement paths of ghosts.Traces will not remain forever and will disappear after a while.

The gray-blue pupils were stained with blood, and there were more and more bloodshot eyes inside.Feeling of dizziness and swelling and pain in the head, and throbbing in the temples.

"My eyes... hurt."

"Normal. Ghost controllers who use [Ghost Eyes] for the first time will have adverse reactions. After all, it is an ability borrowed from ghosts, and there is always a price to pay."

"Then you will lend it to me?"

"You need this ability. Trust me, you'll love it."

Ye Shiyu smiled like a devil.

Santa Karina opened the black book and asked, "Are there any side effects from using the Ghost Eye too much?"

The pages of the black book automatically turn and text appears.

[Yes, it will cause blindness if used too much.Some ghost masters ignore the rules and costs and use it excessively, causing their eyeballs to be eroded by the power of ghosts. 】

"Is there a solution?"

[Yes, please reconcile with the ghosts in the contract.Only by integrating and complementing the power of yin and yang can the side effects of this power be resolved, at least once a week.Note: Harmony does not necessarily require home base, a kiss and a hug also count. 】

After reading the answers in the black book, she almost spit out blood.

The matter is far from over, and finding the problematic oil painting is only the first step.Ye Shiyu used her weapon, a half-meter-long silver scissors, to try to destroy the oil painting several times, but the oil painting remained intact.

Santa Karina borrowed a lighter from the social worker uncle in the team and used Ye Shiyu's ability to burn the oil painting, but it was of no use. It was still hanging on the wall.