CHAPTER XXVII

The next day is the last rehearsal day of the campus drama club, and when this rehearsal is over, it will be the performance the day after tomorrow.

Because Zhao Jiang didn't make a move for a long time, the three of us were extremely nervous, you must know that the terrible thing is not the disaster coming, but the waiting process that knows that the disaster is not far from you, but it has not yet arrived.

Before the rehearsal, Bao Datong and I went around the school. In the eyes of other students, Bao Datong is about to go home, and before leaving the school, he looked for a few scenic spots to take pictures, but in fact, we checked whether Zhao Jiang had laid any traps on campus, especially by the lake.

"The resentment here is getting heavier and heavier." Bao Datong posed, then squatted down and pretended to tie his shoes, and stuffed a stone with a spell in the soft soil by the lake.

Early this morning, he went outside to pick up a lot of small stones and came back, and then drew a not-so-conspicuous charm on them. He has always regretted that he didn't bring more of his father's charms when he came out this time, because of his limited skills, the power of the charms is also limited.

"Is he going to do it?" I asked in a low voice.

"I don't know, but he's definitely preparing." He leaned against the willow tree by the lake and took another picture, "Can you get the picture out as soon as possible?" The aura is fluid, I can't see it clearly, and it would be different if there was pictorial evidence. ”

I looked down at the camera in my hand.

The camera is normal, but the lens is Bao Datong with blood and cinnabar to draw a dense charm, everyone saw me take pictures of him, I don't know what I see is actually a cloud of ink shrouded in the scene, as if the range of the lens is trapped by a cage.

The blood was a mixture of me and his, because he said that I was taking pictures and he was performing magic, and the two were indispensable, but I was actually very skeptical that his 'psionic camera' was useful, although he said that it was based on his father's 'spirit talisman', and he thought that since he could 'fix the spirit', he would naturally be able to fix the 'spirit image'.

"Can you get a picture out of it?" Seeing that I was silent, he asked again.

I said absolutely. I'm buddies with the president of the school photography club, and I can do this little thing.

"You have to do it yourself, if there is anything, it will scare others." He instructed, "Come and take a picture of the lake!" ”

I was tired of his fingers, but I did it, and took pictures of the water, and then he sent them to wash the pictures, while he himself stayed by the lake to continue to 'enjoy the view'.

And the strange thing is that although there are a lot of charms drawn on the camera, the photos taken out are very clear, he is in the playground, he is in front of the dormitory building, he is in the library, he is in the cafeteria, everything is very normal, except for the one by the lake!

He took three photographs of the lake, one squatting on the lake's fence, one leaning against a willow tree, and one standing in a relatively open area, with the spire of the small auditorium and the small stone bridge in the distance.

At first glance, you will feel that the light in the photos is not very good and dirty, but if you look closely, you will find that there are other things around Bao Datong all the time.

In the first one, a blurred black line sticks out of the water and wraps around Bao Datong's feet, as if to drag him into the water; In the second, a snow-white hand stretched out from the middle of the willow tree, towards Bao Datong's heart; In the third one, there is nothing around Bao Datong, just a dark cloud hanging over the stone bridge and the auditorium!

I stared at the photos in a daze, and I understood why so many things were secretly attacking Bao Datong and he was fine. This is evident from the photographs - there is a layer of white light on the outside of his body, which seems to be a halo caused by the sun on him. But today's sunlight is not abundant, and it is still somewhat cloudy, so it is by no means a refraction of natural light, but a protective layer formed by himself. It was faint enough to be noticed, but it was enough to protect him from harm, and it manifested itself on this 'psionic camera'!

I was also at the lake at the time, if Bao Datong took a picture of me, could it be that there were other strange phenomena around me? And I didn't feel any discomfort physically, that is, I also have something invisible to protect me, so what is there to protect Nana?

If there's nothing to protect her, I'll protect her!

I thought firmly, looked at the watch on my wrist, and saw that the time agreed with Bao Datong was almost up, so I hurriedly put the last few photos into the developer, carefully holding the photo paper with tweezers and moving it gently. Slowly, the footage captured by the camera was revealed!

Four photos, four faces!

Children, Xiaoling, migrant workers, and Zhao Jiang!

All four of these faces were closed, their faces were pale, they were soaked in water and were unusually swollen, and their facial features were distorted, facing me through a layer of pale green water! I don't know if it's because of the shaking of the developer, but I suddenly have the feeling that I am by the lake now, and I feel that they are floating under the water, and as the water waves shake, there seems to be an expression on their faces, and they are drilling towards the surface of the water little by little, and they are about to rush out!

With a 'bang', the tweezers in my hand somehow got out of my hand and landed at the bottom of the container with a soft sound, while the four photos of the plate floated on the surface of the developer!

At this time, I suddenly found that the photo was no longer what I saw just now, the muscles on the first three faces began to fall off, and soon became three rotten and disgusting faces, and I couldn't distinguish between men and women, young and old, but the fourth face did not change, it was still Zhao Jiang!

I blinked my eyes vigorously, afraid that I had received some kind of psychological suggestion and hallucination, but the scene after that told me that I was not mistaken, those three faces did become the disgusting look, only Zhao Jiang did not change!

I gritted my teeth, reached out and grabbed the photo, stared at Zhao Jiang's face and said, "How far you roll, it's useless to scare me, I won't let you hurt Nana!" ”

"We'll see!" He said.

He? He speaks? Is Zhao Jiang here?

I almost knocked over the imaging equipment, so I hurriedly rushed over to turn on the lights in the darkroom, grabbed a bottle and guarded it. However, there was nothing in the room. Is it a hallucination? No, it felt too clear, and his voice was so close to me, so close that it seemed to be in my ear, so close that it was in my hand!

I immediately lifted the photo to look at it, only to see that the first three photos were still rotten, and Zhao Jiang's face still hadn't changed, but I suddenly opened my eyes and laughed at the moment I stared at him!

Anger and horror made me almost lose my mind, but just as I was about to break down, I suddenly realized that he was attacking my belief in defeating him, so I desperately forced myself to calm down, reaching out and pinching the ends of the paper. His eyes stared at him without showing weakness, and his hands were forced, tearing his face apart from the middle!

In an instant, his face vanished, leaving only two eyes on two pieces of broken photographic paper.

I didn't dare to delay any longer, so I hurriedly cleaned up and rushed to the small hall. As soon as I approached the forest path by the lake, I saw Bao Datong standing on the small stone bridge.

"You're late." He said.

"Don't stand here talking, he'll hear." I didn't have time to argue with him, and I looked around as I talked.

"Looks like we've got a supernatural picture." Bao Datong glanced at his feet, "Stand closer, he can't hear what we say." ”

I looked down and saw that he had placed a circle of stones on the ground, and there were some flower-like things drawn around the stones. I understood that it might be something like an enchantment, so I hurriedly stepped in, stuffed the photo into Bao Datong's hand, and briefly talked about what happened in the darkroom.

"Don't worry, he didn't go to the darkroom with you, he just used a little spell to make him see you. It's like -- a video phone or something. ”

"I look like a camera, and the picture moves. In my opinion, he probably knew that we were staring at him, and that's why he demonstrated. You've buried so many spell stones by the lake, are they useful? ”

"How could it be useless?" Bao Datong shrugged, "But this can't trap him, it's to eliminate the yin qi that he collects water to improve his mana." In his current state, you and I join forces, it's no problem to barely defend, if you lend him strength, we will whine and mourn together! ”

"Anyway, I'm going to protect Nana!" I gritted my teeth and said, "Originally, when he died, I was still sympathetic." But his misery does not justify his harm. ”

"Well said!" Bao Datong said, "We only found out yesterday that he was doing trouble, but on the other hand, he only knew today that we were staring at him, and we were on the same page in terms of preparation." But I guess he won't do it tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, Ah Zhan will come back, and he will be the only one who is afraid of us. ”

"Why won't you do it tomorrow?" I asked.

"Tomorrow is the official performance, for the sake of the heroine being the school flower, tomorrow's small hall will be overcrowded. They are all young people, and their yang energy is vigorous, not to mention Zhao Jiang, even Duan Jin back then did not dare to come out at this time. Bao Datong said confidently, "There is no accident in the school, and it is not good for him to go outside!" ”

"So tonight's rehearsal is his only chance?"

"I just thought of it, otherwise I wouldn't have been nervous for a long time." Bao Datong scratched his head, "But tonight will be very dangerous, we must be careful." You go pick up Nana first, I'll go backstage for a turn, and then today you guard the front of the stage, and I will guard the back of the stage. He bent over and handed me a small cloth bag on the ground.

"Inside is the stone where I drew the charm, sorry, the effect is not very ideal, but it is enough to hit ordinary spirits. Oh, that stick is a peachwood stick, it can ward off evil spirits! Alas, the peach trees in the city are really hard to find, and I don't know how to carve them, so you can make do with them. ”

"Ordinary spirits? You're saying he has helpers? I frowned.

"It's not a helper, it's driven by Zhao Jiang. The child and the migrant worker were eaten by him, I guess it's Xiaoling, be merciful to your subordinates, she is a poor person! ”

I nodded, grabbed the nondescript bag in my hand, and went to pick up Nana.

Since it was the last rehearsal, it was not quite the same as usual. Usually, everyone wears their own clothes and plays their roles well, and if there is a mistake in the middle, they will immediately stop to correct or study and discuss. But today's rehearsal is actually a audition, and the students will wear costumes in the play, and the complete performance of this scene is the same as the real performance, and there will be no stop in the middle.

I sat in the front row near the left, where there was a staircase leading to the stage, and if something happened, I could run up and save people as quickly as possible. Bao Datong has already been mixed in the backstage, relying on his personal charm, and the two little sisters in charge of costumes and props have become one, and now he is staying behind as a member of the supernumerary crew.

The rehearsals of the drama club are not open to the public, so in addition to us, there are only the directors of the drama club, the B corner, and the boyfriends and girlfriends of the members of the drama club, a total of more than a dozen people sitting in the audience. Everyone sat in the middle, and I was the only one sitting in the corner, clutching the cloth bag in my hand.

The beautiful costumes, the touching plot, and the romantic dialogue didn't stop in my eyes, I just kept an eye out for anything around me and on the stage. Seeing that time passed slowly, nothing happened at all, and Bao Datong in the background didn't give me any signal, as if everything was safe, but I was getting more and more nervous.

Zhao Jiang has such a deep obsession with Nana, if tonight is the last chance, how can he let it go? So why hasn't he done it yet? We can't find a helper, is he plotting something? But this drama has reached the end, and it is about to end, is he trying to take advantage of everyone's chaos at the end?

Thinking of this, I stared at the stage even more nervously. I saw that the play was almost to the last scene, and the heroes and heroines had reappeared in costume from the backstage, and the classmates in charge of the lighting hit the pillar of light on them.

Nana under the light looked extraordinarily radiant, and my mind was in a trance for a moment, thinking that maybe she should apply for the film and television major, no matter her slender figure, full of passion, and delicate facial features are very suitable for the stage, although she is wearing a mask at the moment.

But-masks?! Does the plot need this?

I stood up, and a strange feeling filled my body and mind!

In this play, the male protagonist's face is burned, so he has to wear a mask, but why does the female protagonist also wear it? If they had improved the original script, Nana hadn't worn it just now!

I looked around and saw that the other students were also puzzled, only the male and female protagonists on the stage were still performing selflessly.

"What's this trick?" I heard the director's classmates muttering.

Is it a trick? Or-

I looked up at Nana again and suddenly something was wrong!

Nana loves drama and joined the drama club in her first year of college, but she has a very unprofessional problem, she likes to look at the people in the audience after a while on the stage, the more critical the moment, the more it will be like this, I used to watch Ah Zhan, and then I watched me.

But today, in this climax plot, she didn't see the stage at a glance, just looked at the male protagonist intoxicated, and it seemed that she was completely involved in the play, but in fact it was impossible at all!

It is true that she has been working hard for this drama, but it is impossible for her not to know that we are all in danger now, at this time, her heart is extremely unstable, just now I comforted me for a long time before she can go on stage, and she was extremely nervous in front of her, how can she suddenly calm down now, not to make eye contact with me, but to devote herself to the drama?

"Nana!" I screamed as I held a stone in my hand.

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