Part 1 / Duplicate people

"Bell-bell-"

At midnight, the low sound of bells echoed over a Western-style academy, and a crow perched on the roof of the bell tower, grooming its feathers while looking up at something.

The moon in the sky, glowing red, reflected a little brilliance in its eyes, and even the gray snowflakes floating in the sky reflected red light.

"Ahhh

As the bell rang again, the crow seemed to be frightened by something, and quickly flapped its wings, preparing to leave the academy that had disturbed it.

Can...

Gray snowflakes were still fluttering, falling, and falling on the top of the bell tower, a gray stone statue of a crow.

……

"Who are you?"

When Bai Li woke up, he found that the strange little girl in front of him was blinking at him, but he didn't know her.

"Welcome back to the Academy of the Grotesque, Bai Li."

The little girl didn't seem to hear Bai Li's question, she sat on an office chair casually, picked up the teacup on the table next to her, and looked at Bai Li's heart a little hairy with a smile.

"What you just said... Grotesque Academy... What is it? Why am I here? Wait... You... Regina?"

Looking at the English name tag on the little girl's chest, Bai Li said with some uncertainty, after all, his English is not very good.

"Well, it's in the wrong order, you should say my name first, and then ask... Well, by the way, come, give me a hair of yours."

Regina took the hair handed by Bai Li, put down the teacup, and seemed to be very amused to see Bai Li's confused appearance, she put on a playful expression, and said, "Besides, don't you think it's very strange why I drink tea instead of milk?"

"So where is this?"

Bai Li was a little unhappy with Regina's inexplicable behavior, but Regina didn't seem to care about Bai Li's thoughts, she shrugged her shoulders and looked down at the book to herself.

"Inexplicable!!"

Regina's reaction made Bai Li feel that he was not being treated with the respect he deserved, and he got up and walked to the door, holding the doorknob in his hand, but his footsteps had just stepped out of the threshold.

"See you later."

The little girl's indifferent voice came from behind her, and Bai Li slammed the door with a "bang".

"The ghost wants to see you, inexplicable fellow!"

As soon as he went out, Bai Li felt the unique cold of winter, and the strange thing was that Bai Li turned around, but he didn't see the door that had just been closed by him behind him, which couldn't help but make Bai Li's scalp tingle.

Immediately, Bai Li noticed the strangeness in front of him, in this huge playground that was almost the size of three football fields, there was a kind of gray snowflake floating, which was really strange.

Thinking about it, Bai Li stretched out his hand, wanting to touch the strange snowflakes outside the eaves.

"Don't touch those snow !!."

There was a sudden loud shout from his side, Bai Li was stunned, he turned his head, it was a strange young man wearing an eye patch, wearing the same strange clothes as himself—it seemed to be some kind of uniform.

His hands were wrapped in white bandages, and he was carrying a long knife that shone with cold light, I don't know if it was a Tang knife or a Japanese knife, but the strange red stain on the blade made Bai Li feel a little uncomfortable.

"You're also a student council?"

The young man noticed Bai Li's uniform, and he looked at Bai Li's uniform strangely, as if he was looking for some symbol.

"Hey, I said if you could, please be able to..."

"Bang !!!!"

Just as Bai Li was about to ask how to leave this strange place, a loud noise suddenly came from the center of the playground.

Gunshot?!!

Having heard this kind of sound in countless movies, Bai Li hurriedly looked in the direction where the gunshots came from, but before Bai Li could react, there was an extremely strong sense of crisis that instantly enveloped his whole body.

"Boom !!"

The violent explosion made the air tremble, and the strong impact of the explosion almost knocked Bai Li to the ground, but fortunately, the young man beside him helped him in time, which made him barely stand still.

Just when Bai Li breathed a sigh of relief and was about to thank the young man for his support, he felt a strong wind rushing across his cheeks.

"Ding !!"

A small black object quickly slashed through Bai Li's bun, colliding with the glass of the window behind him and making a crisp metallic sound, without waiting for Bai Li to put down his nerves, he saw that the young man's eyes were fast, and the blade in his hand turned and slashed in the air.

This time, Bai Li saw it clearly.

It was a bullet.

"Hide in the classroom!!"

Without waiting for an explanation, the young man grabbed Bai Li and began to run along the aisle under the eaves.

The strong wind whistled in his ears, slashing across his cheeks like a knife, and Bai Li noticed that several figures in the center of the huge playground were constantly moving, and from time to time he could vaguely see a little fire bursting out.

"Who are they?! Why are there guns here?!!!

Bai Li didn't know how to express the panic in his heart, it was a gun, although he had seen it a lot in film and television dramas, but when Bai Li really came back from the death line, he was far less calm than expected.

"This is the Grotesque Academy!"

The chaotic sound instantly fell silent, and Bai Li found that in the running, at some point, the originally open playground became a closed classroom, but there were no books on the rows of tables and chairs.

"I'll go out and take a look, don't leave this classroom yet! Otherwise, there will be danger!!"

As he spoke, the young man couldn't wait to rush out of the classroom door, and in the empty classroom, Bai Li was left alone, at a loss.

"The Academy of the Grotesque... Is it?"

Bai Li sat slumped on the chair on the podium, his legs trembling uncontrollably, his nerves still stuck in the thrill just now.

"It's grotesque—"

Bai Li looked at this strange classroom, but he didn't notice that under his feet, there was a black whirlpool constantly expanding on the floor, unconsciously devouring Bai Li's feet, spreading up along the four legs of the seat, and finally swallowing the unsuspecting Bai Li into the whirlpool, leaving only the seat that was originally empty.

…

"Hum—"

Mixed with a strange buzzing in his head, Bai Li recalled the strange dream just now, and his legs were a little numb, as if he had just experienced some strenuous exercise.

"Welcome back to the Academy of the Grotesque, Bai Li."

Bai Li's body stiffened, and the sudden sound in his ears made him feel a little creepy.

"Rui... Regina...??"

Familiar rooms, familiar uniforms, familiar teacups, familiar... Person...

"No, no, no, you should ask me where this is, then why you're here, and then my name."

Regina pursed her mouth dissatisfiedly, and her little girl looked cute, but it made Bai Li's spine chill.

"That said..."

Bai Li swallowed his saliva with difficulty, he hugged his head, and the scene when he was in the playground kept coming to his mind.

"That said... It just happened... Not a dream?"

"Guess."

Regina playfully picked up a glass of milk from the table next to her, and came to the window, where there were strange gray snowflakes fluttering one after another.

"Here... But the Grotesque Academy..."

[To be continued.] ］