All the girls' deaths were related to water. It seemed this ghost was using water as a medium to kill people. Unfortunately, the place they were going tonight was the swimming pool.

A place where one simply couldn't avoid water.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Cheng decided to focus on the school swimming pool itself and asked, "After these things happened, were there any strange rumors about the school swimming pool?"

"I was just about to say that, Senior," Yuan Xiaoyi said quickly, "Because the school did a good job with the aftermath, the school swimming pool was only temporarily closed for a period of time before being reopened."

"Most of the students and teachers at the school don't know that anyone died in the swimming pool, and those who do know have been talked to by the school leaders."

"The teacher who was responsible for training those girls that day was also persuaded to resign by the school."

"But strange things started happening not long after the swimming pool reopened."

Yuan Xiaoyi explained, "Because of the previous incident, the school also restricted the opening hours of the swimming pool. Teachers and students who come to swim have to leave before 7 p.m., and then the staff cleans and maintains the equipment. It usually closes before 8 p.m."

"But staff members have reported that even though all the swimmers have left, the freshly cleaned floor suddenly becomes wet, with water stains appearing."

"Like someone just came out of the pool, and the water from their body flowed onto the ground."

"But the pool is only so big. They walk back and forth nearby. If someone was really swimming in the water, how could they not see them?"

"The lights in the swimming pool occasionally go out. It's very sudden, and then after a while, they come back on."

"They called an electrician to repair it, but after looking at it, he said there was nothing wrong. After all, the swimming pool hasn't been built for long, so there's no problem with aging wiring."

"Anyway... anyway, things like this have been happening constantly, but fortunately, nothing major has happened, so no one paid attention until..." Yuan Xiaoyi suddenly lowered her voice, "That night."

"It was a Friday, and after the students had all left, the staff stayed behind to clean up."

"Originally, there were two people, but one of them had something urgent to do and had to leave, so there was only one person left. This doubled the workload."

"This person was a young newcomer, about 20 years old. He was busy working with his head down, and he didn't pay attention to the time."

"After all the work was done, he looked at his phone and realized that it was almost 9 o'clock, a full hour later than the scheduled closing time."

"He hurriedly packed his things and walked towards the gate of the swimming pool, ready to leave."

"But before he reached the gate, he suddenly stopped and turned to look behind him. He vaguely heard the sound of water, like... someone was swimming in the pool."

"But how could that be?"

"He was the last one to leave, and he had cleaned in the swimming pool for so long, walking back and forth by the pool several times, and he didn't see anyone anywhere."

"But he did hear the sound."

"The man didn't think so much. He turned around and walked back. It wouldn't be good if he locked someone in the swimming pool."

"Because the lights were off, the pool hall was relatively dark, not pitch black, but with a hazy feeling."

"Light shone in from the windows at the top of the swimming pool, and the surface of the pool water was sparkling with tiny lights."

"He found the light switch and pressed it, but the light only flickered once and then went out, also shaking the man's eyes."

"But the man didn't have time to complain about the light problem, because with that momentary light, he really saw someone."

"In the pool."

"Relatively far away from him, swimming with their back to him, he only saw a back view."

"It should be a woman."

"Immediately, the man became anxious and immediately shouted at the woman swimming, telling her to hurry up and get out, leave the swimming pool, it's too dangerous to swim here alone at night, and besides, it's almost closing time."

"The woman must have heard him, and then swam to the side of the pool and came up from the ladder."

"The man chased after her, wanting to warn the woman, but by the time the man got closer, the other person had disappeared."

"It was as if she had disappeared in the blink of an eye, but there were water stains on the ground. The woman had just been standing here. He remembered it very clearly."

"He reached for his phone in his pocket, but remembered that he had put his phone in his backpack because it was in the way when he was working, and the backpack was still at the swimming pool gate."

"It's definitely not okay to leave the woman here alone. What if something happens?"

"And he vaguely felt that this woman was not right. She didn't say a word after she appeared, as if she was in a very low mood. Don't let her have any suicidal intentions."

"Just as he was thinking about going back to get his phone first and then coming back to find her, not far away, another sound rang out."

"It was coming from the direction of the showers, the sound of rushing water."

"When the man heard this, he immediately realized that after coming out of the pool, the woman would go to the showers to rinse off."

"Without hesitating, the man walked towards the showers. The location of the women's showers was relatively remote, requiring him to pass through a corridor and a corner."

"Standing in front of the women's shower room door, the man finally breathed a sigh of relief. The lights inside the shower room were on, and there was the sound of rushing water."

"Strangely enough, after seeing the light, the oppressive feeling in the man's heart lessened a lot."

"Ever since he returned to the pool, he felt like something was pressing on his heart, making him feel very suffocated."

"Listening to the monotonous rushing sound, the man couldn't help but feel strange, but he couldn't describe it. So he raised his voice and urged the woman to hurry up, because he was still waiting to lock the door."

"But the only response he got was the same monotonous and dull sound of water."

"The man finally realized that something was wrong."

"It was the sound of the water!"

"From the moment he stood in front of the door, the sound of the water flowing had never changed."

"How can I describe it? It's like... the woman's showering posture has never changed. She maintains one posture and keeps showering. There's no sound of movement inside either."

"The man was shocked. He thought that the woman wouldn't have hanged herself inside, or cut her wrists or something. After all, that's how it's been portrayed in the movies."

"He shouted loudly, but the woman still didn't answer. In his urgency, he couldn't care about anything else and rushed in."

"The shower room was made up of small cubicles without doors. Each cubicle had a semi-transparent plastic curtain."

"When someone was taking a shower inside, they would pull the curtain shut."

"The woman was in the last cubicle, in the corner. Through the semi-transparent curtain, you could see a person standing behind it."

"It was a woman, and she was wearing something colorful, a swimsuit... The woman hadn't taken off her swimsuit and was just silently washing herself."

"Looking from below, you could see a pair of feet, bare feet, without slippers. Maybe it was because of the light, but they looked blue, as if they were frozen."

"Water kept flowing down her feet, and the woman behind the curtain didn't move at all."

"The man didn't hesitate any longer and reached out his hand. He originally wanted to pull the curtain down, but for some reason, his body trembled after coming in, and he couldn't use any strength in his arms. He only pulled the curtain open by about a third."

"But that was enough to see what was behind it!"

Yuan Xiaoyi took a deep breath, looked at Jiang Cheng, and said slowly, "There was no one inside. The shower was running, and a key was hanging on the hook for hanging things."