Chapter 32: Dont Leave Me Alone (2/2)

”W-Wait... Where did they go?”

”Did they already reach that turn at the end of the corridor?”

”Does that mean that they left me here alone?!”

Hugo's eyes widened in shock. Fear was now visible on his face.

His body urged him to run, yet he didn't dare to do so.

Slowly, he took a step forward.

After taking this step. Two kinds of footsteps echoed in the darkness.

One was his own footstep, while the other was the sound of wet shoes submerged in something sticky and slick.

”!!!”

”No... That was just my imagination...”

”All right, I can do it...”

”There's no one behind me...”

”No one behind me.”

Hugo squeezed these words out of his throat.

He repeated these words again and again as if he was hypnotizing himself.

He took several steps forward and those slick footsteps rang out once again.

It seemed to be following him which made Hugo even more scared.

”No... There's no one behind me... Once I make that turn on the end of that corridor there, then that sound will disappear... It's just my imagination. No one is behind me... No one is behind you, Hugo...” Hugo repeatedly whispered and after taking a few more steps, he seemed to have gotten used to the sound of those slick footsteps.

But his movements suddenly came to a halt as he slapped himself across the face.

”What is wrong with you, Hugo? You promised yourself that you would definitely protect your comrades! Why are you being such a scaredy-cat at this moment? Are you trying to imitate Jane?” Speaking of Jane, that kind-hearted, yet easily scared young lady...

Hugo's heart suddenly warmed up.

He didn't feel so scared anymore.

Taking several steps forward, he ignored the echoing footsteps behind him and walked down the single corridor where his comrades had disappeared into.

According to Calvin's words, the hospital itself wasn't that big. What's massive was the Medical Ward dedicated to treating the patients of Mount Spirit Sword Asylum.

From Calvin's words earlier, the Medical Ward was only a few corridors away from the decontamination chamber that they used to go inside the hospital.

In other words, Hugo wasn't that far from the others.

He just needed to pick up his pace and he'd soon catch up to them.

Hugo picked up his speed, but after walking for a few seconds.

He suddenly heard a strange noise coming from his right. He subconsciously turned to the source of the noise and he discovered that it seemed to be coming from another corridor with the bright-red ”exit” word, written above it.

”That noise... Did it come from the emergency exit? There are also some lights there. But why is it that only the corridor leading to the emergency exit is illuminated?” Hugo pondered for a while. He could seem to vaguely remember some of Calvin's words earlier, but due to the fear creeping up in his heart.

He seemed to have transformed into a moth attracted to a flame.

He approached the corridor leading to the emergency exit.

There was a cold draft coming from the corridor and a few doors of the sickrooms beside the emergency exit was left half-opened. Since there was no light, Hugo didn't dare to sneak a peek into the sickrooms for who knows what would appear in his vision the moment that he did such a thing...

Hugo finally realized at this moment that he had strayed from his original path.

”Damn it, I should go back...” He softly uttered a curse.

Not daring to stay any longer.

He turned around, and the moment that he did so.

He found a pair of bloodied footsteps on the floor directly in front of him.

Written beside the bloody footsteps were the words...

”Big Brother, please don't leave me alone.”