Bizarre Honkai, a Wife-Chasing Crematorium

Li Mo stood behind the black coffin, examining the scene carefully, holding his breath and observing without any other action.

The tall corpse didn't look at them, but stood silently in place, unmoving, with the empty sockets where its eyes should be constantly fixed on the black coffin.

The students hid behind Li Mo, only peeking out half of their heads to look at the strange scene before them.

A stranger, who was deader than dead, was just standing in front of the black coffin, spacing out.

"Is it mourning in its heart...?" Li Mo murmured softly.

This result wasn't too bad. At least it showed that it was currently safe inside the auditorium, and the bizarre entities that entered wouldn't attack them.

Suddenly, Li Mo felt something pulling on his sleeve. He turned back and saw Saori Tsuruyo.

Saori Tsuruyo seemed to have discovered something. She motioned for Li Mo to lower his head so she could tell him. Li Mo did as she asked.

But the content of what Saori Tsuruyo said made Li Mo's heart skip a beat.

"Big Brother, that corpse in front looks like one of our classmates who died earlier..."

After hearing this, Li Mo started to examine the figure's appearance. It was still the same as before. He couldn't see its face clearly. Its clothes were faded and damaged, and it was difficult to judge what the style was.

Of course, perhaps Li Mo hadn't paid too much attention to the appearances of these ordinary people, focusing most of his attention on the surrounding environment, which was why he didn't recognize them.

In comparison, Saori Tsuruyo spent every day with them. There was no possibility of her misidentifying them. If she did misidentify them, it could only mean that her perception had been affected.

So, Li Mo needed to do a small test to make sure that what Saori Tsuruyo said was accurate from an objective standpoint.

Li Mo asked, "Are you sure? That corpse that can move looks like it has been dead for a long time, based on its skin and clothes. But your classmate died less than two days ago."

"Yeah, I'm sure. The earrings on her ear were a gift from me. I bought them with some of my classmates six months ago for her birthday. There's no mistaking it. The place and time were..."

"Although it's still a bit strange, because I remember she wore the earrings normally, not on the upper part of her ear."

Saori Tsuruyo seemed to understand Li Mo's intention. She explained the whole situation very clearly. Even from an outside perspective, there weren't any logical errors.

A group of girls went out to buy a gift to celebrate their friend's birthday. The reason was valid, and the time and place she stated were also valid.

Then the corpse before them was indeed a member of their group, but it was already dead.

Was it a ghost? Or a person?

Or perhaps it was a derivative created by a ghost...

"She's not human anymore," Li Mo said dully. Even if the other still retained some human consciousness, they wouldn't act so strangely.

Staying at the edge of the light, lingering silently in front of the black coffin.

"It's just..." Saori Tsuruyo pursed her lips, wanting to say something.

Li Mo directly stated her concerns: "It's just that she's gotten a lot taller. In my memory, none of you are over two meters tall. From what I can see, she's two and a half meters tall, with limbs that are withered and completely disproportionate to her tall body."

"Especially her neck... it's unbelievably long."

"It's like a giraffe that has had most of its limbs and feet cut off, then forced to stand."

Li Mo analyzed quickly and suddenly remembered a ghost.

The Upside-Down Ghost, which caused the spine of those who made eye contact with it to deform and break through their body, and for their heads to rotate halfway around.

If the other party was a human or a ghost, then they would turn into the same form as the Upside-Down Ghost.

But if it was a derivative of a ghost that had the nature of a ghost's restoration ability but didn't have the ability to reset, then a delicate balance would form.

Flesh would automatically fill around the spine, turning it into a deformed monster.

A derivative of a ghost wouldn't die from having their heads rotated halfway around, nor would they need to restore themselves.

Although the tall corpse before them looked like it had a normal head, in reality, its head was upside down, it was just that its face was a bit blurry.

That was why Saori Tsuruyo had found it strange, why the earring would be on the upper part of the ear.

After finishing his analysis, Li Mo's confusion hadn't been resolved by much.

Because a fog was still lingering in his mind, and he couldn't get rid of it.

That was why it would come to this funeral?

Even if they were acquaintances, Li Mo had only taken it out of the broadcast room and spent a few days with it.

That was barely enough to be called acquaintances, but the time of death didn't match.

Moreover... Li Mo glanced at the pile of corpses in the darkness and found a headless female corpse that looked similar to the tall corpse.

It was covered in a patch of red. There was nothing in its neck, and you could see the muscle tissue and half of the normal spine inside.

"No, this tall ghost shouldn't belong to this time. It comes from the future."

Li Mo quickly turned his head to look at the window. In the deep darkness, an upside-down head was grinning grotesquely at the window, with a long spine connecting to its back, staring eerily at Li Mo.

Then, in the next second, footsteps came from the entrance of the auditorium again.

A black and white nun outfit plus a petite figure. Even without a head on her neck, it was easy to identify the identity of the corpse.

"The headmaster... why did she become like this..."

Saori Tsuruyo couldn't help but feel fear at this moment. Compared to strangers turning into ghosts, it was even more frightening to see a respected senpai turn into such a grotesque ghost.

All the students covered their mouths, staring in disbelief at the corpse in front of them.

A long spine extended out of the severed neck, and the end of the spine was in the darkness of the entrance, or even further away.

Li Mo looked from left to right. Theresa's head was at the window, but her body had walked in.

This behavior was completely incomprehensible. The Upside-Down Ghost's instinct to kill was to stare, so if it really was the Upside-Down Ghost, it would have walked in front of Li Mo and the others without hesitation, trying to kill them, even if there was the protection of the grave incense.

"S-Senpai, what are you looki..."

"Ah!"

One of the girls couldn't help but scream, raising her trembling finger and pointing at the familiar head on the window.

"That's the head...of the headmaster!"

"Quiet," Li Mo reminded, directly covering the mouth of the emotional girl.

"Don't make noise during the mourning. No matter who turns into a ghost, at least we're safe right now."

"The auditorium seems to be intentionally blocking anything that can kill us from entering. Otherwise, Theresa's head would have already come in."

Everyone nodded. The terrifying scene was right in front of them, but they had to try to accept it.

Theresa's body was like the tall corpse from before. It stood blankly in front of the black coffin, remaining silent for a long time.