I'm Ornn, and I'm about to be beaten to my knees by the Man-eating Horse Girl!

As Japan's largest horse girl school, Central Tereson naturally has countless stories and legends flowing through the long river of history.

As the alumni of CUTS (Central Institute of Technology) gradually graduated, the stories passed down orally from generation to generation naturally accumulated to an exaggerated extent.

Among these, the most widespread and memorable is the legend of ghosts and monsters.

After all, the students at Treson are mostly young girls in the prime of their lives, brimming with curiosity, and they generally have mixed feelings about such vague and unfounded legends.

In other words, she herself was afraid of these stories, but couldn't help wanting to hear more, which is the fundamental reason why these legends have been passed down from generation to generation and have become more and more mysterious.

After parking his car, Orn put his shopping bags into a locker next to the mall and then headed towards the outdoor gear store on the fourth floor.

It was midday in summer, and the air conditioning in the mall was blasting, which should have made it quite cool. However, Xiao Li Mao felt no coolness at all.

Perhaps the story Ardan had just told her had frightened her, so she followed closely behind Orn, keeping a distance from the others.

Meanwhile, her ears remained limp and drooping in front of her, which would significantly impair her hearing. Her tail also barely wagged, remaining simply coiled around her thighs.

It seemed that only by doing this could she dispel the unease in her heart.

Aoun chuckled and patted Little Chestnut Hat's head. He vaguely guessed what his mentor was thinking, so he comforted him, "Don't worry, these are just some unfounded ghost stories. Just treat them as a little tale."

"It's okay if you don't want to listen. Courage grows little by little without you even realizing it. Maybe after a while you won't be afraid anymore?"

Oguri Hat whispered, "Tuorena, I... I feel like I'll always be afraid. Wouldn't that be embarrassing?"

"Shameful? What's shameful about it?"

Orn said in a relaxed tone, "Don't overthink it. Just listen to it as a story. After all, everyone has things they're not good at, and that's normal!"

"Besides, don't you still have that amulet I gave you? That amulet is really powerful. I'll tell you a secret, it was personally blessed by a deity!"

"Who cares about any vengeful spirit or vengeful ghost? If it dares to get within a meter of you, that talisman can crack open its skull! It'll guarantee to send it to the Three Goddesses for reincarnation as soon as possible!"

Hearing the exaggerated description from the man beside her, Xiao Li Mao chuckled, and her ears perked up again.

Orn laughed and asked, "Should we go upstairs together and pick out some tents and sleeping bags? I asked the guild leader before, and besides sleeping in the hotel, we can also choose to camp on the beach outside."

"I've already prepared the barbecue grill. We'll set up a bigger tent so everyone can grill some food together!"

"Xiao Li, what do you want to eat? Grilled bacon? Or beef rolls?"

Little Chestnut Hat's ears swayed from side to side as she raised her head and said, "I want them all!"

"Good! Very energetic!"

Seeing that Oguri had recovered, Orn turned to Fujimasa March and Mejiro Aldan and instructed them, "March! Aldan! Oguri and I will go upstairs first to buy the outdoor gear! You guys go pick out sunscreen and sun protection items! We'll meet at the entrance later!"

Ardan instantly understood Orn's reason for doing this: rather than letting Little Chestnut Hat continue to listen to ghost stories in fear, it was better to separate her and leave the brave horse girl to continue listening to the stories.

The main reason he didn't call on Shining Glory and Fujimasa March to go up together was because of Shining Glory's personality.

Even Mejiro Ardan, who had only recently joined Dolan's team, could sense that the new Radiant was extremely active. For the new Radiant, anything she wanted to know, she would find the answer through various means.

Although Fujimasa didn't show any obvious reaction, her bright red eyes revealed that she was quite interested in these things.

As for outstanding qualities, Megumi Ardan vaguely heard her youngest sister mention that one of her best friends' roommates was often seduced by a red-haired, twin-tailed older sister who was very much associated with the number [3].

Such deceptive tactics include, but are not limited to: wearing a swimming ring while swimming as a sign of maturity; asking your idol, Baek In-senpai, to run while wearing pajamas as a sign of respecting his choice; and wearing sausage-shaped lipstick and claiming that this is the makeup a truly mature woman should have...

After her deception was discovered, the red-haired, twin-tailed villainous woman said, "Women learn from each deception, so I'm just helping you out!" She used this excuse to trick the other person again.

Meguro Ardan couldn't help but think to himself, "Is this person with such excellent manners listening to these strange tales... just to build up their own material library for scaring children?"

Looking at Ornn and Oguri Hat who had climbed to the third floor, Shining Radiance sighed and said, "Looks like Oguri got quite a fright. Shall we go downstairs to buy sunscreen first? And while we're at it, let's hear what these so-called Seven Ghost Stories are all about."

"Aldan, you just said that the girl at the teahouse is a member of the ghost stories. What do you mean by that? Is there something strange about her?"

Meguro Ardan picked up a jar of sunscreen and replied, "Well... how should I put it? Because Chaza-senpai is quite mysterious, many rumors have gradually circulated about her, the most famous of which is 'The Shadow of the Laboratory Building'."

"Shine has personally experienced this. According to her account on the [Dead Tree Hole] forum, one evening, just as the sun was setting, she was going to help her roommate retrieve the textbooks she had forgotten in the lab building."

"As Shining entered the stairwell, she was surprised to find a figure with a figure extremely similar to Chaza's not far in front of her, walking towards the other end of the corridor."

"So Shining quickly greeted her, but the figure seemed not to hear Shining's greeting and simply turned and entered a room on the side of the corridor at a very fast speed,"

"However, she didn't think much of it. Perhaps her classmate at the tea house had something important to do, which was why she didn't hear her greeting."

"She took the elevator on the right, and when she arrived at the classroom on the fourth floor, she bumped into Manchester Tea House coming out of the classroom next door."

Ardan Megumi's expression seemed somewhat puzzled. She put the sunscreen back and started looking at another brand.

She continued, "Shining was quite surprised at the time, because even for a horse girl, it's actually very difficult to rush from the first floor to the fourth floor faster than an elevator. Even if a horse girl could do it, she would definitely make a huge noise in the stairwell."

"But apart from the hum of the elevator, Shan Guang didn't hear any other sound."

The student with excellent qualities asked, "Could it be because the elevators in the lab building are too old? I remember those elevators often breaking down, don't they?"

Teng Zheng shook his head and said, "No, the elevator on the left side of the laboratory building is the one that's malfunctioning, but the elevator on the right is almost brand new. It's not only fast, but also very stable."

"The stairs in the laboratory building lead directly to the classrooms, so if a horse girl is going upstairs quickly, Shining-senpai, who has just stepped out of the elevator, should definitely hear the noise."

Megumi Ardan nodded and said, "Yes, that's what Shining finds most puzzling. The tea classmate was just on the first floor, how could she suddenly walk out of the classroom in front of her on the fourth floor?"

Her newly gleaming ears twitched as she asked curiously, "Did Shining Senior ask that tea house senior for the reason? She must have asked, right?"

"She did ask, but the answer wasn't what she wanted,"

Meguro Ardan said helplessly, "The tea house said at the time that it was because Shining was under too much training pressure recently, so she was hallucinating, and then urged her to leave the laboratory building as soon as possible."

"Although Shining wanted to ask more questions, she couldn't produce any evidence, so she could only leave with a belly full of questions."

"After she posted this, many female fans left comments under this 'dead tree hole' post, recounting various strange things they encountered in the laboratory building,"

"As more and more comments were posted, the 'Unfathomable Experiment Building' became the number one of the seven mysteries of Central Treson."

Chapter 147 The Seven Wonders of Central Treson (Part 2)

"【The Lab Building That Cannot Be Examined Further】...This name certainly sparks the imagination,"

Fujimasa sighed softly, preparing herself mentally before asking, "Aldan, this should only be one of the seven mysteries, right? What are the remaining six legends?"

Meguro Ardan said, "The remaining six legends... Because Chaza-kun has many supernatural phenomena, everyone in the academy regards Chaza-kun as one of the Seven Mysteries."

"real or fake?"

Shining with new brilliance, she picked up a hair clip from the shelf next to her and held it up to her head. She turned around and asked, "Won't you be angry if I say this, Senior Tea House? Isn't this a form of school bullying?"

The person next to her, who was of excellent quality, shook his head and said, "No, that's not the case. To be more precise, the person in the tea room seems to quite like that assessment."

"As for the remaining five legends... I think if the 'Unfathomable Experiment Building' is the first of the Seven Mysteries, then this legend might be ranked second,"

"【The Abyss of the Dead Tree Hole】This is the strangest ghost story I've ever heard of. You should know it, right, Aldan?"

Meguro Ardan nodded and said, "I've heard about this too. It's said that in the school's central courtyard, between the third and fourth teaching buildings, there's a lawn with a tree stump that was cut down a long time ago. The stump is hollow inside, and the space inside is about big enough to hide a person."

"Ah! I know this place! I remember when my benefactor and I first came to the school, that swordsman and his disciple took us there!" exclaimed excitedly.

"But it's just an empty tree stump! I've heard that students often go there to shout and vent their frustrations, but there's nothing special about it, is there?"

"This thing can be the subject of ghost stories? It looks pretty ordinary to me."

The person with excellent qualities said quietly, "Often, it's precisely because it looks ordinary that the story behind it is all the more chilling..."

"I heard that this legend was passed down from a senior student seven years ago, specifically from the year before that. It's said that if you come to the tree hole at midnight and shout loudly, you can vaguely hear other people's voices answering from inside the tree hole."

"I heard that the senior who heard the response threw a stone into the tree stump, but after a long time, there was no sound of the stone hitting the bottom of the stump; it was as if the stone was still falling inside the stump."

"She turned on her flashlight and shone it into the tree stump, only to find the stone lying quietly in the corner at the base of the stump. With the light shining in, the senior student threw another stone in, and this time a distinct 'thump' sound was heard."

She quickly turned off the flashlight and threw another stone into the tree stump. Just like the first time, she couldn't hear anything.

"What really gave her the creeps was the pitch-black tree stump. Even with the streetlights and moonlight shining around it, the stump remained completely dark, like a bottomless abyss."

Meguro Ardan added, "Actually, my younger sister and her best friend sneaked off to see it, but they didn't go at midnight, it was around 11 pm."

"After Fuji Kiseki-senpai and Hishi Amazon-senpai became dormitory supervisors, it's now very difficult for students to sneak out of the dormitory at night. The only time they manage to go out is because Fuji had a cold that day, which gave them the opportunity,"

"According to her, they threw stones as the legend had said, but the sound of the stones hitting the ground was heard very quickly,"

"Perhaps it wasn't the right time? Or perhaps for some other reason, in any case, they didn't recreate the terrifying scene from the rumors, but they did faintly hear an echo coming from the hollow of the withered tree,"

At this point, Aldan covered his mouth and chuckled, "At the tea party, although she said that it was more like the sound of wind rushing into a tree stump than an echo, her drooping ears and tail suggested that she was still quite guilty."

"There's another legend, the 'Phantom on the Rainy Night Playground,' which has only emerged in recent years. It says that on rainy nights, a phantom running around the northern playground will always appear."

"The first witness was Ennis, the Wind Goddess. She had just returned from the convenience store outside the school. It was raining very hard that day. Even with an umbrella, the strong wind would still wash the rain off you. There were puddles of varying sizes all over Central Tresen, and the grass had turned into a swimming pool."

"As she passed the north playground, she heard very clear footsteps coming from it, like some ferocious creature stomping heavily on the grass, making dull thuds,"

"Senior Fengshen looked in the direction from which the sound came and saw a long-haired black figure moving forward at an extremely fast speed under the illumination of the playground lights. That speed was almost the same as that of some G1 horse girls!"

"It seems that the other party also noticed Senior Fengshen. After turning a corner, the figure completely disappeared."

"Since then, the 'phantom on the playground in the rain' has become a new ghost story. Many students have witnessed the appearance of that figure, and the heavier the rain, the greater the probability of witnessing it!"

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"Moreover, since this ghost story isn't scary, some students even think that the figure might be the incarnation of the Rain God, or perhaps some kind of auspicious omen."

Meguro Ardan held several bottles of the sunscreen she recommended in her hands, and continued, "I think the fifth legend is actually just a rumor. On the forum, it's called 'the third underground level,' which is the third level of the underground parking lot."

"Everyone, including students and visitors, can freely enter the first level of the underground parking garage. I think you've all been there. Doesn't Mr. Orn have a tricycle? It should still be parked on the first basement level, right?"

Fujimasa nodded and said, "Yes, but Orn said there seems to be a problem with the back seat of that car, so it's being repaired."

Meguro Ardan continued, "It's that basement. Everyone can enter the first basement level, but the second basement level requires a special key card to open."

“I’ve been there before with my sister and student council members. It’s where large vehicles are parked, and it also stores spare equipment, like generators, metal plates for replacing the playground fence, and various repair kits,”

"And besides these two levels of space, there is a third level of space,"

"Some people on the forum say that the third level might be a former cemetery, while others say it's a dungeon, and some even say it's a military fortress!"

Meguro Ardan shrugged and shook his head, saying, "However, I asked my sister and the guild leader, and I also went to check the entrance to the third floor, and it turns out it was just a rumor."

"There is indeed a third floor, but its main purpose is to store items. According to the chairman, the third floor was originally built to store grain when Central Tresen was first established. As time went by, this warehouse was gradually abandoned."

The person with excellent qualities said, "However, as for the other ghost stories, I don't think they're really that scary. They're mostly just baseless speculations by many people."

"For example, the 'Mystery of Miss Surugawa' is a typical rumor. Although the person spreading it hid their name, everyone believed that it was spread by the Golden Ship, since she was the only one who was constantly being dragged by Miss Surugawa to write self-criticisms!"

"That post said that Miss Surukawa must be a horse girl! And she must be very old! It also listed a lot of unfounded rumors. In my opinion, Miss Surukawa is just a very respectable elder, right? It's not as mysterious as that post makes it out to be!"

"Although sometimes Miss Surugawa does act like she's not human. For example, she wears a hat regardless of the weather, and she can even match the speed of Golden Ship. Moreover, it seems that even the student council president doesn't know how long Miss Surugawa has been working at the school..."

"Well, putting all those factors aside, I think Miss Junchuan is still very trustworthy!"

Shining Radiance raised an eyebrow. She looked at Excellent Quality beside her, who was wearing an awkward smile, and said helplessly, "Aren't you starting to lose confidence as you talk?"

Meguro Ardan continued, "Hehe, Miss Surukawa is indeed very dedicated to her work and has done a lot for everyone, so this ghost story is more of a joke and a compliment."

"The remaining one of the seven legends is perhaps just a baseless guess; people call him the 'Mysterious Chairman',"

"The current principal of Central Tereson is Chairperson Akikawa, whose identity is also a mystery, because the chairperson's appearance is really too deceptive. If it weren't for the fact that she once gave a speech during the freshman enrollment, I think many students would think, 'Could this be someone's sister?' even if they saw her on the street?"

"Furthermore, given the chairperson's unique and quirky speech patterns, the students naturally began to speculate about her background."

"However, although she is the chairperson, many of the actual plans are actually formulated by the student council members. It seems that the chairperson just signs the documents at the end and that's it."

"When I go to the chairman's office, I usually only see her petting the cat, or curled up sleeping on the sofa, or I can't find her at all."

"Aside from certain important events that require her to speak on stage, it seems... the chairperson really doesn't have to do anything."

"There's nothing to do, I just wander around all day, and when I'm at work I slack off, only doing signing documents and giving summary speeches..."

The newly radiant figure said speechlessly, "This...this is just a mascot without any real power! Just like that king of Great Britain! Completely useless!"

She was about to say that this might be too hurtful, but then she thought of Akikawa Yayoi's usual demeanor and silently swallowed her words.

Megumi Ardan put the items everyone had chosen into the shopping basket, and then changed the subject with a smile, saying, "What Glorious said makes some sense, but it's still a bit of an exaggeration!"

"Ah! Mr. Orn and Oguri are already waiting for us at the door! Let's go!"

After swiping his card at the checkout, Orn was carrying a rather large tent bag in his hand, and also took the contents of the shopping bag from Aldan's hand.

He smiled and asked the four people behind him, "It seems our Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio storytelling session has come to an end?"

The man with excellent qualities scratched his face and said, "Well... there's one last little rumor, but it's not scary at all; in fact, it's a bit baffling..."

As she spoke, she glanced at the gossamer horsewoman next to Orn, who was also carrying several large bundles.

Little Chestnut Hat nodded resolutely and said, "Don't worry! I've overcome my fear! Because compared to being afraid of unseen and intangible creatures, I can clearly feel the hunger in my stomach! So I'm not afraid!"

Shining Radiance glanced at Oguri Hat and couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement: "Really? She can actually suppress her true nature with her appetite? Oguri's strength... is probably far beyond my imagination!"

Although she didn't quite understand what Oguri Hat had just said, she didn't pay it too much attention.

After gathering her thoughts, she said, "This has recently appeared on the forum, and people are calling it 'Black Smoke from the Back Mountain.' Although it's not as well-known as the previous seven mysteries, it's still one of the few anomalies that appears during the day!"