The School At Night - Japanese Urban Legend 4 - Animated Scary Story

This Japanese urban legend centersaround a certain school in Japanit wasn't the only school to besupposedly haunted the reason being thatthere was a time when Japan needed moreschools but had nowhere to constructthem due to the limited amount of landavailable so they decided it would bebest to build them over ancient andforgotten old cemeteries soon enough
rumors started to arise that thoseschools were haunted at this school inparticular people claim that if youventure onto the grounds at midnight onthe 15th day of the monththere's a definite chance that you'llsee and hear weird and unsettling thingsfor example it was claimed that thestatue at the front of the buildingwould follow you with its eyes thenumber of steps to the main doors wouldchange and the list of odd things getsstranger and more horrific as it goes onin this specific Middle School in Japanthree boys and a girl decided toinvestigate whether or not the rumorswere trueMichiko Shinichi Takashi and Hiro met up
at midnight near the entrance once theyall gathered they went up towards theschool gate and jumped over it sincethere was a chain with a lock preventingthem from entering they safely enteredthe premises and strode with braverytowards the main entrance doors theystopped at the statue on the way up tothe steps and checked if it really didfollow you with its eyesas they pass by the only thing theynoticed was that it was looking to itsleft what did I say it's all just astupid urban legend that isn't even realShinichi proclaimed we still have tocheck some other parts of the legend sodon't say it isn't real yet hero statedwith amusement he had been lookingforward to this day for a while he was abig fan of urban legends and he wasn'tgoing to miss his chance to live throughone I doubt itsaid Takashi you do know urban legendsaren't real right don't crush his dreamsjust because you're scared Michikosnapped back they all then turned andmade their way further onto the schoolgrounds the next thing was the stepsthat led to the main entrance it's saidthat when you go back down the number ofsteps should change they walked up andcounted 13 they walked down the stepsand to Hiro's disappointment it wasstill 13 looks like that one isn't trueeitherMichiko shrugged as they all approachedthe door that would give them access tothe inside of the school let's not giveup hope yet Hiro muttered Shinichigroaned in annoyance why can't we justleave we already proved two of themweren't real everything else is probablygoing to have the same resultah then tell me you're just scared likeTakashi Michiko chuckledShinichi scoffed of course notit's just ridiculous we broke into ourschool in the middle of the night justto prove this urban legend is realwhile you guys argue I'll be goinginside Hiro stated as he entered theirmiddle school wait how did you open the
doorsTakashi asked as he followed hero inweirdly enough it was already open maybethe ghost foresaw our visit Hiroresponded the school had an eerieatmosphere unlike its usual cheery moodduring the day they made their way toone of the laboratories for the nextlegend it said that if you turn on thefaucet instead of water pouring outblood would take its place Hiroexcitedly turned on the faucet the restwere pretty sure it was fake but lookedon in anticipation nonetheless the onlything they saw was water rushing outlike it normally would and thedisappointment that quickly filledHiro's face there's still one more to goMichiko tried to keep some hope Hiro puton a determined face you're right he ledthe way to the final part of the legendthe bathroom the legend states that ifyou enter the last stall a rope willcome down from the ceiling and circlearound your neck this time as theyapproached the bathroom there was adefinite feeling of tension andnervousness in the air this wasdifferent all those other parts of thelegend were harmless but this couldpotentially end someone's life once theyfinally made it everyone seemed to staystill even Hiro didn't dare go insideMichiko groaned in annoyance yet againI'll go since no one seems to have thenerve let's just get this over with so Ican go home she began to enter Hiro tookinto account the time just to make sureshe didn't take too long it wascurrently 1:00 in the morningbut it certainly didn't feel like it asthey were all wide awake and fully alertdue to the feeling ofyear that had crept in over all of thema few tense minutes passed and Michikofinally stepped out what did I say it's
all just a stupid urban legend everyoneseemed to let out a breath of relief asthey figured out there's nothingparanormal going on around the schooleven though Hiro was disappointed theurban legend was fake he was gladmichigo was in one piece they alldecided it was time to head back and goto sleep in their homes the schoolfriends happily chatted all the wayoutside of the school until they wenttheir separate ways the next morning theboys each received an unexpected phonecall from Michiko his mother she soundedworried but the boys didn't understandwhy she was calling that's when sheclarified her intention Michiko wasmissing she wasn't in her room when shechecked in the morning a certain dreadfield Hiro's bodywhy was she missing they saw her go backhome last night so there's no way shecould be missing in the end they decidedto tell their parents about their littleadventure in the hopes that it couldhelp Michiko their parents contacted theprincipal of the middle school and helda meeting with all of them once at theschool the principal demanded anexplanation what were they doing at theschool in the first place of course theyexplained the situation but noticedsomething strange the statue that waslooking to the left was now looking tothe right how could that belast night they clearly saw it waslooking to the left out of curiositythey counted the steps there were 12steps not 13 like last night somethingweird is going on Hiro said with a noteof terror creeping into his voicehe explained what they had seen to theparents and the principal they lookeddoubtful but went along with what hesaid in case they could find Michikothey next decided to check thelaboratory instead of finding an emptysinkthey found a sink with dried blood in a
weird way the legend was coming true andHiro Takashi and Shinichi feared theworst they knew what it meant if thelast part of the legend was actuallytrue but they were still hopeful that itwas not they all rushed to the bathroomas soon as Hiro explained the last placethey went to with anticipation that theywould find Michiko alive they burst intothe bathroom they checked every stalland then they reached the last oneMichiko's mother let out a terrifyingscream she saw the scene before her poorMichiko was hung from the top of thebathroom stall her lifeless body swungfrom side to side her face was pale andher eyes were open with fear her throatwas cut all the way around and her bodywas soaked with her own blood most ofthe blood was on the floor marking adark red pool additionally all of her
internal organs and intestines all seemto have been painfully ripped out of herbody and they all set neatly in a pilein the toilet bowlthe principal immediately called thepoliceMichiko's mother was a crying messtakashi seemed to be in a state of shockand backed away from the sceneShinichi kept repeating the same wordsover and over under his breathit can't be it can't be Hiro looked on
with horror and noticed the watch onMichiko his wrist it was stopped atexactly 1:00 in the morningone question remainedif Michiko was dead as soon as sheentered the bathroom then who was theperson who came out

"The School At Night"