00:00While the woman was putting on her makeup, the mirror gave her a warning.
00:02It told her that she had to be home before 10 o'clock.
00:04But when she got off work and walked back,
00:06she noticed that the residential complex was eerily quiet.
00:09Even the elderly people who always walked their dogs were gone.
00:12A bad feeling completely enveloped her.
00:14All she could do was quicken her pace and convince herself that everything was fine.
00:17However, the footsteps behind her sent a chill down her spine.
00:20Realizing what was happening, she ran desperately up the stairs.
00:23Just as she took out her key, a dark shadow suddenly lunged at her.
00:26At the very last second, the woman managed to lock herself inside her apartment.
00:30She collapsed onto the floor and checked the time.
00:32It was 10 o'clock.
00:33For a moment, she thought she had escaped danger.
00:35But the violent pounding on the door terrified her even more.
00:38Worst of all, the man seemed to know that she was looking through the peephole
00:41and violently stabbed a sharp object straight through it.
00:44Trembling, the woman called the police for help and grabbed her pepper spray.
00:47She decided to strike first, just as she was about to open the door to fight back.
00:51The sound of a police siren came from downstairs.
00:53The man vanished without a trace.
00:55When the police arrived, for safety reasons, she confirmed their identities by calling back
00:59before opening the door.
01:00But just as she relaxed, a horrifying piece of news came over the police radio.
01:04Just moments ago, a woman who lived alone on the second floor had been brutally murdered.
01:08The woman felt as if she were falling into an icy abyss.
01:11After failing to attack her, the killer had immediately changed targets
01:14and murdered someone else in the same building.
01:16And the murderer was the serial criminal who had attacked during a rainy night a few days earlier.
01:21The next day, the woman arrived at work with a restless mind.
01:23Her co-workers were talking about the murder from the night before.
01:25The crime scene was identical to that of the previous victim.
01:28At that moment, the woman's gaze fixed on her supervisor's face.
01:31His eyes were red and swollen, with obvious injuries.
01:34Those marks looked as if they had been caused by pepper spray.
01:36This made the woman suspect that the killer from last night was him.
01:39Her suspicion was soon confirmed.
01:41The supervisor called her into his office, pretending to be concerned.
01:43But his words were full of telltale clues.
01:46Not only did he precisely mention that the crime had occurred on the second floor,
01:49a detail that had not yet been made public.
01:51He also took out a set of keys and firmly demanded that.
01:54For her own safety, she moved immediately into an apartment near the company.
01:57The woman panicked and remembered the bloody warning from the mirror.
02:00If you move, you will die.
02:02So she pretended to stay calm and looked for an excuse to refuse him.
02:05But she did not expect that this was far from over.
02:07As soon as she got home, she received a call from her landlord.
02:09Strangely, he said that someone was offering a high price for the apartment,
02:12raising the rent from $1,500 to $2,500,
02:15and demanding that she pay three months' rent, $7,500, in five days,
02:20or move out immediately, remembering that her supervisor had also urged her to move.
02:24The woman suspected it was a coordinated trap,
02:26but the company was laying people off, and she couldn't ask for leave.
02:29Moving meant falling into the trap, yet staying was her only refuge.
02:32She could only force herself to accept the landlord's demand,
02:35and try to probe for information, but got nothing.
02:37After work, the supervisor came to find her again, without beating around the bush.
02:41He offered her paid leave with full salary,
02:43just to get her to move into the apartment that very day.
02:46His abnormal persistence and enthusiasm made her even more suspicious.
02:50She firmly rejected him once more and fled the company.
02:52But an even greater terror awaited her when she returned to the complex.
02:55She discovered in horror that the elevator,
02:57which had been broken for over a month, had been repaired today.
03:00Without thinking, she entered it in exhaustion.
03:02But something strange happened.
03:03The doors kept opening and closing repeatedly, and refused to shut completely.
03:07A shiver ran through her body.
03:09In that instant, she understood the elevator had never been broken.
03:12Someone outside was pressing the open button,
03:15neither entering nor letting her out.
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