In a spacious and bright conference room, more than a dozen men in formal attire sat neatly on both sides of the conference table.
There was no one sitting at the head of the conference table. It was completely empty. Only the wall behind the seat could be seen, which was a silver-white hollowed-out Earth logo. Outside the Earth was a circle of light with green leaves and red stars entwined around it.
This logo was the emblem of the Earth Federation.
Below the emblem, the words "Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mainland Branch" were marked.
At this time, sitting in the upper right position, a middle-aged man with a sharp temperament looked at the report in his hand while saying in a low voice:
"Following the six missing cases that occurred in the No. 1 dormitory building of a certain school in Shangdu on December 15th, 110 missing cases have occurred in the No. 1 dormitory building in the next two days, including today. What do you think of this?"
The middle-aged man's hair was white, but each strand was standing on end. His entire person exuded a sharp aura. "The police's report contains almost no valuable information other than finding that most of these people are students of the same dormitory."
"Wait."
At this moment, someone suddenly interrupted from across the conference table, "What do you mean by 'other than finding that these people are students of the same dormitory'? Didn't this group of students go missing in the dormitory? "
"Of course not."
The middle-aged man's expression became solemn. "The six missing cases that occurred on the first day all happened in the dormitory. Not only in the dormitory but also in Dormitory 404. However, two days after that, large-scale disappearances began to occur in the dormitory. Some of them went missing in the toilet, some in other dormitories. The most bizarre thing is that some of them went missing in the teaching building during class..."
"Why did such an earth-shattering event only reach us today?"
Sitting opposite the middle-aged man was a man in his fifties with a wrinkled face. He frowned and said, "Such a serious case should've reached us as early as yesterday. Are the group of people in the subordinate agency all useless?"
"Because yesterday, the department over there still couldn't determine the nature of this matter. After all, it's too bizarre."
The middle-aged man replied expressionlessly, "As of yesterday afternoon, there were only a few people missing. We can't even be sure if they're missing. After all, they're all university students. It's possible that they just went out to the bar together."
"But this morning, in most of the dormitories in Dormitory Building 1, students on their beds have gone missing, and the number of missing has skyrocketed from a dozen to a hundred. Even before this report reached us, there were still people going missing, and the places where they went missing are not limited to the dormitories."
"On the first day, it only happened in one dormitory. On the second day, it spread to the entire dormitory building. On the third day, it had spread to the teaching block …"
A middle-aged man in his forties with rough skin seemed to have thought of something. He looked up from the table and said, "Why is this thing spreading like an infectious disease?"
"I think so too."
The middle-aged man nodded. "What worries us even more is that the missing people are not only students, but also the employees of the police station..."
"What?!"
"What?!"
The conference room suddenly burst into an uproar. The old man asked, "Is the news confirmed?"
"I'm very sure. At present, there are only three missing employees in the police station, and they all have one thing in common, and that is, they all entered that dormitory building."
The middle-aged man handed the report in his hand to the other party. "You'll know once you read it..."
"Little Wang, ask the office to print a dozen more copies and send one to everyone here."
The old man instructed. Then, he took the report and began to read it. However, as soon as he did, everyone saw that his forehead and back had started to sweat …
Was that cold sweat?
Everyone was secretly shocked. After all, he had been the second-in-command of the FBI branch for many years. What kind of situation had he not seen before, but now he was in such a state?
"It's really evil."
After about five minutes, the old man raised his head with difficulty. At this time, his expression had become extremely solemn. "I've only heard of colds being contagious and pneumonia being contagious, but I've never heard of disappearances being contagious. But no matter how I look at it, the source of everything seems to be pointing to Dormitory 404."
"Has that dormitory been properly checked?" Someone asked again.
"Yes, we've checked all the more unusual things in the entire dormitory for testing. Even the files in the four laptops in this dormitory have been checked one by one. Even the websites they browse daily have been checked, but nothing was found."
The middle-aged man replied, "The only abnormality is probably a videotape found under a bed."
At this time, the young man named Little Wang had returned to the conference room again. He walked around the conference table, distributed documents to everyone, and then returned to his seat.
"Videotape?"
Many people were taken aback. Videotapes had been obsolete for at least twenty years. How could it appear in a young college student's dormitory?
"What about the contents of the videotape?" Someone could not wait to flip through the report, but when he saw it clearly, he was stunned.
"Ring?"
"That's right. It's bizarre, isn't it?"
The middle-aged man picked up another report and gently pointed to a paragraph in the report. "The contents of the videotape are very similar to the videotape in a movie from the East China Sea called Ring."
"After comparison, the videotape in Ring and the videotape we found all have elements such as' well ',' volcano eruption ',' combing woman ', and so on. It can be said that there is no difference at all..."
"Maybe it's a student's graduation project?"
Someone asked. "After all, special effects technology is so advanced nowadays that it's not difficult even for a student in the academy to create the same scene."
"The police station has already done a test."
The middle-aged man flipped to the next page. "Six employees watched this movie, but coincidentally, after they finished watching it, their mobile phones rang. The caller ID was not in service, and when they picked up, the phone was disconnected."
"Isn't this the same as the plot of the movie?"
Some people who had watched the movie suddenly whispered, "The plot of the movie is like this. After watching the movie, everyone will receive a phone call, and then they will die seven days later?"
"That's right."
The middle-aged man nodded. "They even wanted to check the source of this phone call, but the local base station showed that no one had called in their phone at all."
Everyone was completely silent.
"Maybe we can contact the director of this movie."
At this moment, the old man suddenly said, "Not only the director, but we should also meet the entire crew. This movie was shot by them, I think they should be of help in this matter."
"Agree..."
"Yes, that should be the case."
"Seconded!"
Many people chimed in.
"Wait!"
However, at this moment, the young man called Little Wang, who was sitting in the last row, suddenly raised his head. He turned to the last few pages. "Not only did the campus have missing cases, but there were also cases of falling off buildings and sudden deaths. It also started in Dorm 404!"
As he said this, he stood up and pointed at the information in his hand. "The first victim was an epileptic patient named Wang Wei. However, there was no such disease in his medical history, and it was not hereditary in his family! And the way this person died was extremely strange. He actually twisted his own neck! "
Many people's expressions changed and they turned back one after another.
"What we should do now is to find the person involved. This report says that there are still two people alive in Dorm 404. Even if they aren't the murderers, they must be the most likely people to know the inside story!"
...
Standing outside the school gate, looking at the campus that had become incomparably cold, Chen Chen shook his head slightly.
At this time, it was already the third day of the incident.
From the day before yesterday until now, the Ju-on had completely spread on this campus. The number of people killed by Kayako had soared to hundreds. The entire campus was in danger. Without waiting for notice, they left the campus one after another. Some went outside to rent a hotel, some even bought bus tickets, ready to return to their hometown in advance.
The FBI could not be blamed for being too slow, it was just that this incident was too bizarre.
Who would have known that just by walking into an inconspicuous house, one would be infected with a deadly curse?
Today, the number of houses with the power of the curse was no longer limited to dormitory 1. Some classrooms in the teaching building, some toilets, and even some offices in the teachers' office building...
These places had also become the source of infection of the curse.
Now, hundreds of people who were infected with the curse but did not die began to flee here. Some of them were southerners, some were northerners, some were mainlanders, some were coastal people, and even some were foreigners.
These people would bring Kayako's curse to all parts of the world. There was no way to stop it.
Even Li Bo chose to leave.
Chen Chen did not ask him to stay. Anyway, the curse had spread, it did not matter whether Li Bo was there or not. However, Chen Chen still solemnly warned him at the end: if he did not want to drag his family down, it was best not to go home. Even if he died, he had to die outside.
Although it was already noon, the sky was gloomy. Thick dark clouds covered the sun, turning the sky into a gray color, without a trace of sunlight.
Chen Chen stood at the school gate for a long time, watching students leave the school gate one by one. Even some teachers did the same.
There was worry and panic on the faces of these students. They were afraid that if they continued to stay on campus, they would cause them to disappear completely.
However, when some of these students passed by Chen Chen, Chen Chen sensed a faint cold aura.
He understood that this aura meant that this group of people had been infected with the curse for a long time without knowing it...
If this spiritual disaster was treated as a kind of infectious disease, then this group of people was currently in the incubation period. The incubation period was not contagious, but they could not escape the final curse.
When Kayako appeared to claim their lives, that would be the outbreak period.
The reason why Chen Chen did not enter the school gate or leave was that he was waiting for someone. At this point, it was time for the higher-ups to send someone to look for him.
Thinking of this, Chen Chen suddenly felt a gaze on him. This was a mysterious feeling. Generally speaking, this was often referred to as "intuition" or "sixth sense".
However, Chen Chen, who had studied biology, naturally knew that the human body had the existence of bioelectricity. Whether it was brain waves or body nerve conduction, they were all transmitted by electrical signals.
Therefore, even if some sensitive people closed their eyes, they could still feel that someone was watching or approaching them. This was not because they could see, but because they could feel the other person's bioelectricity.
At this time, Chen Chen had the same feeling.
Before he had time to think about how he had become so sensitive, Chen Chen subconsciously turned his head and suddenly saw that not far away from him, there was a dirty beggar whose face could not be seen clearly looking at him quietly outside the door of a shop...
Those eyes gave Chen Chen an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
"It's you again?"
Chen Chen muttered in a low voice. He frowned. This was the second time he had seen this beggar. The first time was in the evening before yesterday when he had just left the Internet cafe.
For some reason, every time Chen Chen saw this beggar, he felt a strange sense of familiarity.
Chen Chen even saw a familiar shadow on her — Aixen.
Impossible...
However, Chen Chen suddenly shook his head. The beggar in front of him was definitely not that mysterious Aixen. This was just a similar temperament.
Thinking of this, Chen Chen stopped observing and quickly turned to leave. Now, he did not dare to touch any strange things.
However, before Chen Chen could go far, a pitch-black Wuling Hongguang suddenly drove from a corner and abruptly stopped in front of Chen Chen. The squeaking sound of the brakes startled Chen Chen.
With a loud crash, the car door quickly opened and two tall, strong men in black suits got out of the car.
"Are you Chen Chen?"
One of them asked in a low voice and at the same time, took out an identification card. "Zhang Qiang of the FBI branch, please come with us."
Chen Chen subconsciously took a step back, but the other man in black only took a casual step forward and directly blocked Chen Chen's path of retreat.
"Finally here?"
Seeing this, Chen Chen was completely relieved. He nodded and said in a carefree manner, "Alright, I've been wanting to meet the higher-ups of the FBI for a long time."
With that, Chen Chen did not wait for the other party's invitation and immediately climbed into the car.
Seeing Chen Chen's reaction, the man in black let out a strange chuckle. After that, both of them sat in the car, sandwiching Chen Chen in the middle.
Then, with a click, the car door quickly closed and at the same time, they drove into the distance...
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