"Angus?" Hao Ren immediately recognized the man not far away from him from the back. The man's short and fat body and the slightly bald back of his head left a deep impression. "Is he the one causing trouble here?"
At this time, Angus did not notice the movement behind him. His attention was completely focused on the dark stone wall in front of him. This stone wall abruptly cut off the tunnel, turning it into a dead end. Angus was anxiously groping on the stone wall, trying to find some hidden mechanism. However, it seemed like his efforts were in vain. God knew how long he had been struggling here.
Angus was wearing a miner's lamp on his head and carrying a strange black box on his back. It looked like a self-powered loudspeaker. It was obvious that he did not enter this place by accident. He came prepared. Recalling the strange noises coming from the chapel and the fact that he was the one who first reported the haunted castle incident, Hao Ren figured out what was going on even if he was a fool. He took two steps forward. This time, he did not conceal his footsteps and finally caught Angus' attention. The short and plump innkeeper shuddered when he heard the movement behind him. Then, he froze on the spot as if he had been electrocuted. Hao Ren and the rest waited patiently for a few seconds before they saw Angus turn his head around like a puppet that had not been oiled for half a year.
The beam of light from the miner's lamp swept across the pitch-black tunnel. A strange black fog that was undulating but did not dissipate surged in front of Angus. How could a normal person's worldview be able to accept such a scene? The innkeeper let out a strange cry. "Ah —"
The shout came so suddenly that even Hao Ren was taken aback. He did not know who was the one who was scaring who. Vivian gestured for Hao Ren to keep quiet. She cleared her throat and spoke in a sharp and strange tone, "What are you doing here?"
Hao Ren looked at Vivian curiously. He thought to himself, "This vampire sure has a lot of tricks up her sleeves. She even brought her own mixer with her."
When Angus heard the terrifying voice coming from the "black mist", his body trembled even more violently. He did not even bother to answer Vivian's question. All he could do was to draw a cross in front of his chest with his hand. Beads of sweat dripped down his face. "God bless me, God bless me, God bless me … I didn't do anything bad, I didn't do anything bad … I didn't do anything bad …"
"I'm asking you a question. What are you mumbling about?" Vivian spoke in the voice of a female devil. "Hey, can you stop trembling? If you don't cooperate, I'll let the dog bite you! "
Hao Ren pondered for a moment, then tugged at Vivian's sleeve and whispered, "You won't be able to communicate with anyone here with your level of English."
Vivian was speechless.
"Let me do the asking." Hao Ren helplessly pushed the useless vampire away. He knew that it was best not to expose his voice at this time, so he communicated with the MDT in his mind. "Do you have a voice-changing function? Like Vivian. "
"Voice-Changing? R-CH-365B plug-in, go away. Okay, it's done. Now no one can recognize your voice. "
Hao Ren felt the air in front of him began to condense in a strange way. He silently thanked the aliens for their high-tech technology. As soon as he opened his mouth, a thunderous voice echoed in all directions. "What are you doing here?"
As soon as his voice trailed off, Vivian poked him in the back. "Hey, hey, hey. Do you have to be so dramatic? You're acting like a villain. "
Hao Ren helplessly expressed that he could not control the extraterrestrial PDA in his hand at all. None of the functions of the PDA worked!
Although the falsetto that the MDT designed for him was a little exaggerated, the domineering and evil voice had a very good deterrent effect. Angus suddenly woke up from his messy prayers and sat on the ground. "Dear honorable soul of a knight, I'm just a small merchant nearby. I really don't mean to disturb you … I live near Yorkford. Yes, I'm from Yorkford. I'm also considered as a citizen under your rule. For the sake of the knight's code, can you let me leave?"
Apparently, Angus thought that the black fog and the scary voice coming from the black fog were the real undead in the castle. Although he was playing tricks, he did not seem to have much courage. He was at a loss when faced with the strange situation.
Hao Ren felt that this misunderstanding was just right, so he did not expose him. He just followed his own train of thought and asked, "Are you the one causing trouble here every day? Are you the one causing all the trouble in the castle these two days? "
When Angus heard that the black fog was talking to him, he suddenly felt that it was possible to communicate with the "evil spirit". He calmed down a little. Although he was still trembling, he could speak normally. "Yes … It's me. But I'm just moving around above. I didn't want to disturb the soul below …"
"What are you playing tricks for?"
Angus wondered why the "undead knight" in the black fog was so curious. However, he did not dare to say too much. He just answered whatever the other party asked. "My inn is closing down, so I wanted to make some big news … But I didn't expect it to be this big!"
Now, the truth was out.
It turned out that the haunted incident in Yorkford Castle was just a hoax. It was fake news released by the owner of a poor inn to attract outsiders. Perhaps Angus did not expect things to escalate to this extent. Obviously, he underestimated the bored media and the powerful "ghost hunters". He did not expect a small haunted incident to be magnified to this extent after it was shown on TV.
While Angus was being cooperative, Hao Ren seized the opportunity to ask about the situation tonight. The details of Angus's trick became clearer. The "will-o '-the-wisp" in the castle was just a light that was set up in the cracks of the rocks in advance. The howling of the wind that echoed everywhere came from the big speaker on Angus's back … Everything was so funny.
Angus was an old resident of Brewshire Town. He grew up here. When he was a teenager, he was a wild boy who liked to run around. Many years ago, he often came to this castle to "explore". It was also at that time that he coincidentally discovered the underground palace system under the castle that had not collapsed yet. This was a secret that only he knew.
This remote town never had many outsiders passing by. The situation was better a few years ago, but in recent years, the situation had been deteriorating. Angus's inn's business was getting more and more difficult. Finally, when the business was about to collapse, he turned his attention to the castle next to it.
Brewshire was not an important economic town. It did not have any specialty products and it was not an important transportation route. The only thing that could possibly attract outsiders was the castle. If the castle became a tourist attraction, the business problem of the inn would naturally be solved.
Therefore, Angus came up with a bold idea: haunted. No matter what, he had to make the castle popular first.
His haunting trick had been going smoothly for the past few days. He was familiar with the structure of the castle and knew where to hide his little tricks. He was also very cautious. He could always clean up everything before the "ghost hunters" who were attracted to the castle stepped into the ruins. The secret passage under the castle was another advantage for his activities. Even if someone ran into the ruins to investigate, he could escape or hide through the secret passages in the castle at any time. No one knew the existence of these things in the castle.
With Angus's "hard work", every curious person who came to the castle to check out the situation would become a free propagandist. Therefore, the haunted incident in Yorkford Castle spread like wildfire. Of course, another important reason for the spread of the news was the boredom of the people. So many people went to the haunted house adventure in the park even though they knew it was fake. What's more, there was a "real" one here.
The only thing that was hard to explain was that when Angus first reported to the police, he mentioned that many people saw the fire coming from the direction of the castle. That was not just his statement. Now, in front of Hao Ren, Angus was sure that he had seen the fire that day and that it was the strange fire that gave him the "inspiration" to act as a ghost.
What was up with that fire?
The castle was dozens of kilometers away from Brewshire. Even if there was nothing blocking the view along the way, it was impossible to see the fire from the direction of the castle from the town. How big would the fire have to be? Perhaps the entire highland would have to be on fire.
However, the details were not known. Angus did not know what was going on. The only thing he could be sure of was that other than the fire alarm, the rest of the haunting incidents were all faked by the fat innkeeper.
However, there were too many people joining in the fun these days. Even if someone were to shout "see a UFO" on the street, there would be at least a dozen people standing around claiming that they saw it with their own eyes. Angus did not expect that his lie would not be exposed. Hence, everything had happened to this day by accident.
The innkeeper was in a dilemma. He could only pretend to be a ghost.
But was this really just a matter of pretending to be mysterious?
(Sanjiang votes, Sanjiang votes … Why did only 300 people vote?)
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