A man in his late twenties with a haggard face sat awkwardly across the table. He was Shallow Shallow's next victim of a paranormal incident that had come to ask for help after she had reopened her "Boundless Love."
We had received a few requests for help, but none of them were reliable. They were just scaring themselves with the recent paranormal incidents that had been spreading around the city. Lin Xue didn't bother to identify them one by one, so she simply threw them all at me. In her words, some people have nothing better to do anyway.
However, the one in front of us was different. He wasn't as paranoid as the previous ones. He was actually afraid of something.
The silver-white metal space was a stark contrast to the dilapidated building outside. When the man entered, he wore an incredulous expression. But soon, he was immersed in his own narration.
"I didn't believe in ghosts …" He began, his voice carrying a foreign accent. "I used to drive and travel long distances. I often drove at night, so I was brave. Although I didn't believe in ghosts, I liked to watch horror movies to kill time. You know about Ring, right? It's a classic movie. I've watched it once. Then, I went to another city to transport goods. On my way back, I stopped my car to rest. Since I had nothing to do, I took a look at that movie … Yeah, it was on the national highway. It was a hundred kilometers away from here. There was wasteland nearby … "
"Get to the point." I waved my hand, signaling him to skip the foreshadowing.
"Ah, I thought you wanted to know the geomancy of that place first. I told you when that thing came out. You know, there was a very classic scene at the end of Ring. It was when Sadako crawled out of the screen. "
I nodded. I thought to myself, If there's someone stronger than Sadako who crawled out of the screen every day, I'm more familiar with that scene than you are.
"Then … Then she really crawled out of the screen!"
The man suddenly spread his hands and pulled out an expression that I didn't know if he was crying or laughing. "I watched until the end. She really crawled out of the screen! I thought I was sleepy from exhaustion, but she was already grabbing my hand … D * mn, this happened in the middle of the night in the wilderness. I'm a brave person, but I was really scared out of my wits. I hit her with an iron rod, splashed water on her, and used a fire extinguisher. If I hadn't been with her before, I would have peed on her. But I couldn't chase her away or hit her. I was at my wit's end. If someone hadn't suddenly found me and told me that there was a place that specialized in dealing with the recent incidents, I would have gone crazy in no time. "
The man's words were true, and his expression did not seem to be fake. Qian Qian immediately revealed a happy expression. She had finally met a real man this time.
"You said a ghost crawled out, right?" Qian Qian tried her best to act like an expert and asked seriously, "She's still pestering you? "You said she crawled out of you?"
"How could I?" The man pulled a long face. "She's still with me. Look."
While talking, he took out a wooden box with a swastika on the top and the Eight Trigrams on the bottom. Qian Qian and I gawked at him. He put the box on the table and mumbled something. I guessed he was asking Tathagata and Celestial Master Zhang to protect him. Then, he opened the box.
A white shadow the size of a mobile phone poked its head out of the box, then struggled to climb out of the box. It failed three times, and in the end, the owner of the box even had to help tilt the small box for the shadow to climb out. It then began to walk around the office desk, constantly making hissing sounds, or stretching out its hands like a zombie to scare people. After walking a few rounds, it seemed to be tired and fell asleep against the edge of the box.
"Sigh, I bought this box from a guy in a suit at the foot of Er Li Bridge. That guy said it was a magic weapon made by two Taoist and Buddhist masters. It could lock 999 kinds of evil spirits in the world. At that time, I thought it was a joke. I thought how could there be such a small evil spirit in the world. It would be a good idea to buy it and use it as an ashtray. I didn't expect that after being an ashtray for two months, this thing would really be useful. That ghost can pass through walls, and this box can keep it locked for about two hours. It's a little short, but at least it wasn't fooling anyone. "Sigh, if only it could be locked forever. I'll throw it into the South China Sea after tricking it into the box! I've thrown it more than ten times, and it always comes back. "
I had been in a daze with Qian Qian since three minutes ago, and I had only just come back to my senses. I looked at the distressed older man with a conflicted expression. I didn't know what kind of attitude I should use to face all of this. "Excuse me, brother, did you allow such a small thing to torment you until now?"
"Not really!" The man took out a cigarette and took a few puffs. "You may think it's small, but it's a spirit! Look, it just rested for a while, and now it's active again. It's hissing and waving, and it even threw everything on my table at night. You don't know how long I haven't had a good night's sleep. I locked all the fragile things in the house in the cupboard, then tricked her into the box. After sleeping for two hours, I have to think of another way to trick her again. Now I'm sick of sleeping every night in units of two hours! "
The phone-sized ghost started to hiss and wail again. Shallow Shallow looked at the strange thing in silence. Suddenly, she asked, "What did you use to watch the movie?"
The unlucky man took a puff of his cigarette and felt lucky. "It was an MP5. Otherwise, why would it be so small when it crawled out? Luckily, I wasn't in the theater. Otherwise, where would I find such a big box for her? "
Shallow Shallow thought for a while and told me, "Go back and change the TV to a bigger screen. I was wondering why Anveena had lost so much weight recently."
I panicked. The man in front of me wore a nervous expression. "What do you think? Can we solve this? I've seen it, and besides the fact that it can't be killed or driven away, the ghost's power is only at the level of being able to smash things. As long as it doesn't pester me, it'll be fine. It doesn't matter how much money I have to pay. I don't have any other way. I can't even drive in peace with this thing pestering me. It's biting the gas pedal! "
"We won't take any money. Don't worry," Shallow Shallow said righteously. "Boundless Love is a public welfare organization! As for this one, it shouldn't be hard to deal with. Ah Jun, is this an energy body? "
I extended my hand and covered Sadako's head, which had turned into a miniature form after it crawled out from the MP5 screen. I nodded in confirmation. "It's an energy body, although it's really weak."
It was indeed weak. Forget about superpowers, this ghost didn't even look like a human. Other than the vague shape of its limbs, it was just a white shadow. It was just like the "ghost image" that people used to fool them. This kind of energy life form was a big problem for ordinary people. It couldn't hurt them, but it could annoy you. However, it was easy for me to destroy 'her'.
"I should put it away for research." I thought for a while and snapped my fingers. A translucent spherical barrier appeared on the table, trapping the wandering 'ghost' inside. The latter didn't seem to be in her right mind. She took two steps in a daze. When she bumped into the barrier, she realized that she couldn't walk out. She laid down and slept.
When the man saw this scene, he was immediately shocked. He reached out to touch the illusory energy barrier, but Qian Qian was one step ahead of him. She took a ballpoint pen from the table and poked it at the ball. With a crackling sound, a series of electric sparks appeared on the ballpoint pen.
"Although it won't kill you, it's enough to knock out an ordinary person."
When the man saw this, he gulped and didn't say a word.
"That's good." I picked up the energy ball as though it was a volleyball. I looked at the energy 'life form' that I couldn't identify. "'She' won't disturb you anymore."
The man gawked and dropped his jaw when he saw the unbelievable scene in front of him. At this moment, he confirmed that he had met an expert. He nodded repeatedly. Qian Qian and I asked him some other questions. We asked him if he had experienced anything else when he encountered the supernatural phenomenon, and if he had encountered anything else before that. However, we didn't find anything worth mentioning, so we asked him to leave.
"Remember, go back and forget about this. Pretend that nothing happened." When the man reached the door, I called out to him. "We will only do business once."
The man nodded anxiously and quickly left the place that was uncomfortable for ordinary people. After the door closed, Shallow Shallow revealed her true form and jumped up. She happily pounced at me to snatch the energy ball. She was even mumbling, "Let me play, let me play. Haha, this is interesting! This feeling of mystery was really fun! I finally know why so many villains like to wear masks and stay underground! "
What did this lass think of this time?
However, fooling around was just fooling around. The ghost that the man had brought with him had piqued my interest. It was the 'female ghost' that was rolling around in the translucent energy ball in Shallow Shallow's hand. At first, I had only participated in this matter with the intention of helping Lin Xue and playing around with Lin Xue. At most, I was interested in Lin Xue's words. I didn't expect to see such a strange thing. An energy creature, an extremely rare thing on Earth. This was already worthy of being reported as news. What was even more incomprehensible was that 'she' had crawled out from the screen just like Sadako!
Alright, Sadako was a little unlucky. She shouldn't have crawled out from the screen when someone was watching a movie with an MP5. Did Sadako keep up with the times? Did she evolve from a video tape to a memory card?
"I don't think that person was lying." I stopped Shallow Shallow from kicking the energy ball with 'Sadako' locked inside like a shuttlecock. I placed the energy ball on the energy-resistant table to prevent it from damaging the furniture. "The part about crawling out from the screen shouldn't be made up."
"But it is inconceivable." Shallow Shallow supported her cheeks with both hands. "Even the Shiring Apostles probably never saw an MP5 that could evolve into an energy creature. Oh, I forgot something. I should have asked that person to leave his MP5 and memory card behind. Let's try playing it again and connect it to the screen. Maybe we can call out a slightly bigger Sadako. This one is too weak. It doesn't even have any consciousness. "
I also noticed this point. The trapped 'female ghost' had no ability to think. It could only move and make sounds instinctively. 'Her' actions seemed to be repeating the actions in the movie. Other than that, there was no other meaning. In other words, it couldn't communicate.
I observed for a while, but I couldn't connect the captured 'female ghost' with any energy creature that I knew. So, I called Ling Meng over. That unscrupulous fellow was playing Landlord with two Taoist priests next door. When she came out, her face was covered in paper.
"The macro world is filled with crouching tigers and hidden dragons. Daoist Three Mysterious's bombs are indeed powerful." Ling Meng said happily as she wiped the paper off her face. She didn't seem to mind playing poker during working hours. I didn't get angry after hearing her words. Instead, I smiled and said, "Aren't you very good at cheating?"
Ling Meng stuck out her tongue. "Oh, don't mention it. I was caught by Abbess Miejue in the first round."
"…"
"Cough cough. Let's not talk about Landlord first. I called you over to take a look at this. This is the culprit behind a supernatural incident. Take a look and see if 'she' is an evil spirit. "
As I spoke, I passed the female ghost that I had made into an EcoSphere to Ling Meng. "Hey, don't panic. Prepare a protective spell on your hand. This is an energy creature. If you touch it directly, it will hurt your hand."
Ling Meng carefully took the EcoSphere. She curiously looked at the ghostly figure floating inside. She furrowed her brows and looked pensive.
I knew that she was an expert in evil spirits. Moreover, Sadako was a ghost from her hometown. This witch might be able to see some clues. However, I didn't expect Ling Meng to shake her head and throw the EcoSphere to me after a long time.
"It's not an evil spirit," the Scarlet and White Witch said with certainty.
"It looks similar, but it's not an evil spirit or a ghost. If you have to describe it, it's similar to a 'fairy'. However, it's too weak. Moreover, I can't tell what kind of 'fairy' it is."
"Fairy?" Shallow Shallow scratched her head. "Those with pointy ears? Like Liliana? "
Ling Meng waved her hand and explained to us the 'fairy' that she had mentioned. She used a lot of Shinto jargon, but it was easy to understand when translated into the common language. It was actually a kind of energy life that originated from the natural world or human consciousness. For example, the spirits of plants and water. It was also the proverb, "All things have a spirit." Of course, this was only applicable to special places like Fantasy Village. The 'fairies' on Earth were very rare. The 'ghost' that we had obtained was similar to a 'fairy'. According to Ling Meng, she didn't see any lingering thoughts in the 'ghost'. It also didn't have the characteristics of a human after death. This meant that this' ghost 'wasn't a dead soul of a living creature. It could be an energy life that was created through other means.
Neither Shallow Shallow nor I were experts in this field. We could only listen to whatever Ling Meng said. However, after personally witnessing one of the recent supernatural incidents, we at least had a slight understanding of the situation. It seemed that the haunted incidents that Lin Xue had mentioned were really like those in horror movies.
This case was our only harvest of the day. We waited until the afternoon, but no more people were brought in. Liliana was sleeping soundly at the front desk, while Shallow Shallow was counting ants in her office out of boredom. This couldn't be helped. After all, this place had just opened. The supernatural incidents that had happened before had already been dealt with by the supernatural ability team. It was already good enough that there was only one mini Sadako left. However, according to Lin Xue, it wouldn't be long before something new happened.
Mini Sadako was later sent to the research center. Two self-proclaimed literary girls, Ravens, personally studied her. However, the latter also said that it was impossible for a ghost to come out from the MP5's screen. This energy life must have been created for some other reason.
We didn't forget to install a bigger TV in the living room so that An Weina could play on it. A certain specter maid was very happy about this. As she moved around on the screen, she happily announced that she wouldn't have to worry about getting stuck in the future. Then, she got stuck. This stupid ghost wasn't familiar with the Rainbow TV's screen.
When Lin Xue came over at night, she heard about "Sadako." She was stunned to learn that the MP5 could weaken evil spirits. She knew that there was a case where an unlucky bus driver was haunted by the Ring. However, she didn't expect that the driver would use such a small screen to watch a movie. She also didn't expect that Sadako would be tricked like that. She was so happy that she almost fainted.
Then, the topic of conversation gradually shifted to what she had been busy with these days. After witnessing the deceptive case with my own eyes, I became even more curious about the supernatural phenomenon that Lin Xue had mentioned. Even the Shiring Apostles couldn't explain the reason why Sadako was born from the LCD screen. How could I not be curious?
I remembered the story that Lina had told us. It was about a collector who had bought an ancient mirror. I wondered if the paranormal event he had encountered had been solved or not.
"Solved?" Lin Xue grinned as she peeled a fruit for Little Bubble. "That was the most troublesome thing. I couldn't even use the prophecy function to explain it … Because I didn't know where to start. I didn't even have a specific target to prophesize. Later, the collector went crazy. Our team sent a hypnotist to help him recover. Then, he told us what he had experienced that night. Later, the supernatural team sent people to the victim's house. They found that everything was normal. There was no trace of the blood rain. However, the room was filled with the smell of blood. The source was unknown. We found the mirror in the attic. Someone had broken it. Perhaps the victim was too frightened before he fainted. I tried to use my power to replay the scene. Finally, I saw something … "
When Lin Xue said this, she pouted.
"I saw the part where he woke up in the middle of the night. Then, I couldn't see it anymore."
This was where Lin Xue's ability was not very useful. Sometimes, the things she saw were random, and not everything she wanted to see could be seen. This made the Eldest Miss very depressed. But then again, if she could really be omniscient and omnipotent, the Eldest Miss would have been a long time ago.
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