Nightmare Assault

Chapter 363: Polite

“But this doesn’t make sense.” Fatty was confused. “If Building Three’s Lee Maoshen was haunted because of his horror streams, why was he killed by Building Two’s ghost? Was his stream related to Building Two’s ghost?” Fatty blinked. “Or was it because of something else?”

“Maybe the ghosts knew each other?” Chu Jiu suggested softly. However, based on current clues, there was no connection between them.

“Wait.” Hua Luo picked out a ring and placed it gingerly on the table. He whispered, “ We found this on Yu Lan’s corpse.”

“It was wrapped in a ball of hair inside her mouth.” Banana Wolf had introduced Yu Lan’s state of death before, so Hua Luo didn’t waste time on it. The inside of the ring had the carving of Shen loves Wei.

Chen Yi took the ring from Wei Jingting. Everyone passed it around. “Could this Shen… refer to Lee Maoshen?” Fatty raised his head to ask. Even though there was no concrete evidence, everyone agreed it was highly plausible.

If Manager Zhao was right, Lee Maoshen was the one who created this problem. It was unknown how Building One’s Zhao Jiajia and Building Two’s Song Jianyou got roped into it. There was probably a connection between them, but the travellers hadn’t found it.

So far, they could only try to figure out the identity of the Wei person. She should be a woman with close ties to Lee Maoshen. Chen Yi suggested they use that as an opening. Then, she wanted Jiang Cheng to share his experience with the ghosts.

When he heard that the ghost had disguised themselves as him and had come to find Jiang Cheng, Banana Wolf’s face paled. “Banana Wolf, don’t worry.” Jiang Cheng told him. “The ghost won’t knock on your door.”

As Banana Wolf’s face brightened, Jiang Cheng added, “They came from your room, so why would they waste time knocking?”

Fatty, “...This feels so familiar.”

Liu Guo touched his chin. “It looks like it’s not safe for us to use the landlines in our rooms. The ghosts can intercept our calls and even use them to trick us.

“In that case, we need to avoid using the phones. If we run into anyone claiming to be one of us outside the room, we need to treat them as ghosts.”

This was unavoidable. When the case became clearer, the situation would be better. For now, they had no idea why the ghosts were killing.

“There’s one more thing.” Jiang Cheng suddenly said, “How did… the ghost in Building Two die?” Based on the current analysis, the ghost in Building One killed the ghost in Building Two, and the ghost in Building Two killed the ghost in Building Three, so the ghost in Building One started the chain. So… who killed the long-haired ghost, Zhao Jiajia?

They had limited clues, so the discussion went nowhere. When the sky darkened, the group dispersed.

“By the way,” Before they left, Wei Jingting suddenly warned, “The time limit for our mission this time is seven days.” He explained, “When we returned, we ran into the landlord. He stopped us and told us that we could only stay until the 14th of this month. In other words, we can stay here for a total of seven days.”

“Is it because our rental is only paid until the 14th?” Chu Jiu asked.

“It’s not the issue of money.” Wei Jingting shook his head. “I also asked him the same question, but he said it was not possible because… it would not allow it.”

“Who… is it?” Fatty was shocked. Clearly, he connected it to something terrible.

“I have no clue.” Wei Jingting admitted, “I asked the old man, but he only smiled at me before shuffling away.” He shivered uncomfortably when he was reminded of the old man’s smiling face. At that moment, he was sure that the old man was a ghost. However, they hadn’t reached the line in the mission, so he still couldn’t hurt the travellers, but it was inevitable.

Everyone went their separate ways. As neighbours in Building One, Fatty and Jiang Cheng stayed close to Chen Yi and Chu Jiu. Chen Yi didn’t like Jiang Cheng because he was a pimp and a waste of space. She believed he was there to leech off of them. He would not actively search for clues. He would only wait for his teammates to do everything for him. People like him increased the difficulty of the mission.

However, Chen Yi’s disgust didn’t affect Jiang Cheng. In fact, he tried to get close to Chu Jiu. First, he asked why Chen Yi didn’t wear her officer. He praised how well she wore the police uniform. Then, he kept glancing at Chu Jiu. He sighed and said that one should eat more papaya during one’s puberty, or else they would end up like Sister Chen Yi.

“Stop what you’re doing.” Chen Yi stopped and said angrily, “I don’t have any clues on me. Even if I do, I will not share them with someone like you.”

Jiang Cheng grinned. Then, he mocked, “If you had this determination back then, you wouldn’t have let me escape.”

The trip was quite rowdy as they argued. Fatty and Chu Jiu said nothing. However, they became less nervous. Fatty thought he could glean some clues from Chen Yi, but it looked like they got nothing either.

After all, there were only two of them. The others went out in groups of four.

When they reached the sixth floor, Jiang Cheng suddenly lowered his voice. He told Chen Yi, “You should be careful tonight. The ghost might go to you.”

Chen Yi was startled. Then, she stared at Jiang Cheng with her professional eye. Before she could say anything, Jiang Cheng turned and walked away. Before he disappeared down the corner, he said, “If you miss me, you can call me.”

“Sister Chen Yi,” Chu Jiu’s throat moved after Jiang Cheng left. “Is he telling the truth?”

“I don’t know, but we have to be careful tonight. I have the same feeling,” Chen Yi sighed and looked out the window. “Tonight… will not be peaceful.”

“Doctor,” Fatty sidled up to Jiang Cheng and blinked. “Were you telling the truth, or were you trying to scare her?”

Jiang Cheng became serious and uttered calmly, “In this building, she’s the only one who hasn’t encountered the ghost.”

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