Chapter 50: the Second Negative Effect
Indeed, Sun Xiaoman despised that filthy thing that was imitating her. But objectively speaking, the doll did save her life. Otherwise, she would still be buried somewhere in a pit.
And when Chu Jiang exposed the fake, the reaction that appeared also made Sun Xiaoman feel a little sympathetic.
That was also one of her deepest fears - being afraid that she was the fake one and the other person was the real one.
Chu Jiang waved his hand, "You don't need to worry about this anymore. It cannot be killed, and I will take it away forever."
Sun Xiaoman finally relaxed and then thanked Chu Jiang repeatedly.
Then, the two of them started tidying up their belongings, making some noise in the process.
And then Chu Jiang noticed someone approaching...
"Don't move!" Since Sun Xiaoman hadn't closed the door properly when she came in, the person kicked the door open.
That's right, the person coming in is the little rich lady who lives in room 30
2. She's wearing a pink teddy bear pajama and still has a baseball cap on her head. But at this moment, she holds a fancy silver handgun in her hand, pointing it at the two people in the room.
Sun Xiaoman was startled when she saw the gun and immediately hid behind Chu Jiang.
Chu Jiang looked at the little rich lady in disbelief and asked, "What are you doing? Robbery?"
"Um..." The little rich lady seemed a little embarrassed and asked, "What are you guys doing here?"
......
Xu Xiaoxiao couldn't sleep at all because of what happened that night.
It was really strange, as if she heard more than one woman's voice...
Xu Xiaoxiao suspected that the person with the last name Chu might be involved in kidnapping and coercion. Maybe one of the victims was hidden in the boxes he brought in during the day.
That night, Xu Xiaoxiao heard noises several times. Just when she was about to fall asleep, there was another sound upstairs.
Unable to bear it any longer, she rushed upstairs with her weapon.
Xu Xiaoxiao had a simple thought. She couldn't let such evil things happen right in front of her.
......
Faced with the question from the rich lady, Chu Jiang just pointed to the projector and screen that had not been put away, along with some books. "Just finished watching a horror movie, can't I have a break after class?"
Xu Xiaoxiao immediately shook her head. "Who would go to a hotel to attend class in the middle of the night?"
"It's been tense lately, no more extra classes allowed. It's normal for us to have some guerrilla warfare, right?"
Chu Jiang's words left Xu Xiaoxiao speechless. It did seem like there could be a possibility... even though it sounded a bit far-fetched.
"Then what are these ropes for?"
Sharp-eyed Xu Xiaoxiao could still see the bruises on Sun Xiaoman's arms from being bound for too long.
Sun Xiaoman instinctively pulled her hand back.
"Is it not allowed to have some special hobbies?" Chu Jiang said seriously, talking nonsense.
This made Xu Xiaoxiao even more embarrassed, "Uh, I... didn't expect you guys to play so enthusiastically, I'm leaving now."
"Wait," Chu Jiang stopped her, squinting his eyes slightly, "I say, little girl, you actually have a gun on you?"
Xu Xiaoxiao immediately put away the gun and nervously said, "It's a toy gun, a toy gun used to scare people."
After saying that, she quickly turned around and ran away.
Seeing this kind-hearted tenant leave, Sun Xiaoman was also speechless. She helped Chu Jiang pack his things and said, "I just remembered something. What would you do if the imposter didn't show up early at nine o'clock and you caught them?"
In other words, only one Sun Xiaoman would attend the meeting while the other wouldn't show up all night.
Chu Jiang replied casually, "This is simple. Based on what you described, the lifelike doll obviously replaces you and interacts with the people around you."
"Especially when the people around you don't know which one is real and which one is fake."
"In this way, even if it doesn't come tonight, it will come tomorrow night, and if it doesn't come tomorrow night, it will come the night after."
"Of course, if it really doesn't come out for a week, then I can't do anything about it. I either give up or change the plan."
In fact, Chu Jiang is very confident that the other party will come. That's the benefit of figuring out the pattern.
After packing up everything and putting it in the box, Chu Jiang and the others didn't rush to move downstairs. Let's talk about it tomorrow, it's too late today.
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Back in room 303, lying in bed, Chu Jiang didn't rush to sleep. He opened Ghost Diary again and looked at the content on the second page.
The last sentence is quite interesting: I have a doubt... Why did I encounter things related to ghosts so frequently in just a few days?
Based on Chu Jiang's knowledge of the Ghost Diary, it rarely talks nonsense. Just like the first day's diary entry, it only had one sentence, "There are ghosts at school today, everyone died, including me."
Surprisingly, the second page had three sentences, which is quite rare.
The first two sentences explain the cause and result of the event, and it's somewhat understandable. But the last sentence seems a bit irrelevant?
Maybe it's not irrelevant after all. Throughout the whole diary, this is the most valuable sentence...
Now Chu Jiang is very suspicious that this is one of the negative effects of a level-zero seal object!
When Chu Jiang was at school, he suspected if Slender Man was attracted by the Ghost Diary.
But later on, he discovered that Slender Man was actually chasing after a mysterious bell sound. It seems like all of this was just a coincidence?
However, Chu Jiang realized in the following days that there were too many coincidences happening around him.
Could it be... that this diary actively or passively makes its owner encounter various ghostly things?
In this way, the more often Chu Jiang encounters different ghosts, the more likely he is to be in danger and be eaten by Ghost Diary.
It's only logical like this, otherwise Chu Jiang would only play when the wind is blowing in his favor, avoiding the first negative effect to the maximum extent.
After having the second negative effect, whether to play when the wind is against him is not up to him anymore, it depends on fate...
"I knew it wouldn't be that simple," murmured Chu Jiang to himself.
The only thing he doesn't know is the principle behind this negative effect.
Anyway, Chu Jiang doesn't feel himself being controlled directly, he can only say that the diary subtly attracts ghosts towards him; at the same time, it subtly makes Chu Jiang to move closer to places with ghosts.
This effect may not be visible on the surface, but as time goes by, Chu Jiang will realize that there are ghosts everywhere he goes.
It can even be said, just like Detective Conan, wherever he goes, there's trouble, wherever he goes, there's death...
With a bitter smile, Chu Jiang put away the Ghost Diary, deciding to survive first.
On this night, it was clearly another tormenting experience like being in hell.
Because he used too much power from the Blood Hand Ghost without taking a break, Chu Jiang couldn't even sleep for a single minute.
