"Hmm?"
Jiang Qiao had just stepped onto the stairs when he heard a burst of whispering behind him.
He turned his head.
Two people had appeared on the wall beside the staircase.
Yes.
Two people had appeared on the wall.
They looked as though someone had slapped them into the wall, leaving them impossible to pry out. It was, in fact, one of the special manifestations of a Vicious Ghost.
Normally speaking,
an Awakened standing where Jiang Qiao was would not be able to see them.
He could only hear them talking.
And he could not make out what they were saying.
So what would an Awakened do at a time like this? Panic, of course. Grow suspicious of everything, of course. Hurry upstairs, of course!
You hear someone talking in an empty place.
You search for ages.
There is neither a ghostly figure nor a phone, computer, radio, or anything else secretly playing somewhere.
Wouldn't you panic?
Wouldn't you be scared?
Don't argue. Most people could run their mouths and say they would make a female ghost take maternity leave, but if they actually encountered Kayako and did not immediately shrink back in fear, that would already be impressive.
You still want to raise your weapon and fight?
Dream on!
The only thing you could probably make stand tall was your mouth.
Of course,
that was true of most people. There were also a few who genuinely were not afraid of ghosts.
Back then, a state-owned factory built a new open-air parking lot for the Transport Team and assigned several guards to the guardhouse at the entrance.
The parking lot had once been wasteland. During construction, quite a few coffins and human bones were dug up.
Naturally,
several sturdy young men were assigned as guards.
Young people, after all,