"I-I'm not sure either," the ghost replied. "I only know that Brother Qiang and the others handled... someone like this. Then something went wrong. That's why the Boss Lady isn't here either."
"Something went wrong?" I raised an eyebrow and glanced at Mu Ai, who was tense, then rested a hand on her thin shoulder.
"I really don't know!" the ghost hurriedly said. "I haven't gotten to that level yet! I only know Brother Qiang got chewed out and seemed to be punished. He was a little panicked. It sounded like there was some kind of competition..."
You say "seemed" way too much," I said with displeasure.
The ghost trembled. "I really don't know much. It's just what people say around the company. We have one business location, and there are others in other places too. They have to meet performance targets. Brother Qiang messed something up, and, and that was that... Afterward, he kept trying to think of a solution. It didn't seem to be working... He only found one recently..."
I studied the ghost's expression, and a thought struck me. "Was this the solution he came up with?" I pulled the envelope and shipping label from my pocket.
The ghost swallowed. "That's it. Brother Qiang said he'd hooked a big fish. I-I stayed out of it. This kind of thing... I've been thinking about asking for time off lately." He looked as if he were about to cry as he spoke, and he didn't seem to be faking it.
"What did you mean earlier when you said they 'handled' people?" I put the shipping label away.
The ghost slowly calmed down. "They sent them by courier. They'd stick a shipping label on the person. I don't know how it worked... Maybe they sent the ghosts away, and just