Who? Say That Again?

"I've memorized the name of the ward. I'll go back and ask my superiors for instructions right now."

"You'd better hurry. The patient's condition is unstable. Also, being unconscious for a long time can cause some damage to the brain."

"Mm."

The lead officer left one of his men to guard the scene, then returned to the station with the others.

The moment he pushed open the station's glass doors, a wave of noise washed over the lead officer.

Frowning, he looked toward his office. It was packed with people, each wearing an exaggerated expression as they told the duty officer something.

"Do you have no sense of discipline? Is this what the rules taught you?" the lead officer shouted at the young duty officer, his voice stern.

"Captain Cai! You're finally back. It's not that we aren't following the rules. Their situation is really unusual." The young officer handed Captain Cai the statements he had compiled.

"Red-Clothed? Ghost stories? Shadows beneath the building? And someone playing the piano? What is all this?" Captain Cai slammed the statements onto the desk. "They're going crazy, and you're going crazy with them? Have you lost even the most basic judgment?"

"We went over everything, and even used a lie detector. It doesn't feel like this group is lying."

"Bullshit! Get that piece of junk machine back where it belongs!" Captain Cai was annoyed. He went over and questioned them himself. After a long time, he realized he'd wronged the young officer. The actors who had come running out of the Haunted House seemed to have gotten too deep into their roles. They were trapped in their own world and couldn't get out.

"Did that Haunted House hire a bunch of lunatics?" Since he couldn't get anything useful out of the Haunted