When the two reached apartment 102, it was deathly silent inside, so quiet it was unnerving.
No one answered their knock.
Jiang Chen took out a piece of wire and inserted it into the lock. In less than two seconds, the door opened. He had learned this technique from a post on the Underworld App, whose author was an Unusual Person called "Steal Your Love."
Although forcing a door open was easy for an Unusual Person, it would inevitably make too much noise and risk unexpected trouble. Quietly picking the lock was much more convenient.
The door opened.
The smell of blood hung in the air.
They approached the wooden cabinet in the middle of the living room. There were slight signs that it had been moved. Presumably, the man had later decided it was too heavy and couldn't be bothered dragging it into the bedroom, so he had opened it right here.
The cabinet door stood half-closed.
Jiang Chen pulled it open, revealing a man's face. His eyes were wide open, unable to close even in death. Several bloody holes marked his face, as though someone's fingers had plunged into his flesh.
The man from apartment 102 had been stuffed into this cabinet, while the female ghost was nowhere to be found.
He turned to look around. There were quite a few cabinets in this apartment, too.
"Heh, are you done hiding?"
"If you're ready, I'll come looking for you. If I find you..."
Jiang Chen slowly continued in a sinister tone, "You'll die a very horrible death!"
As he spoke, he picked up his work hammer and scraped it against the wall, producing a cold sound as he slowly approached the kitchen cabinets.
"Ghost Qi +50."
The female ghost lurking in the shadows was clearly getting a little