Chapter 81 79. There is one more person among us (4k)
A few minutes later.
Russell and Subway, Giant Bear and Arctic Wolf, after a series of friendly exchanges and comparing information, they finally roughly confirmed that both parties were victims and had just been attacked by tower ghosts disguised as the other party.
Russell poked the two people opposite him with his cell phone for a long time. Arctic Wolf dropped a drop of holy water on the palms of the two teenagers. Nothing happened, thus confirming that the opposite party was not undead in disguise.
"I really didn't expect that you two are here." Arctic Wolf sighed.
"I really didn't expect that there is actually a student codenamed Husky." Subway sighed.
Russell sat down in the stairwell and roughly analyzed the ghost's methods:
"It seems that this ghost is very cunning. It split into four souls, two by two, pretending to be a group of people in the tower, and went respectively. Contact another group of people.
“Then, the fake people react in a similar way to the responses and information provided by the real people they are exposed to. This allowed the four clone souls to perform flawlessly. "
The Arctic Wolf next to him felt very uncomfortable as he recalled what happened.
Two first-year students were able to kill two souls. The second-year giant bear joined forces with him - it should be considered a joint effort - He actually let a ghost escape!
Russell seemed to understand the Arctic Wolf's meaning:
"Husky, you don't need to blame yourself too much. We took advantage of the raid, and you seem to have been raided in turn. "
The giant bear also agreed with Russell's opinion:
"Well, these souls are actually just more cunning and good at disguise, and their combat effectiveness is actually average. Even if the four souls are added together, they are far inferior to a single second-year student - as long as the latter has the means to attack the spirit body.
"By the way, Giant Bear, your Blazing Sun Talisman may not have been taken away. " Russell said suddenly. "
Why?" "Ju Xiong asked.
Russell explained:
"Classmate Ju Xiong, let's review it. The spirit body can pass through physical matter, and the separated soul in front of you can also escape through the wall, right? "
Yes."
"But your Blazing Sun Talisman is a physical object. How can it pass through the wall if the soul is holding it? " "
The giant bear felt that Russell's logic was very clear, but he still questioned:
"But I saw with my own eyes that it took the Blazing Sun Talisman and disappeared through the wall. "
"But, have you noticed one detail. "Russell's brows raised, with a solemn look on his face, "These ghosts all wear clothes when they are disguising themselves.
"What's wrong with wearing clothes? " "The Arctic Wolf looked confused.
Russell continued to follow his own logic and said:
"If these souls can transform themselves into flashlights, clothes and other foreign objects when they are disguised, then they can also pretend to be holding the Blazing Sun Talisman. In fact, the real Blazing Sun Talisman was not taken away by the split soul through the wall. "
The giant bear felt that it made sense, nodded and said:
"It's possible, maybe the split soul just put it on the ground after snatching away the golden talisman. I was too impatient at the time, and the environment was dark, so I didn't notice it at all. Let’s go back and take a look now! Maybe the charm hasn't been taken away yet! "
So, Russell, Subway, Giant Bear, and Arctic Wolf walked down the stairs together.
The sound of footsteps echoed in the silent stairwell
...
On the way, Russell deliberately changed the subject to dispel the fear. Panic atmosphere:
"As we all know, when humans become ghosts, they all wear clothes - well, most of them wear clothes. It can be seen that at the time of death, the items worn on the body will also become part of the spirit body.
"You guys think, if someone dies while wearing an exoskeleton armor, will a ghost with the exoskeleton armor appear?
"Furthermore, if the Gundam pilot dies, can a ghost who drives the Spirit Gundam appear?
"In addition, I think that in order to improve the ghost's afterlife, it is best to carry mobile phones, game consoles and other entertainment items with you when you die." The other four people in the team,
except Russell, seriously thought about Russell's question.
The original atmosphere of fear dissipated.
"The ghost who drives the Spirit Gundam is so cool!" Subway, who was walking at the back, became interested when he heard it.
"Is this a question that a living person should think about?" Feng Chime, walking in the middle of the team, couldn't help but curse.
When Arctic Wolf heard Russell mention his cell phone, he habitually took out his cell phone to check the news in the White Wolf Club group, trying to dilute his nervousness.
A group member sent a message: "Boss, boss, when are you going to teach that freshman named Russell a lesson? Are you really going to videotape the whole thing?"
Another group member retorted: "The boss taught a first-year student a lesson, and it was over in the blink of an eye. Where did the 'whole process' come from?"
Arctic Wolf looked gloomy and sighed helplessly.
"Husky, what are you looking at?"
Russell's face came to the Arctic Wolf's shoulder at some point.
"Ahhh!"
the Arctic wolf yelled in fright.
"Russell, don't suddenly appear behind others and look at other people's phones."
He moved his phone away and immediately glanced at the phone screen, worried that Russell would see the chat message just now.
Fortunately, at this time, the two chat messages just now have been deleted.
The latest messages came from a first-year girl named Ospreay, who was one of the four people who bullied Kuroba together with Shiro.
Osprey's message was: "Have you heard? There is a very ferocious ghost in the equipment warehouse of the junior college gymnasium. My roommate and I are exploring inside." My roommate Violet said that it felt like the air in the equipment warehouse was really flowing
. There is an extremely strange supernatural energy.
"She is a genius at sensing energy and has never made a mistake.
"There is really something wrong with the equipment warehouse in the gym! "
Arctic Wolf breathed a sigh of relief. It was estimated that Russell had not seen the information about him, so he clicked and closed the screen of his phone.
Unexpectedly, Russell behind him suddenly said:
"Husky, although I don't know what you are looking at.
"But according to the general ghost story routine, any information you see when you turn on your phone at this time may be meaningful and valuable. It may be closely related to the results of our final investigation." "It has nothing to do with you, freshman
. "The Arctic Wolf snorted disdainfully.
Although what I'm looking at does have something to do with you... He muttered silently.
5 people continued down.
...
Russell, Subway, wind chimes, giant bears, and arctic wolves stopped.
They arrived at the stairwell where the giant bear and the split soul had fought before.
Five people searched for a long time, but did not find the Blazing Sun Talisman.
"Well, it seems that after we left, the ghost body, or its split soul, has taken away the Blazing Sun Talisman." The giant bear shook his head and laughed at himself, "I didn't expect that I would actually commit this crime. Such a stupid mistake is almost as good as Husky."
Arctic Wolf thought this sounded strange, so he could only comfort himself, "What does Husky have to do with Arctic Wolf, the boss of the White Wolf Club?"
Russell wasn't too disappointed - he wasn't the one who lost the thing anyway.
He suggested:
"The information I obtained shows that the tower ghost's status is not high. According to the vague results of divination and prophecy, it is at most the level of a second-year student. "It has just killed three of its souls by
us. A split soul has been seriously injured, and the main body should be in a relatively weak state. We can take the opportunity to find it and completely solve the problem of the spirit body causing trouble in the tower! "
What Russell didn't say was that he just needed a contracted spirit.
If he doesn't conquer the ghost today and wait for it to recover from its weak state, it will be more difficult to find opportunities in the future.
"The five of us will join forces to deal with a weak ghost. ,Easily! "Arctic Wolf also supports this plan.
Wind Chime also nodded:
"The specialty of this ghost is that it is weird enough and good at disguise. If we were separated for a short time, it could disguise itself as anyone. But as long as we are all together, the ghost's ability to disguise is of no use and poses no threat at all. "
"This guess also makes sense. "The giant bear recalled the previous encounter and Miss Thorn Bird's request for him to bring another person, and asked Russell:
"Russell, in the information you took over, did you mention that when multiple people work together in a team, it is easier to encounter them? to ghost-related exceptions. "
Russell nodded lightly:
"I checked the information. All the students who encountered abnormalities and expressed "extreme fear" afterwards acted together with other students near the tower. But their memories are vague and they can't tell clearly where they are afraid. "
"That's right! I understand how this ghost scares people! "Arctic Wolf slapped its thigh and suddenly understood:
"If there are multiple people acting together, such as two people, it will find a way to separate the two people, and then send out a separate soul to contact the two people, pretending to be another person. The appearance of a person. According to the real person's reaction, let the split soul react accordingly, which seems to be flawless. It is not until the end that the ghost spirit reveals its identity, launches a surprise attack, and achieves a huge frightening effect! "
After saying these words, Arctic Wolf felt that his IQ had improved a bit.
Russell looked indifferent and noncommittal.
"Then the five of us will get together and don't separate under any circumstances. We will search the tower again to see if we can find that one. Traces of the ghost's body. "Feng Chime suggested.
Everyone nodded and prepared to continue walking down the stairs.
But Russell stood there and made no move.
"Russell, what's wrong with you? "Subway asked.
Russell's expression was cold:
"Everyone, I have a small question. The five of us, have you decided? Next, the five of us will get together and try not to separate as much as possible.
"Yes, what's wrong? " And why do we keep emphasizing the number of people? "Arctic Wolf asked doubtfully.
A smile appeared on the corner of Russell's mouth, but his tone was as cold as ice:
"Is there a possibility?
"At the beginning, we only had [4 people].
"Is one of us...
"There's one more person?"
Actually, I can also tell ghost stories.
This chapter is actually 3,000 words, but in order to match the weird atmosphere of this chapter, I deliberately wrote it as 4k, which seems to be 1,000 words longer for no reason.
(End of chapter)