Chapter 1168 Arson

Sure enough... Jiang Cheng had a feeling that things were moving in the direction he expected, and the ghosts hiding around him didn't seem to have any plans to attack them for the time being. Google Search Reading

On the contrary, these ghosts were trying their best to disguise themselves, fearing that they would be discovered.

In addition to Teacher Zigui and Bai Xi, it is now certain that Zhou Tong is also a ghost.

After all, Zhou Tong is no longer a newcomer, and she should understand that the more panicked she is in the mission, the faster she will die, but she is still spreading fear.

Starting from this idea, Jiang Cheng also pointed the finger of suspicion at Xia Qiang and his group. As teammates, they should be the ones who know Zhou Tong best, and they should be the first to notice the abnormality in Zhou Tong.

At the same time, another doubt also surfaced. Xia Qiang and his group, including Lin Muyun and Lin Muwan, had a total of 7 people, and they all survived until now.

Needless to say, the weirdness of this bus, with just a few of them, how did they manage to survive until now without losing any members?

You know, if they hadn't met me last time, and the special nature of the Midnight Killer dungeon, these people would have been killed in the whole team, and none of them would have been left alive. All of them lay dead in that building.

"Come and see!"

After hearing the voice, everyone gathered around. Feng Jie held a newspaper in his hand, and his face was obviously a little nervous. "I just tried my chair. The chair is crooked... crooked. It looks fine, but when you sit on it, it tilts to one side."

Perhaps because he was stimulated, Feng Jie's narration sounded a little confusing. "Have you ever encountered this? One leg of the chair is a little short, so in order to balance, I found a piece of paper, folded it into a small piece, and put it underneath."

After saying that, everyone looked at the newspaper in Feng Jie's hand. There were obvious traces of folding on the newspaper, and it was slightly yellowed. It looked very old.

Xia Qiang walked up, took the newspaper from Feng Jie, put it on the ground, flattened it a little bit, and unfolded it. In a prominent position on the newspaper, a vertical headline attracted everyone's attention.

"Roman Hotel Fire Case." Xia Meng read it out.

Below the title, there is a blurry picture. It is an old photo that shows several bodies covered with white cloth, placed on the street, with a burnt building in the background.

A few words can still be seen on the facade of the building, and the first two words are Roman!

"It seems that this burned building is the Roman Hotel. We are also in this hotel that is on fire now." Su Xiaoxiao looked around and lowered her voice, "This can also correspond to the burnt body."

"You said... Teacher Zigui turned into that state, but she can still run. She must be a ghost. Could she be the person who was burned to death in the fire?"

"Because she was burned to death, she was resentful and became a fierce ghost and always lingered here, killing everyone who entered this hotel!" Zhou Tong looked frightened and was still acting.

Xia Qiang nodded, "It seems to be like this, you can see."

Following the position of Xia Qiang's finger, there are rows of small words, but due to the preservation, it is not clear at the moment.

Everyone patiently interpreted it bit by bit, and slowly, the reason came to light. Many years ago, this place called Roman Hotel was the most luxurious hotel in the city. The people who came were basically dignitaries and the business was very prosperous. But late one night, a fire broke out without warning.

Fortunately, the hotel responded in time. Although the process was embarrassing, most people escaped.

After the fire was put out, people went in to clean up the scene and found a total of 6 bodies inside.

These bodies were burned beyond recognition by the fire, and it was impossible to identify who they were. The person in charge had to speculate the identities of these people from the location where these bodies were found and the things left near the bodies after the fire.

Originally, it was a normal process at this time, but slowly, someone found something wrong.

Because according to statistics, 3 of the service staff did not escape, and two of the guests that night were missing, so there were only 5 bodies at most. What happened to the sixth body?

Because Roman Hotel is home to many diplomats, the management is extremely strict, and there is no possibility of someone sneaking in.

Soon, after analysis, the identities of the three missing hotel staff and two guests were confirmed, leaving only the unidentified body.

After all, the Roman Hotel had a great background, and these dignitaries did not want to cause trouble, not to mention that in that era, a corpse of unknown origin was not a big deal for them.

All they cared about was when the hotel could be renovated and reopened.

So the unidentified body was dragged directly to the mass grave outside the city and hastily buried at the instruction of the higher-ups.

The reconstruction of the hotel went very smoothly, so not long after, the Roman Hotel reopened amid laughter and joy, and the business was booming on the first day of opening. The dignitaries from all over came to support it, and the boss was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.

But no one expected that the peaceful days would not last for a few days. On a rainy night, the renovated Roman Hotel caught fire again. This time the fire was more intense than the last time. A group of dignitaries rushed out of the hotel in a panic, naked, and only then did they save their lives.

There were many different opinions about this fire, and it caused a lot of trouble in the city.

The handling process was similar to the last time. After the fire was completely extinguished, the rescuers were surprised to find that the scene inside was almost exactly the same as last time, and even the location and degree of burning were very similar.

But this time, there was one more victim found inside, with 7 bodies.

As before, each body was burned beyond recognition and completely unrecognizable.

However, the personnel involved in the case still confirmed the identities of these bodies through investigation. According to the records, the identities of 6 of these bodies can be confirmed, but the last body cannot be confirmed.

What really frightened the investigators was that some of them actually pointed out that this body was exactly the same as the unnamed body they found last time!

Whether it was the location or the posture of the body, it was the same!

Such a ridiculous statement would naturally not be supported. After all, the bodies were burned into such a ghostly state, how could they be recognized? As for the location and posture, who cares?

But the person who identified the body presented his own evidence. He said that he could not have remembered it wrong. After all, the other bodies were all twisted, indicating that they were burned alive and had experienced a painful struggle before death.

But only this body was different. This body was lying there quietly.

It was lying in front of a large mirror at the corner of the stairs.

His hands were placed flat on his chest, very peaceful.

He had doubts at the beginning, but because it was none of his business and the superiors urged him to close the case as soon as possible, he did not mention it. But now, the situation is obviously wrong.

He suspected that there was something strange about this body, that is... the one they threw into the mass grave not long ago!

He also said that if they didn't believe it, he could take them to the mass grave to see. They didn't bury the body deep. As long as they dug the body out, they would know whether it was true or not!

The police officer in charge of this case was overwhelmed after hearing this. He knew very well the powerful and complex forces behind this hotel and didn't want to cause trouble.

More importantly, he also felt that the subordinate's words were nonsense, so he ordered him to shut up in a tough attitude and threatened him that if he dared to spread his speculation today, he would be fired.

Originally, I thought the matter was over, but unexpectedly, the next day, the subordinate really didn't come to work. Privately, some colleagues gave him a thumbs up and said that he was quite courageous.

But no one believed what this person said.

So after a long period of silence, the Roman Hotel reopened after some renovations.

But because of the previous incidents, the hotel also sought peace of mind and specially found a Feng Shui master to calculate.

After the guidance of the expert, the Roman Hotel underwent a major modification and some Feng Shui arrangements before it finally opened.

This time, there were obviously fewer people than before, after all, the dignitaries were also scared by the name of the Roman Hotel.

There were even rumors that the feng shui of this hotel was not good, and it violated taboos and blocked the way for the King of Hell to collect souls. The King of Hell was unhappy, so he pulled a few people in to make up the numbers!

Some people also said that within 7 days, something would definitely happen again!

But this time, in order to reassure everyone, the Roman Hotel specially invited a Feng Shui master to take charge. The hotel also put a lot of effort in management and arranged people to patrol at all times to eliminate all kinds of fire hazards.

The first few days were calm, and just when everyone let down their guard a little, as expected, the accident happened again!

On the night of the 7th day, the Roman Hotel caught fire again. This time the fire spread very quickly, but perhaps the people inside had run out of experience. Under such a large fire, the loss was not heavy.

But when cleaning up the scene, everyone was dumbfounded. In front of the mirror at the corner of the stairs, a body was found again.

The body was burnt beyond recognition, but strangely, it was the same as last time, with its hands on its chest, lying flat on the ground, giving people a strange sense of peace.

The first time could be explained, but twice in a row, there was no way to explain it!

And this time, they cleaned up 8 charred bodies from the scene.

There was one more than last time.

The police officer in charge of the case was so scared that he was sweating all over his head. He didn't even dare to move the body, but immediately asked someone to go to the previous police officer's house to find him.

From that day on, the police officer never came to work again, and he never saw him again.

But when the police officer who went to find someone rushed to the man's house, there was no one at home. Not only was he not there, but his wife and children were also not there.

What's even more strange is that the door of his house was not locked, but was just ajar and opened with a push, and on the table, there were still untied dishes and chopsticks, the food in the bowl was rotten, and there were even bugs crawling on it.

Moreover, on the chair, there was the man's purse, which contained half a month's salary.

By visiting the neighbors nearby, no one knew where the family had gone, and no one had seen them recently.

The door was not closed, the family members were missing, the dishes were not cleaned up in time, and the purse was thrown randomly in the room... Putting all these together, an ominous premonition came to my mind.

Soon, the police officer came after hearing the news. He had made up his mind that he would never touch the strange corpse before finding the family, even if he was beaten to death, and he would accept it even if he was asked to take off his official uniform.

After all, anyone can see that this is too weird!

But just as they were running around in a hurry, several villagers came up to them. They didn't say a word after they arrived, they just got out of the way. Behind them, there was an old woman who needed help.

The old woman was estimated to be eighty years old. Her body was extremely stooped, her feet were bound, and her eyes were lifeless and without any brilliance.

The leading man said in a loud voice that this person was his grandmother. Today I heard that the family was missing and a police officer was looking for him, so he rushed over and said that she had something to say.

The police officer treated a dead horse like a living horse and asked, "Old man, what do you have to say?"

After hearing this, the old man pursed his lips and his whole body was trembling with excitement. To be precise, it was more like fear, "I...I saw...I saw that family. They left. They were taken away by a person at night. ”

The old man's words were also related to his health, but the leading police officer stared unceremoniously into the old man's eyes, stretched out his hand, and waved it in front of the old man's eyes. The latter did not react at all and questioned: "Old man , can your eyes see clearly?"

"My eyes are blind, but...but I don't see with my eyes, it's a dream..." The old man became nervous and his face turned pale. "I don't know if it was a dream or not. In short, it is very real, my old lady." I have never had such a real dream in my life. In the dream, it was still this village, but there was a very heavy fog. I saw this family in the fog. They... they were following a strange man, heading towards, towards Go the other way."

"The whole family was there, following the weirdo one by one, with their heads lowered. I was surprised at the time, so I walked up to them and asked them something. I saw that their eyes were all straight and their expressions were weird. They were all laughing, that kind of... That kind of smile that I can’t describe, it’s so scary.”

The old man swallowed quietly and said, "I asked them where they were going, but they didn't say anything. They just turned their heads and glanced at me, and... they didn't say anything. When the person in front took a step, they followed suit. , like...like a puppet."

"Weird guy..." The leading police officer became more and more frightened as he listened.

"Yes, it's a weirdo. I wanted to go up and see that person's face, but I couldn't see it. It was pitch black, like burnt charcoal. Then I reached out and wanted to touch it, but Gouwa’s wife seemed to be possessed by some evil spirit for some reason, so she started scolding me very harshly, saying that I was too old to die and told me to get out of here!”

"I've always been very kind to my wife Gouwa, but I don't know why... why did she scold me?"