Chapter 55 The So-Called Truth?

"Angus?" Hao Ren immediately recognized the man not far in front from his back. The man's short, fat figure and slightly bald back of the head left a deep impression on people, "He is the one causing trouble here. ?”

At this time, Angus had not noticed the movement behind him. His attention was completely focused on the dark stone wall in front of him. This stone wall abruptly cut off the tunnel, turning it into a dead end. Angus was lying on the stone wall. He was groping anxiously as if he wanted to find some mechanism and secret passage, but it seemed that his efforts were in vain, and he didn't know how long he had been struggling here.

Angus wore a miner's lamp on his head and carried a strange black box behind him. It looked like a large stereo with its own power supply. It was obvious that he did not enter here by mistake, but came prepared. Thinking of the strange noises coming from the chapel and the fact that he was the first person to report the "haunted castle" incident, Hao Ren should have figured out what was going on, even if he didn't understand. He took two steps forward, this time no longer covering up the sound of his footsteps, and finally caught Angus's attention. When the short and chubby innkeeper heard the movement behind him, he trembled all over, and then froze as if he had been electrocuted. On the spot, Hao Ren and the others waited patiently for a few seconds before they saw Angus turning his head, trembling like a puppet that hadn't been oiled for half a year.

The light beam of the miner's lamp swept through the dark tunnel, and a strange black fog that undulated and never dispersed surged in front of Angus. Is this scene acceptable to ordinary people's outlook on life? The hotel owner immediately let out a strange cry: "Ah——"

This shout came so suddenly that even Hao Ren was startled by it, and he didn't know who was scaring whom at the moment. Vivian waved her hand to Hao Ren to be silent. She cleared her throat and spoke in a sharp and weird accent: "What are you doing here?"

Hao Ren glanced at Vivian strangely and thought to himself that this vampire has so many tricks up his sleeve that he always brings his own sound mixer when he goes out.

When Angus heard such a terrifying voice coming from the "black mist", his whole body suddenly trembled even more violently. He didn't even bother to answer Vivian's question, but just crossed himself with his hands desperately. Big beads of sweat fell down patter-by-patter: "God bless, God bless, God bless... I didn't do anything bad, I didn't do anything bad... I didn't do anything bad..."

"I'm asking you, what are you murmuring about?" Vivian said in a country voice with the voice of a female devil, "Hey, can you please stop trembling? If you don't cooperate with me, I will let the dog bite you. !”

Hao Ren thought for a while, then tugged on Vivian's sleeve and whispered, "...You can't communicate with anyone here with your English proficiency."

Vivian: "..."

"Let me ask," Hao Ren reluctantly pushed the good-for-nothing vampire away, but he also knew it was best not to reveal his voice at this time, so he communicated with his data terminal in his mind, "You have the voice-changing function. No? Just like Vivian."

"Change your voice? You can use the R-CH-365B plug-in - it's done, no one can hear your voice now."

Hao Ren felt that the air in front of him began to condense in a strange way, so he silently thanked the aliens for their high technology. As soon as he opened his mouth, he heard a voice with a thunderous reverberation spreading in all directions: "What are you doing here? "

As soon as he finished speaking, Vivian poked his lower back: "Hey, hey, do you want to be so exaggerated? You look like a villain."

Hao Ren reluctantly said that he had no control over the alien PDA in his hand, and none of its functions were easy to use!

However, although the falsetto designed for him by the data terminal was a bit too exaggerated, the evil voice that sounded completely coercive had a very good deterrent effect. Angus suddenly woke up from the mess of prayers. , sat down on the ground on the spot: "Honorable Knight Hero, I am just a small businessman nearby. I really don't mean to disturb you... I live near Yeforde, yes, I am Yeforde. People, to some extent, can be considered as common people under your rule. For the sake of the knight code, can you let me leave?"

Apparently Angus regarded the black fog in front of him and the terrifying sounds coming from the black fog as the real undead in the castle - although he was pretending to be a ghost here, he didn't seem to be too bold in the face of the abnormal situation. Everyone was at a loss.

Hao Ren felt that this misunderstanding was just right, so he did not expose it and just followed his own line of thinking and asked: "Are you the one who causes trouble here every day? Are you responsible for everything in the castle these two days?"

When Angus heard that this black mist was actually talking to him, he immediately felt that it was possible for "evil spirits" to communicate. He calmed down a little, and although he was still trembling, he could speak properly: "Yes... it's me. , but I was just moving up there, I didn’t want to disturb the souls down here..."

"Why are you pretending to be a ghost?"

Angus was wondering why the "Knight Undead" in the black mist was so curious, but he didn't dare to say anything at this time. Anyway, he answered whatever the other party asked: "My hotel can't open anymore, so I just thought It’s going to be big news…but I didn’t expect it to be this big!”

At this point, the truth is revealed.

It turns out that the much-publicized haunted incident at Jofold Castle turned out to be just a hoax. It was a fake news put out by a small hotel owner with a bleak business in order to attract outsiders. Perhaps Angus did not expect that things would turn out at first. To this extent, he obviously underestimated the extremely boring media and the highly capable "ghost hunters". He had never expected that a small haunted incident would be magnified into the current situation after it was broadcast on TV. of.

Hao Ren took advantage of Angus's cooperation and took the time to ask about tonight's situation. The details of the other party's pretense became gradually clear: the "will-o'-the-wisps" in the castle were just lights set in the rock crevices in advance, and those everywhere The reverberating howling of the wind is simpler, coming from the large speaker carried on Angus' back... Everything is so funny.

Angus is an old resident of the town of Broushar. He grew up here since he was a child. When he was a teenager, he was a wild boy who liked to run around. Many years ago, he often came to this castle to "explore" , and it was also at that time that he accidentally discovered the underground palace system under the castle that had not yet collapsed - this was a secret that only he knew.

This remote town has never had many outsiders pass by. The situation was better a few years ago, but in recent years the situation has gone from bad to worse. As a result, the business of Angus Inn has become increasingly difficult day by day. Finally, , when the business was about to fail, he decided to move to the nearby castle.

Bruchard is not an important economic town, has no special products, and is not a major transportation route. The only thing here that may attract foreigners is the castle. If the castle becomes a tourist attraction, then the business problem of the small hotel will naturally be solved. .

So Angus came up with such a bold idea: it's haunted. No matter what, let's make it popular first.

His haunting tricks these past few days have been going very smoothly. He is familiar with the structure of the castle and knows where to hide his little props that pretend to be ghosts. Moreover, he is also very cautious and can always catch the "ghost hunters" who are attracted to him. Pack everything before you dare to step into the ruins. The secret passage under the castle is another advantage for his activities. Even if someone runs into the ruins to investigate the situation, he can always move or hide through the secret doors throughout the castle: no one knows that there are these things in the castle. exist.

Under Angus's "diligence", every curious person who came to the castle to check the situation would become a free publicity agent, so the haunted incident at Jofold Castle spread like this. . Of course, another important reason for the fermentation of the news is the boredom of the public. Even though the haunted house adventure in the park is known to be fake, so many people go there, not to mention that there is a "real" one here?

The only thing that is difficult to explain now is what Angus mentioned when he first called the police, "Many people saw the fire coming from the direction of the castle." That was not just what he said, and now in front of Hao Ren, Angus also patted his chest and was sure that he had definitely seen the continuous fire that day, and it was the bizarre fire incident that night that gave him the "inspiration" to pretend to be a ghost.

What happened to the fire?

The castle is dozens of kilometers away from Bruchard. Even if there is a plain along the way and there is nothing blocking the view, it is impossible to see fire in the direction of the castle in the town. How large a fire would it be? ? I'm afraid the whole highland will have to burn down.

However, the details of this matter are really unknown, and Angus doesn’t know what happened. The only thing that is certain now is that apart from the initial fire alarm, the rest of the haunting incidents during this period ——It was all pretended by the fat boss alone.

It's just that there are so many people joining in the fun these days. Even if someone shouts "Look at a UFO" on the street, there will be at least a dozen people around who claim to have seen it with their own eyes. Angus never expected that his lies would turn out to be true. People exposed it, so everything came to this day by accident -

The hotel owner is riding a tiger and is unable to get off, so he can only pretend to be a ghost.

But is this really just a show-off?

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