September 8th was the day when the Nameless Team officially declared war on Sadako. In order to get the chance to kill Sadako multiple times, Ding Jie decided to let someone watch the ripped cursed videotape.
Everyone crowded into Yuan Zhi's room, and everyone was in a heavy mood. This was the key to successfully completing the mission, and everything depended on whether the method Ding Jie had formulated could be effective.
Ding Jie sat on the bench, playing with the videotape like a toy. He looked at everyone, raised the corners of his mouth, and said with a sinister smile: "I have said before that in order to lure Sadako out, I decided to let someone watch this cursed videotape. Do you think my decision is feasible?"
Li Chengren stood in a corner and forced a smile and said, "Mr. Ding's decision will definitely work. There are so many characters in horror movies. Let's capture 10 of them and force them to watch the video tape one by one. After 7 days, we will have enough opportunities to kill Sadako."
Zhang Jin's face was distorted, and he said in a thin voice, half smiling, "It's not 10, but 3. Moreover, they are right here, so there is no need to go out and catch them."
Li Chengren was stunned, turned around and looked at Ye Mei and Zhang Hui, staring at each other, then smiled and said, "Don't... don't joke, being cursed by Sadako will kill you."
"It's only fun when you die, haha." Zhang Jin laughed so hard that his waist bent, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.
Ding Jie straightened his body, took a deep puff of his cigar, and said seriously: "In the reincarnation world, we cannot reveal our identities, missions and everything about the main god space to the characters in the plot, otherwise we will be deducted points. And Sadako will return to the TV after the target person dies, so the premise of killing Sadako is to do our best to protect the target person's life and try to keep Sadako. Therefore, there are too many unfavorable factors in choosing plot characters, and we can only choose 3 from among us." He looked at Li Chengren and the other three newcomers with a smile, and had already given the answer.
Zhang Hui huddled in the corner, trembling with his hands clasped over his chest. Li Chengren stood there blankly, but Ye Mei screamed incoherently: "This... how is this possible, aren't you very strong? If you watch the videotape, you don't need anyone's protection. How can you sacrifice us? Yuan Zhi is disabled, why don't you let her watch the videotape, wow... Sadako is so scary, wow..." She screamed and made a fuss like a shrew. Ding Jie whispered, "Shut up." The intimidating aura forced Ye Mei to shut up.
Ding Jie blew out the smoke from his mouth and stood up with a "whoosh". "By the end of the movie, if we still can't kill Sadako, we will be wiped out by the Lord God. As you said just now, we can also watch the videotape, but each of us has a strength beyond that of ordinary people, even Yuan Zhi, even though she only has one hand and one foot left, it would be easy for her to kill you. After we watch the videotape, who will kill Sadako for us? You? Watch it or not, it's up to you, but after watching the videotape, I will admit that you are members of my Nameless Team, you choose."
Meng Xiang secretly praised Ding Jie for his ability. On the surface, he did not force the newcomer to watch the video tape, but in fact, he used both soft and hard tactics to force the newcomer to comply.
As expected, Ye Mei turned around and looked at Li Chengren, trembling. Li Chengren and Zhang Hui looked at each other and said helplessly, "Then, let's do everything according to what Mr. Ding said."
"Very good, from now on, you can call me captain." Ding Jie relaxed his face, gave a look of approval, and continued, "Today is the 8th. I plan to let the three of you watch the videotape every other day, so that even if something unexpected happens, we will have time to recover. The time is 12 o'clock. This time is chosen because ghosts are generally weakest at noon. Although Sadako may not be affected, we can only try our best to seize our advantages. Do you think it's okay?"
Meng Xiang did some mental calculations and found that he watched the videotape on the 8th, 10th and 12th, which means that he was cursed by Sadako on the 15th, 17th and 19th respectively. According to the original plot of the movie, the male protagonist Takayama Ryuji watched the videotape copied by Asakawa Reiko on the 14th, and on the 21st, Sadako climbed out of the TV and killed Takayama Ryuji. In other words, they only had 4 chances to kill Sadako. After Takayama Ryuji died, Asakawa Reiko found a way to lift the curse, and then drove to her father's house, and the movie ended. According to the date, it should be the 22nd, and Asakawa Reiko's son Yoichi saw that the date of the videotape was the 19th, so the time he was cursed can be ignored.
There were only four chances left. Every failure meant the sacrifice of a team member and the gates of hell were getting closer to them. The invisible pressure was suffocating.
This time they were dealing with the evil spirit Sadako, and they had already suffered a loss in their first encounter. Facing the ghost, except for the exchanged talisman bullets, holy water, exorcism spells, and Meng Xiang's spiritual power and physique, their strength and firearms were all ineffective. It was for this reason that Ding Jie made a promise that as long as he was willing to watch the video tape, he could become a formal member of the Nameless Team.
Zhang Jin seemed to be trying hard to suppress his excitement. He stroked his belly and said awkwardly, "Of course the captain's plan is the best. So who's going to watch it first?"
Li Chengren and the other three looked at each other, none of them had the courage to be the first sacrifice. After waiting for a long time, seeing that they did not move, Ding Jie became impatient and stretched out his hand to pinch the chair. With a "crack", a corner of the chair was torn off. He peeled the small piece of wood into three strips, wrapped it with his hands, and exposed one end and said, "You choose by length. The shortest one will be seen first."
Ding Jie pinched the chair with his hands, showing amazing strength. The three newcomers were shocked. They drew one each, and the results were: 8th, Li Chengren, 10th, Zhang Hui, 12th, Ye Mei.
Ding Jie was very dissatisfied with the result of the draw. He glanced at the wall clock and said coldly, "It's 12 o'clock. Meng Xiang, you and Li Chengren watch it together. The rest of you, come with me to the dining room to eat."
Of the three newcomers, Ye Mei was flustered, Zhang Hui was pessimistic and introverted, and none of them were very successful, while Li Chengren was more stable, not panicky but not chaotic, and had certain potential. Now that Li Chengren had become the first victim, Ding Jie was certainly not satisfied. He did not like newcomers who might surpass him, but the team needed to be strong and needed fresh blood, but he was quite arrogant and his word was his will, and he no longer influenced the order of watching the tapes.
After everyone left, Meng Xiang turned on the power, put in the videotape, raised his hand and said to Li Chengren: "It's starting. Don't be afraid. Just treat it as a movie."
Li Chengren walked slowly with a sad face, muttering as he walked: "Of course you are not afraid, you copied the videotape, Sadako will not curse you, but I am different, I am the first victim now..."
Meng Xiang understood his feelings, so he didn't argue with him. The same snowflakes, the same big eye, the same well, Meng Xiang was watching it for the second time, and he still felt a little chilled.
"Let's go. There are no phones here. Sadako can't come to harass us." Meng Xiang suddenly felt sorry for Li Chengren. The newcomer's calm appearance could not hide his inner anxiety. After 7 days, he would face the curse of the evil spirit Sadako. Life or death, everything was out of his control. Sometimes death is not scary, but the torment before death is scary. These 7 days were definitely 7 devilish days for Li Chengren.
So, the next day, Meng Xiang accompanied a newcomer to watch the videotape. Li Chengren's performance was relatively calm. Ye Mei, the young woman, screamed throughout the whole process, almost shattering Meng Xiang's eardrums. Looking at the intermittent and rough images, Ye Mei frantically held Meng Xiang's arm. After watching it, Meng Xiang found that his arm was covered with blood spots, obviously scratched by Ye Mei during the process of watching the videotape. As for Zhang Hui, this introverted and pessimistic young man, before watching the videotape, he called for a bottle of strong liquor to boost his courage. After watching the videotape silently, he ran back to the room trembling without saying a word. Not long after, he heard the sound of crying.
Ding Jie thought very carefully. With four chances, even if he sacrificed a few newcomers, he could at least find out Sadako's background and kill her once. But he didn't understand people's hearts. Not everyone could bear the fear brought by ghosts...
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