"Angus?" Hao Ren immediately recognized the man not far in front from his back. The man's short and fat figure and the slightly bald back of the head left a deep impression on him, "He is here to play tricks At this time, Angus hadn't noticed the movement behind him, and his attention was completely focused on the dark stone wall in front of him, which abruptly cut off the tunnel, making this place a dead end. He fumbled anxiously on the stone wall 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 tossing here.
Angus was wearing a miner's lamp on his head, and was carrying a weird black box behind his back. It looked like a big stereo with its own power supply. He obviously didn't enter here by mistake, but came prepared. Reminiscent of the strange noises from the chapel and the fact that he was the one who reported the "haunting of the castle" incident, even if Hao Ren doesn't get the hang of it, he should understand what's going on. He took two steps forward, no longer covering up the sound of footsteps this time, and finally caught Angus' attention. The short and fat innkeeper trembled when he heard the movement behind him, and then froze as if he had been shocked by an electric shock. On the spot, Hao Ren and the others waited patiently for a few seconds before seeing Angus turning his head tremblingly like a puppet that hadn't been oiled for half a year. The beam of light from the miner's lamp swept across the dark tunnel, and a strange black mist surged in front of Angus. Is this scene acceptable to ordinary people? The innkeeper suddenly let out a strange cry: "Ah—"
The shout came so suddenly that even Hao Ren was taken aback by him, and he didn't know who was scaring whom. Vivian waved Hao Ren to keep silent, but she cleared her throat and said in a sharp and strange tone: "What are you doing here?"
Hao Ren gave Vivian a strange look, thinking that this vampire has so many tricks, and he always brings his own mixer when he goes out.
When Angus heard such a terrifying voice from the "black mist", his whole body trembled even more. He didn't even bother to answer Vivienne's question, but made the sign of the cross on his chest desperately. Beads of sweat dripped down: "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 something, what are you talking about?" Vivienne said in a very rustic voice with the voice of a female devil, "Hey, can you stop shaking? If you don't cooperate, I will let the dog bite you. !" Hao Ren thought for a while, then tugged at Vivienne's sleeve and reminded him in a low voice, "...you can't communicate with anyone here with your English level."
Vivian: "..."
"Let me ask," Hao Ren reluctantly pushed the useless vampire away, but he also knew that it was best not to reveal his voice at this time, so he communicated with his data terminal in his mind, "You have a voice-changing function No? Like Vivian."
"Voice change? The r-ch-365b plug-in goes to you - well done, no one can hear your voice now."
Hao Ren felt the air in front of him start to condense in a strange way, so he silently thanked the aliens for their high technology, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he heard a thunderous voice spreading in all directions: "What are you doing here? "
As soon as the words fell, Vivian poked his lower back: "Hey, do you want to be so exaggerated? You look like a villain."
Hao Ren said helplessly that he couldn't control the alien pda in his hand at all, and none of the latter's functions worked!
However, although the false voice designed by the data terminal was a bit too exaggerated, the evil voice that sounded full of coercion played a very good deterrent effect, and Angus suddenly woke up from the messy prayers. , I sat on the ground on the spot: "Honorable knight soul, I'm just a small businessman nearby, I really don't mean to bother you... I live near Yoofold, yes, I'm from Yoofold , more or less counted as the people under your rule, can you let me leave for the sake of the knight's code?"...
Apparently, Angus regarded the black mist and the terrifying voice in the black mist as the real undead of the castle—although he was pretending to be a ghost here, but he didn't seem to be very bold. All at a loss.
Hao Ren felt that this kind of misunderstanding was just right, so he didn't expose it. He just asked in his own way: "Is it you who make trouble here every day? Are you responsible for the things in the castle these two days?"
When Angus heard that the black mist would talk to him, he immediately felt that the "evil spirit" might communicate with him. He calmed down a little, and he could speak well even though he was still shaking: "Yes...it's me, But I'm only active on the top, I don't want to disturb the souls below... "
"What are you pretending to be doing?"
Angus wondered why the "undead knights" in the black mist were so curious, but he didn't dare to say more at this time. Anyway, he answered whatever the other party asked: "My hotel can't open anymore, so I just want to Make big news... but I didn't expect it to be so big!"
At this point, the truth is revealed.
It turned out that the haunting incident of Yoofold Castle was just a hoax. It was a fake news released by a small hotel owner with a poor business in order to attract outsiders. Maybe this Angus didn't expect things to ferment at the beginning. To this extent, he obviously underestimated the extremely boring media and the powerful "ghostbusters". A small haunted incident was magnified into the current situation after it was shown on TV, which he did not expect of.
Taking advantage of Angus' cooperation, Hao Ren took the time to ask about the situation tonight, and the details of the other party's trickery gradually became clear: the "wild-o'-the-wisps" in the castle were just lights that had been set in the crevices of the rocks in advance, and the The reverberating whistling wind is simpler, it comes from the big speaker on Angus's back... everything is so funny.
Angus is an old resident of the town of Broussard. He grew up here, and he was a wild boy who liked to run around when he was a teenager. He often came to this castle for "exploration" many years ago. , It was also at that time that he discovered the uncollapsed underground palace system under the castle by chance—this is a secret that only he knows.
This remote town has never had many outsiders pass by. A few years ago, the situation was better. In recent years, the situation has gone from bad to worse. As a result, the business of Angus Hotel has become more and more difficult every day. Finally, , when the business was about to fail, he turned his idea to the nearby old castle.
Broussard is not an important economic town, there are no special products, and it is not an important traffic route. The only thing that can attract foreigners here is the castle. If the castle becomes a tourist attraction, the business problem of the small hotel will naturally be solved.
So Angus came up with such a bold idea: Haunted, no matter what, let’s talk about the popularity first.
His haunting tricks have been going smoothly these days. He is familiar with the structure of the castle and knows where to hide his little props that pretend to be ghosts. Gather everything before you venture into the ruins. The secret passage under the castle is another favorable condition for his activities. Even if someone runs into the ruins to check the situation, he can transfer or hide from the secret doors in the castle at any time: no one knows that there are these things in the castle exist.
Under Angus' "diligent work", every curious person who came to the castle to check the situation would become a free propagandist, so the haunting incident of Yoofold Castle spread like this. . Of course, another important reason for the ferment of the news is the boredom of the public, so many people go to the haunted house adventure in the park knowing it is fake, let alone a "real" one here
The only thing that is difficult to explain now is the fact that Angus mentioned "many people saw the fire coming from the direction of the castle" when he first called the police. Angus also patted his chest and affirmed that he definitely saw the sky-high fire that day, and it was because of the bizarre fire incident that night that he was given the "inspiration" to pretend to be a ghost.
What the hell is going on with that fire
The castle is tens of kilometers away from Broussard. Even if there is a plain along the way, there is nothing blocking the line of sight. It is impossible to see the fire in the direction of the castle from the town. How large-scale fire is needed? ? I'm afraid the whole plateau must be set on fire.
However, the details of this matter are really unknown, and Angus does not know what is going on. 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 installed by the fat boss alone.
It's just that there are so many people joining in the fun these days, even if someone shouted "Look at ufo" on the street, at least a dozen people would stand around and claim to have seen it with their own eyes. Angus didn't expect that his bluffing lie would not People exposed it, so everything went so wrongly to today——
The innkeeper couldn't ride a tiger, so he could only pretend to be a ghost.
But is this really just an incident of pretending to be a ghost