I thought about it and took out the smartphone provided by Xiuxing Company employees from my pocket.
After entering the [Task Library of Bus Paranormal Events], I retrieved the photo of the German named James who was burned to death more than 90 years ago and showed it to Zhou Xiaowen.
"Master Zhou, look, the strange foreigner who appeared that night five years ago, was it him?"
When Zhou Xiaowen saw it, he was immediately surprised.
"That's right! It's him! It's this foreign devil. Even if he turns into ashes, I still recognize him. But his expression is much more sinister and cold than this."
"As expected..."
I thought it was just as I guessed, the foreigner that suddenly appeared that night in Zhou Xiaowen's mouth - or the foreign ghost, was James who was burned to death in the fire that year!
This guy's ghost lingered and turned into a ferocious evil spirit, coming out to harm people.
As for the difference in temperament that Zhou Xiaowen said... This is a photo left when James was still alive in the late Qing Dynasty. The company found it from the official archives and scanned it into the task library.
When he was a living person, he was naturally not as vicious and violent as when he had become a century-old ghost - when he was still an evil ghost.
But why did he wait more than ninety years before he came out to do evil?
In other words, it is possible that this foreign ghost is timid and has been hiding in the dark and slowly becoming stronger. A few years ago, I felt that I was already very powerful, and then I showed up.
All in all, things have made some progress...
I thought for a moment and looked around again at the ghosts of the passengers in the carriage. Said in a deep voice.
"Everyone, in fact, the superiors have been investigating your innocent and tragic death. But this is not an ordinary traffic accident. Ordinary accidents - oh, that is, the police, basically have no way to intervene. So special measures are needed. Professional agencies are here, and we are here specifically to investigate this matter."
As soon as these words came out, all the ghosts became excited.
"Great! I just said, we won't die so unjustly and innocently."
"Yes! It's great to have specialized experts and mages to investigate."
"The mastermind must be killed!"
"The mastermind behind the scenes is also a ghost. A very powerful and terrifying evil ghost. He is already dead."
"Then your soul will be shattered into ashes and ashes!"
These passengers were obviously full of endless resentment towards James.
"Quiet, everyone!"
I raised my hand to make a gesture of virtual pressure and continued.
"Now, you have two options to choose from. First, I will immediately cast a spell to forcibly cut off the secret control and enslavement of you by the foreign evil ghost James, and send you to reincarnation in the underworld. From now on, things in this life will have nothing to do with it. Yes, you will also be liberated. But you may not be able to see how I fight with the evil ghost and punish it."
"Second, I will not go to the underworld for the time being, but stay in the upper world to help me, including tracking down various clues, dealing with possible accidents, or eliminating other sneaky things under James. The advantage is that I can see the evil ghost being killed by me with my own eyes. The disadvantage of killing him is that it will be very dangerous and his soul may be scattered. After all, when I release your control, James should be able to sense it. "
"Actually, ordinary decent practitioners will not tell you this. They will basically cast spells directly to free you and then send you to the underworld for reincarnation. But I feel that the death is unclear, and I know who the murderer is. Under the circumstances, someone may choose to personally participate in revenge! Because I have this character myself. So I have given you two choices, you can choose yourselves."
After I said this, the car suddenly fell silent.
These passenger ghosts are not stupid either.
Although they have never really seen or come into contact with the foreign evil ghost James, the fact that he can come up with so many tricks shows that he is definitely very ferocious!
If he stayed to help and was eliminated by the other party, he would be completely eliminated from the world.
So even if the crowd roared with passion and anger just now, when it comes time to make a decision, they will still be very hesitant.
This is normal and nothing to laugh at.
I just quietly waited for the bus ghosts to make their choice.
Soon, a woman holding a baby made a choice.
"Brother Gao Ren, I... I just choose to go directly to the underworld and be reincarnated. If I were alone, I would rather stay and take revenge. But I have a child. He is only one year old. If you don't enjoy the beauty of life, you will die. If you are destroyed by evil spirits again, your soul will be scattered, and you will disappear completely. So I want to take it and leave directly, I'm sorry..."
The expression on her face looked a little ashamed.
I said with a smile.
"Auntie, don't mind. I respect your choice. You are right, the poor child, he deserves another chance to be a human again."
"Thank you, Master, for your understanding. Thank you, Master, for understanding."
The woman was very grateful. She was probably worried that I would make sarcastic remarks.
I thought about it and said loudly.
"Let's do it this way. If you want to stay and take revenge together, just raise your hands. If you don't raise your hands, I will cast a spell directly later. After releasing the control of the evil ghost in the underworld, I will send you to the underworld."
For a long time, there was no movement.
I nodded, roughly understanding their choice.
Thinking about it carefully, maybe I am too idealistic. No wonder, under normal circumstances, most decent monks don't bother to ask and just send them away.
I can't say I'm disappointed, I just think it's human nature.
Just when I was about to say, let's send everyone away, two hands were raised - the "senior" Liu Xinyuan of Yucheng No. 1 Middle School and the driver Zhou Xiaowen.
Liu Xinyuan: "I am willing to stay! In fact, I have probably heard of James before he was alive. He was a very bad German factory owner who once oppressed our workers. After his death, he even continued to cause trouble and harm others. As a victim, I , I want to see him disappear into ashes with my own eyes."
Zhou Xiaowen: "I don't have a high level of education, so I can't make any big sense. I just feel that if you have an enemy, you should take revenge, and if you have a grudge, you should take revenge! Now that you know who the enemy is and you have a chance, you have to kill him. I'm still afraid of people who have died once. What?"
Although I admired them in my heart, I didn't immediately praise them on the surface - otherwise, where would the other passengers' faces be? Isn't this a naked slap on someone, oh no, a slap on the ghost's face.
So I just nodded and said calmly.
"Okay, Senior Liu and Master Zhou can stay here and won't go to the underworld for the time being. Everyone, get ready, I'm going to start casting spells."
With that said, he and Niu Bi looked at each other and started to prepare.
Wave after wave of Qi gushes out from our Dantian.
I turned my wrist and found a piece of talisman paper clipped on it - I deliberately used the real talisman paper that Uncle Sun gave me instead of the kind that I randomly cut out of rice paper.
"The world of heaven and earth, Wuji borrows the law. The underworld has a meritorious service, and the gate of the underworld is opened. The ghosts are transported into the underworld, and it is opened!"
Niu Bi and I spoke in unison, reciting the Taoist mantra to send ghosts to the underworld.
Soon, the two talismans burned on their own, and fiery red threads emerged from them...
