Chapter 87: Actors, Please Take Your Positions
Chu Jiang had no intention of letting Lin Qian leave before stopping his pointless attempts.
Because they had already come in, if they wanted to leave, the priest might appear immediately.
So, it's better to follow the script next, and in this process, find the true form of the ghost and seal it.
Of course, it is also important to find the pattern of the killings. The ghost will definitely kill, it's just a matter of how and in what way.
From what it looks like now, it is very likely that the intruder will be turned into a victim in the script, and then openly make the victim die in the upcoming plot.
Of course, according to Lin Qian's script, these repenters each have their own faults, and they don't fare well.
Before more changes happened in the church, Chu Jiang took Lin Qian to meet the mute person.
This is the only character in the script who can be considered quite positive, and his ugly appearance and strong build create a contrast.
Because Lin Qian knew that the mute person was likely a ghost, he was quite nervous.
Chu Jiang was also cautious, but he still approached directly, saying, "This kind gentleman, we came to the church during the day and confessed to the priest. But tonight, we somehow ended up in the church again."
"Do you have any suggestions on how we can leave?"
The mute person glanced at both of them, shaking his head incoherently and pointing repeatedly towards the door, as if urging them to leave quickly.
This made Chu Jiang ponder, wondering if the mute person had any good ways to help them at this stage.
Or perhaps the mute person couldn't act freely and had to follow the script; if he helped Chu Jiang and the others escape now, the scene couldn't continue.
They would have to come up with another plan then, since Lin Qian couldn't be sent away for the time being.
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After thinking for a while, Chu Jiang came up with a new idea.
He walked up to the mute person with a kind expression and asked, "Sir, do you need any help?"
While speaking, Chu Jiang naturally extended his right hand.
In the future, there will be priests, nuns, and confessors 1 and 2. Among these five "NPCs" in the scene, the least dangerous should be the mute person.
So, after thinking about it, Chu Jiang decided to test it out by using the dumb person to see if the dumb person was the real ghost.
If that's the case, maybe we can solve the problem by sealing the mute person directly and using force.
If it's not true, it doesn't matter, the mute person is a good person.
To tell the truth, while Chu Jiang was moving, he couldn't help but think of a sentence: Should good people be held at gunpoint?
Faced with Chu Jiang's "kindness", the mute person just shook their head repeatedly, but Chu Jiang's hand still touched the hand of the mute person holding the cloth.
With this touch, Chu Jiang's expression changed! He slightly lowered his head, smartly withdrew his hand, and carefully stepped back.
In this process, the mute person didn't harm Chu Jiang, but had a heavy-hearted look while continuing to wipe the long tables and chairs in the church.
What just happened was simple, and Chu Jiang couldn't confirm if the mute person was actually the ghost's true form; but that's not important, what's important is that the power of the Blood Hand Ghost cannot be used!
This is the most dangerous part, as Chu Jiang had intended to try touching the mute person to see if it would make them stop moving, which would definitely require releasing some blood with supernatural power.
But the problem is that the power of the Blood Hand Ghost seems to be sealed and cannot come out.
To be honest, since gaining inhuman supernatural power, this is the first time Chu Jiang has felt so powerless, as if he suddenly regressed into an ordinary person...
After his expression changed several times, Chu Jiang finally relaxed his brow slowly.
Perhaps, the situation is not as bad as imagined. If his supernatural power can't be used, maybe none of the characters in this stage have supernatural power either?
In this way, the ghost and the person stood on the starting line together.
This is probably what the ghost intended: this is a theater play, actors please take your places and perform well. If anyone wants to cause trouble, then don't blame me for not being polite.
This is why the priest appears mysteriously at the door, because someone didn't follow the rules, just like in the middle of a theater play, suddenly an actor wants to run away, how is that acceptable?
So leaving violently is not allowed, it's very easy for the priest to immediately have you killed.
Even though according to the storyline, all three of them, the repenters, have to die next, but it's better to die a bit later than to die now.
Just when Chu Jiang was beginning to understand, a scream came from deep inside the church!
As soon as the sound came, both the mute and Lin Qian shivered at the same time.
Chu Jiang's face didn't change, but he was a bit worried. If there's a scream happening now, has the priest already executed the first repenter?
Trouble, the plot is progressing a bit too fast, it will soon be the turn of number 2, 3, and 4.
"What, what do we do?" Lin Qian looked at Chu Jiang. "It must be that the gambler has died."
The four penitents are a gambler, a miller's daughter, a nobleman, and a fisherman.
Yes, there are only two female characters in this play, which doesn't match the genders of the drama club students.
This is because when Lin Qian wrote the script, his main concern was the story. After all, it's a stage play, so it's fine for men to play women and women to play men.
As mentioned before, the gambler stole the neighbor's sheep and sold them, indirectly causing the neighbor to struggle financially and die from depression.
After confessing to the priest, the gambler initially felt very relaxed.
The next day, he returned to the church, hoping to hear more teachings from the priest and feel more of the Lord's glory and care.
Then the gambler was taken by the priest to a secret room and brutally executed...
"Don't panic, just go on acting, I'll think of a way."
Now, not only Lin Qian, but also Chu Jiang is facing the possibility of death. It's uncertain if the seal can be used on this stage.
Most likely, it cannot. Even though Ghost Diary is a level-zero seal that can break this restriction, Chu Jiang would still have a hard time competing against this ghost with the power of the Ghost Domain, even if he borrows the power of Imitation Ghost.
Because Imitation Ghost is not a ghost with exceptionally strong combat power; the power that Chu Jiang can borrow is only fifty percent of the original ghost's power.
If he tries to use Imitation Ghost to imitate a ghost with extremely strong combat power, the power will be greatly reduced, to less than one-tenth.
Even if Chu Jiang seals the Stretching Ghost and feeds it to Ghost Diary, he will still face the same problem: insufficient power to win the battle.
We can only say that this "Acting Ghost" or "Dramatic Ghost" has an incredibly abnormal ability to seal the supernatural powers of the Ghost Master.
