Chapter 82: The Haunting Incident at the Drama Society
Nothing happened when Chu Jiang was on the plane.
However, as soon as he got off the plane, he received an urgent call from an unfamiliar number.
"Hello, is this Chu Jiang Mr. Chu? I am the assistant to the head of Research Institute No. 21, Luohe City branch."
"There has been an emergency incident in the city, and the police have sealed off the scene. We just informed headquarters, and they said the new leader is already on the way. When can you arrive?"
Chu Jiang held his phone in silence, feeling a bit speechless. "I just got off the plane and there's already a paranormal event happening? Can it be that coincidental?"
The voice of the man across the line sounded apologetic. "I'm sorry, we also know that dealing with paranormal events often means risking one's life, but we have no other choice."
"Alright, I'll take a car and come over. It probably won't be that fast. Before I arrive, you guys will have to act accordingly."
"Okay, we will gather and organize the information first. We'll send it to your phone later."
Chu Jiang turned off the satellite phone sent by headquarters and left the airport, taking a direct ride to the city center.
Actually, Chu Jiang had a faint premonition while on the plane. The curse of the Ghost Diary has always been present. After reaching Luohe City, something might happen soon.
As expected.
Besides, Chu Jiang would leave the research institute the next day, and this was one of the reasons. After all, headquarters had sealed so many ghosts. If any of them were subconsciously affected by the Ghost Diary and sneaked out to find him, it would be troublesome.
At this moment, Chu Jiang's only thought was to go around and eliminate the lurking dangers in Luohe City after taking office. This way, the chances of being approached by ghosts while taking a walk outside would be reduced to some extent.
As long as there are no ghosts in their own territory, Ghost Diary can't possibly affect ghosts thousands of miles away, making them rush to Luohe City to find someone, right?
This probability should be very, very low, because the ghosts inside the seal are still sealed in nature.
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Fifteen minutes later, Chu Jiang in the car received a large amount of text messages. He didn't bother to read them, just put on his headphones, forwarded the messages, and made a call with one touch.
"Hello, it's me. Can you read the information I sent earlier to me?"
"Okay." A crisp and pleasant female voice came from the other end of the phone. This is the headquarters of the research institute, and they assigned Chu Jiang a dedicated operator.
This is also a way for the research institute to support responsible persons in various locations: when encountering special situations, the responsible person can contact the operator at any time, asking her to help with relevant information; or through the operator, apply for special support for sealing objects from higher authorities.
Moreover, the operators are basically on standby 24/7, and are even responsible for some psychological counseling work.
"Incident location: Riverside University, Drama Club activity room."
"Time of occurrence: 4:30 PM in the afternoon."
"Estimated level: C level."
"What happened: Members of the drama club were rehearsing a suspenseful play in the activity room today. They had written this play themselves and planned to perform it at the upcoming school celebration."
"However, during the rehearsal, some students were surprised to find that their makeshift stage and temporary costumes were gradually becoming more realistic, as if they had really entered the setting of the story in the play."
"Then, even more unbelievable things happened. Since many club members had classes in the afternoon today, only three students were rehearsing, so at least four characters were missing in this play."
"After realizing that something was wrong, the students decided to leave the drama club. That's when they discovered that four inexplicable people had appeared in the activity room."
"These four people were all characters from the play, and they looked exactly the same as described in the script, from their appearance to their height and clothing. None of the students knew them."
"In this dangerous situation, one girl got scared and tried to run outside, but she was stopped by one of the characters from the play."
"One clever student remembered various detailed descriptions from the script."
"He calmed down and, with a few classmates, finished his role in the play. Then, following the normal procedures, they slowly exited the stage and escaped from the drama club."
"After escaping, they immediately called the police. The police received several calls and confirmed it wasn't a prank. They dispatched officers to the Riverside University campus to secure the area, while also notifying the local branch of the research institute to send professionals to the scene."
Chu Jiang pondered with his chin resting on his hand, wondering how many ghosts were involved in this supernatural incident - one or four?
Over at the operator Chen Yuting's side, she continued, "It's now 6 PM, and the drama club room, which has been sealed off, is very calm. There are no signs of the supernatural events spreading outside."
"Did the people involved in the incident leave?" Chu Jiang asked.
"Those few students are under police protection and are currently at Riverside University. They haven't left."
"Okay, notify the police to gather all members of the drama club and make sure the person writing the script is present."
Chen Yuting agreed and temporarily ended her call with Chu Jiang.
The taxi driver, curious, asked the passenger sitting in the back seat, who had removed their headphones, "Young man, are you perhaps an informant for the police?"
Chu Jiang smiled and said, "Playing a murder mystery game, young people these days like it a lot."
"By the way, Master, can I ask you something? Is there a haunted place in Luohe City recently? I heard people talking about it outside."
"Haunted place?" The driver shook his head, "Who believes in such things these days? I have heard ghost stories though."
Chu Jiang didn't give up, "Any fresh ghost stories? The ones I have heard are from the past six months only."
"Well, there is something interesting. Not long ago, one of our taxi drivers here hit a ghost in the middle of the night. The ghost even forced him to play chess and scared him half to death."
Chu Jiang's expression turned serious, "And then?"
"He called for help on our internal radio station, asking someone to call the police for him."
"Everyone actually believed him at that time. Someone called the police for him, but after a few sentences, the guy stopped responding."
"To everyone's surprise, the next day we received news that this guy named Hu had gotten really drunk. When the police arrived there, they found him completely passed out, with the car all wrecked."
"Because of this, his documents seemed to have been revoked, and he was not allowed to drive taxis anymore."
When the driver mentioned this incident, he kept mumbling about bad luck.
"So, you haven't contacted him again in the last few days, right?"
"Other people don't know, I'm not familiar with the person surnamed Hu, so I didn't bother with him."
Chu Jiang kept this matter in mind and sent a text message to his local assistant, "Check the police's incident records in the past half month to confirm if a taxi driver surnamed Hu has passed away."
