Chapter 82: Coercing the Black Book (4200 words)
Liu Haoyu patted the dust off his body and then checked his belongings.
Most of them were still there, and there were no signs that the police had rummaged through his backpack.
Suddenly Liu Haoyu thought of something and instinctively touched his face.
“Speaking of which, where are my gas mask and fire axe?”
Not only that, but he also found that no matter how he shook the Hong Yu, Qin Liu inside didn’t react at all.
“Qin Liu? Are you still there?”
No response.
This made Liu Haoyu’s heart sink.
Could it be that Qin Liu stayed behind in the Red Gate alone to save him?
Recalling the last moment his consciousness disappeared, the hand that grabbed him should have been Qin Liu’s.
But where was she now?
While Liu Haoyu was thinking about how to save her, cold air came from behind him.
He quickly turned around, and from an unknown time, Qin Liu was standing behind him.
And Liu Haoyu also found that Qin Liu was holding a lantern in her hand.
Could it be… a guide?
Liu Haoyu was startled, but at this moment, Qin Liu spoke.
“You’re finally awake?”
Hearing this voice, Liu Haoyu’s hanging heart finally relaxed.
Admittedly, this somewhat naive and cute voice was highly recognizable, almost the opposite of that cold and terrifying voice.
But the problem was, why did Qin Liu have the guide’s lantern in her hand?
He had never seen her take out such a thing before.
“Where did you get the lantern in your hand?”
“This lantern…”
Qin Liu subconsciously wanted to answer, but she suddenly realized and took a step back in shock.
“Wait? You can see me?”
“Now I can.”
Liu Haoyu’s gaze fell on Qin Liu.
The little ghost at this moment was not wearing that creepy red wedding dress, but her chosen light cyan sailor uniform, and her flawless legs were covered by white stockings.
Although it was a cute style, Liu Haoyu could say that this outfit was a deadly temptation to any man.
Even he couldn’t help but glance at her a few more times.
However, just these few glances made Qin Liu’s face turn as red as a ripe shrimp.
For her, she had just confidently said she wouldn’t wear it not long ago.
But now, her entire outfit was seen clearly by Liu Haoyu.
“My original clothes were washed!”
In her panic, she came up with a very clumsy excuse.
“Mhm, mhm.”
Liu Haoyu would not point out whether ghosts needed to wash clothes or not. He could confirm one thing now.
That is… white stockings are worthy of being the ruler of the world.
Wearing them on Qin Liu made him almost lose control.
But he was a man of principle. White stockings, like lotuses, are to be admired from afar, not to be profaned.
So it was good to just look.
The only drawback was that he couldn’t hold it in.
Qin Liu looked at Liu Haoyu’s slightly awkward stance and couldn’t help but sigh.
“Uwah…”
This man’s obsession with white stockings was terrifying.
Should she take them off?
While Qin Liu was thinking, Liu Haoyu regained his serious demeanor and said.
“Speaking of which, did anything happen while I was unconscious? And what’s with the lantern in your hand?”
Liu Haoyu’s gaze fell on the lantern. Unlike what he saw in his dream, the lantern in Qin Liu’s hand was already broken.
The wick was gone, and the entire lantern hung darkly in Qin Liu’s hand.
” I don’t know where this lantern came from, but after you were pulled into the Red Gate, I climbed out of the Hong Yu to try and save you, and then I found this lantern on the ground, so I picked it up to light the way… I don’t know why the light went out after we came out.”
Qin Liu remembered that when she picked it up, although the lantern was broken, it was indeed emitting light.
It was precisely with the help of this light that Qin Liu dragged Liu Haoyu out of the darkness.
However, after coming out, she found that they were no longer in Longshan Vocational High School, but on the highway two kilometers away.
When she came out, Qin Liu saw the flashing red and blue lights in the distance, so she immediately hid Liu Haoyu’s gas mask and fire axe.
This prevented the police officers from discovering anything unusual.
“You only came out of the Hong Yu after I was pulled in?”
“Yes.”
After getting the answer, Liu Haoyu pondered for a long time.
If that was the case, it meant that if Qin Liu hid in the Hong Yu, even that blood-red iron door could not detect her presence.
And after Qin Liu came out of the Hong Yu, even though he had been pulled into the Red Gate, with Qin Liu’s help, he was still able to escape from the Red Gate.
“In a sense, I saved your life, heroic ghost exorcist, so don’t you want to give me some reward?”
“Can I offer myself in return?”
Facing Qin Liu’s joking words, Liu Haoyu naturally responded with a joke.
“Like hell!”
Obviously, Qin Liu did not accept this proposal.
However, unfortunately, although Qin Liu saved him from the Red Gate, she couldn’t get a clear picture of what was inside the Red Gate.
And Liu Haoyu recalled the scene he saw in his dream.
He remembered that in his dream, there was a huge coffin in front of him.
“When you went inside, did you see any black observation?”
“A coffin?” Qin Liu tilted her head doubtfully, thought for a long time, shook her head, and said, “It was too dark. After I picked up the lantern, I took you and fled immediately, so I didn’t notice any coffin.”
“Is that so?”
Liu Haoyu’s tone was a little regretful.
He always felt that the coffin hid some major secret, but he didn’t know what it was.
And whenever it came to this point, it was time to bring out the all-knowing Black Book that could see through fate.
However, when Liu Haoyu took out the Black Book, it showed extreme resistance.
It was afraid, the whole book seemed to come alive and trembled uncontrollably.
Especially when it saw Qin Liu holding the lantern, it wished it had grown two legs and run for its life.
But it was held tightly by Liu Haoyu and couldn’t escape at all.
Liu Haoyu tried to open the book, but the book was as solid as if it were glued with glue and couldn’t be opened at all.
Seeing this, Liu Haoyu could only threaten, “Listen, open the book.”
However, the Black Book did not dare to move an inch, like a clam discovered by a predator, it still kept its pages tightly closed.
Scarlet blood continued to seep out from the book.
This blood fell to the ground and formed a sentence.
“Why were you able to come out of the Red Gate alive?
Are you human… or a ghost?”
Liu Haoyu immediately said upon seeing the Black Book’s words.
“Of course I’m human, why would I be a ghost?”
However, the Black Book clearly didn’t believe Liu Haoyu’s answer at all.
The blood on the ground gathered again.
“But I’ve never seen anyone escape from that Red Gate. You’re the first!”
The blood on the ground trembled unceasingly, it was unclear whether it was afraid of Qin Liu or Liu Haoyu.
To prove his innocence, Liu Haoyu took out a corpse-suppressing talisman from his backpack and stuck it on his forehead.
“See, if I were a ghost, I’d be immobilized by just sticking this on.”
“If it’s a powerful ghost, it can still move.”
The Black Book was not convinced, so Liu Haoyu had to take the fire axe from Qin Liu.
“What are you doing? I’m not a weakling to be slaughtered. I’m very strong. I killed hundreds of people when I was alive. Don’t come near me! I warn you, don’t come near me!”
Liu Haoyu looked at the Black Book struggling incessantly and was a little speechless.
“I have studied the mentality of many murderers and can roughly understand their thoughts and motives. Even if there were a murderer in front of me, I could figure out his motives in a short time, but… Black Book, your behavior is not like that of a murderer.”
The Black Book trembled at Liu Haoyu’s words.
It had only one thought in its mind at the moment.
Could this Liu Haoyu really be some kind of murderer?
Who would be idle enough to study such things?!
And coupled with the talismans in his backpack, this murderer might indeed be someone who could kill both humans and ghosts.
Thinking of this, the Black Book became a little more obedient, but it still refused to open its pages. The man and the book remained in a stalemate for a long time.
It wasn’t until Liu Haoyu weighed the fire axe in his hand that the Black Book reluctantly opened its pages.
Qin Liu naturally saw this scene clearly. How to describe this scene?
It was like a young girl, under the coercion of a thug, enduring the grievance and tears in her heart, slowly opening her legs…
Hiss… What was this thought?
Had she been infected by Liu Haoyu?
As Qin Liu questioned her life, Liu Haoyu patted the Black Book and said.
“You know me, I’m not a bad person.”
“Heh heh…”
The bloodstains on the ground formed a new line of text.
“Look at your appearance, do you think your words can convince ghosts?”
And after saying this, the bloodstains on the ground completely dissipated.
Perhaps accepting its fate, the Black Book turned out a blank page and wrote on it.
“You are the first person to come out of that Red Gate. I have every reason to suspect that you are King Yama below, otherwise I don’t know how to explain this extremely counter-intuitive thing.”
Liu Haoyu shrugged.
“If I were King Yama, would I be suffering and tormenting myself in this place?”
The Black Book was speechless for a moment.
Mainly, it didn’t dare to say too much.
Because a certain girl holding a lantern was constantly trying to peek at the content on the book.
It was afraid that if it spoke a little too agitatedly, it would anger this untouchable master.
“I’ll ask you something. After I entered the Red Gate, I saw a coffin. Based on my rich experience, this coffin must have some unspeakable secret…”
Before Liu Haoyu could finish writing, the Black Book crumpled the blood text on the book and spat it onto the ground.
The ground was left with this line of text.
“You are blessed with great fortune and are not afraid of death, but I don’t want to gamble with you.”
Clearly, the Black Book did not want to answer this question.
Seeing that Liu Haoyu wanted to threaten again, the Black Book completely lay flat this time.
As if her legs were spread apart, letting you do whatever you want, and then leave quickly, like a young girl.
Seeing this, Liu Haoyu did not continue to force the Black Book to answer his questions.
Even a rabbit would bite when cornered, let alone this Black Book.
He still needed to ask for advice from it when he encountered things he didn’t understand in the future, so it was better not to offend it too much.
“Alright, alright, let’s put the coffin aside for now. I’ll ask another question, what is that lantern in Qin Liu’s hand?”
When Liu Haoyu first saw this lantern in his dream, he had a creepy feeling.
It was as if countless vengeful ghosts and fierce ghosts were staring at him with malicious eyes from inside the lantern.
And now that the lantern in Qin Liu’s hand was broken, this feeling had completely disappeared.
Could it be that this lantern had the effect of sealing ghosts?
Seeing that Liu Haoyu was finally a little more obedient, the Black Book returned to its scholarly appearance.
“The lantern in the hands of the red-clothed fierce ghost comes from a place that mortals can never reach,”
“Those who can see this object are either dead or dying,”
“And you have not only seen this thing twice, but you have also survived them all,”
“I no longer want to dwell on whether your fate is forged from rebar, but I still want to remind you that the fire at Longshan Vocational High School is inseparable from this lantern,”
“You have already witnessed the perilousness of that place. Those evil ghosts come from hell. They are the purest evil, resentful beings,”
“Your previous actions have already disturbed them, and they will soon come to find you and tear you to pieces,”
“Remember, for you now, staying in the haunted house is actually safer,”
“Once you leave the haunted house, you will die a dog’s death under their pursuit.”
After the Black Book wrote a long passage, Liu Haoyu fell into thought.
No wonder he had felt a chill and a creepy feeling since he woke up.
It turned out he had been targeted by these evil ghosts from hell.
He didn’t gain anything from coming to Longshan Vocational High School, but he got entangled with a bunch of troubles.
It was a headache.
However, Liu Haoyu did not regret coming today.
After all, he had saved someone, hadn’t he?
Although the process was a bit strange, some things were better not to dwell on too much.
Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda.
Liu Haoyu walked optimistically towards Longshan Vocational High School.
He soon found the hidden motorcycle.
Gently twisting the throttle, Liu Haoyu embarked on the journey back.
After returning home, the man began to organize his backpack.
While rummaging through it, he suddenly found that Bai Anting’s mobile phone was still with him.
After a whole night of charging with a power bank, the phone was now fully charged.
So, should he return it?
As Liu Haoyu was pondering, the phone made a “beep beep beep” sound.
“No way? These evil ghosts don’t sleep in the morning… Oh, wait… it’s the owner.”
On the phone screen, a message appeared.
“Mr. Murderer, do you have my phone? To repay your life-saving kindness, can we meet?”
Liu Haoyu’s mouth twitched.
He really wasn’t a murderer, so why were they framing an innocent person?
It’s better to throw it away, this phone exposing his identity would be bad…
At this moment, the next message came.
Liu Haoyu looked at the five-figure reward and silently put the phone back into his backpack.
He originally didn’t want to go.
But the other party offered too much.
