Chapter 748 - I Only Remember, That Day, Everything Turned Red (1/2)

Translator: Lonelytree  Editor: Millman97

After those two simple words appeared from Chen Ge’s lips, it seemed like Pandora’s Box had opened. The cold draft that seemed ever constant in the basement stopped, the speakers suddenly malfunctioned, and there was only one sound remaining in the world.

Drip drop, drip drop…

Blood dripped from a tall spot before landing on the ground, forming blood rosettes. A thick fog of blood materialized next to Chen Ge!

The small figure hiding inside the compartment earlier lunged at Chen Ge, screaming. Before he got near, he was smacked backward by an old backpack. He landed on his limbs. He held his woozy head in his hands. Due to the attack, he did not hear what Chen Ge had said earlier. He gritted his teeth and was about to lunge forward again, but when he lifted his head, he saw a second person appear next to Chen Ge!

Fresh blood slid down the shirt, and the pair of melancholic eyes were like two blood whirlpools, swirling with curses and desperation. The man felt like his soul was about to be sucked into them.

The figure lay on the ground, and a chill spread through his body, down to his bones. His face that was smeared with red paint was frozen. It was as if time had stopped.

Who is that? There is no such character among the employee roster! His Adam’s apple shook, and fear was pouring out of his eyes.

Seeing the figure’s shaking body, Chen Ge soon discovered that he had stepped out of line. The thing hiding in the compartment was not a ghost, just a simple human worker. Actually, before Chen Ge made his move, he did consider the possibility that his assaulter was a human, but there was no Haunted House on the market that would hire a child to be an actor, so his first thought was that his attacker was a ghost.

The time that he had spent interacting with ghosts was far longer than with human beings. Combined with Ol’ Zhou’s previous analysis, the chance of ghost appearing at Nightmare Academy was higher than normal, so that had led to his quick conclusion.

However, after the figure showed himself, Chen Ge realized that the actor was actually a man with dwarfism.

I was wondering why his voice is so weird, so different from a child’s; he should be an adult pretending to sound like a child.

Nightmare Academy had spent a lot of effort trying to create a scary atmosphere. Chen Ge remembered that there was a pair of twins working there. Their Haunted House did not have real ghosts, so they relied on other methods to create horror.

This man is an actor at Nightmare Academy. Unfortunately, he has witnessed Xu Yin’s appearance. If I don’t come up with a solution, he will spread this news to the others. Nightmare Academy already suspects my Haunted House of being haunted, so if they hear about this, who knows what kind of rumors they will start?

Of course, he was not going to kill the man because of this. Chen Ge’s mind quickly turned, and he came up with a solution in few seconds. The expression on his face did not change. He bent down to give the actor a helping hand as if he had not noticed Xu Yin next to him.

“You scared me. I thought you were a real ghost. Sorry for hitting you earlier.” Chen Ge tried to help the actor get up, but the man’s eyes were not on him at all; he was fully focused on Xu Yin. Noticing the strange reaction of the actor, Chen Ge acted like he just discovered the anomaly. He slowly turned his head around. When he saw Xu Yin, his legs wobbled, and he landed on the step.

“What the f*ck! When did he appear behind me‽” Chen Ge looked like he had been given quite a scare as well, but he soon recovered. “The actors at your Haunted House are quite good! I’ve visited many Haunted Houses. Yours is the first to be able to scare me like this.”

Taking a deep breath, Chen Ge asked in a curious but shaky voice, like he was meeting Xu Yin for the first time, “Bro, how did you manage to walk without making a sound?”

Chen Ge stood up and walked toward Xu Yin. He only took a first step when he heard the shrill scream coming from behind him. “Don’t go over there! He…”

The man’s face was scrunched up in fear. The scream probably pulled on his vocal cords because his voice was unnaturally high.

“Stop acting, I am an owner of Haunted House myself. Even though you all are very professional, you’re not going to scare me with just that.” Chen Ge walked stubbornly to Xu Yin and raised his arm.

“He is not one of our actors!” Following the man’s blood-curdling scream, Chen Ge’s hand landed on Xu Yin, and then his fingers phased through Xu Yin’s body. “Hmm?”