Chapter 1456 The Effects of Advertising (1/2)

The most gruesome element of the rumors surrounding the haunted house's reputation was the couple's story. The police had not thought that they would have killed their own children. That sort of thing was too shocking!

Hence, at that time, the police did not investigate the case in that direction. They did not suspect that the parents were the murderers. With that preconceived notion, they believed whatever the two said.

The police believed that the couple had been in a state of shock following the deaths of their children, and had turned irrational out of grief. They assumed that the two children had fallen down because they were playing on the roof. Nobody doubted the words of the couple.

However, when the rumors began to spread, the public believed them. Hence, the cottage became known as a real haunted house.

The drug dealers and gangs thought that nobody would buy that house, but they were wrong. A big rancher bought the place because it was cheap.

The death of the rancher was actually unrelated to them. It was a coincidence. Perhaps the man had been drunk or too tired when he was driving. Hence, he accidentally rammed into a truck traveling in the opposite direction.

Although technically, the two tragedies were unrelated, it was inevitable that the public would make a connection between them. Hence, the rumors surrounding the 'haunted house' grew even more persistent.

Despite this, the drug dealers and gang members still felt unsettled. They were still concerned that someone would buy the house, tempted by its low price. Hence, they decided to take action before it happened. They gathered a sum of money to buy the place.

The person they approached was Logan, the Wolf King himself. According to Lu Guan's knowledge, Logan had some shady dealings with the local gangs.

Initially, they had thought that the value of the haunted house was very low. With help from Logan, they would be able to buy the house at a low price. However, at that point, Li Du had appeared out of nowhere and snatched the house from them!

Li Du knew what happened next. The bunch of them had moved into the haunted house. The drug dealers sent Benedict to check out the situation. Benedict had a barbecue with the new neighbors and then returned with information.

The drug dealers heard that Li Du had many pets. Besides, Benedict had recognized the animals as the internationally famous social media stars.

He had returned and shared that piece of information. The drug dealers were worried that the pets would spot the problem. Sophie had previously been on a show during which she explained that the animals had an uncanny sense of smell and acute instincts. The criminals were aware of the capabilities of those animals.

Hence, at midnight, they used infrared binoculars to check out the movements of Li Du and his team. When they noticed that the men had fallen into a deep sleep, they followed the path of the cave and entered the cottage.

They did not enter the living room, but only removed a piece of tile. Then, they released some substances that were able to cause hallucinations.

According to their knowledge, the substance was lethal to animals and was capable of killing them.

In the end, things did not happen according to their expectations. The animals did not die, but their behavior changed drastically because of that. The police thought that they had gone rabid and would kill each other.

Li Du thought otherwise. He felt that those substances altered the thinking processes of the animals and caused them to lose their rationality. They became incapable of controlling their nature and their instincts acted up.

Ah Fei was = did not have much curiosity and hence was not attracted to the drug-infused corner. Hence, it did not breathe in too much of the substance. The rest of the animals had fallen into the trap.

In the course of the police interrogation, the whole truth finally came out.

The case had caused a commotion in the entire United States. Drugs, murder, and human tragedies were elements that could garner much attention.

Li Du was glad about that. He felt that the more people paid attention to that issue, the better it would be. That was because it would be able to debunk the rumor of the house being haunted.

At that point, people were already aware that the rumors of the haunted house were man-made lies. There were no ghosts in the house and humans caused all the deaths that occurred there.