Chapter 37: Haunted House Escape (2/2)

Bai Yan stared at the couple until they were in a far off distance, his heart having the same thoughts. He felt that they shouldn’t be in a rush since only ten minutes have passed.

The two stood outside the haunted house, waiting for these ill-fated people, but while waiting for them, the boss of the haunted house came out.

“Hi there, you two. Are you interested in the haunted house?” The boss started to excitedly rub his hands together, “I’ll tell you guys this, my family’s haunted house is extremely fun and at a great price! It’s not a bad deal at all.”

Since the two wanted to wait for some random NPCs to rush towards disaster, the two were reluctant to do so.

However, just as long as they don’t buy the tickets, then the countdown won’t start, so Bai Yan inquired, “Why is it affordable?”

“My friend, you’re right to ask this. Today, the shopping mall is filled with activities, and our haunted house is offering a discount. My family’s Haunted House Escape uses the newest concepts and designs, which is a haunted house plus an escape room. Originally, going in alone in the haunted house or the escape room costs 35 yen each, but since we have a promo today, it only costs 50 yen to experience both. It’s not because I’m talking big, but throughout the whole city, my family’s haunted house is the cheapest. Would you like to come try it out?”

Seeing the boss’s earnest expression, the two people didn’t want to go in even more.

The others don’t know but the two players knew that this haunted house had real ghosts in it.

But, the game required them to enter, so the two people began touching their pockets and rummaging through them. Each of them felt a hundred yen bill in their pockets, which had a unique pattern on it, like the money in the real world.

“Bai Yan, let’s buy two tickets and try.”

Su Yize gave Bai Yan a meaningful look, making Bai Yan tell the boss, “We’ll talk it over. After we’re done discussing, then we’ll find you.”

“Okay, I’ll be inside the store waiting. My family’s haunted house is exciting. If you’ve tried it once, you’d still want to play it again.”

The boss beamed a smile before going back to the store. The door to the haunted house was quite small, and through the narrow opening, Bai Yan could faintly see a mysterious figure swaying in the air inside.

Bai Yan had guesses on what the figure inside was. This was a common pattern in many haunted houses.

Seeing that five minutes had already passed, Su Yize asked Bai Yan. “There are three types of tickets to the Haunted House Escape. Do we just play the haunted house, or do we also play the escape room one?”

“Although the game only required us to play the haunted house, there may be some clues concealed inside the escape rooms, and to add to that, the game gave us a hundred yen, which means that it wants us to play the two games.” Bai Yan muttered to himself, “Unfortunately, there were times that the game posed some limitations. If we played the escape room, we may get stuck and not be able to get out. But, if there’s enough time, we’d better play along and go for the escape room.”

Bai Yan’s words resounded to the bottom of Su Yize’s heart, so the two finally reached an agreement and prepared to wait outside the door for five more minutes. If there weren’t any people that came over within these five minutes, they would buy tickets.

The heavens did not disappoint those who wished for something because, after another five minutes, the haunted house finally attracted two more customers.

“Wenwen, I’ve never experienced a haunted house before. It just so happens that there’s a haunted house right here, so come inside with me,” a short-haired girl meekly said.

“Hold on a minute. I’ll look up some reviews here.” Wang Ziwen opened her phone and searched for this haunted house online. Soon, she raised her phone and knitted her eyebrows, “I’d rather not Xiaojing. All the reviews online say that this haunted house is a scam and it’s not fun. Moreover, the props inside look extremely fake, and the actors do their jobs too half-heartedly. Besides the sound effects inside the haunted house making you go deaf, the place overall won’t make anyone scared. If you want to go to a great haunted house, we can go to XX. They all say that the attraction is interesting and that the place’s reputation can’t be beat.”

“Isn’t it better if it isn’t scary? I’m not that brave to begin with, and I won’t have much fun if it’s too scary.” Xu Xiaojing pulled on Wang Ziwen’s hand, acting like a spoiled child and saying, “Let’s go together. Not only have I not tried a haunted house, but I haven’t been in an escape room as well. I heard that we can play both in this haunted house. You know, I’ll get scared if I do this alone. Just keep me company. I’ll treat you to a game, okay?”

“Fine. I’ll go and see if the comments online were true or not.” Wang Ziwen smiled.

As a result, the girls walked into the haunted house arm in arm, and when they saw this, the two men looked at each other and followed suit.

Seeing that four people entered his store, the boss flashed an uncontrollable smile, but before he could talk about the tickets, Xu Xiaojing let out a scream, making everyone jump from surprise.

“Ghost! There’s a ghost here!”

She pointed to a female ghost hanging itself on a beam and shuddered from utter fear.

Bai Yan tilted his head up to take a look. The girl’s finger pointed exactly at the figure he saw before. Inside, the haunted house was decorated by a doll hanging from the beams and facing the door, taking advantage of the unpredictability of the human mind and frightening every guest who entered.

As they entered the door, everyone was able to see the ghost of a person who died from hanging on the beam, but everyone was only surprised for a second and didn’t have the same big reaction as Xu Xiaojing had.

“…I stand corrected. This haunted house is not bad.” Wang Ziwen patted her best friend’s shoulder and told her to not be afraid, “Boss, I didn’t see a female ghost in your store’s pictures. Your props look extremely realistic, was she newly hung?”

Wang Ziwen raised her head and further examined the female ghost, realizing that it wasn’t strange for her friend to make such a big fuss over it. The female ghost looked incredibly horrifying. Her face was completely white and her eyes and mouth creepily emitted red-colored blood.

The female ghost’s eyes looked genuinely gloomy and cold and seemed that no matter where you stood, her bitter eyes would follow you, and no matter where you ran, you could never escape her sinister gaze.

“That beauty is a vision. I paid a lot of money to make this ghost.” The young owner cheerfully said, “The total for both the escape room and the haunted house is 50 yen. How about getting a set ticket?”