Nightmare Assault-Chapter 353: Notify

“Will…. They take revenge on me?” Chu Jiu looked so scared. People’s hearts went out to her. However, no one could comfort her with actual evidence. Their words didn’t carry any weight. From the looks of things, Chu Jiu didn’t believe them either.

“I’m sorry.” Chu Jiu suddenly bowed deeply, “I’ve lied to everyone.”

This instantly grabbed everyone’s attention. “What did you lie about?” Liu Guo frowned. He was very sensitive to the word lie.

“This… is actually my first time at a place like this.” Chu Jiu lifted her head, “I was scared. I’ve read a horror novel. The plot is very similar to this. It said that if you revealed yourself as a newbie, you’d be looked down on. You might even be slaughtered as a scapegoat!”

Everyone was startled. Some of their expressions shifted imperceptibly.

“That won’t happen.” Yu Lan said unnaturally, “We’re a team. We’ll look after each other.”

“Really?” Chu Jiu pleaded.

“Hehe.” A grating chuckle echoed, “Of course.” Lu Huaxu said. No one had seen the face under the stocking.

Since there were few clues and there was more than one ghost threatening the buildings, everyone promised to return there for another meeting before nighttime. Then, they split up and returned to their rooms.

“Doctor,” After they parted from the group, Fatty walked beside Jiang Cheng and said with concern, “Something doesn’t feel right to me.”

Jiang Cheng didn’t even look at him, “Continue.”

“Doctor, you see. In the past, all the missions only had one ghost. But this time, there are already three of them. Plus, they attacked our teammates spread out in three different buildings at the same time.” Fatty looked at the Doctor and frowned, “The strangest thing is none of them was killed, and they even managed to harm the ghosts.”

They found a quiet spot. Jiang Cheng sat on the steps and looked at Fatty. “Is there more?” After they left the group, they wandered around aimlessly. Fatty stayed close to the Doctor.

Fatty thought about it and said, “That’s all I have for now, Doctor.” He licked his lips and rubbed his hands, “Doctor, did you notice something else?”

“Did you not realise the common points in their stories? Something that happened before the hauntings,” Jiang Cheng asked.

Then, Fatty’s eyes flashed with light. “Doctor,” He said excitedly, “Do you mean… the knocking sound?” Indeed, all three of them mentioned the sound of door knocking. However, Banana Wolf was confident that it happened. The other two were more vague.

Banana Wolf was in the living room and awake when it happened. Wei Jingting and Chu Jiu were in their bedrooms. When the knocking occurred, one was asleep, and the other was woozy. Therefore, their stories were acceptable.

Based on the Doctor’s hypothesis, they were woken up by the knocking.

“Doctor,” Fatty asked, “Do you mean… the ghosts would knock on the door before entering the rooms to notify them?”

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Jiang Cheng nodded. He liked the usage of the term notify. After all, from his perspective, it was unrealistic for humans to fight against ghosts. The ghosts couldn’t be harmed by a knife or a screwdriver. This was preposterous.

Therefore, there could only be two explanations. One, the ghosts couldn’t kill them because they didn’t trigger the death conditions. Two, they were already dead, or rather, at least one of them had died. The ghosts that killed them had taken on their disguises, similar to what happened to Shi Liaozhi in the previous mission.

“Doctor,” Fatty blinked, “But why would the ghosts notify us before they came?”

“I don’t know.” Jiang Cheng stood up and patted away the dust on his butt, “This is something we need to figure out.” In the next hour, Jiang Cheng and Fatty slowly went through the methods employed by the three ghosts. It would greatly aid their following tasks.

At Building 1, where Jiang Cheng also stayed, the ghost harassed Chu Jiu, who stayed in Room 707. Based on Chu Jiu’s description, the ghost crawled out from under her bed when she was half-asleep. The ghost was drenched with her hair stuck to her face. She was most likely a woman. Jiang Cheng wanted to say the ghost was definitely a woman, but he remembered Hua Luo. The world was huge. Any kind of ghost could appear.

For the sake of convenience, they referred to the ghost as Long Hair. Her attack method also involved her hair.

At Building Two, the victim of harassment was Banana Wolf in Room 404. Based on what he said, the ghost kept making scratching noises everywhere. First, it started in the bedroom, and then, it came from under the sofa he sat on.

The ghost had a hand that had very sharp nails. Of course, this hand had already been severed by Banana Wolf. Jiang Cheng was happy for him. After all, no one could be sure if the ghost would return on an auspicious day to demand his hand back. This ghost’s offensive method was related to the ghost's hand. Banana Wolf also said that the ghost’s hand grabbed his leg in the end. Jiang Cheng called this ghost the Nail Ghost.

Building Three housed Wei Jingting, the third victim. He looked young. He was probably two years younger than Jiang Cheng. Based on his testimony, people were staring at him with hostility in the dark. Some people might not understand what this meant, but Jiang Cheng was the exception. He was very familiar with these malicious gazes. However, they didn’t come from ghosts but from sinful rich ladies after they had had too much to drink. To prevent wandering hands, Jiang Cheng would sometimes wear an additional layer underneath his clothes.

Of course, he wouldn’t do that when there were only young ladies around.

Based on Wei Jingting’s introduction, there was more than one ghost that peeped at him. He felt the gaze from the living room, the bathroom, behind the door, inside the closet, under the table…

It was not until he stabbed the single eye at the bedside table with a screwdriver that the strange feeling disappeared.

Jiang Cheng called this one the Peeping Ghost.

“Doctor,” Fatty stayed under the shade. The sunlight was strong. He wiped off the sweat on his forehead. “Why do you think only one ghost harassed Chu Jiu and Banana Wolf, but a group of them went after Wei Jingting?

“Could it be that…” Fatty widened his eyes, “Building Three has more ghosts?!”

Jiang Cheng shook his head, “Fatty.” He suddenly asked, “Do you remember our past missions?”

Fatty nodded. He didn’t think he could ever forget them. They were very exciting.

“How many first nights did we have that people died?” The next second, Jiang Cheng’s voice suddenly shifted.