Weird Cards: I've Become a Ghost

Led by Zheng Hao and others, Xiao He, carrying a teddy bear, soon arrived at the gate of a warehouse.

As soon as the door was pushed open, a gust of cold wind blew in.

This is a textile warehouse, filled with all kinds of fabrics, from rough cotton to delicate silk.

At this moment, in a corner of the warehouse, a dozen people were sitting quietly, like motionless dolls.

Their bodies were stiff, their eyes were vacant, and they looked just like lifeless zombies.

"Sir, these people are the survivors of this bizarre case."

Zheng Hao's tone was somewhat heavy.

This toy factory had over a hundred employees, but only a dozen or so survived.

These dozen or so survivors are what he calls his new discovery.

at the same time.

Xiao He was also observing the surviving employees.

He noticed that those people had no expression on their faces, as if their souls had been captured.

"Strange, could they all be scared out of their wits?" Xiao He frowned and wondered.

As for the appearance of Xiao He and the others, these people seemed to ignore them completely, not even glancing at them.

At this moment, Zheng Hao came to the side of those people and explained to Xiao He, "We have already compared them with the photos in the database, and their identities can be basically confirmed."

Upon hearing Zheng Hao's words, Xiao He's heart stirred.

It's unclear whether the Spider-Man noticed these people when he released the spiders to observe them, or if he did. But at that time, the focus was on finding the strange creature hiding in the factory, so he didn't care about their lives and put them aside for the time being.

Xiao He thought about it and realized that, given the Spider Man's personality, he was indeed very likely to do so.

After all, from the other party's perspective, resolving the strange occurrences was the priority.

"Sir, what should we do with these people?"

Zheng Hao turned to look at Xiao He and asked in a low voice.

Previously, when the special operations team in Binhai was still in operation, Zheng Hao and his team would generally adopt a plan of isolating those who survived bizarre events before treating them.

This is done to find out if these survivors have been infected by some strange parasite or brainwashed. If the survivors are stable and show no signs of being affected by the strange parasite, they can leave and return to their previous lives.

However, as mentioned earlier, that was back when the Special Operations Team was still in power, but now the Night Demons are in charge, which is why Zheng Hao came to consult Xiao He's opinion.

Hearing this, Xiao He was momentarily stunned.

He's never dealt with this kind of thing before, how would he know how to handle it?

Thinking about this, Xiao He felt a little strange. Didn't the Spider Man say before that a criminal like him, a Ghost Master, shouldn't be able to act alone? How come he's left here all by himself now?

Although Xiao He could not escape for the time being because of the parchment.

But with no one watching him, isn't Spider-Man afraid that he might do something "good"?

After gathering his thoughts, Xiao He remained silent for a moment before slowly replying, "The way you handled it before, you will handle it now."

"clear."

Zheng Hao nodded, then called to the logistics team members beside him, preparing to go forward and forcibly take those people away.

Whether these people were genuinely terrified or had fallen for some strange trick, they were actually picked up and taken away by the logistics team members without even putting up a fight.

at the same time.

Jack, who was being carried around like a chick by Xiao He, felt a chill in his heart as he looked at the expressions on the faces of the survivors who were being carried away. However, after the chill passed, he began to comfort himself.

Although these people still retained their human form, they looked as if they had lost their souls.

And Jack, although he doesn't look like a human being at all, at least he is still himself.

Jack has always agreed with the saying that a beautiful appearance is a dime a dozen, but an interesting soul is one in a million.

So he believed that compared to those people who seemed to have lost their souls, he was already very lucky... what a load of rubbish!

Thinking of this, Jack felt a sudden surge of grief and tears welled up in his eyes.

He was a shallow man; if he could, he would rather have his own stinking skin back than this furry, chubby doll-like body.

Hearing a faint sob, Xiao He subconsciously looked down and saw the bear doll looking heartbroken.

Why are you crying?

Xiao He patted the bear doll's head again.

I must say, it feels pretty good. If this bear plush toy were as big as an adult like the previous ones, it would be great as a punching bag.

After being patted on the shoulder by Xiao He, Jack immediately stopped choking up and then subconsciously gave a perfunctory reply.

"No, no, it's just sand that blew into my eyes."

Hearing the bear doll's nonsense, Xiao He was speechless.

Can sand still get into your glass eyes?

However, Xiao He only made a complaint and didn't say anything more.

In the following period of time, while the logistics team carried the survivors out one by one, Xiao He was not idle. He took another walk around the factory and, after confirming that there were no more living dolls inside, he returned to the factory gate and watched the logistics team members coming and going, working continuously.

After everything was dealt with, the logistics team members had to conduct a thorough disinfection of the factory to ensure that there were no traces of strange forces in or around the factory.

And so, after an unknown amount of time, the disinfection work for this bizarre incident came to a complete end.

Xiao He, carrying the teddy bear, got into Zheng Hao's car and returned to the Ghost Night Division.

At this moment, the sky was just beginning to lighten.

When Xiao He returned to the Ghostly Night Division, the ghost and the spider man had already been waiting inside for a long time.

However, the two of them did not look very well at the moment. One looked like he hadn't slept for days, his face was sallow and he looked like he couldn't wake up, while the other looked like his body had been hollowed out, his face was pale.

Of course, these words couldn't be said outright, so Xiao He acted as if he hadn't noticed their current state and simply handed over the teddy bear he was holding.

"Your name is Jack Thompson, right?"

Spider-Man took the bear plush toy, placed it behind the desk in front of the ghost, and then untied the spider silk binding it.

Upon hearing Spider-Man's words, Jack's heart skipped a beat, as if he had thought of something. He immediately shouted, "That's right, I am Jack Thompson, the detective who is quite famous in Coastal City."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Spider-Man looked at the Ghost, whose face looked slightly tired. The Ghost nodded slightly and said in a weak voice, "He wasn't lying."

"Moreover, since he came in, I have secretly examined his soul. Although his soul is permeated with that strange aura, and even the origin of his soul has undergone a slight distortion, the essence of his soul is indeed that of a human."

I heard the ghost's words.

Of all those present, it was Xiao He who first cast a slightly surprised glance at her.

She can even tell lies?

Isn't this just a portable lie detector?

Thinking of this, Xiao He suddenly felt a sense of crisis. After all, when he was dealing with that knocking door mystery case, he had lied through his teeth. If the other party suddenly had a whim and wanted to reopen the old case, wouldn't his lie not escape the other party's discerning eyes?

"But it should be fine."

Xiao He thought to himself.

Although this happened not long ago, it shouldn't be a big problem.

After all, if the problem were serious, he probably wouldn't still be standing here.

at the same time.

After hearing what the girl next to him said, Jack immediately realized what was going on.

It turned out that the other person had asked him questions to test whether he was lying.

"The abilities of those who control demons are indeed incredibly diverse."

Thinking of this, Jack was filled with envy.

If he had such abilities, his detective career would definitely not have stopped at just "somewhat famous".

After personally examining the bear doll affected by the strange phenomenon, Ghost became even more certain of his suspicions.

Then, she turned to the spider-man and said, "I think... I roughly know what's going on."

The ghost's eerie abilities are related to the soul.

After she shattered the strange core, which was He Fei's soul inside the princess doll, some of the shattered soul fragments disappeared into the world, while others were devoured by her. This was also her passive ability.

She devours the fragments of souls of those who die at her hands.

And for some unknown reason, some of these soul fragments also belonged to He Anfu.

Through these fragments of soul, the ghost finally understood the whole story.

This story begins with He Fei's father, He Anfu.

He Anfu was not only the factory manager, but also the chief designer of the factory's dolls.

In order to design dolls that are more suitable for children, he was obsessed with designing new types of dolls all day long, and at the same time, he strictly controlled the quality of every doll in the factory.

The reason he is like this is not only because he is a workaholic, but also because of his childhood.

In He Anfu's view, a good doll can provide children with emotional companionship and also allow parents like him who are busy working to make up for the lack of time they spend with their children on weekdays.

It was precisely because of this that He Anfu's toy factory quickly improved under his management, thanks to the dolls he designed and his control over their quality.

However, what He Anfu didn't know was that while dolls could provide children with emotional companionship, this companionship couldn't be provided by a lifeless doll indefinitely.

Therefore, because he was busy with his career all day, he eventually lost his family.

Although he tried his best, he only managed to win custody of his daughter, but not the heart of his wife who was already completely disappointed.

However, after that, He Anfu still did not repent and was busy with his career, neglecting his daughter.

Although he wanted to balance his career and family, he even built a basement under the factory so that he could focus on designing dolls and taking care of his daughter.

But what he didn't know was that children don't have the same patience as adults.

So one day, while He Anfu was engrossed in designing dolls, his daughter pushed open the basement door and went out. She accidentally turned on a switch and was then accidentally pulled into the textile machinery in the workshop.

When He Anfu came to his senses and realized his daughter was missing, he followed the door as it opened, only to find his daughter's body crushed by a machine.

It was at this moment that He Anfu finally realized his mistake and was filled with remorse.

To be honest, the plot is quite cliché, but it's true.

Just as you can't have your cake and eat it too, the same often applies to career and family. Sometimes, if you can take care of your career, it's hard to take care of your family.

However, the reason why He Anfu works so hard is precisely because of his family.

When He Anfu held his daughter's body and cried his heart out, his sincere repentance did not move God, but instead attracted the devil.

A man in black appeared beside He Anfu and gave him a faceless doll.

The man in black said that as long as He Anfu put his daughter's remains inside the doll, his daughter could be brought back to life.

Under the devilishly seductive words of the man in black and the heavy blow of his daughter's death, He Anfu finally took the faceless doll with trembling hands and placed his daughter's mutilated body inside.

After all this was done, facial features gradually appeared on the faceless doll's face, resembling He Anfu's daughter, He Fei. Unfortunately, although she had the appearance, her body remained that of a doll, and others could immediately recognize that she was not a real person but a doll.

The man in black also said that if he fed the doll a drop of his fingertip blood every day for the next seven days, his daughter would be fully resurrected after the seven days were up.

To cover up the truth, He Anfu lied to his ex-wife, claiming that his daughter had gone missing.

As for the traces from that night, they were also erased by the man in black, which is why the patrol team couldn't find any clues no matter how hard they searched.

But in the end, the unexpected still happened, or rather, it wasn't an accident at all, but rather premeditated.

After all, as mentioned before, that man in black is not God, but a demon.

It was the third day that He Anfu fed the doll blood, and the doll gained consciousness. That same night, a thief came to He Anfu's office, startling the doll. Then, somehow, the thief's actions seemed to have provoked the doll, turning not only the thief into a doll, but also the other dolls in the factory into monsters.

When He Anfu watched as a doll-like monster wielding a hammer smashed one of his longtime employees into a bloody pulp, he realized that although the doll possessed the memories of his daughter He Fei, it was no longer the daughter he originally knew.

To make amends for his mistake, He Anfu originally planned to destroy the doll, but when he looked at the doll, which looked almost exactly like his daughter, he couldn't bring himself to do it.

So in the end, he could only take his own life to atone for his sins.

After listening, Xiao He was stunned for several seconds before blurting out, "..."

"What a terrible plot."