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Chapter 1694 New Target (This time Wushuang is pretty good)

Ruins exploration.

Duanmu Huai had also watched some similar videos before traveling through time. In short, due to various urbanization reasons, abandoned buildings and unfinished buildings appeared in many places. They were gradually forgotten, and some anchors would go to these places for adventure, but...

"Forget it. There's nothing to explore in a place like this."

Duanmu Huai thought that Yanaijian's idea should be given up.

"It wouldn't be fun if you came across a dead body while walking in there."

"Corpse, corpse!?"

As expected, upon hearing this word, Yanamin jumped up.

"Yes, these ruins are usually deserted, so sometimes someone would choose to hang themselves in such a place, or someone might be killed and hide their body there. You don't want to turn a corner and see a hanged person staring at you, do you?"

Duanmu Huai was not exaggerating. Before he traveled through time, he had actually seen several video clips of hosts exploring ruins, and then running away in fear when they encountered corpses.

The probability is about the same as a fisherman catching a corpse at night...

“Oh… forget it then…”

Sure enough, after hearing what Duanmu Huai said, Yanaijian immediately gave up her idea, and Chitanda next to her shook her head again and again. She didn't like to hear stories about death in the first place. If she saw a dead person in person, she would probably faint.

"Ah! In that case, will our magazine not be published? I don't want it!"

Perhaps the power of the dessert was exhausted, Yanaijian once again laid his head on the table. Duanmu Huai understood why Yanaijian was so disappointed.

The two issues of the Classics Department's magazine were both very popular. The special issue of literature and food published by the Classics Department during the Cultural Festival was well received by students and parents. After that, 500 copies of the second issue of food and ghost stories were printed and all sold out. Yanami also said that students from the general department often asked her when the third issue of the magazine would be published, so it was no wonder that she was so anxious.

By the way, Duanmu Huai also saw some performing arts students reading journals, but because of his reputation, they didn't dare to come up to him and bother him.

Everyone likes positive feedback, so Yanami naturally hopes to do better and better. At first, she was just slacking off and eating snacks in the classical club, but now she has begun to actively think about participating in club activities.

"We have visited many places before, taken photos and conducted research. I think that is enough."

Although Yanai was not satisfied, Duanmu Huai had gone to many haunted houses with them to explore and took some photos. After all, this was a classical literature journal, and the theme was just to verify the connection between ghost stories and haunted houses. It was not a supernatural magazine that had to take photos of evil spirits. If it was the latter, Duanmu Huai would just catch a cursed spirit and let them take as many photos as they wanted.

"But I always feel like there's something missing... How should I put it? It's like having a hamburger meal as dessert and then having ramen as a main course. Yes, a main course! Now these are just appetizers! I feel like it's still lacking in shock!"

Only you get the hamburger combo as an appetizer.

Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes. He felt full just by hearing what Yanaijian said.

Although this metaphor is outrageous, the meaning is very clear.

"I think so."

Chitanda also nodded.

"Like Xingcai said, the information we have now is indeed enough, but... it lacks a definitive theme. The connection between ghost stories, haunted houses and literature, we need a material that can verify the theme..."

"Um……………"

Duanmu Huai had no idea about this, but it didn’t matter.

"Wait for me to find someone with ideas to ask you."

The person with ideas that Duanmu Huai was referring to was naturally... Director Shimizu.

"Hahaha, haunted house? Are you in the Classical Literature Department? Or the Supernatural Department?"

"As long as it has something to do with literature, that's fine."

Hearing Director Qingshui's complaints, Duanmu Huai snorted.

"So? Do you have any good suggestions?"

"The literary quality of haunted house stories? This is indeed a bit difficult, but... I actually thought of a related concept."

At this point, Director Shimizu laughed.

“Have you heard of AFOF?”

"What the hell?"

"A FRIEND OF FRIEND. A friend of a friend. Don't many ghost stories start like this? This is what a friend of a friend of mine experienced..."

"Oh, indeed."

Many of the supernatural TV shows and variety shows that Duanmu Huai watched were adapted from letters from viewers, and most of them would indeed begin by saying "This is what my friend experienced" or "This is what a friend of a friend of my friend experienced."

but……………

"Isn't this just making friends out of nothing?"

It’s best if the friend you are talking about is not yourself. We have all gotten used to it.

"But for storytelling, this is very important. You see, if you want to tell a story and start it with a long time ago, no one will find it scary, right? After all, it's a story from a long time ago. But if you say this is what happened to a friend of a friend of mine, then even if people know that the friend you're talking about may not exist, they will know that it's happening now, and they will be more involved."

"If you put it that way, it does make sense."

Duanmu Huai nodded. "This is a topic studied by a foreign pop scientist, AFOF, friends of friends, word of mouth, using this kind of opening to enhance the sense of substitution and authenticity. I saw that many of the ghost stories you submitted before were like this. If we plan from this perspective, it may be more distinctive. Moreover, although we are shooting a horror film, most of the time, the stories themselves are not actually scary, but the artificially added artistry and literary qualities make them look scary, and the same is true for ghost stories."

"I see. Thanks for your advice. How's the movie going?"

"Everything is going well. Currently, the focus is on post-production. I don't need to worry about publicity and promotion. To be honest, I am a little nervous. After all, this is a big production, and it will be released simultaneously around the world..."

"The box office shouldn't be bad."

Duanmu Huai still has confidence in Director Qingshui's ability, and as far as he is concerned, this movie must not fail.

After all, it really concerns the fate of the world.

After a few more pleasantries, Duanmu Huai hung up the phone and then conveyed Director Shimizu's suggestions to Yanami and Chitanda.

"I understand!"

After finishing her meal, Yana's mind worked quickly. She came to her senses quickly and slammed the table hard.

"We fell into a misunderstanding before!"

"Misunderstanding?"

"That's right. We all go to haunted houses to look for ghosts. But think about it, how can ghosts exist? We can't find them from this angle. But, these rumors must have original stories! We can choose a topic about a haunted house, and then unravel the mystery and find the truth from this strange talk! It's like solving a case!"

Yanaijian said this while looking at the two of them with a smile.

"How about it?"

"You mean like a detective solving a case?"

"That's right!"

Yanagi pointed to the information at hand with a smug look on her face.

"Look, all the haunted houses we collected before said that all the people in the house were killed because of evil spirits or curses. At that time, we just regarded this as the background of the story, but think about it carefully, is this statement correct? Did the people in this house move away? Or are they really dead? No one knows these things! If we can come up with such an investigation, it will be enough to become the central theme of this issue of the magazine!"

"I'm curious!"

After hearing Yanami's proposal, Chitanda's eyes lit up. It seemed that Yanami's proposal was really to her liking.

"Solving a case seems quite interesting."

Duanmu Huai didn't object. It was not like he had never been a detective before, and this was indeed more interesting than simply going to a haunted house to test his courage and look for ghosts.

"How about this?"

Yanaijian did what he said and quickly opened his phone to search.

"The rumor about Inugami Village! I heard that the people in this village mysteriously disappeared overnight and their whereabouts are unknown! It's a very popular topic on the Internet recently!"

“…………………………Let’s change it.”

"Eh? Why? Isn't this interesting?"

“I don’t think there’s anything to investigate.”

After all, the culprit is standing right here. Does Duanmu Huai have to turn himself in?

"Yeah, Kyouna."

Chitanda also advised from the side.

"It's impossible for a whole village to be missing. They may have moved away, or it may just be a random rumor."

"Eh? But I saw a lot of people claiming under this post that they couldn't contact their family and friends in Inugami Village..."

"On the Internet, there are many people having fun and enjoying themselves. Who knows if it's real or fake?"

Duanmu Huai could only say this. It seemed that even though the magic world controlled the media, it could not control the Internet. However, people would just treat such unfounded rumors as fun. Chitanda didn't believe it, which was fine... Well... If she believed it, it would be troublesome.

"Then this!"

Yanami immediately changed his target.

"The mysterious mansion in N City. I heard that a mysterious death occurred there. It was later abandoned and everyone who went to explore it disappeared! Ah... But N City is quite far away..."

"That's no problem. I'll drive you there."

"Hey?"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, they were both stunned.

"Xiao Ai, can you drive? You're not old enough to get a driver's license, right?"

"hehe."

Looking at the two stunned people, Duanmu Huai chuckled.

"You will know then."

Then, he spoke.