I have a ghost diary

Chu Jiang paused for a moment, staring at the flyer in his hand.

Is it... Slender Man?

Chu Jiang clenched his fists; he had always wanted to find this ghost and take revenge.

However, since its last appearance at Luoxi No. 7 Middle School, no one in the world has seen any trace of this ghost again; so even though Chu Jiang was unwilling, he could only patiently wait for news of its reappearance.

If he were to touch the Bell of the Two Realms, causing it to ring and be heard by the Slender Ghost, ultimately leading to its descent, Chu Jiang would be more than happy to accept it.

After all, he's not weak anymore and is confident he can fight Slender Man.

However... the Holy Word Sect doesn't seem to think so, because the statement contains a warning meaning, which means that they don't think Chu Jiang can win?

Putting aside the odds of winning, Chu Jiang was more curious about when the Slender Man started chasing the sound of the Two Realms Bell.

Theoretically, when this bell was still at that small shrine in the island nation, it must have been rung frequently.

Could it be that Slender Man did not appear during the last wave of paranormal resurgence?

Another thing Chu Jiang couldn't understand was that since the Bell of Two Realms had always been sealed in this metal box, why did its sound resonate in Luoxi No. 7 Middle School back then?

......

When he finally got off the plane, Chu Jiang still hadn't figured out the answers to these questions. He decided to stop thinking about them and go see Zhang Haoran and the experts first.

Upon arriving at headquarters, Chu Jiang once again received a "warm" welcome.

Now, in the paranormal circles both domestically and internationally, he can no longer be described as just a "big celebrity"; he's practically a "nuclear weapon specifically for dealing with S-class vengeful ghosts."

Having finally shaken off them, Chu Jiang first had Xu Xiaoxiao and the others take the elevator to the fourteenth basement level.

If Mr. Xu is willing to see them, then they can naturally go in; if he is not willing to see them, then they should go back downstairs and wait for him.

Then Chu Jiang went to the tenth underground floor, to Expert Chen's office.

Since it had been arranged in advance, Chu Jiang saw three experts, Chen Yehua, Ning Miaowei, and Liu Jingsheng, as well as his old classmate Zhang Haoran, waiting for him as soon as he entered the office.

Upon seeing Chu Jiang, Zhang Haoran, who was wearing glasses, first came up and hugged him, saying, "Thank you for your hard work. I don't know if I can be of any help this time."

That's what he said, but in his heart Zhang Haoran knew he couldn't help, and this wasn't the first time he'd experienced this kind of disappointment.

“Let’s not rush into that,” Chen Yehua, whose face was paler than usual, raised his hand. “If the situation is really as you guessed, Chu Jiang, then I think it’s dangerous to open that box on site. We should at least make thorough preparations before we do anything else.”

Chapter 421 The Ghostly Shadow Reappears

"What kind of danger are you referring to?" Chu Jiang asked.

Ning Miaowei nodded and took the initiative to answer.

It's worth mentioning that since being "taught a lesson" by Chu Jiang last time, this young lady of the Ning family seems to have given up some unrealistic ideas.

Of course, this was also related to Chu Jiang's increasingly abnormal strength. She really had no confidence that she could protect herself and her family's safety after angering this guy.

"Although we have never seen the Bell of Two Realms, and do not know what will happen after it is unsealed; one thing is clear, the Slender Man is always chasing this bell."

"In the best-case scenario, the ghost won't appear when it's opened because it's not nearby; but in the worst-case scenario, once the aura of the Two Realms Bell is leaked out, it will immediately sense it and parachute in."

"This is not nonsense. You should still remember when Slender Man and his Ghost Domain disappeared instantly in Luo Xi No. 7 Middle School. It has the ability to jump over long distances."

To be precise, that ghost took the entire school away, a fact Chu Jiang would never forget.

Moreover, this coincides with the hints given by the Holy Word Church...

Chu Jiang thought for a moment and said, "We still have to try, but just try to see if there's any possibility of opening it; we don't necessarily have to open it directly."

The three experts assessed the situation and agreed to let Zhang Haoran give it a try, but not here; he had to go outside.

So, in the end, the group of five arrived at the place where Chu Jiang had dealt with the ghost bride last time.

Chu Jiang placed the black metal box on the ground. From Zhang Haoran's perspective, it was just an ordinary box, and his curiosity was perfectly normal.

"Should I try it directly?" Zhang Haoran asked, looking at everyone.

"Wait, let me try first," the tall and thin expert, Liu, said at this moment.

“Last month I took in a special ghost. I was thinking of going to the warehouse sometime to try and open that strange box, but when I checked the records, I found that the box had already been taken away by Chu Jiang.”

"I heard you say yesterday that there might be a Two Realms Bell in this box, which made me even more interested. Anyway, let me try it out first, it'll be quick."

The others did not stop them, as they were not in a hurry.

Then they saw a pinkish-red, blood-streaked, eerie-looking, giant tumor-like thing emerge from Dr. Liu's abdomen.

It did not completely detach from Expert Liu's body; it merely extended out along with something resembling a blood vessel. Then, the tumor split open and swallowed the black metal box whole.

Ning Miaowei got goosebumps all over. "What kind of disgusting thing is this?? How am I supposed to open it? Is it corrosive?"

Liu Jingsheng calmly shook his head. "I call this ghost the 'Wraith Mother.' Don't you think its shape looks like a womb nurturing life?"

"It can forcibly turn other targets into its own children and make them obey its commands. These targets can be not only alive but also dead, because the resentful mother can temporarily grant her children a certain amount of 'life force'."

"Of course, I'm not sure if that strange power is life force. It might be something more negative, more extreme, or worse."

"How long will it take?" Chu Jiang subconsciously ignored the ghost's appearance.

"Generally speaking, the results can be obtained within two or three minutes."

......

Ten minutes later, Expert Chen glanced at his watch speechlessly. "Don't bother trying. I doubt this thing can be opened with supernatural powers."

Expert Liu shrugged. "Never mind then, although my ghost is still not giving up."

Just as Liu Jingsheng was about to forcibly take back his resentful mother, Chen Yehua suddenly received a phone call. At almost the same time, Chu Jiang's satellite phone also rang.

Chu Jiang picked it up and saw that it was his operator, Chen Yuting, calling. This was a long time coming. Since he was no longer in the country, Chen Yuting had been contacting other people in the branch office whenever she needed something.

"Hey?"

"Emergency! Slender Man has reappeared, and this time he has appeared in the same place as last time, at Luoxi No. 7 Middle School; to be precise, at the site of Luoxi No. 7 Middle School."

Since the incident at Luoxi No. 7 Middle School, the research institute has set up an observation point next to the site, which has enabled them to quickly detect the anomaly at the first moment it occurred.

Hearing Chen Yuting's urgent voice, Chu Jiang's face darkened. "I'll be there immediately! You allocate manpower to evacuate the surrounding residents."

"Take it back!" Chen, the expert who answered the phone on the other end, immediately shouted at Liu.

Liu Jingsheng realized something and quickly forcibly withdrew his ghost; even though the ghost let out a piercing, resentful wail, and even caused some kind of damage to its master's body the moment it was withdrawn.

Expert Liu was bleeding from the corner of his mouth, and clutched his stomach with a somewhat distorted expression.

“Wait, wait a minute,” Chen Yuting seemed a little dumbfounded, “that shadow on the satellite map suddenly disappeared, just now, in an instant.”

Chu Jiang looked at Expert Chen, who nodded solemnly, "It should be related to Liu Jingsheng's attempt."

"No way?!" Expert Ning exclaimed dramatically. "Could that ghost really have opened the box?!"

Expert Liu slowly shook his head. He took a breath before saying, "I can sense that the resentful mother is isolated by some special and powerful force, making it almost impossible for her to succeed. It's just that she is instinctively unwilling to give up."

"Why Luoxi No. 7 Middle School?" Chu Jiang frowned. "I can understand why the Two Realms Bell deliberately played its bell in other places. It's probably because it has been entangled by outside ghosts for too long, so it has to take this self-protective action."

"But the resentful mother couldn't hear the sound that far away. In fact, all she could hear was the thin, ghostly figure that ignored the distance and kept chasing the sound of the bell."

"In other words, the Bell of Two Realms doesn't have a strong ability to distinguish things. It mistook the Vengeful Mother for the Slender Man? But I don't understand why it's this location again."

"And if my guess is correct, then on the day the incident happened at Luoxi No. 7 Middle School, there must have been other ghosts who tried to open this tin box."

“That’s unlikely…” Expert Ning muttered to himself. “During that period, the metal box was always stored on the eleventh basement floor of the research institute, and there were no research records from that time. How could a ghost have tried to open it?”

"No!"

"and many more!"

"There is one!"

These three sentences were spoken by Chu Jiang, Expert Chen, and Expert Liu, respectively, and almost simultaneously.

The three grown men exchanged a glance and said in unison, "Misers!"

Chapter 422 The True Form of the Two Realms Bell

The eleventh underground floor of the research institute houses a large number of precious and dangerous sealed artifacts, so there are multiple defense mechanisms there, including both high-tech and supernatural methods.

Among them was a ghost named "The Miser," who looked like a hunched-over, gloomy-faced little old man.

When Chu Jiang tried to take the Ghost Dragon Jade Seal, he was almost attacked by the ghost because he acted too quickly; it could create absolute darkness, and even the Blood Hand Ghost's extrasensory perception was useless in that darkness.

"As its name suggests, the Miser Demon possesses an extremely stingy instinct for treasure. It will only kill when outsiders try to take anything from its pocket, making it an excellent guardian of sealed objects."

"But logically speaking, a miser shouldn't mess with his own collection." Because he was a step behind the others in thinking about this ghost, Expert Ning quickly tried to make amends so as not to be looked down upon by these guys.

Chen Yehua shook his head. "It's possible that the prolonged staring caused the ghost to be affected by the side effects of the metal box. I remember that there was research on this in the data, but none of the experiments lasted for more than a week."

"Isn't there any surveillance footage?" Zhang Haoran asked, puzzled.

"Let me have someone adjust it. What was the date again?" Expert Chen asked, looking at Chu Jiang and the other man.

"September 17th last year," Chu Jiang and the other man said simultaneously.

"OK, wait."

......

Fifteen minutes later, Dr. Chen received another call.

"Boss, there is indeed something unusual. Around 2 p.m. that day, the surveillance camera flashed a completely black screen before playing back normally; until around 7 p.m. that evening, the screen flashed a completely black screen again."

"The people on duty in the monitoring room may not have noticed it, or they may have thought it was a machine malfunction, so they did not report any abnormalities that day."

Chen Yehua put the call on speakerphone this time, so everyone could hear it.

After hearing this, Zhang Haoran gritted his teeth and clenched his fist. "It matches the timing of the incident perfectly."

Ning Miaowei was somewhat incredulous. "So, the miser really did try to open this box? He spent at least five hours tinkering with it before giving up because he couldn't open it."

Expert Chen nodded. "Judging from the current situation, it should be so."

Chu Jiang sighed after hearing this. He had initially thought it was because he had opened the Ghost Diary that the Slender Man had been summoned; it turned out that the tragedy at Luoxi No. 7 Middle School was caused by a ghost's "curiosity"...

Zhang Haoran also found the world strange. Should he hate the miser ghost? Or should he hate the Two Realms Bell that emitted the sound?