I have a ghost diary

In other words, Chu Jiang can seal 304 ghosts inside and borrow 304 kinds of abilities, which is truly terrifying to even think about.

Of course, the prerequisite for borrowing is that Chu Jiang must first catch 304 ghosts.

Moreover, Chu Jiang cannot be a mere charlatan; otherwise, the sealed ghost will be weak, and the abilities he can borrow will be very limited, making it unnecessary.

Putting aside the Ghost Diary for the time being, Chu Jiang had a question in his mind.

What exactly is the relationship between Ghost Diaries and Bloody Ghost?

When Chu Jiang first discovered the diary, the bloody handprint was already on the cover.

This is strange, because according to normal sealing, the Blood Hand Ghost should be sealed inside the main page; and it should be a full-body image, not a handprint.

Could it be that... the bloody handprint was originally on the front page, but because it was left unattended for a long time, it gradually squeezed out and eventually ended up on the cover?

It's quite possible that it was unlucky; it was almost out, but then it burrowed directly into Chu Jiang's body.

Well... it can't be called bad luck, because Chu Jiang won't live for long, and then it will be free again.

Just as Chu Jiang figured this out, he suddenly paused for a moment.

Wait, this diary only sealed away one ghost before?

Is it possible that the Ghost Diaries once sealed away 304 ghosts, but for some reason, they all escaped?

Based on the rule that the stronger the ghost, the faster it can escape,...

So the bloody handprint must be the weakest of them all, which is why it's also the slowest...

Chu Jiang immediately shook his head upon thinking about this. The more he thought about it, the more outrageous it seemed. Could this ghost diary even be one of the sources of the supernatural resurgence? That was too exaggerated.

By the way, I wonder who put it in the No. 7 Middle School library. Could it have been the librarian, Xiao Chen?

Probably.

Looking back now, Chu Jiang suspects that Xiao Chen is a hidden ghost master.

Unfortunately, he died for some reason. Some time after his death, the vengeful spirit within him naturally revived and formed the Ghost Tree.

As it turned out, the ghost tree couldn't be arrogant for long and was eventually swallowed up by the Slender Man.

......

"Knock knock~" A soft knocking sound suddenly came from outside the door, but the person knocking seemed afraid to speak.

Chu Jiang glanced at the time and realized he had been fussing for too long; almost forty minutes had passed since Sun Xiaoman escaped from the room.

"It's alright, you don't need to come in. I'll pack my things and then leave."

Chu Jiang temporarily put aside his thoughts and explorations, and first put sensitive items such as the ghost diary and amulets into his backpack.

"Is it...resolved?" Sun Xiaoman's cautious voice came from outside the door. "Do you want me to come in and help you tidy up?"

Chu Jiang initially wanted to refuse, but upon seeing the room filled with a huge pile of stuff—projector, projection screen, ropes, tape, paint, teaching materials, and so on—he felt a slight headache coming on.

"Never mind, come in if you want to help. It's safe now anyway."

Only after receiving Chu Jiang's permission did Sun Xiaoman cautiously open the door and slip inside.

At that moment, she held a frying pan in one hand and a baton in the other, looking rather apprehensive.

This amused Chu Jiang. "Are you cosplaying as Red Wolf?"

Sun Xiaoman scratched her head sheepishly.

"Put everything down. From now on, just pretend this never happened."

Upon hearing this, Sun Xiaoman nodded repeatedly, and as she walked over, she asked curiously, "You...killed it?"

Chapter Fifty: The Second Negative Effect

Indeed, Sun Xiaoman deeply hated the filthy thing that imitated her. But objectively speaking, the doll did save her life; otherwise, she might still be buried in some pit somewhere.

Moreover, the reaction shown by Chu Jiang when the counterfeit goods were exposed evoked some sympathy from Sun Xiaoman.

That was also one of her deepest fears—the fear that she was actually a fake, and the other person was the real one.

Chu Jiang waved his hand, "You don't need to worry about that. It can't be killed. I will take it with me forever."

Sun Xiaoman breathed a sigh of relief and then thanked Chu Jiang repeatedly.

Then the two of them started packing up various things, which naturally made some noise.

Then Chu Jiang noticed someone was coming...

"Don't move!" Because Sun Xiaoman hadn't closed the door properly when she came in, the door was kicked open by the newcomer.

That's right, the one who came in was the young, wealthy woman who lived in room 302.

She was wearing a pink bear-patterned pajama set and a baseball cap. But now, she held a delicate silver pistol in her hand, pointed at the two people who had stopped in the room.

Sun Xiaoman was startled when she saw the gun and immediately hid behind Chu Jiang.

Chu Jiang looked at the young heiress speechlessly, "What are you going to do? Rob me?"

"Um..." The young heiress was somewhat embarrassed. "What... are you doing?"

......

What happened that night kept Xu Xiaoxiao awake at all.

This is so strange; I think I heard more than one woman's voice...

Xu Xiaoxiao suspected that the man surnamed Chu was likely involved in kidnapping and coercion. Perhaps one of the boxes he brought in during the day contained a kidnapped victim.

That night, Xu Xiaoxiao heard noises repeatedly. After a period of quiet, just as she was about to fall asleep, noises started coming from upstairs again.

She couldn't hold back any longer and charged forward with her weapon!

Xu Xiaoxiao's thoughts were simple: she absolutely could not allow such a heinous thing to happen before her eyes.

......

Faced with the young heiress's question, Chu Jiang simply pointed to the projector and screen that hadn't been put away yet, along with some books, and said, "I just finished watching a horror movie, can't we have a get out of class?"

Xu Xiaoxiao immediately shook her head, "Who goes to a hotel to attend class in the middle of the night?!"

"Things are getting tense lately, and they're not allowing extra classes anymore, so it's normal for us to play guerrilla warfare, right?"

Xu Xiaoxiao was speechless at Chu Jiang's words. It did seem to be a possibility... although it sounded a bit far-fetched.

"What are these ropes for?"

With her sharp eyes, Xu Xiaoxiao could even see the bruises on Sun Xiaoman's arms, caused by the prolonged binding.

Sun Xiaoman subconsciously withdrew her hand.

"Well, is it not allowed to have some special hobbies?" Chu Jiang said, making up a lie with a straight face.

This made Xu Xiaoxiao even more embarrassed. "Um, I... I didn't expect you guys to have so much fun. I'll be leaving now."

"Wait," Chu Jiang called out to her, his eyes narrowing slightly. "Hey little girl, you actually have a gun on you?"

Xu Xiaoxiao immediately put the pistol away and said nervously, "Toy gun, toy gun, it's for scaring people."

After saying that, she hurriedly turned around and ran away.

Seeing the kind tenant leave, Sun Xiaoman was speechless. While helping Chu Jiang pack his things, she said, "I just remembered something. What would you do if the imposter didn't show up before nine o'clock and you caught him?"

In other words, only one Sun Xiaoman attended the meeting, while the other did not appear at all throughout the night.

Chu Jiang casually replied, "That's simple. Based on your description, the lifelike doll will obviously replace you frequently and communicate with the people around you."

"Especially when you're surrounded by people, and you don't know who's telling the truth and who's lying."

"In that case, even if it doesn't come tonight, it will come tomorrow night; if it doesn't come tomorrow night, it will come the night after tomorrow."

"Of course, if it really takes a week to come out, then there's nothing I can do about it. I either have to give up or change the plan."

In fact, Chu Jiang was very confident that the other party would come; this was the benefit of understanding the pattern.

After packing everything into boxes, Chu Jiang and his companion didn't rush to move their belongings downstairs. They decided to do it tomorrow, as it was too late today.

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Back in room 303, lying on the bed, Chu Jiang didn't rush to sleep. He opened the Ghost Diary again and checked the second page.

The last sentence is interesting: I have a question... It's only been a few days, why am I encountering things related to ghosts so frequently?

Based on Chu Jiang's understanding of Ghost Diary, it rarely utters nonsense. Just like the first day's entry, it only had one sentence: "The school was haunted today, everyone died, including me."

Surprisingly, the second page contains three sentences.

The first two sentences explain the cause and effect of the event, which is acceptable. However, the last sentence seems somewhat irrelevant?

Perhaps it's not insignificant; in fact, this is the most valuable sentence in the entire diary entry...

Chu Jiang now strongly suspects that this is one of the negative effects of a level zero sealed artifact!

Back in school, Chu Jiang had suspected that Slender Man might have been summoned by the Ghost Diary.

But it was later discovered that people had come chasing after the eerie ringing, and it all seemed to be just a coincidence.

But the experiences of the next few days made Chu Jiang realize that there were just too many coincidences happening around him.

Could it be... that this diary will, actively or passively, cause its owner to encounter all sorts of strange things?

This creates a connection with the first negative effect: the more frequently Chu Jiang encounters various ghosts, the more likely he is to be on the verge of death, and the more likely he is to be eaten by the Ghost Diary.

That makes sense, otherwise Chu Jiang would only fight when things are going well and not when they are going badly, thus avoiding the first negative effect to the greatest extent.

After this second negative effect, whether or not to play in a losing situation is no longer up to him, but rather depends on fate...

"I knew it wouldn't be that simple," Chu Jiang muttered to himself.

I just don't know how this negative effect works.

Anyway, Chu Jiang didn't feel obviously being controlled. It can only be said that the diary would subtly draw ghosts closer to him; at the same time, it would subtly draw Chu Jiang closer to places where ghosts exist.

This effect is not immediately apparent, but given enough time, Chu Jiang will discover that he has encountered ghosts everywhere he has gone.

You could even say he's like Detective Conan, causing trouble and death wherever he goes...

With a wry smile, Chu Jiang put away the ghost diary, deciding to focus on surviving first.