I have a ghost diary

"The man next to me is an expert who specializes in handling these kinds of incidents. He's going to ask you some questions, so please cooperate fully."

The students looked at Chu Jiang, who was "not much older" than themselves, with some disbelief. Even though Chu Jiang was dressed in a white shirt and suit, looking quite like a mature and sophisticated professional.

Although the person in charge had a uniform, Chu Jiang really didn't want to wear it; it was too childish, and he didn't know who designed it. Besides, none of the people in charge he had met wore uniforms; they all dressed casually.

"Who is the president?" Chu Jiang asked indifferently, glancing over the crowd.

"Me." A female student wearing glasses raised her hand timidly.

"How did this drama club come about? Are there any strange rumors about it in its history?"

"Our drama club has a normal background; it was founded by senior students, and there are no special rumors about it."

"This is just a group of students with similar interests who got together and formed a club purely for fun. No one gets paid, and they even have to pool their own money to buy costumes and props."

Listening to the other party's detailed answer, Chu Jiang continued to ask: "Who came up with the idea of ​​performing this new play, and who suggested that someone be specifically asked to write the script?"

“Me.” A tall boy raised his hand, forcing himself to speak. “Our school’s 40th anniversary celebration is coming up soon.”

"When it was the club's turn to submit a program, everyone said that they could just perform something like Romeo and Juliet."

"But I think that thing has been performed to death. Even if we go up and perform our best, we won't leave a deep impression on the audience."

"So I thought, aren't murder mystery games popular now? Let's find someone to write a new script, one that's thrilling and scary enough."

"If the performance is a great success and the audience remembers it, not only will new students join, but the school might also allocate some club funding in the future..."

Chu Jiang nodded. "Who paid for it? Who wrote it?"

“It was my idea, so I naturally paid for it,” the tall boy continued, “and the person I found was a senior from our school who graduated a long time ago.”

"He claimed to be a writer, having written online novels, but they flopped; so he later changed careers and became a copywriter for some unknown small mobile game company."

“A friend of mine knows him, so I found him on QQ and asked him how much he charges for writing a screenplay.”

"He said he had never written this before, and after asking a colleague, he got a price of three thousand."

"Only three thousand?" Officer Lin couldn't help but ask. In his mind, writers and screenwriters seemed to make a lot of money.

The president of the drama club couldn't help but explain, "The scripts written by unknown authors aren't as valuable as you might imagine."

"Taking murder mystery games as an example, a boxed version of a script that is not sold in limited quantities is priced at around 500 yuan."

"The 'City Limit' script, which is sold to only three companies in a city, is priced at around 1800-2000 per copy."

"An exclusive script with exclusive authorization costs around 3500-4500 per book."

“The script that Xiao Gao bought is an exclusive. Perhaps the author lacked confidence, so he lowered the price a little.”

Chu Jiang thought for a moment, "Raise your hand if you encountered a paranormal event today."

On the right, a man and two women raised their hands, including the girl who said she wanted to go home.

"Who suggested rehearsing this afternoon?"

This time, it was the club president who answered, "Me, but I didn't expect there to be a class in the afternoon, so only Xiao Li and a few others went."

Chu Jiang asked such detailed questions not only to gather intelligence, but also to observe everyone's reactions.

Although it is unlikely that humans can command ghosts to do things, if humans understand the patterns of ghosts' killing, the possibility of using ghosts to kill exists.

Similar cases have been mentioned in the research institute's files.

Chapter 84 The Sacrament of Penance

Putting everything else aside, Chu Jiang now regrets not recording that mysterious ringtone when he was at Luoxi No. 7 Middle School.

According to his speculation, the appearance of the Slender Man was related to the mysterious bell.

If we could record the ringtone, maybe we could summon an A-level vengeful ghost at a specific point?

Of course, if it were truly possible to summon them, Chu Jiang, the broadcaster, would probably not be able to escape either.

Moreover, the impact would be too great, potentially affecting the entire city, or even more, so he wouldn't dare to act recklessly even if the phone rang.

"Who was the first person to run away after realizing something was wrong?"

With a sob in her voice and red-rimmed eyes, the girl replied, "It was me, but before I could even run out the door, that priest appeared strangely in front of me, holding a blood-dripping axe..."

"Who came up with a solution?"

The president's "little Li" raised his hand. Although he looked scared, he was relatively calm.

"At the time, the roles we played were all those of 'confessors.' And when the priest stopped Xiaolan from leaving, he clearly said one thing: 'You haven't even repented to the Lord yet, why are you in such a hurry to leave?'"

“I think the script describes him immediately stepping forward to stop Xiaolan and explaining to the priest that Xiaolan’s faith was wavering for a moment and asking him to give her another chance to confess.”

"So the priest didn't lay a hand on us and let us go back to performing."

“Interesting…” Chu Jiang muttered to himself, “Where’s the script? I need the original script.”

Unexpectedly, most of the drama club members shook their heads. The club president said, "There is no such thing as an original script. The writer sent us an electronic document, and then we printed it out ourselves. Does that count?"

"Then send me the original document."

"Okay, sure." Xiao Gao took out his phone, asked for Chu Jiang's email address, and sent the message.

And so, Chu Jiang casually found a chair, sat down, and began to read the script seriously.

Since it is a script for a play or stage production, the dialogue makes up the majority of the text, so the overall length of the script is not too long, and Chu Jiang does not need several hours to finish reading it.

Chu Jiang spent less than half an hour reading the script when the screenwriter was escorted to the scene by the police.

This is a very interesting story. It's not a ghost story in the traditional sense, but more like a Western-style gory thriller.

The play features seven characters: a priest, a nun, a mute, and penitents 1, 2, 3, and 4.

The script is set in a Western society during a period when Christianity had a relatively strong influence.

In Christianity, there are seven sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Marriage.

The sacrament of repentance is also known as the sacrament of confession.

The official definition of this is somewhat complicated, including things like "repentance and repentance," "the need for forgiveness by the same clergy," and "reconciliation with the church that was harmed by the sin."

In essence, it's quite simple: believers who have made mistakes or committed sins, unable to bear the pangs of conscience, go to the church and confess their sins to the priest in the confessional.

The priest usually listens attentively and then gives advice, asking believers to atone for their sins, such as by doing volunteer work at church or helping the poor.

Then believers will usually weep, agree, and promise to repent in the future.

Then the priest will recite a passage of scripture for forgiveness and, on behalf of God, forgive the believer's sins.

Finally, the penitent departs, and the sacrament concludes.

This story begins with repentance:

In a peaceful and tranquil town, there was a church where a kind priest, a benevolent nun, and an ugly, mute laborer lived.

Although the town is relatively peaceful, it also has a side that is not known to most people.

One night, Confessor No. 1 came to the church and confessed to the priest.

He said he had committed a serious crime; he had stolen several sheep from his neighbor to sell, and then lost everything at the casino.

Not long after, the neighbor not only lost his sheep and his source of income, but also died of depression because of the incident.

After his neighbor died, Confessor No. 1 could not sleep day and night, and finally chose to go to the church to confess his sins to the Lord.

The priest did not reprimand him, but mercifully followed the sacramental procedures.

After the penitent completed his confession, the priest forgave him in the name of God and pardoned his sins.

Thus, penitent number 1, having released the pressure in his heart, left the church with gratitude to God and the priest.

However, just as he was about to leave, the mute man in the church stopped him, muttering something unintelligible.

This annoyed Confessor Number One, who pushed the mute away. He didn't want anyone to know that he had come to the church to confess.

But deep within the church, the beautiful nun watched this scene with a smile, making no move whatsoever...

......

Screenwriter Lin Qian was brought in by Luo Yifeng, the assistant to the person in charge.

Lin Qian was a young man who wore glasses and looked somewhat thin. He was dressed in a white shirt and casual pants, and slippers.

As for Luo Yifeng, Chu Jiang was meeting him for the first time; he was an assistant recruited by the previous manager.

To be honest, Chu Jiang didn't particularly trust the other party, given the suspicious death of the previous person in charge. If possible, he wanted to build his own team in the future, rather than relying on others' work.

Of course, the operator at headquarters couldn't choose for himself; that was assigned to him by headquarters. If Chu Jiang didn't like one, he could change to another, but the next one still wouldn't be his choice.

As soon as Luo Yifeng entered, he immediately went to Chu Jiang to report, "Mr. Chu, we have brought the person. He lives in a rather remote area, so we are a little late."

Chu Jiang nodded slightly, "Thank you for your hard work."

Lin Qian was a little nervous. He looked at the police officer next to him and asked, "What is the matter that you called me here for? I heard it's related to a murder case, and that it involves the script I wrote."

"But that shouldn't be the case. There aren't any Christian churches in Luohe City. If they wanted to imitate a crime, they wouldn't imitate it according to the script I wrote, would they?"

The students from Riverside University were meeting Lin Qian in person for the first time, and to be honest, he was much more ordinary than they had imagined.

"Well, what happens next might be a bit strange, but we hope you'll listen carefully and cooperate with us." After Officer Lin finished speaking, Luo Yifeng stepped forward and took over the explanation, something he was quite skilled at.

Chapter 85 Entering the Drama Club

Lin Qian was stunned after hearing this. "This... but even if there really are ghosts, it has nothing to do with me, right? I'm just a writer."

Chu Jiang simply looked at him and asked, "Who told you to write this script? Under what circumstances did you accept it, and how much did you ask for?"

Lin Qian gave a brief account, explaining that the main reason was financial hardship, and he would take any job that came his way, which perfectly matched Xiao Gao's testimony.

"During your creative process, did any strange events occur?"

Lin Qian frowned and thought for a moment before slowly saying, "No, everything is normal. My life is just going back and forth between work and home. I haven't encountered any ghosts or anything like that."

"So where do you get your creative inspiration?"

Lin Qian scratched his head, somewhat embarrassed, "This... could I explain this to you and the police officer separately?"