Chapter 24: The Haunted Apartment

◎Gentle Detective◎

At 12 o'clock in the evening, when everyone was watching TV, a strange sound suddenly came from the bedroom.

“Woo… woo…”

When Mu'an Jiaxi heard the voice, she subconsciously grabbed the hand closest to her and said nervously, "Listen, listen, I didn't lie to you."

Toru Amuro and Takashi Natsume also heard the sound, and they both looked towards the bedroom at the same time.

“Woo…woo…woo.”

I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but I feel that the pace this time is much faster than last time, and the sound sounds very creepy in the middle of the night.

Mu'an Jiaxi is truly fearless. The only two things he fears are ghosts and people who are stronger than himself. He is truly a person who bullies the weak and fears the strong.

Mu'an Jiaxi was almost crying, his voice trembling, "Oh, my God, there are still ghosts in this day and age."

“Woo…”

After another strange sound, Mu'an Jiaxi was so scared that she didn't even look at who was next to her. She hugged the man directly and buried herself in his arms very quickly.

This completely stunned Natsume Takashi who was standing next to him. He wanted to say something but stopped himself.

The person that Muan Jiaxi casually hugged was Amuro Toru. Surprisingly, Amuro Toru didn't push her away. Instead, he patted her back, one after another, and comforted her: "It's okay, it's okay. There are no ghosts or gods in this world. Don't scare yourself."

The familiar voice rang in Mu'an Jiaxi's ears. She, who had been frightened, instantly came to her senses and immediately looked up at him. Then she quickly let him go and moved to the side. "Um, sorry, I didn't mean it."

Amuro Toru said in a gentle tone, "It's okay." Then he stood up and walked towards the bedroom. Seeing this, Natsume Takashi followed him.

The two of them went to the bedroom, turned on the light, and followed the sound. Amuro Toru was an atheist and didn't believe in such things at all, while Natsume Takashi had encountered many strange things, so he became indifferent to them.

Mu'an Jiaxi was the only one left in the living room. Although the lights were on and there were people there, after what happened just now, Mu'an Jiaxi didn't dare to stay in the living room at all. Rather than staying in the living room with no one there, she would rather go looking for ghosts with them, because it was a bit scary to be alone at this time.

Mu'an Jiaxi ran into the room, pulled their sleeves, and stood between them. He instantly felt safe. Seeing the look in their eyes, Mu'an Jiaxi smiled and said, "I'm scared to stay outside alone. I'll go look for ghosts with you."

“Woo… woo…”

The sound came again. Amuro Toru listened carefully to the direction of the sound and walked towards the corner. Muan Jiaxi was also brought to that place by him, and all three of them came here.

Listening carefully, the sound came from inside. Mu An Jiaxi looked at the wall in front of him and listened carefully, and found that the sound was indeed coming from inside.

Amuro Toru knocked on the wall and found it was empty. Muan Jiaxi also heard it. The sound was completely different from the sound of ordinary walls. Muan Jiaxi said in surprise: "Empty."

Toru Amuro looked around, trying to find a hard object to break down the wall, but there was nothing suitable.

At this time, Natsume Takashi ran out of the door and came over with a baseball bat, "I'll do it."

Before smashing it, he asked Mu An Jia Xi, "Can I smash it?"

Mu'an Jiaxi didn't hesitate and nodded directly, "Smash it, smash it."

Natsume Takashi reminded: "Then you should step back first."

Toru Amuro pulled Yoshiki Meian aside, and Takashi Natsume raised his hand and swung the baseball bat and smashed it hard against the wall. With a "bang", a hole appeared in the wall, and rubble from the outer wall fell down.

Without the obstruction of the wall, the sound was louder and clearer, "Woo... Woo..."

Muan Jiaxi couldn't help but shudder. Amuro Toru sensed her fear and turned back to comfort her: "I'll go check it out, it's okay."

As he spoke, he took a step forward, and Mu'an Jiaxi also let go of the hand that was holding his clothes. Amuro Toru put his hand into the wall. Seeing this, Mu'an Jiaxi warned him worriedly: "Be careful!"

"fine."

Amuro Toru turned sideways, rummaged through the wall for a while, then raised his arm and pulled out a black phone, the old-fashioned landline phone. When he took it out, the phone was still ringing, "Woo...Woo..."

This sound is like a person crying, the kind that gets stuck in the throat without being cried out.

Amuro Toru pressed the answer button, and then a strange laugh came from the inside, "Hehehe... Hehe."

"Oh, my God!!!" Mu'an Jiaxi was really scared and cried this time. He snatched the phone from Amuro Toru's hand and threw it against the wall. A corner of the phone broke instantly.

The speed was so fast and the force was so strong that Amuro Toru didn't even have time to react before the phone was snatched away. Then someone jumped into his arms and hugged him tightly, crying as he hugged him, "I, I'm moving tomorrow. I don't want to live here anymore."

Feeling the clothes on his chest gradually getting soaked, Amuro Toru didn't push her away. He kept comforting the frightened person in his arms, "Okay, we'll move tomorrow. Don't cry, don't cry."

The strange sound from the phone continued to come out. Mu Anjiaxi's drop did not break it. Moreover, the phone had an amplifying effect, constantly surrounding the entire bedroom, making the room look particularly strange.

Amuro Toru frowned when he heard the voice. He wanted to go forward and pick it up himself, but the person in his arms was very upset and he couldn't leave.

He could only wink at Takashi Natsume who was standing beside him. Takashi Natsume understood immediately and immediately stepped forward to pick up the phone and put it to his ear, "Hello."

The laughter suddenly stopped, and the whole room was instantly quiet with only the sound of breathing. Mu An Jiaxi also stopped sobbing, and grabbed the clothes in front of him tightly, his fingers turned white, and his eyes looked over there uncontrollably.

The next second, she was pulled back by a force, buried in his chest, and the next moment, her ears were covered by two hands. Then she felt a breath on her cheek, and the breath moved and spread over her ears.

Two words floated into her ears, and a magnetic and gentle voice said softly: "Don't listen."

As the words fell, Mu'an Jiaxi instantly regained his sanity and came to his senses. Thinking about the scene of himself losing control just now, he felt like a large-scale social death scene. It was so embarrassing to think about it now.

It's really embarrassing.

She was so scared just now that her mind was not clear and she didn't think so much. Now that her mind was clear, she just felt embarrassed. She felt the hands covering her ears, her whole face was held in his palms, her face buried in his arms, and the fragrance of detergent on her clothes slowly came into her nose. Muan Jiaxi couldn't help blushing. She had never been so close to a boy before. Amuro Toru was the first.

As the world became quiet, Mu'an Jiaxi couldn't help but daydream that his arms were so warm and gave him a sense of security.

The other side

With Natsume Takashi's "Hello", the phone suddenly became quiet, the laughter disappeared, and the sound was gone.

After a few seconds, the call was suddenly hung up and everything returned to calm.

Amuro Toru couldn't help but narrow his eyes, and a dangerous message was emitted in his eyes. His whole aura became completely different. Even An Jiaxi, who didn't look at him, could feel his current emotions.

Immediately afterwards, Mu'an Jiaxi felt the hands covering her ears loosen, and she subconsciously looked up at him.

I only heard him say: "It's okay, someone is playing a prank."

"Ah." Mu An Jiaxi was incredulous. She had never offended anyone since she came here. Was there someone who disliked her and wanted to punish her?

It was someone the original owner had offended before, but he didn't remember him.

Who on earth wants to trick her? And how did the phone get into the wall? There is no sign that the wall has been hit.

Mu Anjiaxi was puzzled.

Moreover, with just a mobile phone, she couldn't use her supernatural powers to find information, because this supernatural power could only be used on people and could not be used on objects at all.

Amuro Toru stepped forward and took the phone from Natsume Takashi's hand and asked Natsume Takashi, "Have you ever offended anyone?"

"No."

Amuro Toru glanced at the wall and asked, "Do you know your neighbor?"

"No, I haven't seen him. I don't even know if the person living next door is a man or a woman."

"Have you never seen it once when you go out?"

Mu An Jiaxi shook his head. "Really? I'm a bit of a homebody. Normally, if I don't have anything to do, I don't go out. I stay at home."

Natsume Takashi stepped forward and said, "Sister Jia Xi, I guess you accidentally offended someone, so they want to punish you. There is no so-called ghost at all, it's all man-made."

At this time, Toru Amuro walked to the broken wall, pushed the inner layer of the wall with his hand, and found that it could be pushed. Then he exerted force and a small hole was pushed open in the inner layer of the wall.

Toru Amuro bent down and looked inside. It was pitch black on the opposite side and he could not see anything clearly. Suddenly, something flashed before his eyes at a very fast speed. In addition, it was pitch black again, so he could not see clearly what it was.

Amuro Toru stood up and said to the two people behind him: "We have found the culprit."

After saying that, he left the bedroom, opened the outer door, and walked to the next door. Seeing this, Muan Jiaxi and Natsume Takashi also followed him. Amuro Toru knocked on the door for a long time but no one answered.

Just as Toru Amuro was about to use a wire to pry the door open, it opened.

The person who opened the door was a boy who was neither old nor young. He looked like an adult, but his face was a bit baby-like, making him look like a minor.

Wearing pajamas, she leaned lazily against the door as if she had just woken up, and said impatiently, "What's going on in the middle of the night?"

Toru Amuro ignored him, but walked past him into the house and found the hole connecting to Muan Jiaxi's bedroom.

The boy saw someone breaking into his house and immediately chased after them in anger, "Are you sick? What are you doing in the middle of the night? I'll call the police and report you for trespassing."

Amuro Toru raised his phone and asked the boy who was walking over, "This thing is yours, right? What's going on with this hole? If you don't explain clearly, I'll call the police."

Muan Jiaxi and Natsume Takashi also ran in one after another, and what they saw was Amuro Toru holding a mobile phone, pointing at a hole in the wall, and questioning the boy sternly and expressionlessly.

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