Chapter 225: Ghost's Warning

"When did the lady disappear?"

Seeing that Essen didn't seem to be able to answer the question for the time being, Todd forced himself to turn around and ask Eugene.

"I'm not sure exactly, but it won't be more than four hours."

Todd frowned slightly when he heard this.

"Have you found anything?"

Eugene shook his head. "No, Charles and Lin Jiu just went to their bedroom on the third floor and searched, but they only found one painting."

Todd paused when he heard this.

painting?

Why is it a painting again?

Todd first glanced at the painting hanging in the living room, and there was no change.

His gaze lingered on the man sitting in the middle for a second, then he looked at the painting on the coffee table and glanced at Essen imperceptibly.

It was just that Eisen was covering his face and crying at the moment, so he couldn't see anything.

Lin Jiu, who was standing by, saw all of this.

“This painting…”

Todd frowned slightly when he saw the content of the painting.

Obviously, his thoughts were the same as everyone else's first thoughts after seeing this painting.

Lin Jiu spoke at this time: "This painting only contains regrets, unlike that painting."

He looked at the painting hanging on the wall and silently added the remaining half of the sentence in his mind: "What lives in it?"

Todd nodded. He felt that this painting had nothing to do with Laura's disappearance, and the current priority was to find the missing person.

Lin Jiu knew what Todd was thinking.

Speaking of Laura, the first thing Lin Jiu thought of was the basement.

She was most likely caught there.

This is the most likely possibility.

Due to his current condition, Todd could only hand over the search work to others.

His insistence on carrying out the mission now is a complete hindrance.

Because of his understanding of Lin Jiu, Todd simply asked Charles to go with him to search the utility room. Of course, he didn't say it directly.

Because of the painting, the more Todd looked at it, the more he felt that something was wrong with Essen. In addition to what Lin Jiu said before, he also became cautious.

Laura's sudden disappearance sounded an alarm in Todd's heart. He thought about it and prepared to contact the exorcist who was waiting in secret under the pretext of returning to his room to rest.

Coincidentally, other people were also persuading him.

"Why don't you go back to your room and rest first." Todd said, looking at Essen who looked very bad.

Eisen shook his head and insisted on waiting for news here.

Todd didn't try to persuade him anymore. He was dizzy now and was helped up to the second floor by Hicks.

The rain outside had stopped and a few people went outside to try to find something.

Only Essen and the butler were left in the living room.

Essen sat on the sofa for a long time without moving. After about two or three minutes, he slowly raised his head and looked at the painting on the coffee table.

Not knowing what he was thinking of, Essen turned his head to look towards the second floor, then turned his head and looked towards the utility room.

The butler standing beside him stood there with a dull look in his eyes, not moving a muscle.

......

On the other side, Lin Jiu came to the utility room and started pushing the locker without saying a word.

Because of the dream, Lin Jiu initially thought that the entrance to the underground passage was on the ground. Due to his misguided thinking, it was not until he searched every corner and couldn't find the entrance that Lin Jiu thought of another possibility.

At that time, he couldn't help but swear.

When Charles saw Lin Jiu's action, he understood what was going on and immediately stepped forward to help.

After a while, with a crisp "click", a wall slowly turned. Lin Jiu and Charles looked out and saw a dark entrance that could only accommodate one person at a time.

A cold air came out from inside. Lin Jiu walked forward, holding the wall with one hand, and looked inside.

It was pitch black inside, and Lin Jiu couldn't see anything with his naked eyes alone.

Charles also came over at this time. Just when he was about to ask whether he should go in and check first or tell others, Lin Jiu suddenly raised his hand to stop him.

"Hush, listen." Lin Jiu said quietly, making room for Charles and motioning him to move forward: "There's someone talking."

Charles stepped forward and listened carefully.

Apart from the faint sound of the wind, there was indeed the sound of talking, but it was very faint, like the whisper that would ring in your ears when you are polluted.

"Do you want to go in?" Charles turned his head and asked silently.

Lin Jiu shook his head.

He chuckled and asked Charles, "Believe it or not, we won't be allowed to enter the things in this castle yet."

Charles was a little puzzled. Just as he was about to ask why, Essen's voice suddenly came from the direction of the living room.

He was yelling Laura's name.

Charles' eyelids twitched, while Lin Jiu looked at him with an expression of "as expected".

Although he hadn't decided to go in, Charles still followed Lin Jiu with a headache.

In the living room, Ivan and Eugene were looking at the painting on the coffee table with serious expressions, while Hicks was comforting the frightened Essen.

Lin Jiu and Charles stepped forward, and when they saw the contents of the painting on the coffee table, they were also stunned.

The painting taken out of the Smiths' room also changed, and the missing Laura was in it.

She was caught by several dark shadows and knelt in front of the castle gate. She was looking back, her face full of help and panic.

"Is she trapped in the painting?" Lin Jiu raised his eyebrows, thinking that she had hidden underground.

Lin Jiu subconsciously looked at Essen. It seemed that he was very scared and his behavior was very natural without any signs of disguise.

Seeing this, Lin Jiu frowned slightly.

If this wasn't their own drama...

“Snap—”

Accompanied by a burst of electric sparks, the lights in the living room went out without warning, and the magic bell also lit up immediately, making a crisp sound.

Ethan screamed a few times out of fright, but his mouth was quickly covered.

A rustling sound was heard, and Lin Jiu immediately realized that the abyss worm had appeared.

In the dark environment, Lin Jiu saw several abyss worms crawling onto the coffee table and finally onto the painting.

After a while, the lights came on.

The abyssal worms left traces on the picture frame, and these traces formed a sentence:

“This is just the beginning.”

Everyone looked at each other, and Essen became even more terrified after hearing this.

From his messy description, we can learn that he and his wife Laura have been tormented by the ghosts in the castle since they moved into it.

These ghosts even told them directly that they would kill them, but for some reason, they only started to take action today.

Before this, it was always mental torture.

It seems that the ghost's main target is still Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

But no one present was naive enough to think that the ghost would ignore them.

At this moment, a somewhat discordant voice sounded: "You're crazy. You still want to stay in the castle after all this."

Essen paused and looked at Lin Jiu in some surprise.