Chapter 52 Mimi, why do they call you Brother Mi?
Eight o'clock in the evening.
It is the busiest time for the barbecue restaurant.
Most of the guests were eating barbecue and drinking, chatting with their friends, and laughing from time to time.
There were also a few people who couldn't help but look towards the corner, curious about the people who had just come in, especially one of them who actually took out a computer to type.
But what really made them look sideways was the young man from the family of three, who suddenly started crying like crazy, saying he had seen a ghost, and also said he had a younger sister or something.
I thought this family would leave soon.
But unexpectedly, another group of people came. They looked very imposing. They went to a corner with the family of three. They looked mysterious and no one knew what they were doing.
“Tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-”
The old-fashioned hanging clock was still ticking, but it was almost inaudible over the sound of the voices.
In the corner.
Liu Ming said, "This morning, I went out with a few colleagues to deal with a quarrel and fight..."
As he spoke, his hands trembled slightly unconsciously.
I was almost on the verge of emotional collapse again.
Because the more I recall it, the less I notice that anything was wrong on that day.
It's too common.
But he had no choice. Even his parents were a little skeptical about Liu Xue's existence. But these people had said on the phone before that they had found traces of Liu Xue's existence.
Just based on this.
He can only place all his hopes on these few people.
He didn't know whether the ghost would attack again, and he didn't know whether hiding in the barbecue restaurant would be useful.
Liu Ming took a deep breath and said while holding back his sobs: "After that, I received another call from the police. A neighbor noticed a foul smell coming from the next room and said that he hadn't seen the old man who often picked up garbage for several days and suspected that something had happened to him."
He and his colleagues immediately asked someone to unlock the door and discovered a very strong stench of corpse coming from inside. After cordoning off the scene and investigating, they preliminarily determined that it was an accidental death.
The old man lives alone and has no relatives or friends at all.
On weekdays, they make a living by picking up scraps and relying on the minimum living allowance. There are a lot of things piled up in the house, which is so messy that there is almost no place to step.
After he dealt with the follow-up, he went back to work.
At night.
Thinking of the accidental death of the elderly man living alone, he began to think of having a family dinner together and made an appointment to have barbecue at a barbecue restaurant.
Who knows...
Sun Hao instinctively felt that the problem might lie with this old man, but this did not mean that this old man was weird, but the cause of his death might be related to the weirdness: "Recall carefully what you did after entering the deceased's room. Don't ignore any slight possibility."
Liu Ming frowned and recalled: "I had to protect the crime scene, and I also had to do some preliminary inspections, so I would touch the deceased, and then I had to take photos to preserve some details of the scene."
He added: "It's not just me, my colleagues did it too."
Sun Hao pondered for a few seconds and said, "Call these colleagues and ask if they have encountered the same problem as you."
Liu Ming did so immediately.
Since you have chosen to believe the other person, do what he or she says.
He would not think that his analytical and judgment abilities were better than those of others just because he was a policeman, and would not point out that what the other party was doing was wrong.
Ten minutes later.
Liu Ming put down his phone and said, "I contacted these five colleagues. They are all at home and everything is normal."
Sun Hao looked at the team members around him.
The team members nodded immediately and used their highest authority to investigate Liu Ming's colleagues. After a while, the other party said, "There is indeed nothing abnormal about these people. Their relatives are all there. No one has been wiped out like Liu Xue."
Sun Hao frowned.
This means that Liu Ming must have done something different from his other colleagues at the time, which triggered the strange taboo conditions.
Zhao Chao, who had been silent on the side, was shocked and said, "Cousin, are you kidding me? How could Liu Ming really have a sister?"
"Some things are not as simple as you think." Sun Hao shook his head and looked at Liu Ming who also wanted to know the answer. Unable to bear it, he said, "Lao Biao, please talk to him."
The young man named Lao Biao raised his head and said, "It's like this. We found out that Liu Xue's class was supposed to have 32 students... and your family will receive a sum of money every month... for express delivery..."
After the other party listed all the clues of Liu Xue's existence.
Liu Ming trembled all over after hearing this, his eyes turned red again, and he grabbed his parents anxiously but painfully: "Mom and Dad, did you hear that? Xiaoxue really exists. She is your most beloved daughter. Don't you remember anything about her?"
Mr. and Mrs. Liu's brains could hardly function normally.
Intellectually, they knew that they only had Liu Ming as their child, and the so-called Xiaoxue did not exist at all. However, these people swore and listed a lot of evidence, which made them unable to help but waver.
Did they really lose a child?
Sun Hao said, "Calm down first. We don't know if it will attack you again, and our presence may also be targeted. The most urgent task now is to find out what you did in that room."
Liu Ming's hands trembled, and he took a deep breath. "I know, I will recall it calmly. Xiaoxue, maybe she is still alive, waiting for me to save her."
Sun Hao showed an approving look.
If Liu Ming could survive this incident, he could be transferred to the shelter bureau and become a shelter worker.
Zhao Chao was confused at this moment.
He was in a daze, recalling his cousin's previous mysterious image, which was completely different from his current image of being extremely reliable and calm.
He swallowed hard: "So... Liu Ming and the others really ran into that thing?"
Sun Hao would not tell ordinary people about strange things.
Even if this person is your cousin.
Unless these people are targeted by the weird, he will tell them everything related to the weird so that they can cooperate with him to survive this incident.
Sun Hao nodded, his expression more serious than ever before: "You can understand it that way, but they are scarier than ghosts."
Zhao Chao already felt it.
After all, the ghosts in movies, TV shows and novels are not powerful enough to completely erase a person from everyone’s memory, including all traces of him in reality.
Sun Hao said in a deep voice: "Think carefully about what you did there. This is something that other colleagues did not do."
Liu Ming covered his head and tried hard to recall.
He remembered that he entered the house first, put on gloves, conducted a preliminary inspection and searched for evidence, and other colleagues acted with him.
A long time passed.
Liu Ming raised his head in pain and said in a hoarse voice: "No, there is really nothing."
For a moment, the atmosphere became stagnant.
Sun Hao said: "If you can't think of it, then we have to go to the deceased's home to search again, and you stay here and don't go anywhere."
Several inmates die at the detention center every day. There are so few of them to begin with, and there is no way to support them. They have to deal with this matter on their own.
It just so happens that this strange ability is related to time.
They didn't even dare to use their authority to call in special police to isolate the place, so as not to disrupt a certain balance. At least for now, the only victims were the elderly man living alone and Liu Xue.
But that elderly man living alone...is obviously different from Liu Xue.
Everyone has forgotten Liu Xue's existence, and her body has disappeared. However, the old man living alone died in an accident, and his body is still there, and everyone remembers him.
There must be some connection between them.
Existence is erased...
Elderly people living alone...
And time goes back...
Sun Hao suddenly grasped the clue that flashed in his mind and realized something, "Quick, check if the elderly man living alone has any family."
Lao Biao immediately said, "Yes."
Zhao Chao on the side had a bewildered expression, "Cousin, that is an elderly person living alone. We at the police station have already checked and he has no..." family members.
A moment.
Zhao Chao suddenly realized something and looked at Liu Ming who also looked surprised and doubtful. Both of them understood what Sun Hao meant by this sentence.
Liu Xue, weren't all traces of her wiped out?
Only Liu Ming remembered her.
And why couldn't it be the same for the elderly person living alone?
About ten minutes later.
The young man named Lao Biao suddenly raised his head, with a look of horror on his face, "Captain, I found out..."
In panic, he called Captain Sun Hao.
As police officers, Zhao Chao and Liu Ming instinctively realized Sun Hao's identity. It seemed that he was not some kind of charlatan who caught ghosts in the folks. They could easily use powers that even the police could not use at will.
And this professional equipment.
Could this be... related to the authorities?
Before they could think further, their attention was instantly drawn to the man called Lao Biao, who quickly said, "The deceased is Zhao Hui, 62 years old. All the information does show that he is single and has never been married or had children. But I checked all his information and found out... he is even an orphan, but he didn't go to an orphanage. How did a child of a few years old grow up to this day?"
That’s not all.
"When he was 23 years old, he suddenly moved to this city and became a senior technician in a factory. Part of his monthly salary was also spent, but no trace could be found of where it went."
All of this is so similar to Liu Xue's situation.
"Also, the deceased's bus card shows that he went to the hospital every month, but the hospital's information does not show any information that the deceased was sick. Why would he go to the hospital alone?"
Those present immediately realized something.
All their expressions became extremely horrified.
Father and Mother Liu were the last to react. They looked pale and murmured, "He...his whole family disappeared?"
Just like their children.
So the neighbors of the deceased would say that he was an elderly man living alone who made a living by picking up garbage, and they also forgot about the deceased's family.
Liu Ming could hardly calm down, his voice became hoarse: "Then...will my family members disappear one by one?"
To the end.
He would die in some accident just like the old man living alone.
He resisted the urge to go out and smoke to calm down, looked at Sun Hao who had been exceptionally calm from beginning to end, and suddenly said, "You've seen this kind of thing, right?"
He is not crazy, he just wants to pry into other people's privacy for no reason.
Instead, he wanted to know... if the other party had any way to stop that ghost thing. He wanted to rescue Xiaoxue and didn't want to lose any of his family members.
If he could die in exchange for Xiaoxue.
He would agree without hesitation.
Thinking of this, Liu Ming felt more and more tormented and devastated. It was because of what he had done in the deceased's home that he attracted the ghost.
It was I who killed Xiaoxue.
But the more this happened, the calmer he became. He stared closely at Sun Hao opposite him, determined to find an answer even at the cost of his life.
Zhao Chao hurriedly said, "Brother."
Sun Hao also looked straight at Liu Ming: "You are very good. You can still stay calm at this time. There are many things that I cannot tell you for the time being, but what I can tell you is that I have experienced dangers that you cannot imagine. They are... very terrifying."
Zhao Chao looked at Sun Hao in astonishment, and once again recalled the last family gathering where his cousin had repeatedly told them not to touch anything strange, and to ignore it even if they saw something.
turn out to be……
Everything was foreshadowed.
Zhao Chao asked hurriedly: "Brother, do you have any solution?"
Sun Hao's eyes were calm and tired, and he said, "I don't know. I can't give you any guarantees. We know nothing about it now. We don't even know what its taboos are. How can we find it?"
Liu Ming frowned slightly.
Taboo?
I seem to have heard this word before.
Before he could recall carefully, he heard Sun Hao speak again: "Now what you need to do is to recall carefully what you did at that time and tell it again. I will compare it with the record you just said and find the different part."
Perhaps, we can infer what it is.
Liu Ming calmed down and was completely convinced of the professionalism and experience of Sun Hao and the others. He said in a more cooperative manner: "I got out of the car first, took the key... Then I put on gloves and checked the body with my colleagues. After we were done, they started to pack up. I stood in the living room and took pictures with my camera. Then, they also took pictures..."
After finishing speaking.
Lao Biao quickly compared the two records and said, "They are exactly the same. I didn't find anything abnormal."
Sun Hao had a grim expression on his face, realizing that he had to go to the deceased's home to investigate: "We will split into two groups, Lao Zhang, Fang Zi, you two stay here, Lao Biao, you come with me to the deceased's home."
Knowing that this was also his cousin's job, Zhao Chao suppressed his worries and uneasiness: "Cousin - be careful."
Sun Hao rubbed Zhao Chao fiercely and said, "Brat, I have been through so many dangers. It is not that easy to die. Remember, turn your phone to silent mode, keep an eye on the screen, and keep in touch at any time."
Zhao Chao suddenly realized.
No wonder it seems like I have lost contact with my cousin this year. I can never get through to him on the phone and can only send him messages.
So he might have been on a mission at that time?
Just like when they go out on a mission, they also have to turn their phones to silent mode.
Liu Ming stood up, and all his words turned into two words: "Thank you..."
He was very grateful to the other party for coming.
At least it gave him hope, instead of the despair and self-doubt he had before, wondering if he was suffering from hysteria.
soon.
Sun Hao and Lao Biao left.
The anxiety that Liu's father and mother had suppressed for a long time poured out, and they held Liu Ming's hand tightly. After a long time, they spoke: "If you really encounter danger, don't worry about us, just protect yourself."
Liu Ming turned his head abruptly, his voice hoarse and urgent: "Mom and Dad, don't say such things. Our family must be together even if we die. I will do my best to protect you."
Mr. and Mrs. Liu's eyes were red.
This scene made Zhao Chao's eyes red, and he couldn't help but sigh: "I hope my cousin can find that taboo."
The ones called Lao Zhang and Fang Zi were on high alert, staring at their phones from time to time to make sure they could see the messages coming in first.
The other side.
Sun Hao and Lao Biao drove to the deceased's home. As shelter workers, they had the highest authority and could skip all the rules. Everything was based on containing the weirdness.
They didn't call in other police officers because there was no need.
The community is neither new nor old.
It was exactly half past eight.
The community is quite lively. There are many elderly people and parents taking their children to play in the activity area downstairs. The children's laughter is very penetrating, making people relax unconsciously.
But both of them looked extremely serious.
“Tap, tap, tap.”
There were footsteps on the stairs.
There is an elevator though.
But the two men, who had dealt with several strange incidents, chose to take the stairs without hesitation. The deceased lived on the third floor, with the door in the middle.
They got the key from the police station and pushed the door open to enter the house.
Look around cautiously and carefully.
The body of the deceased had been taken away, but the house was still filled with a faint stench of corpse. The house was dark and quiet, and one could only barely see the house from the street lights outside the window and the lights on other floors.
There were so many piled-up items and debris that it was almost impossible to step foot.
They both turned on the lights.
In the information Liu Ming provided at the barbecue restaurant, he clearly mentioned turning on the lights, and it was his colleague who turned them on, which means that turning on the lights is safe.
On the floor, a white human-shaped line was drawn.
It belongs to the deceased.
The two men kept their expressions unchanged, avoiding the trace and still searching carefully. There were too many things in the house, making the search very troublesome.
Sun Hao opened the master bedroom, which contained a pillow and a quilt, as if the deceased was the only one living there.
There was indeed no sign that a second person had been in the house.
He looked slightly solemn.
This weird thing is likely to be no less than level B, and it can actually affect the memory network and reality.
There is also a question of time involved.
Once it is allowed to continue growing.
He could hardly imagine what would happen.
Sun Hao walked to the bedside table and searched it briefly. Not finding anything useful, he casually put back a book he had taken out. He glanced at the wall at the head of the bed and frowned.
strangeness.
He took a closer look and realized it was not an illusion.
There is a very hidden nail hole at this location, and square marks can be vaguely seen on the edge, making it easy to infer that it is a photo album.
strangeness.
Why did you suddenly take the photo album down?
Sun Hao suddenly realized something and began to search quickly. Soon, he found the photo album on the top of the cabinet.
A moment.
Sun Hao's pupils constricted.
The surface of the album has faded, but there is only a little dust, which means that the family had wiped the album at least two months ago.
But the most important thing is.
The background and style of this photo seem to be from more than 20 years ago. The deceased, who was only about 40 years old, was sitting in the center right position. His body was slightly tilted, as if... leaning on someone, and holding a child in his arms.
But the problem is.
In this photo, the deceased is the only person.
The other family members, like Liu Ming's sister, were wiped out without a trace. The family members of the deceased disappeared one by one. The deceased...
wrong.
Sun Hao suddenly noticed something wrong.
The deceased, do you still remember your family?
If he remembered, he would have seen the same thing as Liu Ming, the fleshless thing devouring his family bit by bit. Why didn't he call the police or think of seeking help?
It was as if he had forgotten about his family and just threw the photo album onto the cabinet.
unless--
Sun Hao suddenly realized something.
Liu Xue should be the first person to hear the strange calling of her name, followed by Liu Ming. Then, Liu Xue died, and the person whose name was called was the next target to be attacked by the evil spirit.
That is Liu Ming.
Obviously, when Liu Ming's father or mother also began to hear this voice, Liu Ming suffered the same attack as Liu Xue. Then, the person whose name was called would remember Liu Ming's existence, while the other person would forget Liu Ming.
Until one person after another died.
Throughout the whole process, different people remember the traces of the previous deceased person's existence, until the last person, who has no relatives, of course will not have any reaction.
He would think that he has always been alone. Perhaps, when the deceased saw that he was the only one in the photo album, he thought it was useless and threw it directly on the cabinet?
He didn't realize that he had lost all his family members.
This is much more terrifying than their previous speculation that the deceased had watched his family members disappear one after another.
But what exactly is the taboo?
Why did Liu Xue die first?
Liu Ming suddenly thought of something, could it be age?
The strange thing has the ability to reverse time, and it will attack the youngest first, so this also explains why the next target to be attacked will be Liu Ming.
And this elderly person living alone is likely to be the oldest in the family.
The younger you are.
It means having a longer-term future.
Time, time…
Sun Hao began to think frantically about what could be related to time.
He began to search the room.
When he came to the living room, he paused and stared at it.
This pattern.
Although the decoration style is completely different from that of twenty years ago, the extra water pipe at the corner is consistent with the one in the photo!
Clock.
As soon as he entered the room, he felt something was wrong.
The deceased should have a wife and children. Most older people's homes often have a clock or electronic clock on the wall or next to the TV.
But this family didn't.
Maybe the deceased and his family were used to using mobile phones.
But the refrigerator and some furniture in the deceased's home are still in the style of twenty years ago. Then how come the old-fashioned clock in the photo disappeared?
Could it be that——?
He suddenly realized what was weird.
It’s the clock in the photo, which also happens to be related to time!
He quickly turned back to the house, found the photo and stared at the clock. It was a hanging clock with a pendulum clock underneath. The overall style was very old and simple.
This is very much in the style of some old-school spooky stuff.
Generally speaking.
The weird is hard to capture.
Sun Hao immediately contacted Liu Ming and typed quickly: "Did you take a picture of the clock in the living room when you were at the deceased's house?"
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