Chapter 1066: I, Chen Ge, Am Back Again

　　The red-clothed and stern ghosts existed because of the obsession in their hearts, but human life was limited, Chen Ge was worried that if he left one day, a large group of employees in the haunted house would be homeless, so he started planning for the future from now on.

　　Wanting to be friends with so many red coats and stern ghosts was simply not possible for the average person, who would probably be scared to death just knowing about it.

　　Right now, of the kids Chen Ge knew, Fan Yu was the most suitable person to take over for Chen Ge.

　　Whether it was the painter inside the door or Fan Yu outside the door, they were both very much to Chen Ge’s liking.

　　With Chen Ge’s current condition, he couldn’t adopt a child, at least not legally, but he could take care of them on his behalf.

　　Li Zheng wouldn’t understand this, but he was still touched when he heard what Chen Ge said, he thought that Chen Ge wanted to adopt the child because he pitied Ying Xin, he didn’t realize the predicament that Chen Ge was facing right now.

　　The Underworld Fetus mission brought Chen Ge a lot of pressure, he was almost killed behind Ying pupil’s door, if he died behind the door, what about the remaining obsessions in the haunted house?

　　To be honest, Chen Ge didn’t have 100% confidence in completing the Plutonic Fetus Quest right now, and he didn’t dare to guarantee that he would be able to survive.

　　After talking to Li Zheng for a while longer, Chen Ge was ready to leave, he wasn’t in a very good mood.

　　There were only two nights left, but up to now, he still didn’t know the information about the last child.

　　”Chen Ge, wait a moment.” Li Zheng suddenly spoke up when Chen Ge was about to walk out of the room, he turned off the recorder and quietly took out his cell phone, “There’s something that Team Yan wouldn’t let me tell you, but I think it’s better to give you a heads up.”

　　He opened his cell phone, and there was a surveillance video on it.

　　Last night Ying Chen returned to his neighborhood carrying a black package, and not long after he entered the neighborhood, the surveillance at the convenience store on the corner captured a man in a trench coat.

　　The man was wearing a black hat that covered his eyes and nose, only revealing a mouth that was perpetually smiling.

　　”No smile?” Chen Ge recognized the person in the surveillance video, and he didn’t expect Bu Xiao to find Ying Chen last night as well.

　　”Nie Xin’s attending doctor is still in a coma, and according to the nurses on duty, they also saw such a strange man in the hospital that day.” Li Zheng put away his cell phone, “Team Yan seems to know some information about this person, and it was also after he learned about the appearance of this strange man that he offered to take over Ying Chen’s case. His expression was very worried, I questioned him many times and he was finally annoyed by me to no end before he gave me a word, he told me to make sure I stay away from that person.”

　　”Team Yan seems to know No Smile very well?”

　　”En, it seems to be related to a case from a few years ago. When he was young, Team Yan had served in Hanjiang, he participated in the investigation of a vicious case of murdering a young child, the murderer of that case was already dead, everyone thought that the case could be closed, only Team Yan thought that the murderer was someone else. Unfortunately, he was too young at that time, he only knew right and wrong, he didn’t know how to win or lose, then later he was transferred to another place. But what everyone didn’t expect was that Team Yan was promoted all the way from that small place, and because of his outstanding ability he was transferred directly to Xinhai City.” Li Zheng respected Team Yan very much and every word was dripping with admiration.

　　”Team Yan also worked as a police officer in Xinhai?”

　　”Not only has he been a …… forget it, it’s not clear to you, all you need to know is that Yan team didn’t take the path that others had arranged for him at the most favorable time in his life, instead he returned to Hanjiang again.”

　　”He came back to re-investigate that toddler murder case?” Chen Ge was a little curious: “How many years ago did that case happen?”

　　”About twenty years ago.”

　　”Twenty years ago? No Smile was present in Hanjiang at that time?” Chen Ge came to be interested in the case, and he was eager to know the specific details, but Li Zheng was not willing to say a word more.

　　”Anyway, be careful, those monsters with permanent smiles seem to be following you all the time.”

　　”I’ll be careful.” Chen Ge nodded, “You guys protect Ying Hitomi and Zhen Zhen, that monster might also go after these two kids.”

　　Chen Ge was about to walk out of the conference room when Ying Hitomi, who had been sitting obediently on a chair, suddenly ran over, he sought Chen Ge’s voice and grabbed Chen Ge’s clothes.

　　”Ying Hitomi, you should cooperate with the doctor’s treatment first, and I’ll come back to see you when I’m done with this period of time.”

　　”I have something that was taken away by the police …… Can you help me keep it for a while first?” Ying pupil’s voice was pitiful.

　　”What is it?”

　　”A doll made of clay with my name written on it.”

　　Hearing Ying Hitomi’s words, a faint light flashed in Chen Ge’s eyes, and he turned his head to look at Li Zheng, “Brother Zheng? Have you ever seen such clay dolls?”

　　”Most of those twisted mannequin toys in Ying pupil’s house have the victim’s human tissues left on them, and all of these were handmade by Ying Chen, and through the appearance of the mannequins we can also determine Ying Chen’s psychological state.”

　　”I’m afraid there’s some kind of misunderstanding, can you take us over there to take a look? No matter what, Ying Chen and I are also considered human witnesses.”

　　After requesting Team Yan, Li Zheng then led Chen Ge into the evidence room, where they found the clay sculpture Ying pupil had mentioned in the corner.

　　”Where did you guys find this clay sculpture?” All children who were chosen by the Underworld Fetus would have such a clay sculpture, and Chen Ge himself had searched for it at Ying Chen’s house, but hadn’t found it.

　　”It was on Ying pupil’s body, this child has been hiding the mud sculpture with him, we feel that the mud sculpture must be related to the case.” Li Zheng explained from the side.

　　”Carrying it around all the time, no wonder I didn’t find it either.”

　　”What do you mean?”

　　”I think you guys might be overthinking it, this mannequin might just be the child’s mental support, and there’s nothing detected on it, so why not give it back to the child, and it might even be good for treating Ying pupil’s mental illness.” Chen Ge’s ears vaguely heard the sound of a cat purring, and he used his ghost ears to make sure that the sound was coming from the mannequin.

　　”It’s not impossible, as long as Ying pupil can cooperate properly, we can give the clay figure to him for safekeeping.” The forensic scientist and the professional criminal investigator had already examined the clay figure and did not find any clues, since this was the case it would be better to give it back to Ying pupil and try to gain Ying pupil’s goodwill.

　　”Thanks a lot.” Chen Ge took the mannequin: “Brother Zheng, can you let me spend some time alone with Ying pupil?”

　　”You really have a lot on your mind, I’ve noticed that when other people come to the police station, they can’t wait to leave early, but you don’t want to leave once you’re here, do you really treat this as your own home?” Saying this on his lips, Li Zheng still walked out by himself.

　　”This uncle is just a knife mouth and tofu heart, looks very strict, but actually very nice.” Chen Ge held the clay figure, his pupils slowly narrowed, his voice gradually lowered, “Ying pupil you tell the truth, is Ms. Skirt, Mr. Wood, and Aunt Wu all in this clay figure?”

　　As early as when he saw the clay sculpture, Chen Ge realized that something was wrong, the curse on it was entangled, constantly tormenting a few remnants of his mind.

　　Ying pupil spoke after a while, “There’s also Miss Hong.”

　　”Miss Red?” Chen Ge nodded, “Did you want the clay mold back just to protect them?”

　　”En.”

　　”Ying pupil, this mud sculpture is like the room where you are imprisoned, their souls are imprisoned in it and they endure torture all day long, are you willing to let them continue like this?”

　　”Unwilling.”

　　”Then I will release them all and help them fulfill their last wishes.” Chen Ge placed the clay mold on his shadow under Ying Xie’s puzzled gaze.

　　A black thread that symbolized the curse began to crumble, the temperature in the evidence room plummeted, and three cold winds blew across Chen Ge’s body, stopping at Ying Xie’s side.

　　Using his Yin pupil, Chen Ge could see clearly that they were none other than Auntie Wu, the cleaning lady, Mr. Wood, and Ms. Skirt, and the image in front of him was a bit horrifying, all three of them retained their pre-death appearance.

　　”It seems that the clay mold of the Underworld Fetus suppressed their three residual thoughts ……,” Chen Ge was thinking, a piercing cat’s cry rang out, and as cracks began to appear on the clay mold, a blood-covered cat tried to escape from the clay mold, but its body was bound by countless cursed silk threads.

　　The black blood in the mud sculpture seeped into Chen Ge’s shadow, and all of the black silk threads binding the cat’s body collapsed, and as she leapt out of the mud sculpture, the blood-covered cat transformed into a withered woman in a red dress.

　　”Are you a cat or not? Or a human?”

　　The woman in red didn’t speak, she was so shocked that she escaped the clay mold and hid directly in the corner of the wall, like a stray cat that was often driven away for no reason.

　　”She doesn’t seem to be quite like all the reds I’ve seen.” Chen Ge was about to talk to the other party when the clay mold placed on his shadow suddenly shattered, and when the last drop of black blood was absorbed by the shadow, an indescribably terrifying aura spread crazily in all directions!

　　It was as if time had stopped for a second!

　　When everyone in the room slowed down, everything had returned to normal.

　　”Zhang Ya woke up?”

　　Chen Ge looked towards his shadow, the light distorted near his shadow, before he could still see something using his Yin pupil, now he couldn’t see anything.

　　The three obsessions in the room almost lost their souls on the spot, and the weird red dress that behaved like a cat was also frightened.

　　”Don’t be afraid, she’s actually a very gentle woman, we’ll all be family from now on.” Chen Ge told a few remnants of his and Ying Xie’s experience in the world behind the door, and it didn’t take much time to convince them, and the sound of vibration came from the black cell phone, which seemed to have received a new message.

　　After all the discussions, Chen Ge took out the transparent tape from his backpack that he usually prepares for Pen Fairy, and simply “repaired” the clay figurines, and then put Ms. Red and them into the comic book.

　　He instructed Hitomi to do some things, and then left the city precinct.

　　Sitting in the cab back to Paradise, Chen Ge opened his black cell phone and clicked on New Message.

　　”Lucky Red Favorite! Congratulations on gaining Miss Red’s favor!”

　　”Miss Red (Unknown Type Red Clothes): she has no name, and all those who know her, call her Miss Red.”

　　”Lucky Red Favorite! Congratulations on obtaining three cursed remnants!”

　　”Mr. Wood (Obsession): He, who is often seen as rigid and uninteresting, stood up righteously after learning the truth. Because he was worried about that poor child, his obsession was not dispersed, and he was imprisoned among the clay figurines by the curse of the Underworld Fetus.”

　　”Ms. Skirt (Obsession): vivacious, cheerful, naïve, and straightforward, she can be the center of attention wherever she goes, she chose to face the truth head on. Because she cares about that poor child, her obsessions converge and she is imprisoned among the clay figurines by the curse of the Underworld Fetus.”

　　”Auntie Wu (Knight Ghost): she who was so calculating over firewood, rice, oil and salt did not think that she would become a hero one day. Almost rescuing Ying pupil she directly angered Ying Chen, of all the dead she had the worst end and her grudge was the deepest, after her death she was bound amongst the clay figurines by the curse of the Underworld Fetus.”

　　”When the Underworld Fetus quest is done, it might open up nine scenarios at once, by then I definitely won’t have enough employees, they’ve come at a really good time.” Chen Ge put away his black cell phone and rested his eyes in the cab.

　　Returning to New Century Paradise, Chen Ge dove headfirst into the staff lounge.

　　”There are still the last two nights before the medusae are born, I’ve already identified seven children, one of the remaining two is me, and the other has no clues.”

　　Chen Ge sat on a chair, spinning the ballpoint pen wrapped in transparent tape in his hand, “Should I use Pen Fairy to make a prediction?”

　　He was also in a hurry and tried to ask Pen Fairy the name of the ninth child, but the result was that Pen Fairy was about to die after only making a dot on the paper, his body was almost transparent, as if he was about to be spirited away.

　　”You’re too weak here, aren’t you? How many questions have I asked you since I first met you? Which question would you say you’ve answered me properly?”

　　Chen Ge didn’t dare to say more for fear of Pen Fairy’s aggravation, and after putting away the ballpoint pen, he began to be troubled again, “The black cell phone’s mission tip about the Underworld Fetus mission is that I’m only one step away from the truth, is this implying that the door to my haunted house is actually where the Underworld Fetus is hiding?”

　　Shaking his head, Chen Ge was still a bit indecisive, he himself didn’t know why, he was very reluctant to face that door in the bathroom of the horror house, and resisted it somewhat from the bottom of his heart.

　　”Entering that door of my own in the early hours of this night to take a look?” As soon as this idea appeared, Chen Ge immediately pushed it out of his mind, “It’s better to be a bit more stable, anyway, there are no clues now, why don’t we go to the Living Coffin Village tonight and discuss with the Well Throwing Female Ghost first. It would be even better if No Smile could follow me here, the wild mountains are very suitable for promoting friendship and resolving misunderstandings.”

　　If Chen Ge had found eight children by now, then he would definitely enter the door of his haunted house to check it out, the key was that there was still one child that had not been found yet, and the probability of the Underworld Fetus being hidden in that child was high.

　　”Each child represents one thing, five senses, love, and a heart, I really don’t know what else the Underworld Fetus needs.”

　　After dark, Chen Ge packed his backpack and took all the employees with him to rush to the Hanjiang Welfare Center.

　　The Living Coffin Village seemed to only be found by people who had lived there before, so Chen Ge found a way to borrow Jiang Ling’s sister away, which led him into the middle of the mountains.

　　After walking in the mountains for more than three hours, the scene in front of Chen Ge’s eyes finally changed.

　　Highly hung white paper lanterns appeared in the dark mountain pass, and ghostly flames flickered, illuminating rows of dilapidated old houses.

　　”I was terrified by this scene the last time I was here.”

　　Chen Ge stood with Jiang Ling’s sister, followed by Xu Yin, Xiao Bu, Stench, and several other red clothes.