Midnight Mansion (7)
The dim light from the flashlight illuminated the narrow staircase.
Taehyung stepped onto the old floorboards and it immediately made a creaking sound that surprised him and made the hand holding the flashlight tremble a little.
There was still some lingering fear inside him after the earlier encounter with the ghost. If he was the only one in this haunted house at this moment, he probably would have been scared crazy.
But fortunately, he wasn't alone. He still had a powerful teammate like Jungkook…
As they moved on, he looked at Jungkook's back and felt reassured.
Taehyung gripped tightly onto the flashlight and decided that he would definitely cling onto Jungkook shamelessly and try be his friend after this instance is over
Taehyung (Tae)
💭 Yup, with Jungkook's nice personality, he probably wouldn't reject me....…
Tae wasn't at all ashamed at this idea of clinging onto his thigh.
Conversely, he even started thinking about how he could invite Jungkook to work together with him, get to know each other and possibly even become fixed instance partners or something after he manages to become his friend.
Although there was still a bit of doubt in Tae's heart; for example, why Jungkook had used a mineral water bottle to store something as amazing as the holy water, he quickly helped Jungkook find a reason
Taehyung (Tae)
💭Maybe when Jungkook received the prop, it was already stored in that bottle.
As they walked up the stairs to the second floor, everyone remained silent.
"What do you think the identity of that ghost from earlier was?" Lu Wenjing looked a little nervous and spoke up to try and relieve the tension a little: "Why did it start chasing Taehyung unrelentingly at the beginning?"
Taehyung (Tae)
Although I can't prove it, but I think that it might be the mansions second owner, the person who wrote that letter
Taehyung pondered for a moment
Taehyung (Tae)
It appeared when we were getting the letter and the key, and I was holding onto both of them so it wouldn't be strange for it to chase after me
Thinking this, it was obvious that it wasn't the final boss. The final boss would be the ghost that caused Mrs. Mei Jie's death.
That ghost was just one of the many victims of this haunted mansion.
As they talked, they reached the second floor and approached an intricately designed door.
Lu Wenjing had the ability to interpret the topography and, according to her, it was the door to the main bedroom.
Jungkook who stood at the front whispered to them first and then tried to twist open the door handle. The door wasn't looked, and it opened with a slight push
Jungkook walked in first and looked around the room with his flashlight. When he confirmed that there wasn't anything unusual, he nodded at the people standing outside and they also walked in.
The room was very spacious, and, like the rest of the house, it was both dark and filled with dust
The wall was decorated with dark red wallpaper and several oil paintings hung from it. A carpet was spread across the floor and a bed with lace canopy along with other wooden furniture were scattered around the room
A glass light hung from the ceiling reflecting the light from their flashlights and the window was boarded up from the outside leaving no gaps for the moonlight to peek through.
Taehyung once again initiated the "Clue Prompt" skill and this time he saw three lights.
Respectively they came from the dressing table, the bedside and from behind the largest oil painting in the room.
Taehyung (Tae)
I saw three clues
Taehyung briefly explained to the others his skill. He then described their locations
Taehyung (Tae)
Let's split up and look
The other had no objections. Lu Wenjing moved to the bedside and Ren Xue chose the dressing table. Wang Jianming followed behind her while smiling happily.
He had originally made Ren Xue angry but after getting attacked by the ghost, Ren Xue was no longer angry at him. Instead, he even saw her cry for him because of this so to him it was a blessing in disguise.
Taehyung and Jungkook moved over to the big oil painting and worked together to remove it from the wall. As described by the letter, there was a hidden door behind it.
Taehyung pulled out the key and tried to open the hidden door with it. The key and the keyhole fitted perfectly and after a gentle turn, the door clicked open.
As the door slowly opened, a thick layer of dust fell and scattered around.
Taehyung coughed a few times and then used his flashlight to illuminate the interior.
In an instant, his pupils constricted, and he let out a panicked cry. Dropping the flashlight onto the ground, he fell to the ground trembling.
A dried-up corpse fell out from inside and landed next to Taehyung's feet. Its arm even touched his foot causing him to scream again and scramble backwards.
Ren Xue and the others were surprised by his sudden cry. When they turned around in horror, they also saw the dried corpse on the ground.
Jungkook
it's okay, don't be scared
Jungkook bend down and supported Taehyung up. He patted his back gently
Jungkook
It's not a ghost. It's just a corpse
Taehyung timidly looked down and was able to breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that it wasn't moving. He wiped away the cold sweat
Taehyung (Tae)
When it fell out, I wasn't prepared for it at all. Scared me…….
"You have the nerve to say that? The scariest one here is you. Your scream was more surprising than that corpse!" Wang Jianming smacked his chest in anger.
Taehyung fell silent. Indeed, he had overreacted earlier.
Under the ridicule of his own teammate, he could only remain quiet.
Jungkook gently gave Wang Jianming a look and then patted Taehyung's shoulder. He bent down and started to examine the body.
Jungkook held onto the hand of the corpse and his expression remained calm like he was just holding onto a piece of wood
Jungkook examined the dried-up hand and then turned the corpse over before saying
Jungkook
He's probably Mr. Charlie, Mrs. Mei Jie's husband and the first male owner of this mansion
Taehyung (Tae)
How do you know?
Taehyung asked with surprise
Jungkook
His nails are badly damaged so he must have scratched it against something hard.
Jungkook
Based on the letter, there were many scratches on the walls in the basement. It was probably something left by him.
Jungkook
It also mentioned that Mr. Charlie probably died in the basement
Jungkook looked at the corpse in silence for a while
Jungkook
His cause of death is a little strange……….he was starved to death
"He's already all dried-up yet you can tell that he was starved to death?" Wang Jianming asked suspiciously.
Jungkook
I have a skill in that field
Jungkook explained simply
Author
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