Chapter 1964: Chapter 1112:
"There’s one more thing. Besides these three ghosts at Youjian Mountain Station, there’s another ghost related to the cult leader, and it is the root cause of this series of terrifying incidents."
"Unfortunately, we know very little about this ghost, only that its ability seems to be related to ’pollution.’"
Chief Morita took a phone out of his pocket and played an audio recording.
The audio was intermittent, like an old recording, mixed with shouts of rage, heart-wrenching screams, and bouts of nonsensical crying.
In addition, Yang Xiao heard a faint "clap" "clap" sound in the background.
It was as if someone was clapping their hands.
Turning off the recording, Chief Morita said sternly, "This was the last on-site sound transmitted by our officer’s communicator, with a suspected hand clapping sound at the end of the recording."
At the same time, the accompanying male officer took out a small recorder, and Chief Morita played the recording again.
The final outcome proved that the clapping sound could not be recorded, and this scene instantly reminded Yang Xiao and the others of their encounter when they first arrived in this world.
They had encountered the missing Sasaki Taoka, and the recorder on the table was also unable to record her voice.
A strange feeling closed a loop in everyone’s minds, like they had found the truth, yet returned to the starting point.
"We suspect that the clapping sound is related to that Source Ghost. If any of you hear the clapping sound tonight, you must be vigilant. Our officers went missing after the clapping sound." Chief Morita’s expression was very serious.
After saying what needed to be said, the three from Morita’s team did not linger, leaving the information behind, and planned to leave.
Before leaving, Chief Morita specifically instructed Yang Xiao and the others that the contents of this information and today’s conversation must be kept absolutely confidential and not disclosed to anyone irrelevant.
"Good luck to you all," Chief Morita said in closing.
As Morita and his team left, the room descended into an unnatural silence. Watanabe led and quickly checked the sofa Morita had sat on, as well as the areas where the other two officers had been active, thoroughly.
Only after confirming that the other party had not left any listening devices did they breathe a slight sigh of relief, and everyone took their seats one by one.
"Let’s talk, what does everyone think?" Watanabe tiredly rubbed his face.
"We’d better listen to the police. That group of cultists is too frightening. They not only kidnap and torture innocent citizens but also dare to kill police officers, it’s simply inhuman!"
"But... but they came too late. If we had known these clues earlier, not so many people would have died!" Sakai Misaki stared at the materials on the table, her eyes red, her emotions a bit out of control for a moment.
"Shut up, no one asked you to speak." Yandeta Chiyoda was already annoyed, and facing such a hopeless fool, her internal anger flared up instantly.
"Miss Zuo Bo, never believe someone’s one-sided words. Who told you these guys were cops?" Takagi Reina asked, arms crossed, leaning against the wall.
Sakai Misaki showed bursts of confusion in her eyes, "If not police, then who are they, and... and why would they help us?"
Yandeta Chiyoda didn’t bother to answer her, continuing to speak to herself: "These people are not local angels. Local people have a Kyushu accent, but this whole group has a Capital City accent. They are from the big city."
"Especially this leader Morita, his tone is extremely stable, no earthly air, his voice almost without fluctuation, his pronunciation extremely clean, never during such prolonged communication did he use slang or colloquial abbreviations. This is a habit only truly upper-class individuals have, I think this person is a very distinguished high-level Apostle."
"You’re right, I caught a very faint scent of freesia on that girl, a very special scent that comes from a very niche top-level product, inaccessible to ordinary people." Kato Shinjiro supplemented.
"Outsiders from a big city, high-level Apostle..." Yang Xiao smiled, "It seems Miss Zuo Bo’s doubts have been resolved."
"The reason these people have only now handed over these key materials is not that they didn’t want to, but because this matter is highly confidential, the local relevant departments’ level is too low, they are neither qualified nor authorized to access, they can only report layer by layer, which alarmed the big shots."
Yang Xiao, having worked his way up step by step in the Patrol Defense Office, was very familiar with the ins and outs of the situation.
"Mr. Chu, are you saying the words of these people are also not credible?" Xiao Lin Zhengyan was a bit flustered, "The stories they told... are they all fake?"
"Calm down, let me tell you a story." Yang Xiao glanced at him and spoke slowly but steadily: "The situation back then was extremely tense, for some reason, the special department stationed here, under orders from higher-ups, chose to contact the Black Buddha Mother Sect."
"Of course, they could not possibly reach the Black Buddha Mother personally, but likely some branch force under her command."
"Anyway, they established contact with the Black Buddha Mother Sect, and this kind of under-the-table cooperation had to be carried out in secret."
"The location they finally chose was Shelter No. 14, hidden within the deep mountain tunnels, also known as Youjian Mountain Station."
"There’s no need for me to elaborate on the nature of the Black Buddha Mother Sect. They imprisoned many innocent people who were either bewitched or coerced by them here, secretly conducting some kind of test, or some unknown horrific research."
"However, what no one expected was that this evil cultivator leader overused its abilities, leading to backlash from a magic artifact, and the situation spiraled completely out of control, resulting in a highly dangerous paranormal event erupting inside Youjian Mountain Station."
