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墨書 Inktalez
Chapter 51 Strange Building
This situation has never stopped. Many companies that rented space in this office building moved out due to the haunting, and now, out of a seventeen or eighteen-story building, only two or three floors are rented out, leaving almost the entire building empty.
At this point, Mr. Zhu sighed, looking helpless. Who wouldn't be? An investment of so much money in building this structure, only to find it haunted, unable to rent or sell—it’s enough to make anyone anxious Bad Person.
Just when I thought he had finished recounting the whole incident, Mr. Zhu suddenly spoke again. He said that after the little girl died, although the building continued to have disturbances, fortunately, no one had died since then. However, three months ago, there was another accident in the office building. A female employee from one of the companies fell directly from the Elevator down to the basement level one. When the Elevator doors opened, blood was splattered everywhere inside; it was a horrific scene.
After the Corpse was removed, Mr. Zhu sent an Elevator maintenance worker to fix the Elevator, but that worker was so scared that he ran out of the building without completing the repairs.
The maintenance worker dropped his tools and couldn't even speak when he reached the lobby on the first floor. After calming down, he told everyone that while he was fixing the Elevator in the basement level one, he saw a woman covered in blood inside the Elevator.
Everyone immediately recalled the woman who had fallen from the Elevator, and they were all terrified because that woman's Corpse had been removed just days before—how could there still be someone inside the Elevator?
Since then, employees using the Elevator often reported seeing a bloodied woman inside when they opened the doors. This caused such a stir that no one dared to use it anymore; everyone switched to taking the stairs instead, and the Elevator became merely a decoration. However, some security guards claimed that even when no one was using it, that particular Elevator would often move up and down by itself. Every night deep into the night, while sitting in the lobby on the first floor, security guards would hear a sudden "ding," and then the Elevator doors would open.
When they looked toward the Elevator, there was nothing inside, causing them to feel chills run down their spines; some guards were so frightened they quit their jobs.
In response, Mr. Zhu doubled the security guards' salaries, but still couldn't retain some of them. Just two days ago, a new security guard was hired for the office building. Mr. Zhu explicitly informed him about the haunting rumors surrounding this place and advised him to be cautious during his night shifts.
That guard seemed to be an atheist and didn't take these warnings seriously; he claimed he had never seen a ghost and didn't believe in their existence. Since his salary was significantly higher than elsewhere, he readily accepted the job.
However, on his very first night on duty, something happened. According to another guard who was working that night, everyone was stationed in the lobby on the first floor while New Security Guard went alone to patrol the floors. When more than an hour passed without him returning and there was no response on the pager, everyone started to worry and decided to go look for him.
In the end, they searched the entire building but could not find the New Security Guard. It wasn't until they returned to the lobby on the first floor that the Elevator suddenly chimed and stopped at the first floor, and when the doors opened, the New Security Guard was found dead inside the Elevator, covered in blood.
The next day, the autopsy report came out, stating that it was highly likely he died from a fall from a height in the Elevator. However, the security guards on duty that night said they did not hear any sounds of the Elevator losing control and falling from above. It is known that a fall from a height would produce a tremendous noise; there was no way they could have missed it. Moreover, if the Elevator had fallen from a height, it would have been severely damaged, yet the Elevator was intact and had even delivered the New Security Guard's Corpse to the first floor automatically...
Hearing this, I couldn't help but ask him if he had consulted any Mage about it.
Upon mentioning this, Mr. Zhu sighed deeply and said they had indeed consulted several.
I asked what they said and why there were still issues.
Mr. Zhu replied that some Masters shook their heads upon hearing the situation and refused to come. Some did come but were too afraid to enter and left immediately. Others performed rituals inside but took their money without any improvement; there were still cries and sounds of heads hitting the floor every night. Eventually, they managed to invite a more capable Master, who bravely entered the building at midnight, claiming he wanted to confront the ghost. The result...
I quickly asked, "What happened?"
"The result was that he went missing. Eventually, security found him hanging on the Fourteenth Floor. That Fourteenth Floor was where the first woman had hanged herself; that Master also hung himself there."
"Sir, do you think this is strange?" At this point, Mr. Zhu asked me with fear in his eyes.
I nodded. To be honest, his Building was indeed unusual; five lives had been lost there, clearly indicating something sinister was at play. So I told Mr. Zhu to take me to see his Building after dinner.
This meal was one of the most sumptuous I had since coming out; there was plenty of fish and meat, fine wine and dishes. Mr. Zhu was very hospitable; since it was just the two of us, we didn't hold back and ate heartily without worrying about waste.
After nearly an hour of dining, once we were full and satisfied, Mr. Zhu drove me to his so-called haunted Building.
The Building was indeed located in the city center; its geographical position was excellent, right in the commercial hub of the city with bustling traffic and crowds. In front of the Building was a large square that looked quite imposing. With such a location and such a Building, it would be hard to sell if it weren't haunted.
However, of course, when I walked in front of the Building, I felt a slight discomfort. Why do I say that? Because standing beneath the building feels completely different from standing across from it. Now that it is Lunar July and the weather is extremely hot, standing across from the Building feels like being roasted by fire. However, now that I am beneath the Building, I suddenly feel a chill all over my body. This chill does not feel comfortable; rather, it is a cold that emanates from deep within.
Of course, I know this chill is actually Yin Qi, indicating that this building has a heavy presence of Yin Qi. The heaviness is such that one can feel the chilling sensation even close to the building.
Although I had a premonition from what Mr. Zhu said earlier that this building was likely haunted, I did not expect the Yin Qi to be so intense. At that moment, I became serious, realizing that this building before me might not be simple.
In fact, when I was standing across from the building earlier, I first looked at its Feng Shui and found no major ominous signs. This means that the heavy Yin Qi in this building must be due to some Dirty Thing causing trouble inside.
I didn’t say much to Mr. Zhu and directly followed him into the building. Upon arriving in the lobby on the first floor, two Security Guards hurried over to greet their boss.
Why do I say they are Security Guards? That’s because both of them are in their fifties, completely different from my imagined image of young and strong security personnel. If a thief were to come, could these guards really control the situation?
Mr. Zhu greeted them and then noticed my astonished expression. He shook his head with a wry smile and said there was nothing he could do; all the young ones had run away. With rumors of ghosts haunting this building spreading widely, it was already quite difficult to hire these two older colleagues.
I thought about it and indeed realized that young people tend to have less courage than those who are older; they can’t handle being scared. Of course, on the other hand, with such fierce ghost stories surrounding this building, no daring thief would risk sneaking in at night. After all, thieves may not fear people, but they might still fear ghosts.
I smiled helplessly, and then Mr. Zhu asked me if I wanted to go upstairs and take a look around.
I said yes and headed straight toward the Elevator. At that moment, Mr. Zhu hurriedly called out to me and suggested we take the stairs instead.
Hearing this made me recall what Mr. Zhu had mentioned earlier; after all, two people had already had accidents while using the Elevator. It seems we really shouldn’t use it until the cause of those incidents is clarified. So I nodded and followed him toward the stairs...
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