Chapter 308: Macedonian Ghost Festival
James was from Maple Country.
That neighboring country next to America.
James had a daughter who had suffered from congenital heart disease since childhood, and her mind wasn't quite right either.
Her intelligence was much lower than her peers.
She was often bullied by the children she knew who were the same age.
Until one day.
While James was working, he received news of his daughter's death.
His daughter had been invited by several of her male and female classmates to go play at an amusement park.
They ended up coaxing her into riding a roller coaster.
His daughter had congenital heart disease - how could she ride such a thrilling, dangerous ride? So unsurprisingly, after riding the roller coaster, his daughter suffered a sudden heart attack, didn't receive timely medical treatment, and passed away.
Of course, in the end, those male and female classmates who tricked his daughter into riding the roller coaster.
Were all sentenced.
But because they were all minors, plus these classmates claimed they didn't know people with heart conditions couldn't ride roller coasters, that it wasn't intentional, and other factors.
This resulted in the several individuals only receiving sentences of just over two years.
James was naturally dissatisfied with this verdict.
But after making some efforts, he found it was useless.
James and his wife loved their daughter very much, and because of this, even though they knew their daughter had poor health and wasn't mentally sharp, they focused all their attention on their daughter.
They didn't have another child.
Therefore, after their daughter's accident, James's wife became depressed all day long.
James thought of his daughter, and seeing his wife like this.
Felt extremely distressed in his heart.
But he still had to comfort his wife, saying everything would pass.
His wife, comforted by James like this, gradually improved emotionally over time.
Then the two decided to have another child, but unexpectedly to both of them, it was another daughter.
His wife felt this must be their eldest daughter reincarnated.
Afterward, his wife focused all her attention on their younger daughter, gradually becoming less affected by the eldest daughter's death, only feeling sad again when she had free time and saw photos of their eldest daughter.
Days passed like this one by one.
Everyone who knew James and his wife, and knew about their eldest daughter's death, thought this matter was settled and done with.
But...
It wasn't.
Although James comforted his wife, saying everything was in the past, to look forward, to rebuild their lives properly, that their daughter in heaven wouldn't want her crying all day.
He himself fell into psychological turmoil.
He comforted his wife to emerge from the darkness, but he remained forever trapped within it.
Gradually, a terrifying revenge plan emerged in his heart.
Not long after his eldest daughter's accident, James resigned from his current job.
He applied and became a maintenance worker at the amusement park where his daughter died.
When the over two-year prison sentences ended, those male and female classmates who caused his daughter's death came out happily resuming their normal lives.
And they frequently came to play at this amusement park.
Every time James saw these classmates, watching the smiles on their faces.
Hatred grew in his heart.
Why?
You killed his daughter, yet you can still feel so at ease?
As if you've completely forgotten?!
James discovered that these male and female classmates particularly enjoyed riding the thrilling, dangerous rides at the amusement park.
Such as roller coasters and giant swings.
And as a maintenance worker here, he directly tampered with the roller coaster.
When those male and female classmates were riding the roller coaster together.
An accident occurred on the roller coaster.
While they were riding, they were directly thrown from their seats.
When they hit the ground, their condition was utterly miserable, dying instantly on the spot.
After the incident occurred, James was naturally called in for investigation by Maple Country police.
After all, considering several factors, his suspicion was too great.
But James had been very secretive in his tampering, and Maple Country police couldn't do anything due to insufficient evidence.
They could only release him without charges.
After being acquitted and having dealt with those who killed his daughter, James.
Lived peacefully with his wife for a period.
Later, James told his wife he needed to go on a business trip for a while.
His wife didn't think much of it.
Then, during James's business trip period.
Amusement parks in many places across Maple Country successively experienced accidental incidents.
Although accidents can happen anywhere, hadn't the accident rate at amusement parks been excessively high recently?
And every time James returned home, he could hear his wife talking about news reports of frequent accidental incidents at domestic amusement parks lately.
Especially because of this matter, protests even broke out in Maple Country.
People said safety inspections at various amusement parks were inadequate.
Accidents kept happening frequently.
Because of this matter, all amusement parks in Maple Country began strengthening safety measures.
After this was implemented, there were no more accident incidents at amusement parks.
But then water parks in Maple Country started experiencing frequent accidental incidents.
The person ranked third on Maple Country's detective rankings.
Was an eccentric person.
Many detectives wouldn't lift a finger without benefit.
Without payment, they absolutely wouldn't take cases.
After all, you reap what you sow.
But this young man ranked third on Maple Country's detective rankings was completely different.
He didn't like money, he only liked investigating things that interested him.
Like this matter of frequent accidental incidents at amusement parks and water parks.
Because of this third-ranked detective's involvement.
It resulted in James ultimately facing imprisonment.
...
Blue-haired Jiang Ran saw the corpse ejected into the large pool area, smiled slightly, then turned and walked down the metal staircase, descending from the high platform.
After reaching ground level, he headed toward the hotel direction.
Checking the time, it was already 11 PM late at night.
By the time he reached the hotel entrance, it was already 11:30 PM, yet even at this hour, the hotel entrance remained extremely lively.
"Here!"
Just as blue-haired Jiang Ran entered the hotel area, a young staff member with Chinese appearance who spoke Chinese handed blue-haired Jiang Ran a flyer.
Blue-haired Jiang Ran looked down and saw the flyer stated that tomorrow was Macedonia Ghost Festival day.
The Macedonia Ghost Festival was said to be similar to Halloween - anyway, both involved wearing various strange costumes.
Blue-haired Jiang Ran received this flyer without much thought, but as he looked at it, he found himself being led by this young staff member to two young female staff members.
The two young female staff members, upon seeing blue-haired Jiang Ran, directly pulled out new clothing wrapped in transparent plastic from a box behind them and handed it to blue-haired Jiang Ran.
This transparent plastic package had a label with English writing: Werewolf.
Then, the person who brought blue-haired Jiang Ran over said to him:
"This is a werewolf costume. If you'd be so kind, you can wear this costume tomorrow when you go out."
Blue-haired Jiang Ran made some acknowledging sounds.
He left the man and turned back toward the hotel.
Blue-haired Jiang Ran, now carrying this item, wanted to take the elevator back to his room.
But looking at the elevators on the first floor, they were all in use.
Finally, he managed to get one.
He entered this elevator, pressed the button for the 30th floor, and the button for the 30th floor changed from having no color to glowing green at the bottom.
Of course, there was another Chinese man waiting for the elevator with him on the 1st floor.
He was going to the 39th floor.
The elevator started from the 1st floor and suddenly stopped at the 2nd floor.
The elevator doors opened, and a Chinese little boy walked in.