Chapter 95: An Easy Solution?
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The sharp cough from the elderly woman caught the attention of the four men. The sound was eerily familiar – a frail, weak cough that mirrored the one they had overheard the previous night, suggesting an individual in poor health or possibly a supernatural being.
“Could she be a ghost?” Stretch questioned, his eyes wide with intrigue as he observed the old woman shuffle away at a gentle pace.
Yiming pondered aloud, “If this woman is truly a ghost, it raises the question: could others in this village also be ghosts? Not shooting earlier was a prudent decision. Page, you should use your brain some more next time before acting.”
Miles remarked sarcastically, “That’s assuming he thinks at all. When I injured him last time, I swear I saw nothing but a strange fluid in his head instead of a brain.”
Page’s expression shifted through various shades of emotions, but fear stood out most prominently. Had he hastily fired his gun earlier, they might’ve faced not just one ghostly entity but a whole mob of them.
Directing his attention to the elderly woman, Yiming mentioned, “Miles, the cough we just heard and the one from last night are strikingly similar. Could this verify that she’s the ghost we encountered? And if so, should we confront her now? Capturing her might be our chance to get to the bottom of this mysterious situation.”
Miles responded, his brow creased with concern, “We could give it a shot.” Yet, doubt lingered in his mind. If this woman was the same entity from their earlier encounter, who was the figure in the coffin? And what about the ghost that had ambushed them during the night? The notion of there being three separate spirits felt implausible. It was rare for numerous spirits to gather in a singular location, particularly if the area was dominated by a ghost domain, which could only be the work of a sole supernatural entity.
The old woman’s unsettling cough had thrown a wrench in Miles’s previously confident deductions. However, he believed they had to address the situation head-on and not leave the matter alone.