Chapter 42 The Old Man Disappeared

  That old man has always been a strange existence, unable to find anyone, Fu Chuan cannot get more news about Huazi, wanting to find the old man, but that old man seems to be playing hide and seek with Fu Chuan, as if he is also deliberately avoiding Fu Chuan.

  Fu-kawa said: "I've always felt strange, why after Hanako's death, her only relative, her grandfather, didn't bring her back to Japan for burial, but instead had her buried randomly in a cemetery here."

  Huiling felt strange too, he said: "I also feel very strange, these things are connected in a weird way. Now it seems that Huazai's grandfather must have known where Huazai was buried, why did he insist on letting you find the music box?"

  Fu Chuan glanced at Hui Ling and said, "He knew that Huāzi had always stayed in this world, even if he was dead, Huāzi didn't leave this world." Fu Chuan felt something was off, "That old man deliberately lured us into the game."

  "He just wanted a music box, everything else was nothing to this old man."

  Fuhe even thought in his heart that Huazhi should have been killed by his grandfather, "I think it was the old man who killed Huazhi, and Huazhi would have such a big grievance."

  Huiling had been to Jiahe Building, just standing outside the building, Huiling could feel the overwhelming anger inside the building. "That female ghost has a very strong resentment, I'm afraid that what she experienced in her lifetime is beyond our imagination."

  Fu Xiang nodded, a glint of sharpness flashing in his eyes. "That old man was once an ardent war enthusiast and also a military doctor. And when he came to find me, he concealed his identity from me."

  "That old man doesn't look simple anyway."

  Fu Chuan really thought it was strange, the old man unscrupulously told Fu Chuan his age, and Fu Chuan even saw so many vengeful spirits around him, from this point of view, the old man was not a good person.

  Fujiang told Huiling everything he saw, and Huiling, although not a professional ghost catcher, had a keen eye for these things. He said, "Buddhism emphasizes cause and effect, since you've seen those vengeful spirits around him, it means he must have done something evil in the past. Those spirits seem to have been following him for many years."

  "The only thing I find strange is why those wronged souls didn't take action?"

  Fu Chuan also found it strange, and Fu Chuan had the same doubts in his heart. "He's so old, those vengeful spirits should have been able to kill him easily, but I clearly saw them standing beside him, yet they didn't dare do anything to him."

  "There are two fires on his shoulders, with two little devils standing on top of them. They're protecting him, you know? Only truly evil people get protected by devils, this is really someone that even ghosts fear."

  Huiling found it somewhat amusing and asked: "Why is that? Can they still get protection even if they've done something wrong?"

  Fuhe shook his head and said, "Yes, it's true that they can get protection. Such people are very suitable to become the servants of evil spirits after death, and then continue to go to the human world to do evil for evil spirits. Therefore, evil spirits generally choose these people and send small ghosts to protect them, waiting for them to die and become the servants of evil spirits."

  "It's too complicated, let's get back to it, why did that old man disappear now, doesn't he want the music box anymore?"

  Fuhe became even more perplexed, "I've already sent San Yang to inform him, but there's no news at all. I think something must have happened to him or he's intentionally hiding."

  Huiling was also curious about this matter, he and Fu Chuan were the same in that they had a kind of curiosity about many things. He looked at Fu Chuan: "If a person can live to be over 100 years old, I think he's no longer human, let alone what you said, I think that old man must be found first."

  Who says it's not, Fu Chuan thought so too. He knew that the old man was very important to this matter. He said: "Last year I went to Guangxi once, I handled a case there, and the old man was already over 100 years old, but his spirit was very good, however at night he would become another person."

  Huiling asked: "Do you also think that old man is no longer human?"

  "No, he is considered a human, but half of him is already a demon."

  "What's a human demon?" Huiling found it strange, "A human demon!"

  Fu Xiang nodded and said, "Unlike the kind of demon you think, this kind of demon is formed after a long period of transformation, and the demonic nature is also accumulated from their long-term evil deeds. I think that old man has two faces."

  Fu Chuan couldn't explain it clearly either, but he knew that this time they had to find the old man in order to clarify everything. Fu Chuan looked at Hui Ling, "This time I'll have to trouble you."

  "It's all right." Since Hui Ling had already stepped in, it was too late now. Anyway, he thought that since he had drunk so much good wine at Fei Chuan's place for free, he might as well help out.

  After sitting down by the river, he took out that music box from the table and handed it to Huiling: "Take a look at this music box and see if there's any difference between it and other music boxes?"

  Hui Ling carefully examined the music box and then summarized in one sentence: "I didn't see anything different, except that it's already rusty. I really think this music box is no different from other music boxes."

  "There's nothing strange." Just as Huiling opened the music box, he found that he couldn't open it. He tried a bit harder but still couldn't open it. Fu Chuan raised an eyebrow and asked, "Can't open it, right?"

  Hui Ling nodded, "Indeed can't open it, why? Shouldn't be."

  Fu Chuan took the music box and slammed it heavily on the ground: "Not only can't open it, but also can't break it. I've tried all methods, just can't open it, so I have no idea what's inside."

  Huiling picked up the music box from the ground and looked at it, "Can't your yin-yang eyes see what's inside?" Fu Chuan nodded, "Right, can't see, but I'm sure there must be something inside. The living want it, the dead want it!"

  Huiling picked up the letter opener on Fu Chuan's desk and began to pry, but Fu Chuan advised him to give up, saying it was useless. He said he had tried using a knife before.

  Huiling looked at Fu Chuan and finally gave up, saying: "The things inside must be very important. That old man has been searching for decades, and now he's asking you to find it too. It must be extremely important. And that female ghost broke the seal and let her little ghosts come to find this music box. I think there's a big secret hidden in this music box. Otherwise, both the dead and the living would want it."

  "I can't keep this music box with me all the time, I always feel like it's affecting me," said Fu Chuan.

  Huiling found it strange and stared at Fu Chuan: "Why did you say that?"

  Fuhe didn't know how to explain it to Huiling either. Ever since he found this music box, he felt like he had been influenced in some way. Maybe there was no difference on the surface when facing outsiders, but only Fuhe knew the difference.

  Fu Chuan knew that there were some things he couldn't explain, for example, one day Fu Chuan had a dream, and in the dream, all his deceased relatives came back to life. Although he knew it was just a dream, Fu Chuan felt it was too real, but in the end, these relatives devoured him completely, and then Fu Chuan woke up with a start, realizing that he had been dreaming all along.

  Fu Xiang knew it was a dream, but this dream was too real. In the dream, he first gave you some benefits, making you think it was a beautiful dream, but after the beauty of the dream passed, it became a nightmare.

  Also, Fu Chuan's current injury is recovering very slowly. He knows this is impossible. Recently, he has been recuperating and should be fine soon. However, his injuries are getting heavier instead of lighter.

  Fuhe knows that his recent strange dreams and physical changes are all because of the music box, just like when the music answered that little ghost to take away his parents, and finally the dream came true, but in the end he himself was also taken down to hell by that female ghost.

  Fu Chuan knew that the music box was ominous, so he wanted to lock it up and put it on the table. "I think you can exorcise the music box."

  "You want me to transcend the music box, but we don't even know what's inside it, how can I transcend it?" Huiling was at a loss.

  Fuhe shook his head, and had to ask Huiling again, "Don't ask me why I know this, but I just know that the things in the music box are some vengeful spirits, much more sinister than those in the Jiahe Building. We can't let them out, I hope you can help them find peace, and then I'll find a place to bury them forever."

  Hui Ling understood and said: "Good." He put the music box into his sleeve and then said: "Good, I promise you."

  "Whatever happens, we can't let anyone else get this music box."

  "Got it."

  Fujiang watched Huiling leave, then he sat down as if he had let out a sigh of relief. He looked out the window and suddenly felt a pang in his chest. After taking a few deep breaths, he felt a little better.

  Fuhe didn't know how to explain the music box, but he felt that it was very evil. He thought that maybe someone had infused some spirits into the music box years ago, but these spirits were all people with great grievances. So the music box could be controlled by the female ghost and kill people, and the female ghost was also one of the spirits in the music box, only she ran out in the end. The old man wanted to find the music box because the things inside it were too tempting, while the female ghost wanted the music box because it wanted to enhance its own power.

  Fu Chuan knew that neither side could give them the music box, or else ordinary people would suffer. Fu Chuan asked San Yang to investigate the old man's whereabouts, but still couldn't find him.

  Fuhe's anxiety grew and he called in San Yang, who was summoned while still half asleep. "Master, what's the matter? I was sleeping," he said with a drowsy expression.

  Fu Chuan asked the old man if he had found it, and San Yang was suddenly spirited up by being questioned about this matter. Originally, he wanted to report it early tomorrow morning, but since Fu Chuan asked, he thought he might as well say it now.

  San Yang told Fu Chuan that the person had still not been found, but he had obtained a very important piece of information. Fu Chuan asked what it was.

  Three lambs told him that they had found the old man's residence, and the old man lived in a villa on the outskirts. However, when he sneaked in, there was a lot of dust inside, as if no one had returned for a long time.

  Fu Chuan said that maybe he had another place to live, San Yang said it was absolutely impossible. He checked the old man's wardrobe and found clothes, a passport, but no ID card.