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"It's possible."

"Oh...there's no way to find out about them? What if it's the prediction you said last time..."

"It's not impossible. Do you remember what they look like?"

"Yes, I remember."

"We will find someone to draw a portrait and then look for them near the two stops where they get on and off."

"That would be troublesome, wouldn't it?"

"It doesn't matter."

May 13, 2002, audio file analysis. Audio file 01120020512G.wav.

"..."

"It's very clean this time, too. There's nothing there."

On May 15, 2002, the three portraits were completed.

On May 16, 2002, I made inquiries around the No. 381 Longbei Road Station. Audio file 01120020516.wav.

"...I have never seen these three people."

…

"...I don't know, I haven't noticed it."

…

"...This woman seems familiar."

"Please recall carefully."

"I open the store every day and see too many people. Maybe they are people who live nearby."

…

On May 17, 2002, I received a call from the client. Telephone recording 200205170432.mp3.

"Hello, I'm Xie Bao. I'm sorry to call you at this time."

"It doesn't matter. Is there anything wrong with Mr. Xie?"

"I saw those three people again today!"

"Same time?"

"Yes. I...am I sick?"

"Please wait a moment. ...Mr. Xie, it's not that you are sick, but that we have overlooked a situation. We are very sorry. This was our mistake."

"ah?"

"Don't worry, we will continue investigating tomorrow."

"Oh well."

At 1:10 on May 18, 2002, we arrived at No. 381 Longbei Road Station. Video file 01120020518.avi.

There was an empty road on the screen, and the camera moved to capture the bus stop sign and the closed shop on the street.

"The problem really lies with the leader?"

"Probably. We'll know the result today."

"Hey, if it's really because of the boss, then these three ghosts probably have some background. They shouldn't be trapped in the same time and space like this."

"Stop talking, here we come."

"Um?"

Bus No. 381 turned from the intersection and headed towards the stop.

Squeak—chi—!

Da da da da…

A young woman walked quickly across the screen and got on the bus. After her, two men dressed in the 1970s and 1980s also got into the car with a leisurely pace. The woman put the coins into the coin box and hurriedly found a seat to sit down. The two men following behind walked directly past the coin box.

"That was just now..."

"It's 1:17 now."

"Is it really the boss' problem?"

"Let's go up quickly."

The car was empty, except for the two men and one woman who got on the car just now, and there was another passenger. The woman sat in a single seat, and two men sat two rows behind her.

The screen moved and captured the faces of the three people. Moving forward, the photographer sat further back, and the camera focused on the backs of the three people in front.

…

"Did you notice that the driver didn't ask the two men to buy a ticket? Only the woman gave the money."

"Yeah. Night bus drivers should wear something to protect themselves."

"Xie Bao is so unlucky that he actually saw a ghost."

"Maybe it's bad luck, or maybe I've been somewhere unclean recently."

…

"We've arrived at Tianqiao Middle Road Station."

The three people got off the car one after another.

"Walk."

…

The woman walked quickly in front, and the two men behind her also quickened their pace, and the screen kept shaking. The woman started running, and so did the people behind her.

Da da da da da da…

The group of people turned a corner and entered a narrow alley. The woman was caught up by the two men, showing fear and despair.

"What are you going to do?"

"What do you think we are going to do? Hehe..."

"Don't come here! Ah!"

The woman in the picture was cornered by two men and fell into a pile of garbage.

"Give me the talisman and you hold the camera."

In the shaky footage, a woman was captured being straddled by a man, while another man was about to hold down the woman's hands and feet. The woman struggled, touched a beer bottle in the garbage, and smashed it at the man on top of her.

Bang!

The beer bottle bloomed on the man's head and he fell down limply.

The woman was stunned, and the other man cursed and punched the woman. The woman groaned and fell to the ground. The man went to check on his accomplice, cursed again, and hit the woman again. The woman cried and waved the half-broken beer bottle in her hand frantically, and the sharp gap happened to slit the man's throat. Blood spurted all over the woman, and the man fell down clutching his throat.

"Holy shit!"

"It seems that you don't need to save me."

The woman in the picture was gasping for air, staring at the two corpses on the ground, shaking her hands, throwing away the beer bottle, trembling with fear.

The camera moves closer.

The two men in the picture suddenly faded and slowly disappeared.

The camera stops moving.

The woman stared at the ground in shock, then looked down at herself. There was no blood on her body, but her embarrassment and the broken beer bottle on the ground proved that something really happened.

The woman got up in confusion, stayed there for a long time, swallowed, staggered and ran forward, and her figure began to fade and disappeared into the alley.

On May 17, 2002, the video was analyzed and the three men were confirmed to be ghosts, trapped in events that occurred in the past. When the three met, the two men were ghosts. It was suspected that the two male ghosts were driven by humans. It was uncertain whether the attack on the woman was a random incident.

On May 18, 2002, he inquired about the identity of a woman near Tianqiao Middle Road Station on Route 381. Audio file 01120020518.wav.

"……never seen it."

…

"...It looks familiar, but I don't recognize him. He might be someone who lives nearby."

…

"...Oh, this is Xiao Yang from Building 7."

"You know him?"

"I know. That girl didn't know what happened. She suddenly stopped working and locked herself at home. Later, she ran away from home. Her parents had passed away long ago. A cousin of hers came to clean up her house some time ago."

"Clean up the house?"

"Well, he's gone and died somewhere else."

"Can I ask her name and specific address?"

"I don't know about that either. You can go to Building 7 and ask."

…

"...My name is Yang Yixin."

"Do you know why she suddenly stopped working and suddenly went to another place?"

"I don't know, I haven't heard her say it."

…

On May 20, 2002, Yang Yixin's file was found. She died on February 17, 2002. Her body was found in Beihang City. The cause of death was suicide by overdose.

On May 21, 2002, an investigation into Yang Yixin's interpersonal relationships revealed that her parents died in 1989 and 1997 respectively, and she had no dating partners. The funeral matters were handled by her cousin Yi Tianming.