[Pissed, the granddaughter spread rumors about the house to get back at her brother. These rumors made it hard for her brother to find workers, so he had to pay them more than anyone else would.][Soon afterward, the servants began complaining that they had been hearing voices in the middle of the night and footsteps that didn't belong to anyone in the house.][However, the owner didn’t believe it and fired the maid who had started the rumors about hearing things. He sent her packing. Others made no mistake in mentioning the noises and kept it to themselves since they wanted their jobs. Then his first child died in one of the rooms in a horrible way—he was murdered.][When the cops arrived and the death was investigated, they found a note on the wall written in blood. It said, ‘Get out of the house or I will keep on killing until I have had enough blood.’]Perseus sighed. “Doesn’t that mean the house is haunted?”[It is not!]“Are you saying it was a real killer and not a spiritual en
Perseus considered Zeppelin’s question. If the killer was still in the house, it would be odd since five years had gone by.“I don’t think the killer would still be here,” Perseus said. “It’s been five years; there’s no way he would be living here.” But he wondered why he had been sent here to investigate something that happened five years ago when everyone had already left.Ryan’s brows furrowed. “Killer? I thought we were talking about ghosts.”“So you fear ghosts?” Zeppelin questioned, turning his gaze away and heading for the stairs. “How lame.”“If it isn’t a ghost, how do you explain the camera not seeing what killed them?” Ryan demanded, his brows furrowing in defense.“That’s because it’s edited,” Zeppelin replied with a smile, glancing down from the stairs after taking his first step up. “Don’t tell me you believe in ghosts.”“Of course I do.” Ryan didn't deny it. “I know that they are real and that they’ve been haunting this place.”“There are no ghosts,” Perseus announced.
Perseus' lips parted to answer, but he paused. If the man was in the house, he was going to hear them talk about setting bait, and that would ruin their plan.‘Iris, is there a sound-blocking device I can get from the shop that could block our conversation from the ears of others?’The panel appeared in front of Perseus, and he stared at it. There were three devices laid out on the panel. Each of them looked alike but had different names.[Soundblocker: 5000 points.][Soundproof circle: 8500 points.][Soundless 7000 points.][Which one would you like to buy, host?] Iris questioned. [All of them have the same effect, but they have different time durations.]‘I will take the most expensive one,’ he stated. ‘What is the time duration for it?’[Twenty minutes.]That was enough time for them to say what they wanted.‘I will take it.’[Alright!][Your purchase has been made. You have successfully bought the soundproof circle effect, activating in seven seconds.]“Perseus, did you hear me?”
Perseus released the door and turned back to the others. “We are trapped in. He is here; he locked us in.” He glanced at the panel to see that there was still more time left before the soundproof duration would run out.Ryan frowned. “Are you saying that we have been locked in such a horrible room like this?”Zeppelin stepped forward. “I will kick the door open. I don’t care if it is your house, but someone had just trespassed on my brother's house and also wanted to murder us in it. That is unacceptable.”“That’s right,” Ryan agreed. “This is unacceptable. You own this house, and you can do whatever you want.”Both men brushed past Perseus and headed for the door. Perseus grabbed them before they could get to the door.“I can get the door open, but I didn't,” Perseus informed them.“Why?” Zeppelin glanced back at him.“He can’t hear what we are saying because I activated a device,” Perseus began. “Aren’t you curious how he killed the others? If he wants to kill us using the same step
The man tried to turn his head to look at Perseus, but he couldn’t. His legs felt like jelly, and in a matter of seconds, he slumped down Perseus' arm, no longer resisting Perseus' grip.Perseus took it as a clue to let go of the man and let him drop to the floor. The man clutched his neck, his eyes wide with terror. He wasn’t dead or unconscious, but he wasn’t okay either.“You're done so quickly,” Zeppelin said, rising to his feet and stretching his arm. “It was hard falling over like that. I hit my arm by mistake.”“Me too, but it was my head,” Ryan stated as he rose to his feet. “It was a human who had been murdering others by taking advantage of the rumors going around that the house was haunted.”“Should I say I told you so?” Zeppelin asked. “You believed it was a ghost, and now that you have seen for yourself, will you give me the money we made a bet on?”Ryan scoffed. “I said that out of impulse. I didn’t mean I was going to hand the money over to you for real.”Perseus' gaze
It took a while for the cops to arrive. They walked around the house as they had planned during the wait.Not only did they find the room where the man watched every part of the house, but they also came across the decayed corpse of his daughter, which had turned into a skeleton. Several things in the room proved to the cops that the house wasn’t haunted.“To think that he almost injected you with that substance and not us,” Ryan stated. “Do you think he might have thought about making you a husband to his daughter?” he joked.Zeppelin frowned. “It wouldn’t be surprising if he did.”[It was part of his goal,] Iris announced. [He wanted to make you a husband to his daughter but failed.]Perseus didn’t think of that at all. [You would have been dead if it wasn’t for me.] Iris boasted, her chest swelling with pride. ‘Right because you were the one who moved.’[Well, you are welcome.]The branch of the police that came was different from Lexi’s. They carried Flinch into the van and drov
“What are you doing?” Ryan asked as soon as the words left Perseus’s lips. “We did nothing wrong.”Perseus gave them a look that showed he knew exactly what he was doing.The sheriff’s brows twitched, and he felt insulted. He gestured for his group, and they handcuffed all three of them and led them to the car.“That’s what you get, you liar,” the sheriff said before slamming the car door shut and heading to the driver’s seat. He got into the car and drove them to the station.A few minutes later, all three of them sat in the interrogation room, each staring at the sheriff in front of them.“Now what?” Ryan asked, tired from being sent to the station instead of going home. “Does the station offer food to its guests?” he teased, earning a glare from the sheriff.“Do you still claim that you own the Snake Castle?” the sheriff asked, his brows furrowing. His gaze focused on Perseus, who looked bored after listening to the sheriff’s questions over and over again.“Yes,” Perseus replied. “
The sheriff held up his hand, trying to explain himself. “I had no idea he was your client, but he trespassed into the Colt’s building.”“Was that the reason why you tried to blackmail him into giving you the credit for what he did alongside his brother?” Mr. Logan demanded.Perseus was stunned. He hadn’t told Mr. Logan about having a brother, but the man already knew. It was as if Mr. Logan was watching over him and following all that happened in his life.“I am sorry,” the sheriff apologized, not ready to argue with Mr. Logan since he knew what kind of man the lawyer was. “I made a mistake and would like to make up for it. However, he wouldn’t get away with trespassing into someone else's property.”“Apologize?” Mr. Logan scoffed. “That’s not enough for the damage you caused. I told you he owns the house, yet you refused to listen.”Taking out a file from his briefcase, he tossed it at the sheriff.“Those are the documents that prove Mr. Damon bought the house. I personally closed t