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"Dun-dun-dun, please pick me up~ you got a call, call, call~"
What can you do when you're up against something as supernatural as ghosts?
Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
If you have no salt, no holy water, no bible, no talisman, no sage and no internet (the phone he had had no app to access the internet and only the phone and text app could be interacted with); then the next best thing to do is ignore it.
Or pray.
Praying will help you feel more at ease and empowered.
The things Gu Musheng had learned while watching those paranormal investigators was that entities like these feed off of energy. From humans, negative energy such as fear and anger would make them more powerful.
So it was best to not be afraid. But that's a difficult thing to do especially when humans are prone to fearing the unknown.
"Dun-dun-dun, please pick me up~ you got a call, call, call~"
Also it was hard not to get annoyed with a jingle that repeated itself with no end.
"Dun-dun-dun, please pick me up~ you got a call, call, call~"
Really really hard.
"...you got a call, call, call~"
So hard that Gu Musheng could not resist answering the phone to end the noise.
".....huh? Oh, oh, oh! You picked up? H—"
And he hung up once more. He wasn't going to fall for those phone ghost traps.
Or maybe he did because he already answered and accepted the calls... He was probably going to die, or who knows, maybe he was already dead.
Well who cares, he was in a strange place, being bothered by a phone ghost. If he was going to die, he promised that he'd turn into a vengeful spirit and beat the phone ghost up!
"Dun-dun-dun, please pick me up~ you got a call, call, call~"
He answered the call.
"Wait wait wait don—" And then he hung up.
"Dun-dun-dun, please pick me up~ you got a call—" Answer.
"Don't hang up—" He ended the call.
"Dun-dun-dun, please pick—" Answer.
"Thisisn'tascamcallorapranknoramIghost!!!" Then he—
The finger that was about to press on the end call button paused.
"ReallyreallyI'mnot!...eh? I'm still on? Good! QAQ"
"Speak." Spoke Gu Musheng, his tone stern. And at this moment, he sounded like a bonifide CEO...
...of a drama.
"Oh wonderful dear, please don't hang up! My metaphorical fingers hurt from pressing the call button over and over. Wuwuwu."
"Get to the point."
"Ah? Getting, getting! So um, what I was trying to say was: Congratulations! You've been randomly chosen as the super lucky lottery winner! Rejoice human! As you get a free super relaxing easy job! It's extremely easy—"
"I'm hanging up, don't call me again." What kind of nonsense was this? Not a scammer? Not a prank? Saying "rejoice human" and expecting said human to expect you to be human as well? Isn't this dropping the vest?
"No no no don't! I'm required to say all this! Just let me finish and I'll tell you everything you want to know!!"
"Everything?" Gu Musheng said slowly, full of unknown intention.
"Yes yes! Everything!"
Like a bored King waving off his minister, "Well then, continue."
"It's an extremely easy job! In fact, you can take it as a long vacation! You can do it in any position! All you have to do is just exist and look pretty! And it's all free with benefits applicable! No need to pay for travel fares or any of that nonsense, nor is there any need to be anyone but yourself! So what do you say human? Yes, you will agree?"
With a very enthusiastic tone, sounding oddly like one of those commercials saying "buy now and get another two products free". It sounded like a trap, but Gu Musheng went with it.
"If I accept this... job. Will I be completely free and hidden from blood related acquaintances?"
The voice on the other side froze as if unsure and asked, "Can you please clarify?"
"Will my Mother and brother be able to contact me? If so, I will not take this job."
"Oh oh, if it's about that, then no worries. They won't be able to contact you anymore. You're already dead~"
Gu Musheng froze. Eyes twitching he glared straight ahead.
Unbelievable. He didn't even get to finish watching his drama!
"Hello? Are you still there? Darling? Dear? Oh no, did I break him?"
Deep breaths, Gu Musheng told himself and then with an oddly wide smile.
"So about those benefits..."
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