S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 4 Chapter 60

Ghost Ship Murderer 24 – Blue Undead

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He Ying suddenly burst in, which scared the crowd, and claimed to have seen a ghost in broad daylight.

Zhao Hu thought to himself, this girl hasn't fallen on her head, has she? What the hell is she talking about, seeing a ghost in broad daylight?

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were listening to Lin Ruo's story about Emilia when they were interrupted by He Ying, and they were a bit helpless.

Bai Yutang wanted to send Zhao Hu and Ma Han next door to take He Ying's statement or something, while they continued to listen to Lin Ruo talk about Emilia, but unexpectedly the girl was impatient and came over, "Just now, a female ghost hit me on the head and pushed me down the stairs! And then took the ring I picked up!"

"A ring?" Zhan Zhao faintly stared at He Ying, "What kind of ring?"

"It's a big, shiny diamond ring!" He Ying said, "I was talking to Xin Xin on the phone on the stairs when I saw something shiny on the steps, so I went to pick it up and saw that it was a ring. I was wondering who had dropped such an expensive ring when I got hit."

"Are you sure it was a very expensive ring?" Bai Yutang was a little curious. These days, many decorative rings don't really cost much but look very realistic.

"Of course I'm sure!" He Ying was quite confident in this regard, "If you don't believe me, ask Xin Xin. I can probably tell the price of any jewellery, real gold or silver, once I weigh it, within a hundred dollars!"

Zhao Hu was amazed, "So awesome?"

He Ying smiled, "To be a person, you must pursue something!"

"Describe the ring." Zhao Jue held his chin and suddenly spoke. He Ying glanced at him, her heart thumping – Aiya, all the good men have been snatched away.

"The ring is at least three carats."

The crowd was a little surprised – Three carats?

"Who would be so careless as to lose a ring that big?" Zhao Hu wondered.

"A three-carat diamond should have a serial number." Ma Han asked, "What exactly did it look like?"

"The setting was silver."

The corners of everyone's mouth twitched.

Zhan Zhao was curious, "The three-carat diamond ring was made of silver?"

"Yes, the top of the ring has the pattern of waves on it, it was beautiful, and classic." He Ying described it carefully, "And ah, the diamond was blue, like a blue diamond."

"How much do you estimate that one is worth?" Zhao Hu asked curiously.

"This is no longer an estimate of the price of the jewel itself, I suspect it's some kind of family heirloom, or an antique." He Ying said rather seriously.

"So?" Bai Yutang asked, "Who attacked you?"

"The female ghost!" He Ying's face became complicated, "I had just squatted down to pick up the ring and looked at it when my head hurt and I fell straight down the stairs. As I was rolling down I saw a woman standing on the stairs, wearing all white, with messy long black hair. Her face was so pale and her age felt very young, not more than twenty years old. For a moment, I saw that she seemed to be floating in mid-air. It scared the hell out of me! Then I fell and hurt myself, and as I lay on the ground, the sky spun and I saw blood running across my eyes... At this point, the woman in white suddenly appeared beside me, and she took the ring from my hand. Her hand felt cold and clammy. After that, I passed out and woke up already lying on a hospital bed"

Zhan Zhao then asked, "Was it a patient from your hospital?"

"It's not the first time that ghost has appeared in the hospital!" He Ying's remark surprised the crowd.

"You've seen it before?" Zhan Zhao was curious.

"What hospital isn't haunted!" He Ying also asked, "Do you know how scary the hospital is after the lights go out at midnight? Especially the inpatient department and the morgue, it's eerie. Besides, apart from crematoriums and execution grounds, where else can be more ominous than a hospital? People die almost every day."

In fact, it's not surprising, as schools and hospitals are usually places where ghost stories are common, and when a bunch of female nurses and doctors get together, word gets around, so it's probably not uncommon to run into a female ghost.

"There have been rumours in the nearby inpatient wing that some doctors and nurses have come across a female ghost dressed in white, about sixteen or seventeen years old, and it appears to have a source." He Ying said seriously, "I came later and heard it from some older doctors. About five years ago, a girl was brought in to be rescued, she was drowned in water and could not be revived. The girl was wearing white the day she died, a beautiful girl. The police investigated the girl, who was an orphan, and eighteen years old. The police suspected that she was killed by her boyfriend, but her boyfriend said that she had committed suicide, it seems that her boyfriend had fallen in love with a rich girl, and the girl had killed herself in a moment of despair. In the end, the police had no evidence to identify the man as the murderer, so they closed the case as a suicide, and it is said that her body was left unclaimed at the morgue, and later disappeared."

"What?" Bai Yutang was surprised, "The body disappeared?"

"That's right, it was a big deal back then, but that's just how it is, she was an orphan, no one pursued it, so it was eventually dropped, but ever since then, the hospital has been haunted!" He Ying said, shaking her head, "So many colleagues have seen it, so I guess I've stumbled upon it this time."

Zhan Zhao asked, "Have there been any incidents of the female ghost attacking people before?"

"I haven't heard of any."

"Then why did she only attack you?" Bai Yutang asked.

He Ying frowned, "... Is it because of that ring?"

Zhan Zhao asked He Ying seriously, "You are a doctor, right, do you really believe in ghosts?"

He Ying frowned and thought about it, then tapped herself on the head, "Is it the effect of drugs? Or did I hit my head? But I really saw it, it really didn't look like a human being but like a female ghost"

Zhao Hu shook his head and took a still somewhat confused He Ying to the surveillance room to find Jiang Ping and do a sketch.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at each other, hoping that He Ying's case was just a single case and had nothing to do with the Emilia case... However, the female ghost in white that He Ying described was somewhat similar to Emilia.

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang have been a bit cold towards the girl in white lately. Looking back at Lin Ruo and Han Wei, the expressions of these two at this time – Incomparably subtle.

Lin Ruo was frowning, extremely troubled and confused, while Han Wei was pulling the covers up a bit and glancing at Lin Ruo from time to time – Excluding the two experts in behavioural analysis, Zhan Zhao and Zhao Jue, even Bai Yutang could see that – the situation was one of unease coupled with nervousness.

"You two... what's wrong?" Bai Yutang asked.

Lin Ru rubbed his hair, which had just been blow dried and was still quite smooth, and spoke hesitantly, "That ring..."

The corners of both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang's mouths subconsciously twitched gently – A bad feeling!

Lin Ruo was silent for a moment, "Let's continue with what we were saying."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded, and although they had doubts in their hearts, they continued to listen to Lin Ruo.

Lin Ruo continued to recount the horrific experience:

After hearing "Emilia", the two of them looked towards the doorway together.

It was dark outside, so they couldn't see clearly what was at the door.

However, at that moment, there was a sudden flash of lightning and the outside instantly lit up... Lin Ruo and Han Wei saw a woman in a dress standing at the entrance.

She was backlit, so the two could only see the silhouette of a woman outlined by blue highlights and could not make out her face...

She was standing in the storm. The boat was still rather turbulent, but she stood straight and was dressed very lightly, with only a dress that fluttered in the wind and seemed to be in tatters.

Lin Ruo was staring at the time, and Han Wei, who was among the normal people, screamed in fright.

Inside the boat, the light from the paraffin lamp was dim, swaying about as the boat swung.

At the door, in the darkness, stood a woman.

Han Wei regained his senses after the shock and went to tug at Lin Ruo.

Lin Ruo stood up, reached for the paraffin lamp on the floor and walked in the direction of the cabin door, carrying the axe in his other hand.

The crowd frowned as they listened – Lin Ruo really had some nerve.

But when they reached the door and looked with the light, there was no one at the door.

Lin Ruo turned back to look at Han Wei, wanting to ask him if he had seen that just now, but once he turned back, he found that Han Wei was not far behind him, and behind Han Wei, at some point, stood a woman.

Lin Ruo pulled Han Wei over. Han Wei was startled and looked back... to see that the woman in white also suddenly reached out her hand. Her dry, thin hand grabbed Han Wei almost at the same time as Lin Ruo's, but her strength was obviously much greater. Han Wei was yanked by his shoulders and then yanked away... and flew straight out, hitting the tin wall of the cabin hard and crashing dizzily.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both felt it sounded strange – Such a small body with so much strength, was it possible? Was there really a ghost? No matter which way you hear it, you can't believe it.

Lin Ruo continued to talk about the encounter that night.

At this point, they could see the person's face clearly – Her body was soaked through, her black hair was dishevelled and scattered over her shoulders, and her face was covered with watery strands of hair. Her skin was snow white, so white that it was almost abnormal, not the kind of transparent white, but a pinkish white, so it felt eerie, and her eyes were black. Lin Ruo didn't know how to describe her features at that moment, in any case, all he could feel at that moment was evil, he couldn't tell the beauty from the ugliness.

"Who are you?" Lin Ruo ran over to help Han Wei up. Han Wei's head was injured and he was covering his head with one hand while looking at the woman in white in front of him.

The woman bent down and picked up the axe on the ground, her dead eyes staring at Lin Ruo and Han Wei as she raised the axe.

What happened after that was a horrific chase.

The woman in white was extremely powerful and did not seem to understand human language. Lin Ruo tried to communicate with her in almost every language, but she just frantically tried to kill them both.

Lin Ruo dragged Han Wei to hide, but the woman was relentless in her pursuit. The two of them fled to the deck and stood in the rain.

At that moment, the raging storm was so intense that the whole ship was shaking violently amidst the huge waves.

The woman in white chased after them, still wielding her axe in her hand, and just at the moment she raised it, there was a sudden jolt of thunder...

Lin Ruo and Han Wei subconsciously crouched... and saw a flash of lightning, followed by a loud boom. The axe head raised by the female ghost in white was struck by lightning like a lightning rod.

When Lin Ruo said this, Zhao Hu, who had hurried back from leaving He Ying to Jiang Ping to do the sketch, happened to hear the scene, and his mouth was open wide in a dumbfounded way, "Aiya, what's this plot?!"

"Struck by lightning?" Zhan Zhao also found it unbelievable and asked Lin Ruo and Han Wei, "Did you two see the same scene?"

Lin Ruo and Han Wei both nodded, then looked at each other again, meaning – I suppose so.

"Keep talking." Zhao Jue hugged his knees and leaned back on the sofa, narrowing his eyes and rubbing his chin, seemingly interested in this.

"She caught fire after she was struck by lightning." Lin Ruo said, "With blue flames burning across her body and still swinging her axe, after a few miserable screams, the fire was extinguished by the heavy rain and she collapsed on the deck, her body turning ebony black."

"That is to say, killed by lightning?" Bai Yutang asked rhetorically, "Then it wasn't a ghost."

"We felt safe at the time." Lin Ruo said, "Xiao Wei's head was hurt and the medicine chest was still in the sailboat, so I wanted to go and get it to bandage him up. I went down into the sailboat and Xiao Wei was waiting for me in the passageway above the hanging ladder. I had just taken the medicine chest and was about to go up when I saw Xiao Wei fall down with a scream..."

The crowd frowned – What was wrong now?

"I was waiting for Lin Ruo at the front of the boat. On the one hand, I was probably bleeding a bit too much so I was a bit dizzy, and on the other hand, I was so scared that I looked back at the deck every now and then... When I looked back for the second time, I noticed that the charred black body of the female ghost was gone!" Han Wei said and his grip on the blanket tightened a bit, "As soon as I was frightened, I felt someone next to me. I turned my face and saw the female ghost standing there, then I slipped on my feet and fell straight off the boat and into the water."

"When I pulled Xiao Wei onto the sailboat, I saw that the female ghost was about to climb down the hanging ladder, so I hurriedly loosened the ropes that tied the sailboat to the large boat." Lin Ruo was helpless, "At this time, a big wave came through and the sailboat was swept out away from the big boat… At that moment, the female ghost had already reached the bottom of the hanging ladder and she grabbed the rope tied the sailboat, and against such a big wave, the sailboat was actually held back"

The crowd was horrified – So much strength?

"The sailboat was in a very fragile condition." Lin Ruo said, "And Xiao Wei had fallen and was a bit disoriented, and with the wind and rain, and the thunder and lightning, I was really in a bit of a panic and asked her, 'Who the hell are you?'"

"How did she answer?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"She said 'Emilia'." Lin Ruo thought back to that time, "I was about to ask her what she wanted to do, when she said 'Stay with me' first."

Everyone glanced at each other and continued to listen.

"I desperately tugged on the rope and Emilia held on to it for dear life, then she laughed and said 'Of the two, can only go one back!'"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang suddenly thought of what Nguyen Van Gao said – Of the two, only one can go back.

"The conversation after that..." Lin Ruo sighed, "is what Nguyen Van Gao said to me before, almost word for word."

"Interesting." Zhao Jue rubbed his chin.

"Afterwards, I used an axe to cut the ropes." Lin Ruo said, "The sailboat drifted away and I heard Emilia still shouting of the two, only one can go back! If you want to get him back, come to me!"

"When I woke up again, I was in the private hospital ward."

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When everyone heard this, they understood in their hearts – No wonder Lin Ruo has persistently searched for Emilia all these years, it turns out that he thought Han Wei was in a coma and had been 'taken away' by Emilia, and he was looking for Emilia because he wanted her to 'return' his best friend.

"That ring."

In the midst of the silence, Lin Ruo suddenly continued, "When Emilia attacked us, I noticed a chain around her neck with a ring hanging from it. I didn't pay special attention to it at the time, I just looked at it. But later, when I investigated Emilia, I found a record of it. The ring had come from a great origin, it was fabled to be the greatest treasure that Logan had snatched back from the sea. Back then, he first gave the ring to Emilia to please her, then took it back and used it to propose to Senesi instead."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both shook their heads, this Logan was really scummy to the point of not getting sympathy.

"What's the name of that ring?" Zhao Jue suddenly asked.

"It's called the Blue Undead." Lin Ruo replied, "It came from some ancient royal family in Peru, and was later obtained by a Spanish merchant. The merchant ship encountered Logan and his pirate ship on the way back and was looted, and the ring went to Logan. The legend about Emilia has quite little to say about the ring, but... according to the description, the ring seems identical to the one Dr. He picked up on the stairs just now."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang frowned – So was it Emilia who had injured He Ying just now? And what is that female hospital ghost?

Subconsciously, Zhan Zhao turned back and looked at Zhao Jue on the sofa.

At this moment, Zhao Jue was holding his skinny ankles with both hands, his chin was resting on his knees, and the corners of his mouth were pursed, as if he was smiling.

Zhan Zhao winked at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang also turned back, and saw that Zhao Jue was laughing and muttering to himself at the same time, "Blue Undead ah... hehe."

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Translator Notes

Please feel free to comment any mistakes I made so I can improve and do better as I go through the book.

Translated: June 7, 2023 by Angel

Edited: July 6, 2023 by Angel