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Chapter 007 Stand up straight, don't lie down

"Alexis? I remember this name..."

Bartender Campbell tried to recall while wiping the cup,

"She is a regular here. I heard she is an actor, but she committed suicide two years ago."

"Suicide!?"

Campbell's answer that she was not sure of, but it really scared Charlize. She suppressed the fear in her heart and said regretfully,

"God, why do you make this choice? How can you give up your life so easily!?"

"Yes! Why!?"

Campbell seemed to have been aroused by Charlize's words, and he gently put down the wine glass that had been wiped for a long time and sighed.

"I still vaguely remember that she wore a red coat that day, which was very seductive. Many men went to chat with her, but she ignored her and just sat there alone, drinking whiskey one cup after another. By the way, it was the place you got drunk last time."

"Up, last time's location!?"

Hearing this, Charlize could no longer hide his fear.

"Is it last night?"

"No, it was the day before yesterday. Speaking of which, if you got drunk for two consecutive days, was there anything unpleasant?"

Seeing that Charlize did not answer, Campbell picked up the wine glass and continued to wipe it.

"Actually, I couldn't remember what happened so long ago. But that night, the feeling you gave me was very similar to her at that time. Ah, I'm sorry!"

Realizing that his statement was very unlucky, Campbell hurriedly apologized to Charlize, but the shocked girl had no intention of paying attention to these things-

"That Alexis really committed suicide after leaving the bar, and before the accident, he happened to be sitting where I sat last time..."

A creepy feeling rose in Charlize's heart. It was all so coincidental! No, is this really a coincidence?

She was a little bit skeptical about Charlotte's words. She suspected that the video she showed her was recorded by the other party hypnotized. So, when the other party suggested that she come to the Cider House to ask if anyone knew the so-called Alexis, she agreed without hesitation. In her opinion, temporarily leaving the other party's influence will help her clarify her ideas and expose this possible scam. However, the current investigation results have given her a heavy and horrifying blow.

"Should I leave this bar quickly? I always feel like I'm so cold that I stayed inside."

Although I understand that this is a psychological effect, it is difficult for Charlize to control himself from being afraid. This is not the story in the movie that looks horrible but is actually far away, but it really happens in the girl's life. Being the heroine of this kind of movie is worth celebrating, but if you are involved in such a strange thing in real life...

Charlize couldn't help but have a cold war. At this time, she noticed that she had left the bar and was walking on the street in a daze. Not far ahead of her, it was the overpass where she had committed suicide before - and the place where Alexis committed suicide as the bartender Campbell said.

“Is it just here?”

Before Charlize's shock turned into fear, she was robbed of attention by a somewhat familiar voice - Charlotte Booth was holding her shoulders, standing aside, looking at her with a playful look.

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Before, after discussing with Charlize, he asked the blonde girl to go to the cider house to ask about "Alexis", Charlotte left the blonde girl's house. The ostensible excuse was to prepare some ghost-catching and exorcist props, but in fact, the opposite was true-

After he came out of the girl's rented apartment, he just turned a little and hid it. Until the girl came out, he was stuck far behind. Although his skills in following the tail are very average, Charlize was restless all the way because of what he had experienced before and didn't pay attention to the surroundings, so naturally he wouldn't find him.

"She really went to the bar yesterday, instead of calling 911 to call the police. It seems that she really believed what I said."

Charlotte left intentionally, although he had his own purpose, but at the same time, it was also to give the girl a buffer time to clarify her ideas. What made him happy was that the girl finally chose to believe him - of course, even if the girl made the opposite choice and called the police, because he had left, the police could not catch him - Jitu still had three holes, so how could he, a former "master", not keep a few moves?

"If everything goes well, you will be able to catch ghosts and exorcises soon. But, can I really do it?"

Although he showed off his master's demeanor in front of Charlize, Charlotte himself understood that it was just the result of the old ghost training. Although he had a lot of theoretical knowledge in the face of ghosts, he had never practiced it once given the situation before traveling through time. This is like even if you took many top courses, if you haven't been to it once, you will still be a junior brother. Charlotte's current mood is actually quite similar, excited, nervous, full of expectations and anxiety.

"What method should be used?"

Although it can be judged through previous contact that the "Alexis" entangled with Charlize is not a monster with great magical powers, but just a female ghost with a lack of profound Taoism. It may not even have the awareness of becoming a ghost. But the problem is that although I can already use magic because I have traveled to this era, I have only just started practicing, and many tricks cannot be used because of insufficient magic power...

"It seems that you really need to use scams as Lao Gui said!"

After making up his mind, Charlotte still followed Charlize slowly until he arrived at the last incident.

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"Alexis' death place is indeed the same place as the place where you had the last accident?"

Facing the elusive Charlotte, Charlize was very uncomfortable for a moment. She was stunned for a long time before she realized:

"It was about two years ago, Campbell, the bartender at Cider House, told me."

"Is she an actor?"

"How did you know?"

"Because this kind of ghost-like ghost-like ghost always likes to entangle people in a similar situation to those who were in their lifetime."

In order to enhance Charlize's trust in himself and facilitate his subsequent actions, Charlotte patiently explained.

"You were possessed by her that night because you lost your role and got drunk, which gave her a chance. But think about it on the other hand, every night, there are countless drunken ghosts wandering around the streets of Los Angeles, both men and women. Why did she choose you alone? Because you have similarities!"

"You mean, because that Alexis is also an actor, he chose me who has the same profession as his possession? But is that all? There are so many actresses in Hollywood - is it said that she would commit suicide, just like me, because she was not developing smoothly?"

Following Charlotte's logic, Charlize also came up with a reason that made her very upset.

"It's almost the same! An actor will commit suicide, and it's basically either depression or development is not smooth. Depression is basically the way of death of a big star, but this Alexis is unknown, so it can be ruled out, so the rest will naturally be difficult to develop."

Charlotte sighed and looked at Charlize with a complicated expression.

"Like you, you come to Hollywood from all over the world and hope to become famous overnight. Most of them are unknown until the end, and can only watch their youth pass away in vain. This feeling of putting in a lot of effort but achieving nothing makes people suffocate and die mentally. On the road to pursuing ideals and success, there are countless such losers' 'corpses'. The difference is that some people are still alive and just become walking corpses, while others are really turned into corpses."

"So she was attached to me when I was drunk because I lost my character, was she sympathized with me?"

Charlize was reluctant to bite his pink lips, almost bleeding.

"Did she believe that I am like her, a loser who can't stick to it?"

"A ghost of that level cannot make the thinking of 'determining'!"

Charlotte knew why the girl in front of him was unwilling to give up, but he had no choice but to continue explaining,

"If the ability is not enhanced to a certain extent, ghosts can have spells, memories, kill people, and destroy them, but they can't think or identify them because they have no brains anymore!!"

He tapped his head, which was still stuck to the gauze,

"Without this place, we naturally cannot think or judge. This level of ghosts is just a vague spiritual body. They can only feel it in a vague way. As long as there is enough dark emotions to attract them, they will appear - so, to be precise, Sally, it is not that 'Alexis' chose you, but you! You chose 'Alexis'!"

Charlotte's words hit Charlize's heart like a heavy hammer. Her blood suddenly surged into her face, and her mind buzzed. She wanted to refute, but didn't know how to speak. Seeing her pitiful look, Charlotte sighed but did not let her go:

"In fact, ghosts of this level of Alexis have a very chaotic memory. In the case of a brief possession, she cannot do anything that violates the will of the possessed person. She can only amplify a certain emotion of the possessed person and use the possessed person's brain to do-"

"Enough!!!"

Charlize screamed and interrupted Charlotte's chatter, and the loud voice scared some people who were passing by in a hurry. However, seeing Charlize's sharp expression as if he was going to kill, they wisely chose to continue their own way. However, Charlize didn't care about this. She looked at Charlotte resentfully, looking at the bastard who ruthlessly uncovered her scars:

"Yes, as you said, the decision to commit suicide was made by myself!!! I am weak, I have no talent, I am afraid that I will remain nameless all my life! I am afraid, I am afraid that I don't have the courage to compete with those bitches with better acting skills than me! I want to cheat, I want to lick the balls of those bastards, but I don't have the courage to take off all my clothes in the locker room! I drink to drown my sorrow, always want to commit suicide, but I dare not admit it, so I have to push the responsibility to the 'Alexis' who doesn't know whether it exists or not, which gives you a chance to laugh at me!! I, I..."

"Do you regret it?"

Charlotte did not comfort him and was already a little hysterical. He was approaching the collapsed Charlize. He just quietly looked at the blonde girl whose eyes were red and about to cry, and asked quietly.

"Do you regret it? Do you regret being an actor? No matter why you were an actor, do you regret taking this path now?"

"I, I..."

"In a person's life, there are countless setbacks waiting for us. If you fall down once, the only way is to get up again and continue to walk on this muddy road until you can't get up again. So, can you still get up now, Charlize Theron? If you get up, stand up straight and don't lie down!"

Charlotte glared at Charlize fiercely,

"A victory over Alexis is actually defeating your own weakness! Are you willing to fight again?"

"I, I, I do!"

It was clearly a severe lesson from a man who had just met several times, but a warm current rose in Charlize's heart. She pinched her nose, suppressed the soreness of her eyes, and did not cry.

"Although it sounds like a fool, and although you are likely to be a liar, I'm willing to try it once!"

"Yeah?"

Charlotte suddenly smiled, looking very happy.

"The most important condition for exorcism is there!"

As he said that, he smirked again,

"It's a pity that this sentence "I do" is not the time!"

Charlize's face turned red all of a sudden.
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