One Piece: Starting to read the file from the dragon-footed man

Chapter 75 Chapter 75
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The content played on the screen in the past two days may have a greater impact on audiences who are exposed to horror elements for the first time, but for Li Guanqi, who lives in the "underworld" and "yangjian" things, he doesn't do anything at all. For me, it's just to the extent of sprinkling water.

It can even be said that Li Guanqi didn't exert his strength.

After all, this "pretending to be a ghost" plan was really too temporary.

So much so that it directly led to Li Guanqi not only having to face the difficulty of extremely short preparation time before the official launch of the "pretending to be a ghost" plan.

There are also various problems such as the lack of start-up funds, which leads to the serious and crude props required, and the inability to predict the enemy's position without the ability to read minds.

It's not that Li Guanqi didn't think about "casting a wide net". After all, she is already an adult this year, and she can choose to have them all, but there is no way - the landlord's family has no food left.

"No, just five gold coins, no more!"

Li Guanqi firmly pressed Ji Ye's hand to take out the money.

As a poor ghost, especially as a poor ghost who knows very well that he should not kill a chicken to take its eggs.

Li Guanqi really couldn't bear the fact that before he was about to get rich, the start-up capital kept shrinking again and again, so that the "oasis" dried up and turned into a "desert" in the end!

"I thought you were going to rob Wutefu and help yourself be poor." Ji Ye was genuinely puzzled by this, "Did you find any money in the barracks?"

"...the money was not found in the barracks."

Li Guanqi nodded, not very happy to pick up the words, "It's so regrettable, I mean...they don't put the money in the barracks!"

This is completely different from what she expected... She is simply at a loss!

After a whole night, not to mention the wasted sleep time, the fact that not only did he not get the Ute sack, but he also had to pay the money, Li Guanqi felt so uncomfortable that his heart was bleeding.

Although the most important thing to do at this time is to stop the loss in time, walk away, wait for the opportunity, and fight again next time.

However, the "teammates" are too lucrative, so as an alliance, they can't help but die.

So Li Guanqi could only hold the existing funds and go to another secluded place, and then lamented the hardships of playing in a team and the damned impermanence of the world.

Damn it, as the main output, it's fine if you can't be self-reliant, but how can you still hold them back and never let go?

Here, Li Guanqi once again expressed his tiredness about not being able to make money, but having to pay money instead.

But the good news is that there are sufficient supplies in the barracks, and some things can be obtained locally.

Although those new props in the mall cannot be bought, second-hand props can be as cheap as [-]% off due to serious damage.

Therefore, the props are not worth much, so Li Guanqi threw all his only big heads on the repeater used to set off the atmosphere, and the quick way to make a puppet show with only three pieces of paper.

After all, reality is different from movies. There is no light and shadow for real-time coordination, no special effects that need to be added later, and of course, there is no BGM that can be used to mobilize the audience's emotions.

Li Guanqi has no choice but to constantly pass through ambient sounds, for example——

The rubbing of leaves, the clashing of weapons, the chirping of insects in the grass, the rolling of stones as the wind blows, and the rustling of dust falling, imply the desolation and silence of the military camp.

And in order to solve the problem of being unable to predict the enemy's position, Li Guanqi also constantly adjusted the position and distance of the props to guide them.

Make the opponent unconsciously act according to the route planned in their script, and further control the rhythm of their progress, so as to buy enough time for Li Guanqi to release the so-called "big move".

Of course, some small problems also occurred during this period-that is, as the final boss used for the finale, the two had a little dispute about using that "character" to scare people.

"Ghost General, isn't he fragrant?"

Li Guanqi listed her childhood favorite "Detective Di [Beep——] Jie", clamoring that the classic will never go out of date.

"You don't know how much psychological shadow it caused me when the ghost general appeared on the stage, so that when the BGM sounded, I knew it was time to rush into the bedroom and get under the covers!"

"I know it's a classic, and I won't let Guanqi you give up this role, but the image of the ghost general is too upright, and as a result, what we want to achieve is not suitable for him to arrange a plot that is too dark .”

Ji Ye's point of view was well-founded, and he refused to give in at all.

"The paper figurines are a very good choice. Although compared with the ghost generals, they don't look bloody or scary. They can even be said to be beautiful like works of art. But don't you think it's because of this when watching chess? Is that why they look even more creepy?"

"Heh... where is the creepiness?"

Li Guanqi sneered, not buying it.

"There is an incense shop at the end of my street, which is for nothing. Not only are there two paper figurines in front of his house, but there are also wax figures. I go from his door at eight or nine o'clock every night after school. Passing by, I have never felt that walking is scary!"

Ji Ye: "..."

You also said that you pass by his house every day!

Ji Ye was choked up by Li Guanqi's words, while muttering in his heart - no wonder this person is so perverted in some corners.

On the other hand, he immediately refuted back, "Watching chess, ask yourself, can your threshold of horror be compared with normal people!"

Li Guanqi: "..."

The air was silent for a second.

Li Guanqi has never felt so far away from Ji Ye at this moment.

She looked at Ji Ye in disbelief, and in that confident tone, she was almost trembling from the shock.

Fuck it, debate is debate, why are you so jealous!
"Why not!"

Li Guanqi was stunned for a full three seconds before remembering to refute.

"I'm a handsome boy of seven feet. I abide by the law and love the people. I have never had any bad habits in the 18 years of my life. Why did you expel me directly?!"

"I didn't, I just said that your threshold of horror is higher than ordinary people!"

The joys and sorrows of human beings are not the same, so facing Li Guanqi's questioning, Ji Ye only felt that she was noisy.

"After all, as far as I know, normal people will feel uncomfortable when they see paper dolls."

Ji Ye ignored Li Guanqi's clamor of "I don't think so", and continued.

"After all, although paper dolls look like people, they are not real people, and of course they can't move like real people, so it will make people feel very disobedient at first glance."

Li Guanqi: "..."

Li Guanqi didn't speak, but showed a "that's it" expression on his face, expressing his disdain politely.

This made Ji Ye really want to give Li Guanqi a kick, but now is not the time to waste time on this kind of thing, so she held back her eager feet, kept her eyes on her nose, and continued to talk.

"The meaning of paper figurines has always represented death. And there is a saying in our hometown that the living are always worried that the dead will not find their way to the underworld, so they try their best to help the dead lead the way."

"But because the living don't know the way to the underworld, the living people burn paper figures and paper sedan chairs, and let the souls of the dead go to the underworld on the sedan chair carried by the paper figures."

"And not only that, but the main reason is that the appearance of the paper figurines is also terrifying, and the older generation call this phenomenon [live and reappear]."

Speaking of this, Ji Ye looked up at Li Guanqi expressionlessly.

"But to be honest, this is actually something that I have been afraid of since I was a child."

"As far as the expression is concerned..." Li Guanqi paused, and she looked Ji Ye up and down, "I really can't see that you are afraid of this kind of thing."

"That's because in order to overcome my fear, I hugged them to sleep every day." Ji Ye said the most terrifying words in the calmest tone, "After all, we all know that the best way to overcome fear is to face it directly."

Li Guanqi: "Although that's what I said..."

But hugging and sleeping... you are really a wolf!
Ji Ye: "But that doesn't mean the paper dolls aren't scary."

"...I understand, the [Uncanny Valley] effect."

Li Guanqi took over, because she was obsessed with running the group, so she knew more about this than Ji Ye.

"As the saying goes, the more human-like a thing looks, the more it will win human empathy, but when it reaches the "critical point" of being human-like but not human, it will make people disgusted and fall into the [low empathy] of human beings... Ah, if you say that, things like paper figurines are really scary."

Li Guanqi nodded in agreement while talking about popular science. Although she still couldn't empathize with this fear, she understood it out of respect.

After all, compared to Ji Ye's supposedly genuine fear of the paper figurine, Li Guanqi's view of the ghost general has always been "nostalgic" rather than "scary".

In fact, due to personality reasons, Li Guanqi's fear of such things has always been very weak.

As a result, when things like "items" and "scenes" appear in front of her eyes, the damage done to her mentally is often not even comparable to the damage caused by the so-called "jump scare", that is, the damage caused by jumping "jump scare". value is higher.

And this also caused her to want to yawn with a throat visible to the naked eye every time she runs a group with her friends, whenever she encounters a horrible plot, to express her boredom and sarcasm. Not drowsiness.

"Then I decided to use paper figurines as the little boss this time."

Li Guanqi decided to take a step back, no longer so attached to the so-called classics he thought, but he did not give up completely.

"However, General Ghost must be the finale boss. If you agree, I can temporarily give up the activity of going to Ute sacks tonight, and come here every night to pretend to be ghosts, until you feel that the soldiers here meet your requirements. .”

Li Guanqi rubbed his chin, thinking that anyway, she spent more than half of her time wandering around the barracks and couldn't find that hapless Ute. If that's the case, it's better to go along with the flow and sell Lao Ji for a favor...

Ji Ye: "I ran all over the barracks, Ute is not in the barracks today."

Li Guanqi: "..."

Gan, the favor is gone!

In line with the principle that fishermen never fly in the air force, Li Guanqi suddenly changed the pole and climbed up.

"Then you are lying about military information!"

"It happened suddenly, and I didn't do anything."

Ji Ye didn't follow Li Guanqi's tricks, and imitated Li Guanqi's rogue manner, spread his hands together, and explained patiently and honestly, "After all, I never thought that Ute would be the one who would give birth to puppies because of the family puppies. This kind of thing, just skip work and go home."

Li Guanqi: "..."

This kind of thing doesn't need to be so detailed.

After eating a strange but not very popular melon, Li Guanqi sighed after losing the favor market for Ji Ye with tears in his eyes, so he could only write the script and follow Ji Ye's idea to make preparations without complaint.

After stuffing the compact repeater into the body of the paper figurine, Li Guanqi stuffed his improved self-igniting small wooden ball into it.

Of course, before stuffing it in, Li Guanqi not only extended the start time of the self-igniting small wooden ball, but even added some other chemical fuels to act as special effects in order to make it change color.

During this period, according to Li Guanqi's request, Ji Ye continued to rely on the advantages of lightness skills and the advantages of the system shopping malls to arrive in seconds, and arranged a series of props on both sides of the road in a regular way, so as to secretly lure the soldiers. The direction to go when patrolling, and the course of action.

In the limited map of the barracks as much as possible, detour around as far as possible, buy time for Li Guanqi to prepare props and learn how to control puppets.

Fortunately, Li Guanqi's talent in martial arts is not high, but he can always use various methods to learn such crooked things without a teacher.

Although it was not going well due to the tight time, even in order not to make mistakes, the thin line that lost control was replaced with a thicker fishing line.

But the good thing is that tonight is a cloudy day, and there is no moon, which means that when Li Guanqi manipulates the two paper figurines, he will not expose the silk threads in the sky due to the problem of light.

So after holding three pieces of paper, memorizing the method of manipulating the puppets above, and practicing for a while, I can barely manipulate the paper man in my hand to perform some relatively simple actions such as walking, running, and reaching out.

It's just that she can't be proficient in the technique at all, so the paper figurines controlled by her are not only not up to the level of fakes, but also because the techniques are too rigid, once the paper figurines move, they look very strange. against humanity.

Li Guanqi: "..."

Hmm... If it is only used to scare people, it can be regarded as achieving the goal by mistake.

Although the preparations were hasty, the plan actually went smoothly... It can even be said that the smoothness was a bit too much, so that it seemed a bit weird.

Hiding in the shadows, Ji Ye watched the scene where the dark clouds suddenly dispersed after Li Guanqi manipulated the paper figurine to throw the hydrangea ball, so that the moonlight shone down.

"Did you still watch the sky?" Ji Ye subconsciously asked Li Guanqi while being shocked, "Can you even calculate this kind of thing just right?"

Li Guanqi: "???"

"Old Ji, what nonsense are you talking about. I can only play tricks, but I can't really call the shots."

The sudden change in the sky made Li Guanqi's heart tremble.

She looked at the moonlight with trepidation, especially worrying, for fear that a bold and careful guy would appear in the opposite team, and she could see the reflection of the thin thread under the moonlight when she manipulated the puppet.

It really is the weather from time to time, the land is not good, and the people are not harmonious!
While Li Guanqi hurriedly manipulated the girl's paper figurine to attract everyone's attention, he also half-heartedly went to talk to Ji Ye.

"It should be a coincidence, a coincidence."

Li Guanqi said so without noticing the surrounding environment at all, whether it was light or sound, everything suddenly became just right.

Ji Ye: "..."

Ji Ye hesitated for a moment, opened his mouth again and again, but he still didn't say anything.

I just shuddered, silently thinking in my heart——

Fuck, maybe it's going to be mixed in with a real one later...

(End of this chapter)