The final gentleman

This video store looks very normal on the surface.

A heavy metal-style boss was sitting at the door, with his headphones completely plugged into his ears. His fingers were scratching back and forth on multiple nose rings, and it even felt like his nose rings might be ripped off at any time.

Various optical discs and video tapes are neatly arranged on the display cabinet, which can be said to be a dazzling array of things.

Since this place is close to the location of the production crew, it is natural that most of the films published by the production crew are there. Most of the walls are covered with Michael Myers' classic slasher posters.

The moment Yi Chen stepped into the store, whispers could be heard in his ears. The whispers from each disc or video tape continued to urge the rental on a spiritual level.

Wow~ The rising tide of the Dead Sea made all the demonic sounds in my mind dissipate.

As Yi Chen walked around the store, his eyes wandering over every CD, he soon discovered the problem.

All genuine DVDs published by the crew will have a very obvious mask logo printed on the cover.

The ones displayed in the most conspicuous position of the store, with the crew's logo printed on them, are indeed all DVDs related to the Halloween murderer Michael Myers.

However, Yi Chen also found early DVDs published by the crew in some less conspicuous places and even in some closed storage cabinets.

The theme of these movies is not Halloween, the protagonist is not a murderer wearing a white leather mask, and there are quite a lot of them.

Not limited to "Crystal Lake", "Fake Face", "Mask Head", "The Collector"...

These movies all have one thing in common, that is, they are all slasher movies and the protagonists in them all have their own masks, with different shapes.

As long as it is a CD published by the crew, Yi Chen will rent a copy. Anyway, the filming time is expected to take a month, so there is enough time to watch the film every night.

In order to find as many non-Halloween movies published by the crew as possible, Yi Chen did not miss any corner of the video store.

A total of seventeen non-Halloween movie discs have been found so far.

When Yi Chen crouched down and prepared to search for the last cabinet against the wall in the video store, he unexpectedly discovered that the cabinet was locked.

Moreover, this standing cabinet looked older and darker, and even had a lot of finger scratches on it.

Just when Yi Chen was about to call the boss to come over and unlock the door,

Click!

The lock of the cabinet actually opened on its own, and something seemed to be staring at Yi Chen's back in the gap between the slightly opened cabinet door, staring at him, making his whole body feel cold, and even the temperature of the Dead Sea dropped due to this.

Turning around suddenly, there was nothing.

When Yi Chen was about to open the cabinet out of curiosity, bang!

A strong arm suddenly stretched out and grabbed it tightly.

There were even metal spikes piercing Yi Chen's arm, pulling his attention back from the gap in the cabinet.

Looking back,

The person who prevented the counter from being opened was the owner of this store. Before, he was clearly putting his legs on the table to listen to music, but now he suddenly came here, with blood and noise leaking out from the headphones, with a nervous and serious look on his face.

He endured the mental pressure and kicked the cabinet door shut.

Uh-huh!

He tore off ten nose rings one after another and locked them together like a locked cabinet door, sealing it tightly.

Yi Chen did not have any fear of being spied on. Instead, he asked with a normal face: "There seem to be old video tapes in the cabinet? If these things are so dangerous, why are they still being sold?"

The boss regrown metal nose rings on his palms and put them on himself, looking at the young man in front of him in surprise.

He originally thought that the 'Fujiang' on the opponent's shoulders was the main body, but now it seems that the young man is the real leader.

"You are indeed new here... All stores that sell videos need to bear this special risk. A mysterious and old video tape will inevitably appear in the store."

“Can’t we just fill all the shelves with other movies?”

"No, if you don't leave space for these video tapes, it will attract the most direct curse. Even a hundred of them won't kill me.

If it weren't for the fact that you were wearing the crew's badge, dying here would have led to accountability from the crew, and I wouldn't have bothered to care about you. "

"A videotape? Something to do with Smiley or the Joker?"

"Smiling face? No...no one knows the specific content. Anyone who has seen it will die. But it shouldn't be a smiling face, but something else."

"A certain [disaster]?"

When Yi Chen raised this question, the boss directly penetrated his lips with another nose ring, indicating that he could not say more about such things.

Liu Xinzhi on her shoulder stretched out her slender tongue and wriggled in the air, "Mr. Yi, do you want him to say it? I have a way."

"No need... try not to cause trouble."

"Oh~"

Yi Chen felt uneasy and stopped staying any longer. As a member of the crew, he did not need to pay any fees to rent the CD.

However, just as he walked across the street with the rented disc, the sense of peeping from the video store and the old storage cabinet in the corner suddenly came again.

Looking back again,

Although the old cabinet was closed, there was a mysterious man standing next to him with a large camera covering his entire face. He seemed to be recording Yi Chen and everything here.

at this time.

Ding!

The hotel key in his pocket somehow fell to the ground, and the sound of metal collision distracted Yi Chen. In the blink of an eye, there was no one there, and the video store was operating as usual.

After picking up the key, Yi Chen no longer planned to hang out outside.

Even with Liu Xinzhi, Fu Jiang's symbiosis, and even with the badge given by the crew, he is still too dazzling as a non-evil existence and is too easy to be targeted.

Not long after Yi Chen quickly disappeared from the current street,

The boss, who was listening to heavy metal music, took off his headphones for the first time and made a special call using the store's landline.

Inform the other party that a young man rented all the old movies that the crew had previously shot, and checked the appearance information in detail.

…

"Welcome back."

When the hotel door was pushed open, Yi Chen, who was carrying a large bag of CDs, heard the welcome from the manager as soon as he walked in.

Now that it was determined that he could not obtain effective information from the manager, Yi Chen went straight to the elevator, but to his surprise, the hotel manager took the initiative and said:

"Sure enough, even a malicious disguise can't cover up your dazzling light as a non-evil existence. You were spotted by two troublemakers after only half an hour out."

The two experiences that impressed him most deeply flashed through Yi Chen's mind, one was in a barber shop and the other was in the corner of a video store.

"who are they?"

“I can’t talk about this, otherwise it will be against the rules.

The only thing I can reveal is that one of them is very deadly. You must pay more attention in the future and try your best to ensure the two-point line between the hotel and the crew. If nothing happens, don't go out again. "

"Thank you."

When returning to the guest room,

Both Lorian, who was meditating before, and Leni, who was studying the script, have fallen asleep, deeply asleep, and their bodies are completely relaxed.

It seems that the discomfort with the hotel is completely gone, and the tension about the future is gone.

Yi Chen also saw the real danger of the hotel from them.

Maybe it's because he doesn't have the concept of "home", or Yi Chen's "home" was destroyed by himself early on. He didn't feel at home because of the hotel, and he didn't feel any sleepiness.

He sat alone in front of the TV, playing an early non-Halloween cult film shot by the crew.

A few hours passed before he knew it. Not only did Yi Chen not feel sleepy, his eyes were bloodshot, and his body was filled with strong murderous intent.