From everyone's chat, we learned that Dr. Aoki and his colleagues seemed to have encountered a certain bottleneck in their research, but they didn't point it out, and Zhao Chen didn't ask any more questions.
After dinner, Zhao Chen went to the laboratory to sort out the reports. After completing a series of tasks, the time came to nine o'clock in the evening again.
Dr. Aoki was very satisfied with this hard-working and capable high school student. Before leaving, he gave Zhao Chen the Soothing Bell, an elf prop developed by Pikachu Company.
After Zhao Chen refused in every possible way, he finally accepted it.
The Soothing Bell has the effect of soothing the elf's heart, making it easier for the elf wearing it to get close to the trainer.
After leaving the Aoki Research Institute, Zhao Chen got on the No. 13 bus as usual.
As soon as he got in the car, he looked behind him and saw the old man again.
"How are you doing today?" the driver greeted Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen was silent for a moment, then asked: "Besides me, did you invite any other guests today?"
The driver looked at him strangely and replied: "No!"
Zhao Chen didn't speak when he heard this. When he turned his head and looked back again, the old man disappeared again.
The driver saw something was wrong with Zhao Chen and turned around, but saw nothing.
But soon, he realized something, combined with what Zhao Chen just said and the strange look in his eyes...
"Did you...see something?" the driver asked after swallowing.
Hearing this, Zhao Chen nodded seriously and replied: "I saw an old man wearing a black old-fashioned stand-up collar shirt. I saw it when I just got in the car yesterday. I thought it was an illusion, but just now I saw it again.
Saw it..."
"What did you say?!"
The driver was shocked. He braked quickly, turned around and asked, "What did you say you saw?"
"An old man wearing a black old-fashioned shirt."
Zhao Chen said.
The driver's body softened, he pulled out a group photo from his mobile phone, then pointed at a person in it and handed it to Zhao Chen, asking: "You are talking about... is he him?"
"Yes." Zhao Chen nodded confusedly.
However, the next words spoken by the driver made Zhao Chen's hair stand on end.
"He was the previous driver of Bus No. 13. He was drunk a week ago and accidentally rolled down the stairs when he was going upstairs. He fell to his death."
"Gudong!"
Zhao Chen swallowed his saliva. He didn't believe that there were ghosts in the world. Compared to ghosts, he was more willing to believe that it was an elf.
On the quiet and dark road, the driver drove silently.
The atmosphere in the car was a bit scary. In order to ease the atmosphere, Zhao Chen released Hu Hu and the naughty panda again.
However, as soon as these two little guys appeared, they all turned their attention to the back row.
"Stubborn!"
The naughty panda barked, jumped off Zhao Chen, and ran towards the back.
Huchu also flew over with the help of his superpower.
After a while, the naughty panda grabbed a ghost and ran over from behind.
Zhao Chen:......
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the ghost's figure slowly changed, and finally turned into the figure of an old man.
Another ghost that can transform into human form!
The driver in front also noticed this scene. He stared with big eyes and said, "Isn't this Lao Wang's elf?"
"Old Wang?" Zhao Chen was a little confused,
The driver explained: "He was the last bus driver."
At this time, Zhao Chen suddenly heard a hoarse voice.
"Do you know where he went?"
He turned his head and looked at the ghost that had turned into a human form.
Obviously, that sound was made by it.
In some cases, a ghost will gain the ability to speak like a human and be able to change its own form. This ability to speak is called telepathy.
Zhao Chen remembered that in the anime, Xiaozhi once encountered such a special ghost.
Listening to the ghost's voice, Zhao Chen suddenly understood something. This ghost was Lao Wang's elf. Since Lao Wang's unfortunate death, the ghost had been staying on this bus.
In the old No. 13 bus, when there were no passengers, this ghost would accompany Lao Wang, traveling back and forth on this route day after day, night after night.
At nine o'clock in the evening, the moon and stars were sparse in the night sky.
A bus was passing by on an empty road. On the bus, an old man was driving the bus seriously. Beside him, a ghost turned into his appearance and acted as a passenger on the bus.
.
For some unknown reason, the old man left Guisi on the bus and met with misfortune one night.
And this ghost was on this bus, waiting for the old man to come back.
But it doesn't know that the old man will never come back.
"Can you take me to him?"
Guisi’s hoarse voice continued.
Zhao Chen thought for a moment and said, "The person you are waiting for is no longer here."
"No more..." Guisi murmured, and then he repeated to Zhao Chen like a demon, "Can you take me to find him? Please..."
Zhao Chen pondered for a moment and finally agreed to it.
The driver in front also heard this conversation. He looked back at Zhao Chen and said, "I can give you the mobile phone number of Lao Wang's family."
"Thank you." Zhao Chen nodded, feeling a little complicated inside.
He took out his mobile phone and dialed the number there. Soon, a woman's voice came over.
After Zhao Chen explained the matter to her, the woman opposite agreed directly. The two agreed to meet at noon tomorrow, and the woman took him to the cemetery.
Guisi's figure changed. Zhao Chen took out an empty elf ball and placed it in front of Guisi. Guisi hesitated for a moment, and then took the initiative to enter the elf ball.
The driver didn't say anything when he saw this, he just sighed.
Soon, the bus arrived in the city. Zhao Chen got off the bus, hailed a taxi and returned home.
At this time, he was exhausted physically and mentally. After taking a simple bath, he lay on the bed.
Beside him, the naughty panda with steel rings on his feet was lying quietly on the bed, using Zhao Chen's mobile phone to browse Station B, while Huhu was practicing the light wall moves on the cat climbing frame next to the bed.
"Stubborn?"
Sensing Zhao Chen's gaze, the naughty panda turned its head and crawled into Zhao Chen's arms like a baby.
Zhao Chen stroked the soft fur on its body. After this little guy evolves into a rogue panda, he will no longer be able to lie on the bed and play with his mobile phone like he does now.
Thinking about it, he took out the soothing bell given by Dr. Aoki, tied it with a red string, and put it around the naughty panda's neck.
As the naughty panda swayed, a refreshing bell rang.
There seemed to be some kind of magic power in this soothing bell. Listening to the sound of the bell, Zhao Chen felt a wave of sleepiness coming over him, so he closed his eyes and soon fell asleep peacefully.