There was a knock on the door, and the Warrens' voices came from outside, and Jamie walked to the door in three or two steps and opened the door.

"Are you alright?" Mr. Warren asked busily.

"It's fine." Jamie stepped out of the way, looked at the open window and said, "I don't know who pushed the window open." ”

"We were woken up by sounds." Lisa said.

Mr. Warren walked to the window and looked down to see that there was nothing, then looked sideways in the direction of the window of Winnie's room and saw a black object fall to the floor.

He threw down the chair by the window and jumped out of the window, walked to Winnie's window and picked up the things that had fallen on the floor, and then walked back to the window of Mr. and Mrs. Eisen's to look at the light, and everyone was shocked.

It's Billy, the puppet who should have been locked in a chest.

"How could it be there? Isn't it tied in a box with a belt? Lisa's heart was pounding.

When the four of them knocked on the door of Winnie's room and saw the frost condensed on the window, Rowling's face couldn't help but show a solemn look. They often deal with evil spirits, so they naturally know the signs when evil spirits appear. Ordinary ghosts can only manifest in front of people, causing fear in people. Something more powerful can make the temperature of the air plummet, and even more powerful, like now, it can freeze the water marks on the windows.

Is Mary Shaw so powerful?

Rowling turned to look at her husband, and sure enough, she saw the solemn expression on Ed's face.

"Why is it behind Winnie's window?" Lisa asked uneasily, and when she saw the wide open window, she thought it was Mary Shaw who had come to her.

Jamie looked at Winnie, who had just been woken up and was still a little confused, "Mary Shaw can't be trying to attack Winnie, right?" ”

Rowling frowned and said, "Mary Shaw pushed open the window of your room, she should have wanted to go in, but I don't know why she suddenly changed her mind and came to Green's window......"

"Did you find anything?" Mr. Warren asked.

"Ahh Winnie, who finally understood what was happening, said with a pale face, "I felt very cold when I fell asleep, and I don't know anything else." ”

Lisa breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, walked over and took Winnie's hand and said, "Let's still be in a room in the future, it's too dangerous." ”

Mr. Warren suddenly said: "I see, it's easier for girls who live alone to do it." ”

Mary Shaw's way of killing is to frighten and make people scream. He and Rowling are exorcists, and they have kept the puppets in the house for so long that Mary Shaw can't even do anything to her daughter. And the Eisens were able to take care of each other, and it was not very likely that they would be scared to scream, so she suddenly changed her mind and went to Winnie Green at the end.

It's just that in the end, I don't know what happened, and Mary Shaw didn't make a move.

The five people looked at each other, and they couldn't sleep tonight. Unexpectedly, Mary Shaw was unwilling to give up the slightest opportunity, and they started to do it on the night they arrived in the town.

Mr. Warren went back to their room and took the box, unfastened the two belt buckles, opened the box and put the puppet Billy back in.

"I think it should be burned." Winnie said, "Mary Shaw can only kill by possessing puppets, what if she burns all her puppets?" ”

They had been worried that burning the puppets would free Mary Shaw's soul before they came, but now they knew that she had a total of 101 puppets in her hands, and that she was going to burn the corpses tomorrow. And seeing that Mary Shaw attacked people and brought puppets with her, it was clear that puppets were extremely important to her.

Mr. Warren nodded after hearing this: "Okay." ”

……

Early the next morning, the group drove to the store to buy groceries and then to Ravensfield Cemetery.

In the summer, the vegetation was thick, and they wandered through the woods for a long time before they found Mary Shaw's tombstone, which was covered by weeds and vines. When I looked to the side, I saw a large number of small tombstones next to Mary Shaw's grave. They took a quick look and found a small tombstone belonging to the puppet Billy.

"Dig it." Mr. Warren handed out the shovels to the crowd, and Lisa, who was pregnant, just stood by and watched.

Originally, they had planned to put Lisa and Winnie in a safe place before they came, but they didn't expect that Jamie's stepmother was actually in trouble, and there was no one in the town, so it was more reassuring to stay somewhere else.

Mr. Warren and Jamie are in charge of digging Mary Shaw's grave, and Rowling and Winnie digging the puppet's grave. The puppet's grave was not buried deep, and they soon dug up a small coffin, and Rowling squatted down to lift the small coffin, but she didn't expect it to be empty.

"Someone poached it in advance." Rowling said.

"It's Jamie's stepmother." Winnie said, "If the puppets were Mary Shaw's weakness, they should have been moved to safety." ”

Jamie stopped his movements: "In my house, or in the theater?" ”

"Wait and see at the theater." Mr. Warren said.

It didn't take long for them to dig up Mary Shaw's coffin, and thinking that it wouldn't look good if a person had been dead for 70 years, Jamie asked Lisa to turn around and open the coffin lid with Mr. Warren.

It's still empty inside.

The hearts of the people sank.

Jamie let out a sigh of relief, he didn't expect his stepmom to be able to do this. Not only the 101 puppets, but even the bones of Mary Shaw were removed.

"What now?" Lisa thought she would be able to break the curse by burning Mary Shaw's bones, but she didn't expect that both her bones and puppets would be transferred.

"I think I should burn Billy the puppet first, and then go to Mary Shaw's lair to find clues." Winnie proposed.

Without the puppet, Mary Shaw's movements would be restricted, and the puppet should have been burned anyway.

It's really not safe for the puppets to be around, especially after what happened last night, and no one dares to keep Billy. Winnie's proposal was approved by all, and Mr. Warren went to the car to retrieve the box containing the puppet, which was invisible even to Mary Shaw in the hot summer sun, and they threw the puppet into its own small coffin and lit it.

But even one puppet can't make them feel better, and after watching the puppet Billy burn, the group returns to the car and rushes in the direction of the puppet theater.

They first chose to go to the puppet theater to find Jamie's home, also because they were more inclined to Mary Shaw and her puppets to hide in the "old home". Mary Shaw sees the puppets as her own children, and the children and their mothers prefer to live in their own homes rather than anywhere else.

On the way, Jamie said to Lisa, who was sitting in the passenger seat, "When you get to the place, you just sit here and wait, it will be dangerous if Mary Shaw is inside." ”

"I said I would be with you." Lisa disagreed.

Jamie looked ahead at the car, glanced sideways at her and said, "You guys go inside, and we're going to have to take care of you." After speaking, he raised his eyes and looked in the rearview mirror to meet Winnie's eyes: "Winnie is also staying here, please take care of Lisa." ”

How could Lisa feel comfortable letting Jamie go in alone: "I don't need human care!" ”

Winnie, who was sitting in the back row, watched the two argue silently, and interjected when the two were worried that the other was going to quarrel: "Lisa stays outside, I'll go in." ”

Lisa turned from the front row: "Winnie! ”

Winnie took a bag from the other side of the seat, pulled out a halterneck rope and tied the other end to the phone case, then hung the rope around her neck.

Winnie smiled and shook her phone: "Aren't you worried, I can connect with you on video." ”

Lisa pursed her lips and looked at them, "It's different. ”

When they drove to the theater, Lisa didn't let go, but when they got out of the car, they saw that the wooden bridge leading to the theater had broken, and the theater was built in the center of the lake, and they had to swim past it if they wanted to get to the theater.

This place has been abandoned for 70 years after Mary Shaw's death, and later the town was destroyed by Mary Shaw's revenge, and the townspeople did not even dare to mention her name, let alone come here.

The theater is overgrown with weeds, the dilapidated buildings are reflected in the dark lake, the buildings are crawling with dry vine branches that look particularly eerie, and you feel like something terrible is hiding in the lake.

With this setting and visuals, Lisa immediately thought of some of the horror movies she had seen before and the illustrated posters with the theme of haunted houses.

Lisa: "What should I do?" Swim over? ”

Mr. Warren took a turn around the neighborhood and found two small boats. He examined the two boats carefully to make sure there were no leaks before he said to the people, "Let's go by boat." ”

"Lisa, you stay outside." Jamie said in a tough tone, and then he looked at Winnie.

Without waiting for him to speak, Winnie made a video call to Lisa: "I'm going to go together, if the matter is not resolved, I will still be targeted by Mary Shaw, and if I am worried about Lisa's words, I will use duct tape to gag my mouth." ”

The idea of sealing your mouth with duct tape is good, and you can't shout if you want to close your mouth, even if it's Mary Shaw.

Jamie: "That's not a reason, I can video with Lisa too." ”

Winnie: "But I know that one more person has more power. ”

Winnie argues with each other and finally convinces Jamie to agree to go with her. Like she said, one more person has more power.

Lisa didn't expect to be left alone in the end, she was worried and scared, but she could only be obedient when she looked at the picture on her phone. In fact, she herself knows that if she goes in and has an accident, everyone will have to take care of her, and it is better to stay in the car and not cause them trouble.

So Lisa stayed outside, and Winnie had a roll of scotch tape in her hand. The four of them sat in a small boat in pairs and slowly rowed towards the theater.

The Warrens' boat rowed to the opposite side, and after 70 years the building was dilapidated both inside and out. There were several large holes in the roof, and chandeliers and building debris were scattered all over the floor. The hall was large, dimly lit and lit only by the light that came in through the high broken roof.

"Many years ago, the town of Ravensfield was very wealthy." Winnie stood in the aisle of the auditorium and looked at the rows of seats and sighed that an ordinary town would not spend so much money to build a theater of this size.

"Probably." Jamie said.

There seem to be only three colors in the whole space: black, red, and gray, and red occupies most of the view. The curtain of the stage is red, the seats in the auditorium are red, and the decorations that have been mottled are there. Thinking that this is the lair of evil spirits, I can't help but feel resistant.

Rowling climbed onto the stage and found the iron lock bridge behind the curtain. The iron-locked bridge hangs high in the air near the roof, and if someone accidentally falls from it, they will either die or be crippled. And this thing has been around for 70 years, and no one knows if it's reliable or not.

Her gaze followed the junction of the iron lock bridges and saw a passageway.

Rowling raised her hand and pointed to the passage and said, "There." ”

The three of them looked in the direction she was pointing, and thought that Mary Shaw lived in that area.

"Don't climb this." Winnie didn't think it could carry the weight of the four of them, and if someone fell down from the middle, she wouldn't be able to pull it.

Mr. Warren is also a relatively stable character, and he can't take the elevator in a place where there are ghosts, let alone this kind of iron lock bridge, which is dangerous at first glance, which is as dangerous as walking a tightrope.

Ed also felt that he couldn't take the risk, and looked left and right, "Let's go find the stairs." ”