Chatty Hollywood

　　 "Alexis? I remember the name..."

　　 Bartender Campbell tried to remember while wiping the glass,

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

　　 "You committed suicide!?"

　　 Campbell’s answer was not affirmative, but she sturdily frightened Charlize. She resisted the fear in her heart and pretended to regret it indifferently.

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

　　 "Yes! Why!?"

　　 Campbell also seemed to have aroused thoughts in his heart by Charlize’s words. He gently put down the wine glass that had been wiped for a long time, and sighed.

"I vaguely remember that she wore a red coat that day, which was very attractive. Many men approached her in the past, but she ignored her, just sitting there alone, drinking whiskey glass after glass. That's right. , Is where you were drunk last time."

　　 "Go on, where was the last time!?"

　　 Hearing this, Charlize could hardly conceal his fear.

　　 "Is it last night?"

　　 "No, it was the day before yesterday. Speaking of which, you were drunk for two days in a row. Is there anything wrong with you?"

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

　　 "Actually, I couldn't remember the things that happened so long ago. It's just that the way you gave me that night is very similar to her back then. Ah, I'm sorry!"

　　 Realizing that his statement was very bad, Campbell hurriedly apologized to Charlize, but the girl who was shocked had no intention of paying attention to this—

　　 "That Alexis really committed suicide after leaving this bar, and was sitting where I was sitting before the accident..."

　　 A sense of horror rose in Charlize's heart. All this is a coincidence! No, is this really a coincidence?

　　 At first, she was a little doubtful about Charlotte's words. The video that the other party showed her was recorded while she suspected that she was hypnotized by the other party. Therefore, 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 sphere of influence would help her Clarify your thoughts and expose this possible scam. However, the current investigation results gave her a heavy and terrifying blow.

　　 "Should I leave this bar as soon as possible? I always feel like staying in it and getting cold."

　　Although he understands that this is a psychological effect, Charlize can hardly control himself not to be afraid. This is not the horrible but remote story in the movie, but it really happened in the girl's life. Becoming the heroine of this kind of movie is worth celebrating, but if you get involved in such a weird thing in real life...

　　 Charlize involuntarily fought a cold war. At this time, she noticed that she had left the bar and was walking on the side of the street unconsciously, and not far in front of her, was the flyover where she had committed suicide before—and at the same time the bartender Campbell’s mouth, that Eric The place where Sith committed suicide.

　　 "Is it here?"

　　 Before the shock in Charlize's heart turned into fear, she was deprived of her attention by a somewhat familiar voice—Charlotte Booth was holding her shoulders, standing aside, looking at her with playful eyes.

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　　 Before, after discussing with Charlize, the blonde girl went to the cider house to ask about "Alexis", and Charlotte left the blonde girl's house. On the surface, the excuse is to prepare some props for ghost hunting and exorcism, but in reality it is quite the opposite—

　　 After he came out of the apartment where the girl was renting, he just turned a corner and hid it. He was not far behind until the girl came out. Although his skills in tracing the tail line are very average, Charlize was upset all the way because of what he had experienced before. He didn't pay attention to his surroundings at all, and naturally he would not be spotted.

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

　　 Charlotte left deliberately, of course, has her own purpose, but at the same time, it is also to give the girl a buffer time to sort out her thoughts. To his comfort, the girl finally chose to believe him—of course, even if the girl made the opposite choice and called 911 to call the police, because he had already left, the police could not catch him—the cunning rabbit still has three caves, which he used to be. "Master", how can liars not keep a few backs?

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

　　Although he showed himself like a master in front of Charlize, Charlotte knew that it was only the result of the training of the old ghost. In the face of ghosts, although he has very rich theoretical knowledge, given the situation before the crossing, he has never practiced it once. This is the same as if you have taken the lessons of many teachers, if you haven't come in person, you are still a first-time brother. Charlotte's mood is actually quite similar now, excited, nervous, full of expectation and anxiety.

　　 "What should I do?"

　　 Although through previous contact, it can be judged that the "Alexis" who is entangled in Charlize is not a magical monster, but just a female ghost who is not deep. Maybe he didn't even realize that he had died and turned into a ghost. But the problem is that although I can use spells since I have traveled to this era, I am just starting to practice in essence, and many tricks cannot be used due to lack of mana...

　　 "It seems like the old ghost said it really has to be tricked!"

　　 made up his mind, Charlotte still followed Charlize until he came to the place of the last incident—

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　　 "The place where Alexis died, is it the same place as you last time?"

　　 Faced with the haunting Charlotte, Charlize was very uncomfortable for a while, she was stunned for a long time before reacting:

　　 "About two years ago, Campbell, the bartender at the Cider House, told me."

　　 "Is she an actress?"

"How did you know?"

　　 "Because this kind of ghost like a water ghost always likes to entangle people who are in a similar situation to the self before death."

　　 In order to strengthen Charlize’s trust in herself and facilitate future actions, Charlotte explained patiently.

"You were possessed by her that night because you lost your role and got drunk, which gave her a chance. But think about it the other way around. Every night, there are countless drunks on 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, so he chose me as a possessive object of the same profession? But is it only that? There are so many actresses in Hollywood—could it be that she would commit suicide and also Like me, is it because the development is not going well?"

　　 Following Charlotte's logic, Charlize also drew an inference that made her very unhappy.

"Almost! An actor will commit suicide. It is basically either depression or poor development. Depression is basically the death of a big star. This Alexis is unknown, so it can be ruled out. The rest, naturally, It’s just not developing smoothly."

　　 Charlotte sighed and gave Charlize a complicated look.

"Like you, there are many girls who come to Hollywood from all over the world and hope to become famous overnight. Most of them are unknown until the end. They can only watch their Fanghua pass in vain. This feeling of putting a lot of effort into nothing, makes People are suffocated mentally and die. On the road of pursuing ideals and success, there are countless "corpses" of such losers. The difference is that some people are still alive and just become walking corpses, while some people are really Turned into a corpse."

　　 "So she attached to me when I was drunk because of losing the role. Is it because she was sick with me?"

　　Charlize bit his pink lips unwillingly, almost biting blood,

　　 "Does she believe that I, like her, is a loser who can't hold on?"

　　 "A ghost of that level can't think of a ‘confirm’!"

　　 Charlotte knew why the girl in front of him was unwilling to do things, but he had no choice but to continue to explain.

　　 "The ability is not enhanced to a certain degree. Ghosts can have spells, memories, murder, destruction, but they can't think or recognize, because they have no brains!"

　　 He tapped his head, which was still attached to the gauze, with his fingers.

"Without this, naturally there is no way to think, no way to judge. Ghosts of this degree are just a vague mental body, they can only feel vaguely, as long as there is enough dark emotions to attract, they will Will appear—so, to be precise, Sally, it was not'Alexis' who chose you, but you! You chose'Alexis'!"

　　 Charlotte's words hit Charlize's heart with a heavy hammer, her blood rushed to her face, and her head buzzed, wanting to refute, but she didn't know how to speak. Seeing her pitiful appearance, Charlotte sighed, but didn't let her go:

"Actually, the memory of a ghost of this level Alexis is also very confusing. In the case of temporary possession, she can't do anything that violates the will of the possessed. She can only enlarge it. A certain emotion of the possessed person, through the possessed person’s brain, creates—"

"enough!!"

　　 Charlize interrupted Charlotte's chatter with a scream. The loudness of the voice shocked some people who were passing by in a hurry. However, seeing Charlize's sharp expression as if he were about to kill, they all wisely chose to continue their own way. But Charlize didn't care about it. She looked at Charlotte resentfully, at this **** who was mercilessly uncovering her scars:

"Yeah, as you said, the decision to commit suicide was originally made by myself! I am weak and I have no talent. I am afraid that I will remain anonymous for the rest of my life! I am afraid, I am afraid, I don’t have the courage to go with that. All acting skills are better than my **** competition! I want to cheat, I want to lick the bastards, but I don’t have the courage to take off my clothes in the locker room! I always wanted to commit suicide, but I didn't dare to admit it, so I had to pass the blame to the "Alexis" who didn't know whether it existed. This gave you the **** a chance to laugh at me! I, I..."

　　 "Do you regret it?"

　　 Charlotte did not comfort Charlize, who was already a little hysterical and was about to collapse. He just quietly looked at the blond girl with red eyes and was about to cry, and asked quietly.

　　 "Do you regret it? Do you regret being an actor? No matter why you became an actor in the first place, do you regret that you have taken this path now?"

"me…"

"There are countless setbacks waiting for us throughout a human life. If we fall down once, the only way is to get up again and continue to walk on this muddy puddle of life until we can't get up again. Then, you Are you still getting up now, Charlize Theron? If you get up, stand up straight and don't get down!"

　　Charlotte stared at Charlize ferociously.

　　 "To defeat Alexis is to defeat your own weakness! Are you willing to fight again?"

　　 "I, I, I do!"

　　 It was obvious that a man who had just met a few times gave him a severe lesson, but a warm current rose in Charlize's heart. She squeezed her nose, resisted the soreness of her eyes, did not cry,

　　 "Although it sounds like a fool, although you may be a liar, I'm still willing to give it a try!"

"Yes?"

　　 Charlotte laughed suddenly and looked very happy.

　　 "The most important condition for exorcising ghosts is there!"

　　 said, he smirked again.

　　 "Unfortunately, this ‘Ido’ is not the time!"

　　 Charlize's face turned red all of a sudden.