Chapter 200

Haunted Chronicles was a mega interactive live reality show produced by VisionStream, with a focus on scientific truth-seeking.

Most shows involving ghosts and spirits were usually pretty bloody and violent and got scrutinized pretty hardcore by the TV regulatory body.

But Haunted Chronicles was a different breed. Sure, it spun tales of ghostly figures, but what it’s really digging at were deeper social issues.

The main tone of the show was science and education, so the content of the program was also uplifting. VisionStream was all in on Haunted Chronicles, throwing a truckload of cash at it.

That’s why the big cheese director had the guts to invest in setting up Satan’s Lair.

Today wasn’t the premiere of the show, just the six guests shooting the trailer.

The trailer was a no-brainer, just each guest taking a stroll through Wicked Woods.

But they never saw it coming. During the shoot with the first guest, all hell broke loose.

The backstage crew had to scramble.

It was a team effort, but they managed to get a hold on Eileen!

They pulled off a daring rescue of a crew member who was on death’s door.

The guy was nearly scared to death, and the rest of the crew got a good fright too.

The director glared at Eileen, barking, “Are you out of your mind? Look at what you’ve done to him!”

The spooky sound effects and lights of Satan’s Lair were switched off, and the lights in the workspace were turned on.

Things were bright and the people around Eileen were just regular crew in regular clothes.

It was then that Eileen finally let out a sigh of relief.

The director stared at Eileen and snapped, “Can you even continue shooting?”

Eileen, trembling, managed to say, “I need to make a call.”

The director scowled and said impatiently, “Make it quick!”

Eileen pulled out her phone and called Ophelia from a corner, but there was no answer.

tried again but

Ophelia had sweet-talked her into signing onto

signed the contract, telling her the penalty for breaching the

Eileen went silent.

played. Ophelia couldn’t get through on the

director started

no choice but to put away her phone and walk over, saying resignedly, “I’m ready.”

asked, “You sure you’re okay this

verge of tears but could only nod

called out, “All departments,

minutes later, Eileen was back in

watching the slender figure on the monitor with satisfaction,

a bit too

command, the cameraman swiftly manipulated the infrared

Eileen’s calm collected back and long strides to her

Eileen’s front appeared on the screen, the set fell into

and asked in disbelief, “Am I seeing things? Is she

was silent for a moment before saying slowly, “Yes,

her eyes closed, her steps

to the other like a bat out of hell!

do another take? She needs

about the injured crew member still backstage who hadn’t yet

to the assistant director, “Yeah, let’s do another

sour. After a while, she said seriously, “A reshoot is going

director was

finished

as if she had just been fished out of the

sat down on the couch

nightmarishly

silent, the fluorescent

to feel

herself to stop

distract herself, she pulled out her phone, planning to send

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