Chapter 2 Night shift at the Graveyard (1)

Rover saw those lines of text, feeling confused.

'What the hell? Is this a joke?' Rover thought to himself, especially the first line: 'No one is alive in the graveyard... Are you kidding me? Who would be alive in a graveyard?'

'Could it be that the dead can gather in the middle of the courtyard at night to watch a strip show?'

Rover sighed, placing the paper inside his notebook. After all, it was given to him by that man, he couldn't just throw it away.

He was about to turn to the next page to read, however, a beam of light pierced through the fog, shining directly towards him.

Rover frowned, squinting his eyes, then realized it was the headlights of a car.

A car slowly approached and stopped. The door opened, and two men and a woman stepped out.

Seeing this, Rover remembered the words of the middle-aged man from earlier, thinking to himself: 'Maybe they really are my 'colleagues'.'

'Wait a minute! Does this mean I have to compete with these people?'

Rover sighed, after all, this job was too easy, the salary too high, and there were bound to be many people competing for it.

Suddenly, the driver's side door opened, and a woman stepped out. An extremely beautiful woman, wearing a tight-fitting leather outfit, revealing incredibly alluring curves.

Despite it being dark, she was wearing sunglasses, but they still couldn't hide her beauty.

She led the other three towards Rover and softly asked: "Are you Rover?"

Rover nodded: "Yes."

"Let's get acquainted. These three are your 'colleagues' for tonight." The beautiful woman said, then pointed towards the young man with a strong physique like an athlete: "This is Kaito."

"This is Alex."

Alex was a young man around 20 years old, with seemingly dyed blonde hair, a somewhat thin build, and an arrogant and contemptuous expression clearly visible on his face.

Even without asking, Rover knew that Alex was probably a kid trying to be a gangster.

"And this is Akiko."

Akiko was a short-haired girl with a rather adorable face, wearing a sports outfit with sweatpants and a t-shirt.

She smiled and waved to Rover, he also nodded slightly in greeting.

Clap!

"Alright." The woman clapped her hands to gather everyone's attention, then continued: "Your task is very simple, guard the graveyard until tomorrow morning."

"At six o'clock tomorrow morning, I will come to pick you up. Of course, you must also deal with any problems that occur inside the graveyard, understand?"

Rover and the other three nodded, indicating they understood.

"You are not each other's enemies..." The woman continued: "You are colleagues, there is no competition here."

"If you do well, I can hire all of you as official employees."

"If you do not do well, and the mission fails... I will not hire any of you, understand?"

Rover and the others all nodded. However, Rover felt a bit of joy in his heart.

After all, a job like this was like charity, if there were too many competitors, even if he did his best, he might not be hired.

On the contrary, if there was no competition, and the company could hire everyone, there was no reason for everyone not to unite.

After hearing those words, the other three also breathed a sigh of relief, seemingly sharing similar thoughts with Rover.

"After entering the graveyard, you cannot leave until 6 a.m. tomorrow."

"During that time, if you sneak out, you will be considered to have failed."

"Go to the security room, there is everything you need there, including a place to sleep and some necessary tools."

"Alright, go inside, I'll pick you up tomorrow morning."

She finished speaking and turned around, walking towards the car. When opening the car door, she suddenly paused, looked back at them, and asked: "Have you had dinner yet?"

Rover was startled, realizing he hadn't eaten dinner.

It wasn't that he didn't have enough money for dinner, but the job posting clearly stated... not to eat anything within two hours before arriving for the interview.

Although he found that condition strange, he still followed it.

"I haven't eaten anything since 6 o'clock," Rover said.

Kaito shrugged: "Me neither, I don't eat anything after 5 pm."

Alex clicked his tongue: "Tsk! I just ate a big hamburger."

Akiko pursed her lips, embarrassedly saying: "I... I only ate a little salad."

Hearing this, the woman's gaze shifted towards Alex and Akiko. She didn't say anything, didn't blame them, only silently smiled enigmatically.

Then, she got into the car, started the engine, and left.

After the car disappeared into the thick fog, a cold wind blew from the graveyard, making everyone shiver.

Akiko was scared, covering her chest with both hands, hurriedly saying: "We... we have to stay in the graveyard until tomorrow?"

"That's right." Kaito sighed: "Don't worry, it's just one night. Sleep until morning and we'll be fine."

"Tsk!" Alex clicked his tongue, chuckling disdainfully: "If this company isn't scamming us, they're really stupid, or they're doing charity work."

"Damn it! Don't talk about ghosts, even if there are devils in this graveyard, I'll go in. One night for $5,000, even the devils would have to put on a strip show for me."

Seeing Alex's arrogance, the atmosphere became more cheerful and less tense.

"The gate is locked, do you have the key?" Kaito frowned, looking at the gate, and asked.

"What do we need a key for?" Alex laughed: "Kick the door, barge in, that's enough."

"Don't make things worse." Kaito sighed: "After all, this is company property, we shouldn't do that."

"I have the key." Rover suddenly spoke up, pulling a rusty key from his pocket.

"This is the key?" Alex looked at the key in Rover's hand, laughing loudly: "Hahahaha... I think you could put this key in a museum."

Kaito chuckled awkwardly, taking the key from Rover, and then inserting it into the lock.

Crack!

The lock opened, and Kaito began to push the iron gate open.

Krit! Krit! Krit!

The hinges seemed to be poorly maintained, so when the gate opened, a metallic scraping sound echoed.

In this eerily quiet atmosphere, that sound became even more jarring.

The graveyard gate opened, and only then could everyone see the grounds inside more clearly.

Behind the iron gate was a small path, about 4 meters wide, paved with rough, uneven stones.

This path, like the key earlier, could be placed in a museum.

On both sides were tall lamps, the bulbs seemed old, so the light they emitted wasn't enough to illuminate the surroundings.

However, it was enough for everyone to see the graves built in the style of mini houses, as if assembled from multiple concrete blocks, forming a box.

On the graves were tombstones, sometimes with pictures of the deceased, sometimes with their last words.

However, these graves also seemed to be of the same age as the key from earlier, very old, and covered in moss.

Some graves were even pierced through by trees, their branches spreading wide, obscuring the moonlight.

Seeing this, Kaito sighed: "It seems... earning $5,000 won't be easy."

"Of course." Alex laughed in response: "If it were easy, they would probably only offer $50 or $100."

"But don't you think this is more interesting? We can light a candle together and tell scary stories."

"When the candle goes out, then.... WAAA!!"

"AAA!!" Alex suddenly yelled at Akiko, startling her into screaming as well.

"Hahahaha... you're so cowardly, why did you take this job?" Alex laughed loudly.

Akiko gasped, feeling like her heart had just jumped out of her chest.

Kaito sighed, not knowing what to say to Alex.

Rover, on the other hand, suddenly noticed the tree that had pierced through the grave in the distance, his eyes narrowing as if he were looking at something on the tree.

'That...' Rover thought to himself, unsure of what he had just seen.

Just now, when Alex and Akiko screamed, that tree moved slightly, but there was no wind.

The branches swayed, revealing a face looking at them. However, Rover only saw that face for a moment.

So much so that he couldn't even see clearly if it was a face or just something similar, or... he had seen it wrong.

"Let's go!" Kaito said: "We need to go to the security room."

Everyone nodded, after all, the woman had told them to go to the security room.

Akiko suddenly stopped, fearfully saying: "Should we close the gate? If not, someone might come in here."

"Pfff!" Alex suddenly snorted with laughter: "Hahahaha... damn it! What the hell is there to steal here? Steal the corpses?"

Seeing Alex's expression, Kaito could only shake his head and sigh, then went back to close the graveyard gate.

"Akiko is right." Kaito said while pulling the gate: "Even if no one comes in, we still have to do our job perfectly."

"Perhaps... the people at the company are watching us through hidden cameras here."

Hearing Kaito's words, Rover found it extremely reasonable.

After all, the pay for one night here was $5,000, if they didn't observe his actions and work attitude, how could they assess his workability?

'Perhaps this place was set up by the company to test people's ability to cope with danger or fear.'

'After all, there are many companies that recruit in very strange ways, perhaps... this company is the same.'

After thinking it through, Rover felt more confident and less afraid.