In the past, when I investigated urban and rural legends, I would first visit the people who had experienced these legends.
On one hand, it was to prepare before conducting fieldwork; on the other hand, if these "witnesses" were merely making up stories for publicity, I could expose their falsehoods at this stage, thus saving the trouble of further investigation. Such false legends were quite common, and having dealt with many, interviewing witnesses had become a crucial step before conducting field investigations on legends.
This is how I came to know Xiaoqiao, my junior. A few months ago, she passed by an abandoned construction site where she witnessed a blood-soaked evil spirit, which inexplicably transported her inside an unfinished building. Fortunately, the spirit seemed to have weak mana and, after capturing Xiaoqiao, struggled to proceed further, ultimately just watching helplessly as Xiaoqiao fled in a panic.
