Andrew and Sam were looking for some clue to... you know what for, I won’t repeat it. While they were searching, they passed near the forest. At that moment, a man came up to one of them and tapped him on the shoulder, saying:

  "G-good morning... could you help me?"

  "W-what do you need...?" replied one of our protagonists, in other words, Samantha. "Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

  "Hey, Sam, what happen- Ahhhhhhhh!" Andrew was also startled.

  The man who approached them... he was... err... he was dead, okay? It was a ghost, whose face was disfigured and his abdomen was mangled, bleeding, but the blood disappeared as it fell to the floor.

  "W-what's wrong? I-I’ve got something?" the man said, frightened.

  "It’s..." Sam realized something. "...nothing."

  "Huh?" Andrew also realized something. "...No, sorry."

  "Okay, well... I just got to this town. I was going with my hiking partners in the woods, but we got separated and got lost. A lot of things happened, so... I’d like directions, it’s the first time I’ve been here," said the man. "Well... wait, why are you looking at me like that? Don’t tell me that..."

  "You gave up the ghost!"

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  "Hey, shut up!" Andrew shouted at the shadow ghost and pushed him... pushed him. Sam laughed a little but... she was a little scared too.

  "...So I really am... Hahahaha!"

  "?," Andrew and Sam looked confused.

  "I’m sorry, it’s just... no wonder no one paid any attention to me when I approached them. So my injuries were serious..."

  The man told them something else. While he and his friends were in the forest, a bear suddenly appeared and attacked them. This caused the group to separate, and he was left alone, being the only one chased by the bear.

  In a moment of carelessness while fleeing, the bear attacked him and severely damaged him, but he managed to escape, barely. After that, he wandered aimlessly through the forest until he arrived near a river, where he drank water to survive and... slept there.

  When he woke up, he continued searching for a sign of civilization and arrived at the village, where everyone ignored him until he met Andrew and Sam. But... he had already died when he arrived, having bled to death in his sleep because, due to adrenaline, he felt no pain, even though his wounds were very serious.

  "I see..." said Sam. "That was... really horrible."

  "Yeah, it was," said the ghost. "But... I think my friends are okay now."

  "They must be," said Andrew. "But with the information you gave us, we can’t tell the police the location of your body."

  "That’s true," said Sam, thoughtfully.

  "Well, it doesn’t matter," said the ghost. "Just knowing that they’re okay makes me feel like I’m ready to go."

  And he began to rise, slowly fading away.

  "Hey, hey! Are you really leaving already?" Andrew said. Sam looked at the scene in surprise.

  "Yes, I have nothing left to do in this world. And meeting you guys made me realize what my destiny was, so I’m grateful to you and... I don’t have time anymore, so... goodbye."

  He disappeared completely.

  "...He didn’t want to know why we could see him, and we didn’t know why they were in the forest," Sam said.

  "This..."

  "Yeah, it was weird," said Andrew.

  "Exactly!"

  "...Well, let’s go."

  "Okay."