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#225 - Special - Strange Tales VI: Notes From the Shadow Book

The History of China

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The Unseen Spirits of Erumchi

The spirit passports were invented by some official with more time on his hands than scruples, and designed to collect envelopes full of cash from these superstitious and gullible soldiers. After dismissing the clerk, i proceeded directly to the general's quarters and vised him in the strongest possible terms that he ought to henceforth forbid the practice gullibility. But since then, the citings and complaints have been heard and reported by many witnesses, which now include even you as such. Even if we maintain that the spirit passports be an as a hoax or a scam, it seems evident that the spirits themselves have become convinced that they need them too. No human source was attached to the wailing

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