孝恩和傑佛瑞正在享用晚餐時，突然聽到一陣淒厲的尖叫聲從後方傳出。轉身一望，他們赫然發現餐廳其他的客人都靜止不動、嘴巴張得大大的，看著夾菜區。原來，他們看到餐盤、碟子及刀叉正自己在空中飄浮著。擁有靈異體質的孝恩和傑佛瑞立刻看見了是幾個鬼魂在搞鬼。大夥過了片刻後才回過神來，倉惶地趕緊逃離餐廳。
「發生了什麼事？」傑佛瑞小聲地問孝恩說。「我們初到這間旅館時，並沒有察覺有什麼異樣啊！怎麼突然就鬧鬼了呢？」
「估計是那張符咒！」孝恩斷言道。「每張符咒都有自己的作用，很可能是蒂芬尼無意間將其從樹上撕掉後，解除了某種封印，將這些鬼魂們釋放了出來。」
「要把這些鬼魂趕走，我們得好好研究一下這間旅館的歷史，以及這些鬼魂與這旅館的關聯！」傑佛瑞說。
「沒錯！而且，咱們也必須查出這些鬼魂生前的身份！」孝恩答道。「咱們可以問問蒂芬尼。她爸爸是旅館的大股東，說不定知道些其中的內幕消息。對了，蒂芬尼去哪兒了？」
「我記得她大概半小時前跟我說要去廁所，」傑佛瑞回答說。「這就怪了！她怎麼去這麼久啊？」
Shaun and Jeffrey were happily enjoying their buffet dinner whilst chatting about their previous cases when they heard a shrill scream coming from behind them. Turning around, they perceived that the rest of the customers in the dining hall were all motionless, staring with their mouths wide open towards the buffet area, where they saw trays, plates and cutlery appearing to float in mid-air. In fact, Shaun and Jeffrey, who had supernatural abilities, spotted several ghosts carrying the trays and dishes around, having a great time. Only after a few minutes did people begin to come to their senses and dashed out of the dining hall whilst others were so petrified that they appeared to be rooted to the spot.
"What happened?" whispered Jeffrey to Shaun. "I don't remember sensing any ghosts when we first entered the hotel."
"It must've been the magic charm!" responded Shaun, referring to the Taoist charm which Tiffany had ripped off the coconut tree trunk on their way back from the beach that afternoon. "Every magic charm must have its purpose and I guess we now know why it was there. It must've been there to seal the spirits in that tree. Now that the charm is gone, the ghosts can roam freely around the hotel."
"In order to send these ghosts away, we'll have to at least find out a bit about the history of this hotel," mumbled Jeffrey pensively.
"Exactly! We'd better also discover who those ghosts were before they died and why they're still here!" replied Shaun. "We could ask Tiffany. Her father is a shareholder of this hotel, so perhaps he'd know something about its past. Speaking of whom, where's Tiffany?"
"I remember she mumbled about going to the toilet around half an hour or so ago," answered Jeffrey. "That's odd! She should've been back ages ago! What's taking her so long?"
