Ghost Umbrella looked at Su Zimo with an expectant expression.
Su Zimo looked at the customer who was still sitting in the shop. After learning that she was no longer alive and it was impossible to increase An Yu Yi Yuâs profits, Su Zimo didnât know what to say for a while. What to do? After all, whether she was greedy for money, deserved her sins, or was pitifully deceived, there was no need to say anything after she had passed away.
Thinking of that, Su Zimo nodded at Ghost Umbrella and acquiesced.
Then Su Zimo watched the ghost umbrella walk to the door of the shop, grasp the handles of the two glass doors with both hands, and then slam them open, allowing the ghosts that had been blocking the outside of the shop to rush into the entrance without hesitation.
The outside of the shop should have been cloudy and stormy.
For some reason, Su Zimo suddenly felt that the light outside the shop was brightening, and he couldnât help but stretch his hand out to block some of the sunlight â the glass doors of the shop had obviously just opened.
What surprised Su Zimo even more was that the ghosts that rushed into the shop after their target, the customer, did not pass through the ghost umbrellaâs barrier. After desperately rushing toward the ghost umbrella, they just⊠disappeared.
It was difficult for Su Zimo to describe the scene. What he saw was that after the ghost umbrella opened the shop doors, he blocked the entire entryway, facing the ghosts. But those ghosts seemed to have been directly devoured by the ghost umbrella. After rushing through his body, they disappeared. Even the customer who had been sitting dazedly in the shop felt something and looked back.
âGhosts, can you really eat ghosts?â Su Zimo had actually heard Ghost Umbrella talk about eating ghosts in Zhang Xiaoqingâs illusion, but the Su Zimo of that time didnât take the matter to heart. He felt that that so-called âeatingâ was different from the eating he had done since childhood.
But when the ghosts reached the ghost umbrella and didnât come out again, Su Zimo suddenly realized that those ghosts may have been eaten by the ghost umbrella of unknown origin.
âI havenât done this for a long time. Thanks to this shop, I can eat these original kinds.â Ghost Umbrella said lightly, as if he had just eaten a normal free-range chicken.
âThen youâŠâ
âI seem to have thought of something related to the nightmare world.â
Before Su Zimo had time to keep asking, he stopped at haring what the ghost umbrella said.
âThe nightmare world is like a bug-catching net.â The ghost umbrella who hadnât understood the nightmare worldâs appearance before spoke with certainty at that moment. âThis bug-catching net will be attracted to those with grievances but who should have disappeared from this world. Then the bug-catching net will capture those ghosts one by one into the nightmare world, where they will be imprisoned in a glass cage for people to admire, and turn into those nightmare worlds that test the trainers.â
âThe imprisoned ghosts canât disappear, nor can they completely vent their grievances in the nightmare world. Over time, their resentment intensifies, making the originally ordinary souls gradually turn into malicious spirits.â
âMany malicious spirits are actually just as eager to find their freedom just like the trainers, but most times the trainers prefer to fight in a violent, illogical manner, so the malicious spirits also try to find another way by venting their grievances onto the trainers. That manner of relief such has caused all kinds of cruel battles in the nightmare world.â
âIn addition to ghosts and trainers, many things in the nightmare world may become ghost tools because theyâve been in contact with ghosts for a long time. Some ghosts even choose to hide among high level ghost tools. One by one, pieces flowed from the nightmare world, some even through trainersâ hands, and finally arrived in our current reality after several turns.â
âAiâŠâ Ghost Umbrella suddenly looked outside the shop and sighed. âIt didnât take long for the nightmare world of this reality to appear. The power of ghost tools isnât strong, and the amount isnât even large, so many people are still immersed in their ordinary and peaceful lives. But if the ghosts brought back to the real world revive and backlash one by one, then the terrible ghost events caused by their recovery will soon turn this world away from those peaceful lives. Eventually, it will fall into hell like the other worlds.â
âI thought it was strange before.â Su Zimo pursed his eyebrows slightly. âYou always like to use the words âthis world,â and now youâre saying âfall into hell llike other worldsâ⊠Ghost Umbrella, where are you from?â
âEn? Did I say that?â Ghost Umbrella suddenly put on a silly expression again. âBoss, Iâm so sorry. I seem to be able to occasionally remember part of the past after a good meal.â
Ghost Umbrella once again ignored his questions. Su Zimo couldnât get an answer, so he could only put his questions aside and think about them alone.
But whatâs worse is that Ghost Umbrellaâs words attracted Su Zimoâs attention. When he turned away, the customer who had been sitting on the chair in the shop⊠he didnât know when she had disappeared.
Su Zimo immediately left the shop and looked out, but on the busy Xincheng Street where pedestrians came and went, how could the ghost customer be seen?
âWhere will she go?â Su Zimo thought to himself.
âEven if there are a few ghost stories in this world, itâs far beyond the comprehension of ordinary people. Boss, you canât manage every ghostâs affairs by yourself.â Ghost Umbrella had returned to behind the counter, brewing fruit tea comfortably, as if heâd forgotten everything he said before.
Su Zimo was about to say something, but then he heard the ringing of a call from âGhost Call,â which he had transferred his phone card to. Moreover, the ringtone was Peng Pengâs melody. He didnât know when the store members had managed to complete so many details.
âHello?â After Su Zimo connected, he heard the voice of the maid, Ye Ning, on the other end. After listening to her report for a while, Su Zimo also left behind what happened before. With a sigh of relief, he asked, âHave you found Hua Xiaowan and the others?â
Ye Ning didnât call about anything else, since after Su Zimo left Zhang Xiaoqingâs nightmare world, he entrusted her with the investigation into the location of the three pranksters.
Since he knew the names of the three people and the news that a high school student had jumped off the roof, Ye Ning found their locations without much effort.
The reason why the report was late was because Ye Ning was trying to collect more information about the three people.
After listening to Ye Ningâs careful report, Su Zimo felt that the most important information was that the three people were studying different majors at the same university. Ye Ning also found the specific school name and location.
The university was actually in Jiangdu.
Perhaps having heard the name âHua Xiaowan,â even Zhang Xiaoqing appeared out of Ghost Call and appeared in front of Su Zimo.
âRelax. Iâll do what I promised you.â Su Zimo looked at Zhang Xiaoqingâs bloody tears under the bloodstained cloth, and made another promise.
In fact, Su ZImo believed what Ghost Umbrella said before, since he could really feel a strong sensation of being restrained within Zhang Xiaoqingâs nightmare world.
No matter what kind of disaster Zhang Xiaoqingâs recklessness brought to herself and her family, the evil actions that the three pranksters spect time burying werenât gradually dispersed because of the emergence of the nightmare world. Instead, Zhang Xiaoqing turned into a ghost in the nightmare world. She had to vent her grievances and seek relief.
Trapped inside the nightmare world, Zhang Xiaoqing had no way to escape her nightmare and find the three pranksters. It was also impossible for her grievances to be relieved by a few words from Su Zimo like other ghosts. After all, the target of her resentment was still living well and comfortably, acting like they had nothing to do with her.
So, even if an ordinary trainer cleared Zhang Xiaoqingâs nightmare world, she would still be a ghost with nowhere to vent her resentment, and she was already shrouded in pain after her death.
Only Su Zimo, who wasnât a trainer, could swear to Zhang Xiaoqing to take her out of the nightmare world, and promise to help her find the three instigators, Hua Xiaowan and the others!
âGhost Umbrella, you stay and watch the store!â Su Zimo left the metal pen for signing sales contracts on the counter. After all, the place he was going to was a normal university in the real world. He was also followed by Zhang Xiaoqing, who combined âGhost Callâ and âGhost Eyes of the Blind,â as well as An Yu Yi Yu behind him. There would be no accidents.
Then Su Zimo took his cell phone and some money, opened the shop doors, and walked out.
*
Not long after Su Zimo left An Yu Yi Yu, Su Yi from next door walked out of Flower Tea Garden with a backpack on, looking like she was going back to school.
Su Yi was holding the lipstick box in her hand, and she looked happy. She just took it out and tested it, and found that the hydration and color were very good.
Su Yi had already applied some, and when she rubbed it slightly, she felt that her complexion had improved a lot. The balm even had a faint rose scent, which made Su Yi feel that she must have found a treasure!
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She held a cosmetic mirror and looked at her lip color in satisfaction.
[Do you like lipstick?]
Su Yi raised her head subconsciously, but found that there was no one around her.
[This lipstick is for you.]
In the blink of an eye, Su Yi actually found another lipstick in her other hand. It was a big brand that she couldnât afford, completely different from the lipstick itâd replaced.
She looked around, even more confused, but still couldnât see anyone.
[Do you know that you can have whatever you want? Try it out. Put on the lipstick, then say what you want.]
The weird situation was that Su Yi clearly saw no one around her, but the young and ethereal female voice rang in her ears, and every word was heard clearly.
That voice was saying⊠whatever she wanted?
Just put on the lipstick and say your wish. Could it come true?
âHow could that be? A deceptive trick?â Su Yi smiled sarcastically, but she help the expensive lipstick in her right hand and finally put it in her bag.