Chapter 18: You’re Fierce
Chapter 18: You’re Fierce
Pei Ye frowned.
“What do you mean? Who’s being unreasonable?”
The young man looked as serious as an elementary school student reporting to a teacher.
“The one who ran out just now. The magical artifact in her hand is a bit strange, but I can’t say exactly what’s wrong with it.”
Even though it was a magical artifact filled with righteous energy and highly effective against evil entities, the young man simply found it unbearably unpleasant.
It wasn’t as if he had never seen a Celestial Master’s magical artifacts before.
But not a single one had disgusted him as much as the one in Lei Yating’s hands.
The slightest contact made his yin energy churn violently, leaving him agitated and unable to suppress the surging ferocity within him.
The mute female ghost was far weaker than he was, so she had been influenced even more easily.
If she committed more killings, who knew when an underworld messenger might bind her up and throw her into the eighteen levels of hell to suffer punishment.
When Celestial Masters subdued evil entities, they generally focused on suppression and salvation, taking a balanced and moderate approach.
The magical artifact in Lei Yating’s hand was far too overbearing.
It gave evil entities no chance to repent. Once it was used, it was always a fight to the death.
Could an evil entity that had lost control in a feral frenzy still be suppressed and redeemed?
Impossible.
The battle would continue until one side was beaten into submission.
Pei Ye became suspicious, but this was not the right time to take out her phone and check the System Records, so she temporarily set the matter aside.
“Fortunately, no major disaster happened. Go back where you came from and stop frightening ordinary people.”
The young man said seriously, “You’re very powerful.”
No kidding.
Only at close range had he noticed how dense the baleful aura around Pei Ye was. Even he, the super-ferocious Ghost King of the hospital, could barely handle it.
If Pei Ye were also a ghost, then according to the rules he would have to support her as boss. At the very least, he would have to pledge allegiance to her.
Unfortunately, no matter how heavy her baleful aura was, she was still alive.
Therefore...
“When you die, I’ll become your little brother!”
Pei Ye: “...”
No, you don’t want that!
The young man sighed, looking every bit the concerned leader worrying for the nation and its people.
“Being a ghost isn’t easy these days. Competition for territory between ghost bosses is fierce. If you became our boss, you’d definitely be the fiercest one in this entire area. No outside ghosts would dare make trouble in our territory. You could also protect ordinary people from harassment. It’s a good thing for the country and the people! It perfectly embodies the core socialist values!”
Pei Ye revealed an awkward yet polite smile.
“Sorry, but I find being alive quite comfortable. I don’t have any plans to die for the time being.”
If Pei Ye died, whether she’d even have a soul was another question entirely.
She then asked the young ghost, “You said you’re the ghost boss of this area?”
The young man puffed out his chest and lifted his head, as though an invisible Young Pioneers scarf on his chest were especially bright.
“The fiercest morgue in this city belongs to me!”
Pei Ye said, “Then I have something I’d like to ask you to help me with. I wonder if that’s possible?”
The young man respected strength above all else. He also greatly admired the fierce baleful aura around Pei Ye, which gave him a tremendous sense of security, so he readily agreed.
Pei Ye then told him about the traffic accident at the Wudaokou intersection and about Lan Ying.
The young man’s brows knitted tightly together, and he looked somewhat embarrassed.
As the boss of this area, he actually didn’t know there was a Lan Ying on his territory with multiple lives on her hands.
“No problem. I’ll investigate it as quickly as possible.”
He had several thousand wandering ghosts and lonely spirits under his command, with a vast ghostly network.
How could he possibly fail to uncover the truth?
As a new-era ghost, the young man always kept the core socialist values firmly in mind.
How could he tolerate such evil deeds occurring on his territory?
Zhou Huirong and the others: “...”
Listening to Pei Ye and the young ghost converse so amicably, even slinging arms over each other’s shoulders, they suddenly felt dazed.
It was as if their narrow escape from death just moments ago had been nothing but a hallucination.
After Pei Ye personally opened the window for the two ghosts, the young man repeatedly assured everyone that he would investigate thoroughly.
The mute female ghost was very upset today.
During the day, Pei Ye had thrown her around and flushed her down a toilet.
At night, she had been beaten into an unstable soul state by a single cigarette.
She felt utterly wronged.
On the way back, the young man comforted the mute female ghost.
“Hey, stop crying. At least you managed to save your ghostly life.”
The female ghost’s face seemed to say, “But I’m still sad.”
She lowered her head, her face covered with capital-letter-sized grievance.
The young man’s expression turned serious.
Whenever he thought about the red silk ribbon magical artifact in Lei Yating’s possession, he seemed to feel that sticky sense of revulsion still lingering on him.
He disliked dealing with Celestial Masters.
It wasn’t as though there had never been overconfident Celestial Masters who tried to subdue him before.
Every one of them had been sent packing.
However...
No matter how much he disliked them, he had never felt such intense hatred toward a Celestial Master as he did today.
Just thinking about it gave him the illusion that his yin energy was about to lose control.
The two ghosts returned to the hospital together, while Pei Ye stayed behind to clean up the mess.
Her series of outrageous actions left Bai Xiaoxiao and the others with extremely complicated feelings.
The girl they had considered a delinquent engaged in compensated dating could actually subdue fierce ghosts with ease!
With abilities like that, why would she need to take that sort of path?
Looking back now, it seemed all of Xiao Hong’s rebellious behavior finally had an explanation.
When she frequently stayed out all night, perhaps she had actually been hunting demons and subduing monsters.
Wasn’t it said that evil spirits feared sunlight and only appeared at night?
It was perfectly normal for an expert’s temperament to differ from ordinary people’s.
Before they could finish letting their imaginations run wild, Pei Ye asked, “Do any of you feel unwell? Do you need to go to the hospital for a checkup?”
Dark bluish-black strangulation marks had appeared around all their necks.
In the middle of the night, they looked eerie and sinister.
Bai Xiaoxiao and the others shook their heads.
It was only when dormitory leader Zhou Huirong spoke that the awkward silence was broken.
“Xiao Hong, about earlier... thank you for saving our lives. If you ever need anything in the future, just say the word. Don’t be polite.”
Another girl added, “I’ll fetch your hot water for you in the future. I’ll even pick up your takeaway orders!”
There really were ghosts in this world.
Under such circumstances, making friends with someone who could catch ghosts naturally provided a sense of security.
“No need to fetch water or collect takeaway orders. Do any of you have cigarettes?”
The girls: “...”
They had forgotten.
The person in front of them smoked, drank, fought, and had tattooed arms...
“No!” Bai Xiaoxiao hesitated before advising, “Smoking is harmful to your health. Girls should quit.”
They were all young women who had not yet entered society.
Even when conflicts arose between them, things never escalated very far.
At most, they exchanged a few angry words.
After some self-reflection, they realized they had never had any major conflict with Xiao Hong.
This was the perfect opportunity to improve their relationship.
At that moment, another girl, Mi Xiangjun, spoke timidly.
“A few days ago, I bought my dad a branded electronic cigarette during an online sale. They say electronic cigarettes taste fairly similar to real cigarettes and are somewhat less harmful. Xiao Hong, would you like to use the electronic cigarette for now? It’s already dark, and I don’t dare go out to buy cigarettes for you.”
They had just encountered ghosts.
Who knew whether they might run into another one if they went outside?
“An electronic cigarette is fine.”
Pei Ye’s nicotine addiction was neither severe nor mild.
It had once been fairly serious.
Later, considering her personal image, she gradually quit, though she still smoked occasionally.
Now she was no longer in the Federation.
There was no adjutant watching her from every possible angle three hundred and sixty-five days a year because she smoked, drank, fought, or got tattoos.
So she simply let herself do as she pleased.
“I’ll pay you back when I have money.”
The electronic cigarette Mi Xiangjun had bought for her father was from a major brand and quite expensive.
It seemed she had saved up half a semester’s worth of part-time earnings to buy it.
Pei Ye had no intention of taking advantage of her.
Once Zhu Chun’an’s reward payment and subsidy were approved, she would repay Mi Xiangjun.
Mi Xiangjun shook her head.
“It’s fine. Consider it a gift.”
She was already satisfied just to have survived today.
Although...
It seemed those two ghosts had actually come because of Pei Ye.
Everyone silently swallowed that fact and kept it to themselves.