Chapter 172

Chapter 172: Despicable Me (4)

Translator: Sigma Editor: Sigma

The ghost story in this chapter is adapted from the short story 'Dead Body by Hanging' by Yumeno Kyūsaku . If there's something similar, it isn't coincidental .

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"Eventually, that woman fell into the puddle, right?" the shadow suddenly interrupted Feng Bujue .

"Huh? You've listened to it already?" asked Feng Bujue .

"I want to hear a story that can scare me, not a funny thing," answered the shadow .

"Hmm…" Feng Bujue sighed, "I'll try another one . " There were numerous stories like that in his head, and it wasn't a problem if he had to tell 180 stories at once . "Wanna be scared, right…" Actually, his heart was muttering, well, this guy knows he's a ghost, but he wants me to tell him ghost stories . This is hilarious…

At present, it seemed like Feng Bujue was about to tell proper a story, which should be as short and horrible as possible . Under the circumstances that limited the length and just used the power of words to scare people, it was somehow difficult .

"That day, I was sitting on a bench in the park . " Feng Bujue suddenly acted like he was a patient who suffered from schizophrenia, wearing an odd look and using the first-person point-of-view to tell his story . "There was a fountain in front of me . I was sitting there, watching the water column shoot up and then fall down… The temperature at twilight was chilling me…"

The shadow kept silent, listening to Feng Bujue's story-telling . As for an outsider, Jue-ge was truly immersing himself in his story . The way he used the first person 'I' to guide the story was quite convincing .

"I was listening to the water running in the fountain while reading some afternoon newspapers . But none of them had the news I was expecting . "

Feng Bujue exhaled, and he could see his breath . "Two weeks ago, there was a girl whose corpse lay in an abandoned room in the outskirts . That's what I was looking for . " A freaky smile hung in the corner of his mouth . "This girl and I were together for a while… I still remembered that day . It was also at twilight when she came for a date with me . She had combed her hair into a peach-styled bun, wearing a uniform with short skirt… She was so beautiful she almost made me breathless . "

As Feng Bujue was telling this part, his eyes sparkled with enthusiasm, his breath became short, and even the corner of his mouth was convulsing like a sick person, "So… I followed my instinct, taking her to an abandoned room in the suburb area, near the X railway . Then I strangled the panicked girl to death," he paused for a while, and then opened his eyes wider to face the shadow, "It was like I could throw away my burden… If I didn't do that, I would go crazy… Ah… Ha ha…" He laughed, and his laughter somehow showed his satisfaction as if he still tasted that moment of pleasure .

"I took off her belt then hanged her on the beam to disguise my crime as a suicide case scene," Feng Bujue continued, "Although I went home like nothing had happened, from that day onward, every evening, I came to this park, bought some afternoon newspaper and sat here on the bench to read them . "

Feng Bujue sneered, "'Young girl hanged herself to suicide' is what I'd expected to see . " He suddenly snatched his hand to the void, just like he was catching something there . "All of a sudden, I saw a newspaper lying on the ground near my feet . It was an old newspaper someone had thrown away . There were three big headlines . Those words were like electrical currents shot into my eyes…"

"Unidentified body found in an abandoned house . "

"In an abandoned room near the X railway, they found a corpse, which suspected to have the time of death around two weeks ago . "

"The dead is a young male wearing an office worker suit . "

Feng Bujue was wearing a terrible look like that of a ghost at this moment . "I picked up the paper, running out of the park like crazy . It was like some ghosts asked me to go to the X railway area, standing in front of that abandoned house .

"I looked around confused . When I was sure there was nobody else, I opened the door and got in…

"The house was so dark, I couldn't even see my own fingers . I've been searching for a while before I could find the beam where I had hanged the girl . I lit up a match and watched…"

Feng Bujue still shone the flashlight on his face as he was leaning forward a little bit . "The belt dangled from the beam, hanging my body . At the same time, the girl's voice came from a pitch-black corner behind me…"

"Ah ha ha ha ha . . . Finally, you've come for me…" Feng Bujue's story ended here in silence .

After one second, his face changed again and regained its original appearance . "How about that?"

"Hmm…" The gloomy blue light in the shadow's eyes dimmed a little bit . "I feel your fast changes are scarier than the details of the story…"

"Nonsense!" Feng Bujue said, then he took out the pistol once again . "I've wasted seven or eight minutes here (the total time elapsed was 26 minutes) . If you want me to tell more stories…" The other half of his line was, 'If you want to listen more, you will hear the gunshot then . '

"Alright, I'll take you to the prison . " The shadow didn't wait for Feng Bujue to finish his line . He raised one finger, "Don't concern yourself with what you're about to see . They are harmless . No need to struggle . "

What this NPC said was important . If it didn't say hello first, Feng Bujue would have struggled hard…

One second later, a light lit up from the fingertip of the shadow . That dot then gradually enlarged to a sphere . Next, countless strange larvae came out from the light sphere . The color and shape of those things were like that of the boiled eggs without the shell . But they were just about the size of a larva, a pale and disgusting larva…

The number of those larvae was getting bigger, just like a vortex moving in midair . Although they were acting in a big group, they seemed to have individual thoughts . Those soft, half-translucent-milky creatures were chasing and devouring each other… It looked messy, but in fact, they were following some sort of strange order .

Feng Bujue felt like he was watching a drop of water under the microscope . However, he couldn't enjoy it for long . The bad situation took place . Those creatures swam in the air, surrounding Feng Bujue and twirling . It was getting denser and faster from time to time…

They started to approach Feng Bujue's body, crawling and gathering on his body until they covered him entirely, including his eyes, ears, nostrils, and mouth .

When Feng Bujue felt awkward that the situation was a bit out of control, he doubted that he got fooled this time . Then, he felt the pressure around him loosen and the chill disappear . His eyes were still closed, but he could feel the surrounding was brightening up .

He opened his eyes, then he saw…