Chapter 15: First Murder

Zhang Hao heard a sound, and his hollow eyes looked at the speaker.

Being glanced at by Zhang Hao, the person felt an inexplicable chill and instantly dared not speak again.

"Damn, could cosplay really be that scary?"

He muttered to himself, thinking perhaps this kind of thing happens to touch his inner taboo.

At that moment, some elderly people also turned to look.

"Little girl, young lad, did something happen at your home?"

"Even if something happened, you can't walk the streets in those clothes, let alone the Red and White Double Evil together on the street."

"You don't even know you can't enter someone's house while wearing only Funeral Clothes; does your adult not know either?"

An old woman walked toward Zhang Hao, muttering.

"Grandma, there shouldn't be any incident at their home."

"It's just that in recent years, many youngsters have been doing cosplay, which you can think of as acting."

"They are now cosplaying the Red and White Double Evil."

Someone, hearing the old woman's words, laughed and explained.

"Cos? Acting? Doing that kind of thing isn't good; have you offered Incense Stick before performing? Otherwise you may attract unclean things."

"Strangely enough, I don't know why, but after getting close to you, I always feel a chill behind me."

The old woman seems to be someone who likes to talk a lot.

After hearing the young man's words, she began muttering again.

Zhang Hao ignored the old woman's chatter; he had intended to leave quietly without drawing attention.

But now it seemed his and the bride's outfits were too conspicuous, perhaps making it hard to find a chance to hide.

"What a pity, I don't have a Ghost Domain, and the Ghost Bride's Ghost Domain hasn't been obtained yet."

Zhang Hao felt helpless; if he possessed a Ghost Domain, it would greatly aid his and the bride's actions.

However, at that moment, the bride moved.

Zhang Hao could feel a Ghost Power from the bride transmitting to him.

Then, a whimpering-like wind rose around them.

"What's going on, why did such a huge wind appear all of a sudden?"

The man who had spoken first earlier frowned and looked at the sky.

However, from the corner of his eye he saw the surrounding people suddenly kneeling one after another.

And the direction they knelt toward was unmistakably the man in Funeral Clothes and the bride in Wedding Dress.

"What's happening?"

The man's face turned a bit terrified, because he realized his own body was involuntarily kneeling at that moment.

"Something's wrong, it's those two things."

Only then did he notice the man in Funeral Clothes had a completely hollow gaze, and his companion bride's skin was pallid, lacking any hue of blood.

He had originally thought it was makeup, but now it seemed not to be the case.

However, he had no chance to continue pondering.

As his knees hit the ground, his consciousness faded away.

In an instant, across the whole street, everyone who could see Zhang Hao and the Ghost Bride knelt and fell to the ground, losing their vitality.

Zhang Hao glanced around; the city didn't seem small—just on this street there were nearly a hundred people visible.

So this place didn't appear to be the city center; otherwise more would have died.

While Zhang Hao was watching, a black sedan barreled straight into him.

However, Zhang Hao wasn't thrown by the impact, nor were his limbs broken.

In fact, Zhang Hao and the Ghost Bride remained standing in place, barely moving.

Instead, the black sedan dented where it hit Zhang Hao, and its headlights went out.

Zhang Hao glanced inside the car and saw a man staring at him with a terrified face.

But as the black sedan struck Zhang Hao, the man was already dead, his eyes frozen open. "Because he was driving, he couldn't kneel, so he avoided that Certain Death attack just now?"

Zhang Hao looked at the man with surprise; he hadn't been killed by a Ghost Power, but died in a car accident.

"It seems the Kneeling Death rule has issues; kneeling should just mean the knees touching the ground, right?"

Zhang Hao paid no heed to the dead, merely looking at the Ghost Bride with helplessness.

"We just came out of the Spiritual Realm; let's not kill anyone now. Let me scout where this place is, so we can go find Ghost Crying Face and Ghost Chef, then figure out how to get those embroidered shoes."

"If we kill people, Headquarters will quickly label us a Supernatural Incident, and then getting the embroidered shoes will be even harder."

Zhang Hao wasn't affected by the Ghost Bride's killing, but this would cause Headquarters to classify him and the Ghost Bride as a Supernatural Incident.

Later, trying to fish for the embroidered shoes and Ghost Painting in Dajing City would be very troublesome.

Listening to Zhang Hao, the Ghost Bride turned her head, tilted it, then looked at him, seemingly unable to grasp his meaning.

"Fine, the meaning is too complicated."

Zhang Hao felt helpless; he knew his own explanation had been too convoluted.

The current Ghost Bride could understand his words, but only simple meanings.

"No killing; we hide and look for the Puzzle."

Zhang Hao thought for a moment and said in the briefest terms.

This time the Ghost Bride seemed to understand Zhang Hao's meaning.

She realized Zhang Hao was her Ghost Slave and wouldn't do anything harmful to him.

But her simple mind couldn't comprehend Zhang Hao's words.

But she did understand: no killing, hide, and Zhang Hao can lead her to find the Puzzle.

As the Ghost Bride grasped Zhang Hao's meaning, Zhang Hao could feel his body regaining control.

"It seems that after obtaining Ghost Seeking Kin, my standing with the Ghost Bride has risen."

At the beginning, regarding the Ghost Bride's action logic.

Puzzle > Killing Rule, Killing Rule > Zhang Hao, Zhang Hao > other Ghost Slaves.

Now it should have become the following state.

Puzzle > Zhang Hao, Zhang Hao > Killing Rule, Killing Rule > other Ghost Slaves.

At least now Zhang Hao can prevent the Ghost Bride from triggering the Killing Rule.

Although it still relies on the Puzzle, at least when the Killing Rule is triggered, Zhang Hao's words can influence the Ghost Bride's actions.

"Perhaps because, to the current Bride, I also belong to her Puzzle."

Zhang Hao wears a Ghost Mourning Clothes, and also has the other half of Ghost Seeking Kin.

"Let's set those aside for now and first check whether there's any surveillance around."

Zhang Hao looks around as invisible Ghost Power begins to corrode the surroundings.

Those who faced Kneeling Death now stand up one by one.

Killed by Zhang Hao's Ghost Mourning Clothes, their bodies, affected by Ghost Power, become Ghost Slaves.

Under Ghost Power's interference, the surrounding electronic devices lose their function at this moment.

But that's not enough; Zhang Hao needs to infiltrate Dajing City to take the embroidered shoes.

For that, he must ensure that no surveillance footage captured the recent scene.

As for satellites, there's nothing he can do; he just hopes they won't be noticed.

After all, killing a hundred people is neither too many nor too few; as long as no more killing continues, they probably won't resort to satellites.

Moreover, even satellites, under Ghost Power's interference, might not clearly see his and the Ghost Bride's exact forms.

Meanwhile, the Ghost Tamers seated on the Spiritual Bus also noticed the scene.

"That's truly terrifying; just got off the bus and killed over a hundred people."

These people breathed a sigh of relief; fortunately they didn't get off the bus.

(End of chapter)