What do you mean I'm a ghost story?

Chapter 26 My life is over
boom!
boom! boom! boom!
A series of booming sounds, accompanied by the tremors of the walls, sounded like sniper rifles firing.

Chen Nuonuo huddled on her balcony, covering her mouth tightly, hugging her knees, trembling.

Because downstairs, a brutal and inhumane massacre is taking place.

dark night.

The bright moon hangs high.

A pitch-black dead-end alley between buildings.

A mysterious man wearing a hooded sweatshirt.

He was neurotic, blasting loud music from his portable speaker and dancing wildly with a mesmerizing gait.

They chased after the limping, fleeing, alluring woman who screamed for help along the way.

Darts and cards, each with the force of bullets, pinned the woman to the wall at the end of the alley.

What followed was a series of piercing screams that even drowned out the music.

Each flying golden card reveals a morbid act of torture underway.

It's right under my own balcony.

For the first time, she felt a little resentful towards her grandparents for buying such a low floor.

She blamed herself even more, wondering why she couldn't sleep properly at night and had to go to the balcony to look at the moon.

I also hate my useless legs, which were so weak at the crucial moment that I couldn't even move.

Even though he knew that under the loud music and screams, the slightest noise he made would be completely unnoticed.

She dared not move at all, tightly covering her mouth, her breathing almost stopped, and she forcibly held back the tears welling up in her eyes.

But sometimes people are just so strange.

Mingming was terrified.

But she still couldn't help it; even with her vision blurred by tears, she couldn't resist looking down.

Even as a hardcore enthusiast of activities like darts, a whole host of ideas kept popping into my head uncontrollably:

'That's impossible.'

'How could a dart make such a big noise?'

How did he do that?

Such extremely inappropriate and nonsensical thoughts.

Curiosity killed the cat.

But the reason it can kill is precisely because the cat is uncontrollable.

Finally, even her cat couldn't resist its curiosity.

With such a loud noise, there's no way they could have noticed me, right?
It's so dark, you probably can't see me, right?
He's busy torturing others, he can't possibly be paying attention to me, right?

I... I just wanted to note down the features to report it to the police.

Despite finding a thousand reasons, she was still both cowardly and courageous, trembling as she cast her tear-blurred gaze down from the balcony.

"This...this card..."

She regretted it at first glance.

It feels like a heart attack.

Downstairs, with her sharp eyes and curiosity, she immediately looked at and clearly saw the flying card deeply embedded in the wall.

Then, almost instantly, she recognized the origin of the card.

Because there is only one set of these cards in the entire world.

This is a collection she designed and processed herself, originally intended only for her own collection and display.

She knows the dimensions, patterns, and materials like the back of her hand; no one in the world knows them better than her.

Of course, no one knew the whereabouts of the card better than her.

She had recently lost this titanium alloy card set to a fellow enthusiast as a bet.

I still remember his name and contact information.

"Death, death, death!"

"My life is over!"

"Chen Nuonuo, what are you so curious about! Why are you looking! Why are you looking!"

"Now that we've even figured out their identities, how could they not kill us to silence us?"

Chen Nuonuo screamed inwardly, wanting to cry but unable to. If only time could turn back.

She was determined to reward herself with a big slap across the face, just a second ago!
Look, look! What are you staring at so intently for!

Now you're definitely dead!

"Waaaaah, I'm not convinced! You liar! You promised to believe in science!"

It's possible that people really do experience a revolving lantern display before they die.

She remembered when she asked Xia Qing before, he said in a serious tone that she believed in science.

Then I remembered my grandfather saying that someone in the park could throw darts that went through tree trunks.

It turns out that what Grandpa said was true.

It's just that Xia Qing, the person involved, is covering it up.

Who is he?

A psychopathic killer?

Or is he some kind of super assassin hiding his identity?
"You saw it, right?"

According to Murphy's Law, what you fear most is what will happen.

At this moment, having completely ended the nightmare, Xia Qing, who had turned off the speakers on her body, seemed to sense something and slowly raised her head.

The face, which had been partially concealed by a hood, was now fully exposed as the head was tilted back.

"No, no, I didn't see anything, I didn't see anything."

Chen Nuonuo's eyes were brimming with tears. She hurriedly closed her eyes and shook her head like a rattle drum.

"Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person, I'm just... well, you can think of me as catching a vicious criminal."

Xia Qing then recognized Chen Nuonuo.

Of course, even if he didn't recognize the stranger, he still intended to comfort the passerby who had been startled by his unexpected actions.

"Yes, yes, you're catching bad guys. That guy was the real villain. I... I didn't see or hear anything."

Chen Nuonuo nodded vigorously, her eyes brimming with tears, then her face showed a conflicted and pleading expression: "If you really want to kill me to silence me, then just do it already, okay? I... I'm afraid of pain, and please don't hurt my family..."

That aggrieved, pitiful, cowardly yet brave look was strangely endearing.

Xia Qing found it somewhat amusing.

I never expected that the girl who seemed so athletic and cool the last time I saw her would actually have such a cute vibe.

"I've already said I'm not a bad person."

As Xia Qing spoke, seeing that Chen Nuonuo still looked frightened, she had to put on a serious face:

"Fine, since that's the case, I won't hide it from you. I'm actually from a relevant government department, responsible for handling special matters. As long as you don't leak anything today, I won't harm you."

"Relevant departments? Is it... the legendary Dragon Group?"

Chen Nuonuo remained timid, but opened her eyes again.

"Read fewer novels, and what kind of outdated settings are these?"

Xia Qing rolled his eyes. To prevent this cowardly yet brave guy from continuing to live in fear, he didn't say anything more and buried himself in cleaning up the battlefield.

The words I just said were purely to comfort Chen Nuonuo.

Today's events have caused such a big commotion that they can't be kept secret any longer.

He didn't intend to hide it, because if he really did, wouldn't it be that he attacked someone and went to jail?

The bigger the commotion, the better, ideally drawing out official forces capable of fighting the nightmare.

He was also looking for a way to learn more about the details of Nightmares, to figure out what exactly these things were, and whether they existed all over the world.

Of course, it would be ideal if they could be recruited with a high salary.

After all, who could refuse a free civil service position that doesn't require passing the exam?
Moreover, in the event of a crisis, nothing is more reliable than having the country as your backing.

Let's take a look at the global strike range.

"Pfft~"

Seeing Xia Qing looking somewhat disheveled as she frantically pulled out the cards, Chen Nuonuo on the balcony burst into laughter, her tears turning into laughter, and she inexplicably felt less afraid.

You look really cool throwing cards.

But you looked really disheveled when you picked it up!

(End of this chapter)