Weird Cards: I've Become a Ghost

"Is something following us?"

On the street shrouded in black fog, when Xiao He heard these words from Jack, his first reaction was not to be wary of the strange things that might appear in the black fog at any time, but to wonder, could it be that the Hanging Ghost was following too closely and was discovered?

Back at Red Leaf Middle School, Xiao He had already found an opportunity to secretly release the Hanging Ghost. Afterward, he ordered the Hanging Ghost to follow him in secret, and after he and Jack left, it took away the monsters that had died at their hands.

Unfortunately, the Hanging Ghost's abilities were limited; it couldn't take away all the ghosts that were killed. It could only take away some ghosts that were still quite powerful, and the others had to be discarded with a heavy heart.

Thinking of this, Xiao He felt extremely heartbroken.

Even a small mosquito is still meat!

So he secretly vowed that he must obtain a strange card with spatial storage capabilities in the future.

However, the focus now is not on that, but on whether what Jack found is indeed the Hanging Ghost. But before that, Xiao He has another question.

"How did you find out?"

Xiao He slowly lowered his head and looked at Jack, who had a wary expression, with a puzzled look.

Since even he himself didn't realize he was being targeted by something, how did Jack find out?

"That's how it was discovered."

Jack seemed somewhat distracted at this moment, and even his answers were perfunctory.

Hearing this, Xiao He frowned and pressed on, "But right now... you're just a puppet."

"Didn't you say before that you would only possess full supernatural power when you become a true supernatural bear?"

This is what puzzled Xiao He.

After all, he knew from their previous casual conversation that Jack only possessed a portion of the strange power when he was still a doll, and strictly speaking, this power could not be used for combat. So he was very curious about how Jack had discovered something that even Xiao He himself had not discovered.

Hearing Xiao He's words, Jack finally realized what was going on, but he didn't know how to express what he was thinking. This was an impossible mistake for a former private detective, but unfortunately, it had now become a real mistake.

After stammering for a while, Jack finally managed to utter two words.

"intuition."

"My gut feeling tells me that we're being watched by something."

Hearing this, Xiao He frowned again. He wasn't doubting Jack, but he had some doubts. After all, those who control demons often have some "flaws," and these flaws are mostly "good."

Therefore, Xiao He somewhat believed what Jack said, and even felt a little guilty.

Could this guy have actually discovered the Hanging Ghost?

Thinking of this, Xiao He's heart stirred, and he asked again, "Do you know what that thing that's watching us is?"

Upon hearing this, Jack rolled his eyes at Xiao He, seemingly speechless, and said, "I don't know exactly what it is, but I know it must be something strange."

Upon seeing Jack's eye roll and hearing the tone in his words, Xiao He suddenly realized what was going on.

indeed.

In this place shrouded in eerie mist, the only things that would appear and actively follow Xiao He and Jack are the supernatural beings.

Thinking of this, Xiao He, worried that the trail of the Hanging Ghost would be exposed, raised an eyebrow and immediately prepared to order the Hanging Ghost to stay away from them through the connection between the strange cards.

However, before he could take the initiative to contact the Hanging Ghost, the latter contacted him first. Although the Hanging Ghost did not have much intelligence, Xiao He still understood the other party's meaning through the connection between the strange cards.

"You're being watched too?"

Xiao He's expression froze instantly.

What exactly is going on?

First, they were targeted by something, then the Hanged Ghost was targeted by something else. No, according to the Hanged Ghost, there was more than one strange entity targeting it.

Could it be that they accidentally stumbled into some kind of eerie lair?

However, the next second, the thought of the Hanging Ghost was transmitted to Xiao He's mind again through the strange card.

After receiving this information, Xiao He's expression changed slightly.

Unlike their current situation, the Hanging Ghost is very clear about what it is being targeted by, and it is also very clear about the reason why it is being targeted: those strange corpses that died at the hands of Xiao He and Jack before, but are now in the hands of the Hanging Ghost.

Upon hearing this, Xiao He immediately realized what was going on.

"So that's how it is."

Some supernatural entities can enhance their strength by devouring and merging with other supernatural entities.

It's obvious that the type of eeriness targeted by the hanging ghost is this kind.

Moreover, Xiao He knew very well that there were at least several strange corpses with similar or even greater strength on the Hanging Ghost's body. This situation was no less than a child showing off a whole bag of lollipops in front of a group of children in the village.

Having considered this, Xiao He, who was well aware of the outcome, immediately decided to find an excuse to get rid of Jack and then go alone to the Hanging Ghost to transform the strange corpse in the other party's hands into strange cards. In this way, perhaps those strange creatures that had their eyes on the Hanging Ghost would retreat.

Of course, this is only the best possible outcome.

The usual outcome is that the monsters that have their eyes on the Hanged Ghost will inevitably start a fight because the Hanged Ghost has hidden the "lollipops" and wants to keep them all to itself.

In fact, Xiao He didn't care about fighting or anything like that.

What he was concerned about was how to explain those strange corpses if Jack was also around during the battle.

Xiao He was certain that the other party would find these strange corpses "familiar".

However, just as Xiao He was pondering in his heart which reasonable reason to get rid of Jack, the other party suddenly spoke.

"That thing is gone."

Xiao He was taken aback: "Gone?"

Jack nodded and said, "That's right, my gut feeling tells me that what was targeting us is gone."

At this point, Jack paused for a moment, then guessed, "I think this thing that's been targeting us is like a wild beast hunting in the jungle. It's been following us not only to test our strength, but also to look for a suitable opportunity to strike."

At this moment, Jack seemed to have returned to his state when he was still a private detective, analyzing to himself.

"However, if the other side wanted to test our strength, it would have launched an attack on us first, but... it didn't do that."

At this moment, the power of the black mist, also known as the eerie mist, has reached an extreme. As the power of the eerie mist increases, more and more dark eerie mist is shrouding the coastal city. The visibility on the streets has decreased from tens or hundreds of meters at the beginning to only ten or twenty meters now. Even Xiao He's perception has been weakened by the power of the eerie mist, and he can only sense the situation within a radius of about fifty meters at most.

However, this situation seems to have no effect on the strange creatures born from the mist; the coastal area has now become the home ground for those strange creatures born from the mist.

As for how Jack knew this, he naturally deduced it from his "wisdom" when he was a private detective, based on the surrounding circumstances and some strange occurrences he encountered.

However, his "wisdom" seems to work sometimes and not at other times.

Just then, Jack, who was deep in thought, seemed to suddenly remember something and muttered to himself again.

"Generally speaking, there are only three possible reasons for this to happen."

"Either a more powerful 'beast' has appeared around it, or it has found 'prey' that is more attractive than us, or..."

However, before Jack could finish speaking, Xiao He's voice suddenly reached his ears.

"Wait, what did you just say?"

Hearing this, Jack instinctively looked up and said, "I say, the reason that thing that was eyeing us suddenly left is either... or it found... a more attractive 'prey'."

"An even more...attractive 'prey'?"

Xiao He muttered to himself, and his expression involuntarily became strange.

Just now, the Hanged Ghost suddenly called for help, saying that another thing was eyeing it.

Thinking about this, Xiao He understood perfectly well that the reason that thing had targeted them was entirely because of the strange corpses in the Hanging Ghost's hand. It was very likely that the thing was initially attracted by the strange energy emanating from those corpses. Then, when it was preparing to search for those corpses, it happened to encounter Xiao He and Jack. So, it planned to have an appetizer before the main course, only to find out in the end that these two appetizers were the main course, so it had no choice but to leave in a huff.

"Thinking about it that way, it actually makes a lot of sense!"

Xiao He thought to himself.

and many more!

Have I forgotten something?

However, he quickly realized that the strange corpses hanging from the ghost's hand were "trophies" he had painstakingly collected! If these "trophies" were ruined by those things, then all his efforts would be in vain.

After a moment's thought, Xiao He quickly came up with a very reasonable excuse.

His eyes narrowed, his expression turned serious, and he stared intently at a direction shrouded in eerie mist, uttering two words: "Strange!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao He quickly ran in that direction, looking as if he had discovered something strange and wanted to get rid of it as soon as possible.

In fact, the direction Xiao He rushed off in was precisely the direction where the hanged ghost was located; moreover, this direction was also...

"Why did you go back again?"

Still standing there, Jack stared blankly as Xiao He's figure gradually disappeared into the thick black fog.

If he remembered correctly, the direction Xiao He had just left seemed to be the same direction they had come from.

What Jack couldn't understand was that the plan was just to deal with some strange things on the way to the hospital.

It seems their mission is actually to clean up the strange things.

And why did the other party suddenly become so interested in solving this strange matter?

Didn't we try to avoid taking action whenever possible?

There's something else: he doesn't seem to have sensed anything strange from that direction!

Despite having many doubts in his mind, after a few seconds of stunned silence, Jack still chased after the direction where Xiao He had disappeared.

......

the other side.

As black fog blanketed the streets, most of the light was swallowed by darkness, and even the shop signs along the streets became dim and lifeless, with only a few dilapidated streetlights barely maintaining a faint glow.

At that moment, a white-clad, hanged ghost was suspended from an old power line on the street corner, with a mountain of bizarre corpses piled up below it.

The white-robed hanged ghost was the same hanged ghost in Xiao He's hands, and the corpses piled up under the hanged ghost were Xiao He's previous "spoils of war." Through the dim light of the street lamp next to the power line, one could vaguely see an arm covered with bone spurs among the pile of corpses.

Whoohoo!

Just then, a whooshing sound suddenly came from within the black fog.

As the wind grew stronger, the black mist on the street began to twist and deform. Upon closer inspection, it became clear that it wasn't the black mist itself that was moving, but rather strange creatures that seemed to have merged with it, slowly moving about.

They were all strange creatures, each with a different shape, ugly and terrifying, with illusory forms, looking almost like the Hanged Ghost.

Strictly speaking, these strange phenomena should indeed be considered a kind of strange phenomenon similar to the hanging ghost, that is... evil spirits.

At this moment, evil spirits emerged from the surrounding black mist like ghosts. Some of them looked like twisted human figures, while others resembled venomous animals. But at this moment, they all let out low roars in unison.

Then, these evil spirits gradually surrounded the hanged ghost, staring intently at it and the pile of corpses at its feet, their eyes revealing cruelty and bloodlust, like a pack of hungry wolves about to pounce on their prey.

Faced with these evil spirits that wanted to seize the bizarre corpse, the Hanging Ghost's eyes were flashing a terrifying red light.

Although it is not very intelligent, it is precisely because of this that it will faithfully obey the orders given to it by Xiao He.

Protect these bizarre corpses.

However, as more and more evil spirits arrived, the surrounding black mist seemed to come alive, swirling and twisting to form a dark circle that tightly enveloped the hanged ghost, as if imprisoned by an invisible net.

Whoohoo!

The next moment, another eerie gust of wind rang out.

This time, however, it was as if the battle horn had been sounded. The evil spirits kept rushing towards the hanged ghost, baring their fangs and claws, their sharp nails slicing through the air, and constantly emitting evil and eerie laughter.

Under the siege of evil spirits, the Hanging Ghost could only struggle desperately, its roars echoing in the darkness.

However, no matter how much it struggled, the attacks from the evil spirits became increasingly intense, causing its suffocated soul to feel suffocated once again.

In an instant, the scene became increasingly chaotic. The laughter of the evil spirits grew sharper and sharper, like roars from hell, while the figure of the hanged ghost danced wildly in the darkness, its blood-red eyes revealing a beastly despair.

Those evil spirits have driven this poor soul, who is fighting alone, to the brink of despair.

However, just as the evil spirits broke through the Hanging Ghost's attacks and defenses and were gradually devouring its body and the pile of strange corpses, a dazzling cold light suddenly appeared, like a shooting star streaking across the night sky, filling the evil spirits in the black mist with immense fear.

The next second, a voice slowly rose from the darkness.

"Didn't anyone tell you that you have to consider the owner before you beat a dog?"

The Hanged Ghost: "?"