Weird Cards: I've Become a Ghost

As the mechanical voice faded, Xiao He felt a blur before his eyes, and six palm-sized black cards appeared out of thin air, silently floating in front of him.

"Cards are ready. Shall we begin drawing cards?"

When that cold, emotionless, and genderless mechanical voice rang in Xiao He's mind again, he suddenly realized that he had not been hallucinating.

All of this is real.

"I thought it was a concussion."

Xiao He touched his head, feeling the pain in the back of his head. After a moment of silence, his attention shifted to the cards in front of him.

[Hanging Ghost]

[The Drowning Ghost]

[Gambling Abuse]

[A Romantic and Unconventional Man]

[Starving Ghost]

[The Headless Ghost]

After looking at the six cards in front of him, Xiao He was momentarily dazed, especially when he saw the card "Gambling Deception," his eye twitched involuntarily.

At this moment, he couldn't help but wonder to himself that these six cards looked like they were meant for the villains.

But Xiao He was a good man!

"Why don't we give it a try?"

Xiao He hesitated.

In his memory, the reason why this world is full of dangers is because of the existence of "wei".

He didn't want to be associated with "strange" things.

However, judging from the current situation, these cards seem to be the foundation for his survival in this world.

After pondering for a moment, Xiao He finally decided to give it a try.

Getting involved with "strange" things carries great risks, but the greater the risk, the greater the potential reward.

"Draw a card".

Xiao He had a sudden thought and uttered those two words in his mind.

Immediately afterwards, the six cards began to spin rapidly and change positions. A few seconds later, a black light flashed before his eyes, and only one of the six cards that had been floating in the air remained.

The card depicts a disheveled woman in white, with a ferocious and pale face, bulging and terrifying eyes, and a long, blood-red tongue that hangs naturally down to her knees.

[Hanging Ghost]

Category: Mysterious

Rating: One Star

Quality: Normal

Talent: Hollowfication

Skills: Illusion, Blood Red Tongue

Equipment: None

Note: Watch out for its tongue!

[Summon] / [Devour]

......

"Summoning and devouring, you know."

Xiao He's gaze sharpened, and he muttered to himself, "But if it involves devouring..."

He had played some card games before, so he naturally understood how to play.

Summoning, as the name suggests, means summoning a hanging monster to be used by him. However, to devour, you usually need two or more cards to enhance it, but he only has one right now!

"Could it be...?"

At that moment, an idea suddenly popped into Xiao He's mind.

As this idea came to mind, a black and gold card silently appeared next to the Hanged Ghost card.

Xiao He looked closely and realized that the figure on the card was none other than himself from his previous life.

[Short-lived and mysterious]

Category: Mysterious

Level: Zero stars

Quality: Excellent

Talents: Possession, Disguise

Skill: Soul Possession

Equipment: None

Note: Those targeted by it are destined for a short life!

......

The strange thing was actually myself!!!

Xiao He was greatly shocked; he never imagined that he himself was also a strange being.

Before this, he always thought that he was following the old trope of novels, his soul was reborn into the body of a dead person, but he never expected that he would actually possess the body of a dead person in a strange identity.

Just then, the [Short-lived Ghost] card shattered with a crash, turning into specks of light that merged into Xiao He's body. The next second, his mind was filled with memories of the Short-lived Ghost talent skill.

At the same time, an intuition told him that his current body could only last for thirty days, after which it would rapidly decay and turn into bones within seven days.

Truly: A short-lived wretch!

Xiao He: ......

"So... I need to find a scapegoat within thirty days?"

Perhaps influenced by his short-lived, strange memories, Xiao He became unusually calm when he thought about finding a scapegoat. To him, it seemed to be an ordinary thing.

"However, this scapegoat doesn't necessarily have to be a living person," Xiao He pondered to himself.

The short-lived ghost can also possess corpses, but it can only possess corpses that have been dead for no more than 24 hours, and the corpse must be intact.

After analyzing the current situation, Xiao He was no longer in a hurry.

Thanks to the original owner's gambling addiction, he knew someone who could help him obtain a complete corpse that had been dead for no more than 24 hours.

but......

Xiao He sighed softly, his expression somber as he murmured, "They need to pay!"

You have to pay someone first if you want them to do something for you!

There was no money, not even a corpse, not even a hair.

Although he has paid off his debts, he also had to sell the only valuable thing he owned—his house.

"I wonder if I can sell this junk for any money."

Looking at the shattered things all over the room, Xiao He glanced to the side out of the corner of his eye and suddenly froze.

Huh?

It seems he no longer has to worry about money.

Xiao He's gaze was fixed on the [Hanging Ghost] card in front of him. At this moment, he finally realized that he had many ways to make money by controlling the ghost.

After a moment of thought, Xiao He slowly shifted his gaze to the [Summon] button.

Judging from the current situation, summoning is more appropriate than devouring.

He is now a rare, short-lived monster, with almost imperceptible strange power within him. Coupled with his talent for disguise, it is virtually impossible for anyone to detect that he is a monster.

Even if someone notices the strange power within him, he can easily shift the blame to the summoned hanging ghost, creating the illusion that he is being targeted by the ghost.

But if he devours the Hanging Ghost and advances to a one-star Ghost, it will be difficult to shift the blame then.

With these thoughts in mind, Xiao He had a sudden inspiration and said softly.

"call."

......

On the other side, inside a luxury car.

Zhao Long's deep voice slowly rang out: "Ah Hu, you were too impulsive today. You almost beat that kid to death."

Faced with Zhao Long's reprimand, Zhao Hu simply lowered his head in silence, fiddling with the baseball bat in his hand without uttering a word.

Seeing this, Zhao Long, who knew his younger brother's temper well, could only shake his head helplessly and sigh softly, "I'm not blaming you, I'm teaching you how to do things. Impulsiveness won't solve problems. If you want to do great things, you must stay calm."

As Zhao Long lectured him, Zhao Hu began to show signs of impatience.

"Brother, why not just chop off that kid's hand and make him leave his fingerprint? Why go through all this trouble? Isn't that what we always do?"

Hearing this, Zhao Long looked up at Zhao Hu, took a puff of his cigar, and said with a serious expression, "Do you remember that patrol officer surnamed Qian you injured at the Platinum Club last week?"

"The patrol officer surnamed Qian?" Zhao Hu frowned and said, "Is it that skinny guy named Qian Wen?"

"Yes, it's him." Zhao Long nodded, then asked, "Do you know where this money comes from?"

"His background?" Zhao Hu hesitated for a moment, then said, "Isn't he just a lowly patrol officer?"

Zhao Long narrowed his eyes slightly: "That's right, he is indeed just an insignificant patrol officer, but... he also has an older sister named Qian Wen, who is an inspector in the Alliance."

"Inspector!"

Zhao Hu suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhao Long with surprise in his eyes.

Although there is only a one-word difference between patrol officers and inspectors, their status, treatment, and power are worlds apart. Offending an inspector has far more serious consequences than offending a patrol officer.

Zhao Long, with a cigar in his mouth, took a deep drag and then exhaled a white smoke ring.

"After learning about her brother's accident, the inspector named Qian Wen rushed here without stopping, and even threatened that she would do nothing but keep an eye on us for a while."

"Cutting off that kid's hand at this point would only complicate things."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Hu's expression turned somewhat unpleasant: "I didn't expect that skinny monkey to have such a background."

"Yes, there are many unexpected things in this world." Zhao Long's tone was very heavy, as offending an inspector was giving him a major headache.

Hearing this, Zhao Hu couldn't help but ask, "Wouldn't it be... if we treated that kid like this today..."

Zhao Long shook his head and then said, "Don't worry, I've already investigated Qian Wen. She won't show her face to a gambling addict like that."

"Also, Qian Wen is just a junior inspector. Even if she has a lot of power, it's not that much. And..." Zhao Long paused, then continued, "The boss has already intervened, so I believe it will be resolved soon."

Zhao Hu was stunned. He hadn't expected that a junior inspector would alarm the boss.

"You should know very well how important this old town renovation project is to the boss." Zhao Long saw the doubt in Zhao Hu's eyes and explained in a deep voice, "The sooner we settle things with the residents of the old town, the sooner the boss can feel at ease."

"Now that we've dealt with that gambling addict surnamed Xiao, all that's left are a few troublemakers."

Zhao Hu opened his mouth, about to say something, when suddenly a clear bell rang in the car.

Jingle Bell!

The sudden ringing startled the two people who were talking.

Feeling the vibration coming from his arms, Zhao Long raised an eyebrow slightly.

His phone rang.

Immediately afterwards, he slowly pulled out a palm-sized rectangular cell phone with a gold dragon-shaped border from his pocket.

Upon seeing the caller ID, Zhao Long's expression immediately changed. He sat up straight and answered the phone respectfully, "Boss, what can I do for you?"

Listening to the deep voice coming from the other end of the phone, Zhao Long listened respectfully and nodded in agreement.

About a minute later, after confirming that the other party had hung up the call first, Zhao Long let out a deep breath, put away his phone, looked at Zhao Hu, and said.

"The boss said that the inspector named Qian Wen has left, and told us to deal with the remaining residents in the old town as soon as possible."

Zhao Hu's face lit up with joy: "The boss really knows how to handle things; he can even deal with the inspectors."

Zhao Hu took another puff of his nearly burnt-out cigar, frowned, and said, "Don't be so happy yet. The boss wants us to take care of the rest of them within three days, or else he'll take care of the two of us."

Zhao Hu's face stiffened.

He never expected his boss to make such a difficult request.

If those troublemakers in the old city could be dealt with in three days, they wouldn't have been busy until now.

For a moment, the two people in the car fell silent, not uttering a sound.

A moment later, a cold glint flashed in Zhao Long's eyes as he spoke coldly to Zhao Hu.

"Ah Hu, I have something to do for you tonight."