Weird Cards: I've Become a Ghost

"Being able to join the Night Division as a criminal is a gift from the Alliance."

Spider-Man looked at Xiao He with a very cold gaze.

If it weren't for the Alliance's regulations, he wouldn't want to recruit a criminal into the Night Division.

Unfortunately, even now, the number of Nightshade Masters who control the supernatural is still far too small compared to the strange creatures that have sprung up all over the Alliance.

Moreover, almost every year, some ghost hunters die suddenly due to the backlash from their own strange occurrences, and many others die while dealing with strange events.

This is why every Ghost Master in the Night Division is extremely precious.

Within the Night Watchers, aside from a few who are trained within the Alliance, the rest are lucky individuals recruited from outside the Alliance who have managed to fuse with the supernatural. Almost every year, one or two lucky individuals from various regions of the Alliance who have encountered supernatural events but survived will fuse with the supernatural through various coincidences and gain mastery of supernatural power.

In Spider-Man's eyes, Xu Yuan, also known as Xiao He, is such a lucky person.

Ever since the Spider-Man stepped into the flower shop, he had sensed two distinct and eerie forces lingering there.

One of the forces was familiar to the Spider-Man, as he had been secretly investigating this strange entity for a long time. As for the other strange force...

Spider-Man looked up at Xiao He, who was still silent.

"Don't think you're something special just because you've mastered some strange power. In the eyes of the Alliance, criminals like you who have only recently acquired strange power are just ticking time bombs. It's already a favor that we've spared your lives so you can atone for your sins. Don't even dream about being free."

His tone was flat and indifferent.

As mentioned earlier, almost every year in various regions of the Alliance, people coincidentally acquire strange powers. Among these people are students, workers, white-collar workers, and even criminals...

The Alliance recruited and treated some student workers who possessed strange powers with high standards. However, what the Alliance's higher-ups found difficult to control or manage were some criminals who possessed strange powers.

These criminals were not mentally sound to begin with, and when they suddenly gained godlike power, they were bound to be blinded by it and do things that were detrimental to the alliance.

However... these people who possess strange powers are also extremely valuable strategic resources in this era. It would be a huge waste to discard such a valuable resource simply because they are criminals.

Therefore, after several rounds of deliberation by the alliance's top leadership, the alliance finally issued a new decree.

If a criminal possesses strange powers, then the final punishment for that criminal will be determined based on the crimes they have committed.

If the crime is not punishable by death, then the perpetrator can atone for their crime by dealing with strange occurrences in various regions of the Alliance. If the perpetrator has committed a serious crime, then the perpetrator can also atone for their crime and be spared the death penalty. However, unlike the previous case, even if a criminal who has committed a serious crime atones for their crime, they will lose their freedom and live under the Alliance's secret surveillance for the rest of their life. In addition, they must stay in places designated by the Alliance and cannot go out except when carrying out cross-regional missions.

To put it nicely, this kind of life is the Alliance's special care for you; to put it bluntly, it's like raising you like livestock, taking you out for a walk when they need you, and locking you up when they don't.

Therefore, every criminal who possessed strange powers immediately changed their expression upon hearing the Alliance's final recruitment request. Those with stubborn personalities would start fighting without saying a word, while those with a little bit of cleverness would immediately run away.

After all, once a person has mastered and used strange powers, they will certainly not be willing to be a caged bird or a fish in a pond without freedom for the rest of their life.

Therefore, the Alliance has only one way to deal with these "stubborn" and "ungrateful" criminals: put them in a prison, a prison specifically for those who commit serious crimes and those who refuse to be recruited by the Alliance.

However, there are still quite a few criminals willing to "atone for their sins" by working for the Alliance. However, most of these criminals are petty thieves whose crimes do not warrant death, and very few criminals who have committed serious crimes are willing to atone for their sins.

In Spider-Man's eyes, Xiao He was such a serious criminal.

After receiving the urgent rescue message about the strange appearance, Spider-Man had already learned the whole story on his way there.

Therefore, he not only knew that the strange creature he was secretly investigating had entered a flower shop, but also knew that the owner of the flower shop was a perverted killer.

When Spider-Man first received this information, he thought that the psychopathic killer deserved it and that he deserved to be killed by the monster. But he never expected that the other party would actually possess the power of the monster and even kill the monster that he himself was reluctant to kill.

Within the Alliance, murder is a serious crime, yet this criminal who committed murder possesses a strange power, making him eligible for a pardon from the Alliance.

However, Spider-Man believed that such a serious criminal would not be willing to accept the recruitment condition of losing his freedom, so...

At this moment, Spider-Man's muscles were taut, and his mind was highly focused.

In this state, if he so desired, he could unleash the strange abilities and powers of the creature he had fused with within a single second.

Although Spider-Man's bizarre power had reached the Alliance's second-tier combat power standard, he didn't know what Xiao He's bizarre ability was. Even though in his perception, Xiao He's bizarre power seemed to have only reached the first tier, the real strength of the bizarre power was not its strength, but its bizarre and unpredictable almost godlike ability, which was why he took it so seriously.

Within the alliance, even a high-level Ghost Master must be prepared to give it their all when encountering a low-level Ghost whose abilities are unknown.

At this moment, Xiao He, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke, saying, "I accept the alliance's recruitment and all the conditions of the recruitment."

Xiao He sat quietly in place, his face as calm as still water.

Looking into the Spider-Man's eyes, where a deep-seated killing intent was hidden, he had no doubt that the man might attack him at any moment.

However, Xiao He understood the other party's behavior.

After all, as the Spider-Man said, in other people's eyes, he is a criminal.

Although it was Xu Yuan who committed the crime, not Xiao He, after possessing Xu Yuan's body, Xiao He was "forced" to accept everything about him, including his identity as a criminal.

"Although things have developed somewhat beyond my expectations, at least things aren't going too badly right now."

Xiao He thought to himself silently.

He didn't really know much about the Night Lords of the Alliance, but after possessing several "locals" and merging their memories, he had some impression of the Night Lords' recruitment process.

After all, in order to encourage those hidden civilian "tricksters" to serve the alliance, the alliance once held a large-scale speech in several major cities within its jurisdiction, hoping to attract those civilian tricksters. Although it did attract a few civilian tricksters, the alliance was not very satisfied with the result.

Therefore, when Xiao He realized that he was being monitored by the Alliance, when he realized that he was being targeted by a strange entity, he was already prepared to accept the Alliance's recruitment.

The reason he remained silent for so long was to make the spider-man think that he was considering whether to accept the recruitment conditions that almost no one would accept.

Upon hearing that Xiao He had actually agreed to the alliance's recruitment conditions, the Spider-Man's expression faltered slightly, and the murderous intent hidden deep in his eyes slowly faded away.

"Very good, a wise choice."

The Spider-Man leaned back slightly, pretending to relax in his chair, and looked at Xiao He with an expression that said, "You've hit the jackpot."

Looking at the Spider-Man's still sharp gaze, Xiao He knew that the other party definitely did not fully believe his words and was not relaxed.

Xiao He thought to himself, "Perhaps this spider-man is just using a new way to prepare to make his move."

And just as Xiao He had thought, Spider-Man appeared to believe Xiao He's words and relaxed his posture, but... he would not completely trust a criminal's words and was always ready to take action.

Just then, Xiao He looked at the spider-man and asked, "I remember you just said that people like us, after atoning for our sins, although we can't move freely, can accumulate contribution points and exchange them for some information about the supernatural or some low-level supernatural items from within the alliance, so..."

Xiao He's expression suddenly became somewhat strange.

"Given my current crimes, what kind of contribution should I make to qualify for the strange items from the Alliance?"

Upon hearing Xiao He's question, the Spider-Man paused again, a serious expression appearing on his face.

He didn't know why Xiao He would ask this question, but he always felt that the other party's behavior was a bit strange.

However, after thinking about it for a moment, the Spider-Man stopped thinking about it. Anyway, he was just a recruiter. As long as he brought Xiao He back to the temporary Binhai City Ghost Night Division branch, his mission would be complete.

However, since Xiao He asked, he still had to answer.

After a moment's thought, Spider-Man had a general idea of ​​what was going on. He looked at Xiao He and slowly replied, "Your profile shows that since you registered an assassin account with an underground organization in Binhai City, a total of forty-nine people have died at your hands."

"The Alliance's laws stipulate that murder is punishable by death, one life for one life. If more than one person is killed, only one's own life is required to pay for it."

Spider-Man glanced at Xiao He subconsciously, then changed the subject, saying, "But that's for ordinary people. For criminals like you, recruited by the Alliance, you have to pay with your life for many others."

"You killed a total of forty-nine people. According to the Alliance's rules, you need to eliminate forty-nine Tier 1 Anomalies in order to atone for your crimes."

The spider man's words made Xiao He frown immediately, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes.

Since arriving in this world, he has only encountered half of the total number of strange occurrences, most of which occurred in that mysterious, misty world.

Although bizarre attacks are frequent in the real world, not every bizarre event can be perfectly resolved, because not every bizarre event can be killed.

Upon realizing this, Xiao He also understood.

It's obvious that the alliance doesn't want these people to have the opportunity to get rid of their "criminal" label. However, what Xiao He can't understand is, if they really do this, how can the alliance guarantee that these people won't work hard?

Before Xiao He could ask another question, Spider-Man seemed to notice the change in Xiao He's eyes and said again, "Of course, the alliance is fair and won't leave only one path for people like you. If you want to atone for your sins, there is actually another way."

"What method?" Xiao He asked.

The spider-man paused for a moment, then looked at Xiao He and said, "Hand over any useful strange objects or living strange creatures."

"One strange object or one strange creature can take away ten lives."

Upon hearing this, Xiao He immediately had a strange feeling.

Human life is really valuable.

"Alright, I've told you most of what I needed to say. It's time for you to come back with me."

At this point, the spider-man's tone became somewhat impatient, and he said again, "After we get back, I will help you sort out your identity. Only by submitting your information in the Night Demon Slayer system will you be considered a true Night Demon Slayer."

The thought that he could obtain a position that so many people dreamed of so easily left Xiao He feeling completely unmoved.

In fact, Xiao He was not very interested in the position of the Night Demon Slayer.

To be precise, he lost interest only after he realized that he still needed to atone for sins that were very likely impossible to atone for.

His initial reason for wanting to join the Night Demon Squad and become a Demon Slayer was to use the Night Demon Squad as a powerful force to find strange traces and thus facilitate his card collection. However, now, this path seems to be quite difficult.

"Forget it, let's go inside and take a look. Anyway, I won't be doing this job for long."

Xiao He's bizarre identity as a short-lived ghost means he can't stay in one place for long. This body of Xu Yuan can only live for about a year. When that time comes, he will have no choice but to possess someone else, thus giving up the identity of Xu Yuan and the identity of the Ghost Master... wait.

At this moment, Xiao He suddenly thought of something.

"It seems I haven't possessed any of those demon tamers yet."

A glint of light flashed in Xiao He's eyes.

The people he had previously possessed were all ordinary people, such as the hoodlum Chen Wu and the psychopathic killer Xu Yuan in his current body. The reason for this was that, given his circle or resources and connections at the time, he could only come into contact with these ordinary people.

The people in the Night Demon Division are all individuals with bizarre abilities!

At this moment, Xiao He, realizing what was happening, felt a chill run down his spine, because...

He almost narrowed his future path!