Weird Cards: I've Become a Ghost

The room was filled with a gloomy atmosphere, and the dim light cast a swaying, uneasy shadow.

The sudden knocking made Jack's body tremble.

He looked toward the door with a chill down his spine. The series of faint but rhythmic knocks sounded unusually jarring in the quiet room, sending shivers down his spine.

At that moment, he suddenly remembered something else that the cultist in front of him had mentioned before.

He realized it instantly.

It seems that the reason this cultist got him out of prison was not because he was interested in his "Ripper" title, but because he wanted to use him for some kind of experiment.

"Oh God, I knew it. This madman was up to no good. Dealing with madmen never ends well."

Jack's mood plummeted from heaven to hell in an instant.

Reality shattered his beautiful fantasy like a hammer blow.

Alliance News has reported that many cultists enjoy experimenting on prison inmates and other supernatural beings they capture.

As for why they did this, it seems that those people thought criminals were one of the easiest experimental groups to succeed with.

Thinking of this, Jack immediately felt sweat soaking through his entire body. He knew very well what would happen to those who were used for experiments.

His heart began to pound wildly, and desperate thoughts kept flashing through his mind.

The reason he imagined so much just from a knock on the door was because he noticed that the door... wasn't locked.

If the person knocking on the door was one of the cultist's henchmen, why would they keep knocking even though they knew the door was unlocked?

While it's a virtue to knock before entering someone's room, who has ever seen someone knock for so long!

As time passed, the knocking on the door grew louder and louder, as if someone was banging on the door.

Seeing this bizarre scene, Jack's eyes showed fear and tension, and he subconsciously pulled at the handcuffs with trembling hands.

In extreme fear, he suddenly started cursing at the cultists who were watching the spectacle.

"You despicable and shameless cultists are a bunch of sewer rats, filthy and disgusting. Sooner or later, the Alliance will wipe you out completely, and your corpses won't even be able to be buried..."

Jack's voice carried a hint of anger, but it was filled with even more fear.

Normally, he wouldn't dare insult a cultist like that, but the situation was different now. He wanted to provoke the cultist's anger and get him to give him a quick death.

Because he was in extreme agony at that moment.

Human fear often stems from the unknown.

Although Jack is now completely certain that the cultist was using him to conduct some kind of inhumane experiment, he doesn't know what the experiment was about.

As for why he was so sure, it was because his intuition told him that he seemed to be being watched by something, and that thing was currently outside the door.

The feeling of being watched is strange. At first, you might not notice it if you're not paying attention, but as the knocking on the door becomes more and more urgent, the feeling becomes more and more obvious.

"Uh... a cultist?"

Xiao He, who was staring intently at the door, was taken aback when he heard Jack the Ripper curse him for no reason. But when he noticed that the other party called him a cultist, he was confused again. However, he quickly came to his senses.

He pondered for a moment.

Judging from the other party's words, it seemed that he did not know why he had been brought here today, or even Xiao He's identity.

Thinking of this, Xiao He suddenly realized something and looked at Jack the Ripper, who was still cursing him, with a pitying gaze.

But then he thought, since he was going to die anyway, the truth didn't matter. At least during the time the Ripper was brought here, he was happy.

Yes, sometimes not knowing anything is a sign of happiness.

Although Xiao He really wanted to use the flesh and blood blade on his right arm to shut the other party up and let this "former" Ripper experience the feeling of being disemboweled, he had said before that he would not make a move.

At that moment, Spider-Man's signal also came through the miniature concealed earpiece that Xiao He was wearing.

"Target's identity confirmed, we can proceed."

Upon hearing this, Xiao He silently transformed the flesh-and-blood blade back into the form of an arm.

Now that he has attracted his target, there is no need for him to maintain this state. After all, using strange abilities is just like exercising, which consumes a lot of energy.

Xiao He stood up from the stool, glanced at Jack the Ripper who was still cursing, and said something in a low voice.

"Good luck."

After saying that, he ignored the other person's foul language and walked straight to the corner of the wall behind him, where there was an underground passage that would allow him to leave the room.

Inside the passage, two armed patrolmen with welding torches were already waiting. Their eyes were fixed on the entrance to the passage above. Once the officer inside jumped down, they would block the passage in a very short time.

According to the plan, after Xiao He lured the door-knocking ghost, he would leave through this underground passage to avoid being targeted by the door-knocking ghost.

Although the Knocking Ghost only kills one person each time it knocks on a door, the Alliance still doesn't have a definitive answer as to what the pattern of its target selection is.

But one thing is certain in this alliance: whoever opens the door will die.

However, Xiao He, upon arriving at the passageway, merely glanced down at the entrance marker and did not choose to open it to leave the room. Instead, he slowly walked to the corner, pressed his back tightly against the cold wall, and silently watched Jack the Ripper, who was still cursing him.

Leaving the room via the underground passage was just Spider-Man's plan, but he also had his own plans.