Weird Cards: I've Become a Ghost

[Knocking on the Door Ghost]

Category: Mysterious

Level: None

Quality: Excellent

Talents: Eye of Fear, Transformation of Reality and Illusion, Immortality (Pseudo).

Skills: Opening the door means certain death, knocking sound, and Void Concealment.

Equipment: None

Note: The Knocking Ghost is an anomaly that abides by order. Only in conjunction with the existence of a "door" can the Knocking Ghost fully unleash its abilities. Furthermore, as long as it adheres to the order imprinted upon it, nothing can kill it. However, under special circumstances, the Knocking Ghost can be imprisoned...

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"A card with no rank!?"

Xiao He was slightly taken aback, feeling somewhat surprised.

Having been in this world for so long, this is the first time he has ever seen a card without a level.

As he continued reading, he was even more astonished.

The talent and ability of this knocking ghost far exceeded his expectations.

Although there are analyses of the Knocking Ghost's abilities on the Night Demon's internal network, the abilities recorded in those analysis reports are certainly not as accurate as those shown on the cards.

Of the three talents of the Knocking Door Deception, the one that Xiao He cares about the most is the talent of immortality. Although the word "pseudo" appears after this talent, no matter what, anything that can be associated with immortality can't be too bad.

After reviewing the talents and abilities recorded on the Knock Door Ghost card, Xiao He suddenly gained a completely new understanding of the Knock Door Ghost.

It seems that the knocking ghost, like the clown mask Xiao He obtained before, feeds on "fear".

However, the difference is that the clown mask only devours the power of fear formed from fear, while the knocking ghost prefers to devour the soul that is radiating fear as well.

The skill Eye of Fear allows the Knocker to see the fears hidden deep within souls, and to select suitable souls to feed on.

Once a suitable soul is found, the Door-Knocking Ghost, possessing the talent to transform between reality and illusion, will use its ability to conceal itself in a subspace and follow the soul's owner until they return home and close the door. At that moment, the order, or rather the rules, imprinted on the Door-Knocking Ghost will begin to operate.

When the knocking sound is heard, if the person targeted by the knocking ghost chooses to open the door, it is equivalent to triggering the knocking ghost's "open the door and you will die" ability, and their soul will be taken away by the knocking ghost. If they do not open the door, it will trigger the knocking ghost's "knocking demonic sound" ability, which amplifies the fear in the person's heart through a series of knocking sounds that go from light to heavy. When this fear reaches its peak, the person will die in the fear illusion generated in their own mind.

It can be seen that the abilities of "opening the door means certain death" and "the knocking sound" complement each other.

Once the person targeted by the knocking ghost opens the door, their soul will be directly possessed. If they don't open the door, they may impulsively open it due to the influence of the knocking ghost's voice.

After all, people's judgment is impaired when they are in a state of extreme fear.

"No wonder even the Night Demon was helpless; this knocking ghost's abilities are simply..."

Thinking of this, Xiao He couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

With these two abilities combined, let alone ordinary people, even a master of demon-controlling techniques would probably be doomed if they encountered it.

However, although the Knocking Ghost's abilities seem extremely powerful, the prerequisite for using these abilities is to abide by the rules and order.

Don't be fooled by the few words on the Knock Door Trick card. When Xiao He's thoughts touched the six dots at the end of those notes, a whole bunch of rules about the Knock Door Trick suddenly flooded his mind.

One point mentioned is that the Knocking Ghost can only act at night, and during the day it can only stay in its own subspace, isolated from all contact with the outside world.

This is why Xiao He searched for so long in broad daylight but couldn't find the location of the knocking ghost. If the black card had been there, he might not have even been able to sense the approximate location of the knocking ghost.

Another point is that the "Knocking Ghost" can only knock on the door once a day and kill one person.

Because of this rule, even though the Alliance fears the Knock-on Ghost's abilities, it has not listed it as a priority target.

There are only a little over 300 days in a year, so at most a little over 300 people will die.

Compared to those bizarre creatures that slaughter entire cities at the drop of a hat, the Knocking Ghost is already relatively mild. Moreover, the Alliance already has several solutions for dealing with the Knocking Ghost, so there's even less need to focus its efforts on dealing with it.

Therefore, when the knocking ghost was discovered, it was only Spider Man and Xiao He, the two ghost hunters, who dealt with it.

Besides the rules mentioned above, Xiao He had many more pieces of information about the strange rules of knocking on doors that came to mind.

Perhaps because he received too much information at once, his head was now throbbing slightly.

"Let's go back and check it out later."

Xiao He made a decision in his heart.

Since we've already got the knocking ghost, there's no rush.

With a thought, the knocking card that had been floating in his palm vanished instantly and he put it away.

"Sir."

At this moment, Zheng Hao's voice suddenly rang out from behind Xiao He.

He subconsciously turned his head and saw Zheng Hao walking quickly towards him, carrying various kinds of food in his hands.

These are all local delicacies from the night market. In order not to keep Xiao He waiting too long, Zheng Hao even used his "money power" to buy so many things in such a short time.

However, Zheng Hao found it a bit strange that the other party would come here, since there were no food vendors around here.

Xiao He saw Zheng Hao walking over and his heart stirred. He then squatted down and picked up two wooden amulets from the old man's stall selling amulets. He put one in his pocket and handed the other to Zheng Hao.

"You've come at the perfect time."

Xiao He smiled slightly and said, "I think this is quite nice, I'll give you one."

Upon seeing this, Zheng Hao's face immediately showed a somewhat flattered expression.

Without thinking twice, he immediately freed one hand to take the amulet, and then said with a slightly excited tone, "Thank you, sir."

Although Zheng Hao didn't believe in these things, since they were given to him by Xiao He, the master of divination, he naturally wouldn't refuse them.

Xiao He nodded, then patted Zheng Hao on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Do a good job, I have high hopes for you."

Before Zheng Hao could even show a hint of joy, Xiao He's voice rang softly in his ear again.

"Oh, and remember to pay."

Xiao He pointed to the stunned old man in front of the stall, and then, ignoring Zheng Hao's slightly stiff expression, he took a sausage from the man's hand and started eating it by himself.

Hmm... this sausage... it's been grilled for too long.

at the same time.

The old man selling amulets was taking the money from Zheng Hao with trembling hands.

Although he looks quite old, his eyes and ears are still working perfectly. After all, in this line of work, without sharp eyes and keen hearing, you're doomed sooner or later.

So the old man naturally heard Zheng Hao's use of "sir" earlier.

The person who can be respectfully addressed as "Commander" in Binhai City is not someone that an old man selling counterfeit goods... no, wait... auspicious items can afford to offend.

Thinking of this, the old man couldn't help but sigh, "Time waits for no one."

Since he got old, his keen eyesight has become less accurate.

Watching Xiao He and Zheng Hao's figures gradually disappear into the distance, the old man lost his desire to continue setting up his stall. He hurriedly packed up his things and, under the somewhat gloating gazes of his fellow vendors, slunk away into a nearby alley, vanishing completely into the darkness.

After strolling around the night market for a while, Xiao He and Zheng Hao left with some packed snacks. Afterward, they continued driving to other places in the city where they could experience the city's nightlife.

Now that the knocking ghost has been found, Xiao He naturally has no need to stay in this night market any longer.

However, some superficial formalities still need to be done, otherwise if he only visited one night market and went back, the Spider Man would definitely suspect that he had some other purpose for coming here.

It wasn't until the early hours of the morning that Zheng Hao drove Xiao He back to the Binhai branch of the Ghost Night Division.

When Xiao He pushed the door open and came in, he subconsciously glanced at the dark office.

It seems that the colleague named Ghost is no longer inside.

He thought about it and realized that if he continued working so late at night, he might really become a "ghost".

Xiao He calmly withdrew his gaze, then turned and walked up the stairs.

However, what he didn't notice was that after he left, the computer screen on the ghost's desk in the office suddenly lit up, a scene that appeared extremely eerie and unsettling in the dark and silent environment.

The next morning.

As the first rays of morning sunlight streamed through the window, the ghost's figure was already inside the office.

When the Spider-Man, who was going downstairs, heard those incredibly familiar keyboard tapping sounds, he paused, then walked toward the ghost in the office.

Before the Spider-Man could even approach, Ghost had already guessed his thoughts and said directly, "He came back around 2:30 last night and hasn't gone out since."

The Spider-Man walked up to the Ghost, stopped, and asked, "Where did he go yesterday?"

Ghost's hands flew across the keyboard: "According to the car's dashcam and his wristband's location data, he initially drove around the city yesterday, and only stayed in a few places for a period of time later in the evening."

The Spider-Man narrowed his eyes slightly, glanced at the Ghost, and asked in a low voice, "What do you think his purpose is in doing this?"

Ghost stared intently at the computer screen, which displayed data about Xiao He's driving records and the location of his wristband.

"It's obvious he wasn't just wandering around randomly; he was purposefully looking for something or someone."

After a brief silence, the Spider-Man said, "Is it possible... he's looking for that knocking ghost?"

Ever since the door-knocking ghost escaped that night, Spider Man has arranged for people to patrol the area where the door-knocking ghost last disappeared.

However, two days passed, and the patrol team near that place received no news of the knocking ghost appearing, nor was there a single case of death. It was as if the knocking ghost had simply vanished into thin air.

But... things shouldn't have turned out this way.

The Alliance had long ago discovered through research that after the Knocking Ghost kills for the first time, it will continue to kill for seven days. Only after seven days will the Knocking Ghost possibly stop killing.

Since this door-knocking monster appeared in Binhai, it has killed five people. Logically, it should kill two more people.

"I've thought about it, but the possibility is too low, practically negligible."

The ghost shook its head and analyzed, "You should know very well that the killing patterns of special anomalies like the Knocking Ghost will never change, unless..."

"There's another strange and unusual interference."

The Spider-Man frowned slightly: "You mean...?"

The ghost nodded and analyzed, "That knocking ghost has most likely fallen into the hands of the cultists who came to cause trouble that night."

Upon hearing Ghost's analysis, Spider-Man's heart sank slightly.

This is not a good thing.

If an indestructible weapon falls into the hands of a madman, who knows how many people will die? Even though the killing pattern of the knocking door monster is destined to kill only one person at a time, sometimes, the death of an important person can lead to some bad things happening.

The ghost seemed to have read the spider man's mind, and she chuckled mysteriously in a low voice, "But I have some good news on my hands now."

"What good news?"

"The boss is coming back."

Spider-Man was slightly taken aback: "Didn't the boss say that the cultist was quite troublesome and wouldn't be back for a while?"

"The boss read your report from the past few days. He said he was afraid that if he didn't come back soon, his family would be gone."

Hearing this, the Spider-Man breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Although he knew he would inevitably get a good scolding when his boss came back, at least with his boss around, he wouldn't have to bear the brunt of the storm in Binhai anymore.

However, before he could even catch his breath, the ghost suddenly turned to look at the spider-man with a serious expression.

"But I have some bad news for you now."

The spider man remained silent for a while, and his hard-won good mood vanished instantly.

"Can I choose not to listen?"

The ghost shook his head, picked up a file from the table, and handed it over.

Spider-Man took the file with a slightly helpless expression, opened it, and several large characters immediately caught his eye.

Mysterious Case Files---Case Number: Toy Factory

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inside the room.

Lying in bed, Xiao He was sorting through the cards he had so far that could be of use.

The Knocking Trick card I just got today can only be used as a trump card, since I can't guarantee whether the battle will take place during the day or at night.

Aside from these, aside from some useless or temporarily unusable cards, the only cards he has in hand that he can use for combat are the Hanging Ghost and the Clown Mask.

However, his signature card—the Short-Lived Devil—already possesses combat skills, so strictly speaking, he could be considered to have three combat cards, but...

"It's still far from enough!"

Xiao He sighed inwardly.

He still doesn't have enough cards. His main task now is to find a few more monsters to replenish his resources.

Drip!

At this moment, a notification sound suddenly rang out on the black bracelet on Xiao He's wrist.

He opened the message and saw that it was from the Spider Man.

"We have a mission."