Weird Cards: I've Become a Ghost

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The female shop assistant, who had been dozing off at the counter, immediately snapped out of her daze upon hearing the sound of a door chime and flashed a standard, bright smile at the customer who was walking in.

It's been a long time, but we finally have guests again!

At this moment, the female shop assistant was thinking to herself.

Since a bizarre incident involving "dolls" occurred not long ago, this shop has not had any customers for a long time.

It is said that the parents who received the news were worried that their children might accidentally buy a "creepy doll". Even though the person in charge has come forward to clarify that the "creepy doll" from the toy factory that specializes in producing dolls has not entered the market, many people are still worried about it.

Because everyone knew that before the "creepy dolls" in that toy factory were completely removed, an unfortunate distributor had already received a batch of "man-made" dolls.

Although the batch of "manufactured" dolls was destroyed in time, the unfortunate distributor had to close down as a result. Therefore, many people who did not know the truth wondered what if other dolls had entered the market before that?

Therefore, even though this matter has been resolved, its "aftereffects" still exist.

Since then, the doll shops in the coastal city have experienced the biggest "off-season" since they opened. Many doll shops that usually have poor business have closed down, just like that unfortunate distributor.

Fortunately, the toy store where the female clerk works has a fairly good business on weekdays, and its excellent location has helped it survive until now.

Fortunately, the "aftereffects" caused by these strange events will slowly "recover" over time. Until recently, although business is still not as "booming" as before, at least a few customers are "willing" to come into the store every day.

And right now, the female shop assistant has welcomed the shop's second customer of the day.

What puzzled her was why the customer was holding a cute brown bear plush toy.

Was he not here to buy a doll?

"Hello, do you sell toy fish here?"

Xiao He smiled as he looked at the female shop assistant who seemed a little sleepy.

At that moment, he was holding a motionless brown bear plush toy in his right hand.

It was Jack, the one who gave himself the code name "Demon Bear".

As for why Xiao He brought Jack, who was disguised as an ordinary doll, to a doll shop, that story begins yesterday.

Yesterday, this guy named Jack told Xiao He that his body's instincts told him that even a doll like him needed to eat, and as for what to eat, the answer was already obvious.

That's right.

Just like Jack, this doll... a doll.

Of course, he wasn't going to eat those weird dolls that only appeared in that toy factory, but just some ordinary dolls.

When he heard this answer, Xiao He was immediately dumbfounded.

After all, he really didn't expect that a doll would eat, especially its own "kind of people".

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Xiao He to realize that in this world rife with the bizarre, anything involving the strange cannot be measured by normal human thinking. Moreover, this guy named Jack is himself a strange creature.

After a brief moment of surprise, Xiao He immediately decided to go out and have a good meal with this guy, since he had never seen how dolls eat before.

It was at this moment that Xiao He suddenly remembered that he was now "a criminal".

According to regulations, when he is not on duty, his activity area is limited to this building.

As for Jack, who originally enjoyed the same "treatment" as Xiao He, he naturally lost this "treatment" after becoming a formal Ghost Master.

However, because of Jack's "doll skin," Spider-Man suggested that he should stay in the Nightshade when he has nothing to do, since a moving and talking doll appearing in public would definitely cause quite a commotion.

Even if Jack's identity is "legal," if it causes some "relatively" bad effects, then Guiyesi will still "freeze" him.

Furthermore, Jack didn't want his former "colleagues" to know about his current situation, so he was quite cooperative in this regard.

Nevertheless, the other party's sphere of activity was much larger than Xiao He's.

Finally, Spider-Man gave Jack a suggestion: if he really wanted to go out and see the world, he should disguise himself as an ordinary doll and let someone else carry him around. And that "someone else" would naturally be Jack's new partner, Xiao He.

The problem now is that, according to regulations, Xiao He is not allowed to leave this building.

Therefore, this originally ordinary thing has become contradictory.

Just as Xiao He was wondering whether to tell the other party about his situation, coincidentally, at that moment, the Spider Man gave them a new task through the communicator.

---patrol.

That's right.

The task was to have Xiao He and Jack serve as "patrolmen" in the urban area of ​​Binhai City, performing patrol duties similar to, but different from, those of Alliance patrolmen.

Generally, the job of patrol members is to patrol and guard, maintain order, ensure the safety of their respective patrol areas, and play a role in preventing and stopping illegal and criminal activities.

In contrast, the jobs of Xiao He and Jack, the two "patrolmen," were much simpler.

Their patrol duties simply require them to immediately respond to any strange incidents that occur in the area they are patrolling.

Although this task seems "simple," it is actually extremely dangerous. After all, there is no safety when dealing with the supernatural.

However, Xiao He was quite happy to take on the task of "demoting" himself by Spider-Man.

After all, being able to get away is better than being locked up in this "prison" all day.

At the same time, Xiao He's thoughts returned to the present.

Upon hearing his request, the female shop assistant immediately perked up and replied with a smile, "Yes, we have that."

"What type are you looking for?"

"We have regular toy fish suitable for children, as well as realistic toy fish suitable for pets. Which type would you like to play with?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao He subconsciously glanced at the brown bear doll in his hand, which was the Jack that was "playing dead".

Suddenly, the brown bear doll's left leg twitched almost imperceptibly.

Just then, the female shop assistant who had been keeping her eyes on Xiao He noticed his subconscious action. Then, she shifted her gaze and looked at the Jack in Xiao He's hand.

Fortunately, after Jack relayed the "secret code" they had agreed on to Xiao He, he pretended to be dead again, so the female shop assistant didn't notice anything amiss.

Moreover, how could an ordinary shop assistant possibly imagine that the brown bear plush toy being carried by the customer in front of them was actually alive?

"Then let me see the simulated fish first," Xiao He said with a slight smile.

The female shop assistant smiled, nodded, and politely extended her hand, saying, "Okay, this way please."

After saying that, the female shop assistant turned around and led Xiao He to a shelf that was filled with all kinds of lifelike fish dolls.

Then, she casually picked out a realistic fish doll and began a sales presentation with a smile.

"These lifelike fish dolls are specially designed toy models that have the appearance and movements of real fish. They are made of high-quality materials that can reproduce the colors and textures of fish in great detail, making them look incredibly lifelike."

The moment the lifelike fish doll was presented to Xiao He, he couldn't help but marvel at its exquisite craftsmanship and lifelike appearance.

The lifelike toy fish is about 30 centimeters long and appears to be made of soft down. The scales on its surface are delicate and fine, and each scale has a slight luster like real fish scales.

Then, Xiao He took the lifelike fish doll from the female shop assistant, gently touched its scales, felt its soft texture, and thought to himself, "It's really lifelike."

However, since he wasn't going to buy this anyway, even if the simulation effect was pretty good, it had nothing to do with him.

After glancing down at Jack, who was "constantly" twitching his left leg, Xiao He pondered for a moment, silently counting the number of times the other man "twitched" before saying, "Not bad, I'll take all these lifelike toy fish on this shelf."

Just now, Xiao He also carefully counted the number of dolls on the shelf and found that it was about the same number that Jack needed.

Since it wasn't him who was paying, he simply said something that sounded a bit "nouveau riche," even though the plush toys on the shelf weren't worth much money in total.

Upon hearing Xiao He utter such a "generous" statement, the female shop assistant's eyes lit up, and she quickly replied, "Okay, I'll pick it up for you right away."

Unbeknownst to them, the female shop assistant's way of addressing Xiao He changed from "you" to "you (formal)".

Soon, carrying two large bags of dolls, Xiao He walked out of the toy store under the watchful eyes of the smiling female shop assistant, and then got into a black sedan that had been waiting by the roadside for a long time.

The driver in the car was Zheng Hao, an old acquaintance of Xiao He.

After opening the car door, Xiao He threw the two bags into the car and also threw Jack in, then followed him inside.

As the car door closed and the engine roared to life, Xiao He, the "God of Wealth" in the eyes of the female shop assistant, also departed.

Meanwhile, in the car.

Jack, who had been pretending to be dead, suddenly sprang to his feet and pounced on the lifelike toy fish like a starving ghost.

Xiao He, standing to the side, was looking at him with curious eyes.

He wondered how this guy ate.

Just then, Jack took out a lifelike fish doll and gently touched it. The next second, the fish doll seemed to have been switched on. Its body suddenly trembled, and its glass eyes flashed with a green light, as if it had come to life.

Xiao He, who had been watching closely, could even see the lively eyes in the lifelike fish doll's pupils.

"She's alive?"

Xiao He was taken aback.

This ability looks so familiar!

He thought to himself, isn't this the weird ability that turned Jack into a doll?

I never expected that Jack would also possess this ability.

Just as Xiao He was wondering about this, a chill suddenly swept over him. It was an eerie aura, and the source of the aura was the lifelike fish that had come to life.

The next moment, the lifelike fish doll, which seemed to have gained a soul, began to wriggle in Jack's hand, its tail swaying as if swimming, its mouth slightly open as if trying to make a sound.

As the lifelike fish-shaped toy twisted, the temperature inside the car plummeted, and the surrounding air became cold and oppressive.

Suddenly, Jack let out a low laugh, his eyes fixed on the lifelike fish doll as if it were a tempting delicacy.

Just then, the lifelike fish doll that had only recently come back to life seemed to sense Jack's menacing gaze. Sensing a threat to its life from that gaze, it twisted its body even more frantically, trying to escape. However, all of this was in vain.

At this moment, Jack seemed unable to suppress his craving for food any longer. He pounced on the lifelike toy fish and bit it in the mouth.

When the lifelike toy fish's body was torn apart, its originally evil and eerie aura dissipated.

In no time, the lifelike toy fish, which had only lived for less than a minute, became inanimate again, and even its corpse was swallowed whole by Jack.

Following that, after finishing his meal, Jack, still seemingly unsatisfied, turned his gaze to the other lifelike fish dolls, which were still just ordinary toys.

For the next period of time, Jack used the same trick again, constantly giving life to the lifelike toy fish, and then taking it away herself.

Watching this "ruthless" scene, Xiao He was pondering whether Jack's behavior could be considered a kind of alternative "self-production and self-consumption".

However, before he could ask if the other party had "eaten their fill," as Zheng Hao drove through a city square, a beautiful yet eerie melody suddenly reached his ears.

His expression suddenly changed.

"This is……?"