Weird Cards: I've Become a Ghost

The sinister-looking young man Xiao He mentioned was just a down-on-his-luck street performer not long ago, and his actual age was not as young as he appeared.

His name is Li Ming. He used to be the son of a wealthy family and should have lived a life of luxury. However, in order to pursue his musical dreams, he resolutely severed ties with his parents because he did not want to inherit their pig farm, several houses and cars in the city center, and dozens of acres of land.

He prefers to be an outstanding musician rather than a successful entrepreneur.

From a young age, he harbored a yearning for a free spirit and developed a strong interest in music, especially the guitar. He believed that the power of music could change the world.

Unfortunately, his musical talent was not particularly outstanding.

No matter how hard he practiced, his musical talent remained mediocre, and his playing skills and composition abilities were not particularly outstanding. Despite a long period of effort, he still did not make significant progress.

Faced with his lack of musical talent, Li Ming once felt extremely lost and frustrated. He even began to realize that his musical dreams seemed to be just a dream, impossible to realize.

However, like most aspiring musicians, he did not give up on his musical dreams, but instead decided to become a street performer first.

During that period, he experienced many difficulties and setbacks, but he never gave up his dedication to music.

He plays his own songs on the streets and alleys, using music to express his innermost feelings and to attract the attention of passersby as much as possible with his unique musical style.

Although Li Ming has had a very difficult life since falling out with his family and losing his main source of income, he still perseveres, hoping to one day become a successful musician.

He firmly believes that even if his talent is limited, one day he will be able to create music that can warm the hearts of others.

After persisting with street performances for a period of time, it seems that Li Ming's efforts have finally paid off. He has attracted a lot of attention and has been signed by a well-known music company.

Just when Li Ming thought his musical journey was about to begin, fate played a cruel joke on him.

The music company didn't value his original songs; instead, they confined him to a commercial framework, making him sing uninteresting pop songs.

During that period, Li Ming felt like he had become a tool driven by profit, and he lost his passion for music and inspiration for songwriting.

Music seemed to have become a burden for him.

As time went by, Li Ming gradually declined and began to lose himself, as if he had fallen into a quagmire.

Later, on a cold night, he suddenly realized his mistake and decided to rediscover his love for music.

So he resolutely decided to leave that music company, give up all fame and fortune, and return to the place where his dream first took flight, to continue being a street performer.

However, by then he had already destroyed the fame he had worked so hard to build, and could never return to his former peak.

In the end, Li Ming, now middle-aged, became a down-on-his-luck street performer, playing his original songs on the cold streets, songs that few people would listen to anymore, using music to express his sadness and loss.

Thus, Li Ming's musical dream turned into a complete tragedy.

He also became a clown in the eyes of those around him.

Just when Li Ming thought that his dreams and life would remain in their current miserable state forever, a mysterious stranger suddenly appeared beside him.

Soon, Li Ming learned the identity of the mysterious person from him. It turned out that he was one of the cultists that the Alliance had been promoting as disregarding life, committing heinous crimes, being bloodthirsty, and causing huge losses to the lives and property of the Alliance's people.

When Li Ming realized that the mysterious person in front of him was one of the cultists who would definitely be on the Alliance's kill list the moment they appeared, he was terrified. At the same time, he secretly lamented that his life was indeed a tragedy, because even cultists, who were "rarely seen" in ordinary times, would take the initiative to come to him.

In Li Ming's opinion, the other party coming to see an ordinary person like him must not be up to anything good.

Immediately afterwards, the mysterious man produced an old-looking wooden guitar from somewhere and said to Li Ming, "This guitar can change your miserable life and help you realize your long-cherished dream."

Upon hearing this, even if Li Ming were stupid, he would know that the other party had already investigated him behind his back.

Although the other party did not threaten him to do anything, and instead took out a guitar that seemed to be able to change his life, he did not take the guitar from the other party immediately because of his fear of the words "cultist".

After all, he knew very well that there's no such thing as a free breakfast in this world.

As expected, upon seeing Li Ming's slightly fearful and hesitant expression, the mysterious cultist continued, "Of course, everything comes at a price."

The price Li Ming had to pay was to take this wooden guitar to a city called Binhai on the appointed day and give a great performance.

Upon hearing this, Li Ming, though unaware of the mysterious cultist's purpose in making him do this, understood that the other party, like the music company, treated him as a disposable tool.

At least being a tool of that music company allows one to barely survive, but being a tool of this cultist... clearly doesn't guarantee a long life.

Li Ming knew that once the Alliance discovered that he was "working" for the cultists, his life would be ruined, even though his life was already teetering on the brink of destruction.

After noticing the "concern" in Li Ming's eyes, the cultist simply brought the guitar to him and said calmly, "Everyone has the right to choose their own life."

"It depends on whether you want to enjoy a period of glory or a lifetime of hardship."

These words struck Li Ming like a thunderbolt, suddenly exploding in his mind.

Subsequently, Li Ming, whose heart was originally filled with negative emotions such as fear, apprehension, and anxiety, felt a new emotion rise up: a desire for success.

Even if this success is only temporary, as this cultist claims, it is still a success nonetheless.

For Li Ming, who had been failing repeatedly, success was all too much to ask.

He longed to realize his lifelong dream.

So, upon realizing this, Li Ming immediately took the guitar that could change his life from the hands of the cultist.

Since his life is already so miserable, how much worse can it get?

As soon as Li Ming took the guitar, he felt a strange energy flow from his fingertips into his body.

From that moment on, his soul seemed to form a connection with the guitar, as if it were tailor-made for him.

In the following period, Li Ming's body showed signs of "rejuvenation". Originally a middle-aged man, he looked almost like a young man, and his musical talent also improved to an amazing level.

Li Ming now possesses an extraordinary ability to perceive musical notes. He can listen to the subtle sounds of the natural world and transform them into musical language in a unique way. Furthermore, he can accurately find the most harmonious combinations of notes through intuition.

He can even play some of the most complex pieces of music in the past with astonishing speed and accuracy.

Since then, Li Ming has continued to wander the streets and alleys, remaining a lonely street performer. However, whenever he plays guitar melodies, he always attracts many passersby to stop and listen. Even though the street environment is noisy and chaotic, his music seems to penetrate the noise and strike people's hearts directly.

The guitar that did indeed change Li Ming's life, just as the cultist had said, was supposedly a strange object called "The Loser's Guitar."

As for why the other party didn't force Li Ming to take the guitar, it seems to be related to some rule of this strange object. It seems that only if Li Ming willingly takes the guitar can the strange object's power be unleashed.

The reason why the cultist approached Li Ming seems to be that Li Ming's current condition is more in line with the requirements for using this guitar.

After that, Li Ming, who had been a "musical genius" for a while, received special invitations from some well-known music companies and also gained some honors that he had never had before. That was also the first time he tasted success.

Unfortunately, before Li Ming could enjoy this dream life for long, the day he had agreed to meet with the cultist arrived.

He never considered breaking the contract.

Because he knew very well what the consequences of breaching the contract would be.

So he boarded the train and, after passing through one city after another, arrived at a city called Binhai.

As agreed, on this day, he will give a wonderful performance in the city square by the sea, which will also be his last performance in this world.

Time has returned to the present.

After Li Ming used a song he specially composed for this trip to the seaside to "extract" the souls of the onlookers, he slowly stopped playing the guitar and then slowly turned his gaze to a young man holding a brown bear doll.

"So this is the Phantom Master of the Seaside Night Division?"

Li Ming murmured softly.

The day before arriving in Binhai, the cultist "thoughtfully" told him some information about Binhai.

So when he realized that only the young man was unaffected by his "beautiful melody," and that he could sense two different auras emanating from the young man than from the guitar in his hand, he immediately guessed the young man's identity.

"I never imagined that an ordinary person like me would one day have to fight against a master of demons."

At this moment, a sinister glint flashed in Li Ming's cold eyes, whose expression had become increasingly sinister and terrifying.

Then, he gently began to play the guitar, and a melodious tune drifted out, followed by a dreamlike melody that permeated the square.

At that moment, the crowd that had originally surrounded Li Ming had become empty-eyed and lifeless, as if they had turned into zombies.

Shortly after Li Ming obtained the guitar, he discovered that its true power was not to change his body and make him younger, nor to enhance his musical talent and make him a rising star in the music scene.

The true power of this guitar is that it can produce "distorted, demonic sounds" that can affect the soul.

In reality, Li Ming still looks like that middle-aged man, but under the influence of the distorted demonic sound, his soul and even his five senses have been distorted to some extent, causing him and those around him who have seen him to mistake him for a young man.

The reason why passersby who heard him play the guitar were so captivated by the beautiful melodies was that their souls were already distorted the moment they heard the guitar melody, so what they heard were actually the melodies they wanted to hear.

And this is merely the initial application of the distorted and magical sounds produced by this guitar.

The true purpose of the guitar, which is the source of the twisted and demonic sounds played by this strange object, is to first distort the soul, thereby extracting the soul, and finally, use those extracted souls as strings to play the truly twisted and demonic sounds.

Moreover, the wails and screams of those souls as they are "played" will be the eternal accompaniment to the twisted demonic sounds.

Moreover, those whose souls have been extracted will become puppets of the distorted demonic sounds, completely controlled by Li Ming.

At this moment, Li Mingzheng stood in the center of a group of "Demon Sound Puppets" with a cold gaze. The guitar in his hand was emitting wisps of black energy, and the black energy from these thin strings was connected to the souls of these Demon Sound Puppets.

"Go, kill him."

Li Ming said something viciously.

At the same time, guided by the terrifying and sinister melody of the twisted demonic sound, those pedestrians who had been controlled by the sound and had become its puppets turned to look at Xiao He without hesitation. Their previously numb and lifeless eyes suddenly gleamed with an evil light. After letting out a low growl, they seemed to receive some kind of command, and like ravenous wolves and tigers, they pounced on Xiao He.

the other side.

Seeing this scene that resembled "World War Z", Xiao He, who had long been accustomed to all kinds of storms, was not intimidated. Instead, he unleashed his "ultimate move" without any expression.

"Go, Pikachu."

As soon as he finished speaking, he threw Jack, which he was holding, away.

Jack: "?"