Who says vengeful ghosts can't go on blind dates?

Beixia Hotel.

The shady real estate agent went downstairs.

He didn't want to rigidly adhere to the rules of the North Xia Hotel when arresting humans. So, he went downstairs and headed towards the nearby slums.

Unlike the human world, the slums in the eerie world are not easy targets for anyone to bully.

The danger level in the slums of the east side of the city is much higher than that of the movie theater—there are quite a few big ghosts guarding it.

The slums in the eastern part of the city are mainly divided into three parts: abandoned chemical plants, old alleys, and low-rise residential areas.

This place wasn't once a slum; it was the site of a chemical plant. But then, for reasons unknown, the plant was completely uprooted.

The chemical plant, having reached its dead end, naturally chose a suicidal strategy, which resulted in the surrounding area also suffering the consequences.

Because he is a powerful ghost, virtually no vengeful ghost dares to provoke the ghost broker.

"Luckily, I've never thrown anything away in this slum."

The real estate agent couldn't help but sigh.

If this were the slums in the north of the city, he would probably have been welcomed by the local bigwigs.

So, where should we look for humans?

The shady intermediary was the first to rule out the abandoned chemical plant.

As the saying goes, even a centipede with a hundred legs doesn't die easily. The living structure may be dead, but the rules of killing will not.

That haunted place still retains completely unknown rules of killing. These rules of killing are attached to various objects, creating many troublesome ghostly items.

For the time being, only the Great Demon dares to set foot there.

The real estate agent was well aware of his own limitations. Therefore, he could only choose from old alleys and residential areas.

"Then... let's go with the old alley."

The ghost broker walked towards the old alley.

Residential areas are prone to conflicts with other vengeful spirits.

Furthermore, the residential area is too spacious. It's not suitable for blocking roads, and therefore not suitable for arresting people.

"Clatter".

The old alley was very dark.

The pipes that meander along the wall often leak, causing the corners of the wall to be constantly damp.

The air here was thicker than I had imagined, and the alleyway was filled with a damp, musty smell and a faint metallic rust.

The alley was very narrow, barely wide enough for three small, thin people to walk side by side.

Overhead were crisscrossing clotheslines, hanging not clothes, but all sorts of strange... things.

There were withered arms, dried-out internal organs, and several well-preserved human skins.

These things hung in the wind, swaying gently, causing the clothesline to creak as if it were about to break.

"Outsider?" a voice came from the shadows.

The real estate agent stopped and turned away.

He saw a vengeful ghost with half its face missing peeking out from a crack in the wall.

The vengeful ghost's face was filled with greed. Its eyes, perched on its cheeks, seemed to sway from side to side in rhythm with its speech.

"I'm here to find someone," the ghost intermediary replied briefly, releasing his aura at the same time.

The faceless ghost froze for a moment.

He visibly flinched, his eyes practically shrinking back into their sockets in fright.

"Humans? I... I think I've seen them in the north."

"Really? That's a real help." The ghost broker tossed over a small roll of three-yuan ghost coins.

"money?"

The faceless ghost excitedly caught the ghost coins. His entire face—or rather, the remaining half of his face—broadened into a wide grin, his mouth stretching all the way to his ears.

He quickly pocketed the roll of ghost coins. However, when he looked up and saw the strange smile on the ghost broker's face, his smile froze.

"Is what you just said true?" the ghost agent asked softly.

"...It's true, I wouldn't dare lie to the great ghost." The faceless ghost's mouth moved on its own.

"How did you get here?" the ghost broker suddenly asked, bringing up something completely unimportant.

"I was born here..."

"Have you ever left?"

"……No."

"Do you plan to leave?"

"……have no idea."

"What are your rules for killing?"

This time, the faceless ghost actually held on. Although his expression was one of great pain, he did not answer the ghost broker's question.

"Ah. Then I'll choose another one..."

The shady agent asked many more questions. As his smile grew wider, he asked the final question:

"Could you tell me more detailed information? About those humans?"

"I don't know. I was pushed to the periphery..."

"Kill yourself using your own rules of murder."

The faceless ghost still didn't do as the ghost broker said.

He was caught in a conflict of rules, with the rules of killing within him clashing with the rules imposed on him by the ghost intermediary.

The shady real estate agent didn't expect to make this vengeful ghost commit suicide with just a few words.

Taking advantage of the faceless ghost's poor condition, he took out a caterpillar from his black suit and placed it on the ghost's body.

The caterpillar sniffed its surroundings as soon as it appeared, then burrowed into the back of the faceless ghost's head. But it only lasted three seconds before it hurriedly crawled out.

"What a piece of trash."

The middleman, pretending to be a caterpillar, shook his hand dismissively.

This time, he used a harmonica to lull the faceless ghost into a deep sleep.

His core rules for killing are not suitable for killing ghosts, and the items used to kill ghosts cannot kill them.

Therefore, we have no choice but to spare this vengeful ghost.

"If it's to the north, it should be...this way?"

Instead of retrieving the tossed-out ghost coins, he continued walking deeper into the old alley.

The further you go in, the narrower the alley becomes.

The ghost broker continued straight ahead. At this point, countless doors began to appear on the walls on both sides. Some were only the size of a palm, while others were several meters high.

Most of these doors were tightly closed, but occasionally a thin crack would appear, revealing eyes peering out from behind.

Those gazes swept over him, clearly carrying an assessment and a sense of apprehension.

The real estate agent smiled slightly.

The identity of a powerful ghost is a useful passport no matter where you are.

Continuing north, the alleyway widened again. The number of ghosts decreased, and the doors on the walls disappeared.

The real estate agent stopped in his tracks.

"Found it."

……

A bizarre world.

Old alley.

The quest item is damaged; the quest has failed.

Song Yufei's face turned ashen.

This is her third bizarre game. She survived the first two with great difficulty, so why is she failing this time...?

"Miss, watch out!"

"Bang! Bang!"

Song Yufei's arms trembled. She clenched her fists, and it took her two bullets to finally send the rat that had scurried up at her flying.

It just flew away.

The rat was a byproduct of some vengeful spirit, and the firearms were extremely limited in their power. Therefore, it was only by using items belonging to the vengeful spirit that the byproduct was finally restrained.

But Song Yufei's mind was not on that at all.

The mission failed... Is there any way for her to get back?

While reloading, Song Yufei looked at the veteran player beside her with resentment.

She is the eldest daughter of the Song family. As a prominent family that has been entrenched in Shicheng for many years, the Song family specifically bribed several people to help her survive the bizarre game.

The Song family didn't say much about these people. All she knew was that they were veteran players, all dressed in black suits.

Song Yufei bit her lip. She glanced at the group of people around her, but ultimately said nothing.

She didn't mention the mission failure.

Because these people were arranged by the Song family, they weren't in the same game as her, just in the same venue.

While you generally won't play two games in the same location in the eerie game, this might not be the case if you use items from the eerie game's in-game shop.

"Miss Song, that rat demon is still around. We need someone to lure it away."

Song Yufei remained silent.

No one else spoke.

The rat demon I just mentioned isn't the kind that could be blown away with a single shot.

"Miss Song, please be sure to seize this opportunity."

The men in black suits gave several instructions before entering the sewers, leaving only two people behind to maintain contact and provide protection.

Song Yufei remained silent, simply putting away her gun and taking out her ghostly artifact—a sword.

"This is..." The people next to me cast curious glances.

"This is a ghostly item that the Song family bought at a high price..."

Before she could explain, the ghost agent's voice drifted over from afar in the alley.

"Use your rules of killing to kill those two humans in suits."

What?

Song Yufei immediately turned her head. However, in that instant, the two people next to her were pounced on and torn to pieces by two monstrous rats, each half the size of a person.

Those two players who stayed behind... just died like that?

Song Yufei's hair stood on end.

But she was at least a player who had survived two bizarre games, so her reflexes weren't slow.

Song Yufei gripped her sword with both hands and stabbed it fiercely into the shadow of the strange rat. Immediately afterward, the strange rat froze, its body stiffening in place.

But those two people still died.

One head was smashed open, and the other had half his neck gone.

Upon seeing this, Song Yufei's breathing became erratic for a moment, but she quickly returned to normal.

She drew her sword in a desperate move, quickly closing the distance, and thrust it directly at the shadow of the ghost intermediary!

Only by doing this would she have a chance to escape from the clutches of this vengeful ghost!

"Very energetic! Your sword is nice, want to see it?"

Song Yufei's forward thrust stopped instantly, the sword unable to advance even an inch further.

What happened?

Why... can't I control my body at all?

But the bad things don't end there.

She was incredulous when she saw herself uncontrollably handing over the sword.

"What are the rules for killing with this sword?" the ghost broker asked lazily.

"...Stabbing the shadow can imprison the shadow's owner's movements."

As soon as the words left her mouth, Song Yufei's face immediately turned terrified.

He couldn't even speak... no, he was speaking uncontrollably!

I will answer the questions asked by this vengeful ghost truthfully!

How did they manage to do that? Is it a murder rule?

But how is that possible! To control others just by talking...

Is there really such a rule?

"I see."

The ghost broker took the sword and held it for a while.

Song Yufei stared at this scene in disbelief.

He actually picked up this sword like that? Won't it have any side effects?

This is a high-value item given to her by the Song family.

Compared to the rules of killing, the biggest advantage of this sword is that it has few side effects.

The sword's side effect is that it forces the user to stab at shadows when gripping the hilt. However, if it is placed in complete darkness for a period of time beforehand, it can be used with difficulty when held with both hands.

"The rules for killing are good, but too weak... That's right, if they were stronger, you wouldn't be able to handle it."

The reason why the ghost broker was unaffected by the sword was because his rules for killing were stronger.

Under the rule of confrontation, the sword was suppressed.

Seeing that she was completely finished, despair finally appeared in Song Yufei's eyes.

"That's more like it." The ghost broker looked at the human in front of him with a smile.

That's more like it.

That's the look on his face.

He really enjoys seeing this kind of expression on people's faces.

He often uses this method to steal ghost items from human players. Not only that, he also makes the players reveal the rules for killing with those ghost items.

After that, those humans would all show this interesting expression.

The ghost brokers revel in their work. The most enjoyable part is killing themselves with their vengeful artifacts.

At these moments, a different expression would appear on the player's face. The ghost broker was very interested in this and wanted to observe it more closely.

However, the humans in front of us are still useful.

In that case, we wouldn't be able to witness the most interesting scene. Although it's a bit of a pity, it was still worthwhile.

"What are your requirements for returning to your world?" the ghost broker asked a crucial question.

After all, it's meant for blind dates. If it's hard to control, then it'll just have to be disposed of as scrap.

Song Yufei didn't want to answer. But under the rules of the shady real estate agency, her mouth was inevitably forced open.

"My bizarre game mission failed, and I can't return to the real world."

"Oh? So, you can stay here indefinitely?"

"Yes."

"Very good...that's excellent." The real estate agent nodded in satisfaction. "You're exactly the kind of talent we need."

He was even thinking of helping the other party fail the mission, but he didn't expect that even this step would be skipped.

"Why me? Everyone else..." Song Yufei said in a desperate tone.

This was actually unexpected for her. Song Yufei had originally thought that she wouldn't be able to speak under the other party's control.

"You seem to be the most valuable." The real estate agent had no intention of wasting words.

He took out the caterpillar and, in the blink of an eye, placed it on the back of Song Yufei's head. To avoid accidentally harming the caterpillar, he withdrew the killing rule he had imposed on Song Yufei.

The caterpillar moved quickly and soon crawled inside the back of the head.

"Hmm!"

Song Yufei reached behind her to grab something, but she was too late and grabbed nothing.

The caterpillar... crawled inside!

There was no pain at all in the back of her head. However, Song Yufei felt a heat in the back of her head, and something was constantly flowing down the back of her neck.

She instinctively touched it; it felt slippery. Looking at her hand up to her eyes, she saw it was covered in blood.

"Oh my, what a beautiful young lady. Aren't you honored to be a part of me? This is a privilege only those valuable vengeful spirits receive."

Song Yufei's breathing became erratic for a moment.

The voice came directly from her head!

Is it that caterpillar? Is that caterpillar also a vengeful ghost?

"Don't worry too much. You're still useful; I need you to do some things."

"What...do you want me to do?"

Song Yufei looked at the blood on her hands, and her breathing began to quicken rapidly.

Upon seeing this, the ghost agent's face immediately plastered with a human-like fake smile:

"I need you to go on a blind date with a vengeful ghost."