Why is my anime art style so weird?

However, a strange thing happened.

Although the monster's body turned to ashes, a large number of white light spots emanated from it.

Gradually, the white light spots gathered together, forming a shape resembling a human.

Xu Ming watched this scene in shock.

'System, what's going on?'

The system answered him quickly.

The spirit-capturing phone destroys the 'weird', not the soul. Once the 'weird' body, filled with negative energy, is destroyed, the soul, having lost its obsession, will re-enter the cycle of reincarnation.

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Cruelty

"I see, that's quite humane."

Xu Ming muttered something under his breath.

After a while, Xu Ming discovered that the figure made up of white light spots did not seem to dissipate; on the contrary, it seemed to be expressing something to him.

Xu Ming immediately understood and tentatively asked:

"What wishes or obsessions do you still have that you haven't fulfilled?"

The figure seemed to nod, gestured for him to follow, and then floated away.

Xu Ming, who was encountering this situation for the first time, was also a little curious, so he cautiously followed behind the figure.

Soon, led by the figure, Xu Ming arrived at the door of a room at the far end of the first floor.

The figure pointed to the door.

"Inside?"

After receiving an affirmative answer, Xu Ming grasped the doorknob and started turning it.

Click!

The door was locked.

Xu Ming took two steps back, lowered his shoulder, aimed at the door, and slammed it shut!

boom!

With a loud crash, the rusty lock fell off, the door was flung open, slammed against the wall with a loud thud, and bounced back.

In an instant, a foul stench assaulted the nostrils.

It was the musty smell from a long period of poor ventilation mixed with the stench of rotting meat.

With the help of 'night vision', the scene inside the house was clearly visible.

The scene included empty lunch boxes, beer bottles, cigarette butts, ropes, pieces of clothing, and tools such as hammers and pliers.

Xu Ming even noticed that the hammer and pliers were stained with a lot of dark brown blood, and there were several broken teeth on the ground.

A sense of foreboding immediately rose in Xu Ming's heart.

Then the figure pointed to the huge oil drum placed inside the room.

Xu Ming covered his mouth and nose with one hand as he walked over and slowly lifted the lid.

Xu Ming's expression changed drastically in an instant; the oil drum contained a highly decomposed corpse.

Based on what he saw in the room, Xu Ming understood the tragedy that had occurred there.

"These guys deserved to die!"

Xu Ming muttered a curse under his breath, though it was unclear who he was referring to.

After calming himself down, Xu Ming turned to the figure and said:

"Your... will be properly buried, please rest assured."

The figure nodded.

She seemed to have fulfilled her final wish, bowed deeply to Xu Ming, and then turned into white specks of light that slowly dissipated into the air.

Xu Ming stared intently at the oil drum, sighed, and gently closed the door.

Xu Ming hesitated several times, but ultimately did not call the police.

Now is not a good time to call the police. If the Metropolitan Police Department gets involved, it will hinder his search of the office building.

Xu Ming turned back and checked on the three people in poor condition. He found that they were not dead, but had just fainted from fright, so he ignored them.

After 10 minutes, the Spirit-Snatching Phone had finished charging, and Xu Ming went up the stairs to the second floor.

From this point on, there were no more useful tools to pave the way for him.

Xu Ming subconsciously slowed his pace.

He had looked at a rough map and knew that there were many activity rooms on the second floor.

"Hayougen!"

"Plant Brogan!"

Just as Xu Ming was carefully moving forward, he suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from an open room next to him.

Xu Ming quickly pressed himself against the wall and then secretly peeked into the room.

The room was filled with all sorts of arcade machines.

What surprised Xu Ming even more was that many of the arcade machines inside were still running, playing scenes that were extremely familiar to him.

Headbutt King, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The King of Fighters '97, Raiden...

Just then, Xu Ming's gaze sharpened, and he stared intently at the 'Head-to-Head' machine.

Two joysticks were swinging wildly, buttons were being pressed incessantly, and two characters on the screen were engaged in a fierce battle.

Strangely, there wasn't a single person in front of the arcade machine.

Not just this one, almost all the arcade machines that were running were operating 'automatically'.

The entire arcade was bustling with activity.

But the dimly lit room was completely empty.

A chill ran down my spine.

Xu Ming quickly left the arcade, entered a reading room across the street, circled around, and bypassed the arcade's entrance.

Although the Celestial phone is powerful, it has limitations in its shooting range; the effective range of the lens is only a fan-shaped area directly in front of it.

As for the exact size, Xu Ming had no way of measuring it. He had to figure everything out on his own.

There were clearly multiple vengeful spirits in the arcade, and Xu Ming wasn't confident he could capture them all, so he chose to proceed cautiously and avoid the area.

We walked some more distance.

Snapped!

A series of cue ball clashing sounds rang out.

Xu Ming hid by the door and peered inside.

This appears to be a board game room, with two billiard tables in the center: one for nine-ball and one for snooker.

The room also features table football, shogi, and playing cards on both sides.

However, only that snooker table had someone playing it.

Two delinquents with gold chains and dyed blond hair stood in front of the snooker table, having a great time.

Their way of playing just seems... rather unconventional.

Xu Ming, hiding by the door, watched speechlessly as they each held a metal baseball bat and swung it around like they were playing baseball.

One of the delinquents, whose left ear was pierced all over and had seven or eight earrings hanging from it, picked up a baseball bat and swung it hard at the white ball.

Bah!

With a crisp sound, the white ball flew off the table.

"Hey~ are you even capable, kid!?"

His companion next to him immediately burst into loud laughter.

When someone directly questioned his competence, the man with the earring immediately lost face.

"Shut up!"

His companion looked at the man with the earring with amusement and laughed:

"The white ball flew off the table, so it's five points."

"Stop talking nonsense, come on."

The man with the earring glared at her.

"Then I'm coming!"

His companion, with a malicious look on his face, gripped the baseball bat tightly with both hands and swung it at the earring-wearing man's head.

Bah!

The man with the earring immediately collapsed to the ground.

His companion, however, showed no sign of stopping. With a sinister grin, he aimed a baseball bat at the earring-wearing man lying on the ground and began to beat him mercilessly.

His fierce and cruel demeanor made it seem as if the other person was his mortal enemy.

In an instant, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and a large amount of blood splattered on the man's face.

The man looked up, the dim light casting large shadows on his face, and blood continued to drip down his cheeks.

Xu Ming, who was hiding by the door and peeking through the crack, was terrified.

An even stranger scene unfolded: the inhuman 'corpse' on the ground suddenly twisted and stood up.

The head drooped behind the neck, and the mouth opened and closed in complaint:

"You damned bastard, you hit me a couple more times!"

His companion, his face covered in blood, said insincerely: