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After a while, the light faded, and Xu Ming, seeing that he was completely unharmed, said somewhat impatiently:

"Why are you yelling so loudly? People will think I did something to you."

The chubby boy quickly put his hands down and started rummaging through his clothes. After a moment, he let out a long breath and then glared angrily at Xu Ming with a face full of shame and indignation.

What are you doing?!

"Don't be nervous, it's just a test to see if you're a vengeful spirit, after all, you've been in this office building for a week."

You should know that there are more dead people than living people in this office building.

Xu Ming casually put away his phone.

"..."

Haruyuki Arita looked indignant, but after comparing their figures, he saw that Xu Ming was more than 40 centimeters taller than him.

How could he dare to ask, how could he dare to say?

Xu Ming patted him on the shoulder.

"Alright, you're free now. Head home. Oh, and when you pass by the arcade, take a slight detour."

To everyone's surprise, Haruyuki Arita shook his head vigorously after hearing this.

"I... I'll stay with you. If they catch me, I'm dead! And there are more on the first floor..."

"..."

Xu Ming was speechless. Although he knew this guy was naturally cowardly, he didn't expect him to be this weak.

So Xu Ming waited another ten minutes, then ran to the entrance of the arcade, risked making a little noise to attract all the vengeful spirits in the arcade, and then with a flash of his phone, sent them all to become Buddhas.

Xu Ming wasn't entirely after this chubby boy; after all, he didn't have the same heavy tastes as that flat-chested girl.

By clearing out the first and second floors, he could not only legitimately get rid of this burden, but also clear his own way out—killing two birds with one stone.

Xu Ming thought the chubby boy would leave obediently, but unexpectedly...

"Or, I... I'll just follow behind you."

Haruyuki Arita glanced at him furtively, her index fingers clasped together, looking awkward.

"Clam?"

Watching Xu Ming dominate the second floor, the chubby boy seemed to have misunderstood something and instead regarded Xu Ming as a powerful figure, clinging to him tightly.

No matter how eloquently Xu Ming spoke, until his mouth was dry and even the Spirit-Sniffing Phone was fully recharged, Haruyuki Arita just wouldn't budge.

It's like they're saying, "I'm clinging to you!"

What could Xu Ming do? He was helpless too!

So Xu Ming made an agreement with him.

"You can follow me, but you must obey my commands! If you dare to run away, I will throw you to those vengeful spirits without hesitation! Understand!?"

Haruyuki Arita nodded repeatedly, indicating that he understood.

Xu Ming suddenly remembered something else and took his phone out of his pocket.

Upon seeing Xu Ming's actions, Haruyuki Arita instinctively shuddered.

Xu Ming gave him a strange look, opened his phone's photo album, tapped on one of the photos, and then pointed the screen at Haruyuki Arita.

Haruyuki Arita almost reflexively covered his eyes with his arm.

"What are you doing?"

Xu Ming looked at him with a strange expression.

'This guy is so timid, he might really be a huge burden...'

Xu Ming suddenly regretted agreeing to take him flying with him.

He took a girl with him on the plane because she was lightweight, and there was a risk of crashing if he took him.

Haruyuki Arita lowered his arm with an embarrassed smile.

Xu Ming shook his head.

"Look at the person in this photo, isn't that Huang Gu?"

Haruyuki Arita took the phone and zoomed in to examine it closely.

The photo shows three delinquents chatting and laughing, with a dilapidated abandoned building in the background.

This photo was taken by Xu Ming from a distance and kept on his phone just in case.

Because they were afraid of being discovered, they filmed from a very far distance. Fortunately, the system's advanced technology was powerful enough that it could still capture very clear images from dozens of meters away.

Haruyuki Arita pointed to the man with the slicked-back hair in the middle.

"it's him!"

Xu Ming nodded thoughtfully, then asked:

"By the way, Arita-kun, you've been here for almost a week now. Have you been up to the third floor? Do you know anything about the third floor?"

Haruyuki Arita shook his head and answered somewhat nervously:

“I…I didn’t dare go up. They wouldn’t let me leave the second floor. But they also seemed afraid to go up to the third floor; I’ve never seen them go up. Once I even overheard them talking about something terrifying on the third floor…”

Having obtained no particularly useful information, Xu Ming had no choice but to give up.

"let's go."

As he spoke, Xu Ming tightened the strap of his backpack and led the way toward the stairs.

"Are we really going to go up to the third floor?"

Haruyuki Arita looked reluctant.

Xu Ming shrugged.

"I won't force you. You can stay here and wait for me to come back."

With that, Xu Ming ignored him and went straight up the steps to the third floor.

Once Xu Ming's figure disappeared around the corner of the stairs, the second floor fell silent.

The empty, dark corridor was completely silent.

Haruyuki Arita glanced around nervously.

Although he had personally witnessed Xu Ming eliminate all the vengeful spirits on the second floor, the doors, some open and some closed, seemed as if something might open at any moment and run out.

Clang!

A strange noise came from one of the rooms.

Haruyuki Arita immediately took off like a startled piglet, his short, sturdy legs carrying him as he ran up the stairs with all his might.

"Senior! Please wait for me!"

As soon as he reached the corner of the stairs, he saw Xu Ming lying on the stairs, staring at him with a serious expression, while putting his finger to his lips in a 'shush' gesture.

The chubby boy immediately covered his mouth, then imitated Xu Ming's actions, carefully lying on the stairs, peeking out his head, and looking towards the third floor.

A strong, pungent smell of blood wafted over.

If the second floor was merely dirty, then the third floor was a complete slaughterhouse.

Dark brown bloodstains were visible everywhere on the ground and walls.

Many of the bloodstains were sprayed out in a jet pattern, covering the entire wall, along with numerous marks from knife and axe hacking.

A figure, like a zombie, dragged its body and slowly wandered down the corridor in the distance.

Its body was covered in wounds from various sharp weapons, its flesh was mangled and bloody, and one of its arms was severed.

Xu Ming also noticed that its pupils were rolled back and unfocused.

This is a mindless walking corpse!

Chapter Forty: People die for wealth, birds die for food.

Xu Ming pulled up the map on his phone and saw that to get to the fourth floor, he had to go through a long corridor to the other end, where the stairs leading to the fourth floor were located.

Eizan Etsuya also seemed to know that he had offended many people, so he was particularly cautious.

The staircases throughout the office building are arranged in an alternating pattern. To ascend each floor, one must traverse the entire floor to reach the other end before continuing upwards.

The second floor is the activity area, and the third floor is the rest area. If you want to see Eizan Etsuya, you will inevitably have to come into contact with delinquent youths who are active in these two areas.

This guy built the office building like this; he's basically using these scoundrels as cannon fodder and shields.

However, this has now caused Xu Ming considerable trouble.

The one loitering in the corridor is relatively easy to deal with; the key issue now is that Xu Ming is unsure about the situation in the rooms on either side of the corridor.

The charging time for the spirit-capturing phone is too long. Even if we kill the one in the corridor, if there are other vengeful spirits in the room, he might die in those 10 minutes.

Xu Ming thought for a moment, then instructed Haruyuki Arita beside him:

"Don't make a sound for a while."

Haruyuki Arita quickly covered his mouth and nodded.

The terrifying scene in the corridor terrified him.

He dared not even breathe too loudly now, for fear of attracting the monster's attention.

Xu Ming took out a 100-yen coin from his pocket, thought for a moment, then changed it to a 1-yen coin and tossed it out.

Ding!

A soft sound echoed in the corridor.

Haruyuki Arita was terrified by Xu Ming's actions.

But all he could do now was cover his mouth tightly, lie on the ground trembling, and pray that Xu Ming would be more helpful.

"Ok?"

Xu Ming originally only wanted to use the sound made by the coin to attract the monster.