The woman's body tensed. She grabbed the kitchen knife from the table and held it horizontally in front of herself.
She stared in terror at the translucent ghost floating in the air.
She couldn't make sense of it at all.
Aside from the skeletons getting back up, why had a ghost appeared too?
And right in front of her, no less.
"Auntie, don't be nervous. Xiaoxiao won't hurt you," Xiaoxiao said.
"What are you?"
"My name is Xiaoxiao. Fu Heng Silver Shop was opened by my family."
Xiaoxiao? Fu Heng Silver Shop?
What the hell was all that supposed to mean?
"What do you want with me?" the woman continued asking as she carefully edged toward the door.
Xiaoxiao circled the room once before continuing, "Uncle asked me to talk to you."
"Your uncle? What does he want to talk to me about?" the woman asked.
Although the scene before her was bizarre, the ghost in front of her didn't seem like it was about to hurt her immediately.
"The person you mentioned, the one who has skeletons with him."
So someone really was controlling the Skeleton Horde.
"Is your uncle an Ability User?"
"What's an Ability User? I don't know. He's King Yama."
The woman frowned.
King Yama?
Why had another King Yama suddenly appeared?
"What does he want to talk to me about?" The woman had already backed up to the doorway and stood there as she asked.
"Hmm, let me think." Xiaoxiao made another small circle around the room before saying, "Uncle said he wants you to follow him."
"Follow him? What does that mean?"
"Just like Xiaoxiao does. Follow Uncle."
Fuck!
Who wanted to end up like you?
You were obviously not human anymore, okay?
With nothing but ghosts and skeletons around him, would she even