Chaos in the Dead of Night

"What happened?"

Gu Xi walked up to Wudou Meina and asked in a low voice, "What are they doing in the middle of the night?"

"I don't know. It seems like something happened at Maple Leaf Park. I'm afraid it might be Hundred Ghosts Parade at Night demons."

What time is it?

Gu Xi looked up at the sky, but the dark clouds had already blocked the moon, Gu Xi he couldn't tell what time it was.

"It's past 2:30. If you want to wait until dawn, it might be difficult. We're quite close to Maple Leaf Park, and the demon's Hundred Ghosts Parade at Night will inevitably affect us, just like it is now."

"I can't talk to you anymore. I need to reinforce the Tenshukaku's defenses. If you need anything, you might have to wait until tomorrow during the day."

"I'm not..."

"I don't have time to talk to you right now. Damn it, it's the Ferocious Night Rakshasa army! Hide!"

Wudou Meina saw a demon army passing by, she quickly dragged Gu Xi down to squat.

Gu Xi didn't even have a chance to look up before her eyes were blocked by a familiar, sweet smell.

"Let go, let go..."

"Don't move. There's Ferocious Night Rakshasa outside. If his team targets us, we'll be in trouble."

Wudou Meina pressed down on Gu Xi's head, and Gu Xi felt as if the spot where she was being pressed slid down, and a seafood smell wafted towards her.

"What's wrong with them? It's just Hundred Ghosts Parade at Night. Just kill them."

Gu Xi was still muttering to himself.

"It's easy to take down some demons, but once you make a move, it means that the Tenshukaku has joined the battle. From now on, demons will come to attack every night, and no one can withstand it."

After hearing what Wudou Meina said, Gu Xi stopped struggling. He had already understood Wudou Meina's thoughts.

Gu Xi is just a passerby; he will only stay here for two days at most before leaving.

Gu Xi can defeat the rampaging demons these two days, but what about two days later? Can Wudou Meina herself? Taking action without ensuring Wudou Meina's safety is tantamount to creating trouble for Wudou Meina.

"I know, can you let me go? The hair is poking my face."

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."

Wudou Meina quickly shrank back and kept apologizing to Gu Xi.

"No, that's not what I meant. I meant the loose thread on your clothes."

Gu Xi's explanation only made things worse; the more he explained, the Wudou Meina's face became.

Seeing that Wudou Meina was flustered, Gu Xi simply changed the subject.

"What's going on with that Maple Leaf Park over there? It looks like a den of demons. Why are there so many demons coming out?"

"That area was originally Princess's Forest in the suburbs. Later, as the city expanded, the Princess's Forest was fenced off. It seems that someone once thought of leveling the park to build a large building."

However, accidents kept happening after the workers entered. They invited a sorcerer to handle the situation, who said that there was a level 10 monster inside that had turned the place into Dojo. As long as they didn't enter, everything would be fine. So, the company eventually abandoned its initial construction plan.

They turned this place into Maple Leaf Park.

However, apart from autumn when the maple leaves turn red, no one ever goes there.

What are the characteristics of that strange thing?

Upon hearing that a level 10 Great Weird was nearby, Gu Xi immediately became curious.

"I don't know, we've never seen it either. The only thing we've heard is that if you enter Maple Leaf Park before the maple leaves turn red, you'll have an uncontrollable urge to commit suicide. Many people don't believe in this, and none of them have come out."

Hearing this, Gu Xi became even more curious. He wondered if the undead under his command would commit suicide if he sent them in.

After further communication, Gu Xi and Wudou Meina actually started chatting slowly despite the dangerous situation.

Their conversation gradually shifted to the nearby Ito Middle School.

"When I looked at the abandoned school campus earlier, you seemed very nervous. Why was that?"

"You don't know, that abandoned middle school campus is eerily strange, even at night. Any man who goes in will have his energy drained and be thrown out."

Even so, many male demons still try to sneak in every day.

That's absolutely terrifying.

"That's also strange?"

"Of course, didn't you see that their houses didn't turn into Tenshukaku? In this city, only those that have turned into Tenshukaku are safe. Buildings that haven't turned into Tenshukaku either contain powerful supernatural elements or are supernatural in themselves."

Believe it or not, this city has far more rules at night than during the day.

"What would happen if I went to school during the day?"

"I don't know. It seems like someone went in, but they wandered around inside for a whole day without coming out. At night, they were affected by something strange and turned into dried-up human bodies before being thrown out."

You absolutely mustn't do anything reckless. The supernatural is terrifying. Until we find a way to deal with it, please don't do anything rash.

Gu Xi quickly assured him that he would not do anything reckless.

Seeing that Gu Xi had listened, Wudou Meina breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, Gu Xi asked again, "With two such powerful supernatural beings around here, wouldn't it be relatively safer? Look at Maple Leaf Park, as long as you don't go in, you're fine. It's the same with Ito Middle School."

"It seems not. The two of them are not the strongest strange creatures in the vicinity. The strongest one is Jing."

"Well?"

Gu Xi repeated the sentence.

"Yes, there's a legend nearby: never look into the Water Well. It's said that the Water Well in this area lead to the Well Dragon Palace, and if you look into Water Well, your soul will be taken away and you'll never wake up again."

The story of Wudou Meina is not scary at all, and with the pink pajamas, it doesn't feel like a horror story at all.

However, since the information being discussed was crucial, Gu Xi didn't have much time to focus on Wudou Meina.

"But I don't think I've seen any wells along the way."

"That's because there are fewer and fewer wells now. In the past, every household here had a well in front of their house. At night, the well would really turn into a huge passage. But that's what my grandma told me."

I haven't seen it myself.

As they talked, time passed by, minute by minute.

Even Wudou Meina couldn't resist the drowsiness and fell asleep in Gu Xi's arms.

Gu Xi, however, lost his sleepiness. He sat on the turn of the stairs in the Tenshukaku with Wudou Meina in his arms, observing the situation of this Hundred Ghosts Parade at Night and calculating the enemy's strength.

These are all soldiers.

Demolishing a Tenshukaku would yield a land deed for over 7,000 square meters. If this Maple Leaf Park could be demolished, how much territory and buildings could one obtain?

Looking in that direction, Gu Xi felt as if he were looking at a treasure trove.