"What happened?"
Fang Zheng and Leafa both froze when they saw Asuna clinging to him and trembling. Hearing Fang Zheng's voice, Asuna finally raised her head and looked at him.
"Ah, Mr. Fang Zheng..."
"What's wrong with you?"
Seeing Asuna's face so pale with fright, Fang Zheng was rather surprised. Of course, he knew Asuna was hopeless with this sort of thing, but... surely it wasn't this bad.
"I, I, I... there are... ghosts... ghosts..."
"Ghosts? You mean the ghosts the combat group dressed up as?"
Seeing Asuna like this, even Leafa was no longer so sure. By all rights, several members of the combat group had indeed been stationed along this stretch of road to dress up as ghosts and scare people. But they knew their limits; they had no intention of scaring anyone to death. Yet judging by Asuna's state, she had clearly been frightened by more than just a little.
Had someone gone overboard?
"Eek!!!"
Just then, Asuna seemed to see something again. She hurriedly hid behind Fang Zheng, stretched out her hand, and pointed toward the woods beside them.
"Ghost... ghost... ghost..."
"Ghost? Where's the ghost?"
Fang Zheng turned and looked in the direction Asuna was pointing. Then, a white figure flickered past his eyes.
"Hm? There really does seem to be one... It's a person, right?"
Leafa naturally saw the white figure as well, but she was nowhere near as scared as Asuna. In Leafa's view, it was probably another combat group member pretending to be a ghost.
"We'll know if we go take a look."
Fang Zheng said it casually and headed into the woods beside the path. Leafa followed at his side, while Asuna clutched Fang Zheng's clothes and followed close behind him, keeping her eyes shut and not daring to even lift