Injustice and a Deal

As she spoke, the White-clothed Female Ghost gradually appeared before Liu Haoyu.

She extended her pale, swollen hand, inching it closer and closer to Liu Haoyu's face.

Beneath her tangled hair, her eyeballs hung limply, while countless strands of hair wrapped tightly around Liu Haoyu's thigh.

At the same time, her mouth kept muttering without pause.

"Kill them..."

Perhaps she had shown Liu Haoyu that scene to win his sympathy, but clearly, she had miscalculated.

Liu Haoyu broke free of her restraints and quickly retreated.

Under the female ghost's venomous gaze, Liu Haoyu took out a Talisman Paper.

"No matter how grievous your injustice, that is no reason to harm innocent people."

"You don't understand! You don't understand at all!"

The female ghost let out a shrill curse and lunged at Liu Haoyu.

But he reacted quickly. The instant she pounced, he hurled out the Thunder Shock Talisman.

"Ah!!"

With a piercing, agonized scream, the female ghost vanished from before Liu Haoyu.

She had fled.

Even two Talisman Papers had failed to suppress her.

It was clear just how deeply her resentment had accumulated.

And Liu Haoyu understood her helplessness as well.

As a victim, she had died in this arms warehouse, and her body had been dismembered and dumped into the reservoir.

After becoming a Fierce Ghost, the only way she could seek revenge was by constantly attacking passersby, gaining greater strength and resentment from them.

Until she could break free from the shackles of her corpse and find the people who had killed her all those years ago.

But even so, it was no justification for casually killing other innocent people.

"Still... that resentment is incredibly strong."

Judging by the Fierce Ghost's current state, if he wanted to lay her to rest or subdue her, he first had to avenge her past grievances.

And ghosts were not stupid either. She had already seen his strength, so she naturally would not dare appear before him again. Finding her next time would be extremely difficult.

Compared to her, those men who had killed the woman in white were even more beastly.

So it would be better to start with them. Once they were dealt with on the spot, perhaps the Fierce Ghost's resentment could be resolved as well.

Then she could be sent on to reincarnation.

Having considered this, Liu Haoyu spoke to the hollow, silent warehouse.

"Very well. Since you have suffered such injustice, I will lend you a hand."

Liu Haoyu's voice was extremely sincere. Ghosts were not entirely mindless beasts; she naturally understood what he meant.

"You cannot leave this place, but I can. I can help you find those beasts' whereabouts. When the time comes, I'll bring you to deal with them."

After hearing Liu Haoyu's words, the warehouse fell completely silent. Half a minute later, the tightly shut door slowly opened a crack.

Opening the door meant that the White-clothed Female Ghost had accepted Liu Haoyu's deal.

Under her watchful gaze, Liu Haoyu stepped out through the door.

Once outside, Liu Haoyu looked back. The White-clothed Female Ghost stood motionlessly inside the warehouse.

She watched Liu Haoyu leave, and before he departed, he said to the Fierce Ghost,

"One week. Stay here quietly and don't harm anyone."

With that, Liu Haoyu completely disappeared from her sight.

By the time he came back to his senses, Liu Haoyu was already standing before the van that had crashed down the cliff.

By then, the large patches of blood inside the vehicle were gone.

Only a few traces of struggle remained.

It seemed that the Fierce Ghost had already given up on killing people to increase her own strength.

But that was only temporary. Under the prolonged influence of her resentment, she would soon become a ghost that attacked indiscriminately once more.

He had made a one-week agreement with her. If he could not find the killer within a week, she would become even more frenzied, and she might even regard him as an enemy.

No one wanted to be targeted by a Fierce Ghost, not even Liu Haoyu.

"First, I need to find a way back."

Climbing up the narrow path through the woods, Liu Haoyu soon reached the roadside.

But for some reason, even though the White-clothed Female Ghost had let him go, why did his back still feel chilly the whole way?

Liu Haoyu turned around and saw nothing. But because the candle had burned for so long, it had now completely gone out.

Naturally, Liu Haoyu had no way of knowing whether some Fierce Ghost was following behind him.

But since nothing had happened along the way, perhaps it was most likely just his imagination?

Liu Haoyu muttered to himself for a moment, then stood by the roadside and began waiting for a car.

But at three in the morning, he had no idea whether any vehicles would pass through this place.

If none came, he could only wait until dawn and call a taxi from the city.

While Liu Haoyu waited for a ride, he did not notice that a female ghost in red was closely following behind him.

But unlike those resentful, terrifying Fierce Ghosts, this female ghost was trembling as she followed Liu Haoyu, terrified of losing track of him.

"Am I really going to have to wait here all night? I want to go home..."

Qin Liu's already fair face had been frightened completely bloodless.

When Liu Haoyu entered the warehouse, scene after horrifying scene had frightened Qin Liu so badly that her heart had nearly stopped.

Fortunately, this nightmare-like outing had finally come to an end.

At that moment, Qin Liu silently swore to herself.

If I ever think about going out again, I'll be the biggest idiot in the world!

The world outside was far too terrifying!

If she could bring herself to do it, Qin Liu would have loved to grab this man's clothes and never let go.

She had always thought she was rather brave, but now it seemed...

In the end, she still could not compare to the big-hearted man before her.

How had he communicated with that female ghost without changing expression?

While Qin Liu was thinking, perhaps heaven took pity on Liu Haoyu.

A little after three in the morning, a white rideshare car slowly approached from the distance.

It seemed to have noticed the flashlight's beam, so it slowed down slightly.

Soon, the car stopped in front of Liu Haoyu.

A man in his thirties rolled down the window and said to Liu Haoyu,

"Little brother, are you out night fishing this late?"

"Yeah, but my motorcycle crashed."

Liu Haoyu pointed at the motorcycle by the roadside, which was nearly reduced to scrap metal.

"So you're a rideshare driver? Can you take me home? It's only a dozen or so kilometers. I'll pay two hundred yuan."

"No problem. Come on, brother, get in."

The rideshare driver had not expected that he would pick up a big two-hundred-yuan fare while merely heading home in the middle of the night.

Thinking of how he could earn two hundred yuan for a trip of only a dozen or so kilometers, the rideshare driver was naturally overjoyed.