Obsession

"Boss, don't be scared. It's a ghost!"

After saying that, Lin Xiaoqi glanced at Lu Yibai.

There was surprise on Lu Yibai's face, but not much fear.

This made Lin Xiaoqi nod inwardly.

If he was timid and cowardly, it would be extremely difficult for him to become an excellent Night Watchman.

Without a doubt, Lu Yibai was rather thick-skinned.

He even genuinely felt... What was there to fear about ghosts?

Silly boy, the ones who can hurt you are all human.

However, the ghost he was facing now seemed somewhat special, and was different from what he had imagined.

During this period, he had crammed quite a bit of common knowledge, and had gained a certain understanding of ghosts.

Under normal circumstances, when a person died, that was the end of it. Perhaps reincarnation existed.

However, there were also some special cases.

Once a person's obsession ran too deep, or their resentment grew too strong, they would become a Vengeful Ghost, Fierce Ghost, or something similar.

Here was the key point: only Vengeful Ghosts and Fierce Ghosts existed. There were no "Happy Ghosts" like those in movies.

Therefore, the ghosts and monsters that existed in reality were mostly "harmful organisms."

Negative emotions such as resentment and malevolence would become their nourishment.

Hospitals, to be honest, were places where negative emotions were easily produced.

Some people were suffering from illness, while some were even waiting to die.

Some people with feudal beliefs would take one look at a baby and go, "Huh? No little dick?!" and explode with rage.

Some families would resent doctors when their loved ones could not be saved.

A microcosm of humanity!

This place could be called a gathering ground for negative emotions.

Although it also contained new life, healing, and the joy of recovering from serious illnesses, along with a great deal of positive emotion... ghosts didn't eat that!

They were picky. They were fussy eaters.

If ghosts and monsters were allowed to grow unchecked in a hospital, something serious could easily happen.

To ordinary people, ghosts were strange existences they could go their entire lives without discovering. To Night Watchmen, however, discovering ghosts was far easier than discovering demons.

If demons did not use demonic power, a Night Watchman Mark would have difficulty sensing them for a while unless they were nearby.

There might still be demons in Crow City, but if they were content to live as ordinary people and did not use demonic power, then even with the wide range of Lin Xiaoqi's mark, she would not be able to sense their presence.

Ghosts and monsters were different. They were themselves a mass of ghostly energy, an existence similar to an "energy body."

The Night Watchman Mark was extremely sensitive to them.

It was like a husky, especially an expressive one, sneaking into a crowd of Tairitian dogs.

It stood out far too much!

That was precisely why Lin Xiaoqi had discovered this ghost before it had even fully taken shape.

"Boss, although this kind of ghost is easy to discover, it's difficult to deal with. But your Lion Umbrella has extremely potent yang energy, making it the bane of ghosts and monsters."

"Boss, why don't you try stabbing it?" Lin Xiaoqi said, looking at the Lion Umbrella in Lu Yibai's hand.

The corner of Lu Yibai's mouth twitched. "..."

Stab it? Where?

He glanced at the Lion Umbrella in his hand. For a moment, he really had no idea where to start.

After all, he had no experience. He didn't know how to make a stab look impressive.

Just as he was thinking, the ghost crouching quietly in the corner, hugging her knees with both arms...

Raised her head and opened her eyes!

No! She didn't have eyes!

Her eyes were like two empty holes, with black energy swirling around their sockets, like bloody tears flowing from the depths of her eyes!

Lu Yibai stared in shock.

Could he really be supposed to stab the Lion Umbrella into those two eye sockets?

The ghost slowly rose from the corner. More precisely, she seemed to be floating.

If one ignored those hollow eyes, she might have been a rather pretty girl.

But as she was now, she looked quite horrifying.

Like this: ╭(°A°`)╮.

Scary, right?

After she took shape, streams of black energy began drifting in from all directions throughout the hospital, converging inside her body.

Hospitals really were places packed with negative energy.

The ghost seemed to notice that Lu Yibai and Lin Xiaoqi were watching her. She let out a shrill howl at them.

"Boss, ghosts are merely collections of obsession or resentment. Most have very low intelligence, and they become increasingly muddled. Eventually, they act entirely according to the obsessions or grudges they had while alive."

After a while, she continued speaking to Lu Yibai. "This female ghost has only just taken shape, so she still seems to retain some awareness."

"She's already howling at us, and you're telling me she still has awareness?"

But the female ghost soon seemed to prove Lin Xiaoqi right.

She began searching for something.

"Shouldn't we deal with her now? I can see her constantly absorbing black energy and growing stronger," Lu Yibai said quietly.

Lin Xiaoqi waved her hand indifferently and said with utmost seriousness, "Boss, I'm very strong."

She sounded as if she were simply stating a fact.

Lu Yibai: "..."

Lu Yibai felt that this woman's gossiping spirit had already been kindled. She seemed quite interested in the female ghost and wanted to know exactly what her obsession or resentment was.

After all, this female ghost... had no eyes!

Perhaps, while she was alive...

The female ghost had no idea how to distinguish directions. Perhaps once someone became a ghost, they relied entirely on their senses.

She drifted from the fourth floor to the fifth floor.

Along the way, she happened to encounter two nurses on duty. Lin Xiaoqi lightly flicked her finger, and they fell into a deep sleep.

At the same time, no one knew how she managed it, but wherever she went, the surveillance cameras broke down!

Impressive, impressive.

The Night Watchmen organization seemed to have great potential to become an illegal organization.

Soon, the female ghost drifted to the door of the director's office, then... transformed into a cloud of vapor and floated inside.

Lin Xiaoqi lightly flicked her finger. The doorknob gave a crisp click... and the door opened.

She was really skilled at this, Sister Xiaoqi!

Lu Yibai followed Lin Xiaoqi inside. At that moment, his eyes were already slightly sore and swollen.

The tiny points of light inside him were also nearly depleted.

He was running out of power.

Just as Lin Xiaoqi had said, Lu Yibai was not yet capable of detecting ghosts for long periods.

He was still a little weak.

At that moment, the female ghost was floating in front of the director's desk.

It was two in the morning, and the director was still asleep at home.

Lu Yibai was not a gossip. He was laid-back and lived rather casually.

But since he was already there, he inevitably became a little interested.

He could not help wondering why this female ghost had formed, and what exactly her resentment or obsession was.

She floated quietly in front of the desk and glanced at the photograph of the director and his son on it.

She let out a shrill sound. "Why... why... couldn't you... cure me..."

"Why... why..."

"You... you promised..."

"You said... I would get better... I would get better."

Her voice sounded like metal scraping against metal, no longer possessing the soft, pleasant quality of a woman's voice.

Strangely, however, after the female ghost spoke those two shrill sentences, she did not continue repeating them.

Nor did she do anything overly extreme.

Her resentment did not seem particularly strong.

She seemed to be searching for something.

"Bang!"

The books and newspapers on the desk were swept into the air by a gust of wind before scattering across the floor.

She continued drifting and searching.

In the end, she drifted beside a newspaper.

"Wucheng Daily."

Lu Yibai read this newspaper every day. This was yesterday's issue, and he had already read it.

Suddenly, he understood everything.

He understood what the female ghost's obsession was.

He also understood why the female ghost's eyes were hollow!

The newspaper read:

Twenty-one-year-old university student from Crow City dies in the prime of her life. Before passing away from illness, she voluntarily donated her corneas, kidneys, and liver, helping five people regain "new life"!

She had the resentment of someone facing death, but she also had her obsession! She wanted to know the value of her death!

Soon, Lu Yibai heard the female ghost's hoarse voice again.

It still sounded like metal scraping against metal—harsh and unpleasant.

But what she said was:

"Ha... ppy..."

(P.S. First update. Why does anyone think this is scary...)