Obsession

"Boss, don't be scared, it's just a ghost!"

After Lin Xiaoqi finished speaking, she glanced at Lu Yibai.

Lu Yibai's face showed surprise, but he wasn't particularly frightened.

This made Lin Xiaoqi nod to herself.

If someone was too timid, it would be very difficult to become an excellent Night Watchman.

Undoubtedly, Lu Yibai had a rather thick skin.

He also genuinely felt... what was there to be afraid of regarding ghosts?

Silly child, it's people who will harm you.

However, the ghost he was facing now seemed a bit unusual, not quite what he had imagined.

He had done a lot of cramming on common knowledge during this time and had a certain understanding of ghosts.

Under normal circumstances, when people die, they die. Perhaps there's reincarnation.

But there are also some special situations.

If a person has too deep a fixation or too much resentment, they will become vengeful ghosts, fierce ghosts, and the like.

Key point: there are only vengeful ghosts or fierce ghosts; there are no "happy ghosts" like in the movies.

Therefore, the ghosts that actually exist in reality are mostly "harmful creatures."

Resentment, malevolence, and other negative emotions will become their nourishment.

Hospitals, to be frank, are places where negative emotions are easily generated.

Some people are suffering from illness, and some are even waiting to die.

Some superstitious people see a baby and think, "Hmph, no little ding-dong," and get furious.

Some families haven't been saved by doctors and harbor resentment towards them.

A cross-section of humanity!

This place can be said to be a gathering spot for negative emotions.

Although there is also new life, healing, joy from recovering from a serious illness, and a large amount of positive emotion here... ghosts don't eat that!

Stubborn, they're picky eaters.

If ghosts are allowed to grow unchecked in a hospital, serious trouble can easily arise.

To ordinary people, ghosts are uncanny existences they can never discover in their lifetime, but for Night Watchmen, discovering ghosts is far easier than discovering demons.

If demons don't use their demonic powers, the Night Watchman Mark will have difficulty sensing them for a while, unless they are very close.

Wucheng might still have demons now, but if they live as ordinary people and don't use their demonic powers, even with Lin Xiaoqi's wide sensing range, she won't be able to detect their presence.

But ghosts are different; they are essentially a mass of ghostly energy, a kind of "energy body."

The Night Watchman Mark is extremely sensitive to them.

It's like a bunch of Great Danes with a husky mixed in, a husky with very expressive features.

Too conspicuous!

It is precisely because of this that this ghost, before it even fully formed, was discovered by Lin Xiaoqi.

"Boss, although these kinds of ghosts are easy to find, they are difficult to deal with. However, your Lion Umbrella has very strong Yang energy, making it a natural bane for ghosts."

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

Lu Yibai's mouth twitched: "..."

Poke? Poke where?

He looked at the Lion Umbrella in his hand and truly didn't know where to start.

After all, he had no experience and didn't know how to poke it with the most impact.

While he was thinking, the ghost, which had been squatting in the corner with its knees hugged to its chest, head bowed...

Lifted its head and opened its eyes!

No! She didn't have eyes!

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

Lu Yibai stared, dumbfounded.

Was he supposed to poke the Lion Umbrella into the two eye sockets?

This ghost slowly stood up from the corner; to be precise, it seemed to be floating.

If one didn't look at the empty eyes, this might have been a rather pretty girl.

But now, it looked quite terrifying.

It was like this: ╭(°A°`)╮.

Scary, right?

Ever since she took form, black mist had been drifting from all directions within the hospital, converging inside her.

Hospitals really are places full of negative energy.

The ghost seemed to notice Lu Yibai and Lin Xiaoqi watching her, and she let out a piercing shriek at the two of them.

"Boss, ghosts are just collections of obsession or resentment. Most have very low intelligence and become increasingly chaotic. Eventually, they act entirely according to their obsessions or resentments from life."

After a moment, she continued to Lu Yibai, "This female ghost has only just formed, and she still seems to have some awareness."

She's screaming at us ghosts, and you're telling me she still has awareness?

However, the female ghost soon proved Lin Xiaoqi's words true.

She began searching for something.

"Aren't we going to deal with her now? I see her constantly absorbing black mist and growing stronger," Lu Yibai whispered.

Lin Xiaoqi waved her hand dismissively and said with a serious expression, "Boss, I'm very strong."

It was as if she were stating a fact.

Lu Yibai: "..."

Lin Xiaoqi gave him the impression that her gossip-fueled curiosity had ignited. She seemed to be watching the female ghost with great interest, wanting to know what her obsession or resentment truly was.

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

Perhaps in her life...

The female ghost didn't know how she was orienting herself. Perhaps once they became ghosts, they relied entirely on perception.

She drifted from the fourth floor to the fifth.

Along the way, she encountered two on-duty nurses. Lin Xiaoqi flicked her finger, and they fell asleep.

At the same time, it was unclear how she did it, but wherever she went, the surveillance cameras would malfunction!

Society, society.

It felt like the Night Watchmen organization had the potential to become an illegal syndicate.

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

Lin Xiaoqi flicked her finger, and the doorknob made a crisp sound... the door opened.

So skillful, Sister Xiaoqi!

Lu Yibai followed Lin Xiaoqi inside. At this moment, his eyes were starting to feel strained.

And the small light points within him were dwindling.

He was running out of power.

As Lin Xiaoqi had said, Lu Yibai couldn't maintain his detection of ghosts for extended periods.

He was still a bit weak.

At this moment, the female ghost was hovering in front of the director's office desk.

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

Lu Yibai wasn't a nosy person. He was laid-back and lived a casual life.

But since he was at the scene, he couldn't help but become a little interested.

He couldn't help but wonder why this female ghost had appeared and what her resentment or obsession was.

She hovered silently in front of the desk and glanced at a photo of the director and his son on the desk.

She let out a piercing cry: "Why... couldn't... cure... me."

"Why..."

"You... you promised..."

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

Her voice sounded like metal grinding, losing its feminine melodiousness.

But strangely, after letting out two piercing cries, the female ghost didn't repeat herself.

Nor did she do anything excessively extreme.

It seemed her resentment wasn't that strong.

She appeared to be searching for something.

"Bang!"

Books and newspapers on the desk were swept up by a gust of air, then scattered across the floor.

She drifted continuously, searching.

Finally, she drifted next to a newspaper.

Wucheng Daily.

Lu Yibai read this newspaper every day. This was yesterday's paper, which he had already seen.

Suddenly, he understood everything.

He understood what the female ghost's obsession truly was.

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

The newspaper read:

[Wucheng's 21-year-old college student passes away. Before her death, she voluntarily donated her corneas, both kidneys, and liver, which will help five people regain a "new life!"]

She held resentment towards her death, but also her obsession! She wanted to know the value of her own demise!

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

It was still like the grating sound of metal friction, harsh and unpleasant.

But this time, she said:

"Hap...py..."

(PS: First update. Why would anyone find this creepy...)