Too Timid

"Great. For this disc, I'll take both your kidneys!"

The lights on the cart instantly turned a sickly green. A layer of blue frost began to spread over the disc seller, and dark red blood seeped from his lower back, drop by drop.

Drip~ drip~

The blood splattered across the ground, spreading out, and a strange stench rose from the pavement, making people feel dizzy.

The disc seller somehow produced a scalpel less than a handspan long. He stepped across the bloodstained ground, drawing closer one step at a time to Lu Siye, who was swaying unsteadily.

"I was wondering what kind of powerful ghost you were. Turns out you're just some poor bastard whose kidneys got snatched."

Suddenly, Lu Siye stopped swaying. He straightened up and activated the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill with all his might. Waves of scorching heat billowed out from his body.

The blood staining the ground quickly dried and evaporated under the hot blast, and the pavement soon returned to normal.

The disc seller retreated several steps in a panic. He pointed his scalpel at Lu Siye and shouted, trying to sound fierce despite his fear, "Who exactly are you?"

The Kidney-Harvesting Ghost was startled. Fear Points +36!

"I'm your Fourth Master!"

Before the words had even left his mouth, Lu Siye kicked off the concrete beneath his feet, shattering it. With a bang, he shot forward and reached the Kidney-Harvesting Ghost in the blink of an eye.

What?!

Before the Kidney-Harvesting Ghost could react, it felt a wave of heat rushing toward it.

Then everything suddenly went black, and a scorching-hot hand clamped down on its face.

The searing heat instantly pierced through its Yin energy shield and burrowed into its flesh, making a sizzling sound.

A tremendous force gripped its face. Its whole body was lifted uncontrollably, then slammed hard into the ground.

Lu Siye pulled the Kidney-Harvesting Ghost's head out of the dent in the concrete, leaned close to its ear, and breathed out a puff of hot air. Then he said ominously:

"Weren't you going to take both your Fourth Master's kidneys? Why aren't you taking them now?"

"This little one was blind and offended Fourth Master. Please, Fourth Master, be magnanimous and don't hold a grudge against a nobody like me. Just let me go like a fart!"

The Kidney-Harvesting Ghost's legs were trembling like a sieve. It fought through the searing pain in its head and spoke in a quavering voice.

The Kidney-Harvesting Ghost was terrified out of its wits. Fear Points +88!

"Your Fourth Master is a very reasonable person. All we're doing is trading two kidneys for your stuff. Don't worry. I said I'd trade two kidneys, so two kidneys it is!"

Lu Siye lifted the Kidney-Harvesting Ghost off the ground and took the Evil-Exorcising Fruit Knife out of his system space.

"Really?" The Kidney-Harvesting Ghost's eyes lit up.

It had thought it was going to lose its life, but its opponent turned out to be an idiot who was still talking about trading kidneys for its stuff.

"Of course!" Lu Siye said with a sinister grin, tossing the Kidney-Harvesting Ghost to the ground.

The Kidney-Harvesting Ghost had been caught off guard and landed face-first on the ground. Before it could react, it felt someone sit down on its backside.

With a rip, its shirt was torn apart by a surge of force. Then it felt a cold, familiar touch against its lower back.

In an instant, its body stiffened, and wisps of Yin energy seeped from its forehead.

Its feet trembled slightly, cold air rising from its back as if a biting wind had pierced right through its body.

The Kidney-Harvesting Ghost realized what was happening. It turned its head to look.

Lu Siye was sitting on top of it, holding a gleaming fruit knife. He was carefully lining up the tip with the stitches around the ghastly wound on its lower back.

Holy crap!

So when you said you'd trade kidneys, you meant taking my kidneys in exchange!

"No! I don't want to! Fourth Master, you can have all those discs as a tribute from me. No kidneys, please!" the Kidney-Harvesting Ghost wailed.

The Kidney-Harvesting Ghost was horrified out of its wits. Fear Points +99!

"Ah~ How can your Fourth Master take back his word? If word got out, wouldn't everyone laugh at Fourth Master for not keeping his promises?"

Lu Siye knocked the Kidney-Harvesting Ghost's hands aside, leaned forward, grabbed the back of its head, and slammed its entire face hard into the ground.

"Be good! Your Fourth Master has more than ten years of medical experience from his dreams. It'll be over in a flash. It won't hurt!" Lu Siye patted its lower back.

What the hell was dreamt-up medical experience supposed to be good for?!

The Kidney-Harvesting Ghost grew even more frightened and struggled desperately.

But Lu Siye, sitting on top of it, was like a mountain. No matter how hard it struggled, it was useless.

Lu Siye held the fruit knife and slowly, bit by bit, used the tip to cut through the stitches in the wound on its lower back.

Ding~ Fear Points +89!

Ding~ Fear Points...

Each time he cut through a stitch, the system chimed in his ear with a heavenly notification. He couldn't help slowing down his movements.

Perhaps because the scalpel wasn't sharp enough, Lu Siye also failed to cut through the stitches in one go several times.

Five minutes later, a boom like a torpedo firecracker burst from the alley.

Lu Siye rose with a regretful look from the Kidney-Harvesting Ghost, which was now missing half its body. Beside it lay a kidney that didn't look very fresh.

Lu Siye looked at the ghost blood on his hand with distaste. This ghost was too timid. He'd only cut halfway through its kidney before it blew itself up.

If Lu Siye hadn't used the heat generated by activating his skill at full force to deflect the splattering ghost blood, he would have been covered in it.

Lu Siye took out his phone and snapped a photo of the Kidney-Harvesting Ghost's body, now reduced to its lower half.

He uploaded the photo and the location to the Town Demon Suppression Division, then calmly walked out of the alley.

He glanced down at the dried blood on his hand, gave it a sharp shake, and sent all the scabs crumbling into powder that scattered on the breeze.

He didn't need to handle what came next. The Town Demon Suppression Division would send professionals to deal with it.

Lu Siye rented a shared bike by the roadside, moved to another more secluded street, and continued trying to lure out the red Porsche 911.

Time passed slowly, and midnight gradually arrived.

Lu Siye took out his phone, opened the ride-hailing app, picked a random destination, selected every available vehicle option, and requested a ride.

After waiting for more than three minutes, a driver finally accepted the request. Unfortunately, it wasn't the car he was waiting for.

He canceled the ride and requested another. Before five seconds had passed, the same driver accepted again.

Lu Siye canceled it helplessly, rented another shared bike, moved to a different secluded spot, and started requesting rides again.

After another three minutes or so, a driver finally accepted. The car was a Porsche 911, license plate *******. It was the ghost car.

Less than five minutes later,

A faint engine roar came from the distant street. A red blur shot across the pitch-black road and pulled up a short distance in front of him.

Lu Siye looked at the Porsche 911's front passenger seat. A heavily made-up girl sat there, and she didn't look very old.

The file didn't say there were two ghosts in the car, did it?!

Lu Siye had a whole string of complaints he wanted to spit out. Once again, the information was unreliable.

Suddenly, he thought of something and hurriedly opened his phone to send a message to the Town Demon Suppression Division's dispatcher.

"Are you the one who ordered the ride?" asked the white-haired young man in the driver's seat. He looked to be in his early twenties. After waiting a while and seeing that Lu Siye still hadn't gotten in, he couldn't help asking.

Lu Siye stared straight at the Porsche 911, looking like a country bumpkin who had never seen anything like it. He seemed a little dazed and didn't answer right away.