"What happened to my takeout?" Lu Siye asked calmly.
"Th-this is your takeout." The Takeout Ghost held out the food on the ground with trembling hands.
"I clearly ordered nourishing pork kidney soup. Why did you bring me Mao Xue Wang?" Lu Siye glanced at the bright red food in the bag and yelled at the Takeout Ghost.
"Th-this must be the restaurant owner's mistake. I'll go back and get you the right order right away." The Takeout Ghost looked like it was about to cry. It scrambled to its feet and tried to run, only to realize someone had grabbed its raincoat.
"No need. Since you brought the wrong order, you can compensate me with your kidneys instead. Hehehe~"
Lu Siye cackled as he dragged the Takeout Ghost into the room and tossed it inside. He shut the door behind him, then somehow produced a fruit knife.
N-no... please, no~
The Takeout Ghost stared in terror as Lu Siye approached. It clutched its lower back tightly with both hands and kicked its legs against the floor like a helpless little girl.
Ding~ Fear Points +78!
"Be a good boy and stop struggling. It'll be over soon! Hehehe!" Lu Siye cackled and pounced on it.
"Ah~ Ah~"
The Takeout Ghost screamed as Lu Siye pinned it to the floor and forcibly flipped it over. It struggled with all its might, but the Yin energy in its body had been completely thrown into disarray by Tiger's Roar and Dragon's Cry. It couldn't muster even a shred of strength.
It felt the sharp blade tracing its lower back, and waves of cold shot from its tailbone straight to the crown of its head.
Ding~ The Takeout Ghost was utterly terrified. Fear Points +86!
"Big brother... Dad... Grandpa, please, I beg you, I won't do it again. I'll never—"
"Ah~"
A sharp pain shot through its lower back. The knife had plunged into its side, and it could feel a large hand tugging at its kidney.
Ding~ Fear Points +99!
"Hehehe~ Fresh kidneys~ Looks like I've got a midnight snack tonight~ Hehehe~"
"Nooo~"
As the Takeout Ghost screamed, Lu Siye gave a sharp yank and ripped out its kidney. Ghost blood traced an arc through the air.
Ding~ The Takeout Ghost deeply regretted coming here. Fear Points +66!
Huh?
Lu Siye stared at the kidney in his hand, a string of question marks appearing in his mind.
Why had its Fear Points gone down after its kidney was ripped out?
Never mind. He couldn't waste the half hour he had to do whatever he wanted, so he turned his attention to the other kidney.
"N-no... please, leave me one!" The Takeout Ghost sensed the burning gaze fixed on its other kidney and begged through its tears.
Ding~ Fear Points +86!
"Come on, you delivered yourself right to my door. How could I only accept half the gift? Just bear with it a little longer. It'll be over in a jiffy. Hehehe!"
Lu Siye patted the Takeout Ghost's other side while repeatedly tracing the blade of the Evil-Exorcising Fruit Knife over its lower back.
Ding~ Fear Points +88!
The system's notification sounded like heavenly music to Lu Siye's ears. Feeling a surge of strength, he raised the fruit knife and plunged it down.
"Ahhh~~~" The Takeout Ghost let out a scream.
Just then, someone began pounding furiously on the door.
Outside stood a man in a T-shirt and shorts, holding a broom and looking furious. He roared, "Damn it! You don't need to sleep in the middle of the night, and now you won't let anyone else sleep either? Have you gotten addicted to screaming like a ghost?"
"Open up! Open the damn door!"
The man still wasn't satisfied. He stepped back and kicked the door.
Bang!
The door flew open under the man's powerful kick, revealing the living room beyond.
A man in a red-and-white T-shirt was sitting on top of a deliveryman who was lying face down on the floor. In one hand, he held something that looked like a kidney; in the other, a fruit knife stuck in the deliveryman's lower back.
A dark red liquid of unknown origin flowed beneath them. It looked like... blood?
As if it had found its savior, the Takeout Ghost turned toward the man in the doorway and frantically shouted, "Help me! Save me!"
Huh? Why had someone kicked my door open?
Lu Siye turned toward the doorway in confusion. When he recognized the man outside as the big brother from next door, he suddenly understood what had happened.
The Takeout Ghost must have been screaming too loudly and disturbing the neighbor's rest, so now the guy had come to complain.
Lu Siye gave the big brother from next door an apologetic smile, feeling a little embarrassed. He had completely forgotten that half his face was splattered with blood.
The big brother from next door had just heard the deliveryman cry for help when the neighbor sitting on top of him turned to look his way and gave him a malicious smile.
It was as if he were warning him: You'd better mind your own business!
"Ah!" The man outside let out a scream like a slaughtered pig. The broom he'd been holding flew off somewhere, and he scrambled away from the doorway.
Bang!
A heavy slam came from next door. It seemed the big brother had run back into his room.
"Don't go..." the Takeout Ghost called hopelessly after him.
Ding~ Fear Points +44!
Lu Siye blinked. It seemed the big brother from next door had misunderstood something—or maybe he hadn't.
Damn it! What if he called the police? There was no way Lu Siye could explain this to the officers. Was he supposed to tell them he hadn't killed a person, but a ghost?
If he really said that, he'd either be treated like a murderer and shot, or labeled insane and sent to a psychiatric hospital.
At the thought, Lu Siye lost the mood to keep torturing the ghost. He swiftly cut into its other side and pulled out the kidney.
Feeling the emptiness in its lower back, the Takeout Ghost was suddenly filled with an overwhelming sense of peace.
At last, I can die!
In its eyes, it could already see the scenes of its life flashing before it. When it was alive, it had kindly helped its neighbor, Old Wang, put on a hat, only for Old Wang to come home early and catch it in the middle of making the hat.
Old Wang was deeply moved by the hat. On the spot, he used the Takeout Ghost as an ingredient to make a whole pot of Mao Xue Wang. Even after it died, he had poured his heart and soul into it.
So when it became an Evil Ghost, it had made a pot of Mao Xue Wang and poured its heart and soul into Old Wang as repayment for his kindness.
It had even kept Old Wang's blood inside its body so that it would always remember his kindness.
I was such a good ghost. Why did this have to happen to me?
This is so unfair!
This time, the Takeout Ghost didn't provide any more Fear Points, so Lu Siye stood up, gripped the Evil-Exorcising Fruit Knife with both hands, and stabbed it into the ghost's head.
Ding~ The Takeout Ghost (Evil Ghost) died. Fear Points +100!
Evil Ghost?
What did that mean? Was it a rank for ghosts?
Lu Siye noticed the words "Evil Ghost" in the notification and couldn't help wondering.
Watching the Takeout Ghost slowly fade away on the floor, Lu Siye went to the entryway and closed the door.
He looked down at his T-shirt and shorts, soaked through with blood, then quickly took them off and tossed them into the washing machine.
After returning to his bedroom and changing into fresh clothes, Lu Siye grabbed his keys and went out.
He walked over to the big brother's door and gently knocked.
"Big brother, you might really have gotten the wrong idea just now. Open the door, and I'll explain everything." Lu Siye tried to sound as gentle as possible.
Meanwhile, the big brother from next door was huddled under his covers, trembling. When he heard Lu Siye's voice, he shook even harder.
He still wants to come in? He must be trying to kill me so I can't talk!
What should I do? Can someone save me?
Mom! I'm scared!
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