Just Compensate With A Kidney!

"Where's my takeout?" Lu Siye asked calmly.

"This... this is your takeout," the Takeout Ghost said, trembling as it handed over the bag from the ground.

"I distinctly ordered a nourishing, kidney-boosting pork kidney soup. Why did you deliver Mao Xue Wang to me?" Lu Siye glared at the Takeout Ghost, glancing at the bright red takeout in the bag.

"This... this must be a mistake from the restaurant. I'll go back and get you the right one immediately." The Takeout Ghost, with a crestfallen face, scrambled to leave, but found its raincoat being held back.

"No need. Since it was delivered incorrectly, you can just compensate me with your kidneys, hehehe~"

Lu Siye grinned sinisterly, dragging the Takeout Ghost into the room, slamming the door shut, and then pulling out a fruit knife from somewhere.

"N-no, please don't!"

The Takeout Ghost looked at the approaching Lu Siye in terror, clutching its lower back tightly with both hands, like a helpless little girl, its legs kicking uselessly on the ground.

[Ding~ Fear value +78!]

"There, there, don't struggle. It'll be over soon! Hehehe!" Lu Siye cackled and lunged forward.

"Ah~ Ah~"

The Takeout Ghost screamed as Lu Siye pinned it to the ground and forcibly flipped it over. It struggled with all its might, but its internal Yin energy had already been disrupted by the earlier Tiger's Roar and Dragon's Cry, leaving it completely powerless.

It could feel the sharp blade hovering over its lower back, a chilling sensation shooting up from its tailbone to the crown of its head.

[Ding~ Takeout Ghost's extreme fear, Fear value +86!]

"Big brother... Daddy... Grandpa, please, I won't dare to do it again, I promise I..."

"Ah~"

A sharp pain shot through its lower back as the knife plunged into its waist. It could feel a large hand yanking at its kidney.

[Ding~ Fear value +99!]

"Hehehe~ Fresh kidney~ My late-night snack is sorted~ Hehehe~"

"No~"

Amidst the Takeout Ghost's screams, Lu Siye gave a mighty tug, ripping out its kidney. Ghostly blood arced through the air.

[Ding~ Takeout Ghost's extreme regret for coming here, Fear value +66!]

Huh?

Lu Siye looked at the kidney in his hand, a string of question marks appearing in his mind.

Why did the fear value decrease after its kidney was removed?

Never mind, he couldn't waste the half-hour of freedom he had. He shifted his gaze to the other kidney.

"N-no, please, please leave me one!" The Takeout Ghost felt Lu Siye's burning gaze on its other kidney and pleaded tearfully.

[Ding~ Fear value +86!]

"Aiyoh~ Since you delivered it to my door, there's no reason to only accept half the gift! Just bear with it a little longer, it'll be quick, hehehe!"

Lu Siye patted its other side while continuously making gestures with the Evil-Exorcising Fruit Knife on its waist.

[Ding~ Fear value +88!]

Lu Siye felt the system notifications by his ears like heavenly music, filling him with strength. He raised the fruit knife and plunged it in.

"Ah~~~" The Takeout Ghost immediately cried out.

Just then, a violent pounding erupted from outside the door.

A man in shorts and a t-shirt, holding a broom, roared angrily outside the door: "Damn it, you don't need to sleep, but you can't let others sleep either, huh? Addicted to screaming, are you!"

"Open the door, open it right now!"

Not satisfied, the man stepped back and kicked the door.

Bang!

The door was kicked open with great force, revealing the scene in the living room.

A man in a red and white t-shirt was sitting on top of a takeout delivery person lying on the ground. In one hand, he held something resembling a kidney, and in the other, he gripped a fruit knife stuck into the delivery person's waist.

Dark red, unknown liquid flowed beneath them. That thing looked like... blood?

The Takeout Ghost, as if seeing a savior, turned its head to look at the man outside the door and yelled frantically, "Save me! Please save me!"

Huh? Why was my door kicked open?

Lu Siye turned his head towards the door in confusion. Upon seeing the man outside was his next-door neighbor, he suddenly understood.

It must be because this Takeout Ghost was too loud and disturbed his rest, and now he'd come to complain.

Lu Siye offered a slightly apologetic smile to his neighbor, completely forgetting the bloodstains splattered on half his face.

The neighbor, having just heard the takeout person's cries for help, saw his neighbor turn and give him a sinister smile.

It was as if he was warning him not to meddle!

"Ah!" The man outside let out a pig-like scream, dropping the broom he was holding somewhere, and scrambled away from the doorway.

Bang!

The heavy sound of a door slamming shut came from next door. It seemed the guy next door had run back to his room.

"Don't go..." the Takeout Ghost cried desperately at the door.

[Ding~ Fear Value +44!]

Lu Siye blinked. It seemed the guy next door had misunderstood something, or perhaps he hadn't misunderstood anything at all.

Holy crap! He's not going to call the police, is he? I can't explain this to the Public Security Officers. Do I have to tell them I killed a ghost, not a person?

If I say that, I'll either be treated as a murderer and shot, or be deemed mentally ill and sent to a psychiatric hospital.

Thinking this, Lu Siye lost the desire to continue tormenting it. He cleanly sliced open the lower back on the other side and took out the kidney within.

The Takeout Ghost felt its hollowed-out back, and a sense of profound peace suddenly washed over it.

I can finally die!

Its eyes seemed to see a life flashing before its eyes. In life, it had kindly made a hat for its neighbor, Old Wang, only to have Old Wang come home early and witness the entire process of its hat-making.

Old Wang, having received the hat, was deeply moved. On the spot, he used the Takeout Ghost as raw material to make a whole pot of Mao Xue Wang. After it left, he even poured out his heart to it.

Thus, after it unexpectedly became an Evil Ghost, it made a pot of Mao Xue Wang for Old Wang, pouring out its heart, to repay his kindness.

It had even specifically kept Old Wang's blood within its own body to preserve it, so it could remember Old Wang's kindness.

I was such a good ghost, why did this happen to me!

It's so unfair!

This time, the Takeout Ghost didn't provide any more fear points. Lu Siye stood up, grasped the Evil-Exorcising Fruit Knife in both hands, and plunged it into the Takeout Ghost's head.

[Ding~ Takeout Ghost (Evil Ghost) has died, Fear Value +100!]

Evil Ghost?

Is that a classification for ghosts?

Lu Siye noticed the "Evil Ghost" in parentheses within the prompt and couldn't help but wonder.

Looking at the Takeout Ghost slowly dissipating on the ground, Lu Siye walked to the entrance and closed the main door.

He looked down at his T-shirt and shorts, which were soaked in blood, and quickly took them off, throwing them into the washing machine.

After returning to the bedroom and changing into a new set of clothes, Lu Siye grabbed his keys and left the apartment.

He went to the door of the apartment next door and raised his hand, gently knocking.

"Brother, you might have really misunderstood just now. Open the door, and I'll come in to explain," Lu Siye said, trying to use a gentler tone.

Meanwhile, the guy next door was hiding under his covers, trembling. Upon hearing Lu Siye's voice, he trembled even harder.

He still wants to come in. He must want to kill me to silence me!

What should I do? Who can save me?

Mom! I'm so scared!