Free Bonus Chapter for Monthly Votes: Sweet Potato Shochu (Complete Free Edition)

[It's the middle of the ranking competition, so here's a bonus chapter for everyone to enjoy. I've already posted Bonus Chapter 1, which requires a monthly vote to read, and uploaded it to the group as well, so readers who've already voted can read it there.]

[But Old Ghost was so busy he'd forgotten some readers had voted without joining the group, so he's posting the full chapter here. If you're interested, take a look; skipping it won't affect the main story.]

[Also, the raffle for three digital-edition PS5 Slim consoles worth 3,000 each and twenty Logitech K856 keyboards worth 450 each is underway. If you have votes to spare, please cast them. The more votes you cast, the better your chances of winning.]

"Like the old saying goes!"

"People climb toward higher ground, while water flows downhill. Everyone in this world knows the most important thing is to latch onto a powerful patron."

In a gloomy mass grave, a pretty young woman sat on a grave mound, chin resting in her hand as she sighed languidly. Around her crouched countless timid, dull-witted little ghosts. Even the ones with a little sense couldn't quite understand how this granny, despite offending the Wuchang Li Family and being hunted by a mob of Wuchang lords, had managed to slip back here. Everyone had thought she wouldn't make it to dawn.

We'd only just started arguing about splitting the luggage, and now the boss is back...

For a while, no one dared make a sound. They could only gingerly massage her shoulders and rub her legs, not daring to breathe too loudly.

"Thank goodness that senior was useful. He drew the Wuchang family's ghosts over to his side, leaving me behind. That's how I escaped..."

Sweet Potato Shochu analyzed and reflected on the