The Female Customer Wanted to Eat People

Only Qu Xuanqing would dare to say such a thing.

Yu Xing chuckled twice, his eyes still glancing at the mirror on the counter. Unfortunately, due to the angle, he couldn't see what was happening in the mirror, only that the clown was probably still on his back and hadn't left.

He thought for a moment, then ignored the fact that his face might already be covered in paint, because no matter what the clown thought, the paint hadn't affected his thinking yet. In other words, he didn't know what would happen to him if the clown smeared paint on him.

Conversely, this guest, whose origins were unknown, actually troubling him. "I still find it a bit strange; this guest is too weak, not matching the strength I sensed..."

"I think so too. She's just a bit scary-looking. In terms of physical strength and reaction speed, she's not much different from an ordinary woman." Qu Xuanqing weighed the weapon in her hand. "Rather than calling her a ghost, she's more like an ordinary person suffering from a disease. But you did obtain a part of her body, which is this tooth. This corresponds to the contaminant Daisy mentioned. But if E-level contaminants are this weak, then things like our room fees are no challenge at all. We can just kill a few more and get them. This doesn't meet the expected difficulty."

"This is just the first one," Zhao Yijiu said coldly. "Wait for the next customer to come in."

Yu Xing knew that he meant that perhaps only the first customer could be killed so easily, whether it was minding the shop or killing the contaminated entity itself. Perhaps progressing from weak to strong, from simple to difficult, would fit the rhythm of this independent instance.

He shrugged, rubbed his arm which had gone numb from the shock, walked back to the counter, picked up a mirror, and looked at himself.

Both teammates immediately realized something was wrong, because he wasn't looking at the clown doll in the trash can at all, but at themselves.

Zhao Yijiu felt a strange sensation. "What are you looking at? Oh right, that clown said he was going to punish us."

He glanced sideways at the clown doll in the trash can; the doll was staring at the store with its unchanging, exaggerated smile.

"I'm looking..." Yu Xing looked worriedly at her face in the mirror, which had been painted completely white. The red paint on the corners of her mouth was more complete, and her nose was also red, painted into a sphere. Other colorful patterns appeared around her eyes.

Aside from his clothing, which bears no resemblance to the clown, his face has been completely painted in an exaggerated manner by the clown's vengeful spirit behind him.

He jokingly turned the mirror towards Zhao Yijiu and the others. "Look! Aren't I fair-skinned?"

Zhao Yijiu: "..."

Qu Xuanqing: "!"

Through the mirror, they could also see a face that shouldn't be there. Yu Xing, painted like a clown, was still laughing carefree. Qu Xuanqing felt like grabbing Yu Xing by the collar and shaking him to bring him to his senses.

Looking at themselves, they were spotless in the mirror. The clown's punishment that had just echoed in their ears hadn't extended to them; perhaps the clown intended to punish them one by one.

"That's really fast." Under the unfriendly gazes of his two teammates, Yu Xing turned the mirror back, pondering and carefully sensing whether he was in any abnormal state. Fortunately, no matter how he looked at it, he was still himself, possessing complete consciousness and a calm mind. He still didn't know what the paint was for.

Is it merely used to suppress his good looks?

Zhao Yijiu walked over. "Let me see..."

Before he finished speaking, his eyes began to turn blood red. Just then, the shop door opened again, and another woman walked in.

This woman clearly came from a poor family; her clothes were tattered but very clean, and she only had a piece of cloth covering her head and face, which wasn't even properly covered, revealing horrible abscesses around her eyes.

"Mr. Kraun!" As soon as the woman entered, she looked at the three diviners and instantly recognized Yu Xing. She quickly walked up to Yu Xing, glanced at Zhao Yijiu with a fearful look, and then coughed twice. "Mr. Kraun, you've finally opened your shop. I've been waiting for so long."

"Hmm?" Yu Xing's lips curled into a smile. The last customer knew he wasn't Kraun, but just someone who minded the shop. This one, however, called him Mr. Kraun right away. Could it be that the Joker's punishment was actually to change him into Kraun?

When the punishment ends, he will completely transform into Kraun and be unable to leave forever; such a severe punishment is quite in line with the atmosphere of Dead Silent Island.

"Mr. Kraun, are you listening? Are these two your new employees?"

It must be said that before they went berserk, these Female Ghost customers were all very polite, speaking fluently and sounding just like normal people.

"Yes, I'm listening. What do you want to buy?" Yu Xing glanced at the second female customer and noticed that her hands were red and swollen, with rough, wrinkled skin, as if she often soaked her hands in cold water in winter.

According to the standards of this era, she should be a laundry worker... Yu Xing thought for a moment, since she also covered her face, she should be the same kind of pollutant as the previous Female Ghost customer.

Interestingly, he didn't sense the same dangerous feeling from the second female guest that made his curse power active, as he had sensed from the first one. If his curse power hadn't always failed, he would have suspected that his power was malfunctioning.

"Mr. Kraun, please sell me a roll of bandages quickly, I can't stand it anymore." The female customer held her hands to her chest, looking at him hopefully. "I remember I asked for it in my wish list last time."

More bandages!

Qu Xuanqing realized that the key to this instance was the bandages. They should find out why these contaminated beings needed bandages, because it was obvious that they had no interest in anything else in the store and wouldn't even glance at it.

Zhao Yijiu's gaze was cold, her complexion still flushed. She sat on the shelf to the side, intending to see how Yu Xing would deal with the second guest.

We can't just fight them one by one. Kraun has already explained the rules to them this time. If they keep breaking them, the accumulated punishment might be unbearable for any of the deducers.

"Bandages..." Yu Xing smiled, her eyes narrowing. "That's right, you urged me to order more. I brought in quite a lot today, but a female customer who was before you bought them all."

"What? Who is it?" The second female guest was so shocked that she even let her handkerchief fall down, revealing the deformed lower half of her face.

"She was wrapped up so tightly I didn't recognize her, but she just left. If you go after her now, you can still catch up, and maybe you can get some bandages from her."

"No! It's too late!" the female customer cried out, instantly losing her composure, tears of blood streaming from her eyes. "No! I'm too late..."

Oh? This isn't about being hungry, but rather emphasizing that there's not enough time?

Yu Xing observed the differences between the two customers, while Qu Xuanqing could only think that he was really a scoundrel, managing to frame a former customer who was already dead.

"What do you plan to do if there's no time?" Yu Xing instantly took the initiative.

"I... I can only..." the female customer stared at him, "... eat you..."

Yu Xing: "?"

The next second, the Female Ghost revealed her true form, lunging at him menacingly. This time, he didn't need to lift a finger; Zhao Yijiu reached out and grabbed the Female Ghost by the collar. Sure enough, she was still a Female Ghost with poor physical strength. She was restrained by Zhao Yijiu and could only let out unwilling roars.

"Why are you eating me? Do you think I'm going to be your bandage? Are you looking down on my employees? How dare you?" Boss Yu crossed his arms smugly, looking at the Female Ghost struggling in Zhao Yijiu's hands, and then let out a soft "Eh."

"That's a pretty thick outfit. Sigh, be careful not to let her write on it. Hey, Little Ququ, I'm giving you a task. Go over there and take off her outer skirt without killing her."

Qu Xuanqing: "People cannot, or at least should not."

"That's why I'm letting you do it. I'm not going to do something like undressing someone against their will." Yu Xing raised an eyebrow, completely unaware of how terrible her words were.

Zhao Yijiu: "What are you going to do?" Her gloomy gaze held a hint of complexity, as if to say, "As expected of someone who immediately inquired about buildings related to streetwalkers."

"Her dress looks quite clean, and it uses a lot of material in a light color, so it shouldn't be too different from bandages, right?" Yu Xing said. "This deal is off, but we can use homemade bandages for the next order."

The Female Ghost: "Kraun, are you pretending I don't exist?"

Zhao Yijiu: "Are you even human?"

"He's not human, he doesn't deserve to be called human." Qu Xuanqing retorted to Yu Xing, then took the female guest from Zhao Yijiu's hands, intending to take her aside and have her take off her skirt.

As soon as she turned her head, she continued, "I really don't know what kind of person Zhu Yan has become after all these years of being raised by you."

"I have indeed become a little hooligan, but I will never admit that it is because of me. I am very serious and earnest when it comes to educating girls..." Yu Xing argued weakly, but he could not change the Qu Xuanqing's eyes when she looked at him.

"You also... have a daughter as a foster parent?" Zhao Yijiu's expression became even more complicated.

During their group training period, Zhu Yan didn't come back even once; she was busy with her final exams during exam week.

Zhao Mou probably knew of Zhu Yan's existence, but since this girl wasn't a deducer, Zhao Mou didn't raise any questions about her separately. Naturally, he wouldn't specifically tell Zhao Yijiu about the relationship between this Criminal Investigation Detachment consultant, the hacker girl known for her Impermanence, and Yu Xing.

As a result, Zhao Yijiu now feels that his impression of Yu Xing has collapsed.

"Hey, I can tell from your eyes that you've misunderstood me. What's wrong? Can't you just trust your own judgment all along?" Yu Xing was determined to prove his innocence. "Although I have a face that looks like I could have three wives and four concubines, I am indeed a chaste young man who keeps only useful teammates like Xiao Ququ. That's enough, take your eyes off me, or I'll beat you up."

"No! You can't do this to me!" The Female Ghost on the other side struggled under Qu Xuanqing's grasp.

It wasn't that their team was too carefree or relaxed, or that they thought the unknown dungeon on Dead Silent Island could be spent laughing and joking around. Rather, it just so happened that the three people least affected by the sacrifices and abilities were all here, and they all had other special abilities to use.

Yu Xing possesses the power of a curse, Zhao Yijiu is in the form of a vengeful ghost, and Qu Xuanqing has a false body. Even if they were to face a powerful ghost head-on, the three of them would still have the strength to fight, and if all else fails, they could still run away.

So even when faced with the threat of the unseen clown, they remained calm. For example, it didn't matter that Yu Xing's face was covered in paint; he could simply use the power of his curse to dispel it. The only price he would pay was weakness and loss of life force, at most resulting in death once.

Their style was completely different from the other two teams' deducers, and thankfully there were no unfamiliar people in the team to avoid problems.

"It's off." Qu Xuanqing picked up the clean dress that had been completely removed. The female guest was still wearing an undershirt, which was also a thin dress. In fact, there was nothing exposed. Just as Yu Xing's eyes lit up and he began to examine the white undershirt, Zhao Yijiu stood in front of him speechlessly, blocking his view.

Zhao Yijiu: "That's enough, please stop doing such beastly things."

The light of righteousness!

"Okay, I didn't intend to do anything else anyway." Yu Xing guiltily looked away.

The Female Ghost, whose skirt had been ripped off after her failed attempt to buy something, covered her face on the ground. She had tried to take advantage of the situation to eat Qu Xuanqing, but had failed. Her sobs, aside from the initial ferocity, showed little shame, but rather more fear. "No, it's really too late... Why?"

Why won't you let me eat you?

Yu Xing; he was long used to the thuggish logic of ghosts. He even had the leisure to engage in awkward small talk with her. "Why would we let you eat us? I sell miscellaneous items here, not prostitution, ma'am. What is it that you're so eager to kill?"

Click.

A slight cracking sound came from the female customer.

Yu Xing fell silent instantly, a feeling of panic rising around his heart, a dual feedback from the power of the curse and Spiritual Sense!

"What's that sound?" Zhao Yijiu's senses were incredibly sharp; he not only heard the sound but also pinpointed its exact source. "Her stomach."

Qu Xuanqing frowned, wanting to check what was inside the Female Ghost's stomach first, when he heard a series of cracking sounds, as if something inside the Female Ghost's stomach was about to burst out.

As the cracks grew larger, Yu Xing could confirm that the churning of the curse's power originated from something inside the Female Ghost's belly. He felt weak in the limbs and slightly dizzy, like the feeling after having a couple of drinks.

"She is carrying an even more powerful demon within her," he declared. "Don't act yet, let it out and see what it looks like."

It's clear that the Female Ghost guest is terrified of the thing inside her stomach. She says it's too late, as if the thing inside her stomach will come out if she doesn't use bandages or eat people.

The Female Ghost crawled on the ground, writhing and howling in agony. Streams of blood flowing from her body stained her snow-white undergarment, making Yu Xing a pang of regret.

Finally, under the calm gaze of the three strategists, a tiny bloody hand tore through the lining, and with a loud cry, the "child" was born!

The snow-white lining was torn apart by a child's hands, and a faceless monster crawled out of the Female Ghost's abdomen. It seemed to look around, then grinned at the only woman. "Mommy!"

Qu Xuanqing: "... You just killed your mother."