I had already prepared myself, so I immediately reached out to grab Li Yueyue as she lunged at me.
To my surprise, my hand passed straight through Li Yueyue's body without touching anything. Her figure, like an image projected in midair, passed through me and disappeared.
I froze for a second, then remembered the little hand still gripping my ankle. I immediately kicked backward, wrenching the thing out from under the car.
The small figure was limp as a rag doll. It slid out from beneath the chassis and flew in front of the car, where it dissolved like smoke in the headlights.
I froze again.
I recognized the little figure's face. She was the child who had been with the two couples I'd worked with. She'd been possessed by ghosts several times and acted terrifyingly, frightening the couples into killing her again and again.
But how had she ended up with Li Yueyue, and why were they attacking me together?
I frowned and turned to look.
The back seat of the car lit up. In the warm yellow glow, two figures—a large one and a small one—sat side by side and turned to look at me in unison.
I turned to face them, with no idea what the two of them were after.
Were they looking for a replacement to die in their place?
The car window rolled down, and Li Yueyue, sitting closest to me, spoke.
"Was what you said true?"
My frown deepened.
"What do you mean? You can't kill me, so you've decided to have a proper talk?" I was getting impatient.
I didn't have time to waste with them. If they couldn't tell me anything useful, they were of no use to me. Besides, neither of us could do anything to the other. They were