The Underworld Does Not Ferry

"You're attacking the police!" The leader staggered back a step in fright and shouted instinctively.

Then, as if realizing his tone was inappropriate, he hurriedly forced a smile.

"Miss Ah-yeon, even if you aren't afraid, aren't you worried about accidentally hurting your mother?"

The leader looked toward Ah-yeon's mother, his meaning obvious.

"Are you threatening me?" Ah-yeon's expression darkened as she demanded.

The leader hurriedly shook his head, smiling. "You misunderstand, you misunderstand. You are an honored guest we wish to invite. How could we possibly do such a thing?"

Though he apologized verbally, his body still blocked the way. People were also coming up the stairwell to switch shifts, and he did not yield an inch.

Ah-yeon then glanced at her mother. Her mother understood at once, wrapped her arms around Ah-yeon, and absorbed her whole into her abdomen.

This was the ghostly power her mother had gained after absorbing that bottle of mysterious liquid. Her body turned ethereal, passed through the stairwell wall, and vanished.

Looking at the now-empty corridor, everyone shuddered.

The chilling aura emanating from Ah-yeon and her transformed mother made them feel as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.

"Gh-ghosts... They're ghosts!" a soldier stammered, pointing at the place where they had disappeared.

Soldiers were people too. They were afraid as well.

The leader's face went deathly pale, and he collapsed onto the ground. Only then did he understand what exactly he had been facing.

Yongin City.

The moment Ah-yeon's mother arrived in the city, a designated vehicle was already waiting for her.

"Madam, I heard you also have a daughter. May I ask where she is?" the driver asked respectfully.

"Oh, she's in here!" She patted her abdomen.

Ah-yeon crawled out from inside, took out her phone, and called Charlotte first to