Then he helped her close her face back up.
He truly had all the qualities of a caring gentleman.
Lynn drew closer to her, gentle yet devilishly charming, then slowly took firm hold of her wrist, his lips curling into a tender smile as he said:
"Actually, there's an art to scaring people, too. Especially people with strong nerves. Just seeing something horrifying isn't enough to break them."
"You need to take it a step further..."
"Make them see those horrifying things happening to their own bodies. Only then will they truly fear you!"
"For example..."
Smiling gently, Lynn held her wrist and guided her hand into his chest, little by little.
Squish, squish-
The sounds of flesh being penetrated immediately came from beneath his clothes.
Blood flooded out, staining his chest red.
"Can you feel something beating?"
"Is it a little warm, too? Is blood flowing out? That's right. Just as you guessed, what you're holding now is my heart."
In the Region Channel.
Everyone held their breath, watching the blood continuously spill from his chest on the screen, feeling as though they were suffocating.
Then they looked at the gentle smile on his face, and an indescribable shudder of terror and a horrifying sense of wrongness rose within them all.
[Sanity Value -1] [Sanity Value -1] [Sanity Value -1]
On the screen, Lynn kept that gentle expression as he held the female ghost's wrist and drew closer to her, little by little.
The ghost's eyes were already trembling, traces of fear beginning to surface in them.
Lynn whispered into her ear:
"Just like this. You need to squeeze their heart little by little, so your target can clearly feel the terror of having their heart gripped. Then you must make them watch with their own eyes as you dig their heart out of their chest..."
The ghost stared shakily at the hand he held inside his chest.
Then.
Little by little.
With Lynn holding her wrist.
Her hand was slowly drawn out of his chest, inch by inch.
A crimson heart, still beating.
Was dug out, drenched in blood, clutched in her trembling hand.
[Sanity Value -1] [Sanity Value -1]
Lynn continued whispering into her ear, "And once you've made them watch you slowly dig their heart out, your target's nerves will already be stretched to their limit..."
The ghost trembled, her nerves stretched to their limit.
Everyone in the Region Channel was holding their breath, too, their hearts lodged firmly in their throats.
Lynn slowly whispered, "And at this point, all you need to do is..."
Aaaah-!!
Lynn suddenly opened his mouth and widened his eyes, instantly curling both hands into claws as he let out an ear-splitting scream without warning.
Almost instantly, the ghost bristled in fright, her face turning 0ДQ.
An expression of utter terror appeared on her face.
That single mighty scream from Lynn instantly shattered her composure.
"Aah- aah-!!"
The ghost clutched her head and shrieked.
Meanwhile, everyone in the Region Channel, who had been holding their breath and concentrating intensely, instantly went (ΩДΩ), scared shitless by Lynn's sudden scream.
"Aah- aah-!!"
[Blood Doll's sanity value -50!] [Burned Ghost's sanity value -50!] [Skeleton Demon's sanity value -60!] [Blood-Robed Evil Spirit's sanity value -40!]
The entire Region Channel instantly exploded, and almost simultaneously, indescribable screams of terror rang out from every corner of Wandering Soul Alley.
"I'm done! I'm done with this! (ΩДΩ)!! Home! I want to go home!"
"Mommy! Someone's scaring me!!"
"I'm not watching anymore! I'm not watching anymore!!"
The entire Region Channel erupted in terrified wails and howls.
On the screen, Lynn couldn't help bursting into hearty laughter, clutching his stomach and laughing until tears streamed from his eyes.
He took the Faceless Demon's heart from the ghost, who was already crouched in a corner trembling with a 0ДQ expression, blew on it, then tucked it back into his pouch.
He gave her a thumbs-up and smiled.
"Well? Pretty effective, wasn't it?"
"That's how you do it. First, get their nerves stretched taut, then suddenly throw in some terrifying sounds and visuals to snap them all at once. That's how you catch them off guard!"
"Did you learn anything?"
The ghost huddled in the corner, trembling, and said with a 0ДQ expression:
"The lesson broke me! It broke me! Don't come any closer! Boohoo!"
[Sanity Value -10] [Sanity Value -10] [Ding! Blood Doll's attitude toward you has changed from [Terrified] to [Extremely terrified]. You have earned 200 base experience!] [Ding! You have changed the skeleton's personality trait [Brave] to [Sensitive]. You have earned 300 base experience!] [Ding! You have changed Long-Haired Ghost's personality trait [Withdrawn] to [Extremely withdrawn]. You have earned 300 base experience!]
Lynn: "???"
Lynn listened to the series of system notifications sounding in his ears.
He was utterly baffled.
Because this wasn't the first time this had happened.
Almost immediately, Lynn paused.
Because he had seen every one of those Wandering Soul Town residents mentioned by the system in the Vision Realm's Region Channel.
Could everything happening to me here be getting broadcast live to the Vision Realm's Region Channel?
That's way too shameless!
Lynn immediately began looking around suspiciously.
Meanwhile, the Region Channel had long since erupted with all kinds of discussion.
[Blood Doll]: "(Screaming) Queen! Evil Spirit Queen! I really think we should stop this livestream! This guy isn't some normal person whose nerves are easy to break!"
[Skeleton Demon]: "He hasn't cracked, but the rest of us are going to crack first!"
[Burned Ghost]: "(ΩДΩ) Queen, he's already scared your maid to tears! This guy seems to have had special training in this!!"
The Blood-Robed Evil Spirit gritted her teeth hard, her clenched fists cracking.
Although she knew this brat was tough and hardly normal, she hadn't expected him to be this hard to break!
It seemed.
She really had no choice but to deal with him herself!
Otherwise, she would utterly lose face in front of all these little ghosts in Wandering Soul Alley today!
Bang-
She slapped the table and said through gritted teeth:
"That's it for the livestream. I'm going down to kill him right now. Just wait for my good news tomorrow!"
Then she abruptly stood up, about to shut off Mirror Scrying.
But the moment her gaze fell on the mirror, she shuddered instinctively.
"Th-this guy..."
On the screen.
Lynn had clearly located the source watching him. At that very moment, he was standing on a little stool, curiously pressing one eye toward the lens and peering hard into it.
Then the camera shifted.
Clearly, Lynn had pried off whatever was watching him.
After examining it closely, he stuffed it into his pocket with a perfectly serious (*￣︶￣) expression.
"..."
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