My Ability Is Predicting the Future

The sight was painful to behold. Even though Fang Xiu had seen plenty of indescribable Ghosts, he still found it hard to look directly at Zhao Hao.

But Fang Xiu soon noticed something unusual. Through his Spirituality perception, he detected fluctuations of Spirituality coming from Zhao Hao!

Was Zhao Hao about to ignite his Spirituality?

The next second, Zhao Hao abruptly sat up from the floor, his face flushed as he panted heavily.

After taking in his surroundings, he froze for a moment, then broke into sudden delight.

"Xiu, did I become..."

Before he could finish, something seemed to occur to him. He eyed Fang Xiu warily.

"Are you really Xiu?"

Seeing Zhao Hao react like that, Fang Xiu felt he had matured. At least he was doing a little thinking now, though not much.

To prove this was no dream, Fang Xiu named some of Zhao Hao's favorite movies.

"Ah! Stop! You really did snoop through my phone, Xiu!" Zhao Hao got up from the floor, looking deeply embarrassed, and hurriedly stopped Fang Xiu.

"All right. Get ready to leave."

Zhao Hao nodded, but when he saw the gruesome state of their two dead colleagues, his pupils contracted, and he sighed.

This time, the two of them stood before the real entrance.

Their earlier attempts to open the entrance had all happened in dreams. Every time they reached it, they had already fallen asleep.

Fang Xiu placed his hand on the door, suddenly finding something odd.

Why hadn't that Ghost appeared this time?

The first time he broke free of the dream, he had been the only one left alive. The Ghost had appeared and asked why he wasn't afraid.

The next few times he broke free, the Ghost never appeared. Fang Xiu guessed that because Zhao Hao and the others were still alive, it had remained inside their dreams rather than coming out.

Yet this last time, everyone's dreams had ended, and the Ghost still hadn't appeared as expected. Why?

For some reason, Fang Xiu suddenly thought of what Zhao Hao had done just before waking up, kissing and groping the air. Could it be...

He already had a guess, but instead of asking right away, he pushed the door open.

What greeted them was still darkness as deep as a black hole.

They stepped into it and walked for about ten minutes before finally seeing light.

Under the light, the darkness slowly receded like a tide, revealing the world outside.

The two of them emerged onto the road.

This time, Fang Xiu was certain it wasn't a dream, because he could see the indescribable Ghosts overhead. There were even a few scattered through the small grove nearby.

A short distance behind them stood the Hundred Willows Academy sales office, while Green Mountain Psychiatric Hospital had vanished.

But according to Fang Xiu's perception, Green Mountain Psychiatric Hospital hadn't disappeared. It was still there, embedded within the sales office.

That struck Fang Xiu as strange. Why had he been able to see the Mental Hospital before, but not now?

Previously, the sales office hadn't blocked his view of the Mental Hospital. Now, however, the Mental Hospital had merged into it.

Had the Mental Hospital merged with reality, allowing real scenery to block it from view, whereas before it had been illusory and couldn't be obscured?

"This is great, Xiu! We made it out!" Zhao Hao's face was filled with the wild joy of surviving a disaster.

Fang Xiu didn't respond to that. Instead, he asked, "Heavenfucker, did you ignite your Spirituality?"

"Spirituality?" Zhao Hao paused. "I did seem to feel something strange in that illusion just now."

With that, he closed his eyes and carefully examined his senses. A moment later, he opened them, his face full of ecstatic delight.

"Xiu, I feel like I've become Superman! It's not just my five senses-even my strength has increased. If that long-legged Ghost shows up in front of me again, I'll take her out with one punch!"

Fang Xiu nodded, unsurprised.

After all, Zhao Hao had done plenty of thigh touching earlier, experienced life and death in the dream, and spent a long time in intimate contact with the Ghost controlling it. He had met the conditions for igniting his Spirituality.

But what ability would Zhao Hao awaken in that state?

"What ability did you awaken?"

"Ability?" Zhao Hao searched his senses for a moment, then scratched his head. "I don't think I can sense any ability."

"You can't sense one?" Fang Xiu was immediately surprised, but since he didn't know much about Spirituality himself, he didn't press further.

"Am I someone without an ability? Didn't Wang Ziteng say everyone who ignites their Spirituality gets one?" The delight faded from Zhao Hao's face, replaced by a dejected look.

"Xiu, what's your ability?"

"Future Prediction."

"What!? Future Prediction!?" Zhao Hao was utterly stunned.

Fang Xiu simply nodded calmly.

It wasn't that he deliberately wanted to deceive Zhao Hao. He was planning for the future. With Death Rollback, he would inevitably display foreknowledge to some extent, so he might as well say outright that he could predict the future.

Besides, the Future Prediction ability was extremely valuable. If a Spirit Tamer organization really existed, he could probably use it to gain considerable benefits.

Since Ghosts existed in this world, yet the world hadn't descended into chaos, and news of Ghosts rarely even reached the public, there had to be a massive Spirit Tamer organization maintaining public order behind the scenes. They surely possessed methods of growing stronger, and even various resources beneficial to Spirit Tamers.

Fang Xiu's desire to grow stronger was intense, so he had to raise his own value. As for keeping a low profile? Quietly making a fortune? Playing weak to catch the strong off guard?

Before being killed by Ghosts so many times, he might have chosen to keep a low profile and avoid attracting attention. But now, all he wanted was to grow stronger quickly and take revenge.

Just as gifted disciples in fantasy novels received an abundance of resources no matter which sect they joined, Fang Xiu's current plan was to pose as a genius.

As for why he wouldn't reveal his real abilities?

It was simple. He didn't know whether people with two abilities existed in this world. If it worked like the anime One Piece from his previous life, where one person could eat only one fruit and possess only one ability, exposing his two abilities would be asking to get dissected.

Sometimes, being half a step ahead made you a genius, but being a full step ahead made you a madman.

"Brother Xiu, no wonder you knew which way to go inside the Ghost Domain, and even knew there was a Ghost by the emergency exit. So your ability is Future Prediction!"

Zhao Hao finally understood. He had been too frightened inside the Ghost Domain to notice Fang Xiu's foreknowledge and had simply followed his instructions instinctively. Thinking back now, every decision Fang Xiu had made had been correct, including how to save him.

What else could it be but Future Prediction?

At first, he was happy that Fang Xiu had gained such an awesome ability. But then he remembered that he had none, and his spirits immediately sank again, even lower than before.

You feared your buddy would struggle, but you also feared he'd drive a Land Rover. That saying perfectly captured Zhao Hao's state of mind.