"Boss, another ghost led me astray. Otherwise, I would never have disrespected you."
The Drowned Ghost was filled with regret and blurted it out without thinking.
His words immediately brought an amused look to Lin Luo's face. Just as he had suspected, someone had deliberately put the Drowned Ghost up to picking a fight with him.
"As long as you name the culprit, I'll forgive you."
Lin Luo spoke meaningfully.
The Drowned Ghost's expression turned conflicted at those words, and for a moment, he did not know how to answer.
Lin Luo saw his misgivings and continued, "There's no bad blood between us. As long as you come clean, I can even fit you with brand-new arms."
Lin Luo's promise undoubtedly tempted the Drowned Ghost.
Being crippled would affect his strength.
Rather than cling to his ghostly existence in such humiliation...
He might as well take a gamble!
"He's the one who told me to do it. He told me that as long as I slaughtered you, the deputy director would reward me with a promotion and a raise afterward."
The Drowned Ghost suddenly pointed at a starving ghost among those gathered there.
The starving ghost had never expected the Drowned Ghost to drag him down too, and he immediately flew into a rage.
"You're slandering the deputy director! Your mouth will be your undoing. You won't just be fired. Your soul will be extracted and burned like a sky lantern, tortured day and night!"
The starving ghost shouted resentfully. Now that the truth had come out, even he would be implicated.
For all his false niceties, Deputy Director Ghost was utterly ruthless when he took action.
Any ghost he punished would end up dead or half-crippled!
Those venomous curses scared the Drowned Ghost out of his wits, and foul-smelling