The Lit Candle

As the middle-aged man named Sakai's head detached from his neck and flew away, everyone realized that true terror had arrived. Perhaps the ghost hadn't appeared yet, but it had already begun killing people.

Silently.

They didn't tell you beforehand, and there was no warning.

It's truly chilling.

Yang Jian himself doubted whether he could have withstood that attack if he had been the one who had just been attacked.

Because the corpse on the ground had no neck, blood began to flow from the severed wound, quickly spreading all over the ground. However, Sakai's physical condition was clearly not good; his blood was very viscous, unlike that of a normal living person, and more like that of a seriously ill patient.

However, Sakai's body did not die after losing its head; instead, it showed signs of continuing to move.

After the Ghost Tamer dies, the demon will revive on the corpse, and since there is no living person to control it, this revival will happen very quickly.

Now.

The remaining people all looked at Yang Jian.

A crisis has already occurred, and the only Ghost Tamer that President Mishima hired from abroad at great expense.

Yang Jian frowned and walked over without saying a word. He picked up Sakai's body from the ground with one hand, dragged it to a nearby house, opened the door, and threw it inside.

Since it's about a vengeful ghost resurrecting, it's best to stay away from it, at least so it doesn't affect your future actions.

The others remained silent as they watched Sakai's body being carelessly dumped in a nearby house. They knew this was the best course of action; Sakai's death at this point would undoubtedly cause them immense trouble, making the already dangerous situation even more perilous.

"Can you still sense the ghost's location?" Yang Jian walked back and asked again.

Mishima's mental state was not right. She was under tremendous pressure because she had been sensing the location of the ghost from the beginning. While sensing the ghost, she also had the feeling that she was being watched by the ghost, as if someone was standing behind her all the time, and something was secretly watching her.

She shook her head, then added, "I... I can only be sure it's here. That thing could appear at any time, but I don't know its current location."

Yang Jian withdrew his gaze from her. He knew that Mishima had done her best. After all, she was not a true Ghost Tamer. This kind of perception could only determine the general location. Once there was something supernatural nearby, her perception would be affected, as if the ghost was right next to her, and she would not be able to accurately identify the source.

However, Yang Jian didn't ask for too much; what he cared more about at the moment were the dead heads in the sky.

This is a completely unknown ghost; once it's targeted, the consequences are unpredictable.

"Back then, I deliberately lured the Door-Knocking Ghost into the Caesar Hotel, indirectly resolving the Head Balloon Incident. Now, it's come full circle, and this problem has still landed on my head." Yang Jian's eyes flickered, and he decided to change his strategy.

"Follow me, everyone."

He acted again, this time decisively and swiftly.

The others, not understanding what was going on, could only hurriedly follow.

Yang Jian didn't go too far. He knew the ghost was in this area, but the houses in Kobe City were crowded and the roads were narrow, making the situation quite complicated. He couldn't determine which corner the ghost was hiding in, and Mishima's perception ability had temporarily stopped working.

However, he had another method.

Soon.

Yang Jian appeared at a relatively open intersection with decent visibility. He immediately opened his duffel bag and took out a white candle.

This is a ghost candle.

The white ghost candle can attract evil spirits from the surrounding area.

"This is."

When Nagazawa saw the white candle, he immediately sensed something was wrong. He realized that Yang Jian seemed about to do something very dangerous.

"Once this candle is lit, it will attract the ghosts around. I don't have time to waste here any longer. The ghost from the Head Balloon Incident has started killing people, which means that since Sakai's death, everyone has been exposed to danger. The next person to die will most likely be one of us."

As Yang Jian spoke, he had the ghost child run over.

If you were to light a ghost candle to attract ghosts, you definitely wouldn't be able to withstand the temptation. Even the most skilled Ghost Tamer wouldn't dare to flaunt such a white ghost candle in public.

A ghost child is a good target.

Wearing Ghost Shroud, it can withstand attacks from vengeful spirits. In addition, due to its special nature, it is very difficult to die. Nothing is more suitable than it.

"So, there's no time to waste anymore; I need to take the initiative and deal with the ghost."

Yang Jian didn't give the others time to prepare. In his view, President Mishima had already prepared to die here by sending these people over. Even if Keiko was cute and sexy and would be considered a beauty outside, she was just someone who could be discarded at any time here.

Reality is cruel; no one's life is worth anything, regardless of gender.

"Take this ghost candle and stand here without moving," Yang Jian said.

The ghost child held the ghost candle in his bluish-green hand, tilting his head as if examining the object in his hand.

Yang Jian's eyes flickered, and he quickly took out a lighter and lit the white ghost candle.

Immediately, flames shot up.

The candlelight was eerie, black, instantly casting an even darker shadow over the surroundings, turning the already dim environment into a pitch-black night. An ordinary person would be rendered blind instantly, and even Ghost Tamer would have their vision greatly impaired under such circumstances.

The ghost child at the very center seemed to have vanished into the darkness, completely disappearing from sight.

Yang Jian's Ghost Eye darted around, ignoring the darkness, and observed everything.

"Mr. Yang, I can't see. Can I hold your hand?" As darkness descended, eeriness could appear at any moment. Keiko, standing beside him, felt fear and grabbed Yang Jian's clothes, trying to lean on him.

Yang Jian said calmly, "It's enough that I can see you. Just stand here and don't move. There's a high chance you'll be fine. But if something unexpected happens, it doesn't matter whether you can see me or not, or where you are. You saw what happened to Sakai earlier."

"Okay, okay, I understand." Keiko nodded.

Nagazawa and Mishima also heard Yang Jian's words. Although they made sense, it was impossible not to feel fear in the face of such a sudden change in environment and the inability to see their teammates.

They felt like a lone boat in the darkness, on the verge of perishing at any moment.

Yang Jian didn't speak; he stood near the intersection, waiting quietly for everything to happen.

The ghost is nearby, that's for sure. He wants the ghost child to lure the Door-Knocking Ghost over, and then, with the rotting human head in the ghost child's hand and the suppression of the ghost hand, he can instantly eliminate it.

If you seize the opportunity well, it should be achievable if nothing unexpected happens.

As for why he didn't use ghost candles before, he couldn't guarantee that the Door-Knocking Ghost would arrive immediately. What if it attracted an even more terrifying ghost before it arrived?

Therefore, it's safer to light the white ghost candle closer to it.

Actually, the safest method was to find the location of the Door-Knocking Ghost, which was Yang Jian's original plan. However, the human head balloon started killing people, so he couldn't delay any longer. He was afraid that after a while, all the people he brought with him would die.

"They're here!"

Suddenly, Yang Jian's expression changed. He saw a door in a house on a nearby street open by itself.

The white ghost candle's effect in attracting ghosts is very obvious and immediate.

A recently deceased woman's corpse walked out from behind the door, her face expressionless.

"It's not Door-Knocking Ghost, it's Ghost Slave." Yang Jian's gaze shifted again.

He also saw a figure moving around on the third floor of a nearby building, spying on them and approaching.

Meanwhile, rotting corpses were crawling towards them from a nearby shop; their bodies were twisted and deformed, making them unable to stand.

The first to be attracted by the ghost candles were not real vengeful ghosts, but people who died in the Ghost Knocking incident. They became Ghost Slave, hiding in the city like corpses, but ordinary people would still be killed instantly if they encountered them, so there was still a degree of danger.

"Someone's coming, and more than one." Nagazawa heard the noise and his face stiffened.

Footsteps echoed from the previously empty street behind him, and strange noises came from nearby shops. However, lacking Yang Jian's eyesight, he couldn't see clearly and could only make a rough judgment based on the sounds.