Chapter 55: Blue Star – 9
by GideonHiss—
Let alone the team members beside him who were already wishing they didn’t exist, even Storm couldn’t help it, subconsciously pulling back the hand he had still been pointing at the three ghost clerks.
Even though he had anticipated long ago that Ye Jiujiu wouldn’t be weak by any stretch of the imagination, still…
Looking at the dark shadows that had instantly blanketed the entire supermarket, and those three black long spikes that firmly impaled the three ghost clerks high in the air…
Storm was still thoroughly intimidated.
You have to understand, unless a ghost’s core is shattered, these ghosts simply do not die.
These three impaled clerk ghosts were no exception.
Thick, dark blood continuously slid down the areas where their abdomens had been pierced. Amidst their distorted struggles, the sound of tearing flesh, the agonizing wails of the ghost clerks, the black vines sprouting from the black long spikes drilling desperately into their flesh and even into the gaps of their bones, grinding away to nail them firmly in place on the spot…
Not just Storm, but even the team members on the side inexplicably felt their own abdomens faintly ache in sympathy.
Just…
“I never would have imagined…”
The veteran team member stared blankly at the scene before him—a spectacle that no one would dispute if called a scene of suffering in hell—and slowly murmured inwardly.
“The boss’s taste… what a true warrior!”
Yep—
As expected of their captain!
He only challenges what’s thrilling!
Slowly, with absolute conviction, he and the rest of the team members—who obviously felt the same way—all gave Storm a thumbs-up together.
Storm, who had no clue what was going on inside his team members’ heads: …?
Did they all lose their minds?
Just as Storm was starting to feel that his team members were looking at him with weird, not-quite-right expressions—
“It wasn’t me! I didn’t do it!”
The ghost in the middle suddenly seemed to remember something, and he instantly started shouting with great agitation.
“It has nothing to do with me, I didn’t throw that knife! I’ve been wronged!”
Huh?
Storm’s internal crisis radar activated instantly.
“If it wasn’t you lot, then who else could it be!”
No longer caring about his mentally unhinged team members, he stepped forward, intending to nail these three ghosts firmly to the pillar of guilt.
“You guys just tacitly admitted to it!”
Righteous and stern, every word measured, Storm’s tone was resolute.
“Or do you take me for someone who could bear to harm this noble young lady, who is so breathtakingly beautiful, stunningly gorgeous, and capable of eclipsing the moon and shaming the flowers, sinking fish and diving geese?!”
As soon as those words left his mouth—
The three ghost clerks, who instantly realized this fellow was just spewing flattering nonsense: …???
Admitted to it your grandma’s foot!
Combining this with everything Storm had done ever since this young girl appeared… what else could those three ghost clerks possibly fail to understand?
Damn it!
This punk knew what kind of strength this young girl possessed all along, and he was digging a trap for them!
And the kind of trap where ghosts get buried alive without a second thought!
“It wasn’t us!”
“Yeah, it really wasn’t us!”
“Exactly, why on earth would we want to harm you!”
“Even that long saber wasn’t pulled out by us!”
“That’s right! We’re innocent!”
…
The babbling clamor gradually exploded into a noisy mess. That volley of defense made Storm’s internal alarm bells ring wildly.
It’s over—
Judging by the current trend, if he were to argue stubbornly and forcefully with these three ghosts, he’d most likely lose. Otherwise…
As the ancient saying goes, softness overcomes hardness.
Thinking of this, Storm fell silent for a moment. Meeting Ye Jiujiu’s slightly raised eyebrows—
“Whatever they say goes, I did it all anyway, my words don’t carry any weight anyway…”
As he spoke, he even deliberately exposed his wounds.
“Sigh—”
A trace of stubborn resilience slowly tinted Storm’s brow, looking just like an injured child who was trying hard not to cry while being falsely accused and pointed at by everyone else—so isolated, so helpless, so innocent and weak, and so utterly deserving of sympathy.
“I’m sorry, I am truly sorry…”
The ghost clerks, who were just standing there watching blankly: … Is something feeling a bit off here?
But—
“My lord, look, he admitted it himself! It was this punk who did it, it has nothing to do with us!”
Ye Jiujiu, whose eyes had been thoroughly assaulted by the ugliness of those ghost clerks: …
Amidst the eager, hopeful gazes from both sides—
Ye Jiujiu pondered for a moment, and ultimately…
“Let’s check the surveillance footage.”
She smiled.
She had actually intended to check the surveillance footage from the start.
However, since those three ghost clerks dared to brazenly ignore and slight her right in front of her face, she had no choice but to teach those clerks a lesson first—and precisely for that reason, Ye Jiujiu had been willing to play along with Storm’s act just now and give those ghost clerks a tiny taste of suffering.
She had assumed those three clerks wouldn’t live long enough to see the truth come to light, but she hadn’t expected them not to be completely brainless after all, knowing enough to argue for themselves…
Perhaps this was what you called the sheer will to survive?
Silently observing Storm, whose expression genuinely turned uneasy underneath it all, Ye Jiujiu laughed inwardly.
You’d better hope it really wasn’t you, punk, otherwise—
She didn’t enjoy being made a fool of either.
Notes:
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Xi Shi — The erratic and mischievous Playwright who manipulates events and avatars while finding amusement in chaos.
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Bai Xing — Originally a player, now upgraded to an S-rank puppet named Shadow who specializes in stealth and shadow combat.
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Tata — Originally a player named Meat Hammer, upgraded to an S-rank massive puppet mount and defender.
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