"Stand up." The sound of Chu Nuan's voice came from behind their backs. After sealing the four ghosts into an artifact, her attention once again returns to the two troublemakers facing the wall. "We have work to do."
Happy to receive a pardon, Lei Lin scrambled up with shaky legs. Not forgetting to help Xie Luochen with his burden before rushing away to make another call.
Setting the large melon aside, Xie Luochen quickly ran up to Chu Nuan. His cold face tinge with a layer of unease as he looked down on her emotionless face. "I….they…."
He desperately wishes to explain to her about that group of women. The fact that he only planned to capture these ghosts the moment they let their guard down. As well as the fact that he has no interest in any other women. But the words become stuck in his throat the longer he struggles. No matter how he thought of it, the scene from just now isn't favorable to him in any way. Four mostly naked women lying unconscious on the ground with the disheveled appearance of him and Lei Lin. Anyone who arrives at this type of scene would misunderstand.
Just as his head lowers even more in shame, Chu Nuan's soft voice enters his ears. "I know." Two short words, but it gave Xie Luochen an extraordinary sense of relief. Lifting his head back up to meet her eyes, a small smile tugged at the corner of his lips as he once again asked for confirmation. "Really?"
"Really," she nodded. Truthfully, even before entering the nightclub, the thoughts and actions of these two have already been calculated. Going by the personality of the man in front of her, he definitely wouldn't stay obediently in the hotel room to wait for her. Since such a dense amount of negative energy permeates the air, going out to do exorcism is within her expectations. If Xie Luochen is going out, then Lei Lin would follow in order to help, that is very normal.
What is not normal is the method of operation. Do they really have to let those women cling all over their bodies just to catch such weak ghosts? Although it's understandable to lure them somewhere away from human sight, why go to a hotel with them? Is it because the hotel room is cheap? Or is it because they want to see? If you want to see, then why not look at mine? I also have what they have. Is it because mine is smaller? Bigger doesn't mean it's better…..(a small peek into the mind of a woman in love(?))
Either way, she became upset and when Chu Nuan is troubled, someone has to suffer. After all, knowing doesn't actually mean understanding.
Placing her hand on his earlobes, she rubbed them with a playful smile. "I wasn't angry in the first place." Just upset is all. Is there a difference? There is.
"There is an increase in negative energy here in this city. Let's go deal with this mess, hm?"
Bending his head down for her convenience, Xie Luochen nodded with a docile face. His stiff expression spreading out from her gentle caress. "En."
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"Follow the glowing orbs as they will lead you to each target." Standing on top of the hotel building, swarms of glowing globes surround the area from where Chu Nuan stands. "There are still two hours left till the end of the bet. Let's regroup in an hour and a half. We can communicate via this transmission talisman if there are any problems. Understood?"
After exchanging glances, they nodded to each other before scattering in different directions.
01:15:25
Xie Luochen found a wandering male ghost trying to peek inside the female's bathroom. Taking the opportunity when it isn't looking, he reached behind the spirit and gave him a quick stab in the back. Black mist seeped out from the wound until the solid body of the spirit turned transparent. Then in one quick motion, Xie Luochen pulled out a talisman, smacking it on the ghost's forehead thus successfully sealed it in.
Just as he was about to turn away, a young woman walked out from one of the stalls. Two pairs of eyes collided with one another in surprise.
A moment of silence. Then...
"AHHH! PERVERT! SOMEONE, POLICE!!!" The panic woman screamed at the top of her lungs as the first response. But soon, as her eyes picked out the majestic features of the man in front of her, her reaction did a 180 degrees turn.
Voice becoming a tone softer and more coquettish, "aiya~ pervert." A blushing face replaced the former fearful one while she walked forward with a twist to her hips. Fixing up her messy hair, the woman said while fluttering her eyes, "I don't mind if it's you~"
"....pardon me."
01:12:01
Lei Lin stumbling onto the scene of an AV production show. The intermixing sound of a man and woman moaning and panting barely cause a ripple to his mind. Hiding himself within the shadows, large bright eyes survey the area for signs of disturbance.
It wasn't until he saw the flashing figure near the cameras did he prepare to move. But as he took a step forward, the phone in his pocket vibrated with a start.
"It's from Hong Wen." Looking at that name in excitement, Lei Lin's struggle to decide whether to pick it up at this time. The situation around him is not very favorable if he were to answer it right now. But if he doesn't pick it up, it might seem as if he's upset and doesn't want to answer.
After a continuous struggle in his mind, he finally decided to receive the call.
"Hello? Hong Wen?"
Thinking that this is an opportunity to explain his earlier actions, Lei Lin was about to open his mouth. When two loud moans of pleasure erupted inside the set.
"...clack." The other side hung up again.
It's over. My life.
Clenching his teeth in seething anger, Lei Lin looked up with a fire blazing in his eyes. The grip around his talismans started to shake as they crumpled together.
I'll never forgive you!
00:55:35
Chu Nuan stood on a building near the center of the large city. Stretching out her hands in the air, her constricting chain slithered like a thousand snakes as they divided into smaller versions of themselves. Closing her eyes in concentration, her view encompasses the whole city as every movement and action flows through her mind.
Everything is within her grasps.
Lifting up one of her hands, she then brought it down swiftly in one smooth motion. "Go."
Each chain darted in one particular direction guided by the glowing orbs.
00:53:15
One chain swiftly wrapped around a roaming ghost, followed by another in a different region.
00:52:00
Three, four, five chains attack the nearby spirits.
00:50:03
Twelve, twenty, forty....
00:30:45
One hundred, two hundred and three…..
00:15:00
Opening her eyes with a light smile, her hand turned to have her palm facing upwards. Clenching her fingers in a grabbing motion, every chain out in the field suddenly came to a stop. With a slight tremor, all three hundred and twenty links returned with a weakened ghost tied at the end.
Time to regroup.