Half an hour later.
Ryan stepped into the entrance of the Soul Departing Street. Wisps of sinister wind whistled past under his feet.
Ryan looked up and gazed at the rotten and dilapidated street sign at the entrance of the street.
Compared with the Wandering Soul Lane, this street gave people an even gloomier and more terrifying feeling.
And his destination for this trip was the Happy Family located in the Soul Departing Street. According to the description on the order, the family of three was eager to invite a doctor to diagnose and treat them. As for what the illness was exactly, he would have to see them to find out.
Ryan had a calm expression. He took out a match from his bosom, lit the Soul Lamp tied to his waistband.
Click—
The dim light of the Soul Lamp dispelled the surrounding fog.
Then, Ryan carefully stepped into the Soul Departing Street. The black fog here was obviously much thicker than that in the Wandering Soul Lane, and the gloomy atmosphere made people feel even more uncomfortable.
"It's really creepy to walk in such a place," Ryan frowned, looking at the address on the order and stopped at a crossroads.
"How should I go?"
After all, he seldom went out and was not familiar with the environment here. With the thick black fog all around, it was really a headache to find the correct address.
"Hehehehe—"
Mysterious laughter came again from the thick darkness. It seemed that in the darkness, pairs of eyes were staring at him. And since he stepped into this place, the feeling of being watched surging from all directions in the darkness had never stopped, which made him extremely uneasy.
In the corner, a gust of wind blew past. A pair of bleeding eyes showed vicious greed. Its gaze was fixed on Ryan, who was frowning while looking at the order with the Soul Lamp in his hand at the crossroads, and it slowly approached. And from all directions, that mysterious laughter was getting closer and closer.
"Hehehe—"
Ryan frowned and opened the second page of the order.
"Hahaha—"
Ryan frowned even more tightly, adjusted his monocle, and held up the lamp to carefully look at the address on it.
"Jajajajia—"
Bang—
A gunshot rang out.
[Ding! You have killed a Black Fog Ghost. You have obtained 20 experience points.]
Ryan was looking solemnly at the order in his hand. He raised his hand pointing behind him. In his hand was a silver revolver, and smoke was billowing from the muzzle. The mysterious laughter in the surrounding black fog suddenly stopped.
"..."
"..."
There was silence all around. Ryan looked solemnly at the order and said, "Laugh again."
"Hehe... Hehe?"
Bang—
Another gunshot.
[Ding! You have killed a Dark Night Wandering Soul. You have obtained 20 basic experience points.]
There was a deathly silence all around. Now, it was quiet around. Ryan twirled the revolver in a fancy way and put it back on his waistband as if nothing had happened just now.
Then, Ryan frowned, identified a direction, picked up his medical kit, continued to use the Soul Lamp to shine on the small map attached to the order, and walked deeper into the street.
"This should be the right direction. I've been wandering around here just now. Damn it..." Ryan's muttering could be heard from afar.
In the corner of the black fog, the pair of bleeding eyes stared blankly at Ryan, who was frowning and walking away. It moved its rotten lower lip but couldn't say a word. It subconsciously crawled to the side of a wandering soul that had been shot in the black fog, stretched out its claws dully, and poked the wandering soul.
"Hehe?"
Bang—
A gunshot rang out.
[Ding! You have killed a Crawling Ghost. You have obtained 20 basic experience points.]
"..."
"..."
Somehow, since he fired the gun, there was no more of that creepy and mysterious laughter in the surrounding darkness.
Ryan followed the map and advanced along the street towards the depths. And after walking for an unknown amount of time, Ryan encountered a fork in the road again. He frowned, looking at the map that looked like graffiti. He had already started cursing in his heart the family who gave him this map. It was just a dotted line plus an "X", and it was so winding. How was one supposed to find the way?
And just at this time, Ryan's eyes instantly fell on the woman standing at the fork in the road with her back to him. She had long hair and was wearing a red dress. Judging from her back, she was definitely a beauty worthy of being called a "back view killer".
"Ask for directions first?" Ryan hesitated. Then he coughed, straightened his collar to make himself look more decent. Then a handsome faint smile appeared on his face, and he strode up to the woman's back.
"Hello, beauty. It's my first time here. Could I ask you where the Happy Family is?"
There was silence. Black fog rose. The cold wind blew the woman's hair, revealing her neck that was as white as a corpse's. Her body, which was like a sculpture, stood there, giving people an inexplicably gloomy and eerie feeling.
"Beauty?" Ryan was puzzled. He took a 步 forward. Then he reached out and gently patted the woman's shoulder.
"I'd like to ask..."
Creak—
At the same moment when Ryan's hand touched the woman's shoulder, the woman's head suddenly rotated 360 degrees and twisted around, revealing a face like a pure white mask. Suddenly, a strange and ferocious smile appeared on her face.
Crash—
A large amount of blood flowed down from her neck in a twisted way.
"Welcome to..."
Ryan: "(ΩДΩ) Ahhh!!"
[Ryan's San value - 10]
Slap—
Before she could finish her words, Ryan was so frightened that he raised his arm and slapped her hard. A big palm print instantly appeared on that face that was like a mask and as white as bones. The muscles on her whole face immediately swung like pork, and suddenly flew to one side.
(ヾﾉ꒪ཫ꒪)——
Several teeth shot out, and her head spun around on her neck a dozen times before slowly stopping. The female ghost was directly slapped silly by this sudden slap.
"Er..." She moved her lips dully.
Something was wrong! This wasn't how the script was supposed to go! This guy didn't seem to be a weak human. How... how could he have such great strength in his hand?
But before she could say a word, Ryan was already so angry that he kicked her hard, picked up the Soul Lamp, and started hitting the female ghost with it, pat, pat, pat.
Female ghost: "(ΩДΩ)!!"
"Damn it! Scared the Shit Out of me!!"
[Ryan's San value - 1]
Pat, pat, pat—
"Do you know how much psychological harm it can cause to others when you do this in the dark?!"
[Ryan's San value - 1]
Pat, pat, pat, pat—
"Damn it! My heart almost jumped out of my chest! I'll beat you to death!"
[Ryan's San value - 1]
Pat, pat, pat—
"You're so ugly and you still come out to scare people! It's really going too far. My San value has dropped!"
Ryan (艹皿艹) jumped up angrily, pressed the female ghost in a rage, and pounded her with his elbows, pat, pat, pat.
After pounding for several minutes, Ryan stood up angrily. He turned his head and his eyes fell on the damaged and dilapidated street lamp at the fork in the road. Ryan walked over, gritted his teeth, and pulled out the thick and sturdy street lamp with one pull.
The female ghost, hugging her bloodied head, opened her eyes tremblingly and took a peek through the gap. Then she instantly saw Ryan, who was holding the street lamp and rushing towards her angrily.
Female ghost: "(ΩДΩ) Waaah!!"
"Wait! Wait! Let's talk it over! Talk it over!"
[Ding! The beheaded female ghost's fear level towards you + 10]
[Ding! The beheaded female ghost's fear level towards you + 10]
Bang—
But the frightened Ryan didn't give her any chance at all. Angrily carrying the street lamp pole, he started pounding her flat with it, pat, pat, pat.
"Stop pounding! Stop pounding!"
"Stop! I'm wrong! It's my fault, little lady! Don't use such a thick thing to pound my face!"
"Help! Help!!"
The female ghost hugged her face and screamed loudly.
After pounding for more than ten minutes, Ryan straddled her, grabbed the collar in front of her chest, pulled out the revolver from his waistband, and thrust it into her mouth.
"Ugh!! Ugh!!"
The female ghost stared with her eyes wide open. With such a hard object thrust directly into her throat, she immediately let out a terrified scream.
[Ding! The beheaded female ghost's fear level towards you + 30]
[Ding! The beheaded female ghost's fear level towards you + 30]
Ryan pushed hard against her mouth, ground his teeth, pressed her to the ground, and said,
"Do you dare to scare me again?!"
The female ghost stared with her eyes wide open, with the long, thick and hard barrel in her mouth, shook her head vigorously, and said in a aggrieved manner,
"Ugh, ugh, ugh!! Ugh, ugh, ugh!"
Ryan (〝▼皿▼) pulled her towards himself by grabbing her collar and said,
"Do you know how much my San value has dropped because of your scare? Do you know how scared a person is when walking alone at night? Do you know how worried I am? You scared me so much that tentacles grew out of me!!"
Then the female ghost instantly saw the several tentacles swaying behind Ryan, and her eyes showed even more terror, and she let out a shout.
[Ding! The beheaded female ghost's awe level towards you + 10]
[Ding! The beheaded female ghost's awe level towards you + 10]
[The female ghost's San value - 10]
Apparently, in the eyes of these ghosts and monsters, those who could grow tentacles were all high-ranked dark creatures.
Ordinary ghosts and monsters were not qualified to grow tentacles at all!
Not to mention that Ryan's tentacles were so round and thick!
"Ugh! Ugh, ugh!"
The female ghost begged for mercy in terror.
[The female ghost's San value - 10]
Ryan (〝▼皿▼) pressed her and said,
"Tell me, how are you going to compensate me?! You scared my little heart to pound wildly. You don't think I'll let you go easily without a big price!"
Ryan continuously exerted threats.
The female ghost started trembling.
Compensation?!
How... how to compensate?
She didn't have anything valuable on her! And for an existence that could grow tentacles, it definitely wouldn't care about Skull Coins!
Eyeing that Ryan's finger on the trigger had slowly started to apply force.
[The female ghost's San value - 10]
The female ghost trembled even more violently.
Hurry!
Hurry!
Think quickly! Otherwise, she would be killed!
Right... right!
She suddenly remembered some old legends. It seemed that in those legends, tentacle monsters all liked...
There... there was compensation!
There was a brief pause.
Then under Ryan's (〝▼皿▼) gaze with the revolver pressed against her, the female ghost pitifully looked up at Ryan, her eyes full of begging.
And the revolver barrel in her mouth also moved back a little under her movement.
Then it quickly moved forward again.
Back and forth several times.
"..."