Bai Yi murmured, "Is there... anything left..."
Ryan wiped his eyes and said, "It's all gone."
Bai Yi moved his lips, lying there dully, with the ceiling reflected in his eyes, feeling as if the whole world was collapsing in front of him.
At that moment, he thought of his parents, his girlfriend, and those good buddies who compared sizes in the bathhouse... And all of that was disappearing like the wind before his eyes.
A few minutes later, Bai Yi stood up in a daze. With Ryan's comfort and encouragement, he temporarily gave up the idea of killing himself. After all, as Ryan said, in this dark world, life was full of infinite possibilities.
"Yeah! It's just a matter of an inch or two! As a passionate young man, should I really care about that? Compared to that, isn't life the most precious thing to cherish?"
"Brother... You promised me... You must install a stainless steel one for me afterwards. You said it! Don't lie to me... Wuwu..." Bai Yi, with red eyes, wiped his tears and looked at Ryan pitifully.
Ryan adjusted his monocle and said calmly, "Don't worry. Even with barbs is okay."
"However, before that, we have more important things to do. I won't let anyone who dares to bully my fellow townsman go!"
"Let's go!" Ryan said with a gloomy expression. He carried the electric saw on his back, took the weak and helpless Bai Yi with him, and kicked open the door of the freezer. But they didn't notice that when they left, pairs of eyes slowly opened on the walls of the freezer, covering the entire wall.
They carefully left the busy kitchen where the pig-headed butcher was still busy at the stove and the kitchen was filled with a thick fragrance. Ryan didn't disturb.
They came to the outside corridor all the way. Bai Yi trembled as he hugged his chest and said, "Brother, are you going to settle scores with that girl? She's not someone to be trifled with. She's a fierce ghost. She's the one who stuffed that evil spirit into my head!"
"Why don't... Why don't we run away?"
Ryan adjusted his glasses and said firmly, "Don't be afraid. I'm a doctor. Since the owner here hired me, I won't leave until I've completely cured her. Otherwise, it would be too unprofessional."
Ryan indifferently moved his neck with a clicking sound. "After I cure her, I'll kill her."
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, the candles in the corridor in front of them suddenly shook violently. One by one, the candles went out, cracks appeared on the surrounding walls, and then, under Bai Yi's horrified gaze, a large amount of thick blood and strands of hair flowed out from the cracks in the walls.
With a gust of wind blowing, a pale little girl with disheveled hair suddenly appeared in front of Ryan without any warning.
"Ghost!!" Bai Yi screamed in horror and immediately hid behind Ryan.
At the same time, a panel about the little girl appeared in front of Ryan's eyes.
[Alice]
[Race]: Earth-bound Spirit
[Attribute]: Neutral Evil
[Combat Ability]: Her strong obsession and hatred endow her with unparalleled abilities.
[Introduction]: Her body was cut, her will was broken. Father, mother, brother, they should have taken good care of her, shouldn't they? They shouldn't have abandoned her, cut her into pieces, or buried her. Shouldn't they have been a harmonious family? Shouldn't they have been happy?
Ryan suddenly stretched out his hand to block Bai Yi behind him calmly.
"Are you Alice?"
The little girl stared at him with empty eyes and didn't speak. Her body was very strange. Fine black lines, which looked like dense cracks when looked closely, covered her cheeks, arms, and ankles. She looked about ten years old, wearing a pure white dress, but faintly, the washed bloodstains could be seen on it.
The eerie silence spread without restraint.
After a long time, she mechanically raised her head. Her empty eyes full of cracks reflected Ryan's appearance.
"Be... my... family..." She twisted her body and stretched out her hand to Ryan as if it was an invitation.
"Don't turn you... into a puppet... Stay with me..." Her voice was hollow and intermittent, giving an indescribable sense of eeriness and horror.
Bai Yi trembled all over.
She was the fiercest evil spirit here! She was the one who controlled those two puppets, took out his internal organs, and turned him into that terrible state.
[Bai Yi's Sanity Value - 10]
[Bai Yi's Sanity Value - 10]
Ryan calmly confronted the little girl and asked, "Why?"
Alice moved her lips hollowly and said, "You... are not bad..."
She stiffly turned her head, stared at the trembling Bai Yi behind him with empty eyes, and moved her lips mechanically.
"You cured... the old brother... You have a... very kind heart..."
"So... I didn't disturb you..."
Ryan immediately remembered the abnormal coldness he felt in the freezer before. He also remembered that when he was cutting the tumor in Bai Yi's head, he was always on guard against something that might happen. Because he knew that the evil spirit stuffed into Bai Yi's head was from this resentful spirit named Alice. And it was impossible for her not to sense it when he was cutting the evil spirit. But the progress was surprisingly smooth. Besides the evil spirit's own resistance and struggle, the possible interference from Alice didn't happen. And that was what puzzled him.
Alice raised her head hollowly and said, "Alice... wants a... loving brother..."
The eerie silence rumbled and spread around.
Was it because of this reason? Just because she saw that he helped Bai Yi heal, so she didn't interfere? Was it kindness?
No.
Or rather, it was obsession.
Ryan narrowed his eyes, looked at her calmly, and smiled. "If I agree, what price will I have to pay?"
Alice said mechanically in a hollow voice, "Stay here... with Alice..."
Earth-bound spirit.
Sure enough.
Ryan had some knowledge about this kind of undead that was bound to a place after death. And what she said about staying here probably meant that he could never step out of the boundary of this ancient castle in his lifetime.
Ryan curled his lips.
"Sorry, little girl. I can't agree because I can't let myself stay in one place forever."
"However, I can help you." Ryan smiled slightly and adjusted his glasses with two fingers.
"My teacher has studied earth-bound spirits. Since you hired me, my first goal is naturally to cure you. Of course, if you lack love, big brother can take care of you a few times occasionally."