Day of Imprisonment

Fatty Qian's mood was like a rollercoaster, high one moment and low the next.

Just now, he really thought he was a goner.

He didn't expect Luo Xi to turn the terrifying situation around with a single sentence, but before he could even catch his breath, the female ghost's demand for childcare fees made him tense up again.

Was the money the female ghost wanted legitimate money?

If it was, that would be fine, but if not, how could he give it?

If he couldn't give it, she would definitely kill him.

Either way, he was dead.

"Brother Luo, how will you deal with this? Give it, or...?"

"Where are the children?" Luo Xi responded by directly changing the subject.

Just like Fatty Qian was worried, without knowing what kind of money the female ghost wanted, he could only change the subject to avoid the predicament.

"They're playing outside. That, the childcare fees..." The female ghost answered quickly, and wanted to bring the topic back.

She should be the owner of this small cafeteria.

Starting a business at a young age, she's truly a model of self-reliance.

"I heard that the other children are always bullying Zhang Hao?" Luo Xi changed course again, throwing out another bombshell.

It really lived up to the saying that the best defense is offense. He had to take the initiative and not follow the female ghost's rhythm, but his own, otherwise, it would definitely be a dead end.

Luo Xi smiled.

Ghosts are just like people, they always reveal some clues when they lie.

Earlier, what he tore off the wall was the childcare list, and the list had the names and information of all the children in childcare. On the list, the name 'Zhang Hao' had a lot of messy patterns drawn on it, and someone had written 'Little Bastard' underneath.

The handwriting was that of an elementary school student.

Combined with the child ghost that Luo Xi encountered earlier being stuffed into the drawer, it was obvious that he was used to being bullied, so the possibility that the child ghost was Zhang Hao was extremely high.

You should know that bullying doesn't happen overnight.

The female ghost is the childcare teacher at the small cafeteria, there's no way she wouldn't know.

Sure enough, a rhetorical question directly seized the initiative.

"Don't worry about who told me, call the child over first, I want to ask him." Luo Xi began to get into character, his tone questioning, becoming more and more stern, and the righteousness of it actually made Fatty Qian's blood boil.

Putting aside everything else, he had something to learn from just this.

To be able to question a terrifying ghost so righteously, and actually subdue the other party, who could do that?

"No, parent, don't be anxious, sit down for a while, some things aren't what you heard, come, sit down, let's sit down and talk." The female ghost was obviously guilty, she was much more polite, and at this moment she really seemed like a childcare teacher being questioned by a parent.

She didn't mention the childcare fees anymore.

Luo Xi half-pushed, half-sat on the stool.

"Have some water first." The female ghost poured a cup of thick water with eyeballs, teeth, and unknown flesh in it and handed it to Luo Xi.

The latter looked natural, reached out to take it, and immediately realized that this was a card item.

Named [Ghost's Delight · Tea], this tea is deeply loved by ghosts, with rave reviews — you take a sip, and you'll immediately see King Yama.

"Good tea!" Luo Xi smelled it, of course he didn't drink it, but he glanced at the female ghost: "Do you have anything to eat?"

Hearing this, Fatty Qian secretly gave a thumbs up.

Brother Luo is awesome!

He's got the initiative firmly in his grasp, not giving the other party any chance at all.

At this moment, Fatty Qian also felt much braver, his body wasn't weak anymore, and his legs and feet had strength. He climbed up from the ground, then walked over, sat down next to him, and smiled: "I want a cup too."

The female ghost turned her head to look at him: "Who are you?"

The sense of terror surged again.

"Damn, this female ghost is so scary." Fatty Qian's courage instantly leaked, he was a coward in a second.

"I, I am..." His mind began to go blank again, like a cloudless sky, there was nothing. He couldn't understand how Brother Luo could maintain a normal heart when facing such a terrifying ghost.

Fatty thought he could do it himself, but in reality, it was much more difficult than he thought.

If you can't be calm, then you won't have enough courage, and if you don't have enough courage, your aura will be weak, and if your aura is weak, the ghost will immediately notice.

This is a vicious cycle, and to prevent this from happening, you must break it from the source.

Fatty understood the principle, but knowing it was one thing, and doing it was another.

"He's the child's uncle. He heard that the child was being bullied, so he insisted on coming over. He's been fond of this nephew since he was little." Luo Xi once again came to Fatty Qian's rescue, answering fluently. At this moment, Fatty Qian felt like he could do it again.

"Yes, whoever the hell bullies my Zhang Hao, I'm not done with him."

Luo Xi patted Fatty Qian on the shoulder, meaning, just act it out, don't overdo it.

Fatty Qian nodded and stopped talking.

So, the female ghost went to pour tea, and Luo Xi took the opportunity to cardify [Ghost's Delight · Tea] and stuff it into his pocket.

"Excuse me, I want another cup." Luo Xi shouted.

Good stuff, don't waste it.

Besides drinks, there's also food.

It should be the unified meals of this small cafeteria, whatever the children eat, they serve that. It's just that the things still make people's scalps tingle. There are unknown black bugs, with clumps of dirt, sliced red candle, mixed with ears, obviously human ears, and stir-fried nail clippings, pickled hair, sprinkled with a thick layer of incense ash, and tongue stewed with large intestines, the large intestines weren't even washed.

"The food is good." Luo Xi praised, his expression and tone didn't seem like acting.

Fatty Qian looked at this plate of 'delicacies' and couldn't hold back again, almost throwing up.

Although it doesn't look good, the stuff is very good.

Like the tea just now, it's also a card item.

[Ghost's Delight · Food], with many varieties, complete nutrition, and delicious ghost delicacies, almost no ghosts dislike it — ghosts are just like people, they get hungry if they don't eat.

"Child's uncle, are you hungry?" Luo Xi asked, while winking.

Although Fatty Qian was afraid, he was smart enough, and immediately understood, saying: "Hungry, how is this one plate enough to eat, another plate, one plate for each of us!"

While the female ghost was serving food, the two immediately converted the cards and stuffed them into their pockets.

"You go first in a while, wait for me outside, watch Mao Ge, don't run around." Luo Xi whispered to Fatty Qian at this time.

The latter nodded, as if pardoned.

"You have something to do, you go first, I'll chat with the teacher." Luo Xi said loudly at this time.

"Alright, you chat, I'm leaving." Fatty Qian stood up, feigning composure as he opened the door and walked out. The female ghost's voice came from behind: "Hey, aren't you going to eat anymore?"

"Uh, something suddenly came up, I'll eat next time." Fatty Qian didn't even turn his head as he closed the door.

It was only at this moment that Fatty Qian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Unknowingly, he was drenched in cold sweat, and his hands and feet were numb.

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He didn't dare to run around outside either. It was 'Night' now, and Fatty Qian had already heard a lot of strange noises.

He could even see the D-zone buildings in the distance. The corridor-style buildings, with their exposed passageways, were like vertical cross-sections of the floors, and he could see 'figures' moving on each floor on the opposite side.

Unlike the previous 'Night', this Night was very lively. Not to mention the D-zone across the way, the situation here was much more 'serious' than last time.

On the fourth floor above, it seemed like someone was walking, and then on the edge of the floor diagonally above, black hair was hanging down, slowly moving. It felt like there was a girl with particularly long hair dragging her hair as she walked.

But how long would it have to be to hang down to the next floor?

It was terrifying to think about.

Suddenly, Fatty Qian noticed something slowly floating over on one side of this floor. He turned his head to look, and by the dim light of the old corridor lamp, he saw a female ghost with her mouth torn open, her chin drooping more than a foot long, her bloody tongue sticking out, and her toes dragging on the ground, almost floating.

Before, Fatty Qian would have been scared half to death by this female ghost, because this thing perfectly hit the fear points of normal people. It looked like a human but not quite, and its death appearance almost made people think of the most terrible pain, the tearing of skin and muscles, the tongue being pulled out, and the endless dripping of blood.

However, after experiencing those scares before, Fatty Qian wasn't so afraid anymore.

It really was as the saying goes.

The more ghosts you see, the more you get used to it.

But the danger was still very real. Just then, he noticed that the door of an old wardrobe in the corridor was opened a crack, and Mao-ge was waving at him from inside.

"I was wondering where Mao-ge went, so you were hiding here." Fatty Qian immediately walked over quickly. Mao-ge inside opened the door and let Fatty Qian squeeze in.

Closing the door, Fatty Qian breathed a sigh of relief.

"As soon as the bell rang, the door seemed to be refreshed and closed instantly. I didn't dare to knock on the door randomly, so I could only wait for you guys at the door, but there were ghosts everywhere outside, so I had no choice but to hide here." Mao-ge briefly explained the situation.

As a Memory Retriever, Mao-ge was obviously not one of the smartest people.

When adapting to and analyzing the instance scenario, his lack of ability was immediately exposed, but even so, Luo Xi still valued him very much. In this small team, Mao-ge also belonged to a transcendent existence.

One reason was that he was the only person in the team with the 'Cleaner' physique.

In Luo Xi's words, if they were really forced to the end of their rope, then Mao-ge's 【Resentment Soaring to the Sky】 would be activated directly, and with a 【Rationality】 card, he would transform into a Cleaner, killing gods when encountering gods, and killing Buddhas when encountering Buddhas.

It was very fierce.

This was already reflected in the First Hospital scenario. Even in the hidden area, the Second Ward, in that scenario, Mao-ge, transformed into a Cleaner, could kill his way in and out seven times.

This was Mao-ge's irreplaceable value.

Of course, there was also another point.

That was Mao-ge's 'Forbidden Memory'.

Now Luo Xi could be sure that his previous customer service job was simply a pre-arranged fake scenario.

And it was very likely planned by the 'former self'.

It was like a director, a scenario designer. Everything in that work scenario, including the people around him, must have been 'carefully selected'. Mao-ge and Wu Rui, who had a relatively good relationship with him, could not have appeared randomly.

Now Mao-ge had already shown his specialness.

In the Worry-Free Little Dining Table room, Luo Xi looked at the female ghost across from him, his expression calm.

"Teacher Liang, we parents are very relieved to leave the children to you. Your job is not easy, we understand, after all, there are more children, and there are more problems. It's like some children like to bully others, this matter must be taken care of, otherwise if something really happens, who will be responsible?"

"Yes, that's indeed the case, but the children here are all pretty good..." Teacher Liang, the female ghost, was completely led by Luo Xi.

She seemed to have forgotten about asking for the childcare fee.

Just then, dong dong dong, someone knocked on the door.

"Teacher Liang, open the door."

It was a little girl's voice outside.

"The children are back." Teacher Liang was very happy and got up to open the door.

From the opened door, Luo Xi could see the eerie ghosts and monsters, the number of ghosts and monsters in the entire 《Monster Building》 was definitely in the hundreds.

And this was only the Yin-Yang Three, Earth Element Two scenario.

If it was Yin-Yang Four, Earth Element Four, how terrifying would it be?

Qian Fatty and Mao-ge couldn't be seen at the door, presumably they were hiding. Mao-ge was honest and loyal, but also calm; Qian Fatty was quick-witted and resourceful, and could really step up when something happened. The two's cooperation was insufficient, but they were more than capable of protecting themselves.

At this moment, a little girl was standing at the door, also with a terrifying ghost appearance. One of her eyes was located below her left nostril, and the other was on the upper right of her forehead. Her mouth was crooked, her fangs protruded, and her chest was covered in bloody flesh, seemingly sewn together with a rag doll.

Just this appearance alone would cause the average person's sanity to drop to zero.

And this little girl was also holding someone's hand, a woman wearing a dress, not very tall and very cute. The other party was obviously not a ghost, and Luo Xi knew her.

Yu Xiaoru!

A Memory Retriever from the Awakened Association, who had accidentally collaborated with him once at the Tun Tun Bookstore, a girl who liked to wear princess dresses, had a loli appearance, and liked to cosplay.

However, at this moment, the other party's expression was not good, obviously suppressing fear, and she was being dragged over forcefully, not voluntarily.

"Teacher Liang, I found my mother, look, she's here!" The little girl ghost then let out a happy laugh.