Chapter 963: Burning Greed

Chapter 963: Burning Greed

Han Fei wanted to ask the white cat more questions, but a sudden scream came from the street. He quickly ran out. “What happened?”

A pool of blood was left on the street. Red Meat held his hand and said nervously, “The little ghosts captured Tragedy!”

“The player with the ghost words talent?” Han Fei inspected Red Meat’s wounds. “Where did they go?”

“I don’t know. We were about to head back to the garden, but we didn’t realize the rubber ball had been following us. When a player realized that, both Tragedy and the rubber ball were gone!” Red Meat’s face twisted from pain. “We chased after them, but the ghost children started to block us.”

“There are so many players. Why did the ghost children take him?” Han Fei looked around and discovered Tragedy’s footprints. “Take care of the others. I’ll go look.” Han Fei followed the trail out of the village.

It was a dead zone outside the window. Strange trees twined together. Bushes were filled with thorns. There were several graves.

“It’s not easy for Yao Qiang to find a place like this to move to.” Han Fei followed in their footsteps until they disappeared. He just pushed away the bush when he heard the ball bouncing. He turned around and saw several kids in tattered clothes around him. They walked with no sound. A normal person would be shocked, but Han Fei was unfazed. If anything, he could see that the kids were honest people. He touched the head of the kid closest to him. The kid was stunned too. The kid sucked on his snot and raised his dirty face to study Han Fei.

“Do you want me to play with you? I know many games.” Han Fei’s piped piper talent triggered. The kids didn’t dare to answer. They shook their heads hesitantly.

“If you don’t want to play with me... Does that mean you want to kill me?” Han Fei ruffled the boy’s head gently. The words he said scared the kids, and they shook their heads even faster.

“You don’t want to kill me or play with me. Then, why did you find me?” The kid holding the rubber ball waved at Han Fei. He led Han Fei through the bush. Han Fei found Tragedy fainted on top of an old grave.

“You didn’t kill him? What a considerate group of kids.” After Han Fei praised the kids, he moved to the players. “How could a player with supernatural talents be scared unconscious by ghosts?” Han Fei tapped the man’s face. “Wake up. It’s time to meet Catwoman.”

Tragedy opened his eyes blurrily. Then, he immediately hid behind Han Fei. “Be careful of those children. They’re very strange!”

“I know.” Han Fei carried Tragedy and continued to follow the kids. They eventually stopped before an old well. The mouth was sealed off by wooden boards, and a large rock was placed on top of the wooden boards. The boy gestured beside the well as if hoping Han Fei could move the boards to save the people inside the well.

“The well is sealed for a reason. Don’t be fooled by these ghosts! They want to make use of us. Yao Qiang didn’t lie to us. This village is very haunted!” Tragedy grabbed Han Fei’s arm tightly. He knew that they had to rely on Han Fei to clear the nightmare. “If you really want to open the well, let me do it.”

“Have you considered one question? Yao Qiang cares about his son that much. Why would he move them to a place filled with ghosts?” Han Fei asked, “Yao Qiang said that the city had even more ghosts. He came here to avoid them, but then ghosts started to appear in the village too.”

“I don’t know about the others because my situation is different.” The boy’s voice tinged with hatred. “I pitied Yao Yuan, so I would sneak fun stuff for him like rare clovers, hairballs made by kittens, new manga from the bookstore... But one time, I accidentally heard Yao Qiang arguing with someone on the phone. He was scared that someone might hear him at home, so he left and went out of the village.”

“You followed him?!”

“I was curious. I heard that Yao Qiang was planning to find a new mother for Yao Yuan. The woman’s name was something Qian.” At this point, the resentment of the boy reached its climax. “I was discovered by Yao Qiang, and he tossed me into this well.”

“It sounds like Yao Qiang is the scariest ghost.” Han Fei picked up the boy. “Come. I’ll carry you out.”

“Wait. All the young men in the village have left the village. Who are you?” The boy was confused. Even though he felt that Han Fei was a good man, his parents did tell him to be careful of strangers.

“Yao Qiang hired me to exorcise ghosts, but now, I feel like he has the biggest problem!” Han Fei tapped the boy’s hands. “Hug my neck. I’m going to climb now!”

The small arms grabbed onto Han Fei’s shoulders. He didn’t know why he trusted this man so much. Han Fei climbed out of the well, and he was surrounded by all the kids. He was really popular.

“Thank you for saving me.” The boy was very polite. He slid down Han Fei’s back and said. “I don’t know whether I’m a ghost or a human now, but if you need any help, you can come to find me.”

Han Fei nodded and was about to leave when something loosened in his mind. The greed persona was triggered, and at that moment, greed almost ate the boy up.

“It’s not so hard to eat ghosts in the nightmare.”

Han Fei quickly carried Tragedy and ran to the bookstore so that he wouldn’t scare the kids.

“Brother Han, what’s your profession? The ghosts are so kind to you!” Tragedy had supernatural talent, but he felt like he was so much weaker compared to Han Fei.

“I didn’t use any power. I merely empathized with them.” Han Fei didn’t tell the truth. After the greed persona was activated, blood vessels popped inside his eyes. His ambition wanted to consume everything. The boy’s words cause the fire to burn in Han Fei’s deep abyss.

“I can take out three ghosts from each altar world. Can this nightmare be considered a mini altar world?”