Chapter 33 Part 2

The old shady fish couldn’t help but steal a glance at Yin Yu. Stammering, he said, “I don’t know what you’re talking about, don’t make wild guesses! I’m a ghost! I’m going to kill you all! Uwaaaah—”

Zhu Ming: “…”

Still wailing miserably, the old shady fish retreated and started frantically banging on the door. Help, help! He had to run, he had to leave this car right this instant!

It wasn’t time yet; the door couldn’t be opened. Besides, he was already exposed and back to his ghost body. Even if the door opened, he couldn’t move cars.

Zhu Ming flicked her knife irritably and said harshly, “What exactly are you afraid of? What can she do to you?! What is her ability? What is her goal? What the hell is she?!”

The old shady fish hugged his head and wept, his seven or eight arms wrapping himself into a ball. “I don’t know! I don’t know! Don’t ask me, I really don’t know!” When he was disguised as Yin Yu, he could use Yin Yu’s own abilities against her. But now that he was exposed, he couldn’t.

His behavior was too strange and erratic, as if fear had utterly shattered his psychological defenses. Just what had he seen in Yin Yu’s memories?

“Don’t ask anymore. He won’t say.” Yin Yu let out a soft laugh, her breath puffing against Zhu Ming’s ear. The tip of Zhu Ming’s ear flushed red. She immediately pushed her away, stepping back and raising her long knife.

If Yin Yu’s Supernatural Ability was so dangerous, and she could now use it…

Seeing the wary, suspicious, distrustful look in Zhu Ming’s eyes, Yin Yu had no choice but to clutch her chest. The torn collar slipped down her shoulder, her clothes tattered and pitiful. But no one present would dare to underestimate her.

Yin Yu tilted her head. “Mingming, I said I want to cooperate with you. I won’t go back on my word.”

Zhu Ming: “Really? I don’t believe you.”

Yin Yu couldn’t help but laugh. “You know well enough, I’ve never lied to you.”

Zhu Ming stared at her coldly for a moment and finally withdrew her blade.

Indeed. After Yin Yu had left last time, Zhu Ming had replayed every detail of their interactions over and over. She realized that this bastard Yin Yu, in fact, had never explicitly lied. She just avoided answering some questions, or gave selective answers. She hadn’t even said the words ‘I love you’… but ‘I like you’ was something she could just say casually?! Shameless!

Zhu Ming glared with dead fish eyes, a wave of irritation rising in her heart. “The red Ride Permit. I want it now.”

The old shady fish fumbled frantically, pulled out his red Ride Permit, and slid it over to Zhu Ming. One acquired. He remained curled up in the opposite corner, wishing with all his might that no one would notice him.

Seeing Zhu Ming obtain a red Ride Permit, the little sister grew anxious. She didn’t know the relationship between Zhu Ming and that beautiful yet pitiful woman. She was just afraid Zhu Ming wouldn’t help her identify her brother. So she hurriedly asked, “So which one of them is my brother?”

Zhu Ming glanced at the two innocent-looking men and said, “This ghost’s acting is better than the old shady fish. It’s actually simple to tell them apart. Haven’t you noticed? Although all ghosts want participants’ Ride Permits, during the day they can only use deception to get them. They can only rob by force at night.”

The sister nodded. “Of course. Otherwise, they’d just gang up on someone. Since we can’t use abilities in the day, wouldn’t the permit just be taken for free?”

Zhu Ming said, “Exactly. Wait until daytime. Find a ghost. Have your two brothers lay out their Ride Permits and say: ‘I won’t exchange my permit for anything. But if anyone can take it, you’re welcome to try.'”

The sister’s eyes lit up with sudden understanding. So that was it! No matter how alike they were, their fundamental natures were different. The rule of voluntary exchange was actually between participant and ghost. But dealings between ghost and ghost wouldn’t necessarily need to be so polite.

One brother shouted joyfully, “So it’s that simple! Why didn’t I think of that!”

The other brother sighed. Suddenly, his hands moved with a deft twist, slipping free of the ropes. He grabbed the man beside him and said, “Since you’ve found a way, I have no choice. I’ll just use him as a hostage. Little sis, blame that woman over there for insisting on exposing us. Wouldn’t it have been so nice and peaceful if we just stayed like that?”

Seeing this, the sister bristled. “Let go of my brother!” she shouted furiously.

The exposed brother slowly reverted to a male ghost form, showing no visible cause of death. He looked at the old shady fish with utter disgust. “You disgrace our kind!”

The old shady fish refused to take it lying down. “You do it then! You know nothing, you just show off!”

The male ghost threw his head back and let out a long howl that vibrated the glass windows. Green Ghost Fire ignited on his body. “Just a few women! I’ll show you right now how I kill them all!”

The old shady fish remained silent.

Holding her knife backhand, Zhu Ming sneered. “Oh, so you think you’re the only one who can use fire? I can too!”

With that, she flicked a finger at the Ghost Fire Man. Pfft—she flicked a tiny spark that drifted halfway and then harmlessly puffed out.

Ghost Fire Man: “…Pffthahahaha!”

Zhu Ming: “…Screw you!”

Her fury ignited by embarrassment, she charged forward. Her long knife swept horizontally, suddenly slashing out a trail of flame. The Ghost Fire Man was sinister, using the brother as a shield. The brother started shrieking too, and the scene descended into pure chaos.

Suddenly, the brother stopped screaming. His entire body wavered, pulling a blurry afterimage, and the next second, the person in the Ghost Fire Man’s hands was the sister.

The Ghost Fire Man froze. His body was slammed heavily, and the sister spat, “Idiot. We have abilities too.”

Sibling combination skill: Position Swap!

Tch. The Ghost Fire Man’s eyes flashed cruelly. He backhanded the sister, hurling her straight at Yin Yu. “You think a useless ability like that can kill me? Dream on!”

His mangled body squirmed like mud, and under the heat of the green flames, it rapidly regenerated. Seizing the opportunity, Zhu Ming jumped and brought her blade down vertically. The moment scorching Yang Fire met the Yin Fire, it sizzled and exploded like boiling oil meeting water. The Ghost Fire Man raised both hands, condensing fire to block it, and for a moment, Zhu Ming couldn’t slash through.

Crackle, sizzle. The Ghost Fire Man’s expression wasn’t looking good either. He’d never imagined such a ‘useless’ ability from Zhu Ming could have such terrifying power.

Crap! The Yin Fire and Yang Fire were canceling each other out. That blade was about to come down on him!

His eyes darted around and landed on Yin Yu, who had just steadied the sister. Her clothes were about to fall off, and she was hugging her shoulders, her movements greatly restricted.

One hostage didn’t work, so he’d switch to another. If he could get his hands on Yin Yu, those siblings wouldn’t dare use their Position Swap on him again. Otherwise, they’d smash Yin Yu along with him.

The Ghost Fire Man released his grip and spun around, bolting towards Yin Yu. Yin Yu looked back at him with a smile. She hooked her slender leg upwards against a luggage rack, using it to vault over the Ghost Fire Man’s head and swing straight towards Zhu Ming.

Zhu Ming instinctively reached out and caught her. What she caught was… a handful of slippery blood.

Yin Yu lay in her arms and laughed. “Ghosts really are cunning.”

Zhu Ming’s arm jutted forward, and she practically threw Yin Yu straight at the Ghost Fire Man. “Don’t get in my way while I’m fighting!” she snarled heartlessly.

Yin Yu twisted her waist in mid-air, flipping around to land gracefully. She ducked low to dodge the Ghost Fire, and the green fireball hurtled toward Zhu Ming, exploding like a brilliant firework right in her face.

Zhu Ming’s vision went white with a needle-sharp pain. The positions of the three had shifted. But the Ghost Fire Man had already charged between the two women. Zhu Ming squinted and rushed forward again. The Ghost Fire Man braked and turned, continuing his pursuit of Yin Yu. Zhu Ming chased the Ghost Fire Man, who chased Yin Yu. A three-way comedic chase ensued.

Yin Yu blinked. Suddenly, she reversed direction and barrelled straight into Zhu Ming. The Ghost Fire Man subconsciously followed her trajectory—and at that exact moment, Zhu Ming turned and hurled her long knife backhand. The moment Yin Yu crashed into her arms, the blade sliced past Yin Yu’s shoulder and viciously pierced through the unsuspecting ghost’s abdomen!

A few strands of black hair drifted down in the air.

Zhu Ming was knocked stumbling back two steps by Yin Yu’s impact. She steadied her, and the two immediately separated. One on the left, one on the right—they grabbed the luggage racks, vaulted over seatbacks, and reached the Ghost Fire Man’s side before he could pull the long knife out.

Zhu Ming seized the knife hilt head-on. The long knife that now impaled the ghost re-ignited with Crimson Flames. She let out a sharp battle cry and pressed down with a slash. Screech— The Ghost Fire Man screamed. The blade, from the piercing wound in his chest and abdomen, ripped directly downwards, cleaving through his ghostly form. The hilt followed through, reversing the blade edge upwards. Yin Yu was right there, waiting. She grabbed the long knife, seamlessly continuing the slash from where Zhu Ming had split him open, cutting straight upwards. In a split second, the long knife carved through his chest cavity, severed his spine, and split his head!

The Ghost Fire Man was cleaved perfectly in two down the middle. Each half fell to the left and right.