Chapter 1139 - Welcome to the Family 2 in 1 (1/2)

“Congratulations, Red Specters’ Favored, for obtaining Ce Gui! The haunted house has gained one new employee!

“Ce Gui (Dong Wentao): No one knows about his past, and no one knows how he came to be in his current state. I can only tell you he has very great potential. It depends on you whether you can unlock his potential or not.”

Chen Ge studied the new message that appeared on the black phone. He really did not expect that Ce Gui to directly become his haunted house worker so easily.

I merely used ten Red Specters to invite him. Who would have thought he would accept my invitation so easily?

Silently studying Ce Gui who was surrounded by the Red Specters, Chen Ge was honestly rather surprised that the black phone had such a quite comment for him. This baleful Specter looked very unassuming in terms of appearance. He wore an old-fashioned western suit, with unkempt hair, looking like a quintessential member of the lowest rung of the societal ladder.

Since he has potential, I should try to push him further. Perhaps the uncle might also find new hope in the afterlife and welcome rejuvenation.

After summoning Ce Gui, whose legs had gotten weak, and the other Red Specters into the comic, Chen Ge walked out from the bathroom.

“This was originally a haunted house, but now that the Specter has been taken away, it is quite a waste for them to abandon this place.”

He tore down the yellow talismans from door. He took out the ballpoint pen wrapped in tape and wrote down the following on the back of the talismans. “The ghost has been taken away already. The tenants here can now use this public bathroom without worry.”

He pasted the talisman back onto the door. Chen Ge then dragged the Doctor Skull-cracker’s Hammer and left the apartment building.

“Okay, who shall we go pick up next?”

Looking at the map on his phone, Chen Ge came to the third Jiujiang subway route.

“The black phone said that this Specter is hiding on the fourth Jiujiang subway route, but Jiujiang current only has three subway routes. The fourth route is still under construction.”

By the time he arrived, the subway terminal was almost closing. Chen Ge stopped around the third subway route and asked any passersby about the information regarding the fourth route. The workers there said that there would still be a long time before the fourth route was opened to the public. When Chen Ge pressed for more details and the reason why, they refused to say anything, but they all had this strange expression on their faces.

If Chen Ge was known for one thing, it was his power of persuasion. After much pressing and pushing, one of the workers finally admitted that the surveillance at the subway terminal would always capture the image of a strange person in the night. The person would appear on different subway trains, but he always sat alone by himself on a certain seat, and the people beside him never seemed to notice his existence.

As the work for the fourth route started, the surveillance stopped capturing that person on camera, but the workers started to notice a flicker of shadow down deep in the tunnel. The workers thus started to suspect that the ghost who had been haunting the subway had moved into the fourth route that was under construction.

After finding out the backstory behind the ghost, Chen Ge silently sneaked into the construction site of the fourth route. To prevent other people from discovering him, he released a few Red Specters and had them scout ahead for him inside the tunnel while keeping their presence as low profile as possible. Initially, Chen Ge was already prepared to spend a lot of time searching for this Specter. After all, the tunnel was quite long. However, he only walked for a few steps when he saw a young man who was bare-chested running as fast as he could about a hundred meters in front of him.

“Who is running naked in the middle of the night inside a constructing subway tunnel? This is so strange.”

It was impossible for Chen Ge not to notice the young man. He immediately had the several Red Specters go and stop the young man. The strange thing was the young man appeared to have known beforehand that Chen Ge was coming. When he saw Chen Ge’s face, his eyes were filled with fear.

“Have we met each other?” Chen Ge was rather confused by this. He was sure that this was the first time they had encountered each other, so if that was the case, why would the young man look at him in such a way? “You are not afraid of the Red Specters, but you are afraid of me. Why? Do you know me? But that is not right either. If you know me, you should be familiar with the kind of person that I am.”

Blood vessels floated on the young man’s body and weaved into a simple shirt. His face was pale, and his body was almost transparent. He was about to depart from this world.

“Brother, at least give me something to work with. Is there some kind of misunderstanding between us?” Chen Ge just wanted to approach the young man when the latter dropped to the ground. He tried to retreat as far away as he could until his retreat was blocked by the Red Specters.

Seeing as his escape was cut off, the young man crawled up from the ground as if he had surrendered to his fate. He turned to Chen Ge and said, “I am willing to become a worker at your haunted House.”

When the young man said that, it was time for Chen Ge to be startled. “I have not even stated my reason for being here. How come you gave me your promise so easily? Do you know how to read people’s minds?”

With his face as pale as before, the young man shook his head rather helplessly. “We met each other once ten seconds ago.”

“Ten seconds ago?”

“My name is Shi Guo. My power is to return to a space in time ten seconds ago. There is a huge limitation to this power. I can only use it once per month, but if I use it correctly, it will have miraculous effect,” the young man said softly.

“The power to manipulate time‽” Not only Chen Ge, even the Red Specters around him were quite surprised by this unique power. Even though Si Guo’s power could only be used once per month, if it was used at the right time, it could reverse any situation!

“As I’ve said, there is a huge limitation to this power. Only I will be able to return to ten seconds ago. It is not as useful as you might think.” Si Guo smiled bitterly. “I used this power earlier. Unfortunately, even with the extra ten seconds, I cannot escape your grasp. Speaking of which, how did you find out about my presence? You even brought ten Red Specters with you to come find me…”

“I am in the middle of a fight against a cursed hospital in Xin Hai. They have obtained your information, and they wish to enslave and control you, so I have come to fetch you before they have the chance to.” Chen Ge very seriously extended his hand toward Si Guo. “Welcome to the haunted house. If you have any dying wishes or things that you wish to have completed, feel free to tell me.”

Shi Guo hesitated for a moment before he accepted Chen Ge’s extended hand.