Chapter 50.4: The Ghoul s external job (2/2)

”Are you going to chase it?”

”Mm.”

Looks like stopping her wasn't an option, her status was already in a fully opened mode desu. It appears that before finishing up that escaped killer ghoul tonight, Xue-er wouldn't be just leaving it just as that.

”Ahh, be careful then, if it's dangerous, don't worry about my side, just use your strength. After killing it, you don't need to bring it over, it'll be fine to come here and tell me about it, I'll be waiting over here.”

”Mm.”

After Xue-er nodded her head, she ran off to chase after that escaped killer ghoul.

Seeing her back view, I gave off a sigh, and helplessly walked into North Hill Park.

Just like how Gou Xia Wen and Li Nai are partners, Xue-er is also my partner.

But, even though we had partnered each other up for such a long period of time, I'm still unable to understand her inner thoughts desu.............

The isolation barrier had already been set up, those people from the miscellaneous tasks department were rather fast, heeh.

Sniff sniff............the raunchy smell of blood came from that direction.

With both hands placed into the raincoat pockets, I walked over leisurely, since Xue-er wouldn't be returning in just a short span of time, so I'll just slowly handle it then.

In front of the vending machine, I found tonight's 'contents of work'.

Huh? Still moving?

Ohhh, that's impressive desu, was it just feigning dead just now?

Actually managing to deceive Xue-er............but wanting to deceive me, it wasn't that easy already desu.

I walked over and gave a kick to that man who was feigning dead.

”Oi oi, stop acting dead already, I know that you're still alive desu.”

The man who was covered entirely with blood suddenly started to tremble, afterwards clutching the sides of the vending machine as he slowly crawled up, akin to a dying canine.

Blood flowed out nonstop from his hollowed eye sockets. His left hand had been chopped off from his elbow area, but his right hand instead had all of its fingers being cut off.

His knees had been sliced off, hence he completely couldn't stand up at all, and could only painstakingly lean-sitting by the sides of the vending machine.

Xue-er predictably still couldn't give the target a fatal hit, huh............as expected, she didn't had the intentions to kill people from the start desu.............was it really alright to choose her.............

The man panted for quite a long while, and after he finally managed to calm his breathing down, he bore delightedly surprised emotions as he cried out.

”You, you're.............a ghoul! You're a ghoul, right?!”

”Oh?”

I should have already concealed my presence? How did he know about it? Even though his eyeballs were already been gorged out............

”I can't be mistaken! Your presence is very similar to that esteemed person, you, no, you* must also be a ghoul, right!”

(TL: the second 'you' was mentioned in a polite form, 您 instead of the informal 'not-so-polite' 你. The 'you' he used afterwards are all in the polite form)

”Mm, that's right, I'm a ghoul desu.”

With a 'pu tong' sound, the man collapsed into the pool of blood, desperately crawling to the sides of my legs and hugged onto my rainboots, as he started to wail anguishingly, begging me to save him.

”I'm begging you............sii............I'm begging you.............I'm begging you, save me............!”

(TL: sii = sfx for nose sniffling)

Grovelling in front of me, he psychotically kowtowed, with his head cracked bleeding from the kowtowing.

”I'm begging you! As long as you save me, I'll do anything for you, please save me............sob sob sob.............”

”You...........your time is almost up desu, I can't save you. Unless the ghoul that's possessing you is willing to spare you, otherwise, nobody is able to save you already.............even ghouls aren't able to save you*.”

This person's 'time' was about to be up, looks like today's share would have a portion being lessened already, it'll be comparably easier then desu.

Ahhh, if I had known, I would have agreed to accompany Li Nai and them to go eat spicy crayfish already. As of right now, I'll probably even go hungry, it's so depressing desu..............

”Ahhh, ahhhhhhhhhhh! I'm begging you! I'm begging you, save me! As long as you help to plead for me, perhaps that esteemed person will spare me.............”

”.............”

”T-, time's almost running out already! Stop!! Stop it!! Stop leaving already!!!!!”

”.............”

Save him? What kind of a joke was that, this type of person, it's not lamentable even if he died.

Afterwards, the time was up.

His limit had been reached.

The man suddenly gave off a bout of shuddering, as his shadow 'crawled' out from the ground, transforming into a 'ghoulish shadow' for the purpose of executing him.

The ghoulish shadow's appearance was the exact same as him, it being presented in a pale blackish color, but lacking any vitality at all............after appearing, it started to eat onto the man's flesh.

Gnawing, chewing, gnawing, chewing.

The man gave off a tragic howl of agony.

”Hiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurtssssssss!!”

The grievous sounds lingered onwards continuously.

But even if his heart was being gnawed off, his spine being destroyed, and even his head being plucked off.

The man was still shrieking anguishingly.

As if like he wanted to scream his throat out until it burst, with the final voices of his life playing on to his heart's content.

”Aghhhhhhhhhhhh! It hurts so much! No! Don't eat me already!! My heart, my heart is gone alreadyyyyyy!! My blood have already trickled dry! It hurts, it hurts, my body, stop biting on my body alreadyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyahahahahaaha...............aahahahaha!”

Anguish shrieks along with tormented wails gradually turned into laughter.

The man's lips curled upwards, as he nonstop laughed hysterically.

From his eye sockets that lacked any eyeballs at all had bloodied tears trickling out, yet his laughter wasn't able to stop, crying, while laughing............just like as if he had gone mad, as he howled and wailed.

”Aahahahahhaha! Hahahahahahahahaha! It hurts!!! Hahahahahaa! I'm going to die! I'm going to die already! Hahahahaa! I'm going to die alreadyyyy! Hahahahahaha! I'm finally able to die already! I'm finally able to die already!”

”.............”

”Hahahahahahahahahahaahahhaa! Hahahahaah.............Haha, ha...........ha............”

He finally died.

Because his skull, along with his soul, was being eaten away.

To be frank, tearing this man's body apart, chewing on this man's flesh; it's merely that ghoul venting its frustrations out, for the truly important portions were only the brain and soul.

This sort of psychotic scenery, I've already bore witness to it countless number of times.

A ghoul like me rejecting to eat people was extremely rare, as the majority consumes people, since eating humans could increase their strength, and to them, it was the fastest way to become stronger.

But in this world that was currently being dominated by humans, the majority of ghouls didn't dare to openly eat people, hence they had this sort of way that wouldn't 'draw trouble onto themselves'.

Possessing a human body and providing strength, as a price in exchange for their 'worshipping'.

Those humans that were being possessed would then turn into 'ghoul murderers', obtaining strength way beyond human beings, but must kill an indicated amount of people within a period of time, in order to satiate the ghoul's stomach.

Ghoul murderers who weren't able to kill the indicated amount of people within a period of time............what welcomed them was that sort of ending just earlier, being peeled and swallowed alive by the ghoul that possessed them.

But they wouldn't die out during the process of being eaten. All the way before the moment of their death, they would be feeling the extreme anguish of their bodies being torn and chewed apart.

Although it looked to be rather appalling, it doesn't deserve any sympathy however.

Since those who would be possessed by ghouls were people who already carried thick killing auras; it's either that they had murdered people before, or they were people with twisted minds who were planning onto murdering.

Humans who had been possessed by ghouls, were already incurably hopeless.

They could only be killed.............afterwards, it'll be me responsible for eating them up.

And that's my job.

The ghoul who finished eating turned around to look at me, saying.

”Xiang Yue Xun.”

Oh~ so it's this person, it's really a powerful ghoul desu.

”Ai ya? Isn't this Ye Cha-dàren? I didn't expect that such a powerful ghoul like you would actually be possessing onto a human body, isn't this harming your 'yaksha' reputation~?”

”Humph.............this is the most insured method, but you, aren't you going to join us?”

”I'm merely the most low-classed ghoul desu, being completely not qualified to be your companion~”

”You don't need to be so self-deprecating. Although your origin is indeed lowly, but being able to live up to 500 years, it's enough to prove onto your capability already.”

”Nonono, such a small ghoul like me, look at me, only being able to scour upon your food scraps, it's so pitiful~”

”Humph.............do your best then.”

After leaving such a sentence behind, the ghoulish shadow dissipated.

”Tch, so cocky.............”

I clicked my tongue, and walked amidst that pile of messily scattered body portions, sat down, picked up an arm and started to chew.

Eyy............eating until it was being splattered everywhere, it's absolutely disgusting to the limits, was he a child?

After slowly chewing for a period of time, the midnight bells resounded. As it's really too disgusting, there's still some remaining, even after eating for such a long period of time.

At this moment, I suddenly felt the barrier rippling.

Ai ya?

It seemed like there's someone who had barged inside already?

Strange, how did he manage to come in?

There should be an isolation barrier being set up in this park; normal people should be subconsciously distancing away from this place desu.............

I didn't move, continuing to eat those last few bits, waiting for his arrival.

A short moment later, he appeared within my range of sight.

Huh? Wasn't this An Jun Cheng, I even discussed about him with Na Na previously, with the result that I've already met onto him, it's really such a coincidence desu.

It's perfect, I'll sub in for Na Na to interrogate him then.

Perhaps that he saw the scene of me eating humans, which made him feel frightened, as his mental strength dispersed and spread out around the surroundings, it affecting onto me as well.

Afterwards, through his mental essence, I felt onto his soul.............

There's an incomparably familiar sensation.

I had my mouth gaping; there's some kind of a dazed feeling.

Ahhhh, so it's like that.............

So, it's you, huh.............

I had been searching for you for so many years already, not expecting you to actually be right by my side desu.............

I really don't know whether to grimace about you or to thank you (bitter smile).

In the underworld, it was you who led me to the surface world, to experience the various ups and downs of the human world. I had mixed feelings............it's all because of you, that I would turn into my current self............I had a lot of things that I wanted to tell you, although you who had reincarnated probably couldn't remember about it already, but I still want to tell them to you.

I want to tell all those things that I've experienced throughout these years entirely to you desu.

Heehee~ being able to knot my strings of fate with you once more, was this destiny?

All along, I've always felt that heaven wasn't managing things reliably, but this time, it accomplished onto something good, heeh~

”Ara?”

I placed down the food that was on my hands, stood up and used the back of my palms to wipe my lips, with a delighted smile uncontrollably appearing on my face.

”I didn't think that there would still be visitorss~”

Well then, I'll start from being acquainted with you once more.