Chapter 16: Possession

The female ghost frowned slightly, looking disgustedly at the huge decorative painting in the Laughing Gentleman's hand.

"You actually forcibly froze this guy. Do you think that while freezing this fierce ghost, you can fight me at the same time, young lady?" The female ghost looked at the Laughing Gentleman, and a smile appeared on her pale face: "Then, you and I will end up as either food for the guy underground, or benefiting the one in your hand."

"What... do you want?" The Laughing Gentleman asked in a deep voice, but Li Changhe heard an undertone of enduring pain in her voice.

"Could it be... that Xiao Nan really got hurt?" Li Changhe's face, hidden behind the mask, turned somewhat gloomy. He suddenly felt something moving on his wrist and glanced at his arm without making a sound.

There, he saw a few words tangled in crooked hair.

'If you don't want her to die, accept my request.'

At the same time, the female ghost looked at the Laughing Gentleman and said with a faint smile, "Let me possess one of you, and take me out of here."

"As a dead person, you shouldn't be bothering the world of the living." The Laughing Gentleman's voice was hoarse and unyielding: "Besides, you want to go out for revenge, right? As a member of [Great Wall], I won't let you out. I can't condone crime."

The sound in room 303 was blocked off.

She didn't know the disturbances inside the room earlier, but she could speculate the female ghost's request.

On the other side of the room, the Earth Knight couldn't help but sigh. This was the style of the [Great Wall].

As members of a national institution, too many of them were too upright and inflexible. It was obvious that fighting would result in mutual losses, and the female ghost had barely compromised. Possession wasn't necessarily fatal. If need be, she could possess him - his physique was not weak, and he could survive.

Firmly rejecting the offer was also a reason why ordinary [Players] were unwilling to join [Great Wall]. People were going to die, and they were still thinking about how to protect others.

The female ghost was not surprised but chuckled lightly: "You're the kind of unadaptable person that makes your friends suffer, aren't you?" She insinuated.

"You don't need to worry about that. My friends are very good to me. And don't even think about invading my memories; I am not weaker than you," the Laughing Gentleman replied coldly. It seemed that the two had already clashed where others couldn't see.

Water began to dance on the two-handed sword in her hand, but suddenly her body trembled slightly. Blood dripped from the face that was hidden by the mist, and she fell to one knee as if she could no longer support her weight. She let out a slightly heavy gasp.

"You see... you don't even have the strength to deal with that evil ghost. It doesn't matter if I don't check your memories; you'll be dead soon anyway," the female ghost said with a light laugh.

Xiao Nan's condition was indeed not good. She was sent to the front of the art room, and then entered the task location alone. Relying on her equipment and previous experience, she dealt with all the ghosts in the room, but almost failed at the last painting.

In that painting, there was a figure with its back turned. As Xiao Nan dealt with the other ghosts, the figure in the painting began to slowly turn. By the time she dealt with the last ghost, the figure had already turned halfway, revealing a horrifying face with dozens of eyes, as if it were about to break out of the painting.

A deadly sense of danger hovered in her heart, and Xiao Nan decisively used [Magic Armor Demon God Baine], which she hadn't yet mastered, to freeze the painted figure just in the nick of time. If she had let it come out, she might not have even had room to resist. This was a so-called doomed ghost!

But this also put Xiao Nan in a bind. She was not yet capable of controlling all of the [Magic Equipment]'s power and could only use it to suppress the person in the painting without destroying it. The firearms she carried had been firing for a long time, but the mural remained undamaged. She could only keep the stalemate going.

It was a precarious situation: Xiao Nan was barely able to use the [Magic Equipment], and its power would soon be drained. With no other choice, she brought the painting with her to the other [Task Locations] to seek help from her teammates.

Unfortunately, the teammate she found was in even worse shape than her, already suppressed by the female ghost.

Li Changhe sighed to himself. When the female ghost had just told the Laughing Gentleman that their 'friends were suffering,' the hairs in his hand had tightened again. It was obvious that she had discovered the relationship between Li Changhe and Xiao Nan from their memories. She was forcing him to make a decision.

This was blackmail!

At this moment, the Earth Knight sighed and said, "Then possess me...."

His words were interrupted by a ridiculous synthesized voice.

"Baldy, how dare you steal my master!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the gaze of the three... two people and one ghost turned to the young man in the corner wearing a dog-head mask.

The Earth Knight shuddered at the sound. Among [Players], the only one capable of making such a sound was his teammate [Uncle Eight-direction]. They had been able to communicate earlier, so why did he return to a synthesized voice?

Master? What a joke. Are you not even going to let a ghost go? Are we going to see someone dating a ghost after Ning Caichen?

"Uncle! Possession by a ghost is not a good thing," Earth Knight couldn't help but mention, "This is not some old man from a novel. There have been cases of possession among players, and even if the ghost is not evil, being possessed alone can be fatal. If your physique is not high, you will die."

The previous cooperation had given the Earth Knight the incentive to say more: "But I have the ability to protect myself." In actuality, he meant he could get rid of the ghost after being possessed. After all, he had experienced multiple tasks and had some coping methods.

Li Changhe thought to himself, do you think I wanted to? This damned thing is threatening me with the girl's life.

He casually waved his hand and pointed to himself with his thumb, then made a gesture symbolizing the number eight. He signaled that he had a physique of eight points, enough to withstand possession by a ghost.

"It can't be you..." The Laughing Gentleman, who had collapsed on the ground, spoke hoarsely with some anxiety. She couldn't even stand up straight but was still saying such irrational things.

Li Changhe sighed in his heart. He knew her all too well.

On the surface, she got along well with everyone, and both teachers and classmates had a good impression of her.

But in reality, she was a stubborn person. When Li Changhe was cheated by an unscrupulous merchant, she sued the business until it closed down for rectification. Li Changhe himself didn't even care about it. He was just planning to remove their tires at night... But watching them suffer so miserably made him feel like he had gone too far.

Without knowing the situation, one might think she was defending consumer rights, but she was just being stubborn. If she thought she was right, she would go for it.

But in this situation, aren't you disregarding your life? I, Li Changhe, don't have many friends. I can't lose one just like that.

You want to protect others, and I understand that.

But who is going to protect you?

After all these years... you're still as worrisome as ever!

Ignoring her protests, he walked directly towards the female ghost. He adjusted his Defender's outfit and a frivolous laugh came from the dog-head mask: "I am Uncle Eight-direction. May I ask your name, miss?"

The female ghost revealed a teasing expression. She glanced at the weak Laughing Gentleman but didn't reveal Li Changhe's little plan.

There was a moment of silence in the room, and then all the hairs surged towards Li Changhe.

"Yun Ting," Li Changhe heard a faint whisper in his ear.

"You help me take revenge, and I will help you protect your friends and family."

Yun... Li Changhe seemed to think of something, but the pain interrupted his thoughts.