Chapter 38: Can Communicate
In the mirror, inside the bathroom, everything was covered in scarlet blood.
Even the walls were seeping blood inwards.
Bai Cha carefully observed the walls. They did indeed have the texture of living things.
The mirror turned, and in the open door of the bathroom, there was a woman in red hanging there.
Bai Cha took another look.
Was this woman the standard female ghost in the bathrooms? Or did they all dress the same? Did ghosts also care so much about their clothes?
The lie’s time was limited. Bai Cha ignored her for now and stabbed the wall with the dagger.
A sharp wail rang in her ears.
A small opening was cut into the wall, and flesh buds wriggled in the opening, with fresh blood seeping out.
Bai Cha frowned slightly.
This wouldn’t work. The opening was healing.
If she couldn’t forcibly break open a large hole, she would have to look elsewhere.
She suddenly pointed the mirror at the female ghost hanging in the bathroom.
She leaned closer, carefully examining the other’s appearance.
It was definitely the same one as in her room.
Bai Cha had a deep impression from their close encounter at that time.
The female ghost could appear in so many bathrooms at the same time. There must be a passage.
Although it might not be usable for humans, she would try anything.
Taking advantage of the last thirty seconds of the countdown, Bai Cha entered the bathroom, stepped onto the toilet, stood behind the female ghost, placed the dagger on her neck, and held the skill card above her head.
The countdown ended.
The female ghost’s figure could now be seen without using the mirror.
She immediately noticed the aura of a living person behind her.
So she was clearly stunned.
Then she looked down at the dagger on her neck and then up at the skill card above her head that read “Lightning Strike.”
For the first time in her dazed ghostly existence, she was at a loss, not knowing what to do.
“I’ll ask, you answer. Can you talk? If you can’t, just nod or shake your head.”
The living person behind her said this.
The female ghost remained silent, and then the skill card above her head pressed down slightly.
“Although I’m weak, I’ll let you feel the taste of being struck by lightning before I die,” the living person said softly.
The female ghost simply turned her head one hundred and eighty degrees abruptly.
She saw clearly. It was the female player who had almost vomited on her.
The other person still had that pale and pitiful look, but there was no fear in her eyes at all.
There was even a hint of surprised admiration.
“Amazing!”
The female ghost: “…”
Bai Cha pressed close to her face-to-face, her voice gentle but her speech rapid.
“Can you freely travel into any bathroom?”
The female ghost’s expression turned fierce, blood flowing from her eyes.
Bai Cha impatiently pressed down on the skill.
“Don’t waste my time, answer quickly. Otherwise, I’m going to die anyway, so I’ll kill you first.”
[Holy crap]
[She… how dare she?]
[Wouldn’t the female ghost kill her with one heart-ripping move?]
[The focus of this instance isn’t the ghosts. Ghosts only attack those who are afraid.]
[But isn’t she afraid at all?]
Bai Cha wasn’t afraid, or not completely afraid. She was a bit strange. She had actually encountered supernatural events when she was a child, but she only realized and started feeling scared three months later.
Moreover, she only dared to do this after several probes confirmed that the female ghost in front of her needed certain conditions to attack. If it were the one in the front desk’s room, she would only run for her life.
However, this female ghost didn’t seem like she wanted to communicate.
Just as Bai Cha was hesitating whether to give up, the female ghost actually spoke.
“You want me to take you back?”
Bai Cha’s eyes lit up, her face showing innocent joy.
“Yes, can you, sister?”
“I was only 16 when I died.”
“Okay, little sister, can little sister take me back?” Bai Cha changed her address smoothly.
“No, sister stay here and play with me!” the female ghost said with a sinister smile.
Bai Cha looked around hesitantly, then looked at the toilet under her feet.
The female ghost understood her meaning: what was there to play with in the bathroom?
“If you want to go out, unless you make a deal with me and give me your body,” she said coldly.
Bai Cha actually felt unwell at this moment, shivering from the cold as she pressed against the other being.
Hearing her words, it meant there were still many things she could communicate with this female ghost about.
Being able to communicate meant there was a chance.
“My body isn’t good. I get sick at least once a month, with a fever of 39.9 degrees Celsius every time. I have gastroenteritis, arthritis, bone hyperplasia, heart reflux, and various other chronic diseases.”
Bai Cha sighed, and under the other’s unfriendly gaze, she said, “Of course I know that if you want to possess someone, a weaker body is definitely easier to use. But this can’t be called possession, it’s just a trade between you and me. It’s definitely more worthwhile to trade for a healthy body.”
“So?” the female ghost looked at her coldly.
Actually, she could also sense that the person in front of her was weakening under the influence of her ghostly aura.
That’s why she didn’t want to make any deals with this living person.
“So you take me out, and I’ll find you a healthy body.”
Bai Cha looked at her seriously.
“Do I look like an idiot to you?” the female ghost suddenly moved closer to Bai Cha.
Bai Cha felt dizzy from the ghostly aura.
She smiled and said, “Of course you can refuse, but this is your only chance to get out of here. You don’t want to be trapped here working forever, do you?”
“Oh, wage slaves still get paid, what about you?”
Blood tears streamed down the female ghost’s eyes, and the aura around her began to fluctuate chaotically.
Bai Cha’s hand, holding the skill card, was almost out of strength, but she still said slowly, “But with this healthy body I give you, you won’t have to stay in the toilet all the time.”
“What if you can’t do it?” the female ghost reached out and grabbed her neck.
Bai Cha gave a friendly smile.
“Then you can just eat me. Do whatever you want with me. Aren’t you really going to try? I’m in the guesthouse. It’s impossible for me not to use the bathroom. You’re the ghost here, you know better than I do…”
She was really about to collapse, leaning against the wall behind her, even though the wall felt soft and disgustingly strange.
“How would you know if you don’t try? Just like I promised to help the front desk leave his confinement, hasn’t he already broken a bit of the seal?”
Bai Cha’s voice was gentle, carrying encouragement and enticement.
The female ghost’s hand suddenly gripped her shoulder hard, pushing her backwards violently.
Bai Cha felt like she was being squeezed into mud, unable to even breathe.
The feeling of suffocation and oppression made her seem to see her great-grandmother, whom she had never met.
She could only try to relax her body as much as possible.
Until the pressure in front of her suddenly eased.
Bai Cha was pushed out of the mirror and slammed hard onto the ground.
She immediately coughed violently.
The female ghost’s head emerged from the mirror, her gaze cold and sinister.
“Body…”
Bai Cha made an OK gesture and said, “I can’t give it to you right now. Don’t be angry. Look at me now, what can I do?”
“But I can guarantee you that before 11:59 AM on the eighth, I will definitely give you a useful body!”
