Chapter 18 – Am I the one you love the most?

TL: Cloe
Editor/Proofreader: Jocelyn D
Word count: 1760

After going back to the bathroom, still holding the wrench, Chu Tian squatted down and repeatedly flushed the toilet. Finally, he closed the toilet lid and fanned himself with his hands: “It should be flushed now.”

“No but, what on earth did you do to that female ghost ah?”

“That’s not the main point.” Said Chu Tian, “The point is that there are still three people waiting for big brother me……No, I mean us to go rescue. Yu Fu, Sha Mate, and Ni Xiao.”

“Ah?”

Ye Keke looked confused so Chu Tian said: “Haven’t you figured it out yet? This is how to survive in the game.”

“What……Survive?”

Chu Tian pulled out a red piece of paper from his pocket. Under the light, the five words “Seven Days No Reason Refund” shone brightly.

***

Shangjin Villa, second floor, the room at the end of the corridor.

On the mirror placed on the dressing table, spider web-like cracks began to slowly spread from the center. Black flames spurted out along the cracks like magma.

The next moment, silver mirror fragments shot out in all directions!

Two people broke out of the mirror at the same time along the fragments. One of them was dressed in a red robe that was trailing to the ground, with a careless smile on his lips. The latter was dressed in white and fell into a coma.

Throwing Ni Xiao onto the bed, Lin Huai gently placed his index finger on his forehead and drew an upside-down cross. As the symbol appeared, his red clothes started from the soles of his feet and gradually faded into the original color.

He was in a good mood and even whistled “La Vie en Rose1click the sentence to hear. “. Then there was a shaky voice from the bed. 

“You……who are you?”

Lin Huai turned around and saw Ni Xiao clinging to the bedside, looking horrified.

He looked down at the only red²The color red was chosen to represent the blood of the workers who died in the struggle against capitalism. All major socialist and communist alliances and organizations—including the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Internationals—used red as their official color. From Wikipedia. collar on his body and said sincerely: “The successor of socialism.”

Ni Xiao:……

“Since you now know my secret.” Lin Huai slowly walked towards her, “Then… I can’t just let you stay anymore.”

Ni Xiao wanted to run away, but Lin Huai’s finger touched her forehead.

Facing the strong pressure, Ni Xiao resignedly closed his eyes but heard the man’s ruthless voice.

“My stupid Ototo³My stupid Ototo The phrase “My stupid Otoyo” comes from a line in the Japanese anime “Naruto”. Among them, “Ototo” means “younger brother” in Japanese. Therefore, the literal translation of the whole sentence is “my stupid brother”. In “Naruto”, this sentence was said by Uchiha Itachi to Uchiha Sasuke. Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Sasuke are brothers, Itachi is the elder brother, and Sasuke is the younger brother. In order to protect the Leaf Village and his younger brother, Itachi destroyed the Uchiha clan, so Sasuke has been hunting Itachi for revenge. After being defeated in the decisive battle between the two brothers, Itachi said these words before his death, expressing his deep love and concern for his brother. Due to the popularity of the anime “Naruto”, this line has become widely circulated and is used by fans as a meme to express their emotions such as teasing, love, or concern for their younger brother or someone close to them. Across the internet and social media, the phrase is often used as a meme or comment to tease or express concern for someone. Ehem credits to Baidu..”

Ni Xiao:……

He once again was doing good deeds without leaving behind a name and erasing the memory of the rescued person, Lin Huai looked down at his collar and felt that the red scarf on his chest became more vivid.

Thinking like this, he grabbed the door handle and wanted to open the door.

The next moment, Lin Huai’s smile froze on his face.

Before he came in to help Ni Xiao, he locked the door just in case.

And now the key to the door….. he lost it in the mirror.

The dignified red-clothed fierce ghost stared at the door lock that embodied human wisdom and fell silent.

Pondering between violently breaking the door or seeking help from others, Lin Huai believed that his DPS was high enough and chose teamwork in the end.

He messed up his hair, cleared his throat, and screamed as he started to slam the door: “Help! Help! There is a ghost!”

The miserable cry for help came from room three. Chu Tian was startled and without waiting for the remaining teammates, he picked up the wrench and rushed towards the direction of the sound. 

Although he always had doubts about Lin Huai, at this moment, he remembered that that person was just a child who was 1.79 meters tall.

and……

If his suspicion is true…

The 1.79-meter-tall child used one hand to slam the door while holding down the door handle with the other hand to prevent the door from being smashed open by himself.

Chu Tian’s voice came outside the door: “Lin Huai! Is that you?”

Lin Huai said: “I’m here! Da ge⁴It means big brother but it can also be boss or captain.!”

Chu Tian said: “Hold on! I’ll…”

As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Tian gritted his teeth and smashed the door lock with his wrench. Lin Huai opened the door obediently and collapsed on the ground, looking like a weak white flower.

“There was a ghost in the mirror just now.” After escaping from the danger he created, Lin Huai hugged the pillow and said with a pale face, “I heard Ni Xiao’s scream, and then ran over… God knows how the door got locked.”

Chu Tian looked at Ni Xiao who was unconscious on the bed, and then at Lin Huai who was holding a pillow on the sofa, and asked him: “Then what? How did you escape?”

Lin Huai said: “Ni Xiao was the first to lure the monster away, attracting the hatred of the mirror ghost with a scream, and the hatred target was locked. I initiated a group message, but our teammates were always gathering Ganoderma lucidum ⁵I have no idea what this means, maybe it means that the teammates they had were useless and not doing what they were supposed to do.in the wild area…”

“Then?”

“Then,” Lin Huai pointed to the mirror, “The mirror ghost got stuck in the mirror when it crawled out because its waist was too plump. It was so miserable that even when the whole mirror was shattered into pieces, it still couldn’t get out.”

“Then what?”

“Then, it held its neck and said ‘Who killed me! And who did I kill?'” Lin Huai held his neck and stuck out his tongue, “Then he said…”

“…Is it me who killed me?”

“The answer is correct.” Lin Huai stretched out a hand to Chu Tian who rushed to answer, “Just do it.”

Zhang Lu said: “…Do you think I will believe your bullsh|t?”

The strong man of Douzong was so terrifying that his true identity could be seen at a glance. After Chu Tian studied the mirror, he actually hissed and touched his chin: “The direction of the mirror fragments is indeed blown out from the inside to out, in the shape of a star ray. It seems that the mirror was indeed broken from the inside.”

“What Lin Huai said is true.” He concluded.

Lin Huai was acknowledged by the famous detective, and he became more and more excited. He covered his face, shouted towards the sky, and made a classic werewolf speech⁶The werewolf game : “Hey, hey, I am really just a pitiful, helpless, and timid villager.”

Dragging Ye Keke and Ni Xiao into a room, the three of them continued toward the third floor. Before entering the corridor, the three of them heard the rapid sound of a basketball being shot.

Sha Mate’s head touched the ground as if being caught by an invisible ghost. He was beating with the frequency of basketball.

Chu Tian rushed up with a wrench and popped the basketball.

The basketball was split open like a watermelon, and what spilled out was pink and white brains. Sha Mate fell to the ground, looked at this thing with a pale face, covered his mouth, and spat it out.

Lin Huai looked at the mosaic of pink and yellow things on the ground, and couldn’t tell whether the pink ones or the yellow ones were more disgusting.

The team of three expanded to a team of four. In the room on the third floor, everyone left Yu Fu, who was tapping the keyboard and took away the unconscious Tang Wen.

At this moment downstairs, Ye Xian, who had fallen into a deep sleep for no reason, woke up from his dream.

Perhaps because of the wind, the curtains were blown up, revealing a bright full moon. Ye Xian got off the bed and reached out to put on his shoes.

His two roommates have not returned yet, and there was a lively and joyful atmosphere on the third floor, where they were fighting monsters. He put on his shoes and went to touch his glasses. The moment he stretched out his hand, the “Heartbeat Memories” that had been placed close to his body in his trouser pocket felt slightly hot.

He looked up and saw that directly under the full moon, between the two curtains, a man dressed in a blood-covered shirt that was neither red nor white stood there quietly.

‘Its’ body was deforming and squirming as if it was simulating the shape of something.

He swallowed, but his heels couldn’t help but rub against the ground, ready to run away at any time.

However, that person seemed to exude endless temptation, making him unable to help but want to get closer.

“…Speaking of which……” Tang Wen asked Chu Tian as he went downstairs, “What kind of things might Ye Xian encounter?”

Lin Huai said: “Thank you for asking. He probably met a low-level ghost that can transform into things that people desire most in their hearts and seduce them into addiction.”

When they pushed open the door of Ye Xian’s room, the latter was leaning against the wall, wailing endlessly.

Facing him was a three-dimensional pink hundred-dollar bill. 

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  click the sentence to hear.
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  The color red was chosen to represent the blood of the workers who died in the struggle against capitalism. All major socialist and communist alliances and organizations—including the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Internationals—used red as their official color. From Wikipedia.
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  My stupid Ototo The phrase “My stupid Otoyo” comes from a line in the Japanese anime “Naruto”. Among them, “Ototo” means “younger brother” in Japanese. Therefore, the literal translation of the whole sentence is “my stupid brother”. In “Naruto”, this sentence was said by Uchiha Itachi to Uchiha Sasuke. Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Sasuke are brothers, Itachi is the elder brother, and Sasuke is the younger brother. In order to protect the Leaf Village and his younger brother, Itachi destroyed the Uchiha clan, so Sasuke has been hunting Itachi for revenge. After being defeated in the decisive battle between the two brothers, Itachi said these words before his death, expressing his deep love and concern for his brother. Due to the popularity of the anime “Naruto”, this line has become widely circulated and is used by fans as a meme to express their emotions such as teasing, love, or concern for their younger brother or someone close to them. Across the internet and social media, the phrase is often used as a meme or comment to tease or express concern for someone. Ehem credits to Baidu.
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  It means big brother but it can also be boss or captain.
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  I have no idea what this means, maybe it means that the teammates they had were useless and not doing what they were supposed to do.
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  The werewolf game