Chapter 1: How Do You Play With A Total Party Wipe Start?
Shangshan Che curled up in the cold iron cabinet, looking out through a small gap.
“Thank you, Ririko.”
【Soul Ash: 50】
Time is tight and the mission is urgent, no need for more words.
Shangshan Che’s eyes narrowed. This seemed to be no longer a guaranteed drop.
The moment his consciousness touched the 【Laughing Hannya】, Shangshan Che understood its actual usage.
The two skills were a perfect match, Shangshan Che equipped them without a second thought.
The iron cabinet, which had just fit the three brothers, immediately creaked, clearly unable to bear the load.
His eyes beneath the Hannya mask were dark and indifferent, showing no emotion.
“Ririko, don’t panic! I’m coming to help you!”
But as the saying goes, it’s easier to invite gods than to send them away…
Not only that, my good brother “Kumamoto” specifically found a cursed Ouija Board to play the game.
——It is said that in the past, several female high school students used it to play Kitsune-dog, and as expected, they all met with accidents.
Several girls held hands and jumped off the platform before the train passed, a scene that was simply unbearable to witness.
Looking back to this point, Shangshan Che’s brow twitched severely.
Good grief, it even came with a bunch of Soul Rings.
All buffs have been stacked for you. If the Evil Spirit doesn’t appear, it feels like a waste of all your efforts.
There’s no need to elaborate on the current situation; the original three brothers have long since returned to the heavens, and one girl died at the stairs before they could seal themselves in the iron cabinet to await death…
So now, that Kitsune-dog should have gone to hunt down the last remaining girl named Tokugawa Ririko.
“Thank you, Lili Zi.”
Shangshan Che sincerely thanked the girl who used her life to buy him time.
If it weren’t for the other party, I might have died before I even had time to activate the cheat.
Closing my eyes, I focused intently, then opened them again.
A panel unfolded before his eyes.
【Shangshan Che】
【Physique: 3
【Willpower: 4』
【Charm: 9Yellow
【 Spiritual Arts: 0】
【Soul Ash: 50】
“Such a weak physique,” Shangshan Che said speechlessly. “With such high Charm, do you want me to seduce female ghosts?”
But the problem was, if you had to say, the Kitsune-dog had no gender, and it was useless even if he could endure it for a while.
Shangshan Che continued to look down.
Directly below the “Soul Ash” appeared a faintly swaying, cool and serene bamboo forest, with the words written on it:
【 New Player Limited Summoning: Deep Bamboo Forest 】
Behind it followed purple-black twisted text that looked extremely ominous—
【 The first 10-pull summoning only costs half price! 】
Fine, fine, fine, so you want to play the gacha pull game with me too.
However, Shangshan Che didn’t complain too much. It was good enough to have cheats to use. Even the 50 Soul Ash needed for Gacha Pulls was fully supplied by the Iron Cabinet brothers. What more could one ask for?
Time is tight and the task is heavy, so let’s not waste words.
Direct Gacha Pull!
In an instant, the bamboo forest in the darkness began to shake, and nine faint white lights shot out one after another.
Shangshan Che ignored them and focused all his attention on the last ray of light.
Pity Timer!
Give me a pity pull!
As if hearing Shangshan Che’s inner thoughts, the bamboo forest began to shake wildly, and from within, the piercing cries of many children slowly emanated.
Finally, a dazzling beam of purple light slowly drifted out from the center of the bamboo forest.
As the purple light faded, an exquisite card, with a green face, fangs, and a grotesque smile, slowly floated before his eyes.
【Laughing Hannya Junior Form）】
Shangshan Che’s eyes narrowed slightly; this didn’t seem like a pity pull anymore.
–Although this gacha pool does not indicate what the pity pull will be, judging by the previous nine white lights, the pity pull will be at most blue or green.
The purple light appearing is purely because luck has arrived.
Without overthinking, Shangshan Che began to check the description and usage of the 【 Laughing Hannya 】.
【Laughing Hannya（Juvenile form）】
【Quality: Super Excellent 】
【Rank: Half-Star】
【Rank Cap: One-and-a-Half Star】
【 Talent: Power of Ghost God （ Weak ）, Terrifying Smile 】
【——The Laughing Hannya, which amuses itself by frightening and pranking children, has not yet fully grown. But perhaps, its potential is far greater than this?】
The moment his consciousness touched the 【 Laughing Hannya 】, Shangshan Che understood its true use.
——He can use cards to incarnate into those demons and supernatural phenomena that exist in history and legends.
Not bad.
Shangshan Che grinned.
Didn’t that Kitsune-dog just scare them out of their wits? He’ll have to let the other party experience that feeling later.
This is a traditional virtue, known as not reciprocating a visit is impolite.
But the Laughing Hannya’s quality was only green “Excellent”, perhaps because it had the potential to be promoted to a higher rank and quality?
Shangshan Che couldn’t think of anything for now and continued to browse the two talents.
【Power of Ghost God（Weak）: Hannya are Ghost Gods. All Hannya are born with a physique and spiritual power that ordinary Demons and Monsters can hardly match, even the low-ranking Laughing Hannya.】
【 Terrifying Smile: The Laughing Hannya’s smile is inherently designed to intimidate others. All beings who make eye contact with you will undergo a “Willpower Check” after you smile. If the check fails, they will be forcibly paralyzed. 】
The two skills were perfectly matched, and Shangshan Che equipped them without a second thought.
From the iron cabinet, a green-faced, fanged mask with a bizarre grin flew out, “clacking” as it fastened onto Shangshan Che’s face.
The attribute panel immediately changed—
【Shangshan Che’s Laughing Hannya Incarnation）】
【 Physique: 3→10】
【Willpower: 4→6】
【Charm: 9→6】
【Spiritual Arts: 0→2】
In the blink of an eye, he felt his sub-health ordinary high school student body inflate at an incredible speed. His muscle lines became sharp and defined, his calm heartbeat began to pound like thunder, the rushing sound of his blood flow was clearly audible, and even his five senses became sharper.
Even more so, he could feel a strange, ineffable power flowing within him – this was probably the so-called Spiritual Power.
The iron cabinet that had just fit the three of them groaned as if unable to bear the weight.
Shangshan Che looked again at the outside of the iron cabinet, and the darkness that had originally been completely invisible to the naked eye was now clearly visible as if it were daylight.
“It’s almost time.”
He recalled the Kitsune-dog with the old man’s face in his memory.
If compared to my current self, it’s just a slightly dangerous wild dog.
Click—
With powerful five fingers, he tore open the thin iron cabinet’s latch, and Shangshan Che, who had merged with the Hannya Mask, bowed as he emerged from within.
At this moment, he discovered that the bodies of the other two brothers seemed to be closer to the outside of the iron cabinet, and they happened to block half of his body each.
Perhaps, to let him live…
Shangshan Che silently shook his head and crouched down to close the frightened eyes of his two good brothers.
The pupils beneath the Hannya Mask were pitch-black and indifferent, showing no trace of emotion.
I don’t know if that girl named Lili Zi, who bought me time with her life, is still alive…
Just then, a loud crash of objects colliding came from at least a hundred meters away, followed by a girl’s roar:
“Get out of my way, you guy—!”
In the deep night’s silence, Shangshan Che heard it clearly; there was no doubt it was Tokugawa Ririko’s voice.
So the evil spirit understood and nodded, then charged out with heavy steps, its ferocious and terrifying roar and laughter spreading like shockwaves through the grim corridors:
“Lili Zi, don’t panic! I’m here to help you!”
