Chapter 27: Waffling Back And Forth
“Zhang Qian, I think you’re making a fuss over nothing.”
In the thick fog, the mist swirled to form a vortex, ultimately gathering into Feng Quan’s figure.
Ever since receiving Zhang Qian’s healing, the progress of Feng Quan’s Fierce Ghost Revival had slowed down considerably, and he had even developed many new uses for the Ghost Mist.
Fixed-point teleportation was one of them. Although it had a huge tell, it could carry teammates along in action, which was also a pretty good ability.
Zhang Qian also walked out from the fog. “I don’t want to let this guy escape due to underestimating him. You Ghost Controllers have too many of those weird abilities.”
“This kind of trash is worthy of being called a Ghost Controller? He’s just a lucky fluke who probably hasn’t even solved a single Supernatural Event.” Feng Quan’s tone was full of disdain. In his eyes, this kind of Ghost Controller wasn’t even as good as a smart ordinary person.
“If he had experience fighting supernatural events, we wouldn’t have it this easy.” Zhang Qian looked at Xiao Fan spinning in place and couldn’t help but admire his courage.
Covered by unknown supernatural phenomena, it was one thing to be careless, but he actually stepped on the accelerator while shouting and yelling. Was he afraid of not triggering the Killing Pattern?
“Hurry up and make your move. Looking at him makes me sick.” Feng Quan sensed for a moment and said somewhat speechlessly, “This guy is running so happily in the Ghost Mist. I’m almost unable to suppress the Ghost Mist’s urge to kill.”
“Then don’t suppress it. Try to see if you can force out his backup plan.” Zhang Qian walked toward the out-of-control sports car.
Xiao Fan’s perspective.
The Ferrari charged forward relentlessly, smashing through one fog-condensed figure after another.
However, what he didn’t notice was that the mist didn’t dissipate upon impact. Instead, it entered his body with his breathing, quietly transforming his body.
After crushing another figure, Xiao Fan exhaled a breath of cold air and shouted in his mouth, “Hahaha, is that all the Fierce Ghost has? All of you—cough cough cough!”
Before he could finish his words, the suffocation in his lungs made him cough violently.
“What’s going on…”
Xiao Fan was baffled and wanted to pat his chest to catch his breath, but he patted empty air.
“Screech—”
The sports car’s tires skidded a black line on the road surface. Xiao Fan’s face turned pale as he incredulously reached his hand toward his chest.
His pale hand pressed against his clothes, and he slowly pushed downward but felt no resistance from flesh.
His fingers went straight through his body and touched the seat behind him.
Xiao Fan tremblingly pulled his hand out, and the depression in his chest immediately restored itself. But upon close inspection, something seemed to be drifting out from there.
“It’s the mist!”
“My body is turning into mist. This fog definitely has a problem!”
The fear of death awakened Xiao Fan’s consciousness. Since becoming a Ghost Controller, he had never felt so clear-headed.
“Right, I’m a Ghost Controller. I can use the Fierce Ghost’s ability too.”
As a Ghost Controller, Xiao Fan’s vitality was extremely tenacious. So what if his chest was gone? As long as his brain was fine, he could survive.
“Let the ghost inside my body deal with the ghost outside. I can definitely survive.”
He seemed to have grasped a lifeline and pulled out a stack of business cards from his pocket.
The business card was icy cold and filled with supernatural power, but Xiao Fan’s action suddenly paused.
How should the Fierce Ghost’s ability be used?
No one had ever taught him how to fight Fierce Ghosts. Was he supposed to stuff the business card to the Fierce Ghost?
This thick fog had no hands, so how could it possibly catch the business card?
Suddenly, the business card in Xiao Fan’s hand dropped with a clatter.
His right hand had also been corroded by the mist into a phantom and could no longer hold things.
“Impossible, there must be a way…” He picked up the business card with his left hand, opened the car door, and ran toward the figure gathered from the mist.
But every time he approached, the figure quietly vanished and reappeared not far away, like a cat toying with a mouse, mockingly watching its prey struggle helplessly.
As time passed, Xiao Fan grew more anxious and ran faster and faster, while the Ghost Mist’s corrosion on him deepened.
He chased that untouchable figure until his foot slipped and he fell to the ground.
His left foot had also disappeared.
“Impossible… I’m the chosen one, not comparable to those idiots…”
Xiao Fan pushed hard with his single hand and staggered to his feet using his remaining right foot. For some reason, that phantom stayed in place, only an arm’s length away from him.
“Chance is here.” A flash of surprise crossed Xiao Fan’s face as he hurriedly handed over the business card.
That figure also cooperatively extended a hand, seemingly wanting to take the business card for a closer look.
Take the business card, and go die for me!
Xiao Fan’s face twisted ferociously as he watched that hand and the business card draw closer.
But this thick fog seemed intent on toying with his life and death. At that moment, his remaining right leg suddenly disappeared.
Xiao Fan’s body lost support and crashed heavily to the ground.
The business card also slipped from his hand and fluttered unsteadily to the phantom’s feet.
In the photo on the business card, Xiao Fan still wore an icy cold smile, but he felt that the smile now carried a bit more schadenfreude mockery.
“Fuck you!”
His emotions completely collapsed, and tears even spurted out.
All the curse words he had heard in his life were spewed by Xiao Fan. He even started cursing the Fierce Ghost inside his body.
“You smile at your mom! Come out and kill him! Aren’t you a Fierce Ghost? May you die a horrible death…”
Perhaps his curses really worked, as that thick fog phantom slowly bent down, seemingly wanting to pick up the card.
Hope reignited in Xiao Fan’s eyes. He wriggled twice like a caterpillar and used his remaining left hand to pick up the business card and hand it over.
Go die, you bastard! All of you go die!
Under Xiao Fan’s expectant gaze, the phantom took the card and held it up to its face to look at it.
“Idiot, look at your mom, go die!” Xiao Fan roared loudly, then fully activated the Fierce Ghost’s ability. Supernatural power surged continuously from the business card into the phantom.
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
“Heh—” The phantom actually laughed out loud.
“Sorry about that, I couldn’t hold it back just now.” The phantom patted the mist in front of it, revealing Zhang Qian’s handsome face.
Zhang Qian sighed. “What intense will to survive. To be honest, it’s starting to make me feel a bit reluctant.”
Xiao Fan’s voice was gloomy. “Do you think you’ve won for sure?”
“Hm? Do you still have some trump card?” Zhang Qian was startled. “Don’t tell me you have a hidden backup energy source too?”
That shouldn’t be. If it had been one second later just now, Xiao Fan would already be dead. Why not use a trump card earlier?
“Hehehe.” Xiao Fan said in a provocative tone, “Dare to let me make a phone call to call for backup?”
Zhang Qian gave him a strange look upon hearing this. “In this situation, one of us is an idiot, but it’s definitely not me, because I won’t agree. So guess who the idiot is?”
“Looks like you’re just a coward. I advise you to let me go early, or else when the Organization comes after you, you won’t have it easy.” Seeing that Zhang Qian was someone who could communicate, Xiao Fan pulled out the Organization’s name to try to intimidate him.
“That makes sense.” Zhang Qian nodded. “Normally, a villain should have an Organization behind them.”
Xiao Fan got into character, blustering outwardly while cowardly inside. “Scared now? Let me go, and I won’t pursue your rudeness.”
But Zhang Qian ignored him and turned to shout into the thick fog: “Feng Quan, come out and get to work!”
