Time: White Day, 11:00 AM.
Location: Undead Street No. 211.
From time to time, rats the size of cats scurried past them with faint squeaks. The three girls hid behind a wall, their eyes constantly scanning for any signs of danger.
“According to our previous investigation, this is where the reverse summoning magic circle appeared.”
After speaking, Theresa turned to Jiang Yetong for confirmation.
“I was too scared at the time meow… but it does feel a little familiar… mmph!”
The blonde girl suddenly let out a muffled whimper. Her cheeks turned bright red as she panted softly through parted lips, as if she was desperately trying to endure something.
“Mm.” Bai Tang nodded thoughtfully.
Back when Jiang Yetong and her group had been on Earth, they had attempted to summon something, but due to a mistake, they were instead reverse-summoned into this hell world. According to what Theresa had said and the answer Bai Tang received from the Witch teacher before leaving today, the logic behind the summoning circle wasn’t complicated.
Whenever a summoning circle successfully summoned a creature, it would continue running until its energy was completely depleted. Once the energy ran out, the summoning would end on its own even without any external interference.
In other words, even if they did nothing, Jiang Yetong would eventually be sent back to Earth once the circle’s energy was exhausted. It was only a matter of time.
However, the problem was that this time could be extremely long.
The reason lay in the circle’s energy consumption.
If the summoning circle was like a wireless charger that allowed Jiang Yetong and the original five humans plus one cat to remain in the hell world, then the original energy had been enough to sustain them for three days.
Once those three days were up and the circle’s energy ran out, they would all be sent back to Earth at the same time.
But now, aside from Jiang Yetong, everyone else had been buried in this world. The circle’s energy consumption had dropped drastically, which meant the time Jiang Yetong would be forced to stay here would be greatly extended. This was not good news.
“So what we need to do now is activate the circle in advance and send Yetong back?”
“That’s right. That’s why we need to find where the original summoning circle appeared.”
Theresa nodded seriously, then looked at Bai Tang with a speechless expression. “By the way, Bai Tang, how long are you going to keep pinching her ears?”
Bai Tang’s hand froze mid-pinch on the fluffy cat ear. She stubbornly replied, “What do you know? Pinching ears between fellow countrymen is a fine tradition from our homeland. This is hell—mind your own business!”
“I-It’s fine meow… A cat has to have her ears pinched when she apologizes…”
Being pinched on the ears by Senior Bai Tang really felt…
The strange sensation made Jiang Yetong recall her old cat named “Coffee” back on Earth. She used to love pinching Coffee’s ears too. According to the demon hunter, Coffee had willingly offered its soul to save her and become part of her own soul.
Was it because Coffee liked having its ears pinched that she didn’t resist either? Did having her ears pinched really make her this sensitive?
“You two…” Just as Theresa was rolling her eyes in exasperation, a figure suddenly appeared in her peripheral vision. Her expression sharpened instantly.
“Shh! Stop talking.”
Bai Tang’s gaze sharpened as she followed Theresa’s line of sight. A sneaky figure emerged from the house they had been watching. The creature was carrying several large and small bundles and kept glancing around warily, looking like it was trying to flee.
“Damn it, Mr. Walter actually got killed by that human and the demon hunter working together! How could something like this happen?!”
The creature’s face was dark, and his expression was filled with lingering fear that he couldn’t shake off.
He had heard the rumors. That human girl named Bai Tang was extremely cruel and vengeful. On Undead Street, no one was more vicious than her, and no one more vicious than her was more ruthless. Anyone who had offended her usually didn’t end up well.
Although he hadn’t actively provoked her, the fact remained that he had used certain methods a while ago to summon a group of humans, eaten most of them, and sold the rest to other bizarre creatures.
If that girl named Bai Tang was someone who cherished her fellow humans, she would definitely come looking for trouble to avenge them!
“No, I have to run! At the very least, I can’t stay on Undead Street anymore!”
However, the moment he stepped out of the courtyard gate with his luggage, the cold muzzle of a flintlock was already pressed against the back of his head.
The cowardly ghost’s pupils shrank violently. All the luggage he was carrying fell to the ground. His lips trembled uncontrollably as he desperately begged for mercy.
“Don’t kill me, don’t kill me! Please, I’m willing to sacrifice everything for you!”
[Name: Harrison / Cowardly Ghost]
[Race: Flesh Bizarre]
[Level: 11 (Fierce Ghost level)]
[Alignment: Chaotic Evil]
[Introduction: A cowardly, bullying type. A common creature in the hell world. Not much else worth mentioning.]
[Additional Information 1: After hearing the recent rumors about the human girl ‘Bai Tang’ on Undead Street, he keenly sensed danger approaching and tried to slip away, only to be caught red-handed.]
Looking at the text that appeared before her, Bai Tang fell into thought. She walked around to stand in front of the cowardly ghost and carefully sized him up before narrowing her eyes.
“Judging by your luggage, you were planning to leave Undead Street? Where were you going? Don’t tell me you were trying to run away from me?”
“N-No, absolutely not! I… I have a relative—right! I received a letter from my relative yesterday…” The cowardly ghost quickly came up with a lie and even squeezed out a few tears. “He doesn’t have much time left. I’m rushing to see him one last time…”
Bai Tang was speechless. How could someone lie so poorly?
“You received a letter from your relative yesterday? Did you forget who I am?”
The cowardly ghost froze and blinked blankly.
“I’m one of the only two postmen on all of Undead Street. The other one is my teacher. All letters delivered to Undead Street have to pass through our store first. How come I don’t remember delivering any letter to you?”
The letters she hadn’t had time to deliver yet were still piled up in the drawer behind the general store counter. As for the Witch teacher delivering letters? That was impossible.
“It’s him!”
Suddenly, Jiang Yetong, who had been hiding behind them, stepped forward. Her eyes were red and tears glistened at the corners. Her gaze was filled with hatred and grief as she pointed at the cowardly ghost.
“He’s the first person we saw after we were summoned to this world! He’s the one who ate my companions and sold the ones he couldn’t eat to other bizarre creatures!”
She sounded just like a child tearfully complaining to an adult.
Bai Tang noticed that whenever the girl became extremely emotional, she would forget to add the cat-like “meow” to her speech.
“N-No, it wasn’t me! It definitely wasn’t me! You must have the wrong person!”
The cowardly ghost desperately tried to cover his face with both hands.
“Behave yourself. Did I say you could speak?” The demon hunter raised her boot and kicked the cowardly ghost hard in the rear.