Chapter 63 : Chapter 63
Chapter 63: She Has Me in Her Heart!
Lu Liangting had long felt that Bai Yu was unusual.
She was the kindest ghost he had ever seen.
But in his experience, ghosts who were this kind were usually the ones who got bullied.
That was only natural.
The kinder a ghost was, the shallower their obsession tended to be. And without a deep obsession, how could a ghost become powerful?
Such ghosts were destined to be the ones bullied by others.
On the contrary, the stronger a ghost was, the deeper their obsession tended to be. With immense resentment supporting them, how could their strength possibly be weak?
That was why Lu Liangting could not understand it.
How could a ghost so kind possess such terrifying combat power?
Her strength was almost absurd.
The ghost outside the door earlier was one he recognized. That creature had easily killed those other ghosts. Among ghosts, that level of strength was already considered high-tier.
And yet the girl in the white dress had appeared and, in such a short time, nearly beaten that ghost to death.
At most two more strikes and that ghost would have been completely finished.
But that was not the most shocking part.
The most shocking part was the time it had taken.
From the moment the red-robed ghost stopped knocking to the moment he opened the door—was it even three seconds?
Beating a red-robed Fierce Ghost into that state within three seconds was practically unheard of.
And yet despite possessing such overwhelming power, she did not go around harming people.
Instead, she went around helping others.
Take himself as an example.
How many times had it been now?
At least five times.
Every single time, she had saved him from death.
Then there was Shen Shuyun.
Shen Shuyun was clearly a good person, while the Fierce Ghost lying on the ground was a scumbag.
Shen Shuyun lacked the strength to take revenge, so the girl in the white dress helped her.
Suddenly, Lu Liangting understood why Bai Yu always wore such a cold expression.
It was probably a form of self-protection.
Only by appearing powerful and unapproachable would others avoid provoking her.
And despite having such strength, she had still died at the age of fifteen.
It was difficult to imagine what she had experienced while alive.
Just thinking about it made Lu Liangting feel sad.
Such a kind and gentle girl had to disguise herself this way.
Perhaps she also wanted to make friends but was simply too afraid?
Lu Liangting felt that he had met many people with similar personalities before.
He believed he could recognize the signs.
He chose to trust his intuition.
Forcing things would not work.
Only time could slowly help her lower her guard.
Of course, that required him to have the chance to keep encountering her.
Thinking of this, Lu Liangting spoke again.
“I really do not mean any harm to you. I only want to be your friend because I believe you are an incredibly gentle person. But if you do not want that right now, then that is fine.”
“I just hope you will believe that I am not a bad person.”
Before Bai Yu could respond, Shen Shuyun—who had been leaning against the wall and laughing until she was tired—looked over.
Her gaze toward Lu Liangting was filled with emotion.
It could only be said that newborn calves were not afraid of tigers.
Male protagonists always had this kind of personality.
If he ever learned that the gentle girl standing before him had actually killed tens of thousands of people, what kind of thoughts would he have then?
Bai Yu alone had killed more than a thousand participants in the game.
And the people she had killed the most were actually NPCs from the storyline.
But everyone knew that those NPCs were also living people.
So it was hardly surprising that Bai Yu was called the Doctor.
After all, her previous title had sounded far more terrifying than the current one.
But even so, there was someone more ruthless than her.
That person was the female protagonist—Zhao Mingyue.
Zhao Mingyue did not just say things like that.
She directly made decisions on behalf of the Doctor.
And the most surprising part was that the Doctor had actually allowed it.
Shen Shuyun wondered whether Zhao Mingyue had already been eaten by those little ghosts over at the youth center.
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At the same time — Youth Center.
Zhao Mingyue held her solid Magic Staff with both hands as she stood inside the dance studio of the youth center.
The side quest [Red Dancing Shoes] was located here.
Looking around the dance studio, Zhao Mingyue frowned.
This place had originally been an orphanage that was later turned into a school, funded by donations from charitable people.
So why would such a place have a dance studio?
The studio was located on the third floor and was about one hundred square meters in size.
“Where exactly are the red dancing shoes?”
Her flashlight swept across the room with a faint beam.
Inside the classroom there were only piles of stacked chairs, all covered with thick layers of dust.
The wall at the far end was a mirror, also covered with dust. Combined with the poor lighting, one had to stand very close to even see a vague reflection.
Her task was to find the red dancing shoes here and put them on.
But after searching the entire room, she could not find even a trace of any shoes.
She walked to the mirror and shone the flashlight onto it.
For some reason, she felt that the person in the mirror was not herself.
The face looked blurred, and the figure seemed different.
It looked like a complete stranger.
WHOOSH!
A black shadow flashed across the mirror.
Zhao Mingyue turned around abruptly.
There was nothing behind her.
“An illusion? No… something definitely came!”
She turned back toward the mirror.
The “reflection” inside had already changed.
It had become a female ghost wearing a school uniform, her face rotting and crawling with maggots.
With a savage grin, the ghost lunged out of the mirror.
Zhao Mingyue did not panic in the slightest.
She swung the solid Magic Staff in her hands and smashed it straight toward the ghost’s face.
Whether the staff could actually harm ghosts or not, Zhao Mingyue had no idea.
Her reaction had been purely instinctive.
In fact, she had already begun to regret coming here alone.
Because she had realized she possessed no reliable means of harming ghosts.
But the moment the staff struck—A mass of blood threads suddenly surged from the tip of the Magic Staff.
The blood threads exploded outward the moment they touched the ghost.
The ghost did not even have time to scream before turning into a cloud of black smoke.
Zhao Mingyue froze.
She blinked in disbelief and stared at the Magic Staff in her hand.
She knew very clearly what those blood threads were.
Then she remembered how decisively Bai Yu had left earlier.
In that instant, she understood.
Warmth filled her heart.
“So that is how much she cares about me.”
“Hehe. With Sister Yu’s treasure this time, I do not need to be afraid anymore.”
While talking to herself, she smashed the mirror in front of her with the staff.
The next moment, she froze.
Behind the mirror was a twisted, dried corpse.
And the red dancing shoes she had been searching for were on that corpse’s feet.
“A corpse hidden behind the mirror… then the girls who practiced dancing here must have been facing a corpse every day…”
Zhao Mingyue fell silent.
She began to realize that the principal of this school might not have been as kind as she once believed.
“It is fine. As long as I do not encounter living people, dealing with ghosts alone should be manageable.”
At that same moment, someone outside the youth center lifted their head and looked toward the light on the third floor.