Ghost Matchmaking: Ghost Emperor Husband and Campus Queen Wife

"Field Mouse."

"A woman who appears to be in her early twenties."

"Cunning by nature, with strong concealment abilities and first-class escape speed. She once escaped from dozens of factory employees, taunting them as she left that not even the president could catch her."

"Possesses the Ghost Skill Bewitching Array, making it difficult for even aberrations with special tracking abilities to pursue her."

"The employees who tried to capture her later commented through gritted teeth that this Field Mouse burrows everywhere, making her extremely troublesome."

’The factory’s upper management was furious about this and has repeatedly increased the contribution points for her capture... If I complete this mission, it would be enough to get promoted to a 6-star manager.’

Yun Zhenyue murmured to herself, holding the file on the so-called "Field Mouse."

Xiao Ba, Xiao Jiu, and Li Ruxue followed behind her.

The group had just stepped out of the factory’s main gate.

The mission duration was three days.

When the time was up, they had to return to the factory, whether the mission was complete or not.

Otherwise, they would all be punished for desertion.

Furthermore, as the team’s captain, Yun Zhenyue would be held responsible for dereliction of duty if any team member went missing.

After all,

the factory typically only trusted those with high loyalty to lead teams on outside missions.

There was, after all, no small number of employees who wanted to desert the factory.

Yun Zhenyue handed the file back to Xiao Jiu.

She looked around.

The area outside the factory gate was utterly desolate. A few sparse trees grew on the yellow earth, and there wasn’t a single dungeon nearby. Forget aberrations; you couldn’t even see a cat or a dog.

It was obvious.

All aberrations within a ten-mile, or even hundred-mile, radius were steering clear of this factory.

It was like forced conscription; any that came within sight were dragged away. Who would dare stick around?

"That ’Field Mouse’ usually distributes the supplies she steals to the aberrations in the SS-rank dungeon, Desperate Street."

"I hear she came from that street, too."

Xiao Jiu rubbed her chin.

She spoke with the calm seriousness of a famous detective.

"Why don’t we go straight to the street and corner her?"

"Or we could disguise ourselves as aberrations at the end of our rope and lie in wait for her?"

Xiao Ba sighed at her words. "Sister, with your intellect, you really shouldn’t pretend to be a great detective."

"What do you mean, pretend? I... I’ve learned a lot during these last few missions!" Xiao Jiu said, her cheeks flushing with indignation.

"Because both of those plans are terrible."

Xiao Ba clutched her small axe, a look of helplessness on her face.

"Go and corner her?"

"That ’Field Mouse’ is a master of escape. We’d never catch her, and we’d just tip her off."

"As for pretending to be aberrations in need of rescue, while it’s true ’Field Mouse’ gives supplies to poor aberrations, she always observes them for several days first. We only have three days, which isn’t nearly enough time."

Xiao Jiu scratched her head after hearing all that.

’I guess that makes sense~’

"Then what do you think we should do? We can’t just give up right after we started."

A cold glint appeared in Li Ruxue’s eyes as she heard this, and she took the initiative to propose, "Why don’t we capture a few aberrations from Desperate Street and use them to threaten ’Field Mouse’? If she doesn’t show up, we kill them."

"Or we could just start killing the moment we enter Desperate Street. We’ll force her out sooner or later..."

Xiao Jiu was stunned.

She never imagined this sister could be so vicious!

This went far beyond her idea of a "super villain"!

It was enough to shatter her entire worldview!

Seeing Xiao Jiu at a loss,

Yun Zhenyue immediately made her decision.

’Whichever plan has the lowest chance of success, that’s the one we’ll use!’

It wasn’t like she actually wanted to catch Field Mouse.

"We’ll do as Xiao Jiu says."

"We’ll go straight to the street and corner her."

"We can’t bring shame to the Ghost Lord."

"Besides, we must be villains who are open and aboveboard. Why resort to such underhanded tricks?"

"I’m confident that with your skills, you’ll definitely be able to catch her!"

Xiao Jiu was delighted, pumping her small fist in the air.

"Yay!"

"I knew pretty sister would understand me best."

"Xiao Jiu, you can just call me ’sister’ or use my name. This ’pretty sister’ thing is a bit..."

Yun Zhenyue trailed off, hesitant.

"But I think you’re really pretty, sister!" Xiao Jiu said, blinking her eyes.

Seeing that she couldn’t convince Xiao Jiu,

Yun Zhenyue didn’t press the matter.

"Suit yourself."

"..."

Li Ruxue’s brow furrowed tightly.

’She mentally calculated the probability of success for this plan. It was less than 10%!’

According to the file,

it wasn’t as if other employees hadn’t tried this before.

However confident they were when they left, that’s how pathetic they looked when they returned.

Even a little bit of disguise!

That would be better than foolishly going over there to ambush someone.

"The chance of success is too low this way," Li Ruxue couldn’t help but say.

"I think it’s fine. She’s just a minor traitor, why go to all the trouble?"

Yun Zhenyue said, deliberately acting like a brainless villain.

"Exactly, exactly!" Xiao Jiu was the first to jump in and show her support.

Xiao Ba was a little confused.

But she also trusted Yun Zhenyue completely.

Li Ruxue slowly closed her mouth.

’That feeling in her heart grew stronger. They were not on the same path.’

But right now, Yun Zhenyue was her captain.

Her life rested on Yun Zhenyue’s whims.

Li Ruxue didn’t argue, but she silently came to a decision. Her loyalty to the Ghost Lord made it impossible for her to understand Yun Zhenyue. No matter how innocent that Field Mouse might seem, she was, after all, a traitor to the factory.

And traitors had to be captured!

’If Yun Zhenyue really does let that traitor go on purpose,’

’I will definitely report her.’

’For now, I’ll just keep observing.’

And so,

the four of them headed straight for Desperate Street.

They made no attempt at disguise.

Along the way, Xiao Jiu and Xiao Ba acted as if they were on a spring field trip.

They skipped and bounced along, their spirits high.

They even laughed and chatted with Yun Zhenyue from time to time.

How did they look at all like villains on their way to capture someone?

...

「At this moment.」

The Dragon Country audience understood.

[Yun Zhenyue is deliberately causing trouble, but isn’t it a bit too obvious?]

[She’s the captain, and the two little girls trust her completely. It’s just that Li Ruxue... she seems like a handful.]

[Then she should just get rid of Li Ruxue. Why keep her around?]

[Getting rid of her would make her intentions even more obvious. By keeping Li Ruxue, she has someone to blame. Besides, Yun Zhenyue is 5-star; doesn’t she have the final say on the mission anyway?]

[That seems to make sense. That poor kid is actually the most loyal to the Ghost Lord in the group.]

[She’s loyal to an imaginary Ghost Lord. It’s not like Gu Yuan has acknowledged her.]

...

「Meanwhile.」

「Wailing Street.」

A swift figure darted through the dark street, her steps as light as an arrow.

The night shrouded her silhouette in a mysterious light.

As she leaped into a narrow alley,

the girl’s delicate face was faintly visible beneath her black cloak.

Her pupils reflected a rodent-like, eerie light.

Field Mouse carried a cloth sack in her hand.

It was filled with all sorts of things stolen from Purgatory Factory employees.

There were Ghost Artifacts that could heal wounds, some relatively clean food,

and small toys for the children...

She was just like a chivalrous thief.

But what was somewhat pitiable was that,

the pinky finger on the girl’s right hand was only half there.

It had been severed by a machine while she was working in the factory workshop.

From that day on,

Field Mouse was determined to betray the factory.