Chapter 106: The Man in the Portrait
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Stretch suddenly shouted a warning, prompting the duo to instantly turn their attention outside.
As they looked out, they observed that the skies were gradually becoming dark once again. Although the descent into darkness wasn’t as rapid as they had previously witnessed, they estimated that within the next ten minutes, the village would be engulfed in total darkness.
Frank, who often wore an expression of indifference, now had an earnest look on his face. “The ghost is approaching. Every time I make my presence known, it emerges. This has been the pattern for as long as I can remember. In order to protect the coffin, I even made the entire ancestral hall vanish.”
Listening intently, Miles questioned, “Considering that, why wouldn’t you continue to hide? Why make yourself visible again?”
Frank replied, deep in thought, “Constantly hiding is not a solution. The coffin, this village, myself, and that haunting ghost are all interconnected in a complex manner. This supernatural coffin has always ensured a delicate balance between all of us. If the balance remains, everything is fine. But the ghost you mistakenly freed has caused an upset in this balance, compelling me to show myself.”
Frank’s tone grew more somber, “I’m now cornered. I either trap this ghost, or we all face certain death here.”
Miles’s brows furrowed as he considered this new information. Could the headless ghost be the reason Frank was forced out?
It made sense.