Qin Che waited in the Bathroom, thoroughly washing his face and organizing his thoughts for the upcoming verbal confrontation.
But his heart was still extremely uneasy. He Lulu had previously mentioned that Zhang Qiang's temperament changed drastically after becoming a Ghost Controller, but fortunately, Jack provided timely help by informing Qin Che that he was currently very weak. Otherwise, once Zhang Qiang and that ghost had fully merged, the situation afterward would be unpredictable.
It wasn't long before Zhang Qiang arrived. Qin Che looked at his somewhat arrogant appearance, his feelings complicated.
"Oh, you washed off all the filth on your face?" Zhang Qiang's first words upon arrival were this.
Qin Che said helplessly, "Why would you think the stuff on my face is filth? Putting that aside, I looked for you this time to talk about the matters between us."
Zhang Qiang laughed, his mouth stretched wide, seemingly recalling something happy. "You're scared now? What were you doing before?"
"It's not really a matter of being scared," Qin Che stated. "I've thought about it for a long time. This ghost is an opportunity for you, and there's no deep hatred between us, so there's no need for me to ruin your future."
Zhang Qiang let out a dry laugh. "What did you say?"
"You need to think clearly. Without this ghost, you'll lose an arm. What will you do afterward? Let's not even discuss entering the Thriller World; you'll face many difficulties in real life too," Qin Che persuaded. "I also know that you just merged with this ghost and haven't fully integrated yet, so you are currently weak."
"Who the hell told you I'm weak now?" Zhang Qiang looked at Qin Che as if he were an idiot. "Are you having some Brain issues? They didn't teach you this way in school either. It seems that meal you had before was purely dog-shit luck."
"Why waste words with him? Hurry up and eat him," Zhang Qiang's right hand suddenly spoke.
"What?" Qin Che was stunned.
"Sorry." Zhang Qiang spread his hands. "He wants to eat you. I can't help it. I would have let you go."
"Wait, wait, wait!" Qin Che quickly said, "Eating people? Your ghost? So He Chao, Jin Yan, and the others weren't killed by the Restaurant Steward?"
Zhang Qiang didn't speak. His right hand instantly elongated, grabbed Qin Che's neck, lifted him off the ground, and violently slammed him against the Bathroom wall.
With a bang, the expensive tiles on the wall shattered. Qin Che grimaced in pain, touched the back of his head, and his hand came away covered in blood.
Damn it!
That bastard Jack set me up!
Before Qin Che could get up, that hand reached out again, firmly gripping Qin Che's neck, and dragged him in front of Zhang Qiang.
"Weren't you considering my future?" Zhang Qiang said expressionlessly. "Perfect. If you let my ghost eat you, I can get a bit stronger. That counts as doing me a huge favor."
Qin Che couldn't breathe, his face turning liver-colored. "You... you... killed... He Chao and the others..."
"I killed them," Zhang Qiang admitted. "Instead of being killed by the Steward for failing to meet the Points requirement, it's better to benefit me. We're classmates, after all. Don't worry, I'll remember you all."
As he spoke, Zhang Qiang's right hand began to swell rapidly, instantly becoming thicker than Qin Che himself, like a giant python, covered in protruding flesh tumors, making Qin Che's scalp tingle.
Immediately after, a massive mouth opened towards Qin Che.
"You bastard!" Qin Che roared. A silver-white mirror appeared in his hand, aimed at the monster on Zhang Qiang's right hand. That mouth stopped abruptly in mid-air; no matter how much force it exerted, it couldn't move an inch.
God-Conquering Mirror, capable of Sealing a Ghost Item for three seconds!
Immediately after, a gray Brick appeared in Qin Che's other hand. Qin Che used all his strength and smashed it fiercely toward the monster.
"Awooo—"
Zhang Qiang cried out in pain, and the ghost also let out a miserable shriek. It was blasted backward as if hit by a cannonball, and then its entire arm began to twitch. The hand tightly gripping Qin Che also loosened at that moment.
"Cough, cough, cough, cough—" Qin Che coughed violently. He knelt on the ground, struggling to raise his head, his vision already becoming blurry.
Zhang Qiang was twitching as if electrocuted, his body contorted like a walking corpse.
"Eat him! Eat him!" the Ghost Hand shouted wildly, but found it had no control whatsoever.
Qin Che finally recovered, his expression extremely grim. He picked up the Brick from the ground and walked toward Zhang Qiang step by step.
After two steps, it turned into a run.
Qin Che lunged at Zhang Qiang, pinned him to the ground, grabbed the Brick, and smashed it toward his right hand, targeting the flesh tumors repeatedly.
The sound of smacking echoed, and flesh and blood immediately splattered. The arm that had been like a giant python had now shrunk to the size of a swollen normal Human arm.
Next, Qin Che stood up, stepped on Zhang Qiang's chest, tightly gripped that swollen right hand covered in the spots of dead people, and then yanked hard with all his might.
With a *poof*, the arm was torn off by Qin Che and casually tossed aside. The hand, separated from Zhang Qiang, struggled and rolled like an earthworm, finally becoming still after a few seconds.
Qin Che gasped for air, reached out to wipe the blood from his face, and then looked at Zhang Qiang.
"My ghost! My ghost!"
Zhang Qiang struggled to crawl toward the lifeless arm, but Qin Che stepped on his back with his foot.
Zhang Qiang struggled like a toad that had lost one of its front legs.
"Qin Che! You bastard!"
"Give me back my ghost! Give me back my ghost!" Zhang Qiang broke down, tearing at Qin Che's pants with his left hand, and desperately turned his head to look at Qin Che. "I will kill you! I will definitely kill you!"
Qin Che, with his eyes half-open, squatted down, picked up the Brick, and swung it toward Zhang Qiang's head.
*Smack*.
Zhang Qiang fell to the ground in response, making no further sound.
After finishing everything, Qin Che finally collapsed from exhaustion. He staggered back a Few Steps until he hit the wall, then slumped onto the ground, raising his hand to look at the blood-soaked Brick, and pulled at the corner of his mouth:
"It really has to be a Brick."
After a short Rest, Qin Che pushed himself up using one hand on the ground. He put the God-Conquering Mirror and the Brick back into the system, tidied up the messy Bathroom, and washed the blood off himself.
As for Zhang Qiang... Qin Che simply picked up the dead ghost hand, walked over to him, grabbed his left hand, and dragged him out of the Bathroom.
Next to the Bathroom was the Employee Elevator, which saved Qin Che a lot of effort.
Qin Che looked around after leaving the Bathroom, and seeing no one nearby, dragged Zhang Qiang into the Employee Elevator.
Returning to the 13th Floor, Qin Che finally relaxed completely and dragged him into his room.
Seeing Qin Che return, the Cabinet automatically opened, and the mirror on the door revealed that large mouth.
"Holy crap, you're awesome, big bro! Is that Zhang Qiang?"
The Mirror Ghost was somewhat excited, causing the Cabinet to shake gently.
"It's him. I have a question for you, can you really eat people?" Qin Che asked.
"Eat people?" The Mirror Ghost was startled. "I haven't even eaten a person's finger."
"Didn't you say you were going to bite off my head? How have you never eaten a person's finger?" Qin Che said in a deep voice.
"Uh... I was just trying to scare you, big bro, since you're new. But for such a big person, I need to see if I can eat him." As he spoke, a Scarlet Tongue stretched out from the large mouth, directly probing into Zhang Qiang's mouth. After some stirring, the Mirror Ghost retracted the Tongue.
"He's edible! By the way, big bro, did you grab his hair and smash his head against the wall? Like this..." The Mirror Ghost waved its small hands, looking extremely excited.
"No," Qin Che said. "I used a Brick."
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