“Thank you so much, Brother!” The Mirror Ghost thanked him again. “I thank you on behalf of my Brother.”
Qin Che waved his hand. “It was nothing, and I happened to be looking for trouble with him anyway. Do you have a way to deal with this Ghost Hand?”
“Can you give it to me?” The Mirror Ghost began to look delighted.
“You deal with it. It’s quite scary leaving it here.” Qin Che waved his hand. “And deal with this person too, while you’re at it.”
As he spoke, his gaze toward the unconscious Zhang Qiang grew colder.
Qin Che didn't care what he did, but if you want to kill me, then sorry, you must die.
The classmate bond of over two years was now as brittle as paper. Even if Zhang Qiang died in front of him now, he would only feel disgusted.
“Alright!” As he spoke, the Mirror Ghost extended his Scarlet Tongue, wrapped up the Ghost Hand along with Zhang Qiang, and swallowed them both.
The mirror suddenly bulged, and after a period of digestion, it calmed down again.
“Oh right, Brother, about my Younger sister’s matter.” The Mirror Ghost stopped offering excessive thanks and brought up his Younger sister, whom he had mentioned earlier. “She isn't here yet, but she will arrive at the Afterlife Hotel in two more days.”
“Let’s not talk about that for now.” Qin Che had no interest in the Mirror Ghost’s Younger sister. Instead, he took out that Brick from his system space. The blood on the Brick had dried, and some of it had seeped into the material. “Take a look at this thing.”
Saying this, Qin Che handed the Brick to the Mirror Ghost’s small hands.
The moment he touched the Brick, the Mirror Ghost jolted as if electrocuted. The Brick fell to the ground, and immediately the entire Cabinet began to shake: “Brother! Where did you get a Ghost Item of this caliber?”
“What’s wrong with this Brick?” Qin Che asked. The information from the system was that it was just a relatively hard Brick, with no other hints. Qin Che initially thought it was the kind from a construction site—red and breakable with a little Forceful effort.
During the confrontation with Zhang Qiang just now, Qin Che truly couldn't think of a better method, so he had to take out the Brick and smash it over, unexpectedly finding it surprisingly effective.
“I don’t know, I just feel this Brick is terrifying,” the Mirror Ghost said, trembling, seemingly not yet recovered from the shock of touching it. “The moment I touched it, I felt like I fell into an abyss, and countless Ghosts killed by this Brick were reaching out to grab me from the abyss.”
The more the Mirror Ghost spoke, the more frightened he became, and he simply closed the Cabinet door and hid inside to isolate himself.
However, Qin Che was quite Satisfied with the Mirror Ghost’s reply.
The system really wouldn't label this Brick as Purple quality for no reason; this Brick is truly valuable!
The Mirror Ghost was still isolating himself, so Qin Che didn't force him and casually tidied up his attire.
He was almost killed by Jack this time.
Qin Che finally understood that the Stewards in this Afterlife Hotel were not good people. He had naively thought Jack was better than the Stewards in other areas, but it turned out this scoundrel was also the type to play dirty tricks behind someone's back.
The information about Ms. Moxiya from before was probably fake too.
Qin Che found it strange; she was so ugly, yet she was targeted by thugs.
He just wanted Qin Che to provoke Moxiya, and then use Moxiya’s hand to kill Qin Che.
What scheming!
I need to find a way to get back at him!
……
The 2nd Floor of the Afterlife Hotel was a commercial area, naturally only open to hotel Guests.
The commercial facilities here were complete: there were Stores, a Bar, a supermarket, a Restaurant—everything one could wish for. There was even a very large bathhouse named Xiang Xin Ge.
However, Qin Che came this time to buy some medicine.
He had only just discovered that his neck was bleeding, likely from the fight with Zhang Qiang, but fortunately, it hadn't hit an artery; it was just slightly infected.
The pharmacy on the 2nd Floor was not large, just a small Shop. The entrance only allowed two or three people to enter side-by-side. Inside, there was only one counter over three meters long and a set of Cabinets, resembling an ancient pharmacy.
In the pharmacy, a young man was sweeping dust off the Shelf with a feather duster. His uniform bore the mark of the Afterlife Hotel.
“Hello, I’m here to buy medicine,” Qin Che said politely.
“What do you need?” The young man did not turn around.
“I’ll take some anti-inflammatory medicine,” Qin Che stated.
Hearing this, the young man casually took a box of medicine from the Shelf and tossed it onto the Counter: “Five hundred Ghost Yuan.”
Qin Che was stunned. It wasn't that he hadn't learned about the currency in the Thriller World; this box of medicine should cost at most 5 Ghost Yuan, yet this person demanded five hundred Ghost Yuan—a clear case of extortion.
Qin Che looked at the Shelf where the young man took the medicine from; the label on the Shelf read 2 Ghost Yuan, a markup of 250 times.
“We’re colleagues, there’s no need to be like this, right?” Qin Che’s expression turned somewhat gloomy.
“Who’s your colleague?” As he spoke, the young man turned around. Qin Che saw that his Both eyes had been gouged out; his eye sockets were pitch black, with streaks of blood running down his face from them. He was an original Employee of the hotel, not a Player.
“Twenty dollars, I’ll buy it,” Qin Che said. He didn't want conflict with this Ghost and directly named a price of twenty dollars, meaning the Ghost would earn eighteen dollars more, which was fine.
“Fine,” the Eyeless Ghost said.
Qin Che didn't think much of it. He placed one hundred Ghost Yuan on the Counter and took the anti-inflammatory medicine.
“Make change,” Qin Che said.
“What change? Isn’t one box of anti-inflammatory medicine one hundred dollars?” The Eyeless Ghost looked bewildered, as if he hadn't been the one who agreed to sell it for twenty dollars just moments ago.
“Make change!” Qin Che’s face darkened. “Where is your Store Manager?”
“I am the Store Manager,” the Eyeless Ghost sneered, glaring fiercely at Qin Che. “Are you leaving or not? If you don’t leave, you can stay here forever.”
Qin Che became somewhat annoyed, his face sinking. He was already in a bad mood, and encountering this situation, he immediately pulled out the Brick and slammed it onto the Counter.
“Make change!”
The Eyeless Ghost mocked, “Can a single Brick scare me?”
“Scare you?” Qin Che sneered, grabbing the Brick and smashing it toward the Eyeless Ghost’s head.
There was a crisp *smack*.
The Eyeless Ghost hadn't expected Qin Che to be so decisive. He couldn't dodge in time and fell to the ground with a thud.
Qin Che walked to the back area, picked up the Brick, opened the Counter drawer, and found it packed densely with money.
“You’re asking for death!”
Just as the Eyeless Ghost was about to stand up, Qin Che grabbed the Brick and slapped it against his face.
Another crisp *smack*.
After two hits with the Brick, the Eyeless Ghost stopped moving.
Qin Che squatted down, patted the Eyeless Ghost’s face, confirmed he was knocked unconscious, and suddenly spotted a bottle of disinfectant, which he also took into his hand, along with 96 dollars from the Counter.
Qin Che returned to the 13th Floor with the medicine.
But as soon as he stepped out of the Elevator, a Hair-Raising feeling instantly enveloped Qin Che’s entire body.
“What’s going on?” Qin Che frowned. He touched his chest; his heartbeat had indeed sped up considerably.
He flashed away, returned to his room, and locked the door tightly.
Inside the room, the Cabinet was shaking Violently.
Qin Che immediately realized something was wrong; even when he let the Mirror Ghost touch the Brick earlier, it hadn't shaken this intensely.
Qin Che tried to open the Cabinet to ask what was happening, but he found the door seemed welded shut; he couldn't open it no matter what.
“Player Number 0326, you have obtained a Hidden Mission Clue—it seems an unwelcome visitor has arrived on the 8th Floor. If you wish to obtain a Mysterious Reward, why not check the Public Restroom on the 8th Floor at 2:04 AM?”