My Iyashikei Game-Novel

Chapter 196: 196

Ma Bo lost control of his body and fell to the ground. Instead of bleeding blood, the wounds on his body started to pour out paper shreds. The boy was flustered. In his panic, he turned to look at his father for guidance. However, when he turned his neck around, he felt a chill coming from his chest and a cold wind that blew through the hollow of his chest. Ma Manjiang chomped on the heart that was formed from resentment and Yin energy. The boy watched helplessly as his own father ate up his heart and then dropped his body like yesterday’s papers.

“Ah, ah…” His voice failed him then. The last shred of his energy was stolen away. Ma Bo was unable to resist the paper doll’s attacks anymore. Once he opened his mouth, paper would fly out. As he was swamped by paper both inside and out, Ma Bo’s eyes were filled with disbelief.

By feeding on his own son’s heart, Ma Manjiang managed to recover somewhat. However, he was still a wounded Lingering Spirit. It was impossible for him to escape on his own. He wanted to latch onto the other outsiders but the outsiders had just witnessed Ma Manjiang literally had just eaten his own son to survive. Now even the outsiders became guarded around Ma Manjiang. In the end, Ma Manjiang abandoned the hope of getting help from the outsiders. Instead he turned his attention onto Huang Yin. Of everyone present, Huang Yin looked the weakest. Ma Manjiang aimed to take over Huang Yin’s soul and that way, he would be reborn in a new body.

Being chased by 2 crazed men, Huang Yin was about to lose his breath. Now to make matters worse, Ma Manjiang’s bloody face pounced at him. Huang Yin was running too fast to stop. He was practically careening into Ma Manjiang. Huang Yin would never forget that face in his life. He summoned his body to stop but his legs refused to answer.

Humanity’s deepest sin shone in Ma Manjiang’s eyes. Pieces of his son’s black heart lingered in his mouth, broken wounds popped on his face. Ma Manjiang unhinged his jaw and prepared to swallow Huang Yin’s soul whole. Horrible smell of decomposition gushed out from the mouth. Huang Yin watched as the dark maw yawned before his eyes!

Suddenly, a side hook slammed into Ma Manjiang’s face. The furious fist almost shattered the man’s cheekbones.

“Hide behind me!” Han Fei nudged Huang Yin to the side. His bloodshot eyes glared as a ghastly face slowly surfaced on his back. The power of the ghost tattoo had been activated. Han Fei launched himself at Ma Manjiang without hesitation. After being forced to commit suicide for so many times, Han Fei aimed to deliver the same amount of despair back onto Ma Manjiang.

Han Fei grabbed Ma Manjiang by his left arm. More and more spirits surrounded the scene. Layers upon layers, everyone whom Ma Manjiang had hurt arrived to deliver judgement. Chuxia, Zhang Guanxing, Jin Sheng’s class teacher, the hostel manager and the other spirits at the school. The horrible screams echoed around the school. The spirits tore out the hatred that was pierced through their hearts and jammed it back onto the person who put it there. At Yi Ming Private Academy, the ghosts were crying for vengeance.

Han Fei kept a close eye on Ma Manjiang to prevent the man from dying. At one point where the situation got real dire, Han Fei even had Xu Qin’s pet feed the man some Yin energy. Han Fei felt no pity or charity towards Ma Manjiang after knowing what he had done. But the scenes that unfolded before Huang Yin almost scared the man to death. After the spirits had their go, Ma Manjiang only had his head left, just like Jin Sheng in the manager mission.

“Remember you told me that you wouldn’t let me die so easily? Well, now, I extend the same promise to you.” Han Fei grabbed Ma Manjiang and came to the second floor infirmary. He knew Jin Sheng was in an unstable state, but Han Fei could not wait for Jin Sheng to see this. He opened the cupboard but Jin Sheng was not inside. However, the words on the walls wiggled. They seemed to arrange themselves into tales of despair.

“Jin Sheng, I’ve brought a present for you.” The weak Ma Manjiang struggled the best he could. He wanted to escape, he knew what would happen to him once he was delivered to Jin Sheng. After Han Fei said that, the words inside the cupboard walls started to bleed. They then emitted a strong suction power to pull Ma Manjiang’s head into the cupboard. The tales of despair crawled around Ma Manjiang’s head like ants. The bloody words imprinted themselves on his face. The symbols and words crawled into his mind. Ma Manjiang screamed the loudest he ever had. But no matter how badly he pleaded for mercy, nothing changed. Eventually the cupboard doors slowly closed. When it did, Han Fei received the system notification in his mind. “Notification for Player 0000! Friendliness level with Jin Sheng increases by 20!”

When the doors fully closed, Ma Manjiang’s wails died away. To be honest, Han Fei still had some questions for Ma Manjiang but it shouldn’t matter. Jin Sheng wouldn’t let Ma Manjiang die so easily so he’d have more chances in the future. When dealing with a cunning criminal like Ma Manjiang, only by having him experience true pain that he would learn to be honest. Staring at the cupboard, Han Fei decided to take a break when he remembered Brother Huang was still downstairs. “How could I forget about my life savior? That is not the way to treat my guest.”

Han Fei hurried out and once he entered the stairwell, he was greeted by a warm scenario. Ol’ Lee, who was covered in ghosts, sat beside Huang Yin on the steps. The old gentleman tapped Huang Yin consolingly on his shoulders. “Young man, I can see that you carry a lot of pressure on your shoulders. And it might be hard for you to breathe at times. Perhaps you have a family to look after and you can’t afford to show any signs of weakness. I understand that. An old coot like myself might not look like much now but I can empathize with your situation. There is no need to hide or feel embarrassed. We men have feelings too.” Some of the ghosts on Ol’ Lee’s body leaned over to curl around Huang Yin’s neck. The grotesque creatures poked and touched the frozen Huang Yin. They examined Huang Yin with open curiosity. “Everything will pass. Come, let it all out. Stay strong  and don’t let those things crush you.”

“Brother Huang! Ol’ Lee!” Han Fei hurried over. He very politely nudged into the space between the two men and turned to Huang Yin, “Brother Huang, are you alright?”

Waving his arms, Huang Yin cried chokingly, “I, I, I can’t exit the game. Where am i…”

“Brother Huang, I really need to thank you this time. I will answer any question that you have.”

“I don’t have any questions, I just want to go home.” Huang Yin hugged Han Fei’s arm as he stood up unsteadily. When he saw Ol’ Lee walk over to try to help him, tears poured out from his eyes. “Brother, if you still view me as a friend, please let me go.”

Seeing the tears, Ol’ Lee took out a handkerchief covered with blood and hair from his pocket. This was a gesture of good faith but Huang Yin couldn’t stomach it anymore.

“Okay, I’ll go find you after we get offline. I promise to explain everything then.” Han Fei supported Huang Yin as they headed towards the bathroom. When no one was around, Han Fei used the Resurrection talent. “Brother Huang, please don’t tell anyone about things that happened here and remember to look after yourself.”