This Actor Is Full Of Tricks

The black seaweed was like a steel whip, carrying the stench of water as it lashed out at Lin Jue and the store owner.

The store owner wailed as he was whipped, but he didn't suffer any real injuries. Lin Jue had been feeding him, and his strength had improved a lot.

Being beaten all the time also aroused the store owner's ferocity. Strange black characters emerged on his hands, like wriggling black worms.

With the appearance of these characters, the store owner's aura became resentful. He roared suddenly and charged towards the seaweed.

"Not bad. These strange characters seem to temporarily boost the store owner's negative emotions, increasing his strength a bit. Not bad, this bizarre ability."

Lin Jue nodded in satisfaction and rushed forward behind the store owner.

Now that the store owner was in the raincoat, he was a teammate for future battles. Lin Jue didn't want all his previous investments to be in vain because of the other party's cowardice.

This water ghost's strength was nothing to fear, somewhere between E-grade and D-grade. It could be the perfect whetstone for the store owner's courage.

"I've really had the worst luck! To run into a thing like you! I'm just an old bag of bones and I still have to fight here!" The store owner tore at the seaweed while howling miserably.

These conscience-stricken words didn't cause Lin Jue any remorse. His expression was natural: "Store owner, life never ceases, passion never ends!"

"I'm already dead! I have no life!"

"Even so, passion will continue. If we clear away the terrifying ghost stories, the whole school will thank you." Lin Jue cut off the approaching seaweed, getting closer and closer to the water ghost.

Hearing this, the store owner's expression suddenly became strange. Compared to the ghost stories, the most terrifying thing in the school should be you, the teacher!

The man and the ghost approached each other. The water ghost sensed something was wrong. Slimy muddy water oozed from its body as it jumped onto the railing, trying to return to the water.

Lin Jue rushed forward in a few steps, grabbed the other party's leg, and unleashed all his strength.

The water ghost only felt an irresistible force coming at it. The world spun, and its entire body was swung around by Lin Jue and slammed hard on the ground.

Lin Jue stepped on the other party's chest, directly collapsing it. At the same time, he raised and lowered his knife, cutting at the joints connecting the water ghost's limbs to its body, completely depriving it of its ability to resist.

The water ghost spat out black blood, its eyes filled with hatred, but beneath this hatred was a hint of fear. The last bit of reason told it that it might be finished today.

Lin Jue squatted down and slowly removed the seaweed wrapped around the water ghost's body: "Although you've violated many school rules, I'm a very kind teacher. If you answer a few questions for me, I can let you go."

The water ghost was silent, gradually stopping its struggles, with a questioning look on its face: "You... you're telling... the truth...?"

Its voice was gurgling, as if its throat was full of water.

"Of course, I've always been soft-hearted and give any student who makes a mistake a chance to correct it."

The store owner beside Lin Jue took a step back imperceptibly, looking at the water ghost with pity.

"First question, tell me how many ghost stories are in the school besides you?"

Lin Jue moved a piece of seaweed to the side and slowly opened his mouth.

He had learned about ghost stories from the male teacher before, but the other party didn't know the specific number of ghost stories, and the water ghost was one of them, so it might know.

"There... used to be many, more than forty... but in the constant fighting with this school, not many are left now."

"I don't... know exactly how many are left now. I know of seven."

According to its description, in addition to the three ghost stories mentioned by the male teacher before, there were four more.

One was itself, the shadow under the water.

The others were the stains on the hospital bed, the crying in the toilet, and don't step back.

"The stains on the hospital bed?" The store owner's body trembled. This ghost story felt so familiar.

Lin Jue learned the locations of these ghost stories from the other party, and then asked: "Second question, according to the information I have, you rushed in from outside the school. What is your purpose?"

"I don't know either..." The water ghost shook its head: "We came with the guy on the sixth floor of the dormitory. You go ask him... maybe he knows..."

This guy, is he trying to lead me to that most terrifying ghost story?

Lin Jue stared at the other party, judging the truth of this sentence.

It can't be ruled out that it's true.

Lin Jue pondered for a moment, then asked: "Third question, where do you come from?"

"We... came from a building full of despair. Most of the ghost stories are residents of that building."

From a building full of despair?

Eternal Night Building!

These ghost stories that broke into the school actually came from the Eternal Night Building, but why did the Eternal Night Building start fighting with this school?

Is it because the boss of that building and the principal of this school are enemies? But if they want to fight, then fight to the death. Why do they have to reach an agreement that students belong to the daytime and ghost stories belong to the night?

Rather than saying it's a fight, it's more like a game, using this school as a chessboard, with students, teachers, and ghost stories as chess pieces, with day and night as the boundary, and the reached agreement as the rules of the game.

Then who is the chess player behind this?

The school must not be the current principal, after all, the other party personally fought with the ghost stories. As a chess player, he should not enter the game himself.

Then, the chess player on the school's side can only be the former principal. He was the one who brought this school on the right track.

Then who is the chess player on the Eternal Night Building's side? He Wen? Or something else even more terrifying?

Thoughts kept popping up in Lin Jue's mind, and he pondered: "Does your building have managers, building managers, or boss-like characters? The kind of strongest ghost."

"A blind girl living on the top floor. Her strength is the strongest."

Is it really He Wen?

Why did that little girl start this game with the former principal? The two sides must have a feud.

Lin Jue slowly sorted out the clues in his mind. He had previously guessed that the former principal regarded this place as a breeding ground for Gu worms, and He Wen, who had a feud with him, discovered this, so she let the residents of the Eternal Night Building come in to disrupt the situation.

And He Wen has a feud with...

The New World!

Is the former principal a guy from the New World!?

Director Zheng said that the former principal was an outsider. At that time, he thought this outsider was a ghost from other areas of the mist, but he forgot that the people of the real world are also outsiders, just like himself.

It's very possible! People in the New World already control the eerie. That former principal might want to cultivate the strongest Gu King in this school through the method of raising Gu.

But, it's still a bit difficult to explain.

Because there are living people.

Since it is to cultivate the strongest ghost, why leave living people? Just let the ghosts fight each other, and also establish school rules to restrain the killings.

The group of people in the New World are not such soft-hearted guys.

Also, He Wen was killed by the New World. The hatred between the two sides has reached the point of being irreconcilable. Once they meet, they will definitely fight to the death. Why are they doing nothing here and "playing chess"?

All the speculations stopped here, there must be deeper reasons behind this.

More information should be obtained from other ghost stories.

If the former principal is really a person from the New World, then Lin Jue is not in the mood to play chess leisurely here. As soon as the script ends, he will burn the entire chessboard!