Chapter 19: Ghost

The bus drove smoothly, and at the same time, the sun was also setting, and the golden glow reflecting off the surfaces of the skyscrapers, illuminated by the setting sun, gradually faded.

“Ji Yang Station has arrived. Passengers getting off, please take your belongings and exit through the back door.” The electronic announcement system suddenly chimed.

At this stop, the bus suddenly became much more crowded; not only were all the seats taken, but there were also five or six people standing.

After the bus had driven for another three minutes, the Fire Fang Dog unexpectedly turned its head and barked at a passenger next to it.

Sitting next to Qiao Sang was a female student wearing the Hang Gang No. 37 Beast Taming High School uniform, who had boarded the bus at the same stop as Qiao Sang.

The female student glanced at the Fire Fang Dog and said nothing, merely shifting herself to the side.

Qiao Sang turned the Fire Fang Dog towards her and asked, “What’s wrong with you?”

The Fire Fang Dog looked at the female student.

“Ya?”

It tilted its head, seemingly just as confused.

“You’ll scare people like this, you know?” Qiao Sang said, stroking the Fire Fang Dog’s head.

“Ya.”

The Fire Fang Dog responded promptly and turned to look out the window, resuming its enjoyment of the scenery.

Seeing this, the female student smiled kindly at Qiao Sang and said, “I’m fine.”

Qiao Sang glanced at the extra ten-plus centimeters of distance between them, which was more than before, and was about to say something.

At this moment, the Fire Fang Dog turned around again, baring its fangs towards the female student, looking fierce.

The female student was startled and instinctively tried to get up.

“Can you put this Fire Fang Dog away? Are you responsible if it scares someone?” A male voice spoke, displeased.

The person speaking was standing next to the female student.

Qiao Sang looked over; it was a Square-Faced Man wearing a gray vest.

“That’s right, this Fire Fang Dog clearly hasn’t been properly tamed yet,” the aunt in the next seat immediately added.

“There are people on this whole bus; hurry up and put it away,” another voice chimed in.

The female student, hearing everyone say this, also looked at Qiao Sang expectantly, hoping she would put the Fire Fang Dog away.

Qiao Sang frowned and ignored them.

It is common for a Yu Beast Master to carry a Pet with them; there is no problem with that.

Pets acting independently is also a common occurrence.

These people were just looking at her because she was young; if it were someone a little older, they would never have made such a suggestion.

However, this situation with the Fire Fang Dog on the bus was truly a first…

“What’s wrong with you?” Qiao Sang asked, turning the Fire Fang Dog to face her.

“Ya.”

The Fire Fang Dog turned its head away haughtily, choosing not to look at Qiao Sang.

It had heard what the people around it were saying and thought its Yu Beast Master was also going to scold it.

“Fire Fang Dog.” Qiao Sang turned its head, holding it with both hands so it had no choice but to look at her.

The Fire Fang Dog’s wet eyes were both stubborn and wronged.

Qiao Sang stared into its eyes and said seriously, word by word, “I trust you, and you must trust me too. If anything is wrong, you can tell me. You know I understand what you mean.”

Upon hearing its Yu Beast Master’s words, the Fire Fang Dog instantly became excited.

“Ya ya Ya!”

“Ya, ya.”

“Ya ya ya ya, Ya!”

The Fire Fang Dog spoke while gesturing with its small paws.

Qiao Sang confirmed with it, “You’re saying something suddenly appeared on her and then suddenly disappeared?”

“Ya!”

The Fire Fang Dog nodded vigorously.

“Did that thing suddenly appearing scare you?” Qiao Sang stroked the Fire Fang Dog’s head.

“Ya.” The Fire Fang Dog buried its head against Qiao Sang, whimpering plaintively.

The female student sat nearby, watching their interaction,愣 for a long time.

Was the Fire Fang Dog originally this kind of personality…?

It’s quite cute…

Maybe for her second contract slot, she should also try contracting a Fire-type Pet…

“It’s okay, it’s okay.” After comforting it, Qiao Sang turned to the female student and said, “You heard everything just now.”

The female student came back to her senses and asked uncertainly, “Are you saying something suddenly appeared on me?”

Qiao Sang nodded.

“But…” The female student hadn’t finished speaking when a voice directly interrupted her.

“Don’t listen to her talking nonsense; she just doesn’t want to put her Fire Fang Dog away and is making excuses. I’m warning you, quickly put that Fire Fang Dog away, or if someone gets hurt, you’ll see how I deal with you!” The Square-Faced Man standing next to the female student said fiercely.

“That’s right, hurry up and put it away. It’ll be too late if someone gets hurt,” the aunt in the next seat echoed.

“Put it away; everyone is uneasy,” another person said.

“I don’t think this girl looks like she’s lying. Maybe it’s some Ghost-type wild extraordinary creature on this bus,” a different voice suddenly appeared.

The noisy sounds on the bus instantly quieted down.

Of all extraordinary creatures, the most bizarre are the Ghost-type ones; any supernatural event becomes reasonable as long as it involves a Ghost-type extraordinary creature.

Things like objects inexplicably disappearing, or rooms suddenly losing power and getting cold, are minor issues.

Ghost-type extraordinary creatures are unpredictable in their movements and have strange temperaments.

For example, the Spirit Attacher.

It likes to possess different people, and the possessed person still has consciousness but cannot control their own body, only watching helplessly as their body does all sorts of bizarre things.

Long jumping, dancing, and diving are fine, but encountering a Spirit Attacher that likes to streaking is truly a lifetime of bad luck.

Among them, the people at the Police Station are the ones who both love and hate the Spirit Attacher.

The Spirit Attacher not only possesses living people but also loves to possess dead people. Two years ago, unidentified corpses would appear out of nowhere every now and then at the entrance of the Guang City Police Station.

Upon identification, there were bodies that had been dead for a day, a year, ten years, and one of them was even Lu Baiqian, the campus belle from a widely publicized missing person’s case three years ago.

The police checked the surveillance and saw that it was the Spirit Attacher manipulating the corpse to come to the Police Station entrance.

They didn’t know at first, but later, when the Spirit Attacher floated out of the corpse and its own short, stocky figure appeared, they realized it was him.

As for love, of course, they love that the Spirit Attacher can inexplicably help the police find bodies they couldn’t find.

As for hate, those bodies that had been dead for only a day or two would also be possessed and brought over by it. Isn’t this purely destroying the primary crime scene of a murder case?

There is also the Ghost Absorption Lamp, which appears near lost people and guides them in the correct direction, but it requires absorbing a certain amount of their vital essence as an exchange.

It sounds like it’s a Ghost-type extraordinary creature that understands exchange, but that’s not true.

A while ago, a woman in Nankou City came out of a bar late at night and waited by the roadside after calling a taxi. Perhaps she was swaying as she walked or her eyes were hazy from drinking.

The Ghost Absorption Lamp thus determined she was lost…

Before the taxi even arrived, it forcibly took her home and absorbed her vital essence, making the woman think she had been drained by someone when she woke up the next day and looked in the mirror.

The various deeds of Ghost-type extraordinary creatures are simply too numerous to recount.

It’s fine if you only encounter ones that like to play pranks, but if you encounter an evil wild Ghost-type extraordinary creature, you wouldn’t even know how you died.

Suddenly, everyone on bus number 66 felt uneasy and in danger.