Aoba Office

As Ye Zhengyi created, I heard the gurgling sound of the river, the sound of blood flowing, the cry of a woman, and the wailing of a man.

Those voices came from the distant void, disappearing and appearing around me.

The thin man moved his body uneasily, as if he was not used to the current situation.

I was calm, and I was concentrating on viewing Ye Zhengyi's paintings.

Deep and light red colors fill the screen.

Gradually, the sound of running water and a woman's singing replaced other sounds. These two sounds were the only ones around.

The river in the painting was fully formed, and I saw female ghosts like schools of fish in the water waves. The picture is so clear, even their faces with their skin removed are clearly shown on the drawing paper. The drawing paper is like a theater screen, you can see different levels near and far.

The whole painting suddenly started to move. The female ghosts and the river were no longer fixed on the painting paper, but started to swim. The center of the picture is also moving. It was originally focused on a section of the river, and female ghosts can be seen swimming by in groups. After a while, this perspective began to move, as if the scene captured by the camera followed the camera to other parts of the river.

I am not very familiar with rivers at home and abroad. What Ye Zhengyi drew was only the river, and there were no river banks or landmark buildings near the river.

I only saw that the picture focused on the female ghost.

They never seem to feel tired, their singing never stops, and their swimming movements never stop.

Ye Zhengyi had already raised his wrist and put away the pen.

With a start, I came out of the picture and turned to look at the thin man who was still in a state of confusion.

I immediately reminded the thin man.

The thin man is also a person who reacts very quickly. He immediately focused his attention and his expression became extremely serious.

A few minutes later, I heard the sound of rushing water.

The picture has undergone new changes.

The female ghosts twisted around and changed the direction of their swimming. They swam out of the drawing paper and disappeared from the edge of the drawing paper.

The female ghost figure that was always present in the picture disappeared in an instant.

The scene is empty except for water waves.

The sound of water continued, but the female ghost's singing disappeared, and the sound of water became monotonous. It was the most regular sound of water flow in nature.

Ye Zhengyi picked up the painting and handed it to me casually, but looked at the thin man.

"Not bad. Quite capable." Ye Zhengyi commented, "You probably weren't specially trained by Liu Che, right? Are you a natural?"

The thin man didn't answer.

Most of the skinny man's abilities are probably innate. Among the acquired factors, the most critical one is his ex-girlfriend Qi Bai. The Lina incident we experienced before also gave thin people the most important opportunity to exercise.

Of the five of us, I am of course the most "miserable", and the rest are the thin ones.

Chen Xiaoqiu, Guo Yujie and Fatty all have special abilities. It's hard to imagine how to train their abilities.

However, Chen Xiaoqiu is a person who died once, and her body has become a container for spirits. Her abilities should have been strengthened in some way. But now that the underworld is gone, it's hard to say what she can do as a former ghost.

Overall, none of the four of them have the ability to protect themselves. Probably, only the fat man's girlfriend Xue Jingyue has practical abilities and can guide her to avoid some dangers.

When I thought of this, a shadow fell over my heart.

Ever since I encountered the paranormal incident, I have been worried about my family and friends.

They are my concern and my motivation. But I know very well that with my ability, it is difficult to protect them in this deteriorating world. Even if I die, become a ghost, or become the king of ghosts, I may not be able to do everything right.

Cheng Jiu is a lesson learned from the past. The Toy Ghost King is also a lesson learned from the past.

I have killed several ghost kings myself, and I have also seen scenes of monsters raging in the future world.

The plan proposed by Ye Qing is my only choice.

Ye Zhengyi and I actually have similar positions. He met Liu Che and I met Ye Qing. After that, we had no extra choice.

The little back and forth, the little struggle and entanglement in the middle are really insignificant.

Ye Zhengyi's mood had calmed down. He drew the female ghost as I said. After praising the thin man, he asked me, "Is it okay now? I have no other use to you."

I didn't answer.

Ye Zhengyi continued: "No matter what, I will cooperate with you and deal with the Ghost King according to your wishes. I have a few small requests, do you mind?"

"what do you want?"

"Of course it's the plan I originally proposed." Ye Zhengyi replied.

I was startled, "Do you want to restore the spirit of the spell?" I asked, and my eyes moved to Ye Zhengyi's self-portrait.

Ye Zhengyi said calmly: "You don't have to use my painting. Your friend has good abilities, so there is no need for the magic spirit to choose me. You should be able to think of a more suitable option, right?"

The last question he asked was the thin man.

The thin man should have guessed what happened just by listening to the conversation between us. Ye Zhengyi asked, and he showed hesitation.

The difficulty in this matter is that we have to control the magic spirit.

I was originally opposed to letting Ye Zhengyi be a magic spirit, but I don't agree with it now. It's one thing to feel sympathy for Ye Zhengyi. It's another thing to completely believe in Ye Zhengyi and believe that after he becomes a magic spirit, he will only be a "mascot" and not use his own power to do anything. Something happened. I don't believe the latter now.

After some thought, the thin man said with a headache: "How to choose this object? It has to be something typical, right? A Western crystal ball, a magic book, a cursed doll... If there are both Eastern and Western, curses Dolls... There are many types of them, the most famous ones are puppets, rag dolls... and paper figures... This kind of thing is not good, right? Other things... Talismans? Can the West also accept this? But I don't understand talismans at all. There is no suitable one..."

The thin man spoke his mind and could not make a decision.

At this time I also realized another difficulty in this matter.

I looked at Ye Zhengyi.

"Originally, with my paintings, I could of course use my own ability and will to provide some guidance. Now..." Ye Zhengyi raised the corner of his mouth, showing an expression of watching a good show.

"There's no such thing, is that okay?" the thin man said angrily.

"Then do me a favor. I need something that can protect me." Ye Zheng gave in generously, "Well, two are enough. One for Xu Tiancheng and one for Yao Nie's ex-wife. This request is not acceptable. Isn’t that too much?”

The thin man looked at me.

This is not too much to ask for.

I have no prejudice against Xu Tiancheng and Yao Nie. They might have helped with the acting when Ye Zhengyi was lying, but I don't want to care about this kind of thing anymore.

I was still concerned about the taboo issue, but I didn't know how to start the investigation, let alone how to get Ye Zhengyi to reveal the specific content of the taboo.

The thin man fell into thinking again, and this time it didn't take long before he went back to the room and took out two things.