Midnight Bookstore - Chapter 74

Chapter 74: The Shadow of a Human Name Tree

It was a woman. A white dress covered her body. However, the body underneath the white dress was riddled with scars. It was as if there were different injuries on every part of her body. It was a ghastly sight.

From Zhou Ze’s professional point of view, it was a miracle that this woman was still alive.

In most gunfights, the tragic characters would still be able to recall the last bit of their universe after being shot many times. They would then repeatedly shout, “Hurry up and leave!”, “I’m not leaving!”, “If you don’t leave, I won’t leave either!”, and in the end, they would carry a gun and kill a few enemies. This was basically impossible in reality.

Humans were actually very fragile.

The reason the woman before him was still alive and breathing, and her chest was heaving slightly, was also due to her unique nature.

Zhou Ze walked over and tapped his fingernails on his palm, preparing to open the Door to Hell.

“So straightforward?” Xu Qinglang asked, “Aren’t you going to ask?”

“There’s nothing to ask.”

While the man was still unconscious, Chen Ge grabbed his soul out of his body and sent it to hell. Everything was perfect.

However, at that moment, the old Daoist priest who had just been thrown out by Zhou Ze got up again and charged at him.

Xu Qinglang took a step forward and reached out to hold the old Daoist priest. Then, he flung the old Daoist priest to the side. The old Daoist priest had just been “electrocuted” by Zhou Ze’s nails, and his body was still weak. Naturally, he was not Xu Qinglang’s match.

“Don’t… don’t be like this. Spare her. Please spare her.”

The old Daoist priest lying on the side began to plead.

However, Zhou Ze was unmoved. A thread that looked like black syrup was pulled out and drew a circle.

Immediately after, Zhou Ze reached out to grab the other party’s soul out of his body. Even though the soul was very weak now, Zhou Ze could already feel the strength of the other party’s soul.

This was a big fish, a prey that was much fatter than the small fish and prawns that he had caught before!

Buzz!

At that moment, a pen suddenly floated up and stabbed at Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze reacted quickly and leaned back slightly to dodge the pen. However, the pen’s real target was not Zhou Ze, but Xu Qinglang. The tip of the pen touched Xu Qinglang’s throat.

Although Xu Qinglang’s Adam’s apple was not obvious, he did not dare to move.

The woman on the ground still had her eyes closed. She was still unconscious, but everything was under her control.

“Old Zhou, don’t be anxious, don’t be anxious!”

Xu Qinglang shouted. He was afraid that Zhou Ze would disregard his own life. His life was hanging by a thread, and it was no different from someone pointing a gun at his temple.

However, Zhou Ze really did not care about his life anymore. His fingers reached for the other party’s forehead.

At the same time, the tip of the pen stabbed into Xu Qinglang’s neck, creating a small wound. Blood was already flowing out.

“Er…” Xu Qinglang could feel the pain on his neck, but he did not dare to reach out to grab the pen. He had a feeling that if he acted rashly, the pen would instantly pierce through his neck.

The woman did not wake up, but to Zhou Ze, it was a silent threat.

She could not do anything to Zhou Ze, but she could use the lives of the people around Zhou Ze to threaten him.

“Those two people who jumped to their deaths are very pitiful,” Zhou Ze suddenly said.

Xu Qinglang was stunned. He did not know what Zhou Ze meant by that.

“You even scolded me for not reminding them last night and said that I’ve changed,” Zhou Ze continued.

“Huh?” Xu Qinglang asked.

“So, I think you’re willing to sacrifice yourself to avenge them, right?”

“…” Xu Qinglang.

Zhou Ze suddenly covered his chest with one hand and pressed the other hand on the ground. His face started to sweat, and he did not do anything else.

The fountain pen also fell to the ground. Xu Qinglang covered the small wound on his neck and kept gasping for breath. He seemed to be cursing something, but it was unclear.

The old Daoist priest rushed to the woman’s side to check on her. He was anxious and confused.

Zhou Ze looked at Xu Qinglang hatefully. If he had known earlier, he would not have brought him here. Previously, he was only thinking of having one more person to help him find his target. Who knew that Xu Qinglang would become the bargaining chip that the other party used to threaten him.

Initially, Zhou Ze should have ignored Xu Qinglang’s life and completed his performance, but he forcefully changed his mind. At that moment, he felt a sharp pain in his chest.

Fuck.

This is a deal, alright?

You call that having a conscience?

This hurts too?

Besides, if he died, who would make sour sister juice for me?

I’m just thinking for myself!

The old Daoist priest touched his crotch again and took out a talisman paper. This fellow’s talisman paper was truly inexhaustible. Furthermore, he especially liked to hide it in that spot. It was unknown if he was particular about it.

“Brother, I’m sorry. I have to protect this person. It wasn’t easy for her to escape from Chengdu. I can’t let her fall into your hands.”

The old Daoist priest held the talisman and said to Zhou Ze. Finally, he said apologetically,

“Sorry.”

The old Daoist priest was about to stick the talisman to Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze suddenly raised his head, and a black light flashed in his eyes. However, before Zhou Ze could act, two figures appeared behind the old priest.

Xu Qinglang covered his neck, but the words that came out of his mouth became clearer.

The old Daoist priest was lifted into the air. When he turned around, he realized that a man and a woman had appeared behind him. They were empty human skins, but they possessed strength that was no less than that of an ordinary person.

Bang!

“Ah!”

The old Daoist priest was thrown out again and smashed onto the tile floor.

The old Daoist priest twisted his body and covered his waist with one hand.

“Er…”

Zhou Ze slowly calmed the pain in his chest and raised his hand again. He knew very well that the woman before him was very weak. The resistance and stiffness from before was the last thing she could do.

“Big brother, please, let her go. Let us go.”

“Let you go?” Xu Qinglang covered his neck with one hand and controlled the two human skin puppets with the other as he slowly walked toward the old Daoist. “Then who’s going to settle the score with the two people who jumped off the building?”

“We didn’t kill those two people. We didn’t touch them, and we wanted to save them. They were seeking death!” the old Daoist explained.

“Do you think we will believe such words?” Xu Qinglang snorted.

When the old Daoist priest saw that Xu Qinglang was possessed by the Lightbringer, he did not look at him. Instead, he looked at Zhou Ze and pleaded,

“Big brother, she is also a member of our shop, a friend of our boss. She was injured to help my boss.”

The old Daoist priest remembered that when he first met Zhou Ze, Zhou Ze was actually very interested in his boss. At this time, he could only try to move his boss out.

Zhou Ze had just placed his hand on the woman’s forehead and had not exerted any strength. When he heard the old Daoist priest’s words, he immediately stopped.

Was it that man’s partner?

The man who had been sitting behind the counter in the old Daoist priest’s livestream drinking congee with difficulty?

Was it the man who had warned him about the faceless woman’s plan at the pool?

She owed him a favor.

“Hiss…”

His chest hurt again.

Zhou Ze kept taking deep breaths, then took two steps back and staggered to his feet.

Thankfully, the pain did not last too long, but every time he made a choice that went against the principle of profit and started to get tired of human relationships, it would remind him.

It felt like there was a poisonous scorpion hiding inside his chest.

There was a very famous monkey cage electric shock experiment.

Perhaps, this was the price and purpose of not having a conscience. It made you develop fear reflexes and then slowly change your old ‘bad’ habits.

“You don’t really believe me, do you?” Xu Qinglang looked at Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze waved his hand.

“Hey, who would be dumb enough to jump off a building one after another to seek death? Didn’t you say…”

“I believe that guy.” Zhou Ze glanced at Xu Qinglang and then looked at the old Daoist. “Take him away. Don’t appear in front of me again.”

Zhou Ze did not think that this woman was responsible for the death of the two lovers. This woman might have participated in the Pen Spirit game and attacked, but she was definitely not killing people.

The lolita once said that the man in Chengdu had gotten angry and treated her as a judge. That was why she was banned from the Dark Sector.

Because of this, the friend of that kind of person could not be an evil spirit that killed people at will. Otherwise, with that guy’s personality, the first person to kill a woman would be him.

This speculation was more believable than any so-called evidence, because even when the loli talked about that person, she only mocked him for not knowing the immensity of heaven and earth, but she did not criticize him for his personal morals.

The old Daoist priest immediately held his waist and stood up, thanking her profusely. However, when he came to the woman’s side, he said with a bitter face,

“Big brother, we don’t have anywhere else to go. Earlier, she asked me to bring her here because she wanted to lean next to you so that the lights would turn dark and the people who captured her wouldn’t notice us.

If I bring her away now, won’t I be walking into the tiger’s den? ”

“Are you… wanted?” Zhou Ze asked.

“Er, I guess you could say that. Anyway, those guys are so unpredictable that they can come out from anywhere. In the mirror, in the crowd, even in the grass or underground, they can come out. We’re lucky to have escaped alive.”

“Then there’s no point. Her injuries have worsened, and she won’t be able to hold on for much longer.” Zhou Ze rubbed his fingers. “Once this body is destroyed, she will either be discovered soon or fall into hell.”

“We went to the hospital to deal with our wounds, but when we entered the room, the doctor who looked normal immediately took off his clothes and turned into an ugly monster to kill us.

The old Daoist was very troubled.

“It was only during the two days that we stayed near you that we had some peace.”

“I can’t help you even if I want to.” Zhou Ze shrugged.

He admired Jing Yang from Chengdu, so he turned a blind eye to the favor he owed him this time. He didn’t want to cause too much trouble. Otherwise, the next time, it would be the little loli who would lead a group of ghost servants straight to his bookstore.

At that moment, the pen that had been on the ground suddenly stood up. Xu Qinglang’s expression changed, and he became alert.

But the pen only wrote a few words on the ground:

“Save me, I’ll give you my heart.”

Zhou Ze’s eyes narrowed when he saw those words.

“Shameless little bitch!

How confident is this woman in her looks? Who will you give your heart to if I save you? ”

Xu Qinglang said sarcastically, “No matter how beautiful you were before, you’re so ugly now. I’m willing to take your heart!”

“I’m willing.”

“What?” Xu Qinglang was stunned as he looked at Zhou Ze. It was as if it was only then that Xu Qinglang saw Zhou Ze clearly. Doctor Lin was so beautiful, yet he could not even enter the house three times. So this was his taste.

“Brother, didn’t you say that there was no way?” the old Daoist priest asked curiously.

“Oh, I forgot. I just remembered that I was the best surgeon in Tong Cheng in my previous life.”