[Special Ability: Curse. The more blood on the sword, the stronger its ability. The sword holder will definitely be affected by the curse, infecting them with the desire to kill.]
[Warning: The ghost tool takes on the characteristics of its master. The stronger the sword bearer, the faster the recovery of the ghost tool. After the master is devoured, the recovery speed is slowed down and the characteristics of the curse are enhanced!]
Su Zimo remembered that the previous price of the ghost tool was only 200 yuan. After suddenly devouring its master⌠not only did the price increase, but it also became stronger?
Such a cruel ghost tool⌠Su Zimo actually hated it more than the ghost umbrella carrying it did.
If it ate its master again, could it become even more powerful? Could it become something that Su Zimo hadnât yet seen⌠a four star ghost tool?
Su Zimo still hated it, but he couldnât deny the power of the ghost tool, so it wasnât strange to hear that someone wanted the ghost tool.
He turned his head to look at the person who wanted the sword. He wasnât surprised to find that it was Gan Yuan, who was finally able to stand upright after being tossed away.
âWhy?â Su Zimo asked casually.
âThis sword⌠it turned out to be Xiao Yuyangâs.â Gan Yuan mentioned the name of the veteran trainer on their old team. âXiao Yuyang later gave the sword to me. At that time, the sword⌠it wasnât that powerful yet. Later, Wu Qing stole the sword from me, then used it on Xiao YuyangâŚâ
Gan Yuan lowered her head. âI deserve to die.â
âWith this sword, your ending may be worse than Wu Qingâs.â Su Zimo said bluntly. âThis sword is cursed.â
âI have some money with me.â Gan Yuan said, then actually took out several hundred yuan bills from her backpack. Before that, she didnât intend to take it out at all. âI can pay for it. I hope you⌠I hope the boss can sell it to me.â
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Gan Yuan made such a request because of Su Zimoâs identity as the boss of âAn Yu Yi Yu.â
Otherwise, if other trainers got their hands on the sword, it may be difficult to get such a powerful item from them no matter what Gan Yuan said.
Su Zimo also gained some information from Gan Yuanâs words. Wu Qing seemed to use this sword to kill the veteran trainer Xiao Yuyang. After absorbing the characteristics of its bitter master, the sword that was already a three star ghost tool had improved.
The ghost tool was made stronger in that manner, and the owner of the sword may have never known that until his death.
But⌠could this sword be regarded as part of the shop?
Su Zimo found that the bodies of the trainers in front of him had become somewhat transparent and indistinct under the glow of the spotlights. It wasnât obvious, he could only tell under such strong lights.
The message was that the trainers had cleared the task and were about to leave.
Su Zimo didnât care too much at that moment, just thinking that he shouldnât waste time. Additionally, he was an NPC at the moment, so he directly said: âI can sell it, but first please close your eyes and turn around.â
ââŚâŚâ Obviously, nobody understood the reason for that.
But Gan Yuan and Xu Huanhuan still did it. They seemed to have nothing to fear at the moment.
After Lin Xiao and Jiang Wei used the cell phone ghost tool, their trust in Su Zimo rose a bit. Although Jiang Wei was hesitant, after looking at Wu Qing, who still lay against the wire fence, he seemed to lose his breath and turned his away along with Lin Xiao.
Without further ado, Su Zimo took advantage of the trainersâ lack of sight and stretched his hand out to open the door to An Yu Yi Yu behind him.
But what Su Zimo opened that time wasnât the sliding door to go between the nightmare world and the real world like normal, but the back door that usually let him go back and forth between his house and the shop!
That wasnât good news for him.
He could usually go back and forth between Jiangdu, where the shop was, and Shoushan, where the Su family was, by opening the back door. But now, possibly because he brought the shop into the nightmare world, that connection between the Su family manor and the shop was cut.
He opened the door to his bedroom at Su Manor, and the back door should be connected to his bedroom.
He opened the door in Jiangdu, and the back door should be connected to Jiangdu.
Now he opened the door in the nightmare world⌠Anyway, it was impossible for Su Zimo to return to Su Manor as if by teleportation. To go back, Su Zimo would have to rely on ordinary transportation in the real world.
But now he didnât think too much. Su Zimo opened the door, wanting to determine in the shortest amount of time if the ghost tool in Ghost Umbrellaâs hand was considered a product, then saw a familiar contract paper appear on the counter of the shop.
Su Zimo felt relieved.
Ghost tools with over one star would cause contract paper to appear if it was for sale.
After quickly returning from the shop after getting the contract paper, Su Zimo went straight through the open back door to the playground. The four surviving trainers still had their backs to him under Ghost Umbrella and Zhang Xiaoqingâs supervision.
Su Zimo took out the metal pen and said, âYou can turn around.â
Everyone turned around, only to see that nothing had changed except Su Zimo held an extra piece of paper in his hand.
âI can indeed sell this sword, but I want to know how Miss Gan is going to use the sword.â Although Su Zimo wanted to do business, the education he received since childhood would not let him be coerced by money.
Su Zimo emphasized once more: âThis sword is not suitable for use by trainers, nor is it suitable for sale.â
Gan Yuan waved her hand immediately. âNo, I donât want to use the sword.â
Su Zimo tilted his head quizzically: â?â
Gan Yuan hesitated for a while, then spoke as if she had made up her mind. âI want to leave the sword here. Iâve heard other people tell Wu Qing that after a task in a nightmare world, that world is gone. Thereâs never been a repeated nightmare world or mission in their organization. I think⌠Let the sword stay here and disappear with Wu Qing, Hu Lie, and this world.â
âYou donât have to give it to me. I just want to go home now.â Gan Yuan bit her lip. âFrom now on⌠I wonât think about anything.â
The silhouettes of the trainers in front of Su Zimo became more transparent.
âThank you for your patronage. Your total is 250 yuan.â Su Zimo approached Gan yuan with the contract paper and handed her the metal pen. âSign and pay in cash. The ghost tool is at your disposal.â
âGhost tool?â
âThis is what our shop calls these props.â Su Zimo smiled and accepted the three hundred-yuan bills, watching Gan Yuan sign her name without hesitation.
âItâs appropriate.â After Gan Yuan signed, she led Xu Huanhuan far from Su Zimo and the sword, holding a handful of scorched black âsoilâ at the place where Hu Lie died. âKeep the rest of the money.â
As soon as her words ended, Gan Yuan and the others disappeared from in front of Su Zimo.
âThinking about it now, my experiences are really nothing at all.â Before the figures disappeared, Lin Xiao seemed to become aware of certain things.
âExplain the matter to your family early and take the correct path.â That was Jiang Weiâs last reminder to Lin Xiao.
âYouâre welcome to visit again.â After muttering to himself in the lonely nightmare world, Su ZImo didnât want to stay any longer. He turned and left, leaving the corpse of Wu Qing, who had lost his life there.
Su Zimo felt that he wasnât suitable to be a life coach. Otherwise, why would the initial meeting between him and Wu Qing end with such a scene?
Itâs easier to be a bystander.
[At the beginning, when that person stole me away, he said that it was his destiny to become a trainer, and that he would definitely become the leader of the trainers, maybe even the protagonist of this world.] Ghost Umbrella frowned. [I always felt that Iâve met similar people before, but not ones as unlucky as him.]
Su Zimo, who returned to the store and shut the back door, couldnât help but ask: âIs there really another world?â
[There was at least such a place before.] Ghost Umbrella sighed. [But I donât know if humans still reside in that world.]
Obviously he was still a malicious spirit, but Su Zimo found that Ghost Umbrella was even more concerned about humans than he was.
Perhaps it was because the previous nightmare world had ended completely, Su Zimo discovered that the scene of the dark night outside the shop had completely disappeared and turned into fog again.
Then the white mist outside the shop windows gradually disappeared and the sun began to spill into An Yu Yi Yu. The white daylight belonging to Xincheng Street in Jiangdu appeared outside the shop, and the pedestrians passing by didnât seem to notice anything abnormal.
The afternoon sun reduced the conspicuousness of the lights from the store, but it also made the store that had been alone in the dark for such a long time seem much warmer.
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In the Shouhua garden next to the window, another Shouhua was blooming with layers of white petals, and a small bud appeared not far away. Some green and white could be seen in the tender bud.
Su Zimo breathed a sigh of relief and went back to the computer to open the store information to check the results of sales in the nightmare world.
[Shop: An Yu Yi Yu (Ayuyuyu)]
[Owner: Su Zimo]
[Life Savings: 1190 days (192)]
[Shelf No. 1 Capacity (No Stars): 31/50]
[Shelf No. 2 Capacity: 4/20]
[Ghosts in the shop: Ghost Umbrella, Peng Peng, Zhang Xiaoqing]
[Shop Upgrade Progress: 8571/1000]
[Shouhua: 1 Flower (For Sale, Not Available to Store Members)]
In the blink of an eye, Su Zimo didnât need to worry that much about his remaining lifespan anymore, and the shop upgrade he originally thought was out of reach was already close at hand.
As long as he could complete a transaction of around 150 yuan, the shop could be upgraded.
Su Zimo still didnât know what that would be like.
Su Zimo also tried opening the back door of the shop again, and wasnât surprised to dinf that the place where it led wasnât the nightmare world that should have disappeared, but was still⌠An Yu Yi Yu.
Perhaps because he lost contact with the destination, Su Zimo walked through the back door and returned to the store.
Only when Su Zimo reopened the back door to An Yu Yi Yu in another place would the function of the door be restored.
After looking at the Shouhua in the sunny flower garden for a while, Su Zimoâs cell phone, known as âGhost Call,â rang suddenly. The three words âSu Hewenâ appeared along with the simple ringtone.
âGe?â Su Zimo answered the phone, listening to the anxious voice on the other end. âYes. I was in a place where there was no signal earlier, but Iâm back now.â
âYou couldnât find me at home and nobody saw me go down the mountain?â Su Zimo glanced awkwardly at Jiangdu, which was thousands of miles away from Shoushan. âThere are many things that canât be explained at this time. I can only say that Iâm now in Jiangdu and will be returning immediately.â
âFlight tickets? I havenât bought any yet.â Su Zimo was surprised at Su Hewenâs perception, then adjusted his glasses guiltily. âActually⌠Ge, Iâve been at home for a while and havenât been out for a trip in several years, so I didnât plan to fly back this time.â
âEn⌠I may choose a slower mode of transportation, and will take a look while traveling.â After Su Zimo finished speaking, he listened to Su Hewen agree on the other end of the phone. He nervously told him many things and said he must take the ghost umbrella with him.
Because the existence and some abilities of the ghost umbrella had been exposed in front of Su Hewen, the Su family was a bit relieved about Master Suâs safety. It was precisely because of this that Su Hewen agreed to Su Zimoâs trip and wasnât as nervous as before.
âThe information exploded on the internet? I know, Iâll look carefully.â Su Zimo agreed repeatedly.
âDonât worry, itâll be before the next family dinner. The last one just ended, so there should be six days left.â Su Zimo said, then heard Su Hewen say one more thing. âSu Zixiang will be back for the next family dinner? I know.â
Su Zixiang, the precious son of Su Zimoâs second uncle, Su Duan, was a few months younger than Su Zimo and was also a fan favorite. He went to study abroad as soon as he graduated from high school.
Su Zixiangâs relationship with his third uncle Su Kun was even closer than the one with his father, so Su Zimo thought that one of the reasons for his return was because he heard about Su Kunâs accident.
As for other reasons⌠Su Zimo only knew that Su Zixiang hadnât liked him since he was a child. He didnât know much about his cousin, so he didnât know why Su Zixiang returned to China.
He hoped there wouldnât be any trouble.
âOkay. Iâll be careful along the way and I wonât let anyone know who I am. Zi-ge can rest assured now, right?â Su Zimo was helpless when he heard the call but couldnât end it.
âDonât worry. Even if Iâm involved in something, I have a completely safe refuge.â Su Zimo had a âsafe cornerâ <sup>1</sup> behind him. No matter where he goes, he can even be said to be safer than when staying in the Su family manner.
[Donât be careless.] Su Hewenâs voice came from the other end of the phone. [I wonât ask why your phone didnât have a signal for that period, but Zimo, in that short period of time when your phone had no signal, the world seems to have changed.]
[By the way, have you heard of Dawn?]
DawnâŚ
It was strange that the name of that organization came out of Su Hewenâs mouth. After Su Zimo casually said a few words and hung up, he picked up the internet-connected tablet that Ghost Umbrella had been using from the counter, then navigated to the most lively social networking platform of the day and began looking for the information Su Hewen wanted him to see.
In fact, there was no need for Su Zimo to search for it. On the hot searches section of the social platform homepage, he could hardly see the usual celebrity gossip. It was full of words that were familiar to Su Zimo, and all of the information was in bold redâ
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#Dawn
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Footnotes
<ol>An Yu Yi Yu means âsafety in a cornerâ but can be indirectly translated to âsafe corner.â</ol>