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Translated by rabbitrisu

The platform of Central Square Station was caught in an embarrassingly confusing situation.

It was awkward.

Xiao Yuyang was determined to prove his identity, but he sequentially revealed the secrets of vice president Hu Lie borrowing online loans and his friend Xia Xiaofeng pretending to be rich, which made the two people whose secrets were disclosed extremely embarrassed.

“Don’t be provoked by fake products!” Xiao Yuyang, who looked very calm on the other side, said immediately after seeing Hu Lie and Xia Xiaofeng’s unsightly eyes. “Everyone stay calm and time will pass quickly.”

“Yeah, we shouldn’t believe what the fakes said.” Gan Yuan already regarded that Xiao Yuyang as her lifeline, so she was hiding behind him now and catering to his words. Although Hu Lie and Xia Xiaofeng were comforted by her words, the look in their eyes was strange.

Tu Huanhuan, Gan Yuan’s female roommate, was just told that Xia Xiaofeng might not be the son of a profitable boss and was staring at Xia Xiaofeng in silence, as if saying that she wouldn’t believe that it was a lie.

“Yeah, it’s all fake.” One of Hu Lie’s eyes narrowed dangerously. “After all, the Xiao Yuyang I know is addicted to online gambling. He wouldn’t even have two hundred yuan around him, let alone have enough to lend money to others.”

“Also, the Xiao Yuyang I know was pursuing Miss Gan over there while playing online with hot school girls next door, even staying out for several days a month.” Xia Xiaofeng said with a sneer.

The Hu Lie and Xia Xiaofeng who stood on the other side remained silent at that time.

“Enough is enough, are you really telling the truth?!” Another Tu Huanhuan walked back a few steps, wanting to be further away from those who she didn’t know were real or not. “I don’t want to play with you. We’ll separate from each other, then wait for two hours to pass. Okay?”

“I also think this is the best way.” After listening to Hu Lie and Xia Xiaofeng, Gan Yuan had retreated away from Xiao Yuyang. “In fact, I’ve heard some things about Xia Xiaofeng and Hu Lie. It’s hard to say whether it’s true or not.”

“Did you know?” Tu Huanhuan, her roommate on the other side, couldn’t believe it. “Did you know that Xia Xiaofeng was lying? You even asked me to go to the hotel with him at night…”

Everyone’s surprised eyes immediately fell on the two Tu Huanhuan. They didn’t know whether the one who let that slip was the real or fake Tu Huanhuan.

“What are you guys looking at me for?! Like miss Gan over there is any better?” Tu Huanhuan looked ashamed and unbearable, pointing at the two Gan Yuan opposite her. “I’ve kept hiding her secrets. There’s something wrong with the Gan family company and business. Even if we can clear the task and go back alive this time, do you think that the young miss can still do the same as before? I kindly helped her hide before. I didn’t expect her to do this to me!”

“You… you overheard my phone call!”

One of the Gan Yuan’s eyes reddened. She instantly rushed forward, regardless of real and fake people, and directly pinched the wrist of her former friend Tu Huanhuan.

“Haha, Xiao Yuyang thought that he could really suck up to the lady, haha…. ah!” Xia Xiaofeng, who was snickering off to the side, turned and was punched in the nose with Xiao Yuyang’s strengthened fist.

In such a small hiking club, the problems that university students often encounter were now appearing one by one, Even plots that wouldn’t happen to ordinary university students seemed to have happened.

Su Zimo just watched for a few minutes, considering the possibility of taking the TV screen. The real and fake trainers on the platform actually fought like that. It’s just that because the group of trainers carried random weapons, whether they were real or fake, it looked like a fight amongst primary school students.

Even Xiao Yuyang, whose body had been strengthened with nightmare points, didn’t move roughly when he was afraid that the opponent was a real acquaintance.

This should be the difference between the real fragments and the sheet music of the dead.

…….

When a trainer is influenced by the music of the dead, the worst that could happen is that they lose reason and become a beast, hurting others without regard for their lives.

After all, revealing the truth was only a small part of the music of the dead’s power. Its most important ability was to be able to completely unleash the desires of those who hear it.

Even Su Zimo didn’t know how powerful the Music of the Dead could be!

As for the ‘Real Fragments,’ judging from the text boxes and responses of the trainers on the platform, it should only be able to peek into the hearts of those with weak willpower. So, whether it’s a real or a fake person, they will know some secrets.

It’s just that even if the secret is revealed, the trainers wouldn’t become irrational beasts, so the lethality of this tool is far worse than the ‘Music of the Dead’ which is one star higher than it.

It’s a bit inapporopriate to say it’s a subordinate of Music of the Dead

“Sorry, it’s almost two hours soon. It’s better to continue our personal grudges between trainers after leaving.” Although Su Zimo didn’t have a countdown engraved on his arm, Su Hewen gave him a smartphone after taking over the Su family. The number was the same as it was in high school, and all imports were complete.

So when he was uncertain about the time, Su Zimo would take the phone out of the backpack and take a look.

For those who were originally wrestling or slapping each other, they were stunned when they heard Su Zimo’s voice. They had been ‘monitoring’ the ‘ghost’ on the metro before they saw it walk out of the darkness.

“Who are you, what do you mean?”

Su Zimo’s attention was on the screen that continued to broadcast the weather forecast. He didn’t care who was asking, but vaguely thought that it was Xiao Yuyang’s voice.

“I’m just an ordinary shopkeeper, here to pick up some things for the store.”

Su Zimo nodded slightly, looking at the upper screen that he couldn’t reach at all, then took out the pen-shaped baton from the pocket of his backpack. After reaching out and elongating it, he threw it directly towards the screen that was still broadcasting the weather forecast.

The TV screen itself wasn’t easy to disassemble, but the name of the ghost tool was ‘Real Fragments,’ and the text box said that the fragments can be embedded into ordinary mirrors or screens.

So Su Zimo was sure that the body of the ghost wasn’t in the entire screen.

It was as he expected. When the baton that could injure ghosts hit the TV screen, the entire screen flashed with a terrible electric current. All the station in formation and the woman on the screen disappeared and turned into static snowflakes showing no signal. Finally, the ‘zii’ sound appeared as the entire screen blackened like it short circuited.

At the same time, Su Zimo caught the metal pen falling from the sky and watched a small shard from the corner of the screen fall to the ground, hitting some debris as it impacted the floor tiles.

As the shard fell, the two teams of trainers on the platform were halved in an instant.

At that moment, the trainers found out that the conflicts with each other just now were mostly true, except that Xiao Yuyang, who broke the news about Hu Lie and Xia Xiaofeng at first, was fake.

“Welcome everyone, you’ve become trainers. If you have time, come find my store, An Yu Yi Yu. Maybe you can buy something unexpected there.” Customers who think about ghost tools are generally experienced trainers. Although he knew that the front door couldn’t be opened yet, he still smiled and advertised to the group of trainers.

Compared to the ‘novice level’ that Su Zimo initially experienced, this team of trainers from a hiking club was really much luckier.

After picking up the ‘Real Fragments’ shard from the ground, after confirming that there were no changes to the text box, Su Zimo took advantage of the trainers’ dazed states and walked into the darkness unnoticed.

He opened the door to An Yu Yi Yu and backed away from the nightmare world.

[This place can be left empty like this.]

After Su Zimo returned to An Yu Yi Yu, the ghost-shaped umbrella appeared in front of him again. Even though he was indoors, he held the large black umbrella seriously.

“Are you talking about this store?” Su Zimo’s backpack was still full of the things he brought with him. The only thing he got from this nightmare world was the triangular screen fragment in his hand.

[Yeah, it used to be very large, with a dozen shelves placed together. There were countless ghost tools to choose from. Not only was the storefront very large, it was also very lively. There were a lot of busy shop assistants.]

As Ghost Umbrella spoke, he walked to the store’s most stocked shelf No.1 and looked at the rolls of toilet paper and stationery in contemplation. It was as if he couldn’t bear to see An Yu Yi Yu these days.

“You’ve seen the previous An Yu Yi Yu?” Because of some details he found in the store before, Su Zimo knew that he wasn’t the first owner of An Yu Yi Yu.

He just didn’t know who the last owner was.

[En.] The ghost umbrella responded positively and turned towards the upright piano with the music score.

Su Zimo saw the ghost umbrella’s unwillingness to speak, and didn’t continue to ask. He instead put the ‘Real Fragments’ in his hand onto the middle of the second shelf.

[Real Fragment (Two Stars)]

[Sale Price: 50 yuan]

Seeing the first price tag appear on the second shelf, Su Zimo was relieved. This was the first star product that could be used for sale in An Yu Yi Yu, so it was a memorable moment.

After staring at the price tag for a long time, Su Zimo reluctantly left the shelf and walked to the front door of An Yu Yi Yu. Even after several attempts, he found that the front door still couldn’t open.

[There are too few ghost tools in the shop.] Ghost Umbrella reminded him from the side.

“I have to wait two days to enter the nightmare world again.” Su Zimo sighed and said to the ghost umbrella while turning around. “Mr. Umbrella, please rest for a while. I will return and bring some materials related to housekeepers.”

Su Zimo didn’t forget to let the ghost umbrella serve as his housekeeper for a while.

After a few more words, Su Zimo put down the backpack behind him, carried the handy pen-shaped baton, and pushed open the back door of An Yu Yi Yu. Making sure that it was his bedroom beyond the door, he walked in.

“Please rest assured.” Before shutting the back door, Su Zimo suddenly turned around again. His eyes crinkled behind the glasses as he smiled and assured the ghost umbrella. “One day, this ship will return to prosperity again. It will look like it should.”

After that, the back door closed gently.

His restocking time had come to an end.

Ghost Umbrella watched as Su Zimo pushed open the back door of the shop and left, then chuckled.

Looking at the closed door, he glanced down at the piano cover that he had just reached for and caressed. His left hand tapped again on the piano cover, but the right hand threw out the black umbrella that he had been holding. The umbrella gradually disappeared into nothingness in the air.

For the first time, the ghost umbrella revealed their true face, but nobody was around to appreciate it. He lowered his head and whispered in a voice that was no longer soft: “Compared to the sheet music, is the umbrella more practical?”

“Boom!”

At that moment, the piano suddenly opened and made a loud noise, as if the piano player was angry.

Ghost Umbrella frowned slightly and turned to the back door where Su Zimo had just left. Pulling gently with his hand, he opened the back door of An Yu Yi Yu.

Looking at the bright bedroom in the doorway that was now empty, the ghost umbrella turned his head and bid farewell to the upright piano behind him, then stepped in and shut the door in one go. He sneaked away from the door without Su Zimo’s consent!

“Where would that child go?”

Ghost Umbrella was internally nagging the child while pulling on Su Zimo’s door and exiting, but in the hallway he met a young man in a suit with a fierce look.

“Who are you?” The other party’s frown looked even more fierce.

Ghost Umbrella tilted his head, remembering that the other party seemed to be Su Zimo’s brother, but he didn’t recall his name.

“I’m…” Ghost Umbrella thought for a while, then said uncertainly, “the housekeeper?”