75 - Whatever You Need

Translated by rabbitrisu

When it was approaching noon on Xincheng Street in Jiangdu, the legendary ghosts wouldn’t dare to show up. But now the sky wasn’t very pleasant. It even looked gloomy because of the approaching rain in Jiangdu.

That is to say, under such a sky, a whole row of ghosts were standing outside the glass window of An Yu Yi Yu!

Such a scene may be shocking if seen by ordinary people. Even Su Zimo… At a glance, he had an urge to give up his business and return to the Su family Manor for a good nap.

But now, the customer had already sat aside, and Su Zimo, who couldn’t forget his hospitality, couldn’t help but wonder if the ghosts outside had come with the new customer.

Also, Gushan Notes: Postscript hung on the wall, and its ability called ‘Do Not Enter’ added a layer of mystery to the new customer.

“Guest, I’m glad you enjoy the atmosphere of our shop.” Su Zimo walked over to the new customer. “The sound insulation in our shop is very nice, I really can’t tell how noisy it is outside. I heard that Jiangdu recently banned vehicles from honking. I think the noise on the road should be better than before?”

Su Zimo tried to make his words sound more natural.

But the customer who had been quiet became animated again after hearing what Su Zimo said. She shook her head, then said in confusion, “No, no! Yes! No! Not that kind of noise, not like that kind of noise!”

Su Zimo didn’t think the expensively outfitted customer was suffering from a disease, but the customer’s performance at that moment was very confusing.

Su Zimo could only ask again softly, “What sound is it?”

“It’s the voice… it’s the voice of a person…”

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Su Zimo heard the lady muttering in a dreamlike tone, “Someone’s been speaking, someone’s been speaking…”

“Even if I’m speaking to someone, I can still hear the buzzing voices of those people. Even if I’m home alone, I can still hear the buzzing voices. Can’t they speak quietly? It’s so noisy! It’s so noisy!”

Su Zimo felt that the lady’s mental state was obviously not good. But, after taking a look at the situation outside the shop, he continued asking, “Do you know what they’re talking about?”

“They… They’re scolding me.” The customer put down the hands that were kneading her temples, but her eyes were still blankly looking forward. “They’ve been scolding me, they’re scolding, they’re scolding…”

After mumbling for a long time in the sound insulated shop, the customer finally relaxed and even closed her eyes and began to rest.

“It’s really quiet here.” A particularly comfortable expression appeared on the customer’s face.

“Is there anything I can do to help?” Su Zimo patiently and quietly asked again.

But the customer seemed immersed in her own world. She refused to speak, unable to communicate at all.

Just when Su Zimo and Ghost Umbrella’s special milk tea had nothing to do, Su Zimo, who was more sensitive to noise, noticed that Peng Peng began playing a modified piece of music. ¹

The piece of music felt like a person walking in the rain suddenly spinning around in place. There was a note jumping in the middle, making a very brief noise.

Su Zimo didn’t know what was hidden in the music, but he found that after the piece ended, the customer who had sluggishly gazing ahead turned her head and looked over. There was a subtle look in her eyes. She even asked him, “Do you want to hear a story?”

“Please tell me.” Su Zimo sat down opposite the customer, then took a cup of milk tea from Ghost Umbrella’s hand, looking ready to hear the story.

“I was actually just a very ordinary person. Ordinary birth, ordinary looks, mostly ordinary but some bad grades.” The customer recovered and tasted the special milk tea surrounded by the sound of the piano.

“But then, I got something.” The customer said vaguely, as if she didn’t want to explain what it was. “The person who gave me that thing said that it had a magical ability and can grant wishes…”

“?” Su Zimo felt that if there was such a magical existence in the world, no matter what rank a ghost tool was, it would be completely crushed.

Of course, assuming that the treasure had no side effects.

“Of course I didn’t believe it.” The customer lowered her head and touched the cup again and again with her hands. “But at the time, I thought it wouldn’t matter if I casually tried that kind of thing, like when people ask gods for blessings. Before exams, I pray to get first place in the class. With my grades at the time, the wish was just a luxury for me.”

“But when I took the test the next day, I felt groggy, like there was a voice whispering in my ear making me dizzy as I finished the test.” The customer paused. “Thinking about it now, that was the first time I heard the voice, and it disappeared after.”

“I scored a hundred points on that test.” The customer looked up, slightly confused. “But when I looked at the test paper again, I felt strange, as if I’d never done it before. If it wasn’t because I was the only one in the class with one hundred points, the teachers may have thought I cheated on the test.”

“Since then, I’ve felt that the things was likely to be really responsive. But the wishes to be granted were only those within a normal range. Wishes for superpowers wouldn’t be granted.”

“The first big wish I made was for my ordinary family to get rich. Then my father was suddenly promoted in the small company he worked for, and the small company was taken in my a large company, and then he quickly entered the management.”

The customer paused and then went on, “During that period, I relied on the responsive force to successfully enter Jiangdu’s top ranked university, and even my normal appearance began to change.”

“Everything happened within a year.” The customer spoke with a confused expression in her eyes. “I should be very happy this year, but I’m really tired. I don’t know why. I always hear all kinds of voices in my ears, and even hear them wishing for me to die as soon as possible.”

“Even in my dreams, I could hear the voices resounding in my ears. When I woke up from my nightmares, I often saw my father appear in my room late at night, standing there motionlessly, just looking down at me lying on the bed.”

“I pushed him and he left.”

“But that’s not the strangest thing.” The customer paused again. “The strangest thing is my face.”

The customer raised her head, revealing her delicate face.

Perhaps because of the makeup, Su Zimo didn’t see anything special at first glance. Upon closer inspection, she found that her foundation was a bit too thick.

“My face became different from before.” The guest took off her light brown glasses. “It’s not that it looks better, but that it’s completely different.” Even the shape of my face, the color of my irises, and other things that shouldn’t change. they’re all different. Whenever I look into a mirror, I feel like I’m becoming a stranger!”

“The voices in my ears are getting louder and noisier. I really can’t stand it any more. If you can quiet them down, I’ll throw away everything I have now!”

The customer lowered her head again, hiding her face in pain.

“So, that voice appeared after you made a wish for the first time?” Su Zimo secretly reviewed what the customer said.

“Yes.” She just nodded slightly, her voice a whimper.

“Could it be… each time you make a wish, more strange things appear around you, and the voices in your ears also increase?” Su Zimo guessed carefully, then got up and walked to the side.

“How did you know?” The customer’s face finally showed a surprised expression along with her confusion.

“What did you find?” Ghost Umbrella had walked over to Su Zimo’s back from behind the counter at some point. H leaned slightly into him, relying on his taller height, then bowed his head to Su Zimo’s ear. While whispering softly, the shopkeeper’s ear was itchy.

“It’s just a guess.” Su Zimo took a step to the side without looking back. “Each time she makes a wish, there’s a ghost around her.”

The voices that the customer heard were actually the words of the ghosts surrounding her.

Her wishes also involved the family around her, so even her father’s behavior had become influenced oddly by the ghosts.

Based on the conservation of causality and the law of equivalent exchange, Su Zimo didn’t believe that ‘whatever needs to be done’ could come from nothing.

Su Zimo didn’t know how many wished the customer had made, but the long row of ghosts standing in front of the store gave people chills on the backs of their necks.

“But it’s a little weird.” Su Zimo was naturally talking to the ghost umbrella standing behind him. “Since those ghosts said they wanted her to die, and so many of them seemed unfriendly, then why? Why aren’t they doing it?”

“I think they did.” Ghost Umbrella said softly.

“……” Su Zimo’s body was stiff for a moment, then looked at the female guest sitting there in disbelief.

Was she not alive?

“It’s not surprising that the store has the ability to temporarily allow ghosts to possess a figure, so it’s not easy to distinguish them from humans.” Ghost Umbrella explained from the side. “Just like the boss, she attracts so many ghosts. It’s impossible for her to have lived well until now.”

Su Zimo subconsciously glanced at Gushan Notes: Postscript on the wall, and felt that he had underestimated the power of ‘Do Not Enter.’

The customer who was sitting there seemed completely unaware that the two ‘people’ in the shop were talking about her. She was still sitting there quietly, not participating in Su Zimo’s conversation.

“Does the thing she mentioned refer to a ghost tool?” Su Zimo was a bit confused.

“No. It should be something that already existed in this world.” The ghost umbrella returned to the counter and chatted with Su Zimo in a voice that was completely unnoticed by others. “Each world originally has some ghosts and mysterious things. Otherwise there wouldn’t be so many legends and stories passed down through the years.”

“However, there aren’t too many anecdotes about ghosts and monsters. Before the nightmare world appeared in this world, most ghosts, whether they had grievances or not, would disappear immediately. Even the legendary underworld and rebirth were nonsense.” The depth of what Ghost Umbrella said that time exceeded the nonsense he had said in the past.

“Then what does the existence of the nightmare world mean?” Su Zimo finally looked back at the ghost umbrella and asked, hoping to learn more about the nightmare world from the rare, normal Ghost Umbrella.

“?” As a result, the Ghost Umbrella, who had been performing extraordinarily just now, tilted his head innocently. His expression showed ‘how could I know about such a profound issue.’

“In short, even if these ghosts are really responsive to her, the would definitely ask for a corresponding price?” Su Zimo glanced outside the store again. “What will happen if the customer leaves An Yu Yi Yu?”

“Probably the same thing that happened when that ghost eye met me?” Ghost Umbrella stretched out his finger and stroked his lips.

“……”

Footnotes

<ol>This isn’t a typo. It’s referring to the tea as a character, not GU himself. Sorry if you got confused! I did at first.</ol>