Eight Uncles' Beloved Treasure (Lily)

Chapter 72 Josh Runs Into A Ghost Again

Lilly forcefully dragged Josh to a sprint.

The blazing sun still hung overhead. The trees in the school grove weren’t particularly short but provided just enough shade.The moment he set foot in the grove, he noticed Cheryl there with her head hanging low. She looked downcast.

She sluggishly looked up to stare at him when he approached.

He could feel every hair on his body stand on end.

Lilly turned around. “Are you scared, Drake? You can head back if you are!”

Josh was ready to leave but stayed out of stubbornness. “…Real funny. You think I’m scared?”

Calm… I have to calm down.

Nothing in the world scares me.

A resounding scream tore through the air just as he was thinking. “Ah!”

Josh jumped. “Eek!”

That startled Lilly who chased after the boy who began to run wildly. “That’s Polly, Josh!”

Polly was sitting in the school bag singing. “….Take the red string of fate… You and I… Ah…”

The bird couldn’t reach a higher octave leading to a hideous scream.

Josh was rendered speechless.

He wanted to weep so badly.

That was when Cheryl began to take light, mincing steps toward them.

“You’re here, Josh.” She giggled.

The subject of affections had been shocked stupid. “…”

His tears stopped and a chill ran down his spine.

Cheryl had a pale complexion with eyes bruised and sunken in.

Her features were stiff, leading to her efforts in smiling leaving everyone unnerved.

Josh felt numb. “Uh…”

Lilly got in Cheryl’s way and started with a frown, “Stop scaring him!”

She wore a serious expression on her chubby, child-like face.

Lilly looked

Where is he?

close.

a tall nose

Pablo indifferently patted the girl’s

him

with my

timeout and left the

I was

to be

their problems. Lilly

She was puzzled.

teachings, the vanity spirit shouldn’t have been able to overtake Cheryl’s body yet but Lilly no longer

narrowed his eyes. “This is a phenomenon known as

host and influencing them. Spirit substitute is when a ghost is trying to manipulate the host physically

So that’s

had turned ashen. “W-What do you

on logic was

began to explain what she learned from Pablo to him. “Spirit substitute, huh? Look

tiptoes. “A spirit substitute is a ghost trying to manipulate its host. There’s a ghost behind her right now. Its feet are padding Cheryl’s own. That’s how she’s moving right

“Huh?!”

afraid but found himself unable to look

was indeed on her toes but the back of her foot was straight. That wasn’t

ready to make a

facing a ghost! A human can’t outrun a ghost. Running will also reveal one’s sole of their feet

Josh was speechless.

he supposed to leave

a tiny part of his subconscious begging for

earnest. “The soles of our feet cannot

pondered a way out of

out of this is to defeat the

cling to Lilly’s arm

reassuring pat. “You’ll be okay, Josh.

ghostie like that is not

Her hair ties tied to the top of her

vanity spirit couldn’t help but snicker

Her alone?

I’m

of Cheryl’s body and asked, “And what are you planning to

leisurely, “Nothing. This is

of the eighteen lives who

vanity spirit’s expression twisted. She barred her fangs and viciously lunged at

your own business and stay in your lane! We’re

grabbed the ghost by her feet and flung

Master