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?

drifted close. “I’m

deep-set eyes, a tall nose bridge, and rouge red lips. His

time?” Pablo indifferently patted the

him

wrong with my

forced into a timeout and left the school to go take a

while I was in class then

to

their problems.

She was puzzled.

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

eyes. “This is a phenomenon known as the ‘spirit

they’re completely different. Possession implies the ghost attaching itself to a host and influencing them. Spirit substitute is when a

vigorously. “Oh! So that’s

had turned ashen. “W-What do you mean

unapproachable boy who thrived on logic was reacting just

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

ghost trying to manipulate its host. There’s a ghost behind her right now.

“Huh?!”

afraid but found himself unable to

the back of her foot was straight. That wasn’t how an ordinary

was more than ready to make

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

Josh was speechless.

supposed to

hear a tiny part of his

feet cannot leave the

and pondered a way out of this. There was only one way to deal with

course, our best way out of this

chose to cling

was taken aback. She gave him a reassuring pat. “You’ll be okay, Josh. I’m good at what

is not

Her hair ties tied to

couldn’t help but snicker at the child’s

Her alone?

only thing I’m afraid of is

body and asked, “And what

leisurely, “Nothing.

of the eighteen lives who were

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

stay in your lane! We’re all ghosts

grabbed the ghost by her

ghosts but Master is not