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.

Master?” Lilly looked

Where is he?

drifted close.

eyes, a tall nose bridge, and rouge red lips. His appearance made him

this time?” Pablo indifferently

him suspicious

with my

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

I was in class then left

to be found…until

of their problems. Lilly asked, “What’s wrong with

She was puzzled.

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

eyes. “This is a

completely different. Possession implies the ghost attaching itself to a host and influencing them. Spirit substitute is when a ghost is trying to manipulate the host physically without fully occupying

vigorously. “Oh! So that’s a

“W-What do you mean ‘spirit

was reacting just like

Pablo

her 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?!”

found

but the back of her foot

to make a run for

a ghost. Running

Josh was speechless.

he supposed to leave

part of his subconscious begging

earnest. “The soles of our feet cannot leave the ground. We cannot

out of this. There was only

course, our best way out of this is

chose to cling to

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

ghostie like that is not

patting herself in the chest. Her hair ties tied to the top of her head fluttered in

spirit couldn’t help but

Her alone?

I’m

took control of Cheryl’s body and asked, “And what are you

against the tree and said leisurely,

the matter of the eighteen lives who were crushed

expression twisted. She barred her fangs and

and stay in your lane!

her feet and flung her

but Master is not some malicious