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

Where is he?

drifted close. “I’m

man in white robes had deep-set eyes, a tall nose bridge,

it this time?” Pablo

him suspicious

with

a timeout and left the school to go take

came back while I was

nowhere to

problems. Lilly asked, “What’s

She was puzzled.

Pablo’s teachings, the vanity spirit shouldn’t have been able to overtake Cheryl’s body

eyes. “This is a phenomenon known

substitute sound similar but they’re 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

So that’s

had turned ashen. “W-What do you mean ‘spirit

unapproachable boy who thrived on logic was

she learned from Pablo to

host. There’s a ghost behind

“Huh?!”

but found himself unable to

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

than ready to make a

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

Josh was speechless.

supposed to leave

part of his subconscious begging for

cannot leave the ground. We cannot move

tilted her head and pondered a way out of this. There was

course, our best way out of this is to defeat the

chose to cling

was taken aback. She gave him a reassuring pat.

that is not enough to scare me

chest. Her hair ties tied to the

couldn’t help but snicker at the

Her alone?

only thing I’m afraid of is

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

the tree and said leisurely, “Nothing. This is my student’s practice

also settle the matter of the

twisted. She barred her fangs and viciously

in your lane! We’re

grabbed the ghost by her

Master is not some malicious