Eight Uncles' Beloved Treasure (Lily)

The head hovered on the verge of oblivion, on the brink of dissipating completely, but it was struck with the frying pan once again.

Silence enveloped the surroundings for a long moment.

However, the truth talisman remained firmly attached to the head. As long as even a trace of lingering resentment remained, it compelled the head to continue divulging its dark secrets.

“I asked that woman to help me take the photos. Each photo cost a dollar,” it confessed.

Naturally, the price would increase if the scope of the request expanded.

Every day, without fail, he would spend one or two hundred dollars purchasing photos from that woman.

But gradually, he was no longer satisfied.

“One day, I encountered a young boy from my neighborhood who had just returned home from school…”

“I knew him well. I had been observing him for quite some time. His parents were always occupied, and on certain days, they would drop him off at the community gate before rushing off to work overtime.”

On that particular day, the little boy walked home alone, holding two buns.

Hex guessed that those two buns would serve as his dinner for the night.

There was no one else in his family—no grandparents or relatives who could pick him up. If there were, surely they would have been there for him.

“So, I gathered my courage and approached him,” the head continued.

“Children are easily swayed. I told him I was his neighbor, expressing concern about his busy parents. How could it be alright for him to have buns for dinner? I invited him to my house for dinner, promising that I had Ultraman there…”

In this way, the child was lured away.

Of course, the child was not spared.

“I didn’t kill him in the end,” the head claimed. A tinge of regret seeped into its voice, “I merely threatened him, warning him not to tell anything to his parents. I made it clear that if he did, I would subject him to the same treatment next time.”

Josh tightened his grip on the frying pan, and once again smacked it with a resounding impact.

This time, the ghost head let out a puff of air, unable to maintain its form, and dispersed into a cloud of black mist.

“Even if he didn’t tell his parents, you would have treated him the same way next time!”

This is madness!

happen

moment, then spoke with a bitter tone, “I should have

boy returned home, his mother noticed something amiss

believed that since the child’s parents were so preoccupied and neglectful, as long as the child remained silent, the adults would remain unaware

the boy’s parents

night, the boy’s father beat

board the train? Did you board before or

and the ghost with the head had been completely obliterated, transforming into a wisp of black gas that

Josh was momentarily speechless…

hit him

be enough to uncover the identity of

help but feel that Hex’s death was somewhat deserved, but unfortunately, the boy’s father would now face charges of

had been tirelessly working all along, simply striving to provide a better

it had ended up

indescribable complexity. As a result of exerting too much force earlier, his legs gave way, causing him to collapse to

that tense moment, fatigue

instant, a wave of empathy washed over Josh as he understood Lilly’s emotions and the difficulties she faced

the frying pan to slip from his grip and fall to

collecting the scattered nets and carefully

items strewn about, moving slowly, giving Josh enough

efforts, Josh’s hands were

seeing this, remembered something,

a drink,” Drake said, unscrewing the

the ice pond that

in a bathtub, somehow it felt purer

Lilly drinking it, Josh could not resist sneaking a taste

the water dispelled the weariness of an

coursing through his body,

the water and poured it down his

Beyond the woods…

off and setting up cartoons for her, he felt a sense of urgency to

watch the cartoons without wandering around, he could

Alban’s arm, prompting him to halt as he reached the outskirts

address the dark aura on his arm; otherwise, it might have