On the points leaderboard, the points obtained by the deductionist who has already died are still counted in the total.

But... except for Lu Shan, 05 is also dead. Yu Xing remembers that 05 should be the short-haired girl named Orange.

It seems that Orange and Little Yan are not living an easy life on the second floor.

The pressure of being last is not on the Zhu Ming group, who are ranked fourth, because the point difference is not large. The three groups behind them only need one point from a white-shirted ghost to overtake. However, Sheng Wan and Little Yan are left with only one person. In terms of earning points, they are definitely not as strong as Zhu Ming and Zhang Xiangling.

Yu Xing can foresee that the current fourth place will definitely become second place when the leaderboard refreshes next time.

As for him and Zhao Yijiu...

Due to killing a shadow and several white-shirted ghosts, they are far ahead in points and can be said to have basically won.

Their current goal is no longer points, but Ming coins.

...

The twin red ghosts are now sitting in the River of Forgetfulness Hall. After witnessing a living waiter being devoured, their mood improved.

After tormenting a white-shirted ghost who was timid in the face of the new red ghost, they each ordered a drink. Due to their appearance, they ordered the Impermanence Ice Beer.

The dim light poured down from above their heads, as if the turbid water of the River of Forgetfulness had been pouring down for thousands of years. Every specter sitting in the River of Forgetfulness Hall was floating in the river.

The bartender still wore a black veil, revealing a pair of pure black eyes without whites.

The revelry did not affect her business, and there were still many customers coming to her bar to order drinks.

In the absence of a waiter, she had long been accustomed to selling drinks herself. At this moment, she skillfully mixed two glasses of Impermanence Ice Beer, where black and white merged in the same glass yet remained distinct. The bubbles slowly rose, gathering a thick layer of foam at the top.

She delivered the two glasses of beer to the table of the two red ghosts, and the bartender did not care how they would drink with their masks on. They would find a way.

She was just a little disappointed that no one ordered the Underworld of the River of Forgetfulness today.

The previous living waiter was very clever, but unfortunately, he overcomplicated things.

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Every ghost here... is a malevolent ghost.

Every ghost... is trying to cross the Naihe Bridge and go to the second-floor underworld.

But they are not qualified to go up, only those above will occasionally come down to play.

If they weren't malevolent ghosts, who would come to such a bar and participate in such absurd activities?

So, that task only required the waiter to sell the Underworld of the River of Forgetfulness to any ghost, and it would be considered finding a malevolent ghost.

She didn't know how the waiters were doing now.

The bartender glanced at the Yellow Springs Hall, which was under the jurisdiction of the DJ. Without special circumstances, she couldn't go there.

She was really curious. The living people today were very different, and they should have brought some fun to the boss of the Green-Capturing Ghost, right? Will the boss come?

As she was thinking, she returned to the bar and suddenly looked in the direction she had just walked.

A timid gray ghost was slowly and hesitantly moving towards the table of the twin red ghosts.

"Y-Your Excellencies..." The timid gray ghost approached the twins, and the twin brothers, each missing an eye on their masks, turned to look at it, scaring it almost to the ground.

"What do you want?" The twin brother saw its strange behavior and couldn't help but become suspicious, stopping his brother from trying to drive the ghost away and giving the gray ghost a chance to speak.

This gray ghost was the one that Yu Xing almost killed in the restroom. It trembled and said with grievance, "I-I was forced to come here, sob... That, that mourning-faced red ghost asked me to tell you..."

Yes, it was caught again.

When it was hiding in the corner, observing if there were any living waiters disguised as gray ghosts, a shadow appeared in front of it.

The shadow took it and brought it to the familiar restroom, and in front of it was a familiar red figure.

It was so scared that its legs went weak. When it looked up, it saw a mourning mask.

Fortunately, this time the mourning red ghost didn't want to kill it, but instead looked down at it and said in a gentle yet eerie voice, "I want you to pass on a message for me. I want you to lure those two twin brothers over. I'm a petty ghost, and since we've had a conflict, I won't just let it go."

The poor gray ghost was already scared silly. "Sob... Why is it me again..."

"Isn't our relationship the best? We're so familiar with each other." The red ghost wore a mourning face but had a smile in its tone. "Go quickly, come up with your own reasons. I believe you're clever enough to do it."

Best relationship? So familiar?

The gray ghost wanted to refute every word in that sentence, but overwhelming sadness occupied its mind, leaving it no time to argue.

It asked, "What if I..."

"If you fail, you will regret not being scattered." The tone of the red ghost suddenly became cold.

After the despairing gray ghost left, Yu Xing leaned against the wall and laughed.

"You let it come up with its own reasons. Can it?" Zhao Yijiu asked.

Yu Xing nodded, as composed as a strategist who had already won a thousand miles away. "Don't worry, it... will definitely do it. Otherwise, it wouldn't be fun, would it?"

...

"What message? Stop beating around the bush and just say it!" Watching the gray ghost take forever to say a sentence, as if it had been bullied, the younger twin brother wanted to throw this thing out of the bar.

Too weak, too pathetic. Such ghosts should be extinct, or they should be the nourishment for their strength - he thought fiercely."It wants me to tell you that it has found the living servant who killed the Ghost before. It doesn't want to do it itself, but it wants to watch you do it. If you don't want to make it happy, it will come for you soon..." The disheartened Ghost carefully chose its words while cautiously observing the expressions of the twins in red.

Well, although only their masks were visible.

As expected, before it could finish, the younger twin in red slammed the table, spilling some of the ice-cold beer: "It wants to humiliate us!"

"Don't be impulsive," said the elder twin in red.

The younger twin was furious as thunder: "It disdains to act itself and wants us to do its bidding, to perform for its amusement. Isn't that humiliation? I refuse to go!"

"If we don't go, are we just waiting for it to come after us?" The elder twin glanced at his brother, "It's much pettier than it looks. Let's go and kill that living servant, consider it an apology."

"But!"

"There are no buts. Who asked us to be so much weaker than it, yet we previously clashed with it, trying to compete for territory?" The elder twin convinced his brother and then said to the disheartened Ghost, "Lead the way."

The two malevolent Ghosts in red were thus led by the disheartened Ghost to the restroom where Yu Xing was.

Zhao Yijiu was standing there, dressed in black and very conspicuous. The younger twin in red became angry upon seeing him: "That's the guy, right? Brother, let's finish him off quickly and leave. Damn it, I won't come back to this cursed bar for a whole month!"

With that, he charged at Zhao Yijiu, exuding a strong scent of blood.

His approach was like floating, the red robe billowing with the wind, the mere sight of it was terrifying.

Zhao Yijiu quickly dodged, but he did not draw his weapon, relying solely on agility to dodge, making the most critical evasions with the smallest movements, creating a scene fraught with danger.

The disheartened Ghost slipped to the restroom door but didn't take the chance to leave; instead, it closed the door.

The elder twin in red saw its action and asked, "What are you doing!?"

The next moment, a blade that seemed to absorb all light without leaking a single ray, sharp and enveloped in a blood-red aura, thrust from the void behind, cutting off a large chunk of the elder twin's hair.

Had it not sensed the presence and dodged quickly, it would have been its head that was sliced off.

It hurriedly ran a few steps ahead before looking back, only to see Yu Xing holding a short sword, his whole demeanor different from before in the hall.

"What are you doing? You called us here not to kill the living, but to fight you?" It angrily shook its sleeve, "We already admit you're stronger than us, so why insist on fighting, and you even brought a sword!"

"I'm in a good mood, just felt like hitting you a few times to satisfy my craving for a fight. Besides, you are after all wearing red, and me using a sword shows I take you more seriously, doesn't it?" Yu Xing held the sword, and although it was only borrowed, he quite liked the ability and feel of the weapon.

After saying this with a smile, he clenched his fingers together, warming the cold hilt slightly.

It had been a long time since he had handled such a weapon, and indeed, holding it made Yu Xing feel his strength was not so weak after all.

He twisted his wrist and swung the sword at the elder twin again, the short blade slicing upward in a horizontal cut, the movement so sharp that Zhao Yijiu, who was dodging the younger twin's attacks nearby, was momentarily distracted by the skill.

Such a ruthless sword, such a ruthless person.

This guy seemed as if he had practiced for many years... but was that possible?

Distracted, Zhao Yijiu carelessly got grazed on the chest by the younger twin's aura. He decisively grabbed the twin's hand, forming a claw, and began to attack.

At the same time, he recalled what Yu Xing had just said.

Yu Xing had said that his swordsmanship was stronger than Zhao Yijiu's, so the sword was lent to him, and he would quickly finish off the red-clad Ghost that hadn't attacked Zhao Yijiu. After killing it, he would immediately go after the Ghost attacking Zhao Yijiu.

Yu Xing also said that the malevolent Ghost was too much for Zhao Yijiu to handle alone; only he could face the red-clad Ghost.

The only problem was that Zhao Yijiu had to withstand the red-clad Ghost's attacks with the strength of a shadow, without a weapon, and keep the Ghost engaged so that the two red-clad Ghosts couldn't support each other.

The twins' tacit understanding was indeed terrifying.

Yu Xing also glanced in Zhao Yijiu's direction, speeding up his hand movements. In an instant, the sword danced through the air, clearly not any pure "sword technique," but when applied with a short weapon like the sword, it was surprisingly oppressive.