I Got My Cheat Skill by Acting My Way into a Horror Protagonist Role Chapter 19

For a moment, the ghost child girl couldn't tell who was more terrifying.

The trembling rows of secondary teeth were unnaturally clean, yet in her dazed state, it seemed like incompletely digested bits of flesh and bone fragments were churning up.

Although Student Gui Yi's ghost attribute skill focused on mental influence and control, to increase the eerie factor, he had designed Student's ghost transformation appearance to be missing a tongue.

The one who should have been most eloquent and talkative had their tongue cruelly severed.

Yet this still didn't hinder its ability to bewitch people—the story hidden behind it made people even more eager to seek out and peek.

[Attribute skill in effect: Can bewitch and influence through speech, increasing persuasiveness, ultimately achieving mind control effects—]

"Good girl, open the door, I want to come in..."

Though it was a hoarse, unpleasant low growl and muttering, with the ghost child girl mentally shaken, her defenses crumbled, allowing Xiao Gui'an to exploit the opening.

When the voice reached her ears, the terrifying creature pressed against the glass window seemed to transform into a kind, gentle figure, like a mother softly whispering to her, "Baby, open the door for Mommy..."

Paired with Xiao Gui'an's terrifying face and the torn flesh around his mouth, it truly seemed like he might transform into an enormous maw and swallow someone whole the next second.

[Congratulations to 'Seeker' Xu Zisheng for finding 'Hider'. Current count: '5/6']

[Congratulations to 'Seeker' [Gui Yi] for finding 'Hider'. Current count: '5/6']

As soon as the game notification panel appeared, Xu Zisheng knew Xiao Gui'an had caught the little girl.

And with the security booth door opened, the ghostly Uncle Zhao naturally could sense it too.

Two figures simultaneously darted toward the security booth.

After briefly falling under mental control, the ghost child girl quickly regained her senses. After all, this was Xiao Gui'an's first time using his ability, and being only half-ghost, achieving this level was quite impressive already.

"Hiss—"

Xiao Gui'an sensed movement behind him, knowing it wasn't time to reveal himself yet. His face began twisting and changing again, the ghostly energy around him slowly dissipating.

Running out of time—

Quick as lightning, he grabbed the security cap from the security booth table.

Dusty, sticky, who knew what was on it—looked like it hadn't been washed in ages.

Xiao Gui'an internally cringed with an "Eww" but had no choice but to put it on his head, pulling the brim low to cover his not-yet-fully-normal face, then retreated from the security booth.

Not daring to look at Uncle Zhao's expression, he quickly hid behind the approaching Xu Zisheng.

"Are you okay?"

Looking at Xiao Gui'an with half his face covered, Xu Zisheng asked.

He frowned slightly, seeming to detect something unusual about Xiao Gui'an's aura.

"I'm fine, that scared me to death, just now!" Only after his ghost transformation state completely faded did Xiao Gui'an lift his head, patting his chest as if still shaken.

He leaned close to Xu Zisheng, explaining, "You can't even imagine how critical the situation was just now, that security booth door wouldn't open at all... Then I used my silver tongue to sing her a little 'bunny open the door' song, and the door opened..."

[Gui Yi] gestured with his hands, his expression carrying a sense of surviving disaster, looking somewhat smug like a petty person succeeding, yet not annoying. His curly black hair was flattened by the dusty cap, looking somewhat out of place.

Xu Zisheng didn't ask further, nor did he mind [Gui Yi]'s chattering. In fact, in this oppressive, eerie environment, he quite enjoyed partnering with him.

Provided quite a bit of entertainment.

The seemingly gentle young man knew how to seize opportunities and could make ghosts uncomfortable from certain angles. Wasn't there an opportunity right now? Xu Zisheng directly took the cap from Xiao Gui'an's head and tossed it back into the security booth, saying calmly, "Don't wear this thing, it's dirty—"

"Alright then..." Xiao Gui'an compliantly replied.

The ghost child girl following behind the security guard caught the cap, her lifeless pupils gazing eerily at Xiao Gui'an, her body trembling slightly.

Neither of them were any good.

Especially Xiao Gui'an—he was clearly a ghost wearing human skin...

What was he pretending for?

Time was running short, only about fifty minutes left. Seeing the large and small figures showing no intention to continue attacking, Xiao Gui'an suggested they go elsewhere to search for ghost children.

The tall, bulky Uncle Zhao slightly crouched down. He hadn't gained much advantage earlier—a large chunk of flesh had been sliced from the side of his head by Xu Zisheng, clearly revealing brain matter and blood vessels.

The little girl stood on tiptoe, putting the ugly cap on him properly, adjusting it to cover the unsightly wound.

"Go play, little... be happy..."

Xiao Gui'an hadn't gone far, catching a few unclear words from the two ghosts' conversation.

Looking back from a distance, he felt the girl standing beside Uncle Zhao had an extremely long shadow stretching beneath her feet. The black-red shadow twisted unnaturally, tearing at its hands, pounding heavily again and again.

When only half an hour remained, Xiao Gui'an and Xu Zisheng completed their task.

They each received a notification on their game screen panels about clues regarding [Real Ghost].

Xiao Gui'an's game screen displayed:

『Complaint from a neighbor:

Before, on the fourth floor of Building 3, there were always children's running footsteps, and the sound of wind whistling through the corridors, echoing constantly, disturbingly noisy even at midnight, like an old broadcast player.

So unbearably loud, if they want to play, can't they go elsewhere? Why so energetic? I really want to cut open their throats, stuff some cotton into their screaming vocal cords, only then would it be quiet—』

Tsk, could this be true?

Xiao Gui'an briefly described the clue he obtained to Xu Zisheng.

"What about you? Did you get any clues?"

"I have a unit number—"

"What unit number?"

"6A666," Xu Zisheng replied.

Actually, based on his previous observations, each floor only had four units—two on the left, two on the right. In these three buildings, the sixth-floor unit numbers would only be [1A601][1A602][1B603][1B604][2A601][2A602][2B603][2B604][3A601][3A602][3B603][3B604]—these twelve numbers.

There couldn't possibly be a 6A666 unit number.

Unless this place didn't belong here, or it might not be a unit number.

Or perhaps, it was a special territory.

Thinking of the black-haired scholarly young man he saw earlier—sixth floor, right side A—Xu Zisheng pursed his lips slightly. Could it be him...

It was him, of course it was him—

Hearing the unit number, Xiao Gui'an fell silent too.

He never expected the unit number he previously considered lucky would backstab him now. This clue was practically putting the answer right on the table.

Xiao Gui'an and Xu Zisheng both fell into an eerie simultaneous silence, both looking somewhat troubled, though thinking completely different things.

Would they really have to confront that existence with unclear temperament and level? He didn't want to go die—

The Cursed Child frowned slightly, weighing the pros and cons.

What if Xu Zisheng directly took an axe to his door later? His door was wooden after all—who knew how long it could hold?

Should he open the door or not when the time comes? And [Writer] had even said visitors were welcome.

Xiao Gui'an's expression turned extremely serious too, as if one wrong choice would lead to eternal damnation.

"How about we check the fourth floor of Building 3 first?"

"I think we should check the situation on the fourth floor of Building 3 first?"

They spoke in unison.

Xu Zisheng looked somewhat surprised, then gave Xiao Gui'an an approving look.

Indeed, although Gui Yi seemed unreliable and a bit foolish, he also felt that black-haired young man from their earlier encounter shouldn't be rashly approached. Better to assess the situation first.

Just as he thought.

Seeing Xu Zisheng agree to check the other place first, Xiao Gui'an secretly sighed in relief, returning the look.

Thank you, good brother. Didn't expect we'd be so in sync. Thanks for giving me time to renovate my place.

Xiao Gui'an definitely didn't want them barging violently into his home later, only to find the refined Writer living in such a modern house—it completely contradicted the persona he'd created for Writer.

The two exchanged looks.

[He gets me!]

This thought surfaced in both their minds.

Little did they know their brainwaves had never actually connected.