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Chapter 4 – Become the Shadow Behind the Heroine

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Author:
Why Does It Cost Money To Change Your Name
Original Source:
SFACG
Translator:
Ainsel
English Source:
Re:Library

Originally, I thought that ghosts were more or less the same, and I was thinking of letting the ghost in the doll out and then waiting for her to fight with the middle-aged male ghost, and then I would take the opportunity to run out. However, the current situation is that the fierce-looking middle-aged male ghost is being rubbed against the ground by the other party, and when he tries to run, he is dragged back.

To say that she was very scared just now, she suddenly felt a bit relieved.

If you can’t run, then you can’t run. Since ghosts really exist in this world, then she must be able to become a ghost after she dies.

Isn’t this also a kind of rebirth? It’s just that it’s troublesome not to be able to go out during the day, and there are many restrictions on ghosts.

Zhao Mingyue had already begun to think about her life after becoming a ghost when there was a noise at the door again.

In the terrified gaze of the middle-aged male ghost, Bai Yu stepped on his skull, shattering it. Countless strands of blood emerged from her body and fiercely pierced into the male ghost’s body. In just over ten seconds, the ghost turned into a wisp of black smoke, which Bai Yu absorbed into her body.

“Eaten?” Zhao Mingyue’s pupils shrank, she really didn’t expect such a situation.

The temperature in the bathroom showed no signs of rising, and the cold wind was piercing. In her eyes, Bai Yu’s appearance was far less disgusting and terrifying than that of the middle-aged ghost, but the pressure she felt was many times stronger.

It was as if an invisible hand was tightly choking her throat, making it difficult for her to breathe.

If the middle-aged ghost gave her the feeling that there was still a chance to escape, then Bai Yu made her feel that there was no retreat, and she could be killed at any moment.

In the eerily quiet and cramped space, her feet seemed to be frozen by frost, and Zhao Mingyue could only force a very strained smile.

The male ghost was intent on killing her, but Bai Yu might not be, right? She was the ghost of the doll, and she had just blocked the door to save her.

“Um, hello?”

Her smile was very stiff as she raised a hand.

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Bai Yu move. She first beckoned, taking the rabbit doll that was suspended in the air by the black mist into her hands, and gently placed it in her palm.

Because she was facing away from her, Zhao Mingyue couldn’t see the expression on Bai Yu’s face at this moment. She could only brace herself and speak: “Is this doll yours? It’s, it’s very pretty. But I just got it today, I really don’t know anything…”

Her heart was truly bitter. She was just an ordinary high school sophomore. Her parents disappeared when she was young, and she was raised by her sister. Then her sister also disappeared. To pay for her tuition and living expenses, she had to work night shifts at a convenience store every day. She recently took leave to try to find her sister again.

But she didn’t find her sister, and because of a small game, she came into contact with another world.

Now, an ambiguous fierce ghost was blocking the door, and she couldn’t even leave.

“How did you get this doll?” Glancing at Zhao Mingyue, Bai Yu turned around.

This was the first time Zhao Mingyue saw Bai Yu’s face. She was beautiful, so much so that Zhao Mingyue couldn’t describe the feeling with words. It was probably a kind of frail beauty. Her features were delicate and proper, and her messy black hair contrasted sharply with her pale skin.

She wasn’t tall, probably around 1.6 meters, and she might only be about sixteen years old. Her body under the white dress was frail, and that doll-like fragility was most likely to arouse a person’s protective and destructive desires.

Yes, destructive desires, because she looked so beautiful yet so frail.

Of course, all these thoughts were under the premise of ignoring her pale to the point of being greenish skin, the black lines on her body like cracks, and those crimson eyes hidden under her black hair.

She was a ghost, and a fierce ghost at that.

“If I say it suddenly appeared here, would you believe me?” Somehow, Zhao Mingyue wasn’t that scared anymore.

Bai Yu’s behavior was completely opposite to that of the male ghost.

That ghost was only mad and completely irrational, while Bai Yu was different. She was not only calm but also communicative.

This was undoubtedly a good thing. As long as there was rationality and communication, it would be easy to handle.

“This girl is a living person, and most likely she is one of the characters in the manhua. The game rule is to conquer the male lead and five other supporting characters. Including the male lead, there are a total of five males and one female. The female is the manhua’s heroine, and most likely, she is the one in front of me.” Bai Yu pondered in her heart, having already determined Zhao Mingyue’s identity.

This was her privilege. She didn’t have to deal with those male characters. She just needed to focus on the heroine, but she didn’t expect to come into contact with her so easily.

Leaning against the wall, Zhao Mingyue blinked. Why was this ghost always staring at her and not speaking?

“Hey, this doll, I really got it by accident, just now.” Waving her little hand at Bai Yu, she pointed to the door, “That ghost was smashing the door just now, and I was standing in front of the mirror with my eyes closed. When there was no more noise behind me, I found out that it was this doll that helped me block the door.”

“Um, thank you, haha. If it weren’t for you, I would have definitely been eaten by that ghost just now.”

Lowering her eyes after saying this, she looked up at Bai Yu.

She didn’t care to look, but as soon as she looked up, she saw Bai Yu’s figure less than half a meter in front of her. Those black eyes without whites, full of bloodshot, stared at her, with an emotion she couldn’t understand.

Bai Yu raised her hand, and the blood strands climbed up Zhao Mingyue’s calf, pulling out the black cell phone from her pocket.

As soon as the phone was taken out, she felt a burning sensation, and the blood strands were ignited and melted by the phone’s casing.

Watching the phone fall out of her pocket, it was Zhao Mingyue who was quick to catch it.

Her finger accidentally pressed the power button, the screen lit up, and she quickly glanced at it, finding that in addition to the photo, there were many bullet comments on the phone’s desktop, and these comments were rapidly scrolling.

【F*ck, so cute, bros, I’m licking first (slurp slurp)】1

【Is this the Sword Demon? (shocked) But it smells really good.】

【It’s the heroine’s fault, playing this kind of game in the bathroom in the middle of the night, I’m scared.】

【Lucky that male ghost, I also want to be stepped on by Sister Yu QAQ】

【Now it’s good, two female leads, who do you like, I vote for Sister Yu】

【The guy above is trash, I want them all!】

Zhao Mingyue’s fingers quickly slid, minimizing those scrolling comments to one side, revealing most of the desktop, and quickly held it up in front of Bai Yu.

She already knew Bai Yu’s identity, she must be the sister of the little girl in the photo called Bai Sisi!

If it was Bai Sisi, then it should be a little girl.

Moments later…

·

“Phew, why are you still looking there.” After cleaning up the bathroom and putting the mirror shards into the trash can, she returned to the living room lit with lights. Zhao Mingyue saw Bai Yu still standing in front of the TV. On the TV, the black cell phone was propped up with a phone stand.

She walked over and glanced at it, vaguely seeing a few bullet comments, like “my wife is watching me,” “that’s clearly my wife,” and another saying “your wife is awesome.” Zhao Mingyue was embarrassed; she didn’t understand who was sending these comments, it felt like a live broadcast.

“Um, my name is Zhao Mingyue, do you have a name?” Zhao Mingyue looked at Bai Yu’s profile and tried to speak.

“Bai Yu.”

“Uh, then can I call you Sister Bai?”

“No need, Bai Yu is fine.”

Zhao Mingyue wanted to say something else, but suddenly saw Bai Yu walking towards her. She watched as Bai Yu entered her shadow.

Under the light, her shadow underwent earth-shattering changes. She had short hair and was wearing pajamas, but the shadow turned into a long-haired figure wearing a dress.

Looking at her own shadow, then at the doll next to the TV, Zhao Mingyue was a bit stunned.

Isn’t the ghost supposed to live in the doll? How did she get into her shadow!?



 

Footnotes:

  1. lots of these comments use chinese memes, should I translate literally (at the cost of not understanding what it means) or should I try to find the best english equivalent? For example, the first part if I translate literally would be “I blanch”, referring to a chinese meme originating from 哥谭噩梦, 我焯 (Wǒ chāo), a mispronunciation of 我草 (Wǒ cǎo) (I grass), which in itself is an online way of saying 我操 (Wǒ cāo) (F*ck)… Okay, now that I’ve written all this nonsense, I realized that I should not translate literally cause it sounds stupid and makes no sense, not that this footnote makes sense. Anyway, thanks for reading this, and I’ll keep this here for the funni, for the hehe haha (dies from cringe) (on second thought, am I even allowed to post this kind of nonsense here?)
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