novelTele Chapter 559 The person who should disappear... is you!
Chapter 559 The person who should disappear... is you!
At 2 PM, Su Wan, along with A Ying and A Que, went out to inspect the on-duty status of the various chosen ones.
Inside office 312, only Lao Zhou, Xiao Lin, Xiao Ren, and Lin Feng remained.
The large room was quiet and still, with the four of them each doing their own thing—in reality, they were all slacking off, enjoying a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere.
But this brief peace did not last long. A series of strange, uneven knocks suddenly broke the languid atmosphere inside.
"Thump thump... thump..."
Old Zhou didn't even look up, casually calling out, "Come in."
The door was pushed open, and everyone looked up, all of them stunned—
A figure wearing a gray uniform and with his head wrapped in bandages stood at the door.
It was that bandaged ghost who had asked in a sarcastic tone in the corridor at noon, "When did the farmer get so close to the turkeys?"
Its cloudy yellow eyes quickly scanned the room, finally locking onto Lin Feng with precision.
Lin Feng frowned slightly, a sense of vigilance instantly rising in his heart—this strange thing was clearly aimed at him.
"Well... the logistics department just received a new batch of supplies, and we're short-handed," Bandaged Ghost said, his voice hoarse and indistinct, as if he had a wad of wet cotton stuck in his throat. "We'll lend you one of your new recruits to run errands and help out. He'll be right back after he's done."
Old Zhou already knew exactly what was going on—moving supplies was a pretense; his real aim was to get his hands on the small amount of stolen currency in Lin Feng's pocket.
He picked up his teacup, took a sip, and replied unhurriedly, "No problem, Xiao Ren, go over and lend a hand."
Xiao Ren said "Oh" and was about to stand up when the bandaged ghost immediately waved his hand:
"Xiao Ren is a long-time employee, how can we take up his time?"
"This one is still the best..." It extended a finger wrapped in bandages and pointed it directly at Lin Feng, "The new little brother is more suitable."
Old Zhou's smile faded slightly: "He's just a human, too weak to even kill a chicken, he can't handle the hard work, let Xiao Ren go instead."
The bandaged monster took half a step forward, its yellow eyes scanning Lin Feng up and down twice before saying:
"This young man, Lin Feng, looks tall and strong. He must train a lot. Moving things must be a piece of cake for him."
"Besides, they're just some folders and file boxes, nothing special. It just takes a little time, but there's no need to delay the senior employees' important business."
As he spoke, he turned his head back to Old Zhou, his gaze through the gaps in the bandages carrying a hint of scrutiny:
"Or... are you protecting this human?"
Old Zhou's face darkened: "Who's protecting me? I'm just telling the truth."
He glanced at Lin Feng and softened his tone: "How about this, since Lin Feng was brought here by Section Chief Su, I'll ask for her opinion."
"Is it really necessary to make such a fuss over a mere human?" Bandaged Ghost waved his hand impatiently. "Section Chief Su is busy with important matters, so please don't disturb him."
As it spoke, it dragged its unsteady leg toward Lin Feng, its bandaged hand reaching straight for his arm.
Lin Feng's eyelids twitched.
There's no way to avoid it now. Rather than being passively pulled along, it's better to—
With a thought, a stack of brand-new, neatly bound ghost coins appeared out of thin air in his hand, totaling a full ten thousand.
"Hey buddy, maybe..." Lin Feng waved the coin, "I can convince you not to go move the things?"
The bandaged hand froze in mid-air.
His yellow eyes were instantly fixed on the stack of dubious coins, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he let out a suppressed swallow.
"Sure, sure." He turned around and locked the office door with a "click," then dragged his legs back quickly, his greed almost overflowing in his yellow eyes.
"Young man, you're on the right track... I must say, your sincerity has indeed touched me."
Lin Feng handed over the spoofed coins: "Count them carefully. If it's less than ten thousand, I'll make up the difference."
The bandaged man took the money, eagerly lowered his head, and clumsily fiddled with each bill, his bandaged fingers counting, "One, two, three..."
While it was counting with its head down, Lin Feng quietly took out the Silent One's Grip from his spatial storage and put it on.
When the bandage trick reached its twenty-fifth card, "pia~"
A powerful blow, accompanied by the whoosh of the wind, slammed solidly into its bandaged cheek.
A stack of strange coins flew out of his hand, and the bandaged ghost was knocked to one side, the greed in his yellow eyes shattering instantly into unbelievable shock.
Old Zhou spat out a mouthful of tea with a "pfft," startling Xiao Lin into a scream. Xiao Ren's hand trembled, and he spilled a whole bunch of instant coffee all over his crotch.
The bandaged figure stumbled and regained his balance, the astonishment in his yellow eyes instantly turning into a raging inferno, and a roar exploded from his throat:
"You fucking want to die!"
"pia~"
The second slap followed immediately. The bandage opened its mouth strangely, making a "hoarse" sound as if it had phlegm stuck in its throat, but it couldn't utter a single word.
The bandaged figure suddenly raised his hand as if to cast a spell, but the dark light that had just gathered at his fingertips dissipated with a "poof".
The effect of silence acts like an invisible film, completely separating it from its own capabilities.
Lin Feng gave it no chance, striking it repeatedly and accurately on the face, rendering it unable to cast spells and pinning it to the spot, unable to escape.
In the bandaged, eerie yellow eyes, shock surged into anger, and anger then dissipated into fear.
Old Zhou jumped up from his workstation, his mouth agape enough to fit a fist: "What the heck, can your gloves stay silent?"
Lin Feng nodded without stopping, "Yes."
Old Zhou was both shocked and excited, speaking rapidly: "Don't stop! Don't give him a chance to catch his breath!"
Kobayashi, standing nearby, was already deathly pale with fright: "What... what do we do now... should we keep pumping?"
Xiao Ren also stood up shakily, just about to say something, when there was a knock on the office door.
He jumped in surprise, his voice cracking: "Who, who is it?"
"It's me, Aying."
Xiao Ren felt as if he had been granted a pardon and quickly opened the door.
Ah Ying slipped in, and Xiao Ren slammed the door shut behind her.
Ah Ying looked up and froze on the spot—
Lin Feng swung his hand down, and the bandaged ghost was slapped so hard that its eyes rolled back and drool dripped from the corner of its mouth, looking no different from a half-dead salted fish.
"What's going on?!" Ah Ying whispered, her eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
Xiaolin stammered as she recounted the whole story, then asked with a pained expression, "How are we going to handle this...?"
Ah Ying reacted quickly, immediately pulling out her walkie-talkie: "Sister Wan, something terrible has happened in the office, come back quickly!"
Less than three minutes later, Su Wan pushed open the door and rushed in.
She paused for a moment upon seeing the scene before her, her eyes clearly saying, "What the hell is going on?"
Ah Ying, quick to speak, rattled off the whole story.
After hearing this, Su Wan clenched her fists, her face darkening: "At this point, there's no other way but to make him disappear completely!"
The bandaged monster breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, its suppressed rage erupting instantly. It roared urgently, "Quickly! Kill this human!"
Su Wan's eyes turned cold, and her words were crisp and clear: "Wrong, the person who should disappear... is you!"