Chapter 542: Water Wall

What did she think the night was like?

Just serving drinks to customers, memorizing the bartender's techniques in my mind, and working until dawn, ready to clean up and close...

...Then, go back to the rental house to eat something, take a shower and sleep.

An ordinary day on the night shift at Water Wall.

But she was wrong.

The new guest who had a great chat with her today suddenly appeared on Anita's way home and shot her in the chest with a pistol with a silencer.

The pain caused Anita to fall to the ground clutching her wound. She didn't even have the strength to get up or ask why she was doing this. When she tried to speak a word, she could only produce blood bubbles and labored gasps from the punctured lungs.

I don’t know whether he acted cautiously or retained the last trace of mercy, and shot Anita in the head again.

Her consciousness was frozen in the moment when the bullet passed through her skull. The pain also goes away.

...Originally, it should always be like this.

But Anita was awakened.

The first thing that woke her up was the severe pain in her body.

Then, a terrifying shadow appeared in front of him - it could only be barely discerned that it was a man.

She screamed in fright, rolled and crawled backwards for several meters, then remembered that she could walk, and stood up holding on to the wall.

At that moment, her sanity regained the ability to think that had been deprived by chaos and panic.

Anita realized that although the blood was still there, her injuries were gone. The pain I felt when I first woke up was just a little bit left.

But why is this happening?

Wasn't I shot? !

Could it be...this is the world after death?

Anita had many questions to ask, and her sanity almost collapsed due to too many shocks.

But the ghost shrouded in shadow, claiming to be Mei Hong, did not let her continue to be confused.

Mei Hong obviously doesn't like nonsense. He directly revealed his identity, saying that he was an alchemist and mystic who had lost his body. He had just helped Anita and resurrected her.

He hopes that Anita Clyde will be the container for his soul, let him live in his body for a period of time, and help him restore his physical body.

Mei Hong obviously saw that Anita was doubting him. So, he directly mentioned what she wanted to say but didn't dare to say.

Mei Hong said, you may think that I and the person who killed you are in the same group, and I may have cast some evil magic on you when I resurrected you. But he did none of this.

He also promised that he had nothing to do with the killer just now, and since this was a cooperative relationship, he would also help Anita find out the identity and purpose of the killer.

"But...why did you choose me to be the container, and why did I just appear around..." Clyde asked uneasily: "Could it be that, Mr. Mei Hong, you have been targeting me for a long time?"

Mei Hong: "Well, I didn't intend to hide it at all. It is true that I have fallen in love with you for a long time, but just like I promised, I have nothing to do with the people or forces who killed you."

"Eh?! It looks like..." Clyde suddenly looked very nervous.

Mei Hong: "It means that your body is very suitable to be my container. Don't get me wrong, I have no interest in women like you at all."

Clyde: "Yes, yes... But will you... kill my consciousness and take away my body...?"

Mei Hong: "If I had this intention, I would have done it long ago. But I don't want to live in someone else's body, let alone a woman. So these days I have been thinking about how to communicate with you to make you willing to help. So today’s accident is a good thing for me.”

Mei Hong: "Okay, let's not waste time, tell me the answer directly, Clyde - have we reached an agreement?" Clyde: "This... but you haven't said yet, how are you going to restore your physical body? ah?"

Clyde: "I-I'm just a waiter, how can I help? I don't know anything about alchemy..."

Mei Hong: "You don't need to understand. Just do whatever I tell you, just be obedient."

Mei Hong: "There are many things that are inconvenient for dead people to do."

Clyde: "This...this...but..."

Mei Hong: "Listen. If I didn't help, you would be dead, Anita."

Mei Hong: "I want you to return this favor, and you have to. Otherwise, I don't mind getting your destiny back on track."

Mei Hong: "Enough nonsense, answer me now - do you want to cooperate? Although it is difficult to find a good container like you, I will eventually encounter it again... So I suggest you. Don't think about following I bargain!"

Mei Hong slowly approached her.

That look was full of coldness.

Clyde's breathing quickened due to nervousness, but he didn't move back anymore - because she was already close to the edge of the wall.

She really couldn't trust this person, but she couldn't refuse the deal.

Mei Hong could easily kill her.

And if this ghost is telling the truth, then Mei Hong cannot be blamed for her death.

Because he was just taking back his trading chips.

"Can you answer me one thing...Mr. Ghost?" Clyde asked nervously.

Mei Hong: "...Call me Mei Hong. If you have any questions, just ask."

Clyde: "Well...why can you resurrect me, but not yourself?"

Clyde: "So...doesn't a healer not be able to heal himself?"

Mei Hong: "...Maybe. But it's a little different."

Mei Hong: "Unless there is a powerful alchemical weapon like the Philosopher's Stone as a medium to bind the soul, my resurrection technique can only save people who have just died and whose souls have not yet begun to disperse. In fact, it is the same as saving people. It’s almost the same as returning to a dying person, just a little more advanced.”

Mei Hong: "And for a period of time after I died, my consciousness was in chaos. By the time my soul woke up, I had missed the opportunity for resurrection. Moreover, I was still very weak at the time and couldn't use any spells... …”

Mei Hong: "...Okay, that's it. I've told you everything you need to know."

Mei Hong: "Answer me now, Clyde!"

Clyde: "Okay... okay."

Clyde: "Let me help you..."

Mei Hong: "...Very good. As I said before, I will also help you find out the killer's purpose."

Clyde: "But... what should I do? Play dead?"

Clyde: "I-I feel like if they find out that I'm still alive, they will definitely continue to send killers!"

Mei Hong: "That's natural. They must be very surprised that you are not dead."

Mei Hong: "I don't know how long you can hide it from them, but you have to fake your death. Then change your identity and act secretly..."

Clyde listened to this in frustration and knew that Mei Hong was right.

But her stable life was completely over.