Special Forces Medic-Chapter 704 - 672: Human-Ghost Transaction

Having been through countless battles and encountered numerous enemies, he had never felt such an oppressive force like now. It wasn't that Xiao Lin didn't want to move, but because the air pressure was decreasing bit by bit, making him feel a pressing burden, his heart uneasy.

He had experienced this feeling once before, with the man who took Fourth Master away in the Middle East, but now this oppression was even greater than back then.

"Who are you?" Xiao Lin slowly asked, gathering his breath in his chest. His steady voice reached the ears of the other, creating a resonant humming.

"The dead cannot be resurrected!" The other's voice line sent a slight pain through Xiao Lin's ears. He unconsciously clenched Hong's hand, vigilantly staring ahead. "If I could bring the person next to you back to life, how would you thank me?"

"What a joke!" Xiao Lin didn't believe in ghosts and deities, nor did he believe in the resurrection of the dead. Whether in China or abroad, all the talks of ghosts and deities were just myths, impossible to exist.

"Hehehe!" The other laughed loudly, not debating but leaping into the air, heading towards a bookworm on the side, soaring like a great bird, diving down. Soon, he held a night cat, and Xiao Lin saw the man clearly, tall and burly, though his hat covered most of his face, revealing only the chin and half of the lips.

With a beard on the chin and thick lips, he was not familiar. With a crack, the mysterious man twisted the cat's neck, and after a horrifying shriek, the cat died!

The mysterious man chuckled, holding the cat with its limp head and lifeless limbs dangling. "See clearly now, what mortals cannot achieve."

How did he do it? Xiao Lin couldn't see clearly, only that the cat spasmed a few times, stretched its limbs, and its tail stiffened straight. Then, with a clear meow, the cat broke free from the mysterious man's grip and dashed away, disappearing into the underbrush below.

"Impossible?" Even Xiao Lin, with his strong composure, couldn't believe his own eyes. He stared at the mysterious man ahead; the sound of bone cracking was all too familiar to him. The cat's neck was indeed broken, and there was nothing wrong with his eyes. So, this person...

"You are very regretful!" The mysterious man did not require Xiao Lin to do anything. His softened tone felt enchanting, entering Xiao Lin's ears. "You wish for him to be alive!"

The sound waves reached the eardrum, not beating on the heart but echoing within the depths of the eardrum, like a speaker box vibrating open, filling the entire head, impossible to erase. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

When Xiao Lin recognized the dangers of these sound waves, it was too late. He couldn't help but shake his head, as if something was flowing out of his ears. Xiao Lin reached up to feel, and a whiff of blood spread under his nose.

"Very strong willpower!" The mysterious man praised, his tone adjusted to a normal range that people could accept. Xiao Lin got up from his seated position without much discomfort. "Better than Xiao Zhenfeng!"

"Who on earth are you?"

"Hahaha, I'm no human, I'm a ghost!" The mysterious man suddenly stretched out his hands, and Hong beside Xiao Lin floated up. "You can call me Grim Reaper, or just see me as the undertaker."

"No, you can't take him away!" In a rush, Xiao Lin blurted out.

"Have you made up your mind?" The mysterious man did not withdraw his hands; Hong still floated in mid-air,

"Your terms."

"A game. As long as you can find me, I will return him to you intact. You handed him to me dead, and I will return him to you alive. It's quite the bargain."

"Where do I find you?"

"It would be boring if I told you. There's half an hour until dawn, by then even if you agree, I can't save him."

"Why should I trust you?"

"Oh, is that so! Then let me give you some interest first!" Saying this, the mysterious man's mouth moved as if chanting something, but Xiao Lin couldn't hear.

Miraculously, Hong opened his eyes and turned to the side. "Lin!"

Shocked! Xiao Lin was stunned by the weak voice. He thought he was hallucinating, but Hong's clear eyes were staring right at him.

"Deal, I will find you."

"Very well!" With a quick movement of his arms, Hong seemed to fall lifeless again, already in the other's grasp.

"Mu Rongyun, I'll find you no matter the ends of the earth." Xiao Lin looked at the mysterious man ahead. He didn't regret his decision; no matter the outcome, he would fight for it.

"It's been a long time since anyone called me that. You're braver than your old man. It's unknown whether it's good or bad for the Xiao Family to be led by you." The mysterious man paused. "Too bad I've transcended the physical body, you're no match for me."

Admitting his identity in a roundabout way, the mysterious man vanished with Hong in front of Xiao Lin, as if he had never appeared, and the oppressive atmosphere in the air gradually eased over time.

Like being released from bindings, Xiao Lin slumped onto the back of the pirate ship's chair. One could only understand the opponent's strength after facing them; Mu Rongyun's prowess had surpassed his comprehension. Was he really not human, but a ghost? A Grim Reaper?

No, he didn't believe it! But the emptiness around him was telling him that the event had truly happened, and it was not his illusion.

"Boss!"

The sky had begun to lighten, like a nightmare. Xiao Lin stared at the bow of the ship and suddenly realized a problem: that person had no shadow. During the first encounter in the Middle East, he seemed to be without a shadow too, and this time the aura he brought was far beyond that time.

"Boss!"

"You all don't come up." Xiao Lin looked at the people below, with Flame Swallow among them. "Flame Swallow, come up."

Flame Swallow felt aggrieved; he didn't know why he was so obedient to his commands, even though he was supposed to be working for his father. Even thinking this, he had already jumped onto the pirate ship.

"Calling me up should mean there's something important." Sitting on the chair back in front of Xiao Lin, they faced each other.

"How long have you been with my old man?" Once Xiao Lin could move, he drew out a cigarette and lit it for the first time.

"You should call him father." Flame Swallow corrected Xiao Lin's address for Xiao Zhenfeng, which surprised Xiao Lin a little. "Almost ten years now."

"Ten years?!" Xiao Lin couldn't help but exclaim; it was precisely during his father's encirclement period.

"In fact, we met when we were children."

"I have no impression."

"Well, it was a brief encounter at the airport. We took flights at the same time, just heading in different directions, and at the time you didn't know me; I only knew you." Flame Swallow blew a breath through his hair. "I should have existed as your shadow, but your excellence exceeded their expectations, so I remained by the old man's side."

Flame Swallow always looked at Xiao Lin, feeling something was off. Watching him was uncomfortable, a bit eerie, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong.

"Then you must have participated in that encirclement ten years ago."

"I didn't participate. I was still too young, and the battle was too bloody. The old man didn't want me to stain my hands with blood at such a young age."

"Oh!" Xiao Lin had no more questions; in fact, he didn't know what to ask.

"Young Master Xiao, the old man hopes you will take up a position in the Xiao Family. Do you know the reason? The Xiao Family is full of talents from top to bottom, yet they favor you. Do you know why?" Seeing Xiao Lin unresponsive, Flame Swallow's eyes dimmed. "The old man has not had it easy. Even if not for yourself, think about how he feels; your existence concerns many people in the Xiao Family."

"What exactly do I possess?" Was Flame Swallow trying to tell him the Xiao Family would face a crisis and he was the one to save them? That's too far-fetched, a mere ploy? "Don't tell me you want me to protect myself well for the sake of the Xiao Family."

"I certainly wouldn't say that. How could someone like you be restrained by us? I just hope you understand the old man's difficulties, and consider them in your actions." With that, he had already jumped off the pirate ship.

"How's it? Is the boss and Hong okay?" Zimu first approached; the moment Flame Swallow caught up he asked.

"Hong?" Flame Swallow finally understood why he found Xiao Lin so strange; it turned out a body was missing beside him. "There's only him up there."

Only one person? Zimu turned back to look at his brothers; he hadn't heard wrong, had he? Purple Scale shook his head at him, confirming he was not mistaken. "Shou, are you sure the boss brought Hong's body out?"

Shou nodded in bewilderment. "I'm sure. Why? Did that strange guy say something?"

"There's only the boss up there." Zimu suddenly felt a chill all over, the wind howling eerily.

"Hey, you guys stop talking nonsense. It's just dawn, those things haven't gone back to sleep yet." Guo Guo was left far behind, and upon hearing their talk, she started shivering. She felt very sorry for that child, always feeling guilty. If she had been the one injured, with that doctor's skills, she wouldn't have had a problem, but she really didn't know that child was so severely ill. After hearing from the director, Guo Guo had been regretting it all the way, crying all the way.

"Let's go!" Xiao Lin had somehow stood behind them, with no explanation, nor any sadness.

Yao Zheng sat in the office, facing Secretary Luo's worried face, not knowing how to console him, repeatedly sighing. "Secretary Luo, this is truly something we can't help with. The people sent out have all reported that they haven't seen Young Master Hua. Are you sure he disappeared in our North District and not after leaving the North District?" (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)