Is it Asian?

Stepping inside, John was quickly greeted by one of the staff.

"Hello, sir. Good afternoon"

After saying those, the woman quickly stepped back as a gesture for him to continue.

John just smiled at her as he knew that she would probably just stand there and watch him if he needed something.

Of course, he could've also just told her the things he wanted, but he also wanted to look around, so...

Stopping before a row of laptops, John suddenly thought of something.

'Wait...should I buy a car?'

Then he imagined himself having a car, driving around the town with his new car with a swag, then his thoughts swirled to him getting its oil change, then repairs, and other maintenance fees, and he imagined the bills that would be rolling towards his feet, which sent a chill through the spine of this frugal but money grubber bastard.

"Huuu~! I think I should just stick to my scooter for now"

The customers and staff who noticed his actions looked weirdly at him before hurriedly looking away when their eyes met.

After looking around for a couple of minutes, John didn't see anything that interested him other than the things he came here to buy.

So he walked over towards the saleslady who had greeted him earlier and talked to her.

"Yes sir?" asked the woman when she saw him coming over.

"Do you guys have a GoPro 9?"

The saleslady's eyes quickly lit up when she heard that as she'd certainly get a large commission from the sales of it.

"Yes sir! Stocks of it just arrived yesterday. How many are you looking to buy?"

"Uhhh, give me one, I mean two, two GoPro 9, yeah"

John wanted to get one just like he had planned before but he quickly changed his mind as he suddenly thought of an idea that would need two separate cameras.

"If your place has spare batteries and dual charger, give me one each, then a Casey, then the 3-way, then a Shorty, two LED lights and then a head strap for the GoPro, and lastly, the GorillaPod Action Tripod"

John started following the woman around as he started listing the things he wanted while the woman would just answer "uh huh" as she was busy getting the things that John is looking for inside the shelves near the counter.

"Here...sir"

The saleslady was a little out of breath when she finally got the things John wanted from the different shelves that they were stored from.

"Thank you"

"Thank you for your patronage sir"

John smiled after he paid for them and carried the eco bag that carried the items inside with him, and left the store with the enthusiastic saleslady who had just exceeded her monthly quota for the store this month!

She'd certainly get a large bonus on her paycheck this month!

"Dang it, I forgot I don't have my scooter with me"

John had only realized that he didn't come to the mall with his scooter when he arrived at the parking lot, so turned around and instead made his way to the other entrance at the other side of the building and hailed a cab to Lawag City.

Which took him over half an hour to arrive at his University.

***

Eleven o'clock in the evening, at John's apartment.

John was packing the gopros and the other equipment inside his gopro case before he placed the case inside his backpack and wore it on his back.

After doing that, he left his apartment and made his way downstairs to the parking lot where his scooter is parked along with the other vehicles of the other tenants.

"Oh! You're going out?"

John had just turned on his scooter when the surprised voice of a woman sounded from above him.

And so John looked up and saw a woman around his age looking at him with surprise.

"Ahh, good evening Jen, and yes, I'm just heading to the town centre and have some fun" John just lied with a straight face, then drove off as he didn't even wait for Jen to reply to what he had said.

The woman, called Jen, watched John as he closed the gate of the apartment building before driving off and didn't say anything for a couple of seconds.

"This is a first, I've never seen him leave this late at night before. Hmm...could it be that he had gotten a girlfriend?"

Jen mumbled to herself as she made her way back inside her apartment.

And soon after she went inside, two ghostly figures appeared on top of the apartment building, who watched John disappear in the distance.

"Woo! That bastard is finally gone" said the male ghost while wiping his non-existent sweat on his forehead.

"I hope he doesn't come back! Because ever since he arrived here. We haven't been able to have fun at night and could only hide from his presence, and we can't even leave this place because we're attached to the damn land! Damn...that exorcist!"

On the other hand, the female ghost beside the male one angrily cursed at their current poor circumstances.

Achoo!

"Damn, someone is probably talking bad behind my back"

John rubbed his nose with his finger but he continued driving towards the outskirts of the town towards the hill where the cemetery is located.

Looking at the dark path ahead, where he could only see six lamp posts around the large cemetery, he still couldn't help but get the chills.

"I still can't get used to this,'' mumbled John as he walked towards the lamp post on the entrance of the cemetery and started preparing his equipment.

He secured the gopro on the head strap that he had brought earlier and wore it around his head.

Ding!

John was just putting on the batteries on his LED light when he suddenly heard the familiar sound of a bell that rang beside his ears.

[Exorcise the Evil!]

Exorcised that damn Evil Spirit that's disturbing the rest of the spirits of the dead, and you will be rewarded handsomely!

Reward(s): Skill Voucher*1 and Skill Mastery Voucher*1

Penalty: I will strike your damn head with my pair of slippers!

John stared at the message floating in front of him with a dumbfounded look on his face.

He tried to rubbed his eyes thinking that he must seeing things, but when he saw that the words are still the same, he couldn't help but continue to stare dumbfoundedly at it for a few seconds as he couldn't understand what the f*ck has happened that he even ignored those two generous rewards!

"Did the System get hacked? What does it mean by striking my head with a pair of slippers? Is the system Asian? Caused it certainly sounds like one"

John slightly tilted his side to the side, a little confused, because sometimes the system would issue a quest like a cold machine, but there's also instances like now where it sounds like it has its own soul and curses at him when it issues a quest or mission!

"What a weird system"

John just scratched his head as he knows he won't get any answers from it, and he didn't even notice that the small anxiety he was feeling earlier from being all alone in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night had disappeared.

After he was done preparing his equipment, John started stretching his limbs.

"Now then,.shall we start...the hunt?"

John smiled as cracked his knuckles as walked past the boundary of the living and the dead

And in a corner, a pair of eyes flashed while watching him.