Enslavement
Pro stared at Lena's phone with a puzzled expression, "Huh? No signal? Does it have something to do with the ghosts here? Maybe they are interfering somehow? But my internet is fine, how come her phone is not?"
Pro pondered for a bit, but didn't think too hard, "Well, as long as my internet works, I can care less about anything else, but might as well see if the phone works. That might be another option for attracting visitors."
Gliding into the bedroom, Pro materialized into physical form. After upgrading his level, not only did the energy cost get reduced by half, the materialization also can last an extra minute. Not only that, if he ends the physical materialization before one minute passes, he will not have to endure an hour of weakness where his abilities get locked.
Pro then grabbed the phone and dialed 911. Surprisingly, the phone tone rang, telling Pro that the phone works perfectly fine.
"Huh! This old landline phone works fine, maybe Lena just has a cheap service provider," Pro commented as he waited for the call to go through.
"911, what's your emergency?"
"Ahem, can you hear me?" Pro tested out.
"Loud and clear, sir. How may I help you?" the operator asked.
Pro blinked his eyes in surprise for a moment. He just discovered any benefit of the physical form. It seems he can still communicate, but he is unsure if other ghosts can do the same. Maybe he is special?
Nevertheless, Pro shoved the thought to the side and continued, "There is an injured male at apartment 444 of XXX street, XX building. He seemed to have some internal fractures? Not quite sure, he spat out a couple mouthful of blood ..."
"Sir. Please hold on while we verify your location," after a short pause, the operator continued, "Yes, that is the old apartment building on XXX street am I correct? And the place of incident is apartment room 444?"
"Yes, that is correct," Pro affirmed while counting the time internally.
"Thank you sir. Now, may we please get your name and phone number," the operator continued.
"Errr ... Name is ... Gu Hao. Phone number is this phone, I don't really know the number as I don't frequently use it," Pro said meekly.
"Um ... alright, sir. Can you provide a couple more details of the accident. Is there anyone else on the scene?" the operator then questioned.
"Yes, there is also a lady friend of the injured man on the scene. Not quite sure she is too stable at the moment though because she just saw her girl friend die," Pro reported.
"... Mr. Hao, have you confirmed that the lady has lost her breathe?" the operator said in a grim tone.
"Well, her head is now completely detached from her body, so yea. Oh! There is also a male currently missing in the building as well," Pro chuckled.
"Mr. Hao! Please hold on the line and elaborate in detail regarding the situation. Help is on its way. Is the assailant still nearby? Are you in a safe area? Can you confirm the condition of the missing male?" the operator spoke in a serious tone.
"Ehh ... the area is somewhat safe for now and no, I can't confirm the condition of the missing male, but probably dead I guess. Welp, I don't think I can hold on the line any longer, time is running out. Do send help quicker because I don't know how long the male will last. Well, Ciao~" Pro said as he knew the one minute mark was coming.
"Sir? Sir!?" the operator's yell resounded from the phone as Pro hung up.
Going back into non-physical ghost form, Pro stretched his fingers while muttering, "Well, I already made the call for help. As for whether you can live long enough to get helped, that's up to fate ... well, if you are the protagonist, there is no way you can croak this early in the story. Hmm, I wonder if the tongue from the corpse monster is still out there, maybe I can absorb it for a couple more free points."
Walking through the wall and back into the bathroom, Pro glanced out into the living room, but was shocked. Besides the couple in the living room, there is now a third person in the living room, but this person is not a living human!
A translucent female spirit, with a bloody cut through her neck, was now silently standing in the middle of the living room, staring in the direction of the couple. Wisps of black yin mist from the air slowly gathering around her and was gradually absorbed.
As more and more black mist was absorbed, the lingering spirit's face slowly grew more distorted from the resentment. Pro squinted his eyes and observed the face closely and couldn't help but find it familiar, "Huh? Isn't this the silly Alice? How did she become like this?!"
Pro frowned as he watched the resentment build up in the spirit. He glanced at the black mist, and then noticed that the tongue that was cut off from the corpse monster earlier was now gone.
Pro's mouth twitched as he can't help but comment, "What kind of amazing luck is this? Or is it true that a ghost will always form whenever there is even a tiny amount of yin qi left from a dead ghost? Still, it seems that this Alice will become the evil spirit of vengeance that will serve as a stepping stone for the future bonding of this couple. Why? Just because she wasn't the one being saved? So narrow minded. You got to know that in this world, the most reliable person is yourself."
Pro scratched his head before he shrugged, "Unfortunately for you, why must you choose somewhere near my domain? Oh well, free points I guess. Sorry Alice-chan, it seems you won't be getting your revenge."
With that, Pro activated
[An invader is attempting to enter your domain. Will you allow or deny the entry?]
Pro accepted as he stepped out of the way to let her in while greeting, "Welcome to Toilet Wonderland Alice-chan, I am Mr. Rabbit, at your service. Please enjoy your time here."
After Alice's spirit floated in, it slowly glided over to the toilet and began to slowly take off her skirt. Pro's eye's sparkled as he stared forward, but not at Alice because a system prompted popped up.
[The invader is determined to be a mid-level lingering spirit. The invader's level is an entire rank below the host and can be incorporated into host's domain. Does the host want to consume 50 life points to enslave the mid-level lingering spirit?]
"I can enslave other ghosts if they are at least an entire rank or basically three levels below me?" Pro remarked in shock, "But what benefits do I get from doing this?"
The system was silent about and checking the system library provided no info. Pro crossed his arms as he watched the lingering spirit sitting on the toilet and looking forward blankly.
Although there was a glaring, bloody cut on her neck, her short black hair didn't hide her cute, pretty face. Her long, slim thighs were still intact, and the skirt at her feet only served to arouse others' desires. Too bad she is a ghost and only Pro is here to see it.
Pro blinked and blinked before muttering to himself hypocritically, "It's definitely not because I want a female ghost partner. I'm certainly not thinking with the lower part of my body. Eh ... can ghosts even function there? I mean ... if they can poo, there's no reason that the other function will fail ..."
Pro's eyes sketchily looked up and down at the beauty in front of him, "Aight, I'll just take her in for experimental purposes~"
A smirk that any man would understand appeared on Pro's face as he licked his dry lips, "Enslave her."
[50 life points have been consumed. Enslaving the invader, mid-level lingering spirit ...]
[Ding~ Enslavement success. Host gains a subordinate, mid-level lingering spirit, Alice.]
[Name] Alice
[Gender] Female
[Level] Mid-level Lingering Spirit
[Description] A resentful spirit formed from the residue resentment of a baleful spirit. She was jealous that she was not the chosen one when she was alive, and resents the fact that she was not the one being saved at the time of death. Why save her and not me? I curse you all to fail to save anyone at all!
The spirit is not bound to any object and will dissipate after a while, but due to the intervention of the host, the spirit is now bound to the host's domain and will exist as long as the host's domain exists. The spirit can also regenerate over time inside the domain if injured, and host can consume life points to bring the spirit back if it is destroyed.
[Abilities]
Unfortunate Savior Curse
Pro's eyes lit up in understanding after reading the info. Then, he searched in the system library for the description of the ability.
[Unfortunate Savior Curse] Misfortune will come to those who are being saved by others. In the host's domain, there is a 1% chance that targets being saved will die in the hands of his or her savior instead. Host is immune to this effect.
"Oh lordy, apologies to those future visitors that like to save others. Although the chance is low, but this might leave an everlasting trauma to those visitors if the curse activates," Pro sighed as he stared at his new subordinate, "Troublesome, but between keeping her and the risk of death of future visitors, I would still choose to keep her. I'm not a good guy, of course I will favor my women over strangers."
Pro then began to test out his control over Alice, "Alice, get up."
Pro then watched as Alice slowly stand up to reveal all her glory to him, causing him to get excited for a bit, but her dull and blank expression caused his excitement to also dull a bit.
"Well, it's just like a doll. It's good for venting, but not good for serving," Pro muttered as he walked over and patted the girl's head, causing it to topple over.
Pro leapt back in fright as he watched Alice's head roll on the ground of the bathroom. His mouth twitched, "It seems I can't do anything too forceful to the head, not that it will be comfortable in the first place. Welp, better than nothing."
Pro walked over to Alice's head, picked it up, and placed it back on Alice's neck. Alice's head slowly turned forward and returned to staring blankly forward.
"Well, Alice, from now on you belong to me. Let's get along well in the future," Pro told Alice as he gently patted her face as he stared at her body with scorching eyes.
Pro then bent down and helped Alice put her skirt and undies back on. With a smile, Pro then grabbed Alice's hands and led her through the wall to the bedroom after figuring out how to command her to pass through walls.
Glancing back one last time at the skinny protagonist that was still on his first step in the relationship, Pro can't help but feel a bit proud as he was about to skip to the last step, even though it was through a bit of cheating.
Pro then stepped through the wall and into the bedroom completely. It's time for some 'experiment', after all, the night is still long.