Urgent Upgrade

Sneakily watching as the mystic walked away with the escort, Pro finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"What kind of power was that? There was so much light spilling everywhere," Pro couldn't help but ponder as he felt a sense of fear when he recalled the blinding light.

When that blinding light spilled out from the side of the building, Pro felt a real sense of danger, as if it could exorcise his existence if he was closer to it. Fortunately, he was not the one bearing the brunt of the attack.

Pro knew he was lucky that another ghost became his scapegoat for his endeavors, and was glad he wasn't targeted this time; however, he felt a sense of urgency as he knew he can't always rely on luck!

"I don't know how strong that newbie ghost was, but if it required something like that light power to deal with, then it must be stronger than me. Yet, it still perished in the end," Pro concluded in a grim tone, "I have to get stronger quickly!"

Swiftly walking over to the desk, Pro sat down in his chair as he began to come up with more plans to earn points.

"Just the sparse amount of escorts are not enough. I am also unsure if the government will remove the warning for deliveries to the area. In fact, I can be considered lucky because escorts still came. If the government has completely locked down the area, my point source will be doomed. However, they didn't. What is even more weird is that they didn't send a full police force to investigate this area ... it's as if someone is preventing them from investigating," Pro frowned in contemplation, "Could there be something wrong with the police force?!"

This thought shocked Pro because if it was true, it means that the cultists must have infiltrated deep into the high levels of this city. If so, even if Pro manages to escape from the old apartment building, he might not be able to escape from the city if he was discovered.

"I must get strong enough and break away from this building before the elder of the Black Death Society comes to check. Not only that, I must silently escape from this city," Pro tapped his fingers as he tried to come up with a plan, but soon patted himself on the face, "What am I thinking? Quit worrying about the future of how to escape. Right now, I need points in order to upgrade. Once I get strong enough, I can begin to consider escaping."

Pro thought for a while longer, "I can't come up with any grand plan to gain a lot of points at once. So, I might as well start small. Start multiple sources of passive points income. Each source will be like a tiny stream, and with many streams flowing to me, it will eventually become a river!"

After having this enlightenment, Pro began to think of easy, possible sources of income relating to an apartment building.

"It doesn't matter how much points I get, nor will I exclude ways that require me to kill. I must suppress my human instincts that limits my income streams," Pro muttered.

It wasn't long before Pro came up with an idea. Hopping onto his laptop, Pro used the built in camera to snap photos of his apartment over a couple of hours. Then, Pro began to search up apartment rental sites. He then began to post ads for renting out his apartment room.

"Apartment Room 444 in XXX building of XXX Street in XXX City is for rent. Only $500 per month. Price is negotiable. No identification document required. Call XXX or visit the apartment for a tour."

"Living room for rent in Apartment Room 444 in XXX building of XXX Street in XXX City. Only $100 per month. Price is negotiable. No identification document required. Call XXX ..."

"One bedroom for rent in Apartment Room 444 in XXX building of XXX Street in XXX City. Only $200 per month. Price is negotiable ..."

Pro spammed a variation of rental ads for his apartment room on multiple apartment rental sites. He even low-balled the price and required no identification documents!

"The rich won't come after seeing the poor environment. Even the poor might not come seeing the sketchy low-ball price. However, since no identification documents are required, it might attract some sketchy people, the type that don't want anyone to know where they are," Pro planned with an evil grin, "And once they come, they will be the perfect prey. No one will know they came, and no one knows they die. Earning points in addition to helping the government get rid of the pests of society."

Pro snickered to himself. Of course, if an innocent one really came, Pro could only apologize, but will still reap the points regardless.

After making these posts, Pro began to plan for another stream of income. With a smooth flow of thoughts, Pro came up with another way. Pro then searched up local plumping services, electricians, housekeepers, cleaners, tutoring services, and more. He then found their number and made calls to them to schedule a visit for a variety of problems. Although some denied his service due to the accident prone area, others bravely decided to provide service.

Of course, for this batch of service workers, Pro didn't plan to keep them here forever. It would be weird if the government didn't send a powerful mystic if too many normal civilians died here.

So, Pro scheduled most of these service workers during the daytime in order to keep them somewhat safe. Of course, most service workers refused to provide service at night at a remote place in the first place.

Although this would leave the time slots at night open, Pro decided that this would not be a waste because he could spend his nights making the plans, making the calls, and scheduling the sketchy apartment renters.

Pro took hours to make calls, and it wasn't long before his recent schedule was fully booked. Fortunately, Pro discovered that the system library can keep track of his schedule as if it was a book or Pro will have to spend even more time to record his schedule on his laptop, but that's energy saved now.

After a night of hard work, the sunlight streamed through the shirt-made curtains once more. Pro went to recover his energy to prepare for his harvest. He had an appointment with an escort to keep. Afterwards, he has a train of service workers lined up for harvest.

With this mindset, Pro began his happy harvest. Points trickled in like a stream. Of course, he held back a little and earned only 20 points from each of the service workers because he wanted them to walk back out alive. Of course, if there was a rude one, he would harvest the full 30 points to weaken them so much that they have no time to curse him.

Through his experience with a variety of situations, Pro came up with a bunch of tactics. If there were multiple people coming in at once, Pro would send one to the toilet, and he would find an excuse to leave the apartment in order to go into ghost form. Then, he would stay hidden and complete his harvest on every person before coming back and sending the group away.

As for the hard workers who wanted to work even after being weakened by a trip to the toilet, Pro can only commend their tenacity and send them back to the toilet a second time. After all, if one time sh*tting doesn't do the trick, just do a bunch of them and you will get bullsh*tting.

A week unknowingly passed and Pro is now diligently sent away a middle aged woman who was clutching her belly with a pale face, "Walk slowly, do go see the doctor if you have time."

"T-Thank you, young man. It's rare to have such polite ones like you. But you don't have to worry about me, it should just be some common ailment of old age," the middle aged woman muttered as she waved her hands, "I'll just go home and rest a bit and it'll be fine. As for you young man, you should really clean your own place. You are still young and have the energy ..."

The middle aged woman nagged on for a while as Pro nodded his head with a smile. As he noticed his physical form time running out, Pro interrupted the woman, "Yes, I understand. I will make sure to clean my place. You don't have to worry. I'm sorry that you had to come to this remote place for nothing. You should get a rest soon, your face looks pale."

"Ohh~ No worries, young man. Oh! My legs feel weak. I should get going. I really need a rest," the middle aged woman muttered as she waved goodbye and left for the elevators.

Pro swiftly, but gently shut the door and returned to ghost form. He quickly went to the toilet and entered it to recover. After fully recovering, Pro went to the bedroom and plopped down on the bed next to Alice in exhaustion.

"It's been a week of work already ... I didn't expect a ghost can get exhausted ... I guess the 9 to 5 grind really takes a toll on everyone, dead or alive," Pro muttered as he hugged Alice in comfort, "Heck, I even did overtime at night!"

"But my hard work is worth it!," Pro exclaimed as he stared at his points in excitement. After about 56 hours of hard work, Pro earned a total of 1160 points! This brought Pro's total points up to a total of 1500!

"I can't believe I didn't do this before ... but then again, if that car accident ghost was still here, I would have attracted even more attention," Pro concluded, "But this should be enough for now as I can finally upgrade!"

[To upgrade host level, the following requirements must be met.]

[Requirements] Domain size of at least 2 small rooms, 1 medium room, 1000 life points

Checking and seeing that the level upgrade conditions were completely fulfilled, Pro then commanded with excitement, "Upgrade level!"

Ding~

[1000 life points has been consumed. Host Level has been upgraded to Top-Level Baleful Spirit.]

[Yin Energy Capacity increased by 300 points].

[Host gains new ability ].

[Normal ghost abilities no longer requires energy whilst inside domain.]

[Max physical form time has been increased to 5 minutes.]

Pro felt a surge of power even though the upgrade was completed in almost an instant. After spending a moment to calm himself down, Pro then glanced at his status screen.

[Name] Pro Ye

[Title] None

[Level] Top-Level Baleful Spirit

[Yin Energy] 200/500

[Possession Object] Toilet

[Abilities]

Toilet Attraction, Constipation, Toilet Paper Illusion, Bathroom Illusion, Yin Claws, Spirit Isolation, Master Key, Pain in the Ass, System Library

[Domain]

Small Bathroom, Small Bedroom, Medium Living Room attached with Kitchen

[Life points] 500

"Still 500 points left, I can probably expand to a room," Pro's eyes sparkled as he already had a target in mind, but it will require him to clear the room of threats first.

Pro then searched up info regarding the new skill in the system library.

[Bathroom Illusion] Anywhere can be a toilet. Give the target the illusion that they have entered the bathroom. The target will be temporarily confused on successful illusion cast. The illusion is effective until the host dispels the illusion, the target leaves the illusive bathroom, or the target falls through the illusive toilet, Cost: 50 to cast, 10 to dispel

Pro's excitement was suddenly doused by a cold bucket of water, "What sh*t f*ckery is this?!"

After another 10,000 omitted words of raging, Pro calmed down as he hypnotized himself, "All abilities are useful no matter how sh*tty they are. It's just a matter of when and how to use them. There is no need to complain. Phew ..."

Taking a deep breathe, Pro closed the status screen to sweep the sh*t under the carpet.

"Well, on the bright side, I can now use my natural ghost abilities without energy cost," Pro happily changed his focus.

With a thought, Pro was able to shift small objects around by punting them with his mental thought. Of course, this was only moving on a flat surface instead of picking up the object. Although he could send objects upwards, he can't control its trajectory as it is like trying to keep a golf ball bouncing in the air in front of you with a golf club.

Also, he failed to move large or heavy objects such as the wardrobe. Although a bit redundant, he was also able to open and close doors with a mental thought as long as it is in his line of sight.

"Not bad. Unfortunately, physical form is still limited, but at least I can last up to 3 minutes before weakness settles in," Pro concluded after a test.

Whilst testing his new abilities, Pro was suddenly interrupted by a couple loud, strong knocks on his apartment door.

Glancing at the night sky outside, Pro couldn't help but mutter, "Who would come at this time?"