Baleful Harvest
[Ding! Mysterious object with yin qi detected. Absorbing object ...]
[Host's domain has absorbed a possession object filled with yin qi. Host gains 520 life points.]
It didn't take long for the tattered, black robe in Pro's hand to disappear into thin air. Glancing at his new total of 1440, Pro briskly skipped to the bathroom toilet to quickly recover the energy he burned from spamming yin needles.
After recovering, Pro gave another kiss to Alice who was staring at him with cute eyes. Then, he returned to the third floor to continue his baleful harvest.
Strolling down the silent third floor hallway, Pro paused for a bit in between apartments 334 and 335. Taking a glance at the silent doors that did not react, Pro rolled his eyes and walked pass them in hopes that they would come out to ambush him.
Unfortunately, his hopes were dashed as all the baleful spirits seemed to want to camp in their own domains now. It didn't take long for Pro to reach the end of the hallway. The elevator melted into the wall to deny him service like usual.
Ignoring the grape vine he can't reach, Pro knocked on apartment 331 as he called out in a friendly voice, "Yoo hoo! Anyone home?"
Hearing no response, Pro wickedly grinned as he continued, "If is answering, then I'm coming in~"
Shing! Pro activated his claw, slashed at the door, and gave the door a kick!
BOOM! The dented door was sent flying into the living room of apartment 331, smashing into the face of the snake who was coiled up in the living room.
Hissssss! The snake, that had recovered to half its max length but still somewhat corroded, raised its head in anger as the human face on it glared at the intruder. Seeing that it was Pro, the snake actually coiled itself up in the shape of a poop emoji. It seemed that the snake was trying to protect something in the center.
"Howdy there, pro snake hunter at your ssssservice," Pro mocked as he spat out a yin needle.
Hissssss! The snake flicked its tail, causing the needle to embed itself on the flesh of the corpse making up the tail instead of the body.
Not caring about this, Pro fired a barrage of needles only to see the snake used its corroded tail as a shield to block the needles. Once that part of the tail was corroded, it would discard it by shedding that part off.
Noticing that the snake has gotten smarter albeit by a little, Pro didn't hesitate to try to sell the snake a ticket to Toilet Wonderland, "I wonder if snakes can suffer from constipation? Well, it's body is made of human corpses with their lower body intact. As long as there is a hole, there is a way. So technically my ability should be able to affect them, right?"
Targeting a corpse in the middle section of the snake's body, Pro cursed it with
However, the main body controlling the snake was not having any of this nonsense. The snake's body split in half as it discarded that certain corpse before merging back together. As for the corpse that was discarded, it lost all of its yin qi and became a normal corpse with no needs at all.
Seeing a new long-distance attack he could use, Pro happily alternated between yin needles and his toilet abilities. The stationary snake, that had barely recovered, is now suffering once more. It wasn't long before it lost most of its body, revealing a C*non SLR camera.
Seeing his target, Pro didn't hold back and fired his yin needles at it. The silly snake did its best to block with his body, but in the end, it was reduced into black mist that returned to the camera.
With one yin needle, Pro pierced a hole in the camera. Unfortunately, the yin needle easily pierced right through the camera and into the ground. Therefore, the corrosive poison made a black spot on the ground, but the camera was still fine except for a hole.
After firing a couple more needles and seeing that it didn't have much effect, Pro cautiously approached the camera. When he neared the camera, a small snake actually shot out from the camera lens!
Of course, Pro was prepared for this and his reaction wasn't slow in the first place. With a swipe of his claws, the tiny snake returned to being black mist. Meanwhile, the claw continued its trajectory and smashed the camera.
Flash! Pro's vision was seemingly blinded by the flash of a camera. Staring out at the white surroundings, Pro readied his claws in vigilance. Suddenly, a man's voice echoed in the white space.
"This time! This time for sure ... I will get a big scoop! The hidden side really exists! I've been following this suspicious black robed man for months, and there will finally be results!"
"What is that man doing? Some sort of ritual? It doesn't matter, just snap a picture of it first."
"Eh, nothing happened? Seems like the ritual didn't work? Could this be another dud?"
"Hmm, why is the picture blurred near the man? My camera should have no problems ... wait, he's looking over here?! No, I must escape!"
As the voice ended, the white space gradually faded away. Glancing at the previous location of the camera, now there was a faded photo in its place.
Pro picked up the photo and glanced at it. In the photo was a man dressed in a black robe standing next to a blurred mass. His body was half turned around and barely revealed a white beard that rolled out from under the hood that obscured his face.
Pro wasn't able to make out any fine details of the man's face, but he noticed the man's wrinkly skin from the hand peeking out from the robe. Pinned on the man's black robe was an unfamiliar badge with four stars on it.
At first, Pro thought the voice was talking about the cultist in apartment 448, but when he saw the photo of the black robed man, his mind suddenly flashed a thought.
"Could this be the elder of the Black Death Society? Could this paparazzi have snapped a photo of the elder when he came to refill the apartment with spirits? What an unlucky chap. Of all the ones he could have chose to stalk, he chose an evil cultist leader. Hmm ... maybe the elder let him stalk on purpose?"
Pro only pondered over the issue for a bit before he muttered, "Well, he deserves it. Although there may be some rare good ones, most paparazzi aren't good things. With all the sh*t they ferry out, who knows how much people they have indirectly harmed or killed."
Pro left apartment 331 with the photo and glanced at the still silent hallway. Pro was expecting the doll to come out and ambush him, but it was smarter than Pro expected. After all, those who know how to retreat will usually live longer.
Passing by apartment 335, Pro glanced at the closed door with a frown. It was this apartment's baleful spirit that never even came out in the first place. Pro was a bit confused and also a bit worried at the same time.
After all, Pro is not afraid of normal evil spirits, but if it's one that can sense his existence even though he has an ability to prevent it, then it will be a dangerous spirit. Even if it is not, it may be as troublesome as that apartment 449 cat that knew to upgrade itself because it sensed danger coming. Of course, there is also the chance that there is no spirit in the apartment room, but Pro doubts that will be true.
However, Pro left this for later because the most important thing at the moment is to claim his points before they dissipate. Returning to his domain, Pro took one last look at the photo as he watched the domain absorb it.
[Ding! Mysterious object with yin qi detected. Absorbing object ...]
[Host's domain has absorbed a possession object filled with yin qi. Host gains 530 life points.]
Feeling his pockets filled up with money, Pro giggled happily to himself as he went to the toilet to recover. It didn't take long for Pro to fully recover, and he headed back to the third floor for another hunt.
After debating for a bit between apartment 335 and 334, Pro still decided on the target that he had a bit more knowledge of, the doll spirit. Pro cautiously approached apartment 334 and politely knocked on the door, "Little doll, are you home? Big brother has come to play with you~"
Of course, nobody responded to Pro, so he muttered, "How rude to not respond to your guests. Well, it doesn't matter. I'm a pro at inviting myself in."
Shing! Boom! Bam! The door was roughly smashed open by Pro once more as he commented, "One day, I might get a door smasher title."
Glancing into the silent apartment 334, Pro noticed the living room filled with an assortment of small, humanoid dolls with button eyes! Pro's mouth gawked open as he stared at all the dolls that decorated the living room with color. There were dolls on the sofa, laying randomly on the ground, on top of table, and even in the kitchen. Not only that, Pro also noticed wooden shelves on the walls with dolls sitting on top of them.
However, Pro wasn't able to find the little brown-haired doll with a pink dress. Believing that there should only be one real doll hidden in the midst of all the dolls, Pro tried to sense the real doll using his sensitivity towards yin qi, but he realized all the dolls were contaminated with yin qi! Not only that, he also sensed many tiny yin qi sources in both the bedroom and bathroom!
"How am I supposed to find the right one like this? Could it be all the dolls are alive?" Pro muttered before he shivered a bit at that thought because there were just a bit too many dolls.
Wanting to test his theory, Pro shot a yin needle at one of the dolls on top of a wooden shelf near the doorway. Swish! Feeling itself being targeted, the doll actually attempted to dodge the needle by hopping off the wooden shelf!
Unfortunately, it was too slow and the needle easily pierced through it and left a hole. The doll hurriedly hopped up after falling to the ground. It glanced at the needle that was now stuck in the wall behind above its home, the shelf. The doll then turned its head and angrily glared at Pro with a deep frown on its face.
Pro then felt a chill as he saw all the dolls in the room also stared at him in unison! At that point, Pro knew that he had f*cked up. He had just provoked a hornet's nest!