Scaring with acting skills, is it a living thing?

"Trick, what trick?" Nick scratched his head in confusion.

The Blood-eyed Ghost wasn't fooled by Nick's act of stupidity. It believed it had fallen into this human's trap.

Claiming ignorance yet skillfully completing all the steps of the contract!

Who do you think you're fooling?

But it was no use saying more now. The Blood-eyed Ghost had to admit defeat.

The eye on the back of its hand closed.

The corpse Qi on its right hand dissipated.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the passive mission. You have obtained a Silver-grade treasure box ×1!"

Nick wasn't in a hurry to open it. He tossed it into his toolbar and looked at Jim, who was stunned. "Wasn't that easy?"

Jim swallowed. "Did you... eat that ghost?" "It's on my right hand. For now, it's under my control. It has to work for me for a year before it can be free." Nick explained briefly.

"Can the game be played like this?"

"You can try it."

Jim sneered. "I'm not going to court death like that."

Nick didn't have time to chat with Jim and walked out of the shelf area.

At the front desk, the boss and his wife had appeared at some point.

The boss looked at Nick gloomily. "Making such a racket, do you want to tear down my shop?"

"To catch the thief, a little commotion was inevitable."

The boss's wife was startled. "You mean, you caught the thief?"

"I caught him."

"How did you catch him?"

"You don't need to worry about that. From now on, your goods won't go missing anymore."

After speaking, Nick added, "If you don't believe me, you can ask your stock clerk. He saw it with his own eyes."

Jim, hiding in the shelves, cursed under his breath for being so unscrupulous. He had no choice but to come out and say, "Madam, he... really did catch the thief."

The boss ran into the shelf area, sniffed a few times, and suddenly exclaimed excitedly, "The disgusting smell is really gone! The little thief really got caught!"

The boss's wife looked surprised and asked, "What did you do with it?"

"I killed it."

The couple obviously didn't believe Nick's answer.

Regardless of whether they believed him or not, Nick said, "I've solved your problem. Now, are you going to give me the No. 8 ingredient?"

The boss's wife didn't say anything. She turned around, grabbed a stack of ghost coins, and handed them to Nick. "The No. 8 ingredient is actually sold out. Consider this as our thank-you fee. Take it and go back." Nick held the ghost coins and looked up. "Madam, that's not fair."

"Stop talking nonsense. Take the money and get lost. You guys from the Strange Tales Restaurant screwed us over last time. We're not even going to charge you for it!" With his goal achieved, the boss revealed his true colors and glared at Nick.

Jim sighed helplessly. "I told you so, but no one listened."

Nick's face remained calm. "All I know is, this is what we agreed on beforehand."

"Little boy, don't push it. You'll be the one to suffer. Forget about the No. 8 ingredient and go back." The boss's wife said calmly.

"In that case, I'll just send the thief back to you."

Nick's words left the couple stunned.

"Is that ghost possessing you?"

"Didn't you say you killed it?"

Nick smiled: "I tricked you. Didn't you also deceive me?"

"It possessed me and signed a curse contract with me." "If I can't bring back Ingredient No. 8 today, your shop doesn't need to open anymore."

"Making a fuss and causing trouble everywhere, isn't it a win-win situation for everyone?"

The landlady's eyes suddenly turned fierce, and her voice became shrill and piercing: "Are you threatening us?"

"Kid, I'm only being nice to you because I like you. Don't push your luck!"

The boss was even more irritable. He pulled out a kitchen knife and was about to chop Nick.

"Demon's Eye: You have gained +50 anger points from the ghost couple!"

"Reward: Ghostly Item - Tai Sui Meat x10!"

"Reward: 50 Ghost Power points!"

Nick looked at the ghost couple expressionlessly, but he was a bit panicked inside. He turned to the Blood-eyed Ghost for help: "Buddy, come out and back me up!"

"Aren't you tough? Handle it yourself." The Blood-eyed Ghost sneered.

Because of the curse contract, it only needed to ensure Nick's safety. For everything else, it was happy to see Nick in a bind.

"Do you still want to taste some Tai Sui Meat?"

At the mention of Tai Sui Meat, the Blood-eyed Ghost couldn't stay calm anymore.

That stuff was just too delicious!

"Deal!"

"Cooperate with me and put on a show. It's up to your acting skills." Nick said.

Over there, the boss looked at the landlady: "This mouse is stepping on our heads. Can you tolerate it?"

The landlady's face darkened, and just as she was about to speak, Nick's right hand suddenly became covered in black threads, emitting a foul corpse stench.

The eye on the back of his hand reopened, looked at the ghost couple, and said: "That's right. Kill this kid, and I can come out!"

"I haven't had enough of the things in your shop yet. I'm going to stay in your shop forever!" At these words, the faces of the ghost couple darkened.

They didn't know about the contract's death clause and believed the Blood-eyed Ghost's words that it could come out as long as Nick died.

If they didn't hand over Ingredient No. 8 and Nick died, this gluttonous ghost would definitely stay with them forever and eat them out of house and home!

After much thought.

Using one Ingredient No. 8 seemed like a good deal, didn't it?

As long as they got rid of this troublemaker, no matter how big the loss was for the supermarket, it could be made up for.

"You're tough, kid." The landlady's face was ugly.

After being tricked by the Strange Tales Restaurant, she had sworn never to sell them any ingredients again. Now, she was slapping herself in the face!

"I'll sell it to you, but it's 2000 ghost coins, not a penny less."

"Of course." Nick smiled slightly. Pinocchio had some conscience after all. At least he really gave Nick a black gold card for ghost coins. 2000 ghost coins, not a penny more or less!

The blood-eyed eye on the back of his hand closed.

Nick secretly gave the Blood-eyed Ghost a thumbs up: "Buddy, you're pretty smart, scaring them like this!"

What drove the ghost couple crazy was the Blood-eyed Ghost.

The phrase "stay with them forever" immediately broke their defense, and they quickly handed over Ingredient No. 8!

The landlady told Nick to wait and went into a room.

The boss stared at Nick menacingly. If looks could kill, Nick felt that he would already be numb from dying.

Jim, hiding in the shelves, was already stunned.

Wow!

This big brother had some serious guts, negotiating with ghosts and even verbally threatening them. God wouldn't dare give this much courage, would she? While being amazed, an indescribable admiration surged in Jim's heart!

"If only I could be half as cool as him in this game!"

After a long time, the landlady came out holding an antique box made of copper.

The lock was an ancient horizontal broad lock, full of a mysterious aura.

"The ingredient you wanted." The landlady handed it over, along with a key.

Nick took the box and was slightly startled: "Is this Ingredient No. 8?"

No. 8 was just a code name. No one knew what was inside the box.

When he held the box, Nick felt his emotions being affected, making him extremely irritable.

Immediately afterward, the box shook violently.

"Is Ingredient No. 8 a living thing?"