This actor is full of tricks.

"Ouch!"

Xiao Qiu crashed hard to the ground. Although he didn't die, he was dizzy and disoriented. He quickly got up and hid in the green belt on the side.

The torrential downpour of hair curled back, and Xiao Qiu was taken aback: "That guy gave up the chase?"

"Should we wait for the one surnamed Xiang?"

His eyes hesitated. This was the best time to escape the pirate ship, but for some reason he waited outside the dormitory building.

He himself didn't know why he didn't take the opportunity to escape.

"It must be because of that guy's aura that frightens me. I'm definitely not concerned about his safety."

Looking at the dark dormitory building, Xiao Qiu pondered whether to go in and look for Lin Jue, but after thinking about it, she gave up.

"I'll only wait five minutes. If that guy doesn't come down by then, I'm leaving!"

……

Lin Jue was in excruciating pain all over his body from the hair. It dragged him up the stairs without any resistance, and he almost broke his back.

The speed of his hair slowly decreased, and Lin Jue knew he had been taken to his destination. He reached up and touched the cursed black lines on his arm, letting out a sigh.

It's truly an injustice and a terrible misfortune; all that power was used to deal with a C-rank opponent.

The hair slowly fell away from his body, and the scene of the dormitory reappeared in Lin Jue's eyes. He finally saw the true appearance of the monster.

The monster's skin was gone, revealing bloody muscles. Only a piece of scalp remained on its head, with wildly dancing black hair growing from it.

This scene would have terrified an ordinary person, but Lin Jue remained calm. This piqued the interest of the ghost, which looked Lin Jue up and down: "A living person, you've got quite the nerve."

"Since I'm going to die anyway, what's the use of being afraid?" Lin Jue's expression was calm: "What do you want to do? Eat me up bit by bit? Or just give me a quick death?"

"Actually, I think eating it little by little is a great option. It would allow me to watch myself being eaten without being able to do anything about it. That kind of desperate scream must sound very pleasant."

The ghost was dumbfounded. It hadn't expected that the living person in front of it could say such things so calmly. The cruelty of this treatment made even the ghost feel a chill down its spine.

"Not satisfied?" Lin Jue got up from the ground, dusted himself off, and said, "Then give me a quick death. Use your hair to plunge into my heart and crush it to pieces before you slowly enjoy your meal."

The strange creature's expression grew increasingly odd. Lin Jue's calm and composed demeanor made her feel somewhat insecure. She wondered to herself whether this human possessed some extraordinary abilities or had simply become so audacious as to disregard her.

She scrutinized Lin Jue carefully, trying to see what tricks this living person had up his sleeve, but after looking at him for a long time, he seemed to be just an ordinary human being.

“Bluster.” The eerie creature sneered, walked up to Lin Jue, and stroked Lin Jue’s cheek with its skinless hand: “You have good courage, and you have delicate skin. You are quite suitable to be my host.”

Host?

Lin Jue was taken aback, remembering the hunchbacked monster.

The creature in front of them had crawled out of the swollen lump on the back of the hunchbacked monster. Did this guy possess some kind of parasitic ability? "Don't overthink it. At least as my host, you can live a little longer." The monster chuckled sinisterly, reaching out to pluck a tuft of hair from its own body and crumpling it into a ball.

"What is this thing?" Lin Jue took half a step back. He sensed an ominous aura, somewhat similar to the aura of Wangzai.

Could it be a curse?
"The cursed gu contains my curse power, which is like a modifier that will slowly transform you into a body suitable for me to parasitize." The ghost seemed to have found a good host, and its mood improved a lot. It actually answered Lin Jue's question. It pinched the hair ball and gestured to Lin Jue's mouth: "Do you want to eat it yourself, or do I have to feed you?"

If it's a curse, then perhaps there's no need to use the power of the cursed black thread at all; this thing is simply nourishment for the cursed black thread.

Lin Jue pondered for a moment, his expression unchanged, and asked in return, "What are the benefits of eating this?"

"Isn't it a good thing to let you die later?" the eerie voice said coldly.

"What kind of benefit is this? I'd rather die sooner." Lin Jue looked like a dead pig that wasn't afraid of boiling water.

This left the ghost speechless. She had been in this hospital for so long and had never seen anyone like this before, someone who could negotiate with a ghost.

The key point is that the other party seems to be really unafraid of death. There are no living people left in this hospital now. She finally found such a delicious living person to parasitize, and she doesn't want Lin Jue to die like this.

She suppressed her impatience and asked, "What other benefits do you want?"

"Just two." Lin Jue made a two-pointer: "First, I want to be free to move around, wherever I want. Since this hairball is yours, it can definitely sense my location, so don't worry about me running away."

"Quite clever." The monster nodded. "This will satisfy you."

"Secondly, I want you to protect my safety. No matter what danger I encounter, you must come to me whenever I call you." Lin Jue's intentions were obvious; he just wanted to get a free high-level thug.

After learning that the hair was a curse, he calmed down. With the cursed black lines around him, he wasn't worried at all about what effect swallowing the hair would have on him.

Just kidding. The calamity is the source of all curses. If it leaves behind its power and causes Lin Jue to be harmed by the curse, then the title of the root of all curses will be wasted.

So he gradually led the strange man into his linguistic trap, with the aim of getting him to become his accomplice.

Since the other party said that this clump of hair would be used to gradually transform him, it means that Lin Jue's safety must be guaranteed before the transformation is completed.

"Tch." The monster sneered, "You human have quite the nerve, daring to negotiate with me?"

"At worst, I can tie you here with my hair. After you're modified, I can just parasitize your body. That way, you'll be absolutely safe, and..."

This creature was indeed quite clever; it didn't fall for the trap at all and wasn't fooled by Lin Jue's linguistic schemes.

Lin Jue shrugged and spread his hands, saying, "So there's nothing to talk about?"

He wasn't disappointed at all; on the contrary, he was confident that the other party would agree.

Because of the question the creature had asked earlier—whether it would eat him or be fed—Lin Jue roughly understood that this creature's parasitism must be subject to some kind of restriction, perhaps requiring the person being parasitized to do so voluntarily.

Otherwise, given the monster's strength, it would have already tied him up and forced his hair into its mouth; there's no reason for it to be so polite. (End of Chapter)