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The last glance that man in the top hat gave me...

It's clearly saying, "I see you."

That ring, and the mutated vocal cords, were both a gift he prepared for Emilia and a lure.

There was neither hatred nor pity in his eyes.

He had seen far more desperate stories than this...

I've long since learned to detach myself from emotions when looking at problems.

Emilia simply got what she wanted; after all, she got the singing voice she had always dreamed of, didn't she?

"Your saliva is almost dripping onto me."

He leaned back politely, and at the same time handed the birdcage forward.

"your?"

Emilia's beastly eyes then fixed on the silver birdcage.

She... once had a little sparrow.

That was a gift from a poor but sincere admirer when she was still unknown. Later, she acquired countless jewels and gorgeous clothes...

Only... the little bird that sang for her never came back.

Emilia instinctively reached out her hand.

But her translucent fingers went straight through the birdcage, and a fleeting sadness crossed her contorted face.

"You've been stuck here for a long time, haven't you?"

He casually remarked to her, as if discussing the weather, "We've seen your story..."

"What a sad story."

Boss! Do you look even a little bit sad?!

Klaus secretly tugged at the hem of his clothes.

Take it easy and stop fooling me!

"Your voice... has now become a shackle, a curse..."

Ren ignored Klaus and recalled the expression on Onmi's face when he spoke to them.

They revealed the same compassionate and empathetic nature:

"I can help you end this pain."

A glimmer of light appeared in Emilia Ghost's eyes.

Renyi, however, did not miss the opportunity and immediately spoke with confidence:

"So... what will I get in return?"

「……」ヽ(o_ _)o

Klaus almost choked on his breath, staring incredulously at Ren Yi's profile.

[Brother Ren, you're my god! A living Buddha =.=]

[Give me the property certificate, and you'll cook me two dishes, right? You're offering a zero-dollar deal and then expecting them to pay for the packaging?!]

[My ears are ringing from that abacus sound all over Earth!]

[Klaus: He desperately tried to physically dissuade my boss, who was trying to profit from the dead.]

The force with which she grabbed Renyi's hem was so great it seemed she wanted to tear the fabric off.

Klaus attempted to use this silent body language,

Get your boss's brain back on track.

elder brother!

This is a ghost harboring resentment for who knows how many years!

Wanting to take someone's organs and then asking for payment?

Are you bullying someone just because they've been dead for a while?

He casually slapped Klaus twice with a backhand, neither too hard nor too soft.

Basic stuff, stop messing around.

In Emilia's view, making arbitrary and justifiable demands was more reliable than any hypocritical sympathy or giving.

She learned a lesson from her experience.

The most expensive transactions are those without a price tag.

Now, she only wants to exchange everything for peace.

"This ship...this treasure..."

Her translucent hands clasped around her neck, and she said longingly:

"Take it away..."

"End all of this... Everything I have, you can have..."

"make a deal."

He stepped forward and, under the tense gazes of Klaus and Aurora, his right hand passed straight through Emilia's translucent ghostly body.

It felt like passing through a cloud of cold mist and touching that solid object.

The Nightingale's Swan Song (Rare)

[Comment: As long as the audience loses their minds, the lyrics don't matter! PS: Remember to make them sign a waiver.]

[WARNING: This module is deeply bound to a high-level spiritual entity. Directly decomposing it will cause its structure to collapse, with a 78% chance of complete destruction!]

damage?

Then all that work would be for nothing.

A random fingertip lightly tapped the strange vocal cords.

I already have it in my hand, so it should rightfully belong to me!

He directly opened the evolution panel:

[Evolvable modules detected: Biomimetic Module (LV1) > Biomimetic Module (LV2)]

[Matching material detected: Nightingale's Last Song (Rare) *1]

[Evolutionary Requirements:]

【1. The Nightingale's Swan Song (Rare) (1/1)】

【2. Evolution Points (430/100)】

[Is evolution confirmed?]

"confirm."

Countless blue light spots spread from any fingertip, quickly enveloping the entire vocal cord.

It was firmly peeled away from Emilia's translucent body.

The source of the curse has been lost.

The ghost's狰狞 (zhengning - ferocious) beast-like eyes and torn mouth were smoothed out.

She no longer looked like a succubus, but a sorrowful woman.

Emilia tentatively reached out her hand, as if wanting to touch the stranger who had freed her.

He did not dodge.

It was as if a cloud of mist enveloped his hand.

The ghost's figure transformed into countless swirling specks of light and vanished before the three of them.

The nightingale's swan song has finally come to an end.

Klaus's tense nerves finally relaxed, and he was about to say something when he saw Ren Yi suddenly raise his left hand.

His fingers were long and slender, with distinct knuckles.

It's perfect for holding a scalpel, and also perfect for... wearing a ring.

The emerald ring that the mysterious man had given Emilia was now neatly placed on his middle finger.

"This isn't her..."

Before Aurora could finish asking,

The stage beneath their feet suddenly collapsed without warning!

A feeling of weightlessness, as if falling from a great height, came over me.

"ah--!"

Aurora's exclamation mingled with Klaus's instinctive curse.

……

"Bang!"

I felt my whole body jolted.

Beneath me was a cold, slippery wooden board.

Beside him, Klaus was propping himself up to sit up, his face full of confusion.

He subconsciously touched the top of his head.

The wig is gone.

Aurora's tattered dress that she wore over her clothes was also gone.

She stood up, holding onto the gunwale, and looked around, her face also filled with disbelief.

The three of them were still where they had just climbed onto the ghost ship...

They didn't even take a single step out!

"We...just now..."

Everything that just happened felt like an incredibly real dream.

A lavish banquet hall, dancing skeletons, a captain who committed suicide, the nightingale's lament...

[Wait, what's going on? Was that all a hallucination?]

[What the hell? What about all those tears I shed for the nightingale just now?]

[I knew it felt like a dream, and it really was!]

[Wait...look at what the big shot is holding!!]

He casually raised his hand, and the ring that had appeared in his dream was now on his hand.

"souvenir."

"That's too dangerous, take it off quickly!"

Klaus pinched the edge of the ring and tried to pull it down, but the ring seemed to be stuck to his hand and wouldn't budge.

He tried to turn it himself, but he really couldn't get it off.

"never mind."

Check the ring's attributes.

[A ring with an unknown meaning]

[Currently bound: Any (Indestructible, Unabandonable, Non-transferable)]

[Contract details: ???]

[Comment: The contract doesn't disappear, it only transfers. PS: Don't even think about reneging; his seat is non-refundable.]

Wow!

Failed to get something for free.

What about the goods traded under his contract?

Could it be that "The Nightingale's Swan Song"?

Quickly open the evolution panel at any time.

【Bio-acoustic module (LV2)】

[Function 1: Memory. Can absorb and store sounds up to two levels above its own level.]

【Function 2: Lament. Releases a stored sound, perfectly replicating its effect. Current maximum storage capacity: 2.】

[Currently Saved: 1. The Lament of the Resentful Ship's Bones (LV2); 2. The Nightingale's Swan Song (Special)]

[Nightingale's Swan Song: Deals an unavoidable mental shock to all targets within a 500-meter radius, plunging them into a state of 'frenzy.' The effect and duration depend on the target's mental resistance. Cooldown: 24 hours.]

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