Why is my anime art style so weird?

The system naturally ignored Xu Ming's complaints.

Just as Xu Ming began preparing for the night's operation.

Inside the Garan Hall, Aozaki Touko suddenly put down her newspaper and, with a broad smile, addressed Ryougi Shiki by the window:

"Shiki, do you know about the Witch Tower?"

Ryougi Shiki, who had been gazing out the window, turned around and looked at her expressionlessly.

“That building has been quite unsafe lately. Nine people have committed suicide there by jumping off the building in the past month, and all of them were girls around fifteen or sixteen years old.”

Ryougi Shiki, who had been leaning against the wall, slowly straightened up.

Tell me the details.

"no problem!"

Aozaki Touko's face immediately revealed a look of pleasure, as if her prey had taken the bait...

Rain fell from the sky, stretching out silver lines in front of Xu Ming, as if weaving a silver curtain before him.

It was nearly midnight, and the surrounding unfinished buildings were almost completely dark.

Around nine or ten o'clock in the evening, a light drizzle started to fall. Xu Ming immediately felt something was wrong, and his premonition came true.

Darkness, heavy rain, abandoned buildings... a series of unfavorable conditions followed one after another.

During the day, when the sun shines brightly, the Wutiao Building already appears quite eerie. Now, the entire building seems even more ghostly.

Xu Ming stood outside the Wutiao Building, holding an umbrella, observing the situation inside the lobby.

The main entrance of the Wutiao Building had an old-fashioned revolving glass door, all of which had been smashed and was scattered all over the ground.

The marble tiles on the ground were either loose or cracked, and some vigorous weeds stubbornly sprouted from the cracks next to the marble tiles.

The walls and floor to the side were sprayed with various colors of paint, including "Go to hell," "Pay back the money," and other random curses and insults.

Xu Ming led Haruyuki Arita and Erina into the Wujo Building through the main entrance.

To his surprise, the Wutiao Building still had electricity, the elevators were still running normally, and the elevator doors were lit with dim yellow lights.

Apart from this one source of light, the entire hall was pitch black, as if the area around the elevator and the hall itself were two different worlds.

Hehe~!

Suddenly, a faint, elusive laugh echoed from the darkness.

Xu Ming looked up abruptly and saw several girls in white dresses floating above the hall, looking down at him.

These girls were very strange; their figures looked somewhat illusory, and their faces were very blurry, with only their general outlines visible.

Looking up from below, you can only see dresses, but not their hands and feet; only empty skirts swaying back and forth, which is quite eerie.

It's basically an empty dress with a head on it.

Chapter 228 An Unfavorable Start

Xu Ming estimated the distance, silently picked up his phone, aimed it at them, and pressed the shutter button.

Click!

With a soft sound, a flash of purple-gold light instantly pierced the darkness.

Xu Ming vaguely heard a few screams. After the light faded, the floating girl had vanished without a trace.

But soon, Xu Ming frowned again.

In his spiritual vision, a large amount of black mist surged upwards from the place where the girl disappeared, and soon disappeared into the ceiling.

The surroundings were not purified by the flash of the phone camera; a large amount of negative energy still permeated the air.

The system had previously warned him that there was a soul-gathering array on the rooftop, and now it seemed that this was the biggest variable in this mission.

This is troublesome.

Xu Ming glanced at the elevator in the atrium.

The paint on the elevator door is old, with bumps of various sizes bulging on it, and many parts are cracked.

The elevator door's surface was covered with all sorts of oddly shaped wrinkles, which, under the dim yellow light, gave it an eerie appearance, looking like the skin of a dermatologist.

In such a dangerous area rife with 'eerie' conditions, taking an elevator, a confined mode of transportation, is hardly a good choice.

Left with no other choice, Xu Ming headed straight for the emergency exit in the corner of the hall.

Before reaching the safety exit gate, Xu Ming pulled the piglet over.

"Haruyuki, transform into 'Silver Crow' now and use flight mode to scout and monitor outside the building."

"no problem!"

The little piglet gave a military salute.

A flash of silvery-white light appeared, and the Silver Raven, clad in silver armor, appeared before Xu Ming.

He spread out a pair of transparent wings, and whoosh! He soared into the sky.

Xu Ming had observed it carefully the day before and concluded that this unfinished, abandoned building was perfect for Haruyuki Arita's flight mode.

Not only because of the building's height, but also because a significant portion of the building has only had its main structure built. Not to mention installing doors and windows, even the decorative exterior walls on floors 14 and above have not been completed; only thick load-bearing columns stand there forlornly.

Veteran pilots like Haruyuki Arita should be able to easily navigate between floors, greatly enhancing his maneuverability.

Airplanes pose the greatest threat only when they are in the air.

Unfortunately, in order to complete the task, he couldn't take shortcuts and could only climb up the stairs one floor at a time.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be wonderful to just have Haruyuki Arita carry him to the rooftop?

After Haruyuki Arita flew out, Xu Ming led Erina to the safety passage.

Xu Ming reached out to push the door open.

creak!

A piercing noise came from the rusty hinges of the door; the door wobbled slightly but did not open.

This time, Xu Ming used both hands, lowered his body, and forcefully pushed against the door, pushing it inward with all his might.

But the gate remained unmoved, as if it had rusted shut.

"Could I really be that unlucky?"

Xu Ming muttered something under his breath, looking quite annoyed.

They couldn't even open the door; what a bad start!

"Dad, let me try."

"Erina, with her silver hair, said softly."

Xu Ming pushed the door open again, but it remained locked, so he had no choice but to give up.

"It's up to you, Erina."

Erina nodded obediently.

She gently closed her eyes, then slowly opened them. When she opened her eyes, her silver hair had turned into a noble violet color.

With her purple hair, Erina gently lifted the hem of her skirt and gave Xu Ming an elegant bow.

"My apologies, my lord."

After saying that, she stretched out her hand and pointed it at the door.

Stab it!

A blue-white arc of electricity shot out from her palm and instantly struck the door hinge.

Crackling sounds!

A series of loud noises erupted, sparks flew from the door hinges, and a plume of blue smoke billowed out from within.

"Please come in, my lord."

After doing all this, Erina took a small half-step back, lowered her head, and clasped her hands together in front of her lower abdomen.

He glanced at Erina, who had transformed into a dignified and elegant noblewoman.

Xu Ming, still somewhat skeptical, reached out and pushed hard against the door.

Clang!

The door suddenly collapsed, kicking up a cloud of dust inside the emergency exit.

Xu Ming opened his mouth, but then hesitated and stopped.

Erina actually melted the connecting parts inside the door hinge.

The two entered the emergency exit, which was completely undecorated.

The uneven cement walls were exposed to the outside, and there were many water stains on the surface.

The stairs didn't even have a handrail. The edges of the wet staircase were covered with dark green moss, which looked disgusting and was very slippery. You could easily slip and fall if you weren't careful.

Xu Ming turned on his phone's flashlight and carefully stepped onto the stairs, inching his way up.

Tick ​​tock!

The sound of dripping water was crystal clear, coming from some unknown floor.

After dawdling for a while, Xu Ming finally reached the fourth floor. Suddenly, he discovered that the staircase leading from the fourth to the fifth floor had collapsed. A long section of the staircase had broken off, with rusty steel bars sticking out of the concrete.

With no other option, Xu Ming had to temporarily leave the emergency exit and look for another staircase leading upwards.

The message sent by Kato Megumi contained detailed structural diagrams of the Wujo Building.

Looking down from above, the entire building presents a 'U' shape, and Xu Ming's current location is at the bottom of the 'U', which is also the main building of the building.

The two rear-extending annexes were originally planned to be used as studio apartments.

Unfortunately, the Wujo family went bankrupt shortly after the main structure of the Wujo Building was completed.

Xu Ming remembered clearly that, in addition to the main building's emergency exit, there was also an emergency exit on each of the two side buildings.

To get there, you have to take a long detour and cross the entire floor.

Now he had no choice but to leave the emergency exit and go to the fourth floor.