On the Ark.

"Why? You don't even know her."

"Well... I can't really explain why either." Lin Ye coughed twice. He felt he was being a bit too saintly, let alone in Skadi's eyes. In his previous life, few people were willing to stand up for what's right, and in this chaotic world, that was even more true. "I'm not saying I absolutely have to find her; after all, we might not be able to. But since those Lupo are our enemies, if we encounter them at night, and if that girl needs our help, then we could indeed help her, right? Of course, this is just my personal opinion; if you don't want to..."

Ifrit thought for a moment and said, "If helping that girl will allow me to stay here and participate in the festival, then I don't mind helping her."

Lappland said, "I have no interest in helping people, I don't even know her, but I don't like my people. If I could teach them a lesson, I'd be the first to draw my sword."

Nightingale looked at Lin Ye and then said softly, "I have no reason to stop you, because I know that if you weren't that kind of person, I would still be lying in a hospital bed right now."

Nightingale's words touched Lin Ye. He thought of the scene when he saved Nightingale. At that time, only Shining stood by his side to support him, but now there were three of them.

Finally, Lin Ye looked at Skadi.

Skadi remained silent for a long time before speaking softly: "It seems my thoughts differ from yours."

Lin Ye's heart tightened.

But Skadi wasn't finished. Her next sentence was: "So I want to see what the reason for the difference is. Actually, you don't need to say so much. You just need to tell me what you want to do, that's enough."

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Author's note: 7K today, still 16 chapters to go.

Chapter 383 Was it a husky that mistook the room?

boom!

With a crisp sound, the glass shattered on Luther's head. Half-boiled water slid down his cheek, scalding him and making him wince, but he dared not move, simply burying his head even lower. This glass was thrown at him by his boss, Rusas; in the Mafia, it was normal for underlings to take the punishment from their bosses.

A few seconds later, Rusas's roar echoed through the room again: "You idiot! What use are you to me?! You can't even recognize a room?! And you said you were my most capable assistant... Is your most capable assistant someone like you?! You've disgraced me, you've disgraced the Rupo tribe."

Luther didn't dare to retort, even though he desperately wanted to tell Rusas that Rusas had clearly given him the room number, that he had mistaken it for someone else's, and that he had only gone to that room to find someone on Rusas's orders. Therefore, from any perspective, the blame for going to the wrong room shouldn't fall on him. However, Luther knew that if he spoke his mind and embarrassed Rusas, his own fate would be even worse. In Syracuse, a lackey who wouldn't take the blame for his boss wasn't a good lackey. So, no matter how exhausted he was, he had no choice, especially since his partner, Kazan, was right beside him.

Kazan was also speechless; he never expected such a idiotic thing as mistaking a room to happen. At that moment, he deeply realized he shouldn't have been so greedy as to entrust such an important task to Rusas. In his eyes, Rusas, now separated from Syracuse, was no longer the infamous Black Wolf he once was.

It's totally a husky!

It's a husky that bites people indiscriminately!

He clearly mistook the room for someone else, but he first found himself and berated him. Only after the scolding did he realize something was wrong upon checking. He had mistaken room 351 for room 357. This means the room Luther found wasn't Guigu Xuehui's room at all, the woman wasn't Guigu Xuehui, and the legendary "Silver Wolf" had absolutely no connection to Guigu Xuehui. In other words, the information he provided was correct, but because he mistook the room, it was forcibly made wrong!

They had spent almost an entire night discussing countermeasures against the "Silver Wolf," but in the end, it all came to nothing!

Kazan was truly speechless. He had always thought such a ridiculous thing only happened in low-brow novels. But he never expected it to happen in reality, and right next to him. What he didn't expect was that even though this had nothing to do with him and he hadn't even said a word, Rusas still wasn't going to let him off the hook.

"And you!" After cursing Luthor, Rusas turned to Kazan and yelled, "What kind of weird room number did you give me?! You can't even write 7 and 1 clearly, making my men mistake it. Couldn't you have used a more easily understood way of writing it?! Are you deliberately trying to embarrass me... no, to embarrass my men?"

Kazan's lips twitched slightly.

How can you blame this on me?!

Damn it, who knew you couldn't even tell the difference between 1 and 7? And you were the one who admitted your mistake, so why did you have to shift the blame to your subordinates?! And then you even managed to pin the blame on me?! Are you even human? Are you just a husky that bites randomly?

Kazan cursed inwardly, but dared not show the slightest dissatisfaction on his face. Instead, he forced a smile and said, "This is indeed something I didn't consider. But overall, it doesn't really have any impact."

"You still say there's no impact?!" Rusas glared at Kazan. "You really dare to say that?! All our efforts last night were for nothing, and we were even targeted by the 'Silver Wolf.' If I hadn't run fast... no, if I hadn't retreated in time, we would have been caught by the 'Silver Wolf' by now!"

"But at least we weren't caught," Kazan chuckled sheepishly. "Besides, although we wasted a whole night, we didn't alert them. At least the 'Ghosthunter' himself is still unaware of our arrival. Thinking about it that way, we didn't lose too much, and the mission can continue. Of course, to express my sincerity and apology, even though we no longer need to deal with the 'Silver Wolf,' I will still pay you the price we agreed on beforehand, not a penny less. Please rest assured about that."

Kazan had already figured it out. When Rusas learned they had mistaken the room, his initial reaction was indeed anger, but it quickly turned to relief. The mistaken room meant that the "Silver Wolf" he was worried about wasn't his target this time; he only had to deal with Onigu Yuki. This was definitely a good thing for him. His initial anger stemmed primarily from the escalated reward. Even though his target was now solely Onigu Yuki, Rusas still intended to collect the increased payment.

The phrase "insatiable greed" perfectly describes someone like Rusas.

Kazan was unhappy, but he had no choice. Tonight was Halloween, and if he didn't kidnap Onigani Yuki, the ghost hunter, tonight, it would be even harder to track her down once she left the town. Who knew what might happen then? So he had to get it done tonight, and in such a short time, even if Kazan was still dissatisfied with Rusas, he couldn't find anyone else.

So it's okay if it's a little more expensive. As long as you can win over Guigu Xuehui, there are countless rich people willing to pay for her.

Kazan suppressed his displeasure and said to Rusas, "Since we only need to deal with Onigani Yukie tonight, things will be much simpler."

Rusas scoffed, "You make it sound so simple. Guigu Xuehui has already left that inn. This town may not be big, but it's not a place a few of us can find. Besides, tonight is Halloween, and the whole street will be full of people dressed as ghosts. How are we supposed to find her then?"

Kazan smiled. "Don't worry, she'll definitely come out on her own, as the 'Ghost Seeker.' But before that... I have a pretty good plan."

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clang!

The bells rang out slowly.

Guigu Xuehui stood under the town's giant clock, looking up at the time; there were still about three hours until dark.

"It's almost time," Guigu Xuehui said softly, then put on her mask.

It's time to end all of this, she thought.

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"So, where are we supposed to look for them?" Ifrit sat on a chair in a bubble tea shop on the street, kicking her legs back and forth as she drank her juice and asked Lin Ye, "You don't have any plans at all, do you?"

Lin Ye glanced at her and said indifferently, "The festival hasn't even started yet, what's the rush? Can't you just enjoy your drink?"

"This doesn't taste good," Ifrit muttered. "Can I get a different one?"

"Stop it," Lin Ye said irritably. "You've already changed three glasses. If you keep going like this, all of us combined won't have drunk as much as you have. I'm warning you, don't push your luck. Your mom hasn't given me any money yet."

“All you ever talk about is money, money, money. You’re so boring,” Ifrit said. “Saria once told Himer that a man who’s obsessed with money isn’t a good man.”

Lin Ye said, "I think that in Saria's eyes, any man who wants to get close to Himer is not a good man."

Ifrit tilted her head, looking puzzled. "Huh? Why do you say that?"

Don't you understand?

"I don't understand."

“That’s right, you don’t understand.” Lin Ye nodded and said, “What can a little kid like you understand? Just behave yourself… Ouch, ouch, ouch, let go! Can’t you learn something good from Lappland? Why is biting the only thing you’ve learned? No, there’s nothing about Lappland that you can learn from. You’d better stay away from her in the future.”

Before Lin Ye could finish speaking, a familiar howl suddenly rang out behind him. He sensed something was wrong and instinctively tried to run, but he couldn't escape. Lappland pounced on him from behind and pinned him down, resulting in another bite mark on his shoulder. He howled in pain and turned around to see a Siberian wolf standing upright behind him, baring its teeth at him, but Lappland's face was inside its mouth.

“Oh, you bastard,” Lappland said. “You talk bad about me the moment I’m not around.”

Lin Ye really wanted to say, "I would have said the same thing when you were here, okay?"

Upon seeing Lappland's suit, Ifrit jumped off her chair, her eyes practically sparkling: "Wow, so cool!"

“Yes, it is.” Lappland said with some pride, “I searched for a long time before I found a place that sells this kind of leather case.”

Lin Ye then asked Lappland, "Where's the money?"

"What money?"

"The money I gave you," Lin Ye said. "I gave you so much money, you didn't spend it all, did you?"

"Oh no, I've spent all my money."

"...You." Lin Ye's eyes widened. "What else did you buy?"

"This is the only outfit I have."

"How is this possible?! How could this outfit be so expensive?!" Lin Ye asked, "Were you ripped off?"

"No way?" Lappland said. "How could anyone rip me off? When I went to buy this suit, the shopkeeper told me that it was imported from Syracuse, which is why it's so expensive."

Lin Ye's lips twitched slightly: "You people in Syracuse sell this kind of thing?"

Lappland shook her head: "I don't know, I've never heard of it."

"I've never heard of you buying this before!"

"You're the one who asked me to buy it."

"Can't you even try to negotiate the price?"

"Bargaining? What's that?" Lappland tilted her head and said, "I've never heard of it. I never bargain when I buy things in Syracuse."

Lin Ye: "..."

He really didn't know what to say. He should have gone with Lappland; after all, she seemed so easy to fool. Lin Ye had given Lappland enough money to buy three outfits, but she only brought back this one thing. Although it looked pretty good at first glance, it couldn't stand up to close scrutiny. After all, Lappland had only been on Lin Ye for a moment, and his back was already covered in fur.

This is ridiculously expensive and it still sheds.

Lin Ye cursed the unscrupulous merchants in his heart.

But he also knew this was unavoidable, just like in his previous life, roses would always be more expensive on Valentine's Day. If he wanted to have a good Halloween, then he definitely couldn't avoid spending money. It's just that Lin Ye didn't understand why he had to pay for all of this, making him feel like a wealthy bachelor who was simultaneously supporting a bunch of mistresses, even though he didn't have much money.

Next up is Skadi's outfit.

Lin Ye checked the time; there were still about two hours until dark. These two hours were the final preparation time. In two hours, the "Hundred Ghosts Parade" Halloween special would appear on the streets. Nightingale had already returned to the hotel to change her clothes. Although her clothes were beautiful, they were rather troublesome to put on, so she planned to wait until Halloween night began before coming down.

However, judging from the current situation, Nightingale's "witch," Lappland's "wolf," and Ifrit's "fire-breathing pumpkin head" all look pretty good and are quite creative. While it's uncertain whether they'll win, they certainly seem interesting. Next, only Lin Ye and Skadi are left. Lin Ye originally wanted to go with Skadi to choose clothes, but Skadi seemed to have her own ideas and didn't want Lin Ye to come along. Left with no other option, Lin Ye could only take Ifrit to the fruit tea shop across from the hotel for drinks.

“Quack doctor, haven’t you decided what to dress up as yet?” Lappland asked. “How about we dress up as wolves together? There’s another one like it in that shop.”

Lin Ye rolled her eyes: "Forget it, I don't want to be that stupid..."

Seeing Lappland's dangerous gaze, Lin Ye quickly swallowed back the words he was about to say: "I mean, there's no need for two people to play the same role. It's too unoriginal, and it's not suitable for me either."

Lappland asked, "So what suits you best?"

Lin Ye thought about it and felt that those weird doctors in the movie would be quite suitable and scary enough, but he didn't have enough props, and it didn't seem like he could find any for sale here.

As he was thinking this, a hand suddenly landed on his shoulder. He instinctively turned his head and saw a red fox mask.

He was stunned, because this was the very mask he had wanted to buy yesterday.

"Do you like it?" A familiar voice rang out, and the mask was pushed up to her forehead, revealing Skadi's face.

Lin Ye opened his mouth slightly: "Where did you find it?"

"I searched every single store, and finally found it in a corner," Skadi said softly, then pointed to her face again. "Do you like it?"

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Author's rant: Writer's block, absolute writer's block. This volume is nearing its end, but I still haven't figured out how to wrap it up. I'm not satisfied with anything I write; it's so frustrating. I barely managed to write 2 words; I'll finish it tomorrow.

Chapter 385 I'm Just a Figure Now (3K)

After the sun set, night slowly fell.