"No, impossible..."
The girl in the dinosaur pajamas clutched her chest, her face half-red, half-pale, shaking her head repeatedly. She was clearly half-scared, half-ashamed.
"Then I'll kill you."
The Gothic Lolita's eyes darkened, and she directly grabbed the girl's shoulder.
The girl in the dinosaur pajamas felt a chilling sensation permeate her body through her shoulder, and her body quickly numbed and lost all feeling. Tears instantly welled up, and she frantically called out to Amamiya Natsuki for help:
"Help, help... help me!"
Amamiya Natsuki stood up and spoke with a clear voice:
"Driver, someone is robbing me, aren't you going to do anything?"
Ghost Driver: "..."
You yourself are a robber, what right do you have to say that!
Crack, crack.
The Gothic Lolita's body didn't move, but her head suddenly rotated one hundred and eighty degrees to look at Amamiya Natsuki. Such a horrifying sight made the pajama girl cry even more.
"Since you, driver, won't stop it, then I can only step forward," Amamiya Natsuki said sternly. "Everyone knows she's robbing, everyone is dissatisfied, but no one stands up. Everyone is silent, bending their backs, lowering their heads, pretending not to know anything."
"If no one stands up now, won't she rob everyone?"
"If I don't speak now, when it's my turn, who will speak for me?"
The evil spirits who were robbed earlier: "..."
"Heh, human," the Gothic Lolita said expressionlessly, her voice chilling. "Since you're so eager to die, I'll grant your wish."
The Gothic Lolita turned around and tossed the small bear in her hand into the air.
Under the tense gaze of the human players, the toy bear suddenly grew larger, landing with a bang inside the bus, transforming into a ferocious giant bear with blood-stained fur and a mouth full of fangs.
Amamiya Natsuki turned to look at the Ghost Driver, neither humble nor arrogant:
"Driver, the bus should have a rule prohibiting passengers from carrying large pets, right?"
Ghost Driver: "..."
Human players: "..."
By the looks of it, that thing isn't a pet anymore, is it?
Aren't you afraid!
Amamiya Natsuki was truly fearless.
He had even beaten the divine Hiruko no Kami. Looking at these ordinary evil spirits, he was already completely capable of crushing them in terms of combat power, so he couldn't feel any fear at all.
The toy bear moved its body, opened its mouth, revealing a mouthful of sharp fangs, and then violently charged towards Amamiya Natsuki.
The roadside players held their breath, their hearts in their throats.
Amamiya Natsuki, however, remained calm, extending his right hand indifferently towards the charging toy bear.
And then...
Boom!
Amamiya Natsuki grabbed the toy bear's head and directly slammed the killer bear onto the floor.
The roadside players were dumbfounded, and the few evil spirit passengers who had boarded later were equally stunned.
"Impossible," the Gothic Lolita's eyes widened, almost popping out. "How could a mere human hold down my little bear?"
Amamiya Natsuki ignored her, only looking down at the toy bear and calmly saying:
"Change back, or I'll twist your head off."
...
The killer bear, which had been struggling incessantly, trying to break free from Amamiya Natsuki's grip, froze. It clearly understood Amamiya Natsuki's words.
"Three."
Amamiya Natsuki began to count down.
"Two."
"One..."
No sooner had he finished counting than the killer bear rapidly shrank, transforming back into a toy. Then, using its limbs, it scrambled up and ran, wobbling and scurrying to the Gothic Lolita's side, hugging her calf.
Terrifying.
That human was too terrifying.
It had an incredibly terrifying premonition just now that if it didn't obey, its head would truly be distorted off.
Amamiya Natsuki looked at the doll Lolita and said calmly:
"If this young lady continues to rob, I will have no choice but to ask you to get off the bus."
...
Being threatened by Amamiya Natsuki in front of so many people, the Gothic Lolita's eyes instantly turned blood red. However, after two seconds of silence, she didn't lash out, but instead quietly walked to an empty seat and sat down.
"Tha-thank you..."
The girl in the dinosaur pajamas, teary-eyed, clutched her chest and thanked him profusely, overwhelmed with gratitude.
If Amamiya Natsuki hadn't stepped forward, she would definitely have been forcibly stripped by the terrifying doll. Being naked on the bus alone, just thinking about it filled her with despair.
"You're welcome. As a five-star good citizen, feel free to speak up if you have any trouble," Amamiya Natsuki waved his hand, turned around, and sat down next to Shinomiya Kaguya. Then he said, "Driver, the show's over, it's time to drive."
Ghost Driver: "..."
The ghost bus slowly started, re-entering the rain and fog.
Looking at the doll Lolita who was obediently sitting down, the roadside players had complex expressions, but the light in their eyes grew brighter and brighter.
It's confirmed.
Although they were 'newcomers' who had emerged from the mist, they were definitely not ordinary people. Now, many unlucky souls sincerely hoped that Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya were indeed members of the Supernatural Investigation Bureau.
The bus swayed forward, and soon reached the next stop.
The bus door hissed open, revealing a lone woman standing at the dimly lit bus stop.
Thump, thump, thump...
The woman covered her belly with one hand, walking slowly and with difficulty onto the ghost bus. Her face was pale, her eye sockets sunken, almost skin and bones, but her abdomen was exceptionally swollen, as if she was nine months pregnant and about to give birth.
After getting on the bus, the woman clutched her belly, her cloudy gaze slowly sweeping over all the passengers.
The unlucky players quickly lowered their heads, not daring to look much.
Because... there were no more seats on the bus.
And for passengers to ride the bus, they must have a seat, otherwise something very terrible will happen. This is not only true for human players, but evil spirits also seem to have to obey this rule.
Thump, thump, thump...
After a brief silence, the pregnant female ghost walked down the aisle towards the back of the bus, finally stopping in front of the woman in sportswear.
The woman in sportswear's face paled slightly, and she tightly clenched her fists, involuntarily casting a pleading look towards Amamiya Natsuki.
In reality, she belonged to the upper class of society; her starting point in life was a finish line that others could never reach in their entire lives. But after entering the Door of Despair, she realized that family background, education, beauty, status, and so on, were all meaningless in the face of evil spirits.
As an 'old player' who had experienced one challenge, she knew very well that in the face of life and death, everyone would just pretend to be ostriches. No matter how good-looking you were, or how wealthy you were, it was all meaningless. It was not their business, so they would just hang high.
But today...
Amamiya Natsuki stepped forward again.
"Whew..."
Seeing Amamiya Natsuki stand up, the girl in sportswear involuntarily let out a sigh of relief.
Although she knew Amamiya Natsuki wasn't just helping her, a feeling of gratitude still welled up in her heart.
And then...
Amamiya Natsuki said seriously:
"Miss Mitsui, that's a seat reserved for the elderly, young, and infirm. You should get up and give up your seat."
The two sides had briefly exchanged names earlier, but whether they were their real names was unknown.
...!!!
The girl in sportswear felt her head buzz, and she was completely stunned.
Wh-why?
Why should she stand up?
He had always been helping others, so why, when it came to her, not only did he not help, but he also told her to get up?
The girl in sportswear bit her lip tightly, wanting to question, wanting to plead, but her remaining dignity prevented her from uttering a single word. She only felt a chill run through her body, as if she was about to fall into darkness.
The other roadside passengers also cast shocked glances at Amamiya Natsuki, not understanding why Amamiya Natsuki suddenly stopped helping, and even 'kicked her while she was down.' However, no one dared to speak.
Amamiya Natsuki said in a low voice:
"Miss Mitsui, please get up quickly."
...
The girl in sportswear bit her lip, and glistening tears welled up in her eyes. The grievance in her heart had left her speechless.
At this moment, Shinomiya Kaguya glared over and said:
"President, don't deliberately scare Miss Mitsui. Hurry up."
"Yes," Amamiya Natsuki replied, no longer teasing her. He looked at the girl in sportswear and said, "Sorry, the atmosphere was too dull just now. I was just joking with you... You get up first, and then I'll help you find a seat."
...
The girl in sportswear blinked, almost bursting into tears.
Don't ever make jokes like that again!
Wiping her eyes, the girl in sportswear quickly got up and gave up her seat.
The pregnant female ghost said nothing, silently sitting down.
"Come with me."
Amamiya Natsuki's gaze swept around, finally landing on the bandaged evil spirit, and then he strode over.
The girl in sportswear quickly followed with small steps.
"Miss Mitsui," Amamiya Natsuki turned to look at the passerby player beside him, pointing at the bandaged evil spirit, and asked, "Did he just peek up your skirt?"
Girl in sportswear: "...Huh?"
Bandaged evil spirit: "..."
"I saw it," Amamiya Natsuki said righteously. "Just now, when Miss Mitsui passed by, you were indeed peeking up her skirt."
"Human! You're lying!"
A hoarse, wind-breaking roar came from the bandaged evil spirit's mouth.
Slander!
Blatant slander!
That human female was clearly wearing sports pants, not even a skirt, so how could he have seen up her skirt!
Amamiya Natsuki remained unmoved:
"You say no, so it's no?"
"We're talking about the law now."
"The law explicitly states that unless you can prove you didn't engage in lewd behavior, you are guilty."
"I'll give you ten seconds to think about it," Amamiya Natsuki held up two fingers and said, "Either get off the bus now, or prove you didn't engage in lewd behavior."
...
Upon hearing this, the bandaged malevolent spirit's eyes were about to split open—they truly did split, even bleeding, and the bandages on his body suddenly burst open, twisting like venomous snakes. His malevolent desire made everyone instinctively shrink their necks.
Unfortunately, it had no effect on Amamiya Natsuki.
Swish.
Amamiya Natsuki conjured a blood-stained fire axe out of thin air, held it against the bandaged malevolent spirit's neck, and tilted his head, saying, "Are you not going to be reasonable anymore?"
The malevolent spirit passengers on the bus all cried out in their hearts: You're the one who's being unreasonable!
Looking at the still-dripping axe, the bandaged malevolent spirit quickly recalled the pain of being cut earlier and promptly became docile.
There was no other way; they had already arm-wrestled earlier, and he was indeed no match for the human in front of him.
"I'll get off..."
A hoarse voice full of humiliation and indignation came from the bandaged malevolent spirit's mouth.
Amamiya Natsuki put away his axe with satisfaction and smiled, "It would have been better to get off earlier."
The bandaged malevolent spirit said nothing, silently got off the ghost bus, and his figure quickly disappeared into the rain mist and darkness.
Amamiya Natsuki looked at the girl in the tracksuit and casually said, "Miss Mitsui, you can sit down now."
"Th-thank you..."
The girl in the tracksuit let out a long breath and thanked him gratefully.
Amamiya Natsuki waved his hand, walked back to Shinomiya's side, sat down, and then called out, "Driver, you can start the car."
The Ghost Driver clutched his still-aching shoulder and silently started the ghost bus, driving it into the rain mist under the darkness.
The ghost bus swayed and continued forward. Amamiya Natsuki, having nothing to do, was playing with Kaguya's doll-like-like fingers when a few exclamations suddenly sounded behind him.
"What's going on?"
Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya turned to look back and saw that the woman with the unusually large belly was trembling in pain. Immediately afterward, a malevolent spirit baby with a head as big as a bucket and covered in blood crawled out, still connected by an umbilical cord to her belly.
This malevolent spirit baby had blood-red eyes and an enormous mouth full of sharp, serrated teeth. After emerging, it began to crawl rapidly inside the ghost bus, like a cockroach suddenly flying into a room. Everyone it passed instinctively avoided it, but it was much more terrifying than a cockroach.
"Ah...!"
Watching the malevolent spirit baby crawl directly onto her leg, the girl in dinosaur pajamas immediately shrieked and instinctively tried to get up and dodge.
"Don't move!" Shinomiya Kaguya's eyebrows furrowed, and she quickly reminded, "The bus is still moving, don't get up!"
Hearing this, the girl in dinosaur pajamas finally reacted and quickly suppressed the urge to get up and run, looking over with teary eyes and a trembling voice, "Help, help, help..."
Amamiya Natsuki turned to look behind him and called out, "Madam, please look after your child and don't cause trouble for other passengers."
Unfortunately, it was no use.
The malevolent spirit woman's previously bulging belly had already deflated. She was now leaning back in her seat, her gaze fixed on the malevolent spirit baby, completely ignoring Amamiya Natsuki's words.
"Tsk~"
Amamiya Natsuki clicked his tongue lightly and raised his voice, "Driver, that brat didn't buy a ticket, aren't you going to do something about it?"
Ghost Driver: "..."
"Hey, I'm talking to you." Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow, "You're ignoring me? Is my axe not hard enough?"
The Ghost Driver then spoke reluctantly, his voice hoarse: "They are one... they can use one ticket."
"I see." Amamiya Natsuki nodded, "It's like a pregnant woman hitting someone isn't considered a group assault, but... if that umbilical cord is cut, would they then count as two passengers?"
Ghost Driver: "...That's right."
"Then it's simple." Amamiya Natsuki looked at Kaguya, "Lure it over."
"Okay."
Shinomiya Kaguya nodded lightly and took out a seemingly unremarkable rice ball.
It was a momotaro rice ball handmade by a player.
This item had little effect on ordinary people, adding a bit of health when eaten, but for malevolent spirits, it held a strange allure.
At this moment, the malevolent spirit passengers on the bus all looked over.
Adult malevolent spirits could resist the urge, but the instinct-driven infant malevolent spirit could not. Seeing the rice ball in Shinomiya's hand, it instantly transformed into an afterimage and darted straight over.
Then...
Slap!
Amamiya Natsuki moved with lightning speed, grabbing the infant malevolent spirit by the back of its neck, then took out his axe with his other hand, preparing to cut the umbilical cord.
Seeing this, the malevolent spirit madam immediately panicked. She dared not get up from her seat and could only plead in distress, her voice surprisingly pleasant: "Please, please don't hurt it..."
The axe stopped mid-air. Amamiya Natsuki looked at the malevolent spirit madam and asked, "Madam, you don't want your child to be harmed, do you?"
The malevolent spirit madam quickly shook her head: "Don't hurt it."
Amamiya Natsuki smiled and said, "Then you know what to do, right?"
After a few seconds of silence.
The malevolent spirit madam raised her hands and began to take off her clothes.
Hey, hey, with that appearance, you're still trying to seduce someone? Who are you looking down on?
Hiss...
The sound of gasps filled the bus.
The other bystanders looked at Amamiya Natsuki with awe.
As expected of the expert, he doesn't even spare malevolent spirits.
"Stop that." Amamiya Natsuki sternly said, "The bus is a public place, you shouldn't cause trouble for others. Can you not educate your child properly?"
"If not, then I'll just have to help you educate it."
The malevolent spirit madam quickly nodded: "Y-yes, I can."
Amamiya Natsuki then released the back of the infant malevolent spirit's neck.
The little brat dropped to the ground with a thud, looked up, and bared its teeth at Amamiya Natsuki with a fierce gaze. However, before it could do anything, the malevolent spirit madam quickly pulled it back, then held it tightly in her arms, no longer allowing it to run wild.
Indeed.
Whether it's a human brat or a malevolent spirit brat, they all need an iron fist education.
The ghost bus became quiet again and continued to sway forward.
Soon, they arrived at the next stop, where a blurry figure stood beneath the platform.
Fortunately, after the vehicle stopped steadily, the malevolent spirit madam quickly got up and got off the bus with her child, conveniently freeing up a seat.
The new passenger was a stiff-moving middle-aged man with no eyes, only two dark, empty sockets. He silently paid his fare and quietly walked to a seat and sat down.
The ghost bus started again.
After driving for an unknown period, the bus suddenly jolted violently and stopped moving.
"Are we at the stop?"
Amamiya Natsuki looked out the window, but he didn't see a dimly lit platform, only endless darkness and pouring rain.
"Driver, what's going on?" Amamiya Natsuki asked, "Why isn't the bus moving?"
The Ghost Driver's voice was hoarse:
"...It broke down."
Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow:
"Was it intentional, or accidental?"
Ghost Driver: "..."
"Looks like the latter." Amamiya Natsuki asked nonchalantly, "What do you usually do when the vehicle breaks down?"
The Ghost Driver's voice was hoarse: "Have the passengers get off and push the car."
The passengers here were clearly all unfortunate souls dragged in by the Door of Despair. After all, to extract despair, having human unfortunates push a car in the rain and darkness was clearly a good way to extract despair.
"I see." Amamiya Natsuki stood up, "Since we're all passengers on the same bus, we should help each other... You, you, you, and the driver, you go down and push the car first, and we'll come down later."
"I've finished speaking. Who agrees and who opposes?"
Malevolent Spirit Passengers: "..."