Exorcist's Self-Cultivation

At this moment, Emily and Merri realized they had boarded the wrong bus.

The heavy rain had been simply too great, and as they waited for the last bus, a subconscious move had led them into the most dangerous of situations.

But at this time, the two of them had not yet realized just how terrifying the situation they faced would be…

Emily regretted it deeply. She grabbed Merri's hand, wanting to get off the bus, but found that the rear door wouldn't open at all.

When they turned around, the front door had already slowly closed…

And those malicious gazes became even more somber and eerie.

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In the storm, the bus continued on its way.

After the front door closed and the bus moved forward, for some reason, these "passengers" did not immediately attack them.

One could even say that aside from getting a scare, the two of them were actually not too badly off?

Emily and Merri shivered as they sat in the second-to-last row, by the window, right in front of Du Wei's seat.

Well… aside from the fright, there was also the fact that their clothes were wet, which couldn't keep them warm.

The two were very scared but dared not speak, intuition telling them that this bus was extremely dangerous, like in a horror tale, possibly a ghost bus.

The entire bus's passengers were all ghosts…n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

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Du Wei observed all this silently, biding his time.

The bus had two seats on the left side and one seat on the right, arranged in parallel rows.

Excluding the two who had just boarded, there were three other seats.

One of these seats was between Du Wei and the umbrella-carrying woman, and the other two were ahead of where the nun was sitting, both single seats.

Out of these three seats, one was already occupied by an unseen passenger.

That is to say, there were actually only two more spots for Evil Spirits if they were to board.

But if three, or more than three, were to come on board, there would be a situation of Evil Spirits murdering to take a seat.

This was an unchangeable rule of the bus.

In such a confined space as a bus, humans were simply unable to resist Evil Spirits.

Even Du Wei couldn't use the rule of Evil Spirits balancing each other out. Explore new worlds at empire

Because each seat was meant for a real "passenger," people taking seats meant that Evil Spirits wouldn't strike until they got off, but once the seats were full, any new Evil Spirits boarding would kill those occupying their seats.

This was already the strongest rule of the bus.

Or to put it another way, the bus suppressed all Evil Spirits with its rules, which were laid out for them, showing not a hint of friendliness toward humans.

And now, the driver's seat was occupied by an Evil Spirit, and the only loophole had been closed.

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Du Wei didn't concern himself with what was happening to the pair of sisters; instead, he kept his eyes shut, constantly thinking in his mind.

How to get off the bus was a problem…

His initial thoughts and preparations couldn't keep up with the changes, and part of his understanding had already become obsolete.

Now it seemed that there weren't many of his trump cards left that could be useful.

James and the others should have already entered the bell tower to find that head. By placing it in the box, they could contain the nun, or at least weaken her…

Of course, whether it was imprisonment or weakening, it was a good thing for Du Wei.

However, he didn't like pinning all his hopes on others, so his initial plan was to take advantage of the bus's mechanics to kill the nun.

When the bus was at full capacity, meaning all Evil Spirit passengers had seats, if another Evil Spirit was added, perhaps it could kill any given passenger.

However, this idea was very vague, originating only when, after retrieving his body, Du Wei took possession of the mask and thus another Evil Spirit's identity.

In truth, he also couldn't fully control or be sure that this rule would indeed work.

So for him, this was a last resort, even a means to perish together.

Because when this situation occurred, the person most likely to be killed on the entire bus was actually himself.

It was as if a sheep in wolf's skin had blended into a pack of wolves, possibly undetected at first due to the scent of the wolf's skin, but as soon as the hunt began, its true form would be revealed.

Beyond that, there was also the possibly still-alive Evil Spirit Du Wei...

This barely counted as a trump card.

The power of Evil Spirit Du Wei was terrifying.

It possessed Du Wei's personality, memory, behavioral logic, and character.

In a sense, it was the other side of Du Wei, an Evil Spirit version of Du Wei.

But now, unless Du Wei died, it was basically impossible for it to appear again.

In other words, these two most useful trump cards, as soon as they were played, could declare: GG.

With that thought, Du Wei opened his eyes, slightly lifted his umbrella, and looked towards the driver's seat.

What was originally just human skin had now become a real Evil Spirit, its emergence made the rules inside the bus flawlessly impeccable.

However, relatively speaking, as long as one could take the driver's place, the forcibly door-blocking nun could be made to disembark, ideally when they arrived at that school...

But now, there were only a little over ten minutes left until midnight...

Du Wei had to wait more patiently for the opportunity to come, to treat the Evil Spirit from the perspective of a hunter.

He needed to stay alert and tread carefully.

However, at that moment, the bus suddenly slowed down...

Du Wei's gaze turned cold. It had only been two or three minutes, so why stop so soon?

He sharply focused his gaze on the driver.

The driver also turned his head, revealing that wrinkled face, his mouth curving into a sinister arc...

It looked almost mocking...

With a creak...

The moment the bus stopped, the front door opened.

Visible to the naked eye was a stream of mist that seeped in from the front door.

The mist was chillingly white, and the temperature inside the bus dropped significantly.

Following that, Du Wei saw two "familiar faces" board the bus.

One was tall and wrapped in bandages, with indistinguishable features and skin.

The other was a smaller-statured woman, but also wrapped in bandages.

Du Wei had encountered these two ghostly things before.

Their bodies were actually made up of these bandages, with completely hollow insides, incomprehensible.

However, the last time he saw them, they boarded the bus one after the other, this time they did it together.

"Do Evil Spirits also tend toward group behavior?"

This thought flashed through Du Wei's mind, but he quickly dismissed it.

There must be another reason.

Nevertheless, with that, the bus was basically full.

Excluding the invisible Evil Spirit, the two newly boarded Evil Spirits took up the remaining seats, and if one more passenger boarded, the twin sisters in the front seats would die.

Du Wei took a deep breath, about to continue thinking about disembarking, but then, he saw something that exceeded his understanding.

Of the two bandage-wrapped Evil Spirits, only the male one took a seat when they reached the middle of the bus.

The other one, who appeared to be female, continued to walk towards the back.

And its target was precisely the twin sisters.

Du Wei's body stiffened as he suddenly realized something—if one followed the bus rules, he was equivalent to two passengers.

One with a mask, and the other, the unseen Evil Spirit Du Wei.

In other words, the Evil Spirits had already met the bus's murder quota.