I Will Teach You How to Hunt Gods

"It's luring me to open the window."

Staring at the Night Watchman outside the window, who kept smiling, Yun You furrowed her brows, gradually loosening her grip on the vase and window lock.

Indeed, from the very beginning, everything the Night Watchman did was to tempt Yun You into opening the window.

Whether it was its bizarre posture or its challenging gaze, it was all to provoke Yun You, to make her willingly break the rules of the town.

It must be said, its tactics are hard to guard against; a moment of inattention, and you would fall into its trap.

Luckily, Yun You reacted quickly and snapped out of it at the last moment, avoiding its scheme.

"Cunning thing."

The little girl gritted her teeth, glaring viciously at the Night Watchman.

But the latter did not respond in any way, continuing to beat a drum and repeat the same two phrases tirelessly.

"The sky is dry..."

"Dry your head!"

Yun You retorted, getting a verbal satisfaction, but the fear of "ghostly entities" in her heart wasn't completely dispelled.

She felt she needed to find a way to test something, to probe the Night Watchman, at least to ascertain its identity.

If not, the big rock in her heart would never come down.

After a moment of thought, Yun You came up with an idea.

Aiming at an angle, she slapped the inner wall of the villa.

"Smack—!"

The powerful force passed through the brick wall, causing the paint on the outer wall to fall off.

Some of the paint fragments fell straight onto the Night Watchman's head.

However, these gray paint fragments did not collide with the Night Watchman's body but directly passed through, raising clouds of thick fog.

"It really has no physical form?!"

Yun You's eyes widened.

Just as she was about to try again, the Night Watchman slowly put down the drum, its smile gradually fading.

Then it jumped up again, chanting the watchman's song, turning into gray fog, and leaped into the house without being hindered by the door...

At the same time, its increasingly urgent voice reappeared.

But from the gradually increasing and clear volume...

Its source seemed not from outside the house, but inside.

Now, it was in this house, right at the entrance on the first floor!

"The sky is dry, beware of fire; the sky is dry, beware of fire; the sky is..."

Simultaneously, footsteps also appeared on the stairs, getting closer to Yun You.

"Clap..."

"Clap."

"Clap!"

This was not the sound made by Jack's military boots nor the movement from Frost Moon's metallic sneakers, but a rhythmic bouncing sound, the dull thud of old-style cloth shoes hitting the wooden floor.

This was the distinct sound of the Night Watchman's steps.

"Not good...!"

Yun You's heart trembled as she drew her sword and charged towards the door.

The first floor of the house was for residents!

If the Night Watchman could cross the first-floor hall and head directly to the second floor where Yun You was, wouldn't it mean...

"Jack and Frost Moon are in trouble?!"

Yun You didn't even have time to carefully open the door; she directly crashed it open, rushing out of the room.

Her room was directly facing the staircase, and logically, she should be able to see downstairs as soon as she stepped out.

But that was not the case.

As the girl lifted her head and looked around... she suddenly found the familiar peach wood corridor had disappeared.

Replaced by a new corridor, intersected like a maze.

It was shrouded in mist and red lights, with no end in sight, nor a single visible figure, only a row of tightly sealed steel doors exuding a cold aura of danger.

"Jack! Frost Moon!"

"Are you there? If you are, say something! If you can't talk, stomp or knock on the wall!"

Yun You shouted into the corridor, her voice loud but carrying an imperceptible tremble.

However...

There was no response.

Jack and Frost Moon seemed to have vanished into thin air; no matter how Yun You called, there wasn't a single sound from them.

In the corridor, only the sickeningly familiar sound of drumming echoed ceaselessly behind the girl.

"The sky is——"

The Night Watchman was getting closer to Yun You.

At this pace, if she remained stationary, it wouldn't take long before "that thing" caught up with her.

Yun You didn't know what exactly the Night Watchman was, but her instincts warned her not to let that thing catch up if unnecessary.

So, the little girl could only start running, weaving through the complex corridors.

This damn corridor was indeed a maze.

It extended forward, with countless bisections along the walls on both sides. Entering one, she could see an unknowable number of branches.

Although Yun You stopped occasionally to make marks, in the face of seemingly infinite forks and possibly shifting walls, this little trick was futile.

She tried turning on her phone and chip, but electronic devices couldn't provide effective information, not even reporting the time accurately.

It was almost laughable; the only thing around Yun You that had changed and that she could use as a sort of time locator was the unyielding Night Watchman pursuing her.

This thing increased its speed at an evenly paced rate.

At first, it was 12 turns away from Yun You, but now, that distance had shrunk to 6 turns, taking about 3 minutes to catch up to each turn.

In other words, this sudden chase had been going on for 18 minutes.

But this information was entirely useless! Other than making the little girl more nervous, it served no purpose at all.

The fear and anxiety about 'ghosts' and the 'unknown' peaked at this moment.

Helplessly, Yun You could only tap the back of her right hand, silently calling out, calling out to the one who might be the only one capable of responding to her.

"Master Zero! Stop sleeping! Wake up!"

"This ghostly thing is too bizarre. Honestly, it's a bit embarrassing, but I'm indeed a bit scared... so come out and help me!"

This time, Master Zero didn't disappoint Yun You and offered a response.

But...

Master Zero's situation seemed similar to Yun You's.

[What's the point of calling me, stupid Yun Brat, I'm afraid of ghosts too!]

[That thing is so freaking scary, never seen anything like it before...]

[Holy crap! It sped up again! That foot is probably sparking by now, right?]

[Run quickly, run! We absolutely can't let it catch us, or we'll be in big trouble...]

As it turned out, this duo indeed shared the same personality, both equally carefree and equally afraid of intangible ghostly entities...

Yun You's little face almost turned white with fear, while Master Zero...

Its red scales faded in color from fright.

At this moment, no matter how strong they might be, they were only being chased by the Night Watchman...

[I have good news and bad news, Yun Brat, which do you want to hear first?]

"The good one first!"

[The good news is, I found out that the terrain around us has changed, it's finally not an endless corridor anymore]

"How about the bad one?"

[The bad news is, the corridors around us are all blocked by walls, we're heading to a dead end!]

"..."

[...]

"We're done for!"

[We're done for!]