After an Infinite Flow Player Retires

The group ahead were still discussing Ace's heroic deeds.

The topic quickly changed from 'what could Ace be doing now' to 'how should they trick him into joining the combat department'.

Ye Jia expressed that he is very tired. He refused to continue listening.

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He quietly left the central cave and carefully circled around the remainder of this nest. After killing a few which had slipped through earlier, he turned and left.

A'mi was waiting outside, "How was it?"

Ye Jia: "All sorted."

"And those humans?"

"Didn't find anything." Ye Jia responded without a change in his expression, "Nothing to be worried about."

A'mi patted him on the shoulder and praised without reservations, "Beautiful! I will definitely put in some good words for you when we return!"

Ye Jia hesitated a little, "That…."

A'mi: "Hmm? What's wrong?"

Although his appearance was hazy, for some reason A'mi saw a trace of shyness on the other party.

"In our line of business, do we get paid?"

"Of course!" A'mi puffed its chest out, "King's treatment is the best out of everyone here!"

"Cough, but….." Ye Jia cleared his throat, "The job King gave me is to infiltrate a human institute and act as a spy. In order to be able to blend in with human society, shouldn't I….."

The last word was dragged out for a while, as if to imply something.

A'mi: "………"

It thought for a while and suddenly realised, "Oh! You're talking about human currency!"

Ye Jia became excited, "Yes, yes, yes!"

"No." A'mi immediately shot him down.

Ye Jia: "……."

"However, I will let King know about your request. Perhaps he could take it off your pay." As if aware of the murderous air coming from Ye Jia, A'mi changed his words, "You don't need to worry about it."

Ye Jia was extremely touched, "Thank you my good brother!"

Just as they were about to go their separate ways, A'mi seemed to have sensed something. Its movements stopped and it dug out the strangely shaped compass again.

The originally blank surface had once again changed.

"Damn." A'mi cursed, "Still one left."

Ye Jia went over, "Huh?"

"And it's also a shadow ghost." A'mi spoke coldly, "Probably hid in the shadows so the compass didn't detect it earlier."

Ye Jia asked, "Is it far?"

A'mi put the compass away and spoke with a dark tone, "It's nearby."

Ye Jia sighed lightly.

—-Looks like he won't be able to get off work yet.

They left the abandoned construction site and ran towards the residential area nearby under the cover of the night.

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This place was close to the suburbs so there weren't many people around.

Just two blocks away from the construction site was a rather old neighbourhood.

The buildings were low, and the buildings were arranged messily. It looked like a corner of the world that had been left behind by the rapidly developing city.

Behind this neighbourhood was a quiet and desolate track. Aged streetlights flickered intermittently, letting out harsh electric sounds.

The streetlight's dim yellow light illuminated the bumpy ground below, dispelling some of the darkness.

As people hurried through, they flinched involuntarily as they passed by.

It was clearly a summer night, but the cold wind seemed to be able to penetrate into their bones.

A man subconsciously tightened his collar and instinctively looked up at the darkness around him.

The night made the track and surrounding buildings appear blurred and indistinct.

He instinctively stopped and looked fearfully at the path ahead that he had walked through thousands of times before.

For some reason, something in that darkness made him uneasy. It was as if……there was something waiting for him there.

This fear which stemmed from his instincts immediately took over his body, making it hard for him to take another step forward.

W-was it just his imagination?

Just as the man hesitated, suddenly! The shadow just outside the area illuminated by the streetlight changed shape and the next second, several hands reached out, grabbing firmly onto his ankle.

"Ahhhhhhh!!!" The man let out a petrified cry and his entire body fell to the ground.

He struggled frantically, his fingernails leaving messy white scratches on the ground. He however still couldn't get rid of the slightly hazy hand wrapped around his ankle, "Helppppp!"

The despaired man was slowly being dragged into the darkness—-

Suddenly, there was the sound of a blade cutting through the air.

It was very light and fleeting, so much so that one would almost suspect that it was just their imagination.

But the next moment, a terrible cry sounded from the darkness ahead. It was sharp like a blade scratching against glass, piercing through one's eardrums.

The hazy black hand clasped around the man's ankle seemed to be in pain. It quickly retreated back like a snake.

In extreme panic, the man raised his head and looked at the darkness in front of him.

In a place that couldn't be reached by the streetlight, there seemed to be a tall figure standing silently in the shadows. Like a black silhouette, that figure silently looked in the man's direction.

All the hairs on the man's body stood up.

He didn't dare look anymore. With a pale face, he turned around and stumbled away in the opposite direction.

In the dark.

Ye Jia retracted his gaze and looked at the shadow ghost in front of him.

The shadow ghost who was injured by Ye Jia hissed in resentment as thick yin energy gushed out from its wound. Its indistinct facial features twisted in the dark and its hungry and malicious glare remained fixed on Ye Jia, as if it was assessing its opponent's strength.

"I know what you're thinking." Ye Jia laughed lightly, "But sorry about that."

He stepped aside and continued with a lazy voice, "….Your opponent this time isn't me."

Behind Ye Jia, A'mi's figure slowly consolidated.

The shadow ghost stiffened, "….It's you?"

It seemed to have finally realised the reason why the ghost appeared before it and quickly turned to flee.

—-Unfortunately, it was too late.

A distorted dark shadow swelled from A'mi's body, splitting into a terrifyingly distorted arm. It flew towards the escaping shadow ghost and pulled it out from the shadow it tried to hide in.

The shadow ghost had no choice but to turn around and fight.

They quickly became entangled in a fierce exchange of blows.

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Strong yin energy filled the surroundings, enveloping the entire block in cold and dark air. As the darkness spread, the already dim streetlight was submerged. All that could be heard were terrible cries and angry roars which made one's scalp go numb.

In just a few minutes, the victor was clear.

The darkness retreated little by little and the streetlight flickered a few times before lighting up again.

The shadow ghost had been dragged by A'mi until it was directly under the streetlight. It had already lost its human-like form and clung to the ground like some kind of slime. It squirmed about and tried to escape with much difficulty.

"I-I wasn't betraying King….." The shadow ghost's voice trembled with fear, "Y-you have to believe me. I was just momentarily confused….."

"Of course I believe you." A'mi slowly approached it and said coldly, "But that momentary betrayal is still a betrayal. You will need to pay the price."

Its figure spread out like it was opening a large mouth. It soundlessly moved to bite down onto the shadow ghost.

"Wait! Wait!" The other shadow ghost quickly cried out, "I can exchange! I have information here. The information you want. Exchange it for my life!"

"What can you know?" A'mi stopped in its steps and sneered, "Are you saying that you know who is backing the spider queen?"

"You don't have the information we want." A'mi was ruthless.

"Hehehehehehe……" The shadow ghost pressed itself closely to the ground and seemed like it was made of fluid. It let out a sinister laugh, "No, I do. And it's something your King wants the most…."

It raised its hazy head and slowly spoke: "—–I know where Ace is."

This time, A'mi really stopped. Its eyes narrowed, "What?"

"I saw him….." The shadow ghost hissed, "He's in M City."

"That signature scythe, it can't be wrong….."

Its figure slowly consolidated and its voice was deliberately lowered to resembled a devil's whisper, "I saw it when I was scavenging for food…..that school….."

Without warning, a ray of cold light flashed from Ye Jia's fingertip, and it was quickly swallowed up by the cold and dark ghost energy around him.

Before the shadow ghost could have the chance to make a sound, its body collapsed and deflated like a leaking balloon.

"Hey!" A'mi was anxious, "What are you doing?!"

Ye Jia's voice didn't reveal any emotional changes, "Look at its feet."

A'mi looked at the place pointed out by Ye Jia and saw that the shadow ghost had at some unknown point in time quietly plunged its foot into the darkness nearby. It would've been able to escape if he had reacted a second slower.

"It's buying time." Ye Jia said.

A'mi was a little upset, "Sorry about that. Because it was something King really cared about, I lowered my guard as soon as it mentioned it."

It bent down and retrieved the shadow ghost's body.

Ye Jia soundlessly let out a sigh of relief.

After A'mi retrieved the body, it left together with Ye Jia.

It sighed a little regretfully, "Oh but you still acted too quickly. Shadow ghosts are races that don't really know how to lie so although it was indeed saying it to buy time to make an escape, it may really know something."

Yes.

Based on those key words uttered just now, it probably knew better than all the other fierce ghosts in the area.

Ye Jia silently looked away.

"But I understand." A'mi considerately patted Ye Jia's shoulder, "You admire King greatly after all, so it's understandable that you wouldn't want to let him find Ace."

Ye Jia: "……"

Huh?

A'mi continued without noticing his look of confusion, "But don't worry, none of those rumours are true. How could someone as wise and as powerful as King be influenced by a mere human? The reason why he is searching for this human is because of another reason."

Ye Jia's curiosity was aroused, "What reason?

A'mi seemed somewhat hesitant.

Ye Jia took a deep breath and then spoke with some difficulty through gritted teeth, "A-after all, King is someone I….admire greatly, so I want to know more about him—-"

"Then why don't you come and ask in person?"

A low voice sounded from behind, abruptly cutting through the deadly silent night.