The System Teaches You How to Be Human

Mo Wuchang let out a tragic scream, nearly gasping for breath.

He was brave, but that didn’t mean the sudden, unanticipated appearance of the ghost wouldn’t scare him.

“Damn it!” Mo Wuchang fumbled to pull up his pants, so frightened that all his urge to pee disappeared in an instant!

“Boss!! Help!”

As soon as Si Yisi walked in, he saw Mo Wuchang genuinely rushing toward him while pulling up his pants.

Si Yisi looked at him with disdain. “…Go away.”

As soon as Si Yisi saw the wet, crawling ghost, he couldn’t help but feel genuine emotion as well.

Plop, plop.

As the ghost crawled out, water seeped out, and Si Yisi’s tears fell without stopping. A subtle balance was formed between the two.

The ghost first revealed a wet head, climbing out by grasping the edge of the toilet bowl. Her originally long, noodle-like body gradually expanded like a balloon as she climbed further out. The damp, seaweed-like hair covered the ghost’s eyes. She tilted her head and smirked at Mo Wuchang, speaking hoarsely, with a hint of subtle regret.

“Why didn’t you… go to the toilet?”

Mo Wuchang felt a tightening sensation in his body, unable to bear it, and he turned to Si Yisi for help. “Boss!”

His voice was tender and lingering, causing Si Yisi to get goosebumps from the very sound. “Do you want to use the toilet?”

The ghost turned to Si Yisi upon hearing that. By now, most of her body had crawled out, with only a small portion of her legs still like thin noodles.

Si Yisi could smell an indescribable stench. The odor made him dizzy, and his tears fell even more freely due to the overwhelming stink.

The Toilet Ghost saw Si Yisi trembling and smiled wider, revealing sharp, menacing teeth.

“Do you want to use the toilet?” Si Yisi asked again.

He then confidently added, “You do.”

After saying that, he picked up the red toilet plunger that was lying on the white tiled floor. The Toilet Ghost didn’t expect imminent danger. Upon seeing the plunger, her voice softened and became gentle. “Are you going to give this to me?”

In that moment, Mo Wuchang realized the correct use of the plunger. It was clear that the creature in front of him was some sort of Toilet Ghost, so she probably liked the plunger.

Giving it to her might increase their chances of survival.

But…

He glanced at Si Yisi.

He didn’t think his boss was using the plunger in any normal, conventional way.

So Mo Wuchang quietly covered his eyes with his hands, peeking through his fingers to watch the Toilet Ghost’s fate.

“I’ll give it to you.” Si Yisi’s voice was soft, almost with a trace of joy.

Then—

He suddenly picked up the plunger and shoved it into the Toilet Ghost’s exposed head!

“Ah? …Ah!” The ghost’s crawling slowed for a moment, but she quickly reacted. Her gentle facade was immediately torn apart, and she screamed, her sharp teeth bared at Si Yisi.

“You dare!! You dare!!”

“Oh…” Si Yisi could clearly feel the increased resistance. The plunger clung tightly to the ghost’s hair, and he seized the opportunity. Shoving her into the toilet again and again!

Each of his movements was timed perfectly, leaving the Toilet Ghost no chance to catch her breath, as if he were a robot with a preset program!

Such precise control and terrifying strength caused the Toilet Ghost to struggle in the toilet bowl. She forced out most of her body, inch by inch, being shoved back in with brutal force.

Mo Wuchang even heard the sound of bones cracking! It sounded so painful!

Push after push, water overflowed and splashed at Si Yisi’s feet, distracting him and causing him to instinctively avoid the spilled water.

‘The fact is that ghosts aren’t kind’; this saying was spot on. Don’t be fooled by the Toilet Ghost’s current limp, submissive state. Once she found an opportunity, she quickly regained her strength!

She seized the brief pause from Si Yisi, broke free from the plunger, and turned her face toward him, showing her sharp teeth!

The Toilet Ghost was now too close to Si Yisi!

With a quick move, she could snap his neck like a vicious wild animal!

Mo Wuchang couldn’t help but exclaim, “Boss, no…”

Thud!

A heavy muffled sound echoed in the small bathroom.

Mo Wuchang nearly bit his tongue, swallowing the rest of his words. How could anything happen to the boss? That’s impossible!

“Umm, umm, umm—” The Toilet Ghost grunted as her long hair was swept aside, revealing her pale face.

At the moment she opened her mouth, Si Yisi shoved a toilet plunger straight onto her face!

He pressed the plunger down, crying out, “Why can’t you just get back in QwQ.”

His voice ending with a playful sob.

“Uuuu…” The Toilet Ghost was choking, barely alive with the plunger shoved in her mouth, her eyes rolling back.

“Why can’t you just get back in…” he drove the plunger in again with force.

“Why can’t you just get back in?” Si Yisi smiled a crying smile, his lips spreading in joy, as if his mouth would reveal sharp teeth just like the Toilet Ghost’s!

He repeated the same words over and over, delivering both physical and mental blows to the Toilet Ghost.

Toilet Ghost: Ugh, I also want to know why I can’t get back in.

The Toilet Ghost felt her body being squeezed tighter into the toilet, unable to hold back her cries! Just because she could get out of the toilet didn’t mean she could be shoved back in like this!

It hurt! It hurt so much! She had never endured such humiliation. I want to go home; I want my mom!

Oh my god! Mo Wuchang watched as Si Yisi relentlessly continued to shove the ghost back in. He saw the Toilet Ghost being forced further and further, her limbs cracking under the strain.

He sucked in a sharp breath, a chill running through him, and unexpectedly had the thought; This is strangely exhilarating.

Indeed, whether in horror movies or real life, whether it’s the main character or an ordinary person, they’re usually the ones being chased by ghosts, screaming for their lives. If they’re lucky enough to survive, they barely make it.

But who had ever seen someone fight back against a ghost!

Who had ever seen such a huge contrast; crying heartbreakingly while being ruthless and cold-blooded at the same time?!

Really… this is so exhilarating!

Mo Wuchang was “brainwashed” by his suddenly surging thoughts, and he couldn’t help but think; This is the kind of existence I want to be!

***

Si Yisi watched as the Toilet Ghost struggled desperately beneath the plunger, finally running out of strength. The entire ghost was slowly being pushed back into the toilet.

He cried, unable to catch his breath, but his inner satisfaction remained undiminished. Si Yisi kept his gaze on the Toilet Ghost, watching her inch by inch get completely pushed back, with only a strand of hair still floating in the water.

He pressed the flush button, and the rushing water quickly carried away the last strand of hair.

He threw the plunger back in its place and called Mo Wuchang.

Mo Wuchang: “Boss, what’s wrong?”

Si Yisi, as usual, took out a packet of tissues from his pocket and glanced at him.

“Didn’t you need to go to the toilet?” he said, kindly handing a tissue to Mo Wuchang.

Mo Wuchang’s face turned a bit pale. “But… the female ghost.”

Si Yisi, with an expressionless face, comforted him. He was quite good at it, after all. His only friend, Chi Chun, was also someone who was terrified of ghosts.

“What if you wet the bed because you couldn’t hold it?”

Mo Wuchang: “…”

Even though the boss’s pat on the shoulder and gaze conveyed a sense of comfort, the words still felt oddly depressing. Really… is this comfort?

***

The fourth night passed by smoothly in Si Yisi’s eyes.

He recalled Jia Yingrong’s speculation. The closer the time got to 7 days, the greater the increase in the abilities and activity range of the ghosts. By the seventh night, it might even be a day of wild celebration for the ghosts.

Mo Wuchang noticed Si Yisi smiled for a moment, and in fear, he hugged himself, wondering which ghost would be the next one to suffer.

On the fifth day, no player came out to communicate.

The bodies of Qi Muyang and Huang Mao were cleared out of the rental room. With no place to store them, Jia Yingrong had no choice but to throw them outside in the cold snow, as if they were trash.

Si Yisi went down to the room once. He opened the door, and as expected, found that the players’ bodies had disappeared. Instead, a bus he had previously robbed was parked next to the bus stop.

This time, the bus had a male driver. As soon as the driver saw Si Yisi quietly watching them through the door crack the bus immediately accelerated, fleeing at a speed that left no chance for anyone to catch up.

It seemed they were terrified.

Aside from Si Yisi, who was completely unaffected and had gone outside, all the surviving players kept their doors tightly shut throughout the day.

The entire rental house was eerily quiet, as if it were filled with a deathly stillness.

The silence was exceptionally eerie.

Mo Wuchang knocked on the door of Chen Mengxi and the others’ room. The door was opened by Jia Yingrong.

Mo Wuchang noticed faint marks left on his neck. “I didn’t disturb you, did I?”

“No, is there something wrong?” Jia Yingrong’s Adam’s apple moved as he spoke. Although his face was ordinary, there was a scholar-like charm when he wore glasses, giving him an air of a well-mannered rogue.

“Oh…” Mo Wuchang replied, imitating Si Yisi’s cold tone. “The young woman is dead.”

“Dead?!” Jia Yingrong furrowed his brow.

The young woman had died.

She died during the dusk of the fifth day.

Si Yisi was standing next to the young woman’s body. When he stood up to open the door for Mo Wuchang and the others, he thought he saw a shadow quickly flash by in his peripheral vision.

When Si Yisi turned his head again, the thing he had seen seemed like an illusion. The young woman’s body lay quietly on the bed, and there wasn’t a single mark on her exposed skin.

***

“No injuries?” Mo Wuchang asked Chen Mengxi.

Earlier, to avoid suspicion, Chen Mengxi had helped check the young woman’s body.

Chen Mengxi’s face was pale, her stomach churning.

She shot a resentful glance at Si Yisi and answered, “No… I couldn’t find any injuries or cause of death.”

At this point, Si Yisi quietly said, “She died suddenly from an unknown cause.”

“How do you know?” Chen Mengxi shot Si Yisi a suspicious glare.

“Self-taught,” Si Yisi said, stepping behind Mo Wuchang.

Mo Wuchang felt exhausted. Clearly, the boss is capable, yet he still insists on using me as a shield.

This woman isn’t a kind soul…

The sixth day passed without incident. No ghosts, nothing. The cold, silent rental house stood still amidst the snowstorm.

Si Yisi speculated that the ghosts were likely planning something on the sixth day, whispering among themselves about how to toy with the players.

And the seventh day; undeniably, was the night of the ghosts.

“Boss, are you nervous?” Mo Wuchang asked, his eyes fixed on the time, his palms sweating.

“Nervous?” Si Yisi asked in return. A tear naturally fell with his blink, like a drop of water shaped like a gem.

He curled his lips into a smile.

“I just feel… it’s really, really great.”

Tick-tock.

The time had come.