Ultimate Evolution I Became the Master of the World

Michael and Jaxon didn't end up throwing punches.

It wasn't that Jaxon held back; he knew if they really went at it, nobody would come

out okay.

Michael was the new guy, and his ghost hadn't even woken up yet. But he didn't have much time left, he couldn't keep fighting.

Jaxon had to suck it up; if he didn't, he was toast.

"If you don't want to keep this going, let's call it quits. Sorry about your... loss! Haha." Michael, who had been all serious before, suddenly cracked up.

Jaxon's face got even darker. "You jerk."

Michael said, "Sorry, sorry, I'm not laughing at you. Just remembered something funny."

Jaxon wasn't buying it.

"But hey, I apologized for earlier and even gave you a shot at me," Michael added.

Michael's smile faded, and his eyes narrowed. "You could've blown my head off, but you didn't. That's on you. Besides, the ghost was creeping around. I heard footsteps and fired. It wasn't aimed at you."

"Your guard was down, or you didn't want to use your ghost's power, so you got hit. How else could a newbie like me nail you?" Michael said.

Tom jumped in, "Michael's right. It was a sketchy situation. I was chasing that ghost too, but when I got to the alley, the footsteps vanished. We almost started fighting, and then your footsteps showed up."

"In that situation, anyone would act first. No one wants to let the ghost start killing," Tom added.

"Tom, Jaxon, Michael, you all followed that ghost and almost fought at the fork in the road. Do you think the ghost wanted us to turn on each other?" James, who had been quiet, finally spoke up, looking serious.

He hated Michael too, but now wasn't the time to be reckless. If the ghost got the chance, they could all die.

"That's possible," Tom nodded.

Michael stayed calm. "No, I don't think so. The ghost's real goal isn't to kill us directly. It wants to release the ghost inside us. As Ghost Handlers, we're linked to our ghosts. To release them, there's only one way. That is to kill us. That's the ghost's goal in Stormcrest Village."noveldrama

"Got any proof?" James asked.

Michael replied, "No, just a hunch."

Of course, he had proof. When he was paralyzed in bed, the ghost came in and didn't

kill him first. It went straight for the golden box with the headless ghost.

So yeah, he had enough proof.

"Don't talk without evidence. Carelessness can get us killed," Jaxon said, looking grim.

The physical damage from Michael's shot wasn't bad, but his pride took a hit.

"If you've got a better idea, spit it out. But first, how many Ghost Handlers from the Enigma Elite Club are here?" Michael asked.

"Six total, five Ghost Handlers. Why?" Tom replied.

Michael said, "Just pointing out there are only three of you here. Where are the other two? Didn't they hear the gunshots? Or did they hear them but couldn't make it?"

Tom, James, and Jaxon's faces suddenly changed.

"Damn it, Kieran O'Malley and Leonidas Petrovich!" Tom shot up.

"Let's go check on them," someone suggested.

Realizing the urgency, they didn't waste a second and rushed to where Kieran and Leonidas were.

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Earlier, to investigate the weird stuff happening in Stormcrest Village, they had split into pairs to speed things up.

But they didn't expect the ghost to be so aggressive.

On the very first night, the ghost showed up.

"They're here," someone said.

They arrived at a house they had rented temporarily.

The lights were on, and they could hear a woman crying desperately inside.

"Why is there a woman? I didn't see any female Ghost Handlers at the club before," Michael said, frowning as he walked up.

"She's Kieran's lover," Tom explained. "He's got a bunch of them, but he really likes this one. He even paid five million bucks to get her husband to divorce her. He thought this ghost thing wouldn't be a big deal, so he brought her along."

"He really treated this like a vacation, bringing a woman along," Michael shook his head.

But Kieran, the Ghost Handler, was ruthless.

Ordinary people caught up in this stuff usually ended up dead.

Kieran didn't care about his lover's life.

As they went upstairs, they saw a body lying in the living room on the second floor. Well, more like the outline of a body.

The body was wrapped tightly in a layer of gold foil, like a cocoon. Nearby, a man in his early thirties was smoking a cigarette, looking serious.

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"Leonidas, where's Kieran?" James walked over and asked.

Leonidas replied in a low voice, "He's dead. The body on the floor is his."

Everyone's faces changed instantly.

Dead? A Ghost Handler just died like that? How was that possible?

Kieran died on the first day he arrived in Stormcrest Village?

"How did he die?" James pressed.

Leonidas took a deep drag on his cigarette, "I don't know. When I got here, he was already dead. To be safe, I wrapped his body in gold foil to keep the ghost inside him from escaping. But honestly, I think the ghost is already gone."

"These are photos of him after he died. I took them to avoid any misunderstandings," he said, handing over a phone.

The phone showed several photos of Kieran after his death.

In the photos, Kieran lay on the ground, his body stiff, his mouth wide open, almost tearing his lips apart. His chest was ripped open, and his internal organs were scattered everywhere. It was a horrifying sight.

"Before it happened, Kieran was upstairs having sex. I was on night watch. Later, I heard footsteps nearby and went to check. But I quickly realized the footsteps were meant to lure me away because I soon heard screams from inside the house, coming from Kieran's lover." Leonidas pointed to the trembling woman in the corner.

She was obviously a beauty, but now her face was full of fear, and she seemed mentally broken. It was unclear what she had witnessed.

"Did you get any clues from her?" Tom walked over.

"Don't bother. This woman is probably scared out of her mind. We won't get anything from her," Leonidas said, smoking, his face full of worry.

"The ghost in Stormcrest Village isn't targeting ordinary people; it's after Ghost Handlers. No, to be precise, it's after the ghosts inside us. This mission is extremely unusual, not a typical paranormal event. I suggest we abandon the mission," Leonidas said, "Let's leave Stormcrest Village."