Swordsmanship Coach: Kill with One Slash

Chapter 269: Chapter 180: Are There Ghosts in the World? (2)

"..."

"From what I know, the kind of ghosts ordinary people talk about probably don’t exist. Most of that is just baseless speculation with no real evidence."

Su Xing said hesitantly.

Indeed,

the kind of ghosts ordinary people believed in didn’t exist,

but that didn’t mean ghosts didn’t exist in this world at all.

Extraordinary power—

if you had enough power, you could create similar phenomena at will.

For example...

The Night Wanderer Ghosts of the Spirit Realm were a perfect case.

But,

the "ghosts" that ordinary people talked about didn’t exist.

Most of the urban legends ordinary people believed in were just the aftereffects of them accidentally witnessing Extraordinary Beings taking action or fighting. Not knowing how to explain these phenomena, they just chalked it all up to ghosts.

Therefore,

many ancient legends of strange and supernatural forces

were often the doings of extremely powerful Extraordinary Beings.

"If something has happened to you,"

"you should probably tell me about it."

Su Xing said seriously.

If Lu Anning wasn’t a Martial Artist, Su Xing would have assumed she’d run into some newly awakened, rogue Extraordinary Being who was using their powers to scare people for fun.

After all,

as the resurgence of Spiritual Qi progressed,

more and more Extraordinary Beings would appear.

It wasn’t surprising at all that some with ill intentions would cause trouble.

But,

Lu Anning wasn’t an ordinary person.

She was a true Martial Artist. Barring the monsters from the Martial God Hall, the Spirit Realm, and the Celestial Human Tomb, Lu Anning’s current strength was more than enough to protect herself.

That’s why,

her words left Su Xing a little confused.

"It’s not actually me."

"It’s a friend of mine."

Lu Anning sent a voice message. Her voice was clearly filled with confusion, as if she didn’t know what had happened to her friend.

"If she’s an ordinary person, the special organization has more resources. They should be able to handle it better than I can. You can tell her to report it to the police."

Su Xing said seriously.

He was certainly a powerful fighter, but being a good fighter didn’t solve every problem. Having interacted with the special organization for so long, he had gradually discovered their other advantages—things that were difficult for him to accomplish on his own.

"The police?"

"Calling the police is useless."

Lu Anning shook her head, her voice firm.

"Did she contact the special organization?"

"The regular police might be useless, but the special organization is very effective within the country."

Su Xing said.

The Xia Country’s management of Extraordinary powers was extremely strict. Almost all discovered Extraordinary Beings were registered, and any Extraordinary Being who wanted to stir up trouble within the country would first have to face a crackdown from the special organization.

Even if the special organization couldn’t handle them,

behind the organization stood the entire behemoth of a nation.

At least,

Su Xing had never heard of

any Extraordinary Being who could withstand a nuclear bomb.

Although Su Xing had never seen the true power of a nuke, based on descriptions in textbooks, he felt his own chances would be slim.

Abroad, there were often factions or various gangs formed by Extraordinary Beings, all of whom held immense influence over the secular world, but that was impossible in the Xia Country.

Of course,

Su Xing had never been abroad,

and he had never seen foreign Extraordinary Beings,

this was all information Su Yu had told him,

but,

it was easy enough to imagine.

"Yes."

"It was the special organization."

"Our school was attacked by terrorists from the Spiritual Sect before, so the special organization pays close attention to anything that happens here. As soon as my friend reported it, they showed up right away, but it was useless."

"Oh?"

This repeated emphasis

piqued Su Xing’s interest in what Lu Anning was saying. He asked,

"What happened to your friend?"

From Su Xing’s understanding of the special organization, their influence spread across the entire nation. It was impossible that they would just ignore an Extraordinary event, unless the matter was extremely subtle or it simply had nothing to do with the Extraordinary at all.

"Um..."

"I’ll make it quick. Here’s basically what happened."

Lu Anning began to explain the sequence of events.

It had happened to a friend of hers, a classmate she had always been on good terms with.

Even after she had started practicing with the sword and became a Martial Artist, their relationship hadn’t grown distant. In fact, because Lu Anning was often away from school, they had actually grown closer.

Back when Lu Anning had first started training at the Sword Hall, the Spirit Realm anchor point hadn’t fully descended yet. It was still summer, a time of unbearable heat.

Around that time, Lu Anning’s friend invited her on a trip to a Summer Resort.

This Summer Resort was located on Little Cang Mountain in Cang City. The mountain wasn’t very high, but the scenery was beautiful and serene. It was quite a pleasant and well-known tourist destination.

However,

Lu Anning was busy practicing her swordsmanship at the time,

and she had neither the time nor the inclination to go on a trip.

So, she turned her friend down and didn’t go. It was during this period that Lu Anning also met Liu Shiyu.

However,

around the time summer break was about to end,

she suddenly received a text from that friend, who said she felt something was off about that place.

This friend was a bit shy, so she had only invited her closest and dearest friends to go with her. It was safe to say they all knew each other extremely well.

But,

after staying there for a while,

she suddenly started to feel that one of the friends who came along was acting strangely.

Specifically, this person originally hated bananas, but one day she suddenly started loving them.

Or she would talk about memories of watching movies together, when the two of them had clearly never seen any movies together.

In other words, she discovered that some people’s personalities and preferences had begun to subtly change.

At first,

she just thought she was misremembering,

but these incidents became more frequent, and it was hard for her not to become suspicious. So, she told the other friends on the trip about it.

But,

everyone else was just baffled.

They didn’t think anything was wrong and all felt that this friend was the one misremembering. Faced with everyone’s denial, the friend didn’t say anything more and just kept it to herself.

However,

just in the past couple of days,

they had all returned to school early.

But she suddenly noticed that another one of the friends from the trip had also started to undergo this strange transformation; her personality and actions were becoming different from her usual self.

Given her previous experience, she didn’t bring it up with any of the friends who went on the trip. Instead, she talked to a friend who hadn’t gone, but those friends also thought nothing was wrong. They turned it back on her, asking if she was under too much stress.

Stress.

It certainly wasn’t impossible for a third-year high school student to develop some kind of mental state due to stress.

Even

the special organization had come to the same conclusion.

But,

she was sure there was nothing wrong with her.

One day, as she was lying in bed, the more she thought about it, the more bizarre it all seemed. She happened to be chatting with Lu Anning, so she just told her everything.

And Lu Anning

became the first friend who didn’t question her.

Because of this,

the two of them became even closer.

"And then?"

Su Xing asked, a little puzzled.

’Based on the information so far,’

’it really seems like this girl just has some kind of psychological issue. From my understanding of Extraordinary powers, it’s true that some people have the ability to alter others’ perceptions.’

’But it’s impossible for someone to cause cognitive impairment in people who weren’t even exposed to them.’

’That’s highly unlikely.’

’Absolutely impossible.’

Just then,

a message from Su Yu interrupted his thoughts.

Two words popped up on his phone screen: "Executing mission."

"..."

Knowing that Su Yu was safe, Su Xing relaxed and began to focus on the next messages Lu Anning sent.

"Later..."

Lu Anning cracked the knuckles of the hand holding her phone. Even though she now possessed Extraordinary power, she still felt somewhat helpless in the face of this situation.

"She was convinced there was nothing wrong with her."

"So she went back to that Summer Resort."

"And after that..."

"She became a completely different person."

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