Anyone Dares Bully you, Call Uncles! novel Chapter 74

Lilly bowed her head and drew on the dirt floor with a stick. "To somewhere far away where I won't be able to come back."

"..." To Josh, that sounded like Lilly was going to die if she didn't fill the jar.

He said nothing for a while until he could gather himself. "Are there more ghosts like Ms. Sumo Wrestler…?"

The faster they were caught, the better it would be for her.

He wasn't going to watch her die simply because she failed to fill the jar of souls. He was only doing this because…All he did was make a calculation. He had to verify the results to see if he got it right.

That was all there was to it.

Pablo suddenly got closer to Josh to ask quietly, "Say, how can you see me?"

That jolted Josh who was just about to respond when the white-robed man faded away before disappearing.

That had him looking around in confusion. "Lilly, is your Master gone?"

Lilly looked beside him. "No, he's right beside you!"

Josh suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck. It felt as if someone's hand was on him which had all the hairs on his body bristling.

He fought the urge to look back!

Why does it feel a hundred times scarier when I don't see it?!

Lilly suddenly cut in. "Josh, my master is asking if you've ever seen a ghost before."

He stiffened. "No."

Pablo rubbed his chin and frowned.

"Well, that's a bit odd. How can he see sometimes but not others? Strange!"

In his hundreds of years as a spirit, he had never seen anyone like Josh unless they received external interference. Examples of that ranged from applying a dog's tears onto their eyelids or having someone forcefully open their third eye temporarily.

Josh, however, was suddenly able to see.

One either had the eyes to see or didn't…

"How is this possible?" Pablo flipped through his booklet.

Do not panic when in doubt. Let me see if I can find an answer here.

Noise suddenly began to fill the clearing.

Anthony, a few teachers, and the headmaster came into view.

Behind them were Drake, Ivan, Theo and his father, Valentine, and Tina, Cheryl's mother…

Everyone immediately noticed the unconscious Cheryl alongside Lilly and Josh who were kneeling on the ground.

Were they…making calculations for something?!

The x's and the y's had everyone at a loss for words.

"Lilly!" Anthony took a large stride forward and put his full attention on Lilly. "Are you okay?"

"I'm okay!" She answered.

The foreign language teacher, Ms. Watson crossed her arms. "I told you I don't know. This has nothing to do with me! See for yourself. She came here herself. Stop pushing the blame on me."

Every student had queued up by the gate after school when the homeroom teacher realized that Josh, Lilly, and Cheryl were missing.

Tina rushed in to pick her daughter up. "Chery?!"

Cheryl was covered in mud. Her hair was also in disarray. Tina could barely recognize her own daughter!

The girl finally regained consciousness and burst into tears.

"It hurts! It hurts!"

Cheryl's face was heavily bruised. Her arms and calves were also littered with scraps…

Her face had swelled up. One of her front teeth was missing. Her eyes were bruised black.

"What is going on here?" Tina wanted to unleash her anger so badly but Anthony had her backing down.

These people are the Crawfords…

She changed her tone. "Did Cheryl do something wrong?"

Cheryl felt wronged…

I didn't do anything wrong! I don't know what happened. How did I get here?

Why does everything hurt?!

Why doesn't Mommy protect me as Lilly's uncle does? He always protects her no matter what.

Cheryl's sobs turned into full-blown wailing.