New Times, New Hell

Ch11 - Outdated Underworld Law

Hong Gentou's sudden rage caused chaos in the reincarnation hall. Even the ghosts who had been neatly in line became disorganized.

But in comparison with Hong Gentou, who had a greenish face full of fur and sharp teeth, Yu Zhengdu thought that all the other ghosts of different shapes and sizes running all over the place were scarier.

A certain excited old man, can you please not take your legs off and carry them in your arms as you run. They're not prosthetics!!

Hong Gentou was very pleased with the terror his appearance caused. His entire body became even bigger; his mouth opened all the way to his ears. His foul-smelling saliva dripped onto his chin and his bloodred eyes stared directly at Yu Zhengdu. His voice was hoarse and bloodthirsty, "I haven't killed in so long. I really missed this feeling so much——"

"You wish!" Yu Zhengdu popped his head out from behind Boss's shoulders. "Boss, hurry, it's lunchtime!"

Shang Que: "......"

He didn't move at all. After a bit, he finally reluctantly opened his mouth to say, "I'm not eating that, it's too ugly."

Yu Zhengdu had a headache. "Now's not the time to be picky!"

Shang Que: "......Un?"

As they spoke, the vengeful air around Hong Gentou was so thick it seemed to almost solidify. He leapt over aggressively, laughing wildly, "Come with me to Purgatory——"

Yu Zhengdu's heart had lifted to his throat. He hurriedly pushed his boss forward. "Charge, Boss——"

Shang Que softly laughed in exasperation. "I'm not moving."

Yu Zhengdu bargained with him. "......Then can you cover for me, I need some time to make a run for it."

At this time, Zheng Yi's outraged cussing sounded from the side, "This punkass bitch, he dares disturb our reincarnation order!"

Yu Zhengdu turned to look, only to see Zheng Yi whip out a pistol from behind his back and smoothly undo the safety. He fired at Hong Gentou, who was still in midair.

The sound of the gunshot was very unique. It didn't seem like a weapon from the mortal realm because there was no metallic noise. Instead, it seemed more like there was a thin cord connected to your nerves that caused one's body to suddenly shiver when pulled upon.

There was no sign of a bullet either. Hong Gentou, who was midair and about 3 or 4 times his normal size, suddenly shook his head. He let out a pained cry as he fell, only to pause halfway as all the vengeance surrounding him dissipated. Soon after, his gigantic body provided an example of what was called "free-falling".

Only to hear a "peng——" as Hong Gentou crashed to the ground in front of Shang Que in a pile.

Shang Que and Yu Zhengdu each took a step back in sync. Yu Zhengdu popped out from behind Shang Que's shoulders to look at the swollen ghost bundle on the ground. Though he was still scared, his mood was very complex. "Do you guys dare to have a more scientific way of catching ghosts?!"

He was just about to ask that when the lump on the ground violently trembled. Hong Gentou lifted his enormous head, still struggling. "I want you to accompany me in death——"

Because he had fallen flat on his face, Hong Gentou's originally twisted expression was even scarier now.

Yu Zhengdu: "Argh——"

He had just started screaming, only to see a group of uniformed ghosts carrying sticks rush in from far away. They trapped Hong Gentou in a circle and aggressively started beating him with their sticks, hitting him with their fists, and kicking him with their feet.