Chapter 152: Kind Yama

Chapter 152 -148: Kind Yama

Jin Meiting quickly shouted,

“Wait, don’t go yet! Tell me, did Zhong Shu really contain the God-Desecrating Bell all by himself?”

The smiling Ghost Shadow replied,

“Not entirely. The master slaughtered Lucifer, who was hunting Zhong Shu. Otherwise, Zhong Shu never would have made it to the South Sea.”

The Witches’ faces were all filled with shock.

‘Lucifer?’

‘My Lord of Dusk killed the legendary Fallen Angel Lucifer not long ago?’

They knew the Lord of Dusk was powerful, but they never imagined he was *that* powerful!

It was like knowing your company’s CEO was capable, but having no real concept of his wealth.

Until one day, Jack Ma came to your boss, humbly begging for a handout.

Only then did you begin to have a slight understanding of your boss’s true power.

Jin Meiting’s breathing grew ragged.

“The Bell of Profanity?”

She didn’t even notice that Yang Xiao had left.

Su Yubo asked softly,

“Sister, what is the God-Desecrating Bell? Why are you reacting like this?”

Jin Meiting glanced at her sisters and said in a low voice,

“All Taboo Items have a designation number. The God-Desecrating Bell is designated 0-26.”

A Witch asked curiously,

“Taboo Items… what are they, exactly?”

Jin Meiting explained,

“I’ve told you before that my Lord of Dusk once slaughtered countless Immortals, Demons, and Monsters.

Taboo Items are the old artifacts left behind by those Extraordinary Creatures.

My Lord designated numbers for those Taboo Items and kept them as trophies in his collection room.

Although my Lord of Dusk has countless Taboo Items in his collection, over the long ages, some have been lost for various reasons.”

The beautiful Witches listened quietly.

Now that they were devoted followers of one of the True Deities, they listened to Jin Meiting’s story with rapt attention.

He was the most powerful man in the world—no, a god!

What woman doesn’t worship the strong?

As they listened to Jin Meiting describe the power of the Lord of Dusk, the Succubus’s Evil Marks on their lower abdomens began to burn.

Jin Meiting continued,

“The power of those Taboo Items is trivial to my Lord, but for the Human World, they are a disaster.

Therefore, my Lord of Dusk sought out the best of humanity, bestowed Taboo Items upon them, and created the Taboo Association.

The main duty of the Taboo Association is to contain the Taboo Items that have been lost, preventing them from disrupting the order of the Human World.

Happy Ghost is a member of the Taboo Association.”

A hint of envy appeared in the Witches’ beautiful eyes.

‘So the powerful and mysterious Happy Ghost was once an ordinary human!’

‘He just received a gift from the Lord of Dusk!’

Jin Meiting said,

“Taboo Items with designation numbers starting with ‘0’ are all powerful taboos related to Deities.

For Zhong Shu to contain that Taboo Item by himself is truly impressive.

But the hardest part of containing a Taboo Item is the spirit of the god or demon attached to it.”

A name appeared in the Witches’ minds.

‘Lucifer!’

The Proud Witch crossed her arms and said disdainfully,

“Master Zhong Shu is nothing special.

As a member of the Taboo Association, meant to lighten our Lord’s burdens, he actually troubled our Lord to fight for him.”

The Gorging Witch, the genius hacker girl Little Bear, who was stuffing her mouth with potato chips, glanced at the Proud Witch and chimed in,

“Exactly! Even though I can’t stand this stuck-up girl with legs for days…

I still have to say—

Master Zhong Shu is trash!”

An unusual light danced in the Seductive Demoness’s sultry, beautiful eyes.

“Why don’t we sisters go contain a Taboo Item? We won’t need to trouble my Lord of Dusk to intervene.”

Jin Meiting was stunned.

She had created the Witch Association to help her master, to show him she wasn’t useless.

Her words just now were meant to encourage the Witches to go contain dangerous Taboo Items.

The goal was to have their master reward the Witch Association with the contained items, making them Sacred Artifacts for the group.

As long as they had enough Taboo Items, the Witch Association would be no worse than the Taboo Association!

‘But these Witches don’t even care if the Taboo Items belong to the Witch Association. All they’re thinking about is easing the master’s burden!’

Jin Meiting said in a low voice,

“We’re not like the members of the Taboo Association. Without Taboo Items of our own, it’s very difficult for us to contain one. It’s really dangerous.”

The Proud Witch glanced at Jin Meiting.

“Having a Taboo Item to go contain another Taboo Item? What kind of skill is that?

I’m not like those useless masters from the Taboo Association.”

The Seductive Demoness giggled charmingly.

“No Taboo Items? Our faith is far more powerful than any Taboo Item!

If I were to meet a tragic end…”

The Seductive Demoness caressed her own cheek.

“Just thinking about my soul returning to Lord Dusk’s embrace makes me burn with excitement.”

Jin Meiting was silent for a moment, then stood up, a light smile on her lips that was both alluring and authoritative.

“Alright, bitches. Have our followers find a place where an unusual incident is occurring.

Let’s show those wastes from the Taboo Association what you’re made of!”

The “wastes” Jin Meiting mentioned included herself.

‘If the Witch Association really manages to contain a Taboo Item on its own…’

‘Then I won’t be useless anymore! I won’t be just a pretty vase in Antique Shop Zero!’

…

「Inside a bar.」

A man in a black smiley-face mask and a green suit was on the dance floor, busting out some incredibly flashy moves.

Attracted by his bizarre appearance, a woman approached him.

As the man danced passionately with the beautiful woman, he chuckled.

“They’re really crazy.”

The woman shot him a seductive glance.

“Me?”

The man shook his head.

“The ones upstairs.”

…

「Late at night, in Liancheng.」

In his rented room, Zhong Shu sat at his computer desk, clicking the mouse on the screen.

“Loulan… Lop Nur… Cyan Tree Plateau…”

Li Xinyuan sat beside him, holding his head in his hands with a cigarette dangling from his lips. He glanced at the computer screen.

“What’s gotten into you? Why the sudden interest in unpopulated areas?”

Zhong Shu clicked on a picture.

It was a drone shot. All that could be seen was yellow earth, littered with the weathered bones of wild animals.

Zhong Shu responded,

“I want to save people.”

Li Xinyuan raised an eyebrow.

“How so?”

Zhong Shu took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes.

“After the Changlong Mall incident, I realized you can’t save people with just a conscience.”

Li Xinyuan nodded.

“That person said you have to rely on your fists.

The kind of fists that can define the boundary between good and evil.”

Zhong Shu said,

“To put it bluntly, it’s about order. I need the power to establish order.”

Li Xinyuan asked,

“So how are you going to establish it?”

Zhong Shu pointed to the picture of the unpopulated area on the screen.

“I’m going to build a prison. A prison to hold evil people and subject them to brutal torture.

If possible, I’d even want to broadcast it globally, but that’s technically difficult.

That way, no one will dare to do evil.”

Zhong Shu then pointed to the three hands of the Bell of Profanity in the corner.

“The Bell of Profanity could turn a mall into Hell, so I can turn an unpopulated area into Hell.”

Li Xinyuan froze, staring at Zhong Shu, his eyes wide with horror.

“Build a… Hell?”

Zhong Shu shook his head.

“Hell is for the dead. My prison is for the living. You could call it a living Hell, I suppose.”

Li Xinyuan asked,

“So, what’s the threshold for entering this living Hell? How will you decide?”

Zhong Shu was silent for a moment.

“Am I a good person?”

Li Xinyuan said,

“You’re a Holy Mother.”

Zhong Shu smiled.

“Then the boundary between good and evil, the order of this living Hell, will be established by my standards.”

Li Xinyuan’s brows furrowed.

‘If he’s the one setting the standards for good and evil, will there be any good people left in the world?’

‘Wouldn’t everyone be at risk of being thrown into this living Hell?’

‘This kid’s “Holy Mother” complex would become an incredibly harsh standard.’

‘If this living Hell is really built, this Holy Mother kid will become a Demon among Demons.’

‘The most terrifying part is that this Demon will have a code of laws he staunchly believes in!’

‘He would never feel like he was the one doing evil.’

‘This kid… how did he turn so dark?’

Li Xinyuan suddenly laughed, flicking the ash from his cigarette.

“Fine. If you want to be King Yama, then I’ll be your Ox Head and Horse Face. I’ll help you reap souls and fight. We’re one and the same, after all.”

Zhong Shu turned to look at Li Xinyuan and said earnestly,

“Thank you.”