Nightmare Apostle

Chapter 1909: Chapter 1084: Gratitude and Resentment

At this point, Hirano Yuuhi couldn’t hold it any longer and let out a scream, but that was all she could do. The moment her skin touched the ancient ticket, it felt as though some force had paralyzed her, and she couldn’t move a muscle.

Though her body couldn’t move, she could still feel. She watched helplessly as the Half Ghost perched on Watanabe Gou’s back awakened and, using its ghastly slender arms, slowly crawled onto her back.

"Creak—"

The old, rusted door of the carriage slowly opened, revealing the vague and unreal Mist World outside.

Beyond the bluish-gray mist, an eerie and bizarre glow occasionally flickered. Watanabe Gou, now back to normal, sniffed lightly and caught a whiff of a chilly, musty scent.

"Tap."

"Tap."

Caught by the Half Ghost, Hirano Yuuhi returned to her original form. She moved toward the door like a puppet on strings, completely out of her own control.

Left foot, right foot, one step, two steps... Her expression was twisted by sheer terror, yet her legs wouldn’t listen at all. She knew her fate was sealed.

Outside this train was the lost Youjian Mountain Station, and compared to the Ghost Train, that place was the real horror.

"Yandeta Chiyoda, you betrayed your teammates! You won’t meet a good end!" Hirano Yuuhi yelled with all her might.

She knew that the first two times, Watanabe Gou had at most suspected her, but he couldn’t confirm anything. frёewebηovel.cѳm

But the last time, this guy had clearly targeted her specifically; someone must have tipped him off!

Earlier, she had secretly noticed from the corner of her eye that when Watanabe Gou returned to Carriage No. 5, he made a crouching gesture. It was after that when he immediately returned to Carriage No. 6 and caught her.

The only person left in Carriage No. 5 was Yandeta Chiyoda, although Hirano Yuuhi didn’t know exactly who she was.

When the anomaly first appeared, she had seen the Half Ghost on Watanabe Gou’s back through the partition door between Carriages 4 and 5. After that, Hirano Yuuhi decided to flee.

After Watanabe Gou walked away, she quietly moved from Carriage No. 5 to Carriage No. 6, just to guard against Watanabe Gou’s sudden return.

But she had been careless, her unusual actions were also seen by Yandeta Chiyoda in the same carriage, confirming her identity.

In truth, it wasn’t entirely carelessness, because she never expected Yandeta Chiyoda, who had virtually no credibility, would choose to betray her to help Watanabe Gou.

Could it be because she refused to help her deal with Chu Xi?

Hirano Yuuhi couldn’t understand; cooperating with someone like Watanabe Gou was akin to seeking skin from a tiger. How did Yandeta Chiyoda dare?

But at that moment, she finally understood, because Yandeta Chiyoda and Watanabe Gou were birds of a feather, both despicable villains! Only, Yandeta Chiyoda was better at disguising herself.

But it was all too late.

With Hirano Yuuhi getting off at the station, the train went silent for a moment. Watanabe Gou, back to normal, turned and went back to Carriage No. 5, smiling warmly and politely, "Senior Sister Yuanda, I won’t forget this favor. Watanabe is willing to cooperate with you to deal with that bastard Chu Xi together!"

Watanabe Gou’s tone and attitude were genuinely sincere, but all that greeted him in the carriage was silence.

No one looked at him, no one responded, as if the person he sought wasn’t there at all.

"Really cautious..." Despite someone being "sent" out of the train, Yandeta Chiyoda still refused to show herself. Clearly, she was also guarding against him.

But Watanabe Gou didn’t mind, after all... Tonight, he finally survived.

He could clearly feel the wooden floor beneath him begin to tremble, signaling another train on the same track was coming.

It was the one they had been riding before. He believed with another rear collision, they would both return to the train where they belonged.

As for Hirano Yuuhi, she had no chance. She would be abandoned at Youjian Mountain Station, ultimately to die quietly there.

As a beam of bright light pierced the darkness, the train behind got closer. A man in a suit sitting at the back of Carriage No. 5, absorbed in his newspaper, couldn’t help but let a slight smirk curl at his lips.

A brown leather briefcase sat on the seat beside him, spacious enough to hold a book. Inside the case was a steel pen.

A few seconds later, the rear train crashed into them. Under the intense mental shock, Watanabe Gou and Yandeta Chiyoda both lost consciousness. When they awoke, they had returned to their original train.

Both were in the carriages where they belonged, even in the same seats. Yandeta Chiyoda looked at the seat opposite her, which was now empty.

That was Hirano Yuuhi’s seat, but now, Hirano Yuuhi was gone for good, no longer part of this world.

To be honest, she hadn’t really planned to use Hirano Yuuhi to exchange for Watanabe Gou. But unfortunately, the young woman was too ungrateful. Despite several hints to join forces against Chu Xi, she feigned ignorance.

When she argued with Takagi Reina, Hirano Yuuhi didn’t fully support her, only making token gestures to mediate, essentially a bystander.

She refused to offend Chu Xi and Takagi Reina; that was unacceptable. After Chu Xi revealed his background and identity among those people, Yandeta Chiyoda resolved to fight him to the end.