Chapter 6389: The Boss’ Son

“Should be dead.” One said.

“No way.” The other denied.

“Then why was he lying still?” The first said.

“If he was dead, where couldn’t we find him?” The second said.

“He ran after dying.” The first said.

“Have you ever seen a dead man run?” The second shook his head.

“Well...” The first thought about it for a bit before answering: “Yes.”

“When? How come I haven’t seen it?” The second asked.

“You did, Boss died and still ran later.” The first said.

“No, I didn’t see it.” The second tilted his head in ponderance.

“Then where is he now if he didn’t run away?” The first gave him the side eye.

“Well, it’s because of the fog. He disappeared, not ran.” The second said.

“That’s the same thing, he definitely ran.” The first said with absolute certainty.

“There is no way the dead can run.” The second didn’t buy it.

“Boss said he was dead before, that didn’t stop him from running around.” The first said.

“Have you ever seen a dead man like him? No way.” The second said.

“That was the past, not right now.” The first argued: “He was dead long ago, even his corpse became moldy. Since it was so old, it grew a soul and started living again.”

“That’s impossible, have you seen it?” The second said.

“It’s the boss we’re talking about, too much time passed.” The first said.

“Then we’re talking about a mold spirit, not a human. It must have taken over the body.” The second said.

“In which world have you heard of a mold spirit?” The first stared disdainfully at the second.

“Then what, a mold ghost? There’s no such thing.” The second said.

“All I know is, he had to be a reincarnation of something unlucky.” The first said.

“Why’s that?” The second asked.

“Boss told us about how he used to have everlasting life and was unkillable, remember? He still died.” The first said.

“Can’t die with everlasting life and indestructibility.” Alch-deer interjected.

“You’re so stupid.” The first stared at him and said: “Boss must have wanted to die to become the boss.”

“I remember now, that’s why he died. And then he has a second brother too.” The second said. [1]

“What second brother, I’m the second brother.” The first said.

“No, if I’m the second brother, I couldn’t have been at the scene.” The second found an issue with this.

“Then there’s a different second brother.” The first said.

“No, we’re the second brothers.” The second shook his head.

“Is that so? Then why did the boss die?” The first became confused.

“I know, I know.” The second clapped and said: “Because he had a son. Since he was immortal, his son couldn’t become one. That’s why he had to die for his son’s sake.”

“He had a son?” The first asked.

“Yeah, he told me he passed his immortality to his son and then he died.” The second laughed.

“Oh, I think you’re right. That makes sense too, that’s why he died.” The first nodded in agreement: “Wait, then who's the current boss? A ghost?”

“Must be an unlucky spirit, damn, is that who we’ve been following?” The second became afraid.

“No wonder, no wonder.” The first said: “That’s why we’ve become slightly stupid recently, we’re haunted.”

“What should we do then?” The second looked scared.

“I don’t know, we’re gonna get unlucky too.” The first said.

“That’s not good, bad luck is horrible...” The second lamented.

“What to do?” The first looked helpless.

“Nothing we can do.” The second stroked his chin.

“Why nothing? There are plenty of solutions.” Li Qiye joined in.

“Like what?” Both asked in unison.

“Ghosts are scared of fire, so you just need to burn it. Then you won’t be unlucky anymore.” Li Qiye said.

“Makes sense.” The two said in unison.

“Then we go back and burn him.” They exchanged glances.

“No, the boss took us in when we had no food, how are we going to burn him?” The first said.

“Right, people say one must repay a favor tenfold. We ate so much of his food, how are we going to repay him?” The second said.

“But he’s dead, we don’t need to repay anything. We’re alive, so we’re the boss now.” The first said: “We can burn him.”

“Burn him, yes, yes, or we’ll be haunted.” The second nodded.

“Wait, no, he has a son.” The first said.

“He has a son, we don’t. Who cares?” The second said.

“Since he’s the reincarnation of an unlucky ghost, maybe it will pass down to his son.” The first said.

“And? Nothing to do with us.” The second said.

“His son will haunt us instead, we can’t escape the misfortune then.” The first said.

“True.” The second pondered: “Are we just doomed to be unlucky?”

“Then maybe we should burn his son too.” The first stared at Li Qiye.

“If the guy is unkillable, how are you going to kill him? What will he turn into? An unlucky ghost or a fire ghost?” Li Qiye said.

“Which one is scarier?” The second stared at Li Qiye and asked earnestly.

“Neither is scary.” Li Qiye said.

“Then what’s scary?” The first asked.

“People.” Li Qiye said.

“People?” The two exchanged glances.

“You’re bad.” The first pointed at the second.

1. The word here can mean the second son/brother, or the second boss in charge. ☜