Spoiled by Eight Uncles

Chapter 72 Josh Runs Into A Ghost Again

Lilly forcefully dragged Josh to a sprint.

The blazing sun still hung overhead. The trees in the school grove weren’t particularly short but provided just enough shade.The moment he set foot in the grove, he noticed Cheryl there with her head hanging low. She looked downcast.

She sluggishly looked up to stare at him when he approached.

He could feel every hair on his body stand on end.

Lilly turned around. “Are you scared, Drake? You can head back if you are!”

Josh was ready to leave but stayed out of stubbornness. “…Real funny. You think I’m scared?”

Calm… I have to calm down.

Nothing in the world scares me.

A resounding scream tore through the air just as he was thinking. “Ah!”

Josh jumped. “Eek!”

That startled Lilly who chased after the boy who began to run wildly. “That’s Polly, Josh!”

Polly was sitting in the school bag singing. “….Take the red string of fate… You and I… Ah…”

The bird couldn’t reach a higher octave leading to a hideous scream.

Josh was rendered speechless.

He wanted to weep so badly.

That was when Cheryl began to take light, mincing steps toward them.

“You’re here, Josh.” She giggled.

The subject of affections had been shocked stupid. “…”

His tears stopped and a chill ran down his spine.

Cheryl had a pale complexion with eyes bruised and sunken in.

Her features were stiff, leading to her efforts in smiling leaving everyone unnerved.

Josh felt numb. “Uh…”

Lilly got in Cheryl’s way and started with a frown, “Stop scaring him!”

wore a serious expression on her chubby,

Master?” Lilly

Where is he?

drifted close. “I’m

a tall nose bridge, and rouge red lips. His appearance made him look

is it this time?” Pablo

him suspicious

wrong with my

got bored while I was forced into a timeout and left the school to go

back while I was

was nowhere to be

least of their problems. Lilly asked, “What’s wrong

She was puzzled.

the vanity spirit shouldn’t have been able to overtake Cheryl’s

a phenomenon known as the ‘spirit

to a host and influencing

“Oh! So

had turned ashen. “W-What

thrived on logic was reacting just like a

to explain what she learned from Pablo

standing on her tiptoes. “A spirit substitute is a ghost trying to manipulate its host. There’s a ghost behind her right now. Its feet are padding Cheryl’s

“Huh?!”

found himself

but the back of her foot was straight. That wasn’t how

than ready to make a

down. “Never run when facing a ghost! A human can’t outrun a ghost. Running will also reveal one’s sole of their feet to the

Josh was speechless.

was he supposed

a tiny part of

feet cannot leave the ground. We cannot move away,

pondered a way out of this. There was only one way to

of this

cling to Lilly’s

gave him a reassuring pat. “You’ll be okay, Josh. I’m

ghostie like that is not

hair

but

Her alone?

only thing I’m afraid

body and asked, “And what are you

the tree and said leisurely, “Nothing. This is

the matter of the eighteen

expression twisted. She barred her

own business and stay in your lane! We’re