Chapter 18 Even If You're Not Ruthless Enough As A Villain, At Least Don't Be A Saint.
In general, an ordinary person in this world cannot make contact with supernatural beings such as ghosts because ghosts do not have physical flesh and blood. Ghosts only consist of a small portion of life energy that used to be a human soul, but when the human dies their soul leaves the body and is reduced to life energy that will settle in the air, objects, plants, or soil.
This is why in places where people die, strange things sometimes happen such as supernatural disturbances or you can call it ghostly disturbances. For example, a woman committed suicide in a hotel room, after the hotel room was cleaned and the woman's body was removed from there. The hotel room becomes haunted or at least you will find the atmosphere there rather unpleasant.
This kind of situation can be an exception for ordinary people to have contact with ghosts. The next person who rents the hotel room may experience strange occurrences such as objects moving on their own, hearing strange noises, or seeing ghostly apparitions. It is caused by the life energy of the previous woman who committed suicide in the hotel room. Her life energy still lingers in the hotel room and will disturb the living people who stay there.
To solve this kind of problem, people can only solve it by eliminating the life energy of a dead person at the place where they are having problems. But ordinary people cannot do so because they cannot touch the life energy with just their physical power, so one must use Qi or supernatural energy that can affect the life energy.
This is why in this world the people who can solve problems such as haunted places are Cultivators, Exorcists, or other people who at least have supernatural abilities and are adept at using their supernatural energy.
Now in this ghost-infested housing complex, Issei falls into the category of a Cultivator who can influence the life energy of ghosts using his Qi.
Issei viciously hits the ghosts that attack him with Qi-coated fists or kicks so that they explode in a single strike. To be able to perform this kind of display of power, of course you need to have strong Qi. The ghosts that Hades brought from the underworld aren't exactly weak either, some are war ghosts wearing ancient army-type clothing like Samurai or other ghost soldiers wearing armor.
Cultivators with martial artist levels one to five would find it difficult to exterminate the ghosts in this housing complex. But who is Issei? Issei is a rank eight martial artist. Although he always acted perverted and had brain problems, his combat power was something else.
Even if Issei was told to fight people in the same rank eight martial artist realm as him. If it was one-on-one Issei had a high probability of winning. As the protagonist, Issei even had the cliché skill that he would not lose to people at the same power level as him.
Even if it was one level higher than his power level, he still had a high probability of winning.
This is what is called a Protagonist or Child of Destiny in this world!
His combat power was a type of growth cheat where every time he faced many battles, Issei would become stronger little by little. And if that cycle continues to be repeated, it's only a matter of time for Issei to become the strongest person in this world.
If only Issei wasn't so obsessed with chasing after the heroines, he would have definitely progressed faster than the version of him in the original work.
But it's a pity until now. Even while busy fighting with those ghosts. Issei was still thinking about the woman inside his head so he didn't use this battle to increase his power.
Because Issei's psychology is too inclined towards sex and women, his passive clichéd protagonist skills don't even work well to increase his power in this battle.
It only increases by 000.1% Issei's combat power every time he successfully blasts 100 ghosts. If this was a game, Issei was the kind of character who left exp points falling from his enemy's corpses, but he ignored those exp points and only picked them up by accident if he bumped into them on the street.
What a waste!
Clichéd Protagonist skill felt like crying seeing that many exp points were not digested by her host.
If she could yell at Issei, she wanted to say:
Stop thinking about sex and women! As the protagonist, can't you focus on enjoying the battle?! Aren't most men hot-blooded?! Stop being so flamboyant and a bastard to get women!
[Grayfia, Grayfia, where are you? Your husband is here! You must have gotten scared seeing these ghosts and hid in one of the houses of the housing complex. Don't worry I'll surely rescue you soon and help you solve the problem in this housing complex.]
[Once I manage to do that you will definitely love me even more and want to have children with me soon. Hehe even though we're not officially married yet, but if you want it, of course I wouldn't mind giving you a fat baby or two.]
[Fuhehe... Ahhh! I have to finish this soon! The ghosts blocking my way can't stop me from picking up the woman I love!]
"All of you, step aside, don't get in the way of the Dragon King! Ahh!! I'll send you all back to the afterlife!!"
Issei roared and blasted the head of a ghost that looked like a Samurai with full armor and a green glow in the slits of its armor. To be honest, the ghost's appearance looked rather cool and Issei was tempted to take the Samurai armor for himself. But it was a pity that after blasting each ghost, all the equipment or clothes worn by all the ghosts would disappear into thin air.
"That guy dressed as a Hawaiian tourist is so strong!"
"He can blast away all the ghosts that stand in his way with a single blow. Even though that guy looks ugly, he's really strong!"
"Could it be that he wants to save us?"
"Um... It could be. But that guy doesn't seem to be gathering people at all? He even seems to be getting farther away from here!"
"...."
The residents of the housing complex who were hiding in the house could only look at Issei's increasingly distant back.
Issei knew there were scared people hiding in the houses he passed. But what? He didn't care about those people and only focused on finding Grayfia's whereabouts!
There was also the man Grayfia brought with her in the airport and gave him the green hat last night, Issei also needed to get revenge on that man!
...
At Misla Bael's house which is quite far from Issei who is still randomly searching for Grayfia.
Grayfia was dizzy from hearing the harassment from Issei's inner voice.
The disgusting man was getting delusional and thought she wanted to make a child with him after he saved her.
What a fantasy, even when you're busy fighting ghosts.
I just hope that man never discovers my presence in this house.
"...."
Speaking of ghosts.
She had a rough idea of what was going on outside. Many messages or phone calls reported instances of ghost sightings in the residential complex. But unlike the previous ghost sightings, this time it seemed to be exaggerated.
Reports said that every street in the Lucifad Housing Complex was filled with ghosts of various appearances. The appearance of the ghosts was not important to her, but the number of ghosts was what worried her!
It is estimated that there are more than 1,000 ghosts roaming the housing complex and scaring many residents who live here.
It looks like Hades' plan to make her housing complex a ghost town is accelerating!
Grayfia is worried, is there still time to stop all this trouble?
Does Riser really have a way to help her with this problem?
Looking at Riser who was still holding Miss Misla's hand with the golden light in his hand. Grayfia couldn't help but be amazed again every time she saw him, in fact it had been almost 5 minutes that the treatment process lasted.
Grayfia could see that Miss Misla's skin was getting better and no longer pale, she could even see her eyes shining with vigor and vitality.
Seeing the changes that happened to Miss Misla, Grayfia knew that Riser really wasn't lying that he had god-level medical skills.
Grayfia wondered in her mind how many secrets did Riser have? After seeing Riser's amazing medical abilities, she naturally became even more attracted to him.
But even so, her current attention was more inclined to immediately do something about the ghosts that were roaming outside!
She was really worried that her housing complex would turn into a ghost town. Once that happened, how could she continue her housing complex business? Not only would it have a huge loss, but the housing complex would also become useless.
After all, who would want to live in a housing complex filled with ghosts? Even if she wanted to sell the rights to this housing complex.
Grayfia was sure that many people would not want to buy it. Which meant that the Lucifad Housing Complex would go to waste!
"Alright, it's done. How is your body now, Miss Misla?" Asked Riser who had let go of Misla's hand.
Misla smiled excitedly and replied, "I feel great, Mr. Riser! Coughing, I mean no more fatigue, I even feel cured of my illness!"
"Mom! Really?" Sarorg asked his mother excitedly.
Misla patted her son's coconut with a gentle smile. "Yes, I feel very well now. I feel that I don't have to worry about leaving my son any fast and may be able to see you marry a beautiful woman in the future. I can also see my grandson in the future..."
"Mom..." Sairorg, who was 15 years old, had a tall physique that looked like a man aged 18 and above. It was because he diligently trained his body that he had a physique above the average child of his age.
Now the boy who looked like a big man was biting his lip, feeling like crying with happiness seeing his mother looking so healthy and not pale anymore as if she would faint anytime like before.
Although Sairorg had always looked strong on the outside, he was actually always afraid that his mother would die at any time due to her illness. Now seeing his mother looking so healthy, he felt happy and the fear of being left for dead by his mother at a young age was also gone.
After his father died when he was a baby, Sairorg only had his mother in this world. Even if they came from rich and big families like the Bael family, those people always had a bad attitude towards his mother. So Sairorg did not consider those people to be his relatives, and the only person he cared about and loved in this world was his mother.
He looked gratefully at the man who made his mother's health better as it is now.
"Mr. Riser, thank you for treating my mother's illness!" said Sairorg as he bowed his head.
Misla smiled at her son's attitude, she also looked at Riser and did the same as her son.
"Thank you Mr. Riser, although you said you only did a little to cure my fatigue. I feel that my illness has been completely cured..."
Riser shook his head with a smile. "Please raise your heads, both of you."
"And yes, you are not wrong. Miss Misla, your illness has truly been cured."
[I still underestimated my medical skills before. It seems that five minutes of performing the merdian maintenance method using Qi is enough to cure 100% of Misla's illness.]
[I remember in the original work it took Issei two tries of medical treatment to completely cure Misla's illness. Each process took two hours using the silver needle method.]
[It's my fault for still underestimating god-level medical skills. It seems that my medical skill range is farther and higher than the protagonist's medical skill.]
Misla and her son raised their heads and looked at Riser with admiration and gratitude.
Grayfia was even more amazed to see the humble Riser and after hearing his inner voice. In Grayfia's eyes, Riser became even more pleasing to the eye.
Grayfia also felt that her worries about solving her housing complex problem had also diminished. She increasingly believed that Riser must really have a way to help her and she could definitely rely on him.
If Riser could really do it, Grayfia wouldn't mind giving Riser an extra reward.
Thinking of additional reward ideas for Riser.
Grayfia had a slight blush in her ears, but no one noticed at the moment.
...
Rias who was reading the financial report in her office was dumbfounded.
"Riser really managed to cure that woman named Misla Bael's illness? And it only took five minutes!"
"You even still underestimate your previous medical skills? The protagonist's medical skills were left in the dust."
If there were other people in Rias' office at this time, they would see Rias had a proud expression on her face.
If they knew the whole story, they would say that their boss was proud of her fiancé's abilities.
That was true.
Rias's current psychology was that she was happy and proud to know her fiancé had strong medical skills.
Who wouldn't be happy if your boyfriend, husband, or couple proved her superiority over others?
Rias is no exception, she is happy and proud of her fiancé. Although her and her fiancé's relationship is not quite good at the moment.
Rias sighed and smiled bitterly. After Riser returned to Kuoh city, she actually already had some plans to reconcile with him.
Sona at home was excited after finding out Riser's medical skills were real.
"The merdian recovery method using Qi? That seems like a powerful medical skill. I want to be able to learn it too!"
At the police station, Roygun nodded while eating steamed buns in her office.
"Young master Riser is really a good citizen. Are you sure you're a villain? Not the protagonist?"
On the other hand, L, she....
"...."
Heroine who wasn't surprised after finding out villain had strong medical skills.
She was still inside the airplane flying above the sky, she could see the vast expanse of white clouds from the airplane window.
She had a problem at this time.
Since the trip to get to Japan was quite long, she couldn't bear to be separated from her personal items such as her laptop and cell phone.
"Miss Stewardess, can I have my cell phone or laptop for a moment?"
"Sorry miss, but you can't. While in flight, everyone is prohibited from playing with their cell phones or laptops."
"What about..."
"Other electronic devices connected to the internet are also not allowed for now." said Miss Stewardess with a smile on her face.
"...."
Now what can L do? Nothing.
She could only wait quietly for the plane to descend at the airport.
...
"What can I do to pay Mr. Riser? I can give you money, but I'm sure Mr. Riser isn't short of money."
Misla is now at a loss as to how to repay Riser for curing her illness.
She of course had to pay Riser well as a token of her gratitude.
Riser was silent, he certainly wouldn't say anything like a kind-hearted protagonist who helps people without reward.
I'm the villain after all!
Even if you're not ruthless enough as a villain, at least don't be a saint.
Riser felt that he was not that kind of person, so he felt disgusted with herself if he refused Misla who wanted to pay for his help.
Even if it was something small, as long as Riser was paid back for his help, he felt it was enough.
But the problem was what should he ask for as payment?
Riser subconsciously looked at Grayfia who was standing beside him and remembered something.
[That's right! I almost forgot to help this silver-haired woman. Cough, sorry Grayfia. I'll use this opportunity so that we can quickly solve the ghost problem in this housing complex.]
"...."
Turning to look at Riser, Grayfia smiled faintly, glad someone hadn't forgotten me.
I think it will still take a long time for this man to remember our original purpose for coming here.
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