novelraw Chapter 50: Meeting old friends
Chapter 50: Meeting old friends
"Jimmy Conway..."
The horror world seems to be forever filled with howling cold winds, with dry yellow leaves constantly curling up like never-ending yellow sand.
The familiar black baseball cap, the comforting feel of the willow nailed jacket, and the red hair, purple hair standing next to him.
Damn this day, the wind and sand have blurred the eyes!
"Tommy DeVito! It’s really you, my baseball ghost brother!"
The baseball ghost is as enthusiastic as ever, running up to hug Alexander tightly, extremely excited: "I didn’t expect, I didn’t expect us to meet so soon!"
"Yeah, I didn’t expect it to be so soon!" Alexander hugged him tightly as well, looking up at the sky.
This way, tears won’t fall.
It’s not that Alexander is being overly sentimental. Having experienced the complexity of human nature and how it’s deeply ingrained, friends have always been abundant in both past and present lives.
Every time at a party, he would always be the focus of everyone’s attention.
Every time a toast was made, most of the drinks would be served to him.
But it’s precisely because of these experiences that he knows how complex human hearts can be!
In a turbulent society, even schools are no longer as innocent as they used to be during childhood.
At some point, interests and money have become the underpinning of most things, including marriage and friendship.
Looking around, who do you have other than your parents?
That’s why Alexander, despite having superior social skills compared to his peers, only tried to make friends with people in the neighborhood.
What surprised Alexander, however, was that the genuine emotions that are so distant in the real world are everywhere in this horror world, where everyone lives in fear.
Even though they are dead, their kind hearts haven’t changed.
They are purer than living people by a thousand times.
As Alexander’s first horror instance, the Blood Moon High School is a memory he will never forget.
The nerd ghost, Su Rong, and the baseball ghost all hold a unique place in Alexander’s heart.
The nerd ghost is the most powerful existence in the Blood Moon High School instance. It might be his best choice to stay there. He probably won’t see him again in this life.
Su Rong, now Alexander’s ghost slave, or you could say his woman, is destined to accompany him for a lifetime.
Only the baseball ghost, the real brother he befriended after entering the instance, is like an old friend, full of emotion upon meeting!
"You little bastard, why are you crying! Tommy DeVito, you hang out with me, Jimmy Conway. A man sheds tears, isn’t it disgraceful!" Seeing Alexander shedding tears, the baseball ghost slapped his shoulder and said with a look of contempt.
As soon as he finished speaking, a few droplets fell from his cheek.
"Pfft! Jimmy Conway, you dare to laugh at me, aren’t you crying too?"
Alexander was not polite at all. He didn’t pay attention to the reward for sixty points of favorability.
"Haha, I am a male ghost, of course, it doesn’t count!"
The baseball ghost laughed and said. It could be seen that he has been doing quite well after leaving the Blood Moon High School, appearing more hearty and cheerful.
"It seems you’ve done quite well after following my advice?" Alexander said with a smile.
"It’s okay, it’s okay! Not much good!"
The baseball ghost waved his hand, looked up, tiptoed, and humbly said, "Just average. I only took over half the area of Fierce Ghost Street, and there are only twenty or thirty thousand little ghost brothers under my hand!
I killed a few guys who were not convinced, now on this street, the name of your baseball ghost brother still works pretty well!"
Speaking of which, he turned his head and waved to the back: "Come here, meet your big brother Alexander!"
Boom!
Alexander thought it was just a few of them.
However, with the baseball ghost’s words, immediately from the darkness emerged a dozen or so young followers, each holding a machete or steel pipe, who all bowed to Alexander:
"Brother Tommy DeVito!"
"See, these are our core, elite followers!"
The Baseball Ghost Brother said proudly.
Among the dozen or so individuals, all were malicious spirits, including one leading spirit who had reached the level of a violent ghost.
This rate of development, it’s astonishing!
When Baseball Ghost left, his strength was just at the level of a malicious spirit!
It was only a matter of days before he reached the level of a violent ghost, and it was obviously not just a simple violent ghost.
He has so many followers, even at the violent ghost level.
For a moment, Alexander was a bit confused about who was the protagonist in the novel? Without his gift for social interaction, Alexander probably wouldn’t have been able to keep up with his strength!
"That’s too powerful!" Alexander was incredibly surprised and exclaimed, "It’s no wonder you are my baseball ghost brother, this rate of development is sky-high!"
"Average, average!" The Baseball Ghost’s face broke into a smile, but he still remained modest.
However, very quickly, he furrowed his eyebrows and asked Alexander, "How come you are here? Weren’t you supposed to stay in the Blood Moon Middle School to manage the rear? I was planning to send someone to infiltrate and find you!"
What does top-level social skills mean?
It’s not about how much you can flatter, how well you can please people, and how well you can get along with the people around you.
That can only be regarded as the ability to make friends. Social skills, unknown to friendship, also include maintaining and deepening this friendship, as well as the ability to deal with sudden situations.
For example, right now!
Instinctively, without a hint of hesitation, Alexander’s face took on a depressed expression as if it was muscle memory. His demeanor instantly became gloomy and he said:
"Ah! Baseball Ghost Brother, I feel that it’s not easy for you to struggle outside, so I wanted to help you indirectly. That’s why I decided to experience a few more instances to publicize the reputation of my brother. I didn’t expect you to develop so rapidly, that I am now redundant!"
His shame, inferiority, and desolation... not only did it impress the Baseball Ghost Brother, but even those who had just met Alexander were spiritually uplifted and their goodwill skyrocketed.
Red-haired and purple-haired ones even broke through sixty points of goodwill instantly.
A good person! Loyal! A great brother!
That was the common thought in all their minds. Even the follower who was at the level of a violent ghost looked at Alexander with a bit more sincerity.
It’s indeed a blessing to be able to know such a good brother! Even if the strength is a bit low, it’s not a loss to call him a brother!
"Tommy DeVito, my good brother! You are not redundant, absolutely not redundant! With you around, we have the Fierce Ghost Association. With you around, there’s me, Jimmy Conway! Without you, Tommy DeVito, I wouldn’t have my current achievements!"
Baseball Ghost Brother, his eyes moist with emotion, gently stroked Alexander’s hair, continually reassuring and even making promises.
"You’re right!" Alexander lifted his head, showing a sincere smile, "Being able to help Baseball Ghost Brother, even a little, is enough! After all, I’m your Tommy DeVito, and you’re my Jimmy Conway!"
As their eyes met, the bond of male friendship exploded in the air. Baseball Ghost Brother patted Alexander’s shoulder:
"Come out and follow me! Brother will take you to conquer the world! From one end of Fierce Ghost Street, we will carve a path! One day, I will make you strut down this Fierce Ghost Street. Anyone who dares to bully my brother Jimmy Conway, I, the Baseball Ghost, will not spare him.
"Brothers of the Fierce Ghost Association, if anyone bullies your brother Tommy DeVito, can you accept it?"
"Never accept!"
The dozen or so followers roared in unison, the sound deafening.
Even with only a dozen people present, they yelled with the momentum of the entire Fierce Ghost Association, as if tens of thousands of ghosts were present.