Chapter 40 Tom Trembling
"…She had loose hair, a pale face, and was dressed in white. Whenever she moved, there seemed to be a whistling sound of wind, and her eyes were filled with endless hatred…"
Zhang Da also deliberately turned off the lights above the bar, lit a candle, and told Tom a ghost story, imitating the tone of a teacher telling weird stories on TV.
Gnaw, gnaw, gnaw... Tom's upper and lower teeth kept chattering. He couldn't help but put one hand into his mouth, staring at Zhang Daye intently, his whole body shaking.
Tom was like this from the beginning. He was very afraid of ghosts, but he liked listening to ghost stories.
It seems that many people have this problem. Even though they are scared to death, they can't help but like horror stories. When they listen to them, they are so scared that they want to run away at any time, but their feet seem to be nailed to the ground and cannot move.
Tom is in almost the same state now. He is so scared that he can't stop shivering even after wrapping himself in a small blanket.
Anyway, Zhang Da didn't understand Tom's mentality. He was only responsible for talking, and mainly took the opportunity to amuse Tom and relieve his boredom when the guests were not bothering him.
The dim candlelight flickered with the air he exhaled as he spoke, and strange crackling sounds kept coming from the side, adding a bit of horror to the atmosphere.
The strange sound was because Altria was calmly eating senbei next to her. She was definitely not afraid of any ghosts. If you have to say, heroic spirits are also a kind of ghosts. It is not strange at all to her.
"She crawled towards the camera little by little, closer and closer... first her arms, then her hair, and finally... she actually crawled out of the screen!"
“Eeyee ...
"Ah!!!"
At some point, a dozen burly men gathered around the candle and shouted loudly, following Tom's scream.
Tom was startled by the sudden sound behind him. He quickly rushed behind Zhang Daye's neck, sticking out only half of his head to observe carefully.
Zhang Da also covered his ears, and when the tenors quieted down, he complained, "I'm telling a story to my cat, why are you joining in the fun? It's fine if you're just joining in the fun, but you're so scared. You're even more timid than a cat."
A group of people blushed at what he said, and stammered, "What...what? There's nothing...to be afraid of..."
The main reason is that emotions are easily affected by other people. As soon as Tom screamed, they accidentally shouted it out. Now they feel ashamed when Zhang Da said it.
Zhang Da also smiled like a profiteer: "500 Bailey tickets per person."
"Why? We didn't even hear the whole thing!"
“That’s right!”
"Then I'll tell Uncle Goodman tomorrow that you guys were so scared by a little story that you almost peed your pants. With his personality, I guarantee that within a day everyone on the island will..."
"Here's 500 Baileys, don't be polite to me! I don't mean anything else, I just think the story you told is so good, it's worth the price!"
“That’s right!”
"Ha, thank you for your patronage!" After paying for afternoon tea, Zhang Da was in a good mood and asked, "Do you want to continue listening? There are more scary stories~"
Everyone shook their heads, each took the bottle of wine they wanted and returned to their seats. We will be dogs when we listen to your stories from now on.
No one came to cause trouble until closing time, which disappointed Zhang Da. He closed the shop reluctantly and started his evening practice.
As usual, he started with basic training such as physical strength, and then fought with Altria.
“Crack!” “Snap!”
"Crack!" The bamboo sword in Altria's hand suddenly exploded, and bamboo chips flew all over the ground.
Zhang Da also swayed, sat down on the ground, and panted: "What... is going on?"
"Tatsuya!" Altria dropped the hilt of the sword in her hand and hurried to help him.
"Meow?" Tom immediately dropped the dried fish in his hand and rushed to Zhang Daye in an instant, faster than Altria.
Zhang Da also suddenly felt a little weak: "I'm fine. I just suddenly feel weak all over."
Altria helped him sit down on a chair and said, "That was magic just now."
"Magic power?" Zhang Da thought that he had awakened his Armament Haki or something, but he didn't expect it to be magic power.
"Yes, although it is weak, it is indeed the same magic power as mine."
"The way you taught me swordsmanship is a training method that can cultivate magic power?"
"No." Artoria denied, "I just taught you swordsmanship. There is no way to 'train' magic power. Your body naturally produced a little magic power, and you just used it up in one breath and broke my bamboo sword."
Am I a one-in-a-million genius? No, no, I should be doubting my cheats now.
Zhang Da also raised his left hand and looked at the magic circle above: "Is this the reason?"
Altria nodded and said, "It's possible. You once said that you gained extraordinary recovery ability after coming to this world. I think it should be said that it was after you summoned Tom."
"And my body was able to produce magic power after you came." Zhang Da also followed her words and his tone gradually became excited. "You mean, I can get your abilities?"
"Maybe it's ability, maybe it's physique. We need to observe for a while, or wait until the next friend in the other world responds to your call to be sure."
"That's great! In fact, if I had Tom's physique, I would be invincible." In fact, Zhang Da also thought of a test method in an instant. He just needed to let Altria split him in half and see if he could be put together...
The problem is that he doesn't dare to do it. If he guesses wrong, someone may die. Now, in terms of recovery ability alone, he is far inferior to Tom, so it is possible that it is just part of his physique or ability.
Even so, it is already very good. Having some of their physical qualities means that he has the possibility of surpassing ordinary people. As long as he works hard, he can become stronger. It is really a very happy thing!
Altria also thought of this possibility: "It is more likely that you have gained some of our physical strength. At least for now, it does not seem to make you stronger out of thin air."
"Well, I will continue to work hard on ."
Altria nodded. She believed this. She saw Zhang Da's efforts every day - well, she saw them while drinking tea.
The excitement slowly subsided. Zhang Da stroked Tom's fur and recalled the move just now: "Um, Altria, why do I feel that magic power is not as practical as I imagined? A full-strength attack only broke the bamboo sword, and then I had no strength left. It seems that it is better to just use brute force?"
"That's because you just released the magic power roughly. If I used the same amount of magic power, it would be enough to break the trunk of a tree."
"..." It means I'm too bad...
