Chapter 5

Chun Xiang walked home with her guitar on her back, all the while thinking about the somewhat peculiar boy she had met before.

Of course, this was not to say that Chun Xiang had fallen in love at first sight with the boy whose name she didn't even know. It was just that the boy somehow knew that she passed by the small park every day on her way home, and that she had never gone inside. Could he really be a fortune teller?

Should she follow his advice and go inside to sing a song?

Hesitating at the entrance of the small park, Chun Xiang looked at the children playing inside and paused.

But in the end, she resolutely walked in, chose a corner, and took out her guitar.

Yumi Hasegawa is the president of a small idol agency.

At the age of thirty, she was once a very popular idol in her youth. As she grew older, she retired from the idol world and opened a small talent agency.

After several years of hard work, Yumi Hasegawa has a few idols under her, but none of them have truly become major stars.

Today, Yumi Hasegawa spent the entire morning running errands and had not eaten lunch by noon.

So she bought a bento from a convenience store on the street and walked into a small park next to the store, sitting on a chair to hurriedly eat.

She still had to rush back to the agency to handle the next batch of work, so she didn't have much time to enjoy her late lunch.

The bento box was on her lap, and the long bench next to her held the materials she had collected in the morning, including the needs of various companies for idol models.

The reason Yumi Hasegawa was in this remote small park was that there was a small company nearby that wanted to hire an idol model. She came here to secure this business.

Unfortunately, she failed, and thus she found herself eating her bento in this small park, which she had never visited before and probably would never visit again.

As Yumi Hasegawa was eating the bento from the convenience store, a girl with a guitar stopped not far from her, took off her guitar, and began to play and sing.

At first, Yumi Hasegawa didn't pay much attention and continued to eat her bento.

But as the girl's singing began, Yumi Hasegawa stopped the movement of her hand, which was about to put food in her mouth, and even stopped chewing.

She was stunned and immediately turned to look at the girl not far away.

A perfect voice, a perfect appearance—Yumi Hasegawa felt as if she had discovered a gold mine.

"Hello, I'm Yumi Hasegawa from Hasegawa Agency. Do you want to become an idol?" she asked after the song ended.

Aozaki, who was walking home, had no idea what was happening in the park.

Although Aozaki could see the threads of a person's fate and even help them make choices about their destiny, he was not entirely clear about the specific events that would occur.

For example, he could accurately predict that someone would step on dog poop on their way home tonight, but whether it was because they were playing with their phone while walking or because they were too focused on a beautiful woman, he couldn't be sure.

In other words, he could only predict specific events and the conditions or opportunities needed to change them, but not every small detail of the events as they unfolded.

Of course, as Aozaki's power increased, his ability to see the details of his predictions would become clearer. If he could restore his soul to the strength of his previous life, he would be able to clearly know whether the person stepped on dog poop because they were playing with their phone or because they were too focused on a beautiful woman.

However, Aozaki's current soul strength was probably less than a thousandth or even a ten-thousandth of his peak, so it would be a long time before he could return to his prime.

On his way home, Aozaki walked and stopped, enjoying different scenery along the way. Sometimes he would stop under a cherry tree to admire the blossoms, and other times he would sit on the ground to play with stray cats. It wasn't until evening that he returned to the apartment complex.

He bought dinner from a convenience store on the way and greeted the apartment manager, Kozue Kitagawa, before returning to his room.

It was already dark, and this was the time when Xiao Bai would come out to play.

Yes, Xiao Bai refers to the female ghost in Aozaki's room, a name he gave her.

Why call her Xiao Bai? Because she is all white! As for whether the ghost agreed, it didn't matter; Aozaki had decided to call her that, and even if she objected, it wouldn't change. He could have called her Wangcai, but that would have been too disrespectful. So, the ghost's name was set: Xiao Bai.

Entering the room, turning on the light, and sitting down to eat the bento, Aozaki was not surprised when Xiao Bai appeared again.

She had completely forgotten that Aozaki was not afraid of her.

Ghosts are really forgetful. In just a few hours, Xiao Bai had forgotten everything.

But there was no way around it; with their limited memory capacity, they couldn't store memories for long. Without a brain, they lost their physical storage ability, and only their residual soul could sustain them, unless their soul had evolved into a spirit.

To be honest, the fact that Xiao Bai's soul did not dissipate after death and instead became a ghost, gaining the right to continue existing in another form, was already a stroke of great luck.

Of course, a way of life where one cannot even preserve memories is not particularly desirable.

So, Xiao Bai, who had forgotten that Aozaki was not afraid of her, began to show her presence, constantly moving around Aozaki.

Unfortunately, Aozaki completely ignored her, allowing her to move around him without reacting.

After finishing his bento and throwing the box in the trash, Aozaki stood up and walked through Xiao Bai's transparent body to the bathroom without hesitation.

Aozaki turned on the faucet to wash his hands, and Xiao Bai used the same trick again, making the water turn into blood.

However, this time, Aozaki did not wash his hands with the blood. Instead, his spirit moved, and his spiritual awareness extended out of his body, instantly breaking the illusion that enveloped him.

In an instant, all the illusions disappeared, and the water from the faucet turned back to normal.

Although only a few hours had passed, Aozaki, whose spirit was beginning to recover, was no longer helpless against the illusions created by Xiao Bai as he had been in the morning!

As Aozaki broke the illusion, Xiao Bai let out a silent scream. Although no sound was heard, the air still produced a terrifying, invisible wave that would make an ordinary person shudder.

But to Aozaki, a professional, this wave was not terrifying at all; it was filled with Xiao Bai's fear of the illusion being broken.

In short, Xiao Bai was afraid.

In the next moment, Xiao Bai's figure disappeared into the air, and she would not reappear until she forgot her fear of Aozaki.

But given her forgetfulness, this period would probably last only a few hours.

After washing his hands, Aozaki turned and left the small bathroom, coming to a corner of the small room.

Although Xiao Bai had disappeared, Aozaki's spiritual awareness could clearly sense that she was hiding in this corner.

Aozaki squatted down and said to Xiao Bai, who was crouched and curled up there, "Don't be afraid. I won't do anything to you! In fact, I owe you a bit of credit for my awakening. Since we have a connection, I will help you to achieve your cultivation sooner."

After saying this, Aozaki patted Xiao Bai's head lightly, not caring whether she understood, smiled, and then turned to sit on the bed, taking out his laptop to look up some information.