Wicked Reincarnation

Chapter 156: Mortal World 22

Inside the sky scraper on the upper floor, Mil was alone overseeing the situation of the city looking out of the windows and talking into a phone. He only turned around when Yano and Lia arrived.

"Thank goodness you're here, I'm about to go crazy, the situation's out of hand," Mil's usual sunny face was overshadowed by despair and stress. He couldn't even begin to tell them what went wrong.

"It's ok, just report the situation quickly," Yano watched out of the window and saw the view Mil saw. The room was surrounded by glass and only curtains could shield anyone from peeping inside. So, Mil had a 360-degree view which was an incredible advantage for his ability. He could see the whole city from here.

"We got separated on our way here, we had to use cars and because of the ghosts on the highways, I decided to split up and for each of us to head to a different city. Was that the right choice?" Mil looked at Yano for confirmation. His desperate gaze pleaded to let Yano take control of the situation.

Yano patted Mil on the shoulders, "Don't worry, it was the only thing you could do at the moment. I wouldn't have done differently."

Mil sighed in relief but both him and Lia knew that Yano was lying. If he was in charge, he would've made different decisions. Lia wondered what she would've done but then remembered she didn't even know what Mil's power was.

"I can trace ghosts," Mil answered self-deprecatingly, "Not very useful in this situation, right?"

"But it's a good ability," Lia wanted to comfort him but Mil gave her a tired smile, "It's alright, no need to make me feel better."

"He's good at combat though," Yano complimented his childhood friend.

"Yeah, yeah," Mil waved the empty words away from him, "What now? Luckily I didn't see any mortals straying around but this also means that the ghosts are trying to break into the houses. Did you notice?"

"They have intelligence."

"Exactly, like what the hell? I swear, if I see the Ghost King I'd like to punch him a few times," Mil reached in his trousers and took out several snacks. Frustrated he stuffed them in his mouth until his cheeks blew up, then he spoke unclearly, "Every time I wanna take a shit, I imagine his stupid face."

Lia also blew up her cheeks, she didn't want to laugh but Mil being frustrated and cursing Min was too hilarious. She was glad that they were also against the Ghost King and not on his side. After Mil finished ranting, Yano turned to Lia and smiled as if he knew she enjoyed the things Mil said about Min.

Lia quickly wore a straight face again and stepped next to them, "Do we do the same approach as we did?"

"What? What?" Mil curiously looked between them.

"No, we do it a bit differently, there are no mortals so we don't need to lure the ghosts outside. I've barricaded this city, so none can leave or go out. We'll slowly purge them inside. I'll take care of it, pull your exorcists back and regroup for the next city."

"What you gonna do?" Mil's mouth was still full but then he realised, "Oh no, no, no Yano you can't do that! We're going to suffer too! It's too loud."

"Relax, it won't harm you," with that Yano exited and Mil picked up a device and spoke, "Everyone retreat back to the base here. Yano's taking care of the ghosts, cover your ears and make your way over here dally dally."

Then he put the device down and sat on the floor looking out of the window, "Want some too? Mortal snacks, very good."

Lia joined him and nodded. Mil noticed her curious gaze on the device and said, "It's a phone, the mortals use it to communicate, very convenient."

Lia picked it up and inspected it, "Really?"

"Yeah, gimme, I'll show you," Mil relentlessly chewed and Lia wanted to poke his cheeks but could imagine that Skyla would get angry at her if she ever found out, so she refrained from doing it. Mil was like a chipmunk. He was literally a chipmunk.

Mil swiped his fingers across the device's screen and then handed it to Lia, "Put it over your ear."

Lia was confused but she has seen it many times in films so she knew what she was doing.

A second later, the familiar voice that could melt all bad feelings away rung in Lia's ear, it was so close even though she couldn't see it, "Yano?"

"It's you," Yano's laugh was very pleasant, "Did Mil show you how to use a phone?"

"Yes."

"So, your first instinct was to call me?"

"No, it was Mi-"

"You don't need to lie," imaging Yano's sly smirk, Lia instantly threw the phone on Mil's lap and huffed.

"Sorry, boo," Mil spoke and laughed before ending the call, "You guys get along very well."

Lia wasn't having any of it and decided to tease Mil back, "You and Skyla too."

Mil silently chocked on his food before with wide eyes he said, "Woah, you and Yano really suit each other."

"You-" Lia wanted to get angry at Mil but he seemed too innocent so she let it slide, instead she changed the topic, "What is Yano going to do? You talked about covering your ears?"

"Ah, yes, you'll see, Yano will set a field over the city from above and then let his life force in form of lighting target all the ghosts to purge them. It's pretty loud each time the lighting makes contact with a ghost."

"He can do that?"

Mil gave Lia a knowing look, "Come on, you know what he's capable of now, right? That guy's a beast, it's truly unfair. I mean look at him and now look at me, do you see the difference? I feel the difference every day. We grew up together, so why is there such a gap between us?"

Lia wanted to tell him that growing up together had nothing to do with his power but couldn't break his fragile confidence even more. She was more curious about Yano's past but had no time to ask as the first lightning struck and she had to hold her ears. She looked out of the window again and saw the glowing silver streaks coming down from the sky.

"Can the mortals hear it too?"

Mil shook his head, "Luckily not, just as they can't see our lifeforce they can't hear it. I mean in the first place, you shouldn't hear a life force. You want another one?" Mil magically pulled a mountain of snacks out of his pockets. Lia nodded.

"I recommend this one, hm do you like sweet or savoury more?"

"I'm fine with both."

"How about this or this? This has a slightly sour taste but it's very moreish, this one is made out of veggie, I don't recommend but if you into that disgusting stuff suit yourself."

"Why do you even have this?"

"Skyla likes it, for some weird reason. Weird, isn't it? I also grew up with her, I mean the three of us grew up together but how come we're so different?"

Lia once again wanted to tell him that it has absolutely nothing to do with growing up together but couldn't break it to him. The loud lightning noises and the fact that the exorcists came, all didn't reach Lia's and Mil's ears as they were too engrossed talking about snacks.

Lia was curious about mortal food and until now, most of the time she had to eat what Yano cooked for her. It wasn't bad but still, it wasn't true mortal food like in a restaurant.

"Is there anything you want to do in your remaining time?" Mil suddenly asked and without hesitation, Lia answered, "Visit a restaurant."

Mil's eyes slightly teared up and he held up his hand, "High five my soulmate!"

Lia confused gave him this high-five, while the exorcists sat in the back of the room and just shook their heads at their captain for being a huge foodie. They all had to endure on their first day lectures about Mil's knowledge of food and recommendations, it even became a tradition that if someone wanted to join Mil's group, they had to pass the culinary test. Like??? Was this even reasonable?

But they long gave up questioning their captain's way of doing things. On the other side, Mil was insanely happy that he had someone who loved to hear him talk about food and was genuinely interested.

Most of the time, no one was as enthusiastic as him and he barely had anyone to talk about this topic. Even his beloved Skyla wasn't a huge foodie. The pain he had to endure every day but now that Kim was here, Mil could unleash his true power. That was the knowledge about food.

Meanwhile, Yano purged all the ghosts and when he came back a devastating sight greeted him. Lia who never laughed or smiled at him had a wonderful time with Mil. The green feeling of jealousy crept up. How could that be?

The exorcists who bowed when Yano entered could feel the chill coming from him and prayed that their captain and Kim would finally notice his entrance. But they were too happy having a great time without Yano, while Yano just wanted to be praised by Lia.