Thinking of this.
The fatty felt guilty. This was not impossible; the tailor had always been more attentive to information gathering than him.
However, guilt or not, the fatty still picked up the phone:
"What does the tailor want with me? I'm busy right now..."
Mid-sentence.
The tailor interrupted him:
"Busy? Busy planning to make a move on Zhang Wei?"
Mentioning Zhang Wei, the fatty's heart sank even more. Although he was dead, he was sure that if he had a heart now, his heart rate would be even higher.
"Yes, busy thinking about how to make a move on Zhang Wei. Tailor, you don't need to keep such a close eye on me, do you? Zhang Wei can kill ghost kings, and I don't know if you've received the news recently, but he also has a ghost king-level ghost."
"It's very difficult for me to kill him, don't worry, I will definitely find an opportunity to strike."
The fatty spoke to divert the topic, trying to get away with it.
Perhaps because things in the Northeast were progressing smoothly, or perhaps because the fatty was the first to give her a birthday gift, the tailor, uncharacteristically, did not scold the fatty.
She nodded:
"Fatty, I'm not keeping a close eye on you. I'm calling you today because I have news about Zhang Wei to tell you, which is why I asked if you had made a move on Zhang Wei."
"Oh, is that so? Sigh, you should have said so earlier."
The fatty breathed a sigh of relief and said with mock seriousness:
"What news about Zhang Wei? I've been monitoring Zhang Wei closely recently. He has indeed been doing a lot lately. Yesterday, he even went out of the province to kill a ghost king, but unfortunately, there were strong individuals present, so I couldn't make a move."
"And the ghost king Zhang Wei killed was the one you told me about before, the ghost king who almost ruined your plans in the Northeast. That's why I didn't act, letting Zhang Wei deal with it."
"This way, not only will it be a form of revenge for you, but I can also intercept the ghost king's head later. Heh, killing two birds with one stone, isn't it? A perfect top-tier villain move, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind."
As he spoke.
The fatty looked up at a 45-degree angle and sighed:
"I truly am the strongest villain."
Upon hearing his words.
The tailor, who was as petite as an elementary school student at this moment, raised her small eyebrows:
"Zhang Wei dealt with that ghost king? That strong? That ghost king wasn't weak, but this is good. Fatty, if you get the ghost king's head, give me half. Don't worry, I won't take it for free; it'll be an equal exchange."
Hearing this, the fatty laughed heartily:
"Even if you hadn't said it, Tailor, I would have given you half."
"Don't ask why. Just know that you lent me money, and I'm repaying you by taking the head of your enemy. Don't you think this kind of villain is incredibly cool? Ruthless and speaks little. You give me one, I return three. Wow! It's super cool, isn't it?"
The tailor ignored the fatty's incessant chatter:
"I didn't pay attention to what you said about Zhang Wei going out of the province to kill a ghost king. My attention was focused on the Northeast. However, the news I want to tell you today is not about that."
She spoke directly without playing coy:
"It's that some ghosts have issued a bounty on Zhang Wei."
"What?"
Upon hearing this, the fatty's smile vanished. His honest demeanor instantly soured, and he said grimly:
"Who dares to make a move on my prey? And dare to issue a bounty? Are they looking for death? Who issued the bounty?"
Hearing the fatty's barely concealed anger.
The tailor nodded with satisfaction. It seemed the fatty hadn't lied to her; he was indeed serious about dealing with Zhang Wei.
Thinking this, she replied:
"What? Fatty, are you going to kill the ones who issued the bounty on Zhang Wei?"
"Of course. Zhang Wei is my prey. Anyone who dares to make a move is against me, and their only fate is death. Tell me, which blind fool issued the bounty on Zhang Wei."
Thinking of Zhang Wei being targeted, the fatty became more indignant the more he spoke:
"Daring to provoke the powers that be, they're tired of living!"
In response.
The tailor's voice came through:
"Then you'll have your hands full, fatty, because the blind fools who issued bounties on Zhang Wei are not just one, but many ghosts."
Then the tailor explained to the fatty.
"Do you remember three years ago, when you learned that the Wei Dao Division had a forum, and you yourself said that ghost exterminators have their own place to communicate, and ghosts, as villains, must also have one, so you created a forum called 'Ghost Nest'?"
"I remember. After I finished setting up that 'Ghost Nest,' I found it too troublesome and casually handed it over to a programmer who died of overwork to manage. I would occasionally check it myself."
As the fatty responded, he already had a vague guess.
The Ghost Nest forum was something he thought of on a whim back then. Although it was just a whim, it developed surprisingly well. Now, it was similar to the Wei Dao Division forum, becoming the largest communication platform for ghosts.
And like the Wei Dao Division forum, Ghost Nest not only had places for communication but also for trading, including bounties.
As the saying goes, nine out of ten ghosts are evil, and the tenth is a pervert. This is not just talk. Ghosts are generally malevolent spirits. They commit many evil deeds, and thus are hunted by ghost exterminators, leading to grudges with them. This is how bounties are born.
Fierce ghosts are hunted by ghost exterminators. Since ghost exterminators are powerful, fierce ghosts cannot deal with them. Therefore, some ghosts with strong revenge instincts will offer rewards, putting bounties on the ghost exterminators who have harmed them.
Subsequently.
As the tailor narrated, the fatty logged into the Ghost Nest forum.
As expected.
He searched for Zhang Wei in the bounty section...
"Good heavens, has Zhang Wei stirred up a hornet's nest?"
Seeing nearly a hundred bounty notices for Zhang Wei in the section, with different publishers, the fatty was stunned.
A hundred ghosts bounty on Zhang Wei?
Some even offered high rewards of half a ghost king-level item.
Immediately after.
Upon clicking on the bounty notices and receiving the information from the tailor over the phone, the fatty finally understood what was going on.
It turned out that the ghosts who posted the bounties had not been provoked by Zhang Wei. Instead, they had recently been dealt with by a few ghost exterminators.
For example, there was a ghost exterminator named 'Cao Yu.'
This Cao Yu drove a Wuling Hongguang and crashed into many ghosts. Some of the ghosts who posted bounties were hit by him. Without exception, they were either crippled or permanently paralyzed.
As ghosts, what difference was there between being unable to walk and dying again?
They hated it.
For example.
Recently, some ghosts were shot at with sniper rifles and machine guns by a group of monks. The monks' marksmanship wasn't great, and they didn't kill them, but they did severely injure them.
Although these ghosts survived, they were all more or less disabled.
They came to Ghost Nest wanting to put bounties on Cao Yu and the others.
And it was in Ghost Nest that they learned, from Ghost Nest, that the novel ghost-extermination techniques used by Cao Yu and the others were all taught and inspired by a ghost exterminator named 'Zhang Wei.'
Upon learning that the instigator was 'Zhang Wei.'
And as it was exposed.
More and more ghosts who had survived encounters with physical ghost extermination, armed ghost extermination, disassemblable zombies, and so on, came out to curse Zhang Wei. They went mad and all pointed their spears at Zhang Wei, issuing bounties for him.
Upon learning the situation, the fatty subconsciously made a rough count of the bounty notices; there were at least a hundred.
The key was that he refreshed the page... and immediately, a few more bounty notices for Zhang Wei appeared.
At this time.
Knowing that the fatty had understood the situation, the tailor's voice came through the phone:
"Fatty, if you want to kill these bounty issuers, you'll have your hands full. I saw there are over a hundred. That's why I called you today to ask if you had made a move on Zhang Wei. It's not that I'm watching you closely, but I'm afraid someone else will strike first."