Me, a Villainess, Eat Ghosts!

The Underworld's Office of Affairs in the Human World had just hired a new employee with connections.

They said that although Zhong Xiaoci had grown up with her grandmother, who belonged to the Meishan School of spirit mediums, she had never systematically studied talismans or magic arts.

To make Zhong Xiaoci realize she wasn't cut out for the job and quit of her own accord, the Intake and Judgment Department arranged a task for her with great concern.

The next day.

Zhong Xiaoci returned safely without ever sending out a distress signal, carrying a gaunt female ghost who looked like a wilted little cabbage left out in the frost.

The ghost was sobbing uncontrollably. It was clear she'd endured a truly inhumane ordeal the night before.

Zhong Xiaoci: "She's lying! I only did to her exactly what she did to me."

The female ghost blew yin energy at her, so Zhong Xiaoci returned the favor with a breath of yang energy.

Another day.

Zhong Xiaoci returned from another successful mission, carrying a male ghost whose spirit was riddled with black holes of all sizes, so fragile that the slightest breeze seemed enough to scatter him into nothingness.

The male ghost wailed miserably. It was clear he, too, had endured a truly inhumane ordeal.

Her coworker was shocked. "What did you do to the ghost this time?!"

Zhong Xiaoci: "Heaven and earth are my witnesses! What he did disgusted me, and I couldn't stop myself from spitting at him a few times."

Another day after that.

Her coworker stared at yet another adult male ghost who seemed to have suffered inhuman torture and had shrunk to the size of a three-year-old. With a numb expression, they asked, "Go on, what did you do to the ghost this time?"

Zhong Xiaoci: "I didn't do anything! I just shone a lamp on him, then invited him to a concert."

The male ghost, forced to endure blinding lights while listening to countless roosters crow, silently shed tears of torment.

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Other people's ghost-fighting methods: peachwood swords, ghost-binding talismans, Bagua mirrors... Improve their cultivation and diligently practice the Five Elements arts.

Zhong Xiaoci's ghost-fighting methods: breathe on ghosts to burn them, spit to hurt them, use light to suppress them... Fearless and brimming with confidence, fiercer than ghosts themselves, she'll use any means necessary.

Eventually, the whole ghost world heard the news: A ruthless woman named Zhong Xiaoci has joined the Underworld's Office of Affairs in the Human World. Don't provoke her! Run as soon as you see her!

P.S.:

1. This is a metaphysical story featuring the same heroine as another of my works. Also known as What Exactly Has the Heroine Done to Ghosts? and The Heroine's 108 Ways to Catch Ghosts.

2. This story contains Chinese-style horror and folk legends.

3. This story is entirely fictional. Do not associate it with real life or take it as fact.

4. Daily updates before signing, extra updates afterward. I'll take a break if something comes up.

Premise: Science above all