I Became the Ultimate Boss - Chapter 33

Chapter 33: Shadow Catcher

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“She said she did see me being on my phone.” Chen Momo felt pretty creeped out as she recounted the story.

She moved her tiny butt as she sat on the chair. She proceeded to speak after moving her body around a little bit. “I asked her how she saw my phone since she had fainted in the bathroom.”

“That’s right. How did she see it when she fainted?” Ke Meng noticed Mrs. Chen’s logical error too.

‘She fainted in the bathroom. How would she see what was on Chen Momo’s phone? Both things did not add up.’

“She said she was standing behind me, watching me on my phone when it happened.” Chen Momo looked hesitant as she spoke to this point. She was not sure if she should continue.

What she said would turn into a horror story if she continued. If she stopped now, she could pretend that she was telling a joke.

However, it was not a joke that Chen Momo had made up. She had asked her mother herself last night when they got home. It was something that had really happened, not a hallucination.

Her mother had told what Chen Momo had been watching exactly at that time. She even told Chen Momo what she had sent Ke Meng accurately.

“Go on, don’t leave me hanging,” Ke Meng urged, seeing the hesitant Momo.

The most terrible thing about hearing a person telling a story was the storyteller being hesitant. It was terrible to leave someone hanging by telling the first half of the story and stopping.

“She knew what messages I sent, but she couldn’t explain how she had fainted. Or rather, she didn’t notice that she had fainted, but she knew the content of the messages I sent.”

Chen Momo looked at Ke Meng. “I’ll stop if you don’t believe me. It’s pretty hard to explain this anyway.”

“Go on, I’m listening,” Ke Meng did not reveal his views whether he believed her or not. After all, he had never encountered anything so creepy.

A person had fainted in the bathroom, but she knew exactly what her daughter had been doing. The thought alone would give chills on someone’s back.

It was hard for ordinary people to believe such a thing in the modern society of science.

However, the man sitting before Chen Momo happened to be someone extraordinary, a secret Ultimate Boss.

The Boss’ abilities remained in the game world. Although Ke Meng did not have the Ultimate Boss’ insane abilities, he had a powerful battle pet and a pet that would explain things. He also had the Shadow Catcher skill the system had just sent. Those were advantages ordinary people did not have.

Ke Meng adjusted himself. From listening absent-mindedly, he was now listening with all of his attention.

Chen Momo noticed that Brother Meng was staring at her. She put down the glutinous ball in the spoon and continued. “Then I asked my mom if she had said ‘There’s no space for a plush toy at home’ to me. She said she had only been thinking about it. She hadn’t said it out loud.

“My mom couldn’t recall how she had fainted. That’s rather odd.

“When I was helping my mom up in the bathroom, I seemed to have seen a shadow flash by. It seemed to have penetrated my mom’s body. I wasn’t sure if I saw it wrong, or there was really a shadow penetrating her body.” Chen Momo voiced the doubts she had at once. She felt the pressure on her ease and was no longer suppressed.

“Hey, I’m done telling the story. Say something, you piece of wood,” Chen Momo used the spoon to hit the bowl, releasing a clear clang.

Ke Meng put down his spoon and confirmed further, “Is that real?”

“I’m not trying to trick you. This happened around 21:30 last night. Since that happened, my mom and I closed the store early. You, who were on the second floor, still had your lights on,” Chen Momo teased.

“If that’s something real, then the shadow you saw last night should be someone else’s shadow. It might’ve invaded your mom’s body or shadow,” Ke Meng said while looking at the Shadow Catcher skill that he had just obtained. As expected, the skill the system gave was not some random skill.

Chen Momo felt a little blank listening to Ke Meng tell her something very unusual in all seriousness.

“What, you believe me just like that? You’re so quick to accept it?” Chen Momo was confused.

Nobody who lived in a normal world would believe a good friend’s horror story that was told in all seriousness so quickly, no?

However, Ke Meng believed her. Forget it that he believed her—he even analyzed what that shadow she had seen last night was!

“This is rather hard to explain. If your mom is really in danger, I won’t let it go. After all, she has to pay me rent every month. As the landlord, it’s my job to protect the tenants’ safety, so I’ll have to show my cards now.” Ke Meng opened his arms as he spoke.

There was no way to keep this a secret now. If there was a need to use the Shadow Catcher skill on Mrs. Chen, her daughter needed to learn about the risk it contained.

He was responsible for a person’s safety. At the same time, Ke Meng had to protect his source of income. If it stopped, then he could no longer live happily like he usually did.

“Show your cards? What cards are you going to show me?” Chen Momo could no longer think.

At that moment, she felt Brother Meng had undergone a sudden change. He seemed to have shed his skin as the landlord who did nothing and put on a pretentious detective coat.

“How do I say this? Let me think…” Ke Meng was rather troubled. How could he explain the strange worldview to her?

He looked at the bowl containing the glutinous balls. There was a faint shadow at the bottom of the bowl. It was faint, but it existed indeed.

“The world might not be as normal as you think. There might be strange things existing. Its theory can’t be explained with the current science theories available.” Ke Meng spoke and grabbed onto the shadow of the porcelain bowl. He performed the Shadow Catcher skill.

Chen Momo blinked. She saw the round shadow at the bottom of the porcelain bowl disappear. She had no idea where it went.

Ke Meng opened his hand and showed it to her. “Look, I’ve captured the porcelain bowl’s shadow.”

The round-faced girl looked into Brother Meng’s palm. There was really a black, round shadow in his hand.

Ke Meng grabbed the bottom of the porcelain bowl with the shadow in his palm. The porcelain bowl had a shadow again.

‘Not bad, I succeeded the first time I tried,’ Ke Meng thought to himself.

If he had failed to capture the shadow, he would have failed to show off. Fortunately, such a thing did not happen.

“Show me again.” Chen Momo looked worried now. She wanted to see it again a few more times.

Ke Meng had not had enough himself either. He nodded and captured the still objects in the house. He captured all of the shadows.

Even if he used his phone to take a picture with the flashlight on, the still objects had no shadow. All of them had lost their shadows.

Ke Meng attempted to capture the refrigerator’s shadow and put it on the chair. He grabbed and tossed with his right hand, and the refrigerator’s shadow appeared beneath the chair.

Chen Momo, who was watching from the side, made an ‘O’ shape with her tiny mouth.

“Is that magic? Is that a high-level psychological suggestion?”

Ke Meng shook his head. “It isn’t magic. Shadows can indeed be captured. Similarly, there might be an unusual shadow penetrating your mom’s body. That’s why what happened last night sounds very creepy, like a horror story.”