An Unidentified Ghost and the Next-World Task Force – Part 09

“This guy’s better than I thought.”

“You okay?”

Selyse’s breathing had grown ragged from fighting at full power, and beads of sweat dotted her forehead.

The ghost, meanwhile, should feel no fatigue at all. It was staring down at the weapon in its hands.

What?

Then it did something completely unexpected. The ghost returned to the road sign and swung its weapon down at it.

“Huh?”

For a split second Hikaru wondered if it had mistaken the sign for Selyse, but that was obviously impossible.

Clang. Clang.

It struck the post again and again until it finally snapped and crashed onto the asphalt.

The ghost lifted the road sign, then pointed the No Stopping or Parking signboard toward them. It lowered its stance and gripped it tightly with both hands like a spear.

“Wait… don’t tell me this thing’s actually a spearman?”

“Looks that way,” Selyse said. “There’s not