The person holding the lantern was a man wearing a shroud.

The man had a thick layer of white powder on his face, while his cheeks and his lips were painted red. He wore a Chinese landlord hat and held a lantern in his hand.

What’s up with his appearance? He looks like a paper doll from a funeral supplies shop!

His face was pale, and his movements stiff. He was no different from those zombies seen in horror movies.

I gasped and felt my scalp going numb. Although I had guessed that it was some sort of Lantern-Lighting Ghost, I couldn’t suppress my fear now that I was facing him.

Since even I was scared, how could Ms. Wu not be!

She looked at me, shaking in fear. She wanted to know my opinion. I gestured to her...