Reincarnated As The Diabolic System

David wore the cloak and passed through the closed door with one swift move. It almost felt like he had done it before.

Shane frowned as he remembered one of his previous hosts who was also doing the same thing. His brows furrowed further. Just then, he heard his host's voice in the background.

"System, help me see if anyone's around or not."

Shane quickly threw that thought to the back of his head and opened the radar. He stared at the screen for a moment before opening his mouth.

"Host, everything's fine. I can't find anyone."

"Does it detect people using this cloak?"

Shane looked at the screen that showed his host's status at present and nodded. "It can."

"Hmm…." After that, David said nothing.

The man continued to walk onward without stopping and went toward the place where he heard the woman's voice. The corridor seemed endless, but he managed to find what he was looking for.

There was a small open balcony with sofas and a tea table at the end of the hallway. Many trees reached the balcony ceiling by scaling its height. It looked like a scene from a romance novel or something. Except, there shouldn't be a dead body of a woman lying on the ground. Her eyes opened wide in horror as she stared above in a terrified manner.

David frowned after seeing this scene. He walked closer carefully as he tried to make out what kind of situation this was.

He crouched to the ground, closer to the body, and examined it like some professional.

Shane frowned as he stared at the scene. He felt like his hosts these days were turning out to be more and more professional. He narrowed his eyes.

His host this time hinted that they knew one another. Even the previous host, Lia felt like she knew him very well, but didn't say a word about it. Her actions proved his theory right.

Now, again with this strange situation. Should he just go ahead and ask about his suspicion? After thinking for a while, Shane shook his head. He didn't know whether the other person was good or bad.

He would never get the personal information of the hosts. He would only receive their stats values and the body information they possessed. He could also send over the body's memory to his host in special circumstances.

But since he didn't know about his hosts, he should be careful lest he ended up inviting trouble to his doors.

After a while, David got up on his feet and sighed. "This girl died of a heart attack. She was frightened to death. She also seemed to be a host."

Shane nodded and said nothing. He continued to watch the scene.

David turned around and glanced at the balcony. The place didn't look like there were any changes here. Not even a person's traces could be found.

So the answer was obvious. It was a ghost who killed this girl. The question was whether this ghost was hiding in the paintings or did it pretend to be a host and hid among them? It could also be the butler and the servants. The latter was the most suspicious.

David continued thinking until he heard the sound of footsteps echoing into the corridor. His eyes flashed as he turned around and walked back to his room. Even though he was wearing the pass-through cloak that also made his body disappear from other people's eyes, he didn't want to risk it.

His position was visible on the radar, he might as well walk away before other hosts caught up to him. If the other person was a ghost, it was even more dangerous to himself.

It wasn't that he couldn't deal with small villains. He could, but he didn't want to just yet.

So he easily passed through the walls and reached his room. On the way, he figured that almost all the hosts were in their rooms, sleeping away. The ones who had eaten the food were in such a deep sleep that even when he had started tapping his foot beside their ears, they couldn't wake up no matter what.

David scoffed. "So there really was something inside the food."

"It's good that you didn't consume it," commented Shane as he glanced at the rooms passing one after another.

The host slowly walked to his room and took off the cloak before lying down on the bed. "System, two newbies were missing. Guess who they were?"

"The ones who ate the most."

"Exactly," said David as he smiled, "so we can test this theory out a little. Perhaps there will be another murder. So the one who eats the most will end up dying at night."

"Hmm…." Shane hummed and sighed.

After becoming a system he realized that he didn't even have to lie on the bed to sleep. Whenever his host closed his eyes, he would automatically go into a deep sleep. His menu had just been upgraded which provided him with a special feature where when he was in a deep sleep, the automatic system would look out for any danger. If his host was about to be attacked, he would be forced awake so that he could handle the situation.

So Shane wasn't worried when he ended up falling deeply asleep.

Soon enough, thanks to his automatic system, Shane was awakened from his sleep soon after a few hours, early into the morning. He instantly perceived instant danger. So he used the tool he hadn't used in a while.

Host controlling.

Without even warning his host about it, he took control of his host and pulled out his ice sword from the inventory. Then, he stuck it to the ground without even looking at what the danger was! His mouth uttered the spell while he was at it.

Ice spread around the place as Shane opened his eyes and glanced around.

There was a ghost at the corner of the room, frozen all over. It was more like a fog that stared at Shane with deep, scary red eyes. Shane took a deep breath and swiftly handed the control back to his host.

"Take a look."

David maintained his composure, as though he had not lost control of his body. He walked over and stared at the frozen ghost for a moment. Just then, the fog dissipated completely with those scary red eyes, leaving behind an unnatural structure of the frozen ice. He clicked his tongue after seeing this.

"You could have used a better sword."

"I acted out of instinct. So I used whatever I saw first." 𝒇𝐫ℯ𝑒𝒘ℯ𝑏n𝑜ѵ𝐞l.c𝗼𝗺

It didn't matter. Shane knew they could capture the ghost later. The main point was that they finally were able to see the ghost's real face. Now the mystery would continue to reveal one thing after another.

David didn't sleep after this. He continued to stay awake the entire night as the ice melted. The room almost looked like rain dropped thunderously inside, leaving everything wet. By the time everyone woke up, the ice had already melted, leaving no traces of the foggy ghost behind.

The first thing others saw was a stream of water coming out from the bottom of David's door. None of them had seen what had happened last night. So they were still in the mood for holidays. At least, the newbies. The experienced hosts had grim expressions on their faces as they tentatively ignored the water.

It seemed they all had a fight with that foggy ghost.

"What the heck is this?!" one of the newbie hosts exclaimed.

"Did you forget to turn off the tap?" a person snickered as David walked out of the room.

He glanced about to see gazes filled with contempt darting in his direction. He sneered as he ignored them and walked over to the place where the experienced hosts were standing.

One of them sighed. "You shouldn't have used an ice spell."

"It was my system," David instantly sold out Shane. "He took control over me as soon as that foggy ghost came over."

"Oh? So it was a fog."

"You didn't see it?" David turned and asked the owner of that voice.

The woman shook her head and frowned. "The ghost came over and attacked me as soon as I fell asleep. I instinctively used an attack, sending the ghost off. So I failed to see the ghost's real face."

David nodded.

The butler soon walked over with a cold expression on his face. He stood in front of the people with servants behind his back and folded his arms across his chest.

His dark and deep gaze made others feel cold on their backs. A dark aura surrounded the butler's entire being as he opened his mouth.

"Didn't I tell you not to come out at night?!" his voice was thunderous.

The hosts had sneers on their lips and instantly shrank their necks after hearing that voice. Their faces paled as they realized something had happened.

"And who did this?" The butler pointed at the water stream on the ground.

David raised his head. "The tap in my bathroom wasn't working and couldn't be stopped no maytter how much I tried. Should I have drank that water instead of letting it flood?"

The butler's body froze and twitched for a while.