S-Class

Hundreds of arms were transformed into "feet".

Dragging a giant head that was about two-thirds the width of a street, it frantically chased after Han Dong and his group.

Driven by their desire for prey, each arm exerts its full strength when digging at the ground, resulting in the breaking of all fingernails and even numerous fractures and breaks in the knuckles.

But the speed did not decrease but increased instead.

Staring at such a huge head, it's hard to understand how it could be hidden in this narrow alley.

Just one glance was enough to make Han Dong's back soaked with cold sweat.

Its level of danger is no less than that of the Highest Difficulty [General's Mansion] in the outer zone...

Without knowing the characteristics and weaknesses of the ghost stories, being caught could be life-threatening.

"Abel, well done."

When Abel ran at high speed on all fours, the shaking was extremely strong and sometimes he would make a super fast change of direction... In order to avoid falling, Han Dong could only use his G-arm to tightly wrap around Abel's waist and abdomen.

With Abel's help.

Han Dong was then able to focus all his attention on searching for the specific location of the "store".

However, the giant head crawled at an unimaginable speed, closing the distance every second.

If the store's location cannot be determined in time, it is very likely that they will be caught up.

With less than 200 meters to go before reaching the "shop" marked on the map, Han Dong began a meticulous search of the storefronts on the first floor.

Not found.

Then continue scanning the entire building at the corresponding coordinates.

Still no results found.

"Have you found it?" Abel asked anxiously from beneath him.

"No... not in the shops on the first floor, nor in the entire building."

Abel's eyes flashed with a fierce light. "This thing is so fast. If we keep running like this, we'll be caught sooner or later... and it'll just attract more strange tales... or should we find a dark corner and fight this head to the death?"

"We can't fight. Even if we win, we'll pay a terrible price... The huge commotion caused by the battle will inevitably lead to a lot of strange tales, and we'll still be doomed!"

"Escape is not an option, fighting is not an option either..." Abel gritted his teeth.

"Find the 'shop' and you'll survive. Give me ten more seconds."

"OK..."

Han Dong closed his eyes.

Filter out as much noise as possible.

All I could think about was the "store".

"The shop itself is a ghost story... In the inner area of the park, ghost stories attack each other."

Mr. Aha is a shop owner who hates trouble. To avoid unnecessary trouble, he will definitely open his shop in a 'deeply hidden' place.

It's not something that can be easily discovered.

Overlapping Space?

Or some other method?

If I were the owner, how would I hide the "shop"?

When Han Dong opened his eyes and looked at the area marked on the map again, he no longer just looked at the buildings... but carefully observed the streetlights, trash cans, gloomy alleys, and even the garbage bags carelessly thrown on the roadside.

No detail is overlooked.

"No, there's some detail I haven't noticed..."

Han Dong's eyes swiveled rapidly.

My gaze quickly fell on the drain at the edge of the street...

The 40cm x 20cm drain outlet seemed to blend into the dark street at first glance... But when Han Dong focused all his attention on it, he found that the drain outlet was completely black and could not be seen through.

Even stranger is...

Han Dong looked through the Lesser Demon Eye and found that even the airflow only flowed through the outside of the drain and did not enter it.

Its own strangeness

Han Dong's Intuition

In addition, the coordinates of the "Shop" were perfectly matched with those of the zoomed-in "Shop" on the map.

Han Dong decisively pointed to the drainpipe opening, signaling Abel to follow.

"Here? It's so small... how are we going to get in?"

"There must be a special way to get in... If this is the store entrance, Mr. Aha won't make things difficult for us as long as we get closer."

If the incident had started earlier, Han Dong certainly wouldn't have had such confidence.

But Han Dong's relationship with Mr. Aha has taken a step further... As long as they find the right place, Mr. Aha will definitely take the initiative to let them into the store.

"If it's not the entrance, we'll immediately switch to fighting... there's no other way." Abel was ready to use his Trump Card.

"Um!"

The giant head on the street was about to catch up.

When Abel reached the drain and plunged his wolf claws deep inside... he felt a sensation of penetrating some kind of barrier.

Buzz!

Tinnitus was accompanied by a brief period of loss of consciousness.

When Opening Eye again, I found myself in a relatively tidy general store.

At the same time, Mia and Winry also appeared there.

Feeling the warm light emanating from the store.

The danger has passed.

Currently, Han Dong, who was pressed against Abel's back, was truly feeling the comfortable touch of the soft white fur... Moreover, the two upright white animal ears made him want to rub them.

In the corner.

Mr. Aha, sprawled in the rocking chair, swaying back and forth, seemed to have just woken up from his afternoon nap.

Stretching and yawning incessantly, making strange "ah-ha-ha" sounds.

Mr. Aha said with a dissatisfied look, "Your speed is a little slower than I expected, which won't do... The task I'm about to ask you to do is quite difficult."

"Mr. Aha has quite high standards."

Han Dong gave a wry smile.

Aside from some delays at the public restrooms and the main entrance of the park, our group barely stopped for the rest of the journey, and even ran the last part.

"If you're not capable enough, I wouldn't dare entrust you with important tasks so easily... the risk is too great."

Han Dong did not ask Mr. Aha if he needed any help.

Instead, she suddenly changed the subject and asked:

"I have two questions for you, sir."

About three kilometers away in an abandoned park, there is a public toilet where laughter keeps coming out... It must correspond to a very ominous ghost story, right?

And what is that head in the alleyway that crawls using hundreds of arms for support?

Hearing Han Dong's description, Mr. Aha looked surprised. "Hmm!? You encountered an S-class guy on the road? That's not bad... no wonder it took some time."

"S-rank!?"

"That's right... S-class only exists in the Paradise Inner Layer and there are very few of them."

The A+ level demon sword incident you handled in the outer "Commercial District" hasn't really given you a taste of its true difficulty... and the S level is even more challenging.

"A demon sword?"

Han Dong naturally remembered.

At the hot spring inn, only one problem was actually addressed.

That is the problem of the General's Mansion covered by white mist... In fact, there are three areas of the hot spring hotel that are covered by white mist, one of which is the entrance to the General's Mansion corresponding to the staff dormitory.

Secondly, there's the hotel lobby where the landlady is located.

Thirdly, there are hot spring centers.

Recalling the scene of the landlady waving goodbye to him after he resolved the incident at the General's Mansion, Han Dong felt a chill run down his spine...

"Could you please briefly explain the S-class incident we just encountered, Mr. Aha?"

"Aha... pay me!"