The System Prompt's appearance further confirmed Bai Zhi's earlier speculation.
Apart from the main objective of surviving Seven Days, the current System Mandated Quest still had three additional objectives that had yet to be triggered. Bai Zhi had not expected to directly trigger additional objective ③.
...Prevent the birth of a Lord of Anomalies?
Recalling the Little Girl whose face had been covered in smiling-face marks, whom the Shadow Puppet had seen at the cost of its life, Bai Zhi's expression became somewhat strange.
Could that Purple Haired Loli, who used other people's heads as balls, be this world's Quasi-Lord of Anomalies?
The resolution of one Old Mystery often came with the emergence of several new ones.
Hospital, Doctor, nurse, Patient... The truth hidden within this world might be far more complicated than he had imagined.
"Alright, she's already left. We can head out now."
After secretly retrieving the Shadow Puppet's headless corpse, Bai Zhi withdrew his Ghost Domain.
Because the Shadow Puppet's head had been taken away, he would be unable to summon another Shadow Puppet for quite some time... at least until she found herself a new ball.
But as the saying went, every loss had its gain. Due to the connection between him and the Shadow Puppet, so long as its head was not discarded, he would be able to sense her in advance whenever she came near him.
A blessing in disguise.
Once Bai Zhi withdrew the Ghost Domain, everyone soon returned to the lobby.
"...Thank goodness, it's not his head."
After quickly stepping forward to inspect the head that had been casually tossed into the lobby, Brian Yin visibly let out a sigh of relief.
Honestly, while someone with Bai Zhi's strength was unlikely to stumble right out of the gate, he had genuinely worried