...An Anomaly like "Today, I'm locking the doors, and no one gets off halfway," perhaps?
He glanced toward the driver. Since it had been confirmed that getting off was impossible, he did not say anything about needing to get off to use the restroom. Finding nothing unusual, Bai Zhi turned around thoughtfully and returned to his seat in the last row.
After sitting back down, he opened his phone and sent a message to the Mysterious Number.
[The doors have been locked. No one is getting off halfway today. Looks like the Old Driver is leading the way—safe and cool.]
After a brief silence, another message came through.
[...I can help you get off this bus alive, but you have to agree to a deal.]
"A deal?"
After thinking for a moment, Bai Zhi turned to look out the window.
If the other party had been able to know in real time that he had boarded this bus, then the being on the other end of those messages should currently be inside this Station. At the same time, it could constantly observe his every move and had inexplicably proposed some so-called deal...
After a brief moment of thought, Bai Zhi quickly identified the being on the other side of the messages. This sort of deduction was what he did best.
"...Fake Campus Belle, the one that used to haunt me but barely appeared after I became a Player? As for the contents of this so-called deal..."
As he thought, Bai Zhi shifted his gaze to the [Shadow Realm Permanent Deed] in his inventory.
After considering it from every angle, the only reason the other party would message him a warning at this moment was probably that Land Deed, which was guaranteed to drop upon death.
[A backroom deal?]
Bai Zhi