Ji Yan frowned. "If all the information is inside Miss Luo's head, how do we get it?"
Qian Duoduo twisted his knobbly wooden head. The axle beneath the wood turned with a harsh, rusty creak. After another moment of silence, he asked Ji Yan, "What do you think?"
Ji Yan said, "Your exclusive talent?"
Qian Duoduo smiled. "There's no need to come asking when you already know the answer. No Chess Player would casually reveal information about their 'exclusive talent.'"
"I can only say yes. I won't tell you the specifics."
"Actually, if you hadn't come, I could only have stayed hidden inside this broken puppet, hiding in this room forever."
"But sooner or later, I'd go mad."
"I can't die again. If I reincarnate one more time, even the last trace of my self-awareness will be erased..."
Ji Yan asked doubtfully, "Didn't you say that staying in the room too long would also trigger the Taboo Rules?"
Qian Duoduo said, "This puppet I'm playing is an abandoned eerie entity that was discarded here without being destroyed. It can evade eighty percent of the Taboo Rules."
"As long as I don't leave the room on my own, those inspecting Dream Core Ghouls will avoid my existence."
"But cowering here isn't a long-term solution."
"So I've been waiting for a chance to find Miss Luo's 'respawn point.'"
"With my 'exclusive talent,' I can obtain the information in her head. That should let me find the Initial Player's location and assimilate them."
Ji Yan understood. "You wanted to use me to find her."
Qian Duoduo said, "You were able to trigger an abnormal reaction from Miss Luo in the hall. That means you definitely have a way to find her."
Ji Yan's brows twitched. "You were there at the time?"
Qian Duoduo