Inside the train.
Ji Yan looked at the pregnant woman, then at the stillborn fetus tangled in blood between her legs beneath the white dress. Frowning, he said, "It's only the first carriage, and you're going all out already?"
The pregnant woman looked to be around thirty. Her originally haggard, frail body visibly regained color after delivering the stillborn fetus.
She crouched down, took out a pair of scissors, and cut the umbilical cord. The pregnant woman lowered her skirt, looked up, and smiled. "I take every Dungeon and every game very seriously."
"The train rules state that Players can't use any equipment."
"But they never said you couldn't use it before boarding. Putting a 'ghoul fetus' in my stomach beforehand—when a pregnant woman suddenly goes into labor, everyone's suspicion drops to the lowest possible level."
Ji Yan said, "But before boarding, you didn't even know what game you'd be playing."
The pregnant woman tied up her hair. "Who cares what game it is? Planting a ghoul fetus seed in my belly has nothing but benefits."
"It can be a stillborn fetus."
"Or it can be a ghoul fetus that protects its mother."
Ji Yan: "..."
Why did this feel so much like the [Fallen Matriarch]??
Stroking her deflated belly, the pregnant woman put a pill in her mouth and crushed it between her teeth. Her condition quickly improved, and her pale lips curved slightly. "My name is Yuan Shu. What should I call this handsome younger brother?"
Ji Yan did not answer. Instead, he asked, "Going by the turn order, you killed the Player in the first round. You have 100 points now, right?"
One hundred points could be exchanged for a [Minor Arcana].
According to the Dungeon description, each of the four types of Minor Arcana had its