Ji Li lifted his boot and crushed the Porcelain Doll on the water's surface beneath it. The sound of shattering porcelain followed.
In the empty Restroom, amid the silent murmurs of the four ghosts, the exploding shards sounded eerie yet strangely pleasant.
But immediately afterward, the fragments re-formed into Porcelain Dolls. They spread across every place where water had pooled, their childish voices layering together as they began chanting the nursery rhyme once more.
This Porcelain Doll was very powerful.
Although it did not release the terrifying aura that made people tremble like other ghosts did when it turned violent, this unusual method of killing alone was enough to prove how frightening it was.
Its range of control was no longer limited to living people or staff members. It could even toy with four ghosts in the palm of its hand in an instant.
Neither Ji Li nor the Third Personality had noticed how it had appeared in the Restroom.
That was enough to send chills down their spines. If it had truly intended to kill, Ji Li's head and body would likely already have been separated.
Fortunately, its unique killing method involved setting up a match and making the other two sides—humans and ghosts—play an elimination game.
That gave it a rule-based nature, which meant there might be room to manipulate it.
Ji Li understood that the reason he could still move freely was because the current 4v4 match had not yet produced a loser.
Once a loser appeared, an empty seat would open up, and Ji Li would inevitably be placed into it.
He could not simply sit and wait for death. As the suffocating sensation intensified, he drew the Stage Sword and thrust it straight at the stall door.
The Stage Sword had mysterious origins. It was