The Person Who Fills the Gaps

"A complete reversal! All our previous assumptions are turned upside down!"

Ji Li and the woman, who had fully revealed her ghostly form, gazed at each other across a glass window.

He could even read a hint of mockery in the female ghost's hateful, resentful pupils!

"We were wrong from the very beginning!

This female ghost is the owner of Room 701!"

As the Second Personality spoke, its voice trembled. It had never expected such a shocking turn of events!

"The error of premature judgment!

Everyone assumed that peeping was a perverted act by a man towards a woman, but in this mission, it was the exact opposite!

The owner of Room 701 was a perverted woman, whose diary was filled with twisted love for the single man in Room 702!

The toiletries in the bathroom and the men's clothing in the closet must have been stolen from the Raincoat Man's room by her!

The diary mentioned that the teddy bear on the door of Room 702 and the pattern on the phone case belonged to a pair – that's the ironclad proof!

The Raincoat Man was stabbed, bled, and fled. He had the key to Room 702 but couldn't enter Room 701...

That's because he was a living, breathing person!

We were all deceived by the murder scene, believing the victim was the owner of Room 702 and the killer was the ghost of Room 701!

But in reality, everything we saw was not a reenactment created by a ghost!"

The Third Personality explained the general outline of the situation in the wind, its voice growing louder as it spoke!

"The female ghost cannot be killed.

That's why the Raincoat Man, the true victim, had to repeatedly try to kill her to end their terrifying entanglement!

This is the truth of this mission!"

Ji Li didn't need the Third Personality to elaborate. After seeing the phone case and the female ghost's true appearance, he had already figured everything out.

He took a deep breath, cast a long look at the female ghost still lying motionless on the bed, and slowly retracted his body from the windowsill of Room 701!

When Ji Li returned, he saw Yu Guo and Fang Shenyan guarding the opening, while Cao Yuan leaned against the bed, clutching his chest, his face extremely pale.

"Ji... Brother Ji... Save me..."

Seeing Ji Li's return, the fading hope in Cao Yuan's eyes reignited. He stretched out his arm, calling Ji Li's name.

Begging for rescue...

But Ji Li ignored him completely, instead walking directly towards Fang Shenyan, who was responsible for all of this!

"What happened after I left?"

Yu Guo pursed his lips, glanced at Fang Shenyan, and seeing he had no intention of speaking, proceeded to tell Ji Li everything that had transpired between the three of them.

The moonlight streamed into the master bedroom of Room 701, and the shadows of Ji Li, Fang Shenyan, and Yu Guo converged, as if moving towards some kind of overlap.

Only Cao Yuan's curled-up figure was reflected on the ground, a corner of his shadow falling under Ji Li's feet.

"That's how it happened." Yu Guo's mouth was dry, and he felt like having a drink, but then decided against it.

"The Raincoat Man definitely isn't a ghost; his behavior was undeniably that of a living person!"

Ji Li nodded upon hearing this, then sat down cross-legged and recounted everything he had seen in Room 702.

Upon hearing about the extreme reversal, Yu Guo jumped up from his spot.

"Holy crap! This ghost was hiding that deeply!"

Fang Shenyan was somewhat startled. In fact, if he hadn't boldly provoked the Raincoat Man earlier, such a subversive truth would never have been revealed!

It could be said that no one among them could have predicted things would reach this point.

Ji Li's gaze was deep, as if blending into the surrounding environment.

"What can be confirmed now is that the Raincoat Man is a genuine living person.

He tried to kill the female ghost because his mind had been tormented to the brink of collapse by her!

So, with the progress made so far, the path to survival seems to be almost within reach..."

Ji Li let out a long sigh. The Raincoat Man's identity was very peculiar.

Before the female ghost's death, he was her most "favored" target, and even after her death, she continued to torment him endlessly.

The most crucial point was, why could the Raincoat Man directly confront the ghost, even attempt to kill her, and yet remain alive?

Yu Guo began pacing again, his mind racing.

Aside from Cao Yuan, the remaining three were all intelligent individuals. Now gathered together, they immediately understood.

The key to survival definitely lay in the Raincoat Man's uniqueness!

"Why... did the Raincoat Man know there was a ghost in Room 702, yet keep returning to Room 702?"

Fang Shenyan, who had been silent for a while, posed a question.

Ji Li looked up at him, a question that had been bothering him.

Normally, knowing there was a ghost in the house that was harassing him, why would he keep returning to Room 702?

After learning the truth, Ji Li had actually discussed it with his Third Personality for a long time.

He found that even though most of the mysteries had been solved, there were still many things that couldn't be explained.

The Raincoat Man's strange behavior was one;

Another was the sixth staff member who had never appeared. Ji Li had always believed that this living person, hidden until the final stage, would be the key to unlocking all the answers.

But until now, he still had no clue.

Ji Li slowly stood up from the ground and turned to look at the starry sky.

"Constraint..."

Suddenly, a word leaped into his mind and began to swirl in his thoughts!

"We were forced to come to Room 701 to carry out a mission, and had to stay here waiting to be hunted by the ghosts.

This Raincoat Man, returning to Room 702 again and again, having to face the Female Ghost's harassment, isn't it a similar situation?!"

The idea that emerged was full of leaps, but a connection could be found within it!

Had the sixth person, who had never appeared, already shown up!

Thinking of the Raincoat Man, who was a living person, and the only other living person he had seen tonight!

The sixth staff member, the inexplicably constrained Raincoat Man, waiting at the mission location!

Ji Li suddenly gathered the jumbled clues in his mind, forming a comprehensive overview!

"But... one point doesn't make sense.

The email clearly stated that the mission location was Room 701.

If the Raincoat Man is the new staff member, then his waiting location has already exceeded the mission scope..."

A moment later, Ji Li gasped, as if he had suddenly thought of a possibility!

In Room 701, only the gasps of a few surviving people could be heard.

The true nature of the ghosts had been exposed, and now everyone could become a target.

The way to survive was right before them, just a sliver away.

But this last veil of mystery was enough to cause a catastrophe!

And at this moment, Ji Li suddenly turned his head and looked at Cao Yuan, who was leaning against the edge of the bed, barely clinging to life!

He walked over quickly, his steps unusually firm and confident.

As their eyes met, Ji Li's gaze flickered with a deep light. He looked at Cao Yuan's face, a mixture of pain and pleading.

He said, word by word, "Do you want to live?!"