Ji Li silently picked up the Cigarette Case from the table. Slowly, he pulled out a cigarette and placed it between his lips. After hesitating for a moment, he lit it.
Watching the flickering flame on the lighter, he brought the slip of paper smeared with salad dressing closer. Only after the fire had devoured the writing did he toss it into the ashtray.
He took a deep drag, leaned back on the sofa, and watched the burning paper twist in the ashtray as he sank into prolonged thought.
The situation was becoming increasingly complicated. He had begun to sense the traces of the "search" Gao Bo had mentioned, except it seemed he was being pushed into it against his will.
What he had not expected was that before Ji Li had made any decision, Mei Sheng had already pushed him into the first step of this search.
There had once been a Twisted Shadow Ghost in Room 412. It had clung to the mirror and granted Ji Li the Mirror Vengeful Ghost's ability during the mission, an ability he had used to visit many people.
He had yet to obtain definite answers regarding Hou Guisheng and Wei Guang, but the two key pieces of information Gao Bo had raised—"four stages" and "midnight"—had surfaced.
And now, Mei Sheng had also given instructions for people to act at "midnight." Was that a coincidence?
No...
The Mirror Vengeful Ghost's ability, which lasted for one hour, gave Ji Li access to any room with a mirror, but the three people mentioned above were not the only ones he had visited.
He had gone through every room with a mirror in the entire Rose Hotel, from the first floor to the fourth.
His purpose had been to find Mei Sheng, the "hidden piece" he