From a certain perspective, this Judgment Ghost was truly unique. It could even be called interesting.
Whether it was the six employees from Branch No. 5 at the beginning, or the struggles of Li Guanqi, Yao Li, and Tong Guan now.
Through one peril after another, one unpredictable turn after another... the ghost had never once shown itself.
It was as though this ghost's true form was not the usual kind of Killer Ghost, but the very game that judged life and death.
The ghost was abstract, overarching—a game, not merely a ghost.
By borrowing a single use of the White Candle, Tong Guan had seen straight through to this ghost's true form and unearthed the game's greatest secret.
Discovering the truth had been extraordinarily difficult, yet now that he knew some of what lay behind it, working backward made it sound remarkably simple.
The Judgment Ghost's true form was the game that judged life and death. Before the game began, the ghost had set about finding a "catalyst" to start it.
Initially, Branch No. 5 had six people in total—Wang Xian, Ming Qi, He Qing, Zhai Ziyu, Meng Jiping, and Mo Jialin.
Thus, the first step in the ghost's plan was to assign roles to these six people in advance.
As it happened, Chang Nian of the Seventh Branch had acted without authorization at the time. Like a pebble falling into a lake and stirring up countless waves, her actions had caused a "dispute" among the six people from Branch No. 5.
This dispute over "who would bear the greatest risk and lead the group into the Clock Shop" had given the Judgment Ghost an opportunity to assess them.
Wang Xian and Ming Qi were the most direct fuse. The former was willing to sacrifice himself, while the latter