The Face of Possession

This Unit Four, which appeared to be full of life on the surface, had already seen two deaths, yet there was still no movement from the other residents.

Ji Li's eyes remained that same shade of gray; the situation had gradually cooled down.

The Raincoat Man had only taken two minutes to go out to Room 702 before, and now it seemed he had about three minutes left before he needed to return to Room 702.

Ji Li tilted his head back, looking up towards the floors above through the layers of railings. It was completely silent up there.

It seemed that after Cao Yuan's death and the appearance of the sixth person, the ghost's attacks had to come to a temporary halt.

For the staff members, the stone that had been weighing on their hearts for so long had finally been lifted. From any angle, they had found a way to survive.

Next, all they needed to do was stay by the Raincoat Man's side to hold out until dawn!

Yu Guo leaned against the wall, panting heavily, his face uncontrollably excited. He muttered to himself:

"Ghosts are real! After all these years, I've finally found them!"

With things idle, their nerves gradually calmed. Ji Li looked at Yu Guo, who was beaming with excitement.

He always felt that this man, with his simple appearance, had a greater obsession with ghosts than with people.

Normally, to show such emotion after the deaths of Ding Miaoxin and Cao Yuan, he wouldn't be a normal person at the very least.

However, what surprised Ji Li the most was Fang Shenyan.

Ji Li had felt a sense of death the first time he met Fang Shenyan.

This wasn't a lingering scent, but something emanating from him.

It was a profound feeling, a mere intuition that others couldn't perceive, but Ji Li, of all people, understood death the most.

He could sense that Fang Shenyan had definitely experienced death…

Perhaps not death itself, but he must have brushed shoulders with its edge!

That was why he was so indifferent to life!

Regarding Cao Yuan's plan, it seemed to be Ji Li's strategy, but the initial catalyst was Fang Shenyan's severe injury.

The world fell silent, and Fang Shenyan returned to his usual taciturn state, a stark contrast to his previous open discussions during the mission analysis.

Ji Li silently analyzed the two of them thoroughly, finally concluding one thing.

"Anyone who performs exceptionally well and survives a hotel mission is not a normal person!"

"If what you're saying is true, even if I survive tonight, I'll be accompanied by ghosts day and night from now on?"

With no one speaking, the Raincoat Man, the most ordinary of them all, couldn't help but voice his thoughts.

He was arguably the most innocent person in the entire incident, inexplicably targeted by a perverted woman, and still being pestered by her even after she became a female ghost.

This was also the beginning of this mission.

Hearing him speak, Ji Li finally focused his gaze on this "special" man.

Without answering his question, Ji Li simply looked at him quietly.

To be honest, he couldn't see anything particularly captivating about this man.

What made a ghost so "fond" of him, or treat him with such special consideration?

In fact, there was still one lingering doubt that troubled Ji Li.

Ghosts didn't possess the complex emotions of humans.

Why was the Raincoat Man treated differently, and even unable to be harmed…

"Let's go back to Room 702, time is almost up."

Just then, Fang Shenyan glanced at his watch and prompted them.

The Raincoat Man shivered, the previous commotion had almost made him forget about the time limit. Without minding anyone else, he started walking upstairs on his own.

Ji Li frowned as he watched his retreating back.

Fang Shenyan glanced over. "What's wrong?"

Ji Li shook his head and said nothing.

The moment the Raincoat Man prepared to return to Room 702, a sense of foreboding flashed through his mind for no apparent reason…

He couldn't explain why, perhaps it was the unresolved doubt, or perhaps it was his intuition honed by countless missions.

But after a moment of contemplation, he still followed the Raincoat Man's footsteps and began to head upstairs.

"Where do you think that female ghost is now?" Yu Guo chimed in slyly at this moment.

Fang Shenyan glanced at him, pursed his lips, and didn't answer.

Ji Li also remained silent because his right eyelid began to twitch, and the strange sensation grew stronger, causing him some physical discomfort!

The retreating back of the Raincoat Man, just within sight, the figure wrapped in a dark raincoat, became blurry and ethereal in his eyes…

It was as if something was obstructing his view, preventing him from seeing clearly.

Ji Li's heart skipped a beat, and at the same time, the Third Personality's voice, filled with doubt, echoed in his mind.

"This back…"

"Stop! We can't go any further!"

Ji Li's hasty exclamation drew everyone's attention to him.

Fang Shenyan and Yu Guo turned their heads in confusion, only to see Ji Li's pale, paper-like profile covered in a dark gloom!

Following his gaze, the Raincoat Man slowly turned his head, his movements sluggish, as if bound by something.

Without anyone noticing, beads of sweat had appeared all over his face, mixing with blood and giving him a terrifying, ferocious appearance.

And when he finally turned his entire body, Ji Li and the others' eyes widened in horror!

The Raincoat Man's chest, covered by his raincoat, was spewing out a deathly pale human face!

Thick black hair clung tightly to the scalp, and the horribly swollen face was almost bursting through the thin raincoat.

Through the blur, it was roughly discernible that the Raincoat Man's body was tightly wrapped by the limbs of that Ghost!

But the Raincoat Man seemed completely oblivious to this!

If Ji Li hadn't noticed his back was slightly more muscular than before, he wouldn't have realized that he had actually been possessed by a Ghost!

"What... what's wrong?"

The Raincoat Man still hadn't noticed anything amiss.

But at this point, no one could answer his question; no one had even anticipated this sudden turn of events!

Fang Shenyan silently took half a step back and whispered into Ji Li's ear:

"It's bad, we took the wrong path!"

He didn't need to say it. Ji Li and Yu Guo immediately understood the situation the moment they saw the Raincoat Man possessed.

The Raincoat Man would also be attacked by a Ghost!

He wasn't special at all!

Sweat beaded on Yu Guo's forehead. He was stuck, unable to move forward or retreat. The misjudgment of their escape route had caused his brain to freeze, leaving him no choice but to look to Ji Li!

At this moment, although Ji Li's face showed no outward signs of distress, a storm was brewing in his mind!

"Damn it, we always said Ghosts don't have complex emotions!

We were all fooled by everything we saw before. The Raincoat Man's repeated survivals gave us the illusion that he was special!

But we all forgot, he's also a Staff member!

How special can he possibly be!"

The Second Personality was on the verge of madness. Perhaps, in its view, the chance of turning this situation around had dropped to its lowest point