Black-Clad Old Acquaintance

At 8 PM on October 26, 2015, Ji Li was startled awake from a light doze by an email notification.

He had, in a sense, been waiting for this mission for several hours.

As the phone screen lit up, the dim light shone glaringly on Ji Li's pale face, revealing the surprise in his eyes.

"It's actually protecting someone..."

Ji Li put down his phone, the mission details already etched in his mind. He lit a cigarette and began to ponder.

"Bogou Building. There shouldn't be any ghosts."

The Third Personality's voice echoed, as if it had some knowledge of the building.

Ji Li nodded, listening quietly.

"It's a commercial building, with a mixed crowd.

From what I know, there are over twenty small companies alone.

The number of employees is definitely over three hundred!

Perhaps because there are too many people during the day, it's easier for us to enter at night. The hotel has already calculated that there are still 43 people remaining there now."

The Second Personality asked suspiciously, "How do you know that?"

"I treated one of the executives there once."

Ji Li waved his hand, no longer listening to their idle chatter. He grabbed the backpack that had been prepared on the chair and strode out of the room.

As he exited the room, he saw, at the far end of the third floor, a figure standing in the darkness, just like him, smoking a cigarette.

If it weren't for the flickering light in the darkness, the man seemed to have completely blended into his surroundings.

Ji Li watched quietly until the man quickly walked towards him.

In fact, Ji Li had never had a good impression of Tong Guan.

It wasn't Tong Guan's fault; he felt they wouldn't become companions.

Tong Guan looked at him, sizing him up, and then said in a low voice:

"I sense a death aura on you, but it's not from the inside out.

You've killed people. You've killed many people..."

Ji Li's gaze flickered. Thinking he was referring to the mission, he casually asked, "Your eyes are very accurate."

"You remind me of an old friend. Have you ever been to Huhai City, 77 Tulip Street, in the past?"

Tong Guan's tone became unfathomable. His firm profile revealed no discernible emotion.

But Ji Li had a premonition that what he said about his old friend was not that simple.

Ji Li finally looked up at him, but did not answer his question, only responding coldly:

"No wonder you've been staring at me since the moment you entered the hotel.

Many things are unresolved and unanswered now. The priority is to stay alive."

After saying this, Ji Li turned and left.

From the moment Tong Guan entered the hotel, he had been observing Ji Li repeatedly, including their recent conversation.

Ji Li could never figure out Tong Guan's intentions or his purpose.

This feeling of being out of control was like a fishbone stuck in his throat.

Tong Guan threw his cigarette butt on the ground and stomped it out, his gaze fixed on Ji Li's retreating back. In the interplay of light and shadow, his expression was somewhat dazed.

"Is it him?"

Chang Nian arrived beside Tong Guan at some unknown time. Her tone was gentle, unlike her fiery demeanor from a few hours ago.

Tong Guan's pupils showed pain, and the palm holding Chang Nian's was slick with sweat.

"I don't know.

When I was seven, my parents were taken away by four Black Robed Figures before my eyes. I only remember the vague figure of the man leading them; I can't recognize him anymore.

But I vividly remember that dark, long hair and those cold eyes.

Ji Li's eyes are so, so similar to that person's, but...

Twenty years have passed. To find the truth about my parents' murder, I came to Shanming City and became the manager of the Tianhai Hotel.

I thought I was close, especially when I saw Ji Li!

But there are too many doubts!"

Tong Guan's shoulders trembled. His entire life had been ruined by those four Black Robed Figures, and he had never been able to find the real culprit.

Until he came here and saw Ji Li, his heart had trembled!

Those eyes, that look of disregard for everything, were almost identical to the leader's!

This was why he had openly shown his hostility.

"But Ji Li's age doesn't match at all, and the clues we found went cold after the cemetery..." Chang Nian felt a pang in her heart as she looked at Tong Guan's pained expression.

Tong Guan let out a long sigh, his body relaxing.

"The moment we found that cemetery, we were brought into the hotel.

This means there must be some connection between Tianhai, my parents, the Black Robed Figures, and Ji Li.

Let's survive first, get close to Ji Li, and learn everything about him!"

"The mission isn't complicated, but it doesn't reveal much. We'll need to reach Bogou Building to understand the specifics."

In the van, Ji Li held his phone, looking at the mission details, and said to the people inside, "The mission isn't complicated, but it doesn't reveal much. We'll need to reach Bogou Building to understand the specifics."

Yu Guo held a phone in each hand, looking back and forth. He couldn't put down the banned livestream, nor could he ignore the upcoming mission, and he was sweating profusely from anxiety.

Fang Shenyan drove the car, saying as they traveled, "I've checked online, and there are no supernatural events reported at Bogou Building. However, since the hotel mentioned it, it means there must be a ghost there.

Moreover, that ghost will be very fierce. Killing 43 staff members in six hours... I'm very curious about its method of killing."

Ji Li nodded, then turned his head to look at Tong Guan, who was calmly sitting behind him.

"What are your thoughts?"

Li Xing also turned his gaze to Tong Guan. In his opinion, the so-called shopkeeper Ji Li had no intention of promoting him at all. It would be better to follow Tong Guan, who seemed relatively amiable.

Tong Guan thought for a moment and said softly, "A six-hour mission with 43 staff members. Even if we can't protect them, we'll have enough time to figure out a way to survive.

This mission isn't difficult."

Yu Guo chuckled from the side. He was laughing out of exasperation, and everyone could understand the meaning behind his laughter.

Only Ji Li, the person involved Tong Guan, and Chang Nian remained expressionless.

Ji Li was also eager to see what made Tong Guan so arrogant and overconfident.

"We're here!"

The van braked sharply, and Fang Shenyan's cold words came out. Without even looking at the staff behind him, he got out first and stood at the entrance of Bogou Building.

Bogou Building had a total of seventeen floors. From the outside, various billboards covered it, tightly surrounding the entire building.

Even though it was already ten o'clock at night, most of the windows were still lit.

Ji Li tilted his head up, and a drop of cold rain fell precisely on his face.

Gloomy clouds covered the sky, and pulled the six people in front of the building into darkness.

Ji Li reached out his palm to catch the raindrops and said softly, "It's raining. It's time to start the mission."