The two of them passed through room after room, where the Hanged One could appear at any moment, and finally made it back to their own room.
Yi Chen was leaning against the windowsill, smoking a cigarette he had somehow obtained. He had already retrieved his original physical body from the Dead Sea and manifested it in tangible form, no longer merely a concept of the dead as before.
The smoke he inhaled was filtered through his purple lungs before being exhaled, while he sensed everything happening around him.
To Liu Xinzhi, being unable to see him for several hours felt like being separated from him for years. Tears instantly welled in her eyes as she pounced toward Yi Chen on the windowsill, shouting as she went:
"Yi!"
This time, something was strange. Yi Chen did not stop her, allowing her to crash into his arms.
Mu, by comparison, was much more normal. She merely stood at the door with her umbrella raised and asked about the thing she most wanted to know:
"Mr. Yi, were you the one who killed all those women who returned to their rooms outside?"
"Yes." Yi Chen admitted it directly.
"You killed so many contestants without making a sound. You're even more capable than I imagined.
"And I can tell that these victims were special. I noticed them when we boarded the ship and at the banquet. Every one of them had dirty hands or was downright vicious.
"So Mr. Yi wasn't killing indiscriminately after all. It was more like 'justice being carried out'... Just how many people have you killed before?"
A strange look of admiration suddenly appeared in Mu's eyes.
When Yi Chen did not answer, Mu asked again, "Why did you suddenly start killing people? Or had you already decided to