After leaving the room, Jiang Qiao entered several rooms next door and found a few backup copies of Notes.
Only after burning them all to ashes did he return to the corridor.
Since he already knew from Notes that any path would eventually lead to the end of the corridor, he stopped lingering and quickly ran deeper inside.
He did not know whether the Fish Tank had played a role.
Or perhaps the Butcher truly had not come for him. After leaving the room, Jiang Qiao did not see it anywhere.
The strange darkness that had shrouded the passage had also vanished.
At the same time, however,
he discovered that every room along both sides of the corridor had its door wide open, leaving narrow cracks.
There were no living people or Evil Spirits inside.
They were empty.
But that did not mean they were safe.
On the contrary, any unusual change in the corridor meant danger was approaching.
The reason he had not encountered anything yet
was either that the danger was still brewing, or that it was lurking nearby and waiting for a chance, or... the danger had already followed him without his knowledge, and he simply had not realized it.
That was the most terrifying possibility.
Before a Supernatural Attack began, everything would remain calm, as if it were the stillness before a storm.
"Not many supernatural entities can hide from me."
"But it cannot be ruled out that certain special Vicious Ghosts could temporarily deceive my senses with the Inn's help."
"Dual Pupils are powerful, but they are only Fourth Order, after all."
"I can't afford to let my guard down."
Jiang Qiao remained vigilant, but it did not affect his movements. He continued running without pause.
"003, 003... 003..."
The identical rooms, the crossroads spaced