The earliest few simulations.
When Jiang Qiao encountered the fully matured Braided Girl in South City District, it was basically GAME OVER!
Back then.
Before the Braided Girl was born.
Something very strange happened in the city. All the supernatural entities, whether Vicious Ghosts or the ghost stories of North City District, actually left en masse, abandoning Bin City.
At the time.
He guessed that perhaps the Braided Girl had grown so powerful that even the ghost stories had to avoid her.
As his strength increased, he truly came to understand how terrifying the ghost stories were, and this guess was naturally proven wrong. Thus, what had actually happened became a mystery.
Of course.
This so-called mystery.
Held no value worth investigating for the Jiang Qiao of later years.
Whether it was the Braided Girl.
Or the ghost stories of Bin City.
They were nothing more than passersby in his life from when he had been weak. Whatever problems, grudges, or tangled relationships had existed between them were completely unworthy of his effort to study.
But now that he thought about it.
These supernatural entities that he could kill by the dozens with a single punch, and that held no value in his eyes whatsoever.
Seemed... not to be as simple as they appeared.
"Right."
"There's also the Paper Figure Maker."
Jiang Qiao recalled that, during the earliest few simulations.
Around the fortieth day.
Not only had the Vicious Ghost and the ghost stories withdrawn from Bin City, but the Paper Figure Maker's avatar also seemed to have run into serious trouble. Something had torn it apart, scattering fragments of it into the sky as Paper Money.
"Good grief."
"So there was a story behind all this."
Jiang Qiao muttered to himself.
He raised a hand and waved it gently.