Whether this ghost was from the East or the West, it had still been scared off by the comprehensive East-meets-West assortment of items in Li Nian's hands.
Lin Yu and Li Nian successfully boarded the elevator as well and pressed the button for the top floor.
The elevator slowly climbed, and a "zzzt" of electrical interference came from the speaker above.
"...elevator... bzz... please look forward to it..."
There had apparently been some sort of promotional announcement, but it was now intermittent and difficult to make out.
At any rate, aside from the announcement, nothing else went wrong.
Sitting in the elevator, Li Nian belatedly spoke up. "Wait a second. Was I a little too extreme just now?"
"If we've chosen [Unraveling the Clues], wouldn't it have been better to spend more time with it and observe its methods of attack?"
Lin Yu did not seem to mind. "Anything that can be scared off by the things you carry probably isn't an important character anyway."
"Besides, to deduce what happened on this ship... we're not exactly missing this one elevator monster."
Li Nian looked at Lin Yu in surprise. "Why are you being so reasonable? I thought you'd use this as an excuse to make a fuss."
"I didn't blame you, and somehow I'm still in the wrong? Is my image that terrible in your eyes?"
Lin Yu spoke helplessly.
Li Nian said solemnly, "Sorry, but I really have always thought you were the kind of person who was extremely self-centered, pathologically controlling, and fond of criticizing others."
Lin Yu was speechless. "We've participated in [Instance]s together before—in [Deadly Q&A], did I really leave you with that impression?"
Li Nian countered, "You were somewhat restrained in that [Instance], but don't you think your habit of taking everything upon yourself was