The Old Schemer, Li Dan's Death

Paranormal Activity, First Night

10:00 p.m. So far, everything was peaceful.

That was Li Dan's summary of the day. Oh, right—the reality show was also incredibly stupid in his opinion, yet Miga and Kati watched it with great interest.

Since the night was still long, Li Dan took his laptop out of his storage space. This time, he didn't browse any horror forums.

Instead, he unusually opened an anime site, intending to find some Japanese light novels to read.

After all, they claimed that over in Sakura Country, there were three things people never criticized.

Li Dan wanted to see it for himself. After searching for quite a while, he found an anime called Sky of Fate that looked like a pure romance story.

Curious, he clicked on it and began watching.

12:00 a.m. The anime was indeed pure romance, but it was also utterly mind-blowing.

Li Dan shut his laptop. There was nothing particularly special about the time; it was simply that the carefree Miga and Kati had already fallen asleep.

Demons usually didn't give up easily once they had their sights set on someone.

Li Dan had already learned that from Annabelle. He felt that the room shouldn't have been this quiet.

There should have at least been some movement.

But now, even Ghost Lake was as calm as ever, without a single ripple.

2:00 a.m. It was already deep into the night.

The floor and ceiling had both become covered in a layer of water.

Li Dan surveyed his surroundings. The only places anything could approach them from were the stairway and the basement.

The basement had been separated from Ghost Lake by an empty gap.

That was where the other demon was.

2:05 a.m. That familiar chill returned, incredibly close, as if it were right