Hardline

In the end, Gao Lou got up and left his seat to go talk to the copy by the door.

He didn't know the "copy" was no longer in its original spot, so he'd come back empty-handed. Before leaving, he shot Yu Shiqi a fierce, undisguised glare.

The male candidate curled into a ball. Although he knew this was a place full of ghosts and monsters, he was still human, and he'd always depended blindly on the people in his team.

Even though he knew deep down that there was no trust in a team like this, and whether you met good people or bad people came down to luck.

Still, seeing a teammate stab another teammate's hand with a dinner knife without even blinking had sent a chill through him.

So Yu Shiqi had risen to the top of his list of people not to mess with.

The other two at the table were getting along much better.

Yu Shiqi had no intention of getting up to explore. Ever since he'd received the task belonging to a ghost, he'd known it didn't matter whether he explored or not. Even if he took the humans' side, he wouldn't be able to help much.

And since Yu Xing had told him to sit here and eat and drink, he'd just do that.

He could leave everything to Yu Xing—

With most of his memories intact, he had absolute confidence that Yu Xing could handle everything.

The one who struck him as a little odd was the assassin.

"Assassin" was merely a relatively convenient way to refer to him. His actual designation was Assassin No. 17. From the name alone, it was obvious he was a combat-oriented deducer specialized in fighting one-on-one.

Moreover, this kind of title usually meant someone specialized in