the lights, and even the people in the neighboring building
didn't come down to take a look.
Times sure had changed.
I shook my head.
Now wasn't the time to think about that.
I lowered my head and studied the footprints, committing their size and shape to memory before heading upstairs.
As soon as I stepped into the lobby, the male cashier hurried over in a panic.
"Um... the security team is on its way."
"Okay. Let's go upstairs and see what's going on."
"What!? Y-you... you want to see what?!"
"Obviously, the body. What else would there be to see?"
"Waaah, I'm not going!"
The male cashier shook his head as soon as he heard I wanted to see the body. He mumbled something incoherent that even I couldn't make out. After babbling for a while,
he turned and ran.
"With guts like that, he'd just get eaten out there."
I headed upstairs. I lived on the third floor, and by then plenty of people on the second floor had woken up. After all, they were just one floor below, so the footsteps and shouts from upstairs had been perfectly clear.
Ignoring the wary, bewildered people peering at me through their door cracks, I went up to the third floor and returned to the room where I was staying.
By then, a few people had gathered outside the room next to mine.
They were probably here to gawk.
With that thought, I walked over.
"Excuse me, coming through."
As I spoke, I had Tuanzi cover my hand, then pushed my way through the crowd.
I had Tuanzi do that because I was worried that the female hormones on my body might come into contact with these people.
If it was just an object, it wouldn't be so bad. But