Xu Huo's Hallucination

Xu Huo's Hallucination

By the time dawn arrived, Xu Huo tossed aside his cards, stood up, and stretched. Then he glanced toward the carriages behind them.

Someone went to use the restroom, and when the door opened, Xu Huo saw several headless corpses in a corner near the back of the carriage. Two of them had bite marks of varying severity.

The female player had already gone to open the door at the front.

When there had been a commotion in the carriages ahead last night, some players had run out. To guard against them, the carriage doors had been sealed. Those players were gone now.

There was quite a bit of blood in the corridor, but the door to the carriage ahead was firmly locked. No one came to open it when they rang the bell, and even the windows were covered so thoroughly that no light could get through.

When the female player came back, she shrugged. "It can't be that we're the only ones in these three carriages at the back, can it?"

Clearly, the others also had doubts about the theory they'd come up with yesterday.

"Let's ask the Conductor," said the player with the severed fingers.

The burly player called over the Conductor. While ordering food, he gave him a tip and asked about the situation in the carriages ahead.

This time, however, the Conductor didn't give him an honest answer. Instead, he said, "Conductors have professional ethics. We can't casually disclose information about other players."

The burly player, who had just wasted two thousand White Cash, twitched his lips. He felt around the pocket of his jacket, seemingly unsure whether to offer more.

The Conductor left with a smile.

The others in the carriage didn't stop him or press him for answers.

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