That ethereal, sinister aura and the rhythmic footsteps in the silence both felt familiar.
My nerves tightened at once. First I was confused, then hesitant and wary.
A long shadow stretched out from around the corner. The tall, slender figure was elongated by the moonlight, like a monster in the dark.
I couldn't see who cast the shadow. I only saw it stretch farther and farther, then turn its head.
As though someone were standing around the corner, looking right at me.
"Ye Qing?" I called out hesitantly.
I wasn't very far from Workers and Peasants Sixth Village. It wouldn't be strange if Ye Qing had come this way.
Still, I couldn't figure out why he'd come out, or what he'd done to scare that man in the suit so badly.
The figure didn't move. Its shadow lay slanted across the ground, its face turned toward me so I could make out its features.
"Ye Qing?" I called again, this time taking a step back as I spoke.
Every hair on my body stood on end. I was so tense I could hardly stand it, much like when I'd been playing the game earlier.
It didn't feel as though I were facing Ye Qing. It felt as though I were facing a beast ready to devour me.
Tap, tap.
The shadow shifted. Its body turned until it faced me directly.
I grew even more tense, clenching my fists, ready to run at any moment.
We stayed like that for a long time. Thin clouds drifted across the sky and covered the moon. The shadow merged with the darkness on the ground and gradually disappeared.
I almost turned and ran.
If I lost even that little bit of a reference point, how could I tell where he was or what he