In the inn room.
Kinoshita Yoko quickly braided her fluffy curls, then hid them under a baseball cap and changed into a low-key outfit.
Once she was dressed, she found her wallet, took it with her, and left the room with the three high school girls.
Hearing the sliding door, Jiang Xia looked over from afar.
His gaze fell on Kinoshita Yoko's plain athletic outfit, and he smiled. "Looks like you were prepared."
Kinoshita Yoko adjusted her hat and proudly tipped up her chin. "I've actually wanted to come out and look around for ages!"
Just then, a room door around the corner clicked open.
Someone emerged from inside, accompanied by an eerie burst of laughter—the highly distinctive sound from the skeleton Wristwatch the sharp-tongued prop master had bought in the United States, the voice coming from its brain.
Following the sound, they saw the prop master walking out of the guest room at the end of the corridor. He seemed to be in a hurry. As he switched off the alarm clock on his Wristwatch, he rushed toward the stairs, quickly disappearing from their sight.
"Looks like I'm not the only one who wanted to go out." Kinoshita Yoko looked a little surprised. "But Mr. Anxi seemed to be in such a rush. It's already evening—does he have something urgent to do?"
Remembering the secret she and Jiang Xia had seen in the small woods by the Shrine, Mouri Ran's eyelid twitched. She muttered quietly to Jiang Xia, "He isn't going to threaten someone again, is he?"
Jiang Xia sighed. "Let's hope not."
They chatted as they went downstairs. When they left through the main entrance, they saw someone standing stiffly in the shadows outside.
Mouri Ran, who was afraid of Ghosts, jumped in fright. After a moment,