After taking several deep breaths, Chen Ge splashed cold water on his face. It took a long while for him to calm down.
"It's time to go."
Chen Ge took out the backpack he'd used last time and put Zhang Ya's Love Letter, a power bank, and the Tool Hammer inside. Having learned his lesson, he shoved the Fruit Knife straight into his pants pocket, then tucked the Rag Doll his parents had left him into an inner pocket of his clothes.
It made him look rather lumpy and unattractive, but at least it put his mind at ease.
After getting everything ready, Chen Ge locked the Haunted House's front door and hurried out of Paradise Park.
It was 12:15 a.m. There were very few cars on the road, and it took another ten minutes before he managed to hail a taxi at The Crossroads.
"Take me near West City Private School. I'm in a hurry, so please drive fast."
"Sure, hop in." The driver was a cheerful middle-aged man, and a few years-old DJ hit was playing in the car.
The car pulled away. Sitting in the back, Chen Ge made the most of the time and started searching online for information related to his mission.
As soon as he opened the Favorability Mission, Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Red Shoes appeared. He found the original story online and skimmed through it. The tale gave him the creeps.
It was about a girl who got a beautiful pair of red shoes. She often wore them to church, and perhaps because she'd offended God, she could never take them off again. She had to keep dancing without end. Terrified, helpless, and exhausted, she finally begged a woodcutter to cut off her legs. Then came the most chilling part of