Truly Baffling (4000)

Faint mist began to drift through the abandoned town at an unknown hour, and dark shadows flickered amidst the eerie buildings on both sides.

The temperature dropped once more. Faint sounds of women and children could be heard at the edge of one's hearing, but whenever the Female Assistant tried to listen closely, she found the surroundings plunged into a deathly silence; all she could hear was the sound of her own heartbeat.

"Teacher, you aren't joking with me, are you?" The scene was dimly lit, and with the addition of the thin mist, the Female Assistant hadn't seen the handprint on Wei Jinyuan's neck. "Could it be something the Haunted House Actor did? When Wei Jinyuan stuck his head into the window earlier, did the staff member take the opportunity to smear some kind of special dye on his neck? We've seen similar dyes abroad; they're very faint at first, but as soon as a person sweats and they get slightly damp, the color intensifies."

"I can't figure it out either. I just feel like the haunted houses in this country are different from the ones abroad. When I visited haunted houses overseas, I never felt this kind of panic." Kurosaki Orochi clutched his chest. "This place doesn't have any gore or dismembered limbs, yet walking through it, there's an inexplicable sense of oppression, as if at this very moment, countless eyes are staring right at us."

"Regardless, I don't believe in this 'someone riding on your neck' business, but it does make for excellent material. You could draw it into your work." The Female Assistant felt that Kurosaki Orochi was likely under too much pressure lately, and being an artist, he was prone to such terrifying associations.

Mentioning his manga made Kurosaki Orochi's eyes brighten significantly. "True or