Wooden Box

Ah-yeon reached through her pants and touched the snowflake, which was still freezing cold. A sense of security rose within her.

Looking at the terrified team members and the weakened Charlotte, she said, "We can get out!"

"But this place has already been sealed off by a horde of ghosts."

"If we want to get out, we have to find the box—and the corpse inside it!"

"From now on, you have to move together with me. Don't get separated."

"I'll definitely get you out of here!"

Hearing this, Je-yoon, Ji-hyun, and the other two hurriedly nodded. At last, they had some hope.

"Ah-yeon, what kind of box are we looking for?" Ji-hyun asked.

Everyone, herself included, had been curious why Ah-yeon seemed to know something from the moment they entered the hospital, constantly shouting about finding a "box."

But at the moment, it had become their only chance of survival.

If they had acted on their own, just being strung up earlier would have been enough to wipe them all out.

In other words, if Ah-yeon had truly wanted to kill them, she would not have needed to save them. Not to mention the hair that had just dealt with an evil ghost.

"We're going to the laboratory on the second floor."

Ah-yeon named the location precisely and led the four of them there.

In the dark corridor, the yellow-clothed doll that had fallen to the ground earlier had vanished.

Yet at the edge of the light, black shadows seemed to always be creeping about furtively, constantly probing.

They also seemed somewhat afraid of Ah-yeon's hair.

As they went down the stairs, the decrepit staircase seemed to have grown much longer. As they advanced, they could hear footsteps moving through the darkness ahead.

It was as though they were being