A Good Bird Chooses the Tree It Perches In

The tense and exciting first day of competition has come to an end.

Hanjiang City Forensic Medicine College Professional Team: 103 points; Avengers Alliance: 97 points; Tianteng Hospital: 101 points; Lychee and Her Team: 104 points.

Other teams have a maximum score of around 80 points, and only these four teams have achieved a significant lead, creating a four-way battle for supremacy.

Since half of the teams had not yet entered the venue, the competition had to be postponed. This suited Zhang Ze's wishes even better. Since Uncle Xu, representing New Century Amusement Park, fully supported him in organizing the competition, wouldn't it be pointless to only hold it for one day?

Even if he wanted to promote his Haunted House properly, a one-day competition wouldn't be enough, and Lin Xiaomei couldn't write many articles.

Postponed, it must be postponed!

Not only was the match postponed, but Zhang Ze also personally assisted Lin Xiaomei in writing the match report for the first day.

<Riding high on the spring breeze, one can see all the flowers of Chang'an in a single day! The top four teams are leading by a wide margin, but who is the biggest dark horse of the competition?!>

at the same time.

New Century Amusement Park, next to a guesthouse/hotel.

"500 yuan a night? Why don't you just rob someone?"

"Hey girl, the New Century Amusement Park next door is hosting Haunted House Major tournament. I bet you're contestants too, right? If you can afford the Haunted House, you probably don't mind paying a little extra for accommodation, right?"

"Prices go up slightly during competitions, that's normal. Isn't that how it is for things like the NBA, the World Cup, anime conventions, and concerts?"

The proprietress spoke with conviction.

Lychee's forehead showed an angry expression, but she quickly regained her composure and said with a smile, "In that case, book us two twin rooms."

Room booked.

"Ms. Huang, lock the door, and make sure those two teammates don't hear you."

"You're going to attack again? That haggard-looking woman doesn't look appetizing."

"I know, but I can't swallow this! She's so arrogant and domineering, raising prices on me like this! I'm going to kill her!"

It was late at night.

After finishing her business, Lychee returned to her room and wiped the blood off her face in front of the mirror at the sink. Through the mirror, she saw a woman standing behind her who did not look quite like her.

This woman vanished in a flash.

If it were someone else, they might think they were hallucinating.

Lychee felt a slight tremor in her heart, but quickly returned to normal.

This is her pact with the Behind-the-Door Monster.

The Behind-the-Door Monster inside her body has grown increasingly voracious. Ever since she joined the Ghost Story Association last week, perhaps due to the attraction between kindred spirits, she needs to consume more flesh to satisfy her cravings.

Simply luring listeners to a designated location was no longer enough for her.

She asked the other members of the Ghost Story Association for help.

The conditions given to her by Number Ten were...

Do something for the Ghost Story Association.

Come visit New Century Amusement Park.

So she came.

With her was another female member surnamed Huang, whom she referred to as Ms. Huang.

"Lychee, do you think we can succeed?"

"Why not? It's a very simple task. Get the intelligence, leave, it's that simple. It's not even as dangerous as some of the dangers I've experienced." Lychee looked at Ms. Huang.

Ms. Huang is a veteran member of the Ghost Story Association.

Lychee had never heard Ms. Huang tell her ghost stories, but judging from her calm reactions when listening to others tell stories, her background was definitely not simple.

When Ms. Huang suddenly said that, Lychee keenly sensed something was amiss.

"You're number twelve, you joined too late. You have no idea how bad the impact of that incident was."

"You mean, the Devil and Xiong Qing died at the hands of that Haunted House owner?" Lychee remembered this.

Ms. Huang nodded slightly and lay on the bed. Although her eyes were closed, Lychee could feel someone watching her from somewhere, like a chilling gaze fixed on her.

This chilling sense of being watched.

Even the thing inside the Lychee felt uncomfortable.

"That's right, you haven't seen the Devil in action. He used to have twin daughters, who died and transformed into a pair of Red-Clothed, which also drove him mad."

"Besides, Xiong Qing is no pushover either; even I have to put in a lot of effort to deal with him."

"More importantly, the Devil is the number one figure in the Ghost Story Association. He has a lot of resources. As far as I know, he has a severed dead man's finger, a Skin Mask, and Number Ten also gave him a box containing something from Behind the Door."

"With this lineup, even if they can't kill Chen Ge, they'll at least skin him alive, right?"

"As it turned out, we saw him during the day. Chen Ge was perfectly fine, without any signs of injury whatsoever, and even the guy in his shadow... didn't look like he'd had a full meal at all."

Ms. Huang's analysis was very logical and reasonable.

After listening, Lychee felt that the logic was sound, but she didn't understand why Ms. Huang was telling her all this at this critical juncture.

Seeing that Lychee remained silent, Ms. Huang scoffed:

"Sigh, young people, all they have are big breasts and no brains."

"Let me be blunt with you, if the Ghost Story Association is really going to fight Chen Ge to the death, there's no need for them to send us to participate in this pointless competition."

"We're not testing Chen Ge, we're testing Zhang Ze."

Ms. Huang finally made her point clear.

Lychee was shocked to hear this, but couldn't believe it.

After Chen Ge broke into the Third Ward last time, he killed Xiong Qing, Xu Tong, and several others, thus forging a deadly feud with the Ghost Story Association. They also learned that there was a door inside Chen Ge's Haunted House, an open door. In addition, both Chen Ge's Haunted House and their Ghost Story Association are located in the Western Outskirts of Hanjiang City.

With all these factors combined, a life-or-death struggle is inevitable Ghost Story Association and Chen Ge.

Zhang Ze's involvement was purely accidental.

Originally allies, after hearing Ms. Huang's analysis, Lychee realized it made sense.

"If that's the case, the two of us alone can't possibly handle Zhang Ze and Chen Ge. We've been to his Haunted House Haunted House; it's connected to a door, and the ghosts Behind the Door are more numerous than we've ever seen in our entire lives."

"To oppose this kind of person is to commit suicide."

"We've all witnessed Zhang Ze's abilities, and looking at the Ghost Story Association's attitude towards us, don't you think they're treating us like pawns?"

"The Devil and Xiong Qing came to carry out the assassination mission, and they even had a box containing something from the Door-After World to protect them, but the two of us had nothing, yet they still called us here."

They didn't take us seriously at all!

Lychee paused.

"Ms. Huang, I've always considered you a senior. What do you mean by that?"

Such an obvious defection.

If this happened on the peninsula, they'd probably be eating purple eggs by now.

Ms. Huang shook her head.

She knew she couldn't upset Lychee at this critical moment; she had to keep her mental state normal, otherwise, a cornered dog might do anything.

"I'm just reminding you of something."

"The competition isn't over yet. We'll make it to the quarterfinals. Let's control our strength, not aim for the championship, and just stay out of the spotlight."

"We have ample time to analyze Zhang Ze's strength and whether it's worthwhile for us to do certain things."

"After all..."

A good bird chooses its tree to perch on.