"While Rao Rao has the House Owner distracted, let's hurry to the Third Floor and open the other Wooden Door!" Zhi Ge picked up the Axe and headed for the Third Floor just as the House Owner shut the door to Room 2009.
Neither he nor Qian Jin intended to rescue Rao Rao. That did not mean they were abandoning her; they were simply being more rational. A blind rescue attempt would only make her sacrifice meaningless. They were better off using this time to carry out their plan.
Their decisiveness made Gao Ming see them in a new light. There was a reason their three-person team had completed so many tests. The trust and bonds between them ran deeper than he had imagined.
"What do we do with this headless corpse?" Xu Deyi was genuinely terrified and kept well away from it.
"You're a thug, and you're scared of a corpse?"
"Oh, give me a break! What kind of stereotype is that?" Xu Deyi trembled with fear. He did not dare get too close to the corpse, but he did not dare stray too far from Gao Ming, who stood beside it, either.
"The Manor isn't safe. Let's find a way to get the corpse outside." Gao Ming had barely made the suggestion before Qian Jin rejected it.
"No! This corpse is our bargaining chip with the ghost creatures and the House Owner. We can't hand it over to either side!" Zhi Ge swung the Axe. "Jin, take the corpse to the bathroom on the ground floor."
"All right. I'll leave things upstairs to you." Fighting back his nausea, Qian Jin took the corpse from Fool.
"Upstairs! Hurry!" It was clear that Zhi Ge was still deeply worried about Rao Rao. Both his voice and his expression were urgent.