Song Qingzhang had thought the tentacle's twitch just now was because Li Xian had lost his balance, so he continued asking:
"Is it stuck to your shoulder?"
Li Xian nodded and began lying without batting an eye. "Probably. I tried, but I couldn't really get it off."
As he spoke, he reached up and tugged at Ji Xie a couple of times to demonstrate that he was telling the truth.
With a player having already been "killed by a toy," everyone had become wary of such things. So when Li Xian roughly yanked at the tentacle on his shoulder, the other two watched with trepidation.
Jiang Qiuyue stopped him. "Better not touch it. What if it's dangerous?"
Song Qingzhang suggested, "Why don't you try changing your clothes?"
"No need. I'll leave it like this for now."
Li Xian scanned their surroundings. Since they weren't planning to investigate the Toy Factory or the school today, they could only spend their remaining time trying to get more clues from the townspeople.
The three were just about to set off when they suddenly heard a sharp crash nearby.
The buzz-cut man had found a rock somewhere and smashed the window of someone's house!
"That's way too reckless..."
Song Qingzhang frowned in disapproval. Sure enough, shortly after the buzz-cut man shattered the glass, the homeowner pushed open her front door at the noise and appeared before them.
She was a white-haired old woman with a gaunt face. Even with a walking stick, she was unsteady on her feet.
The moment the homeowner appeared, everyone understood why the buzz-cut man had dared to smash her window.
A pair of oval reading glasses sat on the old woman's deeply wrinkled face. After stepping out of the house, she stiffly turned her neck, squinting as she searched