Inside the hall.
When Ren Ye and the others all looked toward the cabinet, Xiao Yuan suddenly pulled back the right hand he had reached inside and immediately stepped aside. "Holy shit, scared the hell out of me. I thought it was a person."
Once Xiao Yuan moved aside, everyone could see the entire interior. A bloodstained blue-and-white shirt hung from the wooden rack inside, looking very much like some sort of customs uniform.
But while everyone looked at the shirt, Xiao Yuan stood sideways to them and subtly shoved his right hand into his pocket, seemingly hiding something.
He might have thought the movement was well concealed, but little did he know that not a single person present was easy to fool. Almost everyone noticed his little gesture, though nobody said anything.
"Hey, Xiao Yuan, everyone's waiting for you," Tan Pang called on everyone's behalf.
"This place is full of bloody stuff. It's so creepy." Xiao Yuan pushed the cabinet shut and walked over, nodding and bowing. "My name's Xiao Yuan. Please look after me over these eight days."
Brother Hong, lean and wiry with graying hair, said expressionlessly, "Cooperation depends on sincerity. Nobody's obligated to look after anyone else."
The remark was clearly a pointed reminder, but Xiao Yuan seemed not to catch it. He simply plopped down and replied with a toothy grin, "In this SSS+ Star Gate, we'll all be in the same boat, living and dying together for eight days. Of course we should look after each other. Go solo and you'll die horribly. Anyway, I'm probably the youngest here, so I'll listen to everyone. Just give me a shout if you need anything. Don't stand on ceremony! It's fate that brought us together...!"
Brother Hong gave him an indifferent glance and said nothing.
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