Lu Mi's nerves instantly tightened-that was exactly what the disfigured, decapitated boy in the school building had asked.
"And then?"
Zhong Zixian thought for a moment.
"Xiao Hu felt really strange then, like his soul had left his body. He stood there without moving... After a while, the ghost took the fruit knife from its own head and stabbed it into his."
"Like his soul had left his body..." Lu Mi looked at the corpse again-Roman was already carrying him out. "Judging by the whites of his eyes, he was probably pulled into a separate space-time too, but answered the question wrong."
"A separate space-time?"
Lu Mi told him about encountering the decapitated boy in the school building, then said, "That question keeps coming up. It must be important."
He decided to ask the female players tomorrow whether they had encountered anything similar, and confirm whether the correct answer was always "I can see you."
After disposing of the body, Roman returned to find the two of them talking. He sat down beside Lu Mi and took the opportunity to ask:
"Are we really going on another patrol like the gatekeeper told us to?"
Lu Mi shifted inward to make room for him. "Yes. But we need a backup plan."
Seeing that they were discussing something more important, Zhong Zixian said nothing and rolled over to sleep.
Lu Mi lowered his voice to explain. "The gatekeeper clearly knew I could summon flames, but he only told us about the records room after I threatened him."
"Doesn't that seem a little deliberate? Like he was intentionally steering us there. On the surface, we successfully threatened him, but in reality, he was the one who got what he wanted."
"We'd better visit the records room beforehand, and be careful during the patrol