Afterward, Little Gui enjoyed another surge in followers, savoring the thrill of becoming nouveau riche in an instant.
But she soon came down from that heady feeling and began looking for new suspicious incidents.
She still had to do the work assigned by the Ten-Lords Commission, and she needed to manage this account properly, too.
Although she had gained plenty of followers in an instant thanks to Jiang Yu and Bailu, Little Gui knew very well that perhaps not even a tenth of them had come for her.
She still had to try to make some good content to keep those followers around.
After all, she couldn't shamelessly keep begging Little Fish and Bailu to film videos for her, could she?
Now, about the new post Little Gui had noticed: its poster went by the username Raw Inside, Cooked Outside.
This person said that a strange woman calling herself Chess Demon had recently appeared in Exalting Sanctum and set up a stall, inviting others to play chess against her.
Anyone who won could take a large sum of Strales from her.
But the eerie part was that everyone who lost to Chess Demon would stand off to the side like puppets that had lost their souls.
The Ghost-Hunting Squad gathered in Fyxestroll Garden again to listen to Little Gui explain the strange business surrounding Chess Demon.
"Ooh... whoever loses the game loses their soul. This is a-a... shadow duel!" Little Gui said.
Sushang rolled her eyes beside her. "And here I thought you were going to say something else... what do you all think?"
"Very mysterious." Huohuo's assessment was short and to the point.
Guinaifen immediately chimed in with the same remark.
"I... I mean, this should be a Heliobus's doing," Huohuo added.
"It could also be street performance art,"