[Older Sister], was this [Older Sister]?
Amid the torrential rain, Shen Hai mingled with the rainwater, "lying" on the lawn in the back courtyard.
A tall, thin female apparition stood beneath the eaves of the back courtyard, slowly moving her head.
What Shen Hai had never expected was that, despite how well he had hidden, this ghost had come straight to the back courtyard as soon as the countdown ended and the lights came on.
It had taken no detours whatsoever. It had come straight to the back courtyard!
Why was this happening?
Shen Hai "looked up" at the Vengeful Ghost, carefully studying "her" face.
Compared to [Mother] from the first round, [Older Sister] had a fairly normal face, except that her nose was abnormally large... large enough to be horrifying.
Could it be...
The smell?
Shen Hai began to understand.
It could come straight to the back courtyard either because it saw me come here to hide, or... because it smelled something.
Probably not my scent, but... the smell of blood.
Damn...
Shen Hai had figured out the key, but there was nothing he could do.
He had had far too little time to hide. There had been no time to employ any further strategies.
Compared to other objects, blood did indeed have a distinct extra smell-the reek of blood.
But the rainwater had already diluted some of it. Could it still smell it?
No... it should only know that I'm somewhere nearby, without being able to pinpoint my exact location.
Shen Hai soon relaxed.
[Older Sister] simply stood there without moving. "She" was still trying to distinguish it. There was clearly a bloody smell in the back courtyard, but it drifted about elusively. Where... was it?
*Stop pestering me... you have no chance. You'd have to separate the