Player of the Uncanny
Chapter 213

The eerie phone call

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A man and a doll slipped quietly into the Main Building, surrounded by six ward buildings, beneath the deathly pale moonlight.

Qin Manjiang was on high alert. If he had any other choice, he would never have come here alone.

So far, the Ghost Story called [Ping'an Hospital] really was very different. The pressure it put on Qin Manjiang far exceeded even [Yellow Springs Opera].

Come to think of it, perhaps this was the oppressive atmosphere an Ultimate Game was supposed to have. In the end, [Yellow Springs Opera] had only become an Ultimate Game because a bug had made it impossible to clear.

But this place... was practically a separate world of its own.

Qin Manjiang pushed the door open a crack and slipped onto the first floor.

He was extremely careful. For now, he could not tell whether the patients or Nurse Liu were ghosts. Or perhaps both sides were ghosts.

But even if they were all ghosts, even if this was an Ultimate Game, they could not kill at will. Some condition had to be met, or a Player had to violate some taboo that meant certain death.

At least for now, Qin Manjiang could confirm that the medical record was a necessary condition.

The woman named Li had filled her mouth with manipulative words, but if all she had said was merely meant to confuse him, Qin Manjiang felt that was rather excessive.

Perhaps Li's words really had been hinting at something.

Come to think of it, how did Li know what I was looking for? I don't even know myself...

With one hand against the wall, Qin Manjiang began creeping farther inside.

Please don't let me run into Nurse Liu...

He muttered inwardly.

The Main Building was one story taller than the other ward buildings,

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