Half a month passed in the blink of an eye. The New Year was almost here.
Qin Manjiang deftly cleaned a fish. During this time, no one and no faction had come to make trouble for him. Even Fu City's [Eye Realm] had shown no reaction.
Yan Xiao had called once to chat, and Shen Hai and Yu Ruoli had also contacted him.
Of those calls, Shen Hai's had been rather interesting.
"Your impostor is strange. He seems to be looking for someone."
"Looking for someone?"
"Yeah. Didn't I tell you? Among the Players in Fu City Eye Realm, there are people who aren't from our time."
"When did you ever tell me that?!" A pile of question marks sprang up in Qin Manjiang's mind.
"Then I'll tell you now. My Permanent Item is called [Faded Memories]. It lets me look through scenes from the current Ghost Story's past. I sensed two people who aren't from the present time. Their figures are blurry, and I can't make out their faces, but I'm certain they're current Players in Fu City's [Eye Realm]."
"You mean that [Qin Manjiang] is looking for those two?"
"Almost certainly."
"Hmm... I'll leave the investigation to you."
"By the way, what about your Permanent Item?"
"I left it in Sick Village. But... I don't need it anymore."
"..."
After they finished talking, Qin Manjiang muttered, "Weirdo," and hung up.
After that, he paid some attention to the news in Moon City.
There seemed to be frequent cases of indiscriminate murder lately, but he knew the reason.
Still, he and his sister were quite safe for now.
He had finally enjoyed a peaceful stretch of leisure.
His sister's boss really was a decent person. Not only did she provide room and board, but she also paid them, and