"Come and get me!"
Li Xijiu's full-throated shout kicked things off.
Qin Manjiang had only just hidden against the restroom wall when he saw Li Xijiu charge out, looking ready to face death. Immediately afterward came the sound of something scraping rapidly against the wall.
It was the three-meter-tall monster. He really had followed them.
"Ah!!!"
Li Xijiu screamed as he ran. The anguish and terror in his cries were almost palpable.
Although the scene looked a little funny, their lives were at stake. Li Xijiu turned and ducked into an empty screening room.
As soon as Qin Manjiang heard the terrifying scraping pass the restroom door, he rushed out and sprinted toward the stairs!
Faster...
I have to hurry. Once Li Xijiu runs out of strength, he'll die.
Though the kid had tremendous stamina, his pursuer clearly wasn't a normal human and couldn't be judged by ordinary standards.
The faster, the better!
At that thought, Qin Manjiang picked up speed.
But just as Qin Manjiang reached the stairwell and was about to head down to the first floor, a small, charred head slowly emerged on the stairs.
Someone's coming up?!
No... it isn't human!
The completely charred corpse of a child was climbing the stairs. First came its entire head, then its neck, its little blue outfit, and its exposed limbs, burned to charcoal...
It simply stood silently at the top of the stairs, its eye sockets pitch-black, watching Qin Manjiang without a sound.
There are two ghosts?
He had already taken it for granted that the three-meter-tall man was a ghost too.
Looks like... I oversimplified things.
Without a moment's hesitation, Qin Manjiang turned and ran.
It seemed the first floor really did hold the key to solving this Ghost Story and letting them escape this Game. Otherwise,