[Older Sister], was this [Older Sister]?
Amid the downpour, Shen Hai mingled with the rainwater, "lying" on the lawn in the Back Courtyard.
A tall, slender 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 to the Back Courtyard immediately after the countdown ended and the lights came on.
It had not taken a single detour. 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 with [Mom] from the first round, [Older Sister] had a fairly normal face, except that her nose was abnormally huge... so huge it was horrifying.
Could it be...
The smell?
Shen Hai began to understand.
It could come straight to the Back Courtyard either because it saw me coming 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, nowhere near enough to employ more strategies.
Compared with the other objects, blood did indeed have a distinct extra odor-the smell of blood.
But the rainwater had already diluted some of it. Could it still smell it?
No... it probably only knows I'm around here, but can't pinpoint my exact location.
Shen Hai soon relaxed.
[Older Sister] stood there without moving at all. "She" was still trying to distinguish it. There was clearly a smell of blood in the Back Courtyard, but it kept drifting about. Where... was it?
*Stop pestering me... you have no chance. You'd have to separate the rainwater from the blood to