Xu Youqing and Tan Murong faced the same choice.
Should they move or not?
Their "hearts" pounded, and a clear awareness surfaced in their minds-
Time was almost up. Make your choice.
"Five."
"Four."
"Three."
The eerie countdown appeared deep within them both. What was going on?
So it really was asking me to choose whether to move...
But wasn't it obvious which of those two options to pick?
Moving wouldn't let me escape anyway. Staying still would at least let me pretend to be an object. Maybe I could fool the ghost.
There was no need to choose at all... unless there was another hidden mechanic they hadn't noticed.
Right... it couldn't possibly offer such an obvious choice.
Even an idiot would know that "staying still" was better.
Could staying still be a trap?
While the two struggled with their dilemma, Qin Manjiang, projected into the pouring rain, also "saw" the entire scene through the windows on each floor.
"Ugh... what a disgusting tongue."
Though he had no body, Qin Manjiang still felt a chill of revulsion.
If that tongue wrapped around him, he would probably go to the Restroom and shower a dozen times.
But... why weren't either of these ghosts doing anything?
[Older Sister] had wrapped her tongue around "Xu Youqing."
[Yang Liuye] had placed "Tan Murong" in her palm.
Both ghosts stared fixedly at them, yet neither made a move.
Could this be... where the choice came in?
The sight answered the biggest question in Qin Manjiang's mind.
Right... this wasn't a game of hide-and-seek at all. It was a multiple-choice question!
With almost the entire villa in his field of vision, Qin Manjiang had watched the ghosts' whole search. He noticed that their movements were far too unusual. They hadn't "searched" at all-they had