Player of the Uncanny
Chapter 727

The uncanny came knocking (second of three updates)

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"S-someone outside is calling my name..."

Liu Jingqing felt as though ants were crawling all over her skin, filling her with discomfort. Trembling, she said to Xia Nan, "Mr. Xia Nan, what should I do now?"

She already counted as a veteran player, but in this situation, she still lost her composure and had absolutely no idea how to handle it.

She could hardly be blamed. In the middle of the night, someone had suddenly started calling her name outside, and she could be certain that the voice belonged to a ghost.

What could she do when she knew full well that a ghost was calling her name outside her window?

Caught in the situation, confused and frightened, her only thought now was to ask the "bystander," Xia Nan, for his opinion.

Although Xia Nan was a newcomer, he thought quickly and offered a suggestion almost immediately. "Miss Liu, don't respond. Listen carefully. Can you tell whose voice it is?"

Although Xia Nan couldn't possibly see her, Liu Jingqing still nodded instinctively. Fighting back her fear, she listened carefully to the voice...

"Liu Jingqing..."

"Liu Jingqing!"

"Liu Jingqing!"

The voice seemed to grow increasingly urgent, as though it had something important to tell her.

But even more eerily, this time, she gradually... recognized whose voice it was.

Isn't that my own voice?

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Liu Jingqing's forehead. She was horrified.

"It's me... the person calling me outside the window is me!" Liu Jingqing's voice trembled with tears. "Mr. Xia Nan, can that ghost disguise itself as us?"

"I don't know. I haven't seen it either, but..." Xia Nan drew a deep breath. "Remember our discussion at the bar? Physical ghosts can't appear in this Ghost Story, because there are no restrictions on space or time. If

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