Half a month passed in a flash, and the New Year was almost here.
Qin Manjiang deftly cleaned a fish. During this time, no one and no faction had come looking for trouble with him. Even Fu City's [Eye Realm] had shown no response.
Yan Xiao had called for a chat once during that time, and Shen Hai and Yu Ruoli had also contacted him.
Shen Hai's call had been rather interesting.
"Your impostor is strange. He seems to be looking for someone."
"Looking for someone?"
"Yeah. Didn't I tell you? Some of the players in Fu City's Eye Realm aren't from our era."
"When did you ever tell me that?!" A whole heap of question marks rose 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 this time. Their images were blurred, and I couldn'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 that, Qin Manjiang muttered, "Weirdo," and hung up.
Afterward, he checked the news from Moon City.
There seemed to have been frequent indiscriminate murders lately, but he knew the reason.
Still, he and his sister were quite safe for now.
He had finally enjoyed a stretch of peaceful leisure.
His sister's boss really was a decent person. Not only did she provide room and board, but she paid them wages too, and the daily workload wasn't heavy.
But her background was certainly