He had almost forgotten...
This ghost story was called [Hide-and-Seek].
And every game of hide-and-seek had a clear starting time.
For example, the ghost might count down a few numbers, or someone might shout, "Ready!" after hiding.
If the First Stage was a psychological battle with the ghost.
And the Second Stage was solving the puzzle that trapped them.
Then the Third Stage was the purest game of hide-and-seek. Yet in this most clearly defined game of hide-and-seek, even though it was the ghost's turn to seek, there was nothing definite that could be considered a "signal" for the game to begin.
Only now did Qin Manjiang realize the hanging bell's true purpose.
It was the signal that started the game!
No wonder the ghost immediately came chasing after them every time it rang, locking onto the player's location.
No wonder the ghost had established the false rule that everyone needed to ring it three times.
Once someone rang the bell, the ghost would go to the game area where the hanging bell stood and face the player in a one-on-one game of hide-and-seek.
That was also why, whenever the bell rang, the ghost immediately dropped whatever it was doing and charged straight toward the hanging bell.
Qin Manjiang also believed that no matter how many separate entities this ghost split into, the one that came each time it heard the bell was definitely the original!
And after ringing the bell, a player would certainly be frightened when they saw the ghost charging toward it. Their first response to fear and terror would be to run.
That meant falling straight into its trap.
The real rule should have been that the player who rang the hanging bell played a game with the ghost. As long as they won, they cleared