My Iyashikei Game Chapter 139: The Dead on the Phone Lines

Han Fei shut the venom-filled eyes of the guest inside Room 302 and her body disintegrated into paper. As her soul faded away, the system suddenly announced, “Notification for Player 0000! Your employee, Drake Ying has been heavily injured! Please find him soon or the mission will fail!”

‘There’s a time limit to this mission?’ Han Fei initially planned to stay to search for clues in the room but after hearing the notification, he did not dawdle. He picked up the box of razors and turned to the door. There was no one in the corridor. The other tenants appeared to have gotten used to hearing strange voices coming out from Room 302. ‘It’s too unusually quiet.’ After the death of the guest in Room 302, something changed at the hostel.

Out of concern for Drake’s safety, Han Fei hustled down the corridor as he reached into the urn to take out the key to Room 304. The key eased into the keyhole and just as the door opened, the phone inside Room 304 rang. The silvery tingle shattered the hostel’s silence. It echoed throughout the whole building. Han Fei slipped into Room 304 and picked up the phone sitting at the bedside table. Weak breathing came down the line. Several seconds later, two words were heard, “Hurry, leave…” Despite the softness of the voice, Han Fei recognized the caller as Drake, “Where are you now?”

“End this call and leave!” Drake seemed to be struggling with the last bit of his strength. When he gave that directive, the sound of wound tearing also came down the line. Through the call, Han Fei understood there was someone else close to Drake. Said person was probably the one who forced Drake to make this call to Han Fei. Han Fei immediately cut off the call. He studied the red phone line that was embedded into the wall. The line looked like a blood capillary.

‘There has to be a reason why Drake told me to end the call. Probably a conversation with the person on the phone will enable them to put some kind of spell on me.’ Han Fei reacted quickly. The moment he stepped into the hostel, he already suspected

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