My Iyashikei Game Chapter 164: Third Night

Blood slid down the gaps in the wall, the smell lingered in the air and the corridors were eerily quiet. Han Fei did not know what happened at the hostel after he got offline but things felt extremely ominous. Afraid of staying at a place for too long, Han Fei found his way down the stairs carefully. When he reached the landing between the 2nd and 3rd floor, an indiscernible sound came from the 4th floor. It sounded like flesh splatting against the floor. The sticky and wet sound repeated uncomfortably down the steps.

The smell of blood in the air thickened. Han Fei closed his mouth and nose. He moved faster but when he reached the second floor and glanced down the steps, his body froze. There was someone standing in the landing between the 1st and 2nd floor.

He stood right there in the staircase, facing away from Han Fei. His body was strangely contorted. ‘Something doesn't feel right.’ Walking alone inside a creepy building was already scary enough but the scarier thing was to run into a stranger during your exploration. Instead of approaching the man, Han Fei silently retreated.

‘There are staircases on both sides of the corridors, there is no reason for me to accost him. My most immediate concern is Zhang Guanxing’s safety.’ That was Han Fei’s plan but when he turned his face to look down the 2nd floor corridor, there was also a person standing in the middle of it.

Similarly, this man stood facing away from Han Fei and did not budge. ‘The fuck?!’ Focusing his eyes on the man’s back, Han Fei slowly noticed a problem. Even though the man had not conspicuously moved, somehow he had gotten closer to Han Fei!

‘Is this the same man as the one inside the staircase? He’s very different from the other ghosts I’ve met in this hostel.’ Han Fei was a peaceful person, he’d rarely go on the offensive especially when his own safety could not be guaranteed. Han Fei moved his eyes slowly back towards the staircase.

The man who previously occupied the space in the staircase had disappeared. But when Han Fei turned his head back,

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