My Iyashikei Game Chapter 360: Living Undead

“I can help you find your head, I know where it is.” Han Fei voiced his promise again. In the Ziggurat game, the door guardian promised to fulfill any wish Han Fei had as long as Han Fei was willing to help him. The head on the door guardian’s shoulders stopped speaking. Instead the eyes peered right at Han Fei, like they were trying to see through him. “I really can help you.”

“Has my head made the same request of you?” The rotten mouth suddenly asked. Han Fei had no idea what the door guardian meant but he nodded.

“I knew it was looking for me.” The incomplete mouth laughed. “Actually I should thank the person who decapitated me, if not for it, I wouldn’t have been born. I wanted to confirm its location with you not because I want it back but I want you to demolish it.”

“What do you mean?”

“This body has gained an independent consciousness, which is me. I am now the Ziggurat’s door guardian. The head is nothing but a vessel for my past memories.” The door guardian slowly melted into the door of Room 4044. “I do not need you to find my head back for me, I only need you to hide my existence while you bring me to find it.”

“Okay, no problem.” Han Fei promised readily.

“See if you can survive past tonight first. You were targeted by the Soul Chaser so you are one of its chosen.” The head on the door guardian’s shoulders leaned forward. He reached his hands to grab the head.

“Its chosen? I’ve just lost 3 souls, I need to…” It was uncommon for Han Fei to find a ‘person’ he could talk to at the Ziggurat so he didn’t want the door guardian to leave.

“I can’t tell you more, the only thing I can tell you is that tonight both the living and the dead will appear inside this building. The living will remember that they are alive and they will hide at home to sleep; but the dead will forget that they’re dead and they’ll go around acting like everything is normal. If you wish to survive the night, stay closer to the living and avoid the dead.” The door guardian’s body was almost flat against the door of Room 4044. The head on h

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