Underworld Player Chapter 26 - Late Night Kitty

Lightning shattered the sky and painted the world in glaring white. Endless waves of thunder rumbled and roared as the rain crashed like waters escaping a broken dam.

It was a dark and stormy night.

"I think... uh, we'd better not throw the baby out with the bathwater—well, fire, in this case?" The petite Late Night Kitty raised her hand and spoke in a small voice. "We don't really know enough to say anything for sure—what if the fire triggers some kind of death flag...?"

Unlike her three companions, the girl known as Late Night Kitty clearly felt an instinctive fear of the dark.

Bai Zhi shrugged. "Sure... the fuel was originally a last resort anyway. But if we get into a real pinch, we just gotta EXPLOSION—fire should count as magical damage to those creeps—and we'll take out any of them that are still in hiding..."

He reached for a flashlight. "So, we stick to the plan and start searching the house. There's three floors to cover, so for safety, we should all stay on the first floor for now. Thank goodness for these flashlights... What do you all think?"

"No objections." Temperance shook her head and claimed her own flashlight.

"We have eight places to cover on this floor—a main bedroom, guest bedroom, two bathrooms, living room, kitchen, a storeroom, and the stairwell. We can take two each, and if anyone finds anything, just shout for the rest. Okay?

"Shou—shouldn't we pair up?" said Kitty. Looking around furtively at the surrounding darkness that threatened to swallow them whole, she recalled every classic horror movie she'd ever watched and hugged herself, quivering. "Isn't that how it usually goes in horror movies? Working alone doesn't end well and, and the house isn't really that big..."

"I must agree with Late Night Kitty!" Mustachio looked slightly worked up as he said this, presumably because his authority had just been thoroughly undermined. "Since there are four of us, we can have two teams, one guy and one girl to a team."

"Yeah sure, whatever." said Bai Zhi dismissively as he hauled the gaso

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