Underworld PlayerChapter 90 - "Young Girl's Sparkle"

As he read what was recorded in the diary, Bai Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly.

What he had been able to make out was not a detailed account by any means, but with the scraps of information he gleaned from each entry, Bai Zhi was able to hazard a guess at the events that had transpired at the orphanage—the truth had something to do with the "Bai Zhi" of this world, and possibly even certain secrets that the orphanage was hiding.

The diary entries continued.

Compared to the entries in the middle part of the diary, those that followed got increasingly less legible, and Bai Zhi found himself working harder and harder to decipher their contents.

[ 3rd November, Sunny ]

[ Finally, some good weather. Kids looking more energetic, too. Coincidentally, I haven't noticed a single strange thing on this fine, sunny day... Was it all in my imagination? ]

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[ 4th November, Sunny ]

[ It's all gone to hell! Weird things have started happening again. All night, I kept feeling like there was a big hand under the bed, scrabbling about... It's just a story told to scare kids, right? ]

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[ 6th November, Sunny ]

[ ...something's wrong. Woke up to find half a shoe missing (as if bitten off!). Who could have done such a thing? ]

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[ 8th November, Sunny ]

[ That handsome man is back, but he got into another, even more heated argument with the Director. No idea what it was about, but the Director looked black as thunder all evening. ]

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[ 11th November, Sunny ]

[ Another weird thing happened! I must be going crazy... So done with this place. I'm going to leave as soon as I can... ]

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[ 13th November, Sunny ]

[ ...terrible secret behind this orphanage. Have to make preparations before I leave. Absolutely *have to get out of here... but I can't be seen. ]

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[ 15th November, Sunny ]

[ No!! Nobody can leave this place! NOBODY!! ]

The writer seemed to be in a frenzied state of mind. Some of the letters had been scratched in so forcefully that the pen had broken through the page.

Bai Zhi frowned and peeled back a few

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