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Chapter 285 Overflowing with Flirtatious Charm
The man's fleeing voice was frantic and urgent; he quickly disappeared from the bushes where Nine Lives was hiding.

Immediately afterwards, the things behind caught up.

Despite having come into close contact with such things in dungeons many times before, Nine Lives still couldn't get used to it.

A cold, evil aura slowly approached.

There is no sound.

But Nine Lives, with his head buried in the ground, felt an unparalleled sense of fear, as if a venomous gaze was fixed upon him.

He controlled his slightly trembling body, trying his best not to shake too much.

Fortunately, the terrifying presence did not linger for long; the chilling feeling disappeared in a short while.

It followed its prey away.

Nine Lives, hidden in the bushes, breathed a slight sigh of relief. It seemed to have skipped over this place entirely; its luck was truly good.

Although he was inwardly marveling at his good fortune, he did not make any rash moves. Instead, he lay in the bushes for a while longer, without even raising his head.

After a long while, once he was sure that the thing had completely left, Jiuming looked up slightly and around. Seeing that there wasn't a single ghost in sight, he quickly climbed out of the bushes.

"Damn it," he muttered under his breath, brushing the dirt off his clothes, "I'm the hunter here, it's beneath me to hide like this..."

Since there are ghosts in this instance that chase players, why make players play hide-and-seek with each other?
Why not just make the ghost the hunter and let it chase the player?
There is no time to explore this issue now.

He quickly stepped out of the bushes and onto the steps leading to the building entrance.

"That ghost could come back at any moment, I have to hurry... the things on the rooftop..."

Nine Lives muttered to himself softly, then subconsciously looked up again.

A deathly pale face came into view.

Gu Mian swore he was just casually peeking out from the rooftop, but the player downstairs suddenly started jumping around like he'd seen a ghost, even more energetically than the most active toad he'd ever seen.

Of course, after realizing that the pale face belonged to the player who was a doctor, Nine Lives, who was jumping around like a toad, calmed down and even wanted to kill the doctor who had unexpectedly poked his pale face out from the rooftop.

Having calmed down, Nine Lives had already run to the rooftop.

Gu Mian had been waiting here.

He witnessed firsthand how this seemingly immature long-haired boy dog-paddled his way into the bushes next to the teaching building, causing a whole patch of bushes to shake.

After emerging from the hole, he was startled by the sight of his own head sticking out.

Gu Mian thought he would come up in a huff and have a good talk, but this player, who didn't look very mature, didn't confront her. Instead, he just gave her a resentful look.

Unidentified cloth objects were still floating on the railing; Nine Lives had noticed these things when he was at the bottom of the building.

"I was wondering if you'd been on the rooftop for a long time?" Jiu Ming asked Gu Mian while looking at the rooftop railing.

He didn't know when the doctor-looking player had arrived on the rooftop; it seemed he had come up before him? So when the falling sound was heard, the doctor must have been on the rooftop and might have witnessed a "murder"!
Perhaps he knows some useful clues!

Hearing this, Gu Mian stroked her chin: "It wasn't long, it was about the time you went into the bushes to get up here."

"what?"

Nine Lives wondered if he had misheard: "When did you get up here?"

If the doctor happened to be on the rooftop when he went into the bushes, it means that he was still going up the stairs in the building when the alien was chasing him!

Although the strange spirit wasn't chasing him, it brazenly went up the stairs while chasing someone else...

What kind of person can be so open and honest in a building infested with supernatural beings?

Gu Mian continued, "Just now, when I was on the first floor, I heard what sounded like another player being chased, so I took the opportunity..."

Taking advantage of the situation? Jiu Ming felt that this word was not quite appropriate, but upon closer inspection, it seemed that no other word was more suitable for the current context than "taking advantage of the situation".

This doctor seems to have some issues with his thought process; it's best to avoid contact with him.

As Jiuming pondered this, he glanced at the strip-shaped object hanging on the railing.

This is an extremely thin garment. Because it is so thin, when it hangs down, it hangs down in a single strip, like a tattered rag.

Seeing that Jiu Ming took a few steps forward, seemingly wanting to examine the clothes.

Gu Mian suddenly stopped him: "I've already looked at these clothes once."

As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper: "There's only one pocket, and this is inside."

Nine Lives curiously took the paper, only to find that it was actually a supermarket receipt.

It was very dark when he brought the receipt closer to his hand before he could see the small print.

Cafe de Coral Supermarket Receipt

[Bile Cucumber Potato Chips *3]

[Yuanleyuan Milk Ice Cream *1]

【Kangshi Mineral Water *1】

[LeWang Rice Vinegar *3]

that's it.

"This is..." Nine Lives frowned, "Is this to lead us to the Cafe de Coral supermarket?"

Then find the items listed on the receipt?
But what does this have to do with hide-and-seek? This instance is truly a mystery.

Out of caution, Nine Lives quickly searched all the clothes hanging on the rooftop railing, but still found nothing.

He looked at the receipt in his hand with some disappointment.

Is this the only clue?
Finding such a designated supermarket in a small city is not easy, and there's no guarantee that there won't be other supermarkets with the same name. It's really difficult, extremely difficult.

Gu Mian also looked at the receipt in Jiu Ming's hand: "Don't be discouraged. The theme of the hide-and-seek game is 'finding.' The current clues are also for us to find. In short, the main idea remains the same. You can put the same effort you put into finding the supermarket as you put into finding other players."

Of course, a tank is more conspicuous than a baby carriage.

Nine Lives looked up in surprise.

He noticed that the player, whose profession was doctor, seemed to naturally assume the role of a caring older brother.

As a doctor whose physical condition isn't great, this player seems unusually relaxed.

Nine Lives paused for a moment, then said, "I thought that as a doctor you would be very cautious and try to be protected by other players, but I was wrong."

Instead of seeking protection, they brazenly went up to the rooftop of a building believed to be haunted.

"However, as a player who focuses on developing professional skills, your physical abilities are definitely not as good as other players, so it's best to stick with others... Even if other players can't help much, they can still help you escape..."

At this moment, Gu Mian saw Jiu Ming in front of her flick her ponytail in a very flirtatious manner: "Would you like to be dragged away by me to run away?"

The author always writes about ghosts, forgetting to change it to supernatural beings. Please let me know if you see this…

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