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Chapter 5 Misaki Maeda
Thanks to the "next time for sure" buff, Ji Yi could no longer find the location of Misaki's limbs.

Fortunately, he was not in a life-or-death situation.

Finding all the bodies doesn't necessarily require him to do it all by himself.

As long as teammates help.
Ji Yi could only place her hopes on her teammates whom she had never met.

The phone booth in front of you can not only answer Misaki's calls, but also make calls to your teammates.

The prerequisite is that teammates have electronic radios on them or around them; otherwise, they cannot answer the call.

Besides the deceased Hao Youqian, three other teammates were available for dialing.

They are Zhuge Light Bulb, Tang Gourd, and Schrödinger's Cat.

The button for Chicken Leg Immortal is grayed out.

"Try them one by one."

First, call Zhuge Dengpao.

The receiver kept ringing, and after five minutes, there was still no response.

"He's a cautious type."

After all, no one knows whether the person on the other end of the phone is a human or a ghost.

Then call Tang Hulu.

The response was quick this time; the other party answered instantly!
Then a voice came:

"Ouch! Don't run, it'll be ready soon!"

Ji Yi frowned. Tang Hulu seemed to have answered the call unintentionally, and she didn't know what he was busy with.

"Hello? Can you hear me? I need your help with a quest, it's an emergency!"

"Don't bother me!"

Beep. Beep beep beep.
The other party hung up the phone.

"In this materialistic world, people are simply too heartless."

Ji Yi had no choice but to place her hopes on the last person.

Dial the phone, Schrödinger's cat.

The bell rings.

Ji Yi was not disappointed; after thirty seconds, the call connected.

"Hello? Don't hang up yet, I'm a player, please help me!"

"which one?"

A reply came from the other end, and it turned out to be a woman with a sweet voice.

"The lowest level one, please help me out, pro!"

"Oh, it's Kiba."

"Ji Yi".

"I know, I can read."

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The sound of papers being constantly being flipped came from the other end:
"Just say what you have to say, I'm a bit busy right now. I'm not sure if I can help you or not, since the difficulty increased dramatically after you joined the dungeon midway, and I'm having a hard time keeping up."

Joining midway?
Ji Yi recalled the anomaly that occurred when she entered the instance.

It turned out to be the case.

Without time to think further, Ji Yi briefly explained the whole story.

Since he was asking for help, he didn't hide the effects of the skill, especially since it wasn't some secret, top-secret technique to begin with.

"Understood. Gather the limbs and torso, summon the Dark Archmage, and leave it to me."

"..." Ji Yi wasn't in the mood for a joke. "How do you know it's limbs and torso? What if it's torn to pieces?"

A voice reading aloud came from the other end:

"In 1997, I learned something wrong; another disappearance occurred at my school."

"Her name is Maeda Misaki. She is a very cute girl. So, even though she is not in my class, I have a deep impression of her. She often walks home alone, and because it is on my way, I sometimes secretly walk her home for safety reasons."

“It’s heartbreaking that such a lovely girl has gone missing. I knew there were so many cases of young girls going missing recently, so why didn’t I protect her? I heard that before she disappeared, her last known location was in a phone booth, where she made a five-minute distress call. She must have been desperate.” “In 1998, I was suffering from depression and needed to take medication every day. The events of that year are still vivid in my mind and I can’t forget them.”

"But thankfully, Misaki stayed home with me the whole time."

wow-

The sound of papers being torn apart came from the other end of the phone.

"On December 3, 1998 (Heisei 10), the police in ▇▇ City finally solved the serial disappearance case of young girls. The perpetrator was Shigeru Sato, a teacher at ▇▇ Elementary School."

The sound from the other end of the receiver was automatically muted in a few places, but it did not affect the understanding of the content.

"He suffers from severe mental illness, which makes it impossible for him to give a normal statement, but it can be preliminarily inferred that most of the victims were murdered by Shigeru Sato, dismembered, and buried on the school playground."

"But there was one exception: a girl named Misaki Maeda. Her torso and a right arm were found in Shigeru Sato's home. Misaki Maeda's remains had long since decomposed, and the rest of her limbs are still missing."

After hearing the story, the background of the phone booth ghost tale came to light.

But is this the truth?

Ji Yi vaguely felt that something was off about this matter.

"The preceding text comes from Sato Shigeru's handwritten notes, and the following text is from news reports in the island nation's ▇▇ city media. I am currently conducting investigations at ▇▇ Elementary School, and that's when I found out about Misaki."

"Wait a minute, what did you say, some city, some elementary school?"

"What happened to Elementary School in [City Name]?"

"It's alright, you can continue."

"Based on my deduction, in this ghost story timeline, Misaki's torso and right limb should still be at Sato Shigeru's house. I have found his home address and plan to go and take a look. As for the undiscovered limbs, there should be clues there as well."

"Thank you for your help. You're a reliable boss."

"I won't help you for nothing; you have to do something for me too."

The woman's sweet and calm voice was very pleasant to hear.

"Okay, of course, go ahead."

"When I first entered the instance, I was respawned under a blacked-out street lamp."

"Huh?" Ji Yi was taken aback.

This is really unlucky; it's even worse than my own luck.

"and then?"

"The Dark Ghost is hiding under the dark streetlights. It's a prankster and a ghost story. It took my shadow, and I need your help to get it back. Of course, it would be best if you could solve the Dark Ghost story, as this might be related to the game's completion conditions."

"shadow?"

"Yes, it's the shadow you're thinking of. Some of the effects players experience in game instances can be projected into the real world, so even if I clear the game and go back, I might lose my shadow forever. And I feel it's not just a simple shadow, it's like a part of my soul has disappeared, which is very uncomfortable."

"Then why didn't you deal with the Dark Demon directly back then, and instead went to the school?"

“It was afraid of me and ran away after taking my shadow. Because the shadow is a part of me, it can track my movements, and as long as it deliberately hides, it is difficult for me to catch it.”

Does the Dark Demon fear her?
A woman who can instill fear in ghost stories—this woman is probably a true big shot.

"Understood, I'll try my best."

"Well, don't die."

Beep. Beep beep
The other party hung up the phone very decisively.

Put the receiver back.

Ji Yi looked at the few broken streetlights outside the phone booth.

"Hiss, I have no clue."

Based on the information currently available, let's make a bold analysis.

In the world of Japanese ghost stories, the Dark Demon is considered one of the weaker ones.

Otherwise, it has no reason to fear a player, unless Schrödinger's cat is really strong.

There are also some details that support this judgment.

For example, the Dark Ghost cannot turn off two streetlights on opposite sides at the same time. For example, the appearance of a telephone booth can suppress the Dark Ghost and make the streetlights that were originally off turn on again.
"I think I have an idea."

(End of this chapter)