Chapter 635 - Hide-and-Seek (2/2)

Seeing the man’s appearance, the drunkard thought about retreating. However, other than fear, he could not shake the sense of familiarity. He was sure that he knew this person from somewhere.

“Who are you?” His brain was blank, and the drunkard could not really explain this question that slipped from his lips. His hand that gripped the cleaver was shaking.

“The road ahead splits—one for the living, the other for the dead.” The strange man slowly raised his head, and underneath his messy head of hair was a face similar to that of the drunkard. The pupils filled with fear, and hatred popped outward. With the broken spine supporting his body, he lunged toward the drunkard. His lips tore open, and a shrill voice different form the drunkard’s escaped from his throat. “I am you! You who have died a horrible death!”

When he saw that the monster looked like him, the last mental defense in the drunkard’s mind collapsed. Without any fight left in him, he held the cleaver, turned, and ran. This time, he wasn’t even paying attention to his direction. His every nerve was fraying, and he barely registered the legs that were carrying him forward. He had no idea where his destination was because he did not know where was safe. All he could do was run.

Pain coursed through his body, and his lungs felt like they were burning up. The world in his eyes faded away as the air was sucked out of his throat.

“I can’t run anymore…”

This was a world made from despair. The only choice for the living was to enter the building of their choice and opt for their preferred way to die.

“No one will be able to survive here. Everyone will die…” His consciousness falling, the drunkard used his last breath to run into the closest building. The main color scheme was white. This appeared to be the only private hospital in Li Wan City. It was not big, just a small three-story building.

…

“Daddy…”

“Shut the f*ck up.” The middle-aged was catching his breath. He hid inside the safety corridor and kept turning to look behind him. Several minutes later, when he could not hear the footsteps anymore, he leaned against the wall and slowly slid down to the ground. “I’ve seen uncooperative passengers being sent into a door inside the ghost apartment; the world behind the door is similar to this place, suffused with blood fog. This is not a place meant for the living; this is all that man’s fault! If there’s a chance, I’ll definitely repay this favor!”

The more he thought about it, the more angered he became, and that only got worse after he saw the woman and the boy cowering next to him. Without warning, he kicked the woman roughly on her leg. “Ever since I married you, I’ve never enjoyed a good day in my life! This is all your fault, you f*cking mute!”

The woman groaned incomprehensibly. She seemed to be deathly afraid of the man. Covering her legs, she moved backward and still made sure to shield the boy from his father’s vengeance.

“Daddy…”

“Stop calling me, you little f*cker! You’re sounding more and more like my debt collector!” The middle-aged man looked around and his face was drawn. “We were much too focused on running to notice we’ve ended up inside the hospital. This place is definitely cursed somehow. After that monster leaves, we’ll need to get away from this place.”

“Daddy…” Even though he had just been scolded, the boy kept calling his father. Finally, the middle-aged man noticed something was wrong. If this was normal, the boy would have apologized or gone quiet once his fire started to burn. The boy would never go against him.

“What‽”

“Earlier, there was a little big brother who stuck some paper on your back.” The boy pointed on the man’s back.

“On my back‽” The middle-aged man shivered involuntarily. He reached behind him and pulled off a patient’s record.

The record showed that the patient had died, but on the back of the paper, someone had written in uneven handwriting ‘It’s your turn to come and find me.’