Chapter 394 (1/2)

Chapter 394: Spirits

One year ago, a

Tokyo, japan

Late night

Matsuo's eyelids fluttered open

He wanted very o back to sleep, but his bladder could not be put on hold s to the floor

As he got to his feet, he heard muffled, rapid footsteps from outside the room

His eyes snapped wide open in alarm He reached for the baseball bat that he kept by his bedside

The bat was a staple in his room Matsuo worked in a casino, so he had his share of unfortunate encounters with vengeful gamblers

It served as a precaution for times like this

He lived alone in the apartiveaway that there was an intruder He was not sure if it was a galar, but he had to deal with it either way

Matsuo tightened his grip on the baseball bat He felt a lot less vulnerable with it in his hand He tiptoed across the rooainst the door

He listened

The patter of footsteps would crescendo, then grow dull, before beco laps in his living room, which was odd

Who would break into his house for a little indoor jogging?

He was pulled out of his thoughts when the footsteps came to an abrupt stop

The entire apartulped His throat was dry

He was on edge The air was thick with tension The person outside had stoppedand he did not knohy

He took a few deep breaths

He intended to open the door just a little He just needed a s

Matsuo put his hand on the doorknob and turned

He did so soundlessly

He did a quick scan of the dark living rooh the living rooh the gap, staring right at hihtened shout and sla onto the baseball bat, but his hands were shaking so violently that he was about to drop it

He just witnessed a real-life jump scare and it terrified him, but he recovered quickly He was part of the Yakuza after all He had balls of steel

”Ahole! I' the door open and charging into the living rooht whoever was there, but what he saw caused the bat to slip froround

There was a youngwarm-up exercises in sportswear

Matsuo knew this man He knew that he had lost quite a bit of money in the casino, which hy he threw hi on?”

The darkness was spreading and it was frightening

You could alin to race

As the footsteps grew closer, the roo sinister in the air

Zhao Xue could feel countless eyes fixed on herself and her friends

Then, the whispers began The first feere difficult to detect, but the voices got louder and louder, talking rapidly at the same time and over each other

Black Panther strained his ears toHe gulped

Every hair on Zhao Xue's skin was standing on its end Her diligent training had strengthened her in every way She did not only grow physically stronger, her intuition was much more refined as well

This hy she could sense the evil that was lurking in the darkness It felt al across her skin, ready to make a deep cut whenever it wanted to

Soon, the entire office had becoht was froht It does not feel right at all,” Xiao Yu said

Her expression was severe

”I can feel i”