Chapter 1931: Chapter 1095: The "Person" in Carriage No. 5
After finishing, Takagi Reina stopped talking, immediately took action, and turned around to head to carriage No. 6, the last carriage of the train.
Watching Takagi Reina enter carriage No. 6, Yang Xiao also moved, heading toward the adjacent carriage No. 4.
He didn’t open the door and enter immediately, but stood to the side, observing through the glass of the connecting door between the two carriages for a few seconds.
After confirming that Yandeta Chiyoda and that girl were not there, he cautiously opened the door and found an inconspicuous empty seat to sit down.
The seat he chose was strategic, right next to the connecting door of carriages No. 3 and No. 4, at a considerable distance from carriage No. 5.
If someone were now standing inside carriage No. 3 and observing carriage No. 4 through the connecting door, it would be hard for her to spot Yang Xiao; it was a blind spot in the field of view.
Meanwhile, located in carriage No. 6, Takagi Reina moved again. She quickly went to the connecting door of the carriage and observed carriage No. 5 through the glass window on the door.
After confirming Yang Xiao had already left, she changed her position again, moving from the original right corner of carriage No. 6 to a seat on the left side, near the middle, a very conspicuous position.
The reason was simple: she did not trust Yang Xiao, at least not under such circumstances; she did not know anything about Yang Xiao’s background.
The situation tonight could be said to be extremely precarious. There were only three people on the train, meaning one of them was bound to die tonight.
Yandeta Chiyoda was just bad, not stupid. From her setup using Watanabe Gou and the girl, it was clear she was a tough opponent.
Yang Xiao was the same as a team member—no complaints, strict and reliable—but once Yandeta Chiyoda ferreted him out, his loyalties would change, and he would use every possible means to root her out and use her as a Substitute Death.
There was another matter they hadn’t discussed before, but she believed it objectively existed—that was the limitation of the Half Ghost transfer.
In her view, the method of transferring Half Ghosts using ticket transfers was not limitless.
For instance, if Hirano Yuuhi had been fast enough last night, at the moment when Watanabe Gou stuffed the ticket into her hand, if she could stuff it back, wouldn’t they be caught in a deadlock?
The reason she didn’t do it was not that Hirano Yuuhi didn’t want to, but because she couldn’t.
Takagi Reina considered that perhaps, in a single Ghost Train journey, once a person had been tapped on the shoulder by a ghost once, as long as they could transfer the Half Ghost, they would be safe for the duration of the journey.
In other words, they would be immune to subsequent Half Ghost transfers.
As for exactly how it was done, and what the specific limitations were, she couldn’t confirm yet, but she believed this line of thinking was correct.
Following this line of thinking, if Yang Xiao got caught tonight, his only way out would be to find her.
Conversely, if she herself were caught, her only chance would be to root out Yang Xiao as a Substitute Death.
At that moment, she was convinced, whether it was herself or Yang Xiao, they would do everything they could to ensure their own survival.
In Takagi Reina’s view, Yang Xiao was even more difficult to deal with than Yandeta Chiyoda.
He was smart and cautious, steady as an old dog, yet petty.
Takagi Reina’s thoughts only lasted a moment, but at that time, the vibrations beneath her feet became increasingly noticeable and stronger, eventually turning into a hurried "da da da" sound, like the notes of a death summons.
The Ghost Train was coming; she could clearly see a train catching up from behind through the side window reflection.
The train was old and rusty, emitting a dim and yellowish eerie light inside that did not dispel the darkness but mixed with it, making the whole train permeate an ominous aura, as if it had traveled straight out of hell.
The Ghost Train moved swiftly, bringing suffocating pressure to Takagi Reina, and in the next second, it accelerated and crashed headlong.
At the same time, Takagi Reina seemed to suffer an intense mental shock, losing consciousness instantly.
In carriage No. 4, Yang Xiao encountered the same fate as Takagi Reina, also fainting the moment he was hit.
It’s unclear how much time passed when Yang Xiao suddenly awoke amidst a violent jolt, and a few seconds later, his blurry vision gradually cleared.
Even though he already knew what he was about to face, the scene before him still gave him quite a shock.
He was now inside a strange, old electric train with a decent number of people, about 20 in total, dressed in attire from an era long past the current mission’s timeline.
These weren’t people at all; they were ghosts—ghosts who had died on this train many years ago.
Yang Xiao maintained extreme composure, seeing clearly through the reflection of the opposite window; his current identity was that of a salaryman.
About 30 years old, dressed in an Ivy League-style suit paired with a white shirt and a narrow necktie, with a pair of Oxford shoes on his feet, it was considered very fashionable for that time.
Seeing this, Yang Xiao breathed a slight sigh of relief; it seemed his luck wasn’t too bad, not having matched him with any weird stuff.
Upon arriving, the first thing Yang Xiao confirmed was that he was indeed in carriage No. 4.
He found a metal nameplate inside the carriage with the carriage number on it.
As he expected, on certain easily detectable information, Yandeta Chiyoda and Watanabe Gou dared not lie.
But Yang Xiao was certain that the two would also hide critical information, meaning Yandeta Chiyoda’s understanding of the Ghost Train was far ahead of theirs.
