Chapter 1932: Chapter 1095: The "Person" in Car 5_2
Information asymmetry, this has led to him and Takagi Reina being at a disadvantage tonight.
Suddenly, Yang Xiao heard a very strange sound, a "thud", like something heavy falling on the ground, coming from the adjacent carriage, carriage 5.
After boarding the Ghost Train, Yang Xiao’s position changed too. He was sitting at the end of carriage 4, with the connecting door to carriage 5 slightly behind him, so he heard it very clearly.
He realized there must be a problem with carriage 5, but he couldn’t figure out what exactly. According to the plan, Takagi Reina should have moved by now, carriage 5 should be empty, with only the Ghost left.
Despite being very confused, Yang Xiao showed extraordinary restraint. He quietly observed the nearby "passengers" through the corner of his eye and noticed that these passengers did not react at all to the commotion in the adjacent carriage, so he acted the same way.
But soon, this eerie calm was broken. The connecting door between the carriages was opened, and a figure walked in.
It was definitely Yandeta Chiyoda, just her alone, Yang Xiao didn’t see any Half Ghost.
Because observing too much risked exposure, Yang Xiao remained motionless until Yandeta Chiyoda passed in front of him, confirming through the window reflection the presence of the Ghost.
The Ghost behind her indeed had only half a body.
According to intelligence, Yandeta Chiyoda’s appearance was also quite terrifying at this time, but Yang Xiao didn’t look up at her, as it would be of no use and would only expose himself.
Yandeta Chiyoda was coming at them fiercely, practically without stopping, she went straight past Yang Xiao, through carriage 4, heading directly to carriage 5.
Yang Xiao knew clearly, this fellow was coming for him and Takagi Reina, she knew they were in carriage 5.
Recalling the commotion in carriage 5 just now, Yang Xiao couldn’t help but feel a bit worried.
Takagi Reina is also a smart person, but Yang Xiao feared her cleverness might backfire, feared she might have stayed in carriage 5 to mislead him instead of moving to carriage 6.
The possibility is small, but it’s not impossible.
Meanwhile, Yandeta Chiyoda, holding the Ghost Train Ticket in her hand, had already entered carriage 5. She was certain the two bastards Yang Xiao and Takagi Reina were hiding here.
Upon entering, she immediately noticed a person, an elderly man, huddled in the corner of the row of seats on the right side, body stooped, not daring to raise his head.
The old man seemed to sense her arrival, he instinctively shrank his body further, seemingly hoping to minimize his presence, unaware this scene was captured by her completely.
As her observation deepened, Yandeta Chiyoda found more and more flaws; an old-fashioned water kettle fell beneath the seat, lightly hitting the carriage body as the train shook.
Through Yandeta Chiyoda’s observation, within carriage 5, this water kettle seemed most fitting for this elderly man.
To verify her suspicion, she deliberately increased her steps towards the old man, this test indeed worked, the old man kept his head low, but his fingers involuntarily gripped his pants, trembling all over.
By these observations, she could surely confirm the identity, this was a person and not a ghost, but at this moment Yandeta Chiyoda hesitated, even feeling fear she couldn’t explain.
This was not right, every eight aspects seemed wrong... Though Yandeta Chiyoda disliked Yang Xiao and Takagi Reina, she had to admit these two were not easy opponents.
At least in her impression, Yang Xiao and Takagi Reina’s psychological qualities wouldn’t allow them to be scared to this ghostly extent.
This was too fake, fake like... Like a trap.
Though she couldn’t figure out how Yang Xiao and Takagi Reina did it.
Perhaps... Perhaps there were unknown rules on the train they could use; perhaps this fellow wasn’t a human, but a ghost, a ghost who disguises?
The more she thought, the more uneasy Yandeta Chiyoda became, the more fearful she felt. She once suspected this could be one of Yang Xiao or Takagi Reina pretending to be this way deliberately to mislead her into letting them go.
But considering it carefully, this possibility wasn’t non-existent but certainly small, since the stake was life, she believed neither Yang Xiao nor Takagi Reina would dare it.
Of course, she wouldn’t dare either, speaking from her own perspective.
After hesitating, she didn’t dare act rashly but chose to abandon the plan and proceeded to check the other people in the carriage.
There weren’t many people in carriage 5, only around a dozen, after checking everyone found nothing special, these passengers all seemed normal.
Yandeta Chiyoda, though anxious, forced herself to calm down and think thoroughly. She boldly guessed her plan had been seen through, and Yang Xiao and Takagi Reina had uncovered her strategy of substitution.
The flaw wouldn’t be from her side; if there were a loophole in her plan, it must stem from that girl.
After all, the girl was found temporarily at the station; she had lied to her, the girl was just an ordinary person with little acting skill. She guessed the girl surely startled Yang Xiao while moving around the carriage seeking people.
But it was certain Yang Xiao and Takagi Reina were still on this Ghost Train; she and the girl boarded at Old Valley Town Station, shortly after the train left, it entered Youjian Mountain Tunnel, these two had absolutely no chance to disembark.
Following this line of thought, she judged that after seeing through her plan, Yang Xiao and Takagi Reina decisively left carriage 5, these two wouldn’t stay there waiting passively.
Reaching this point, cold sweat began to ooze from Yandeta Chiyoda’s forehead, since Yang Xiao and the others evacuated, then... Who was left behind?
Who or what is this thing that seems very much like a "person"?
The answer was already apparent, this thing was a Ghost!
Another Ghost appeared, Yandeta Chiyoda highly suspected this Ghost was the unknown one that killed Suzuki Takashi during the day!
Unexpectedly, this thing wasn’t satisfied with killing one person, it even... chased here!
And once deceived into choosing it, the consequences would be disastrous.
Too dangerous, a less vigilant person would surely meet an unknown fate.
Without further hesitation, Yandeta Chiyoda immediately aborted her action, left carriage 5, and this time chose to go to carriage 6, which was the tail section of the entire train.
In her view, here was the most likely hiding place for Yang Xiao and Takagi Reina.
Compared to carriage 5, carriage 6 had slightly more people, roughly over 20, at first glance, the people here showed almost no reaction to her sudden arrival.
But this eerie calm instead helped Yandeta Chiyoda gradually calm down.
To her, this calm felt more normal, and she became more certain that Yang Xiao and Takagi Reina were hiding among them.
Based on last night’s experience, there’s still a while before the train stops at Youjian Mountain Station, she still had a chance.
She moved with somewhat stiff steps, slowly inspecting around the carriage, since she was thorough and patient, she quickly identified two suspicious targets.
One man and one woman, one sitting and one standing, the man was middle-aged, sitting near the middle, wearing a work jacket, with dry mud on the edge of his shoes as if just back from a construction site.
The suspicion about the man was somewhat contrived, just when she got slightly closer, his shoe tip inexplicably quivered.
In contrast, the woman appeared more suspicious; as Yandeta Chiyoda made a tentative approach, the woman unexpectedly glanced at her evenly.
Though her eyes were filled with inhuman emptiness and indifference, such a response naturally aroused Yandeta Chiyoda’s suspicion.
Eyes could be disguised, if she were in the woman’s place, perhaps she could disguise better.
Of these two, which one was suspicious, or perhaps... both were suspicious, Yandeta Chiyoda hesitated to make a rash decision, recognizing she only had one chance, a mistake meant getting off the train.
