Therefore, to find these shadow men, one just needs to investigate the population that has disappeared over the past five years, especially those who have gone missing for more than a month and then suddenly reappeared. By doing so, the scope of the search can be greatly narrowed. It’s said that the Japanese government has connected all surveillance cameras nationwide overnight to search for these people’s images in real-time.
Mu You doesn’t concern himself with how the Japanese are preparing to investigate.
At this time, in the exchange group chat, their own tasks have already been released.
First, there’s a piece of data software. This was shared by the Japanese side, containing files of all the people in Japan who have disappeared in the past five years.
Additionally, there’s a map of Japan, densely covered with red dots.
"These are the results of marking all missing persons at their corresponding disappearance locations on the map."
Director Wang is typing an explanation in the group chat.
"It can be clearly seen that the disappearences are patterned, particularly dense in this area."
Director Wang sends another enlarged local map. The main area shown is a place in Tokyo called ’Chitani District’. The density of red dots in this area is much higher than the surrounding areas.
"So, the focus of our search for the next few days will be this area."
The tasks of the exchange group don’t force everyone to go investigate certain areas. Instead, they allow everyone to conduct their own free investigations, looking into suspicious people and events. The only thing to keep in mind is to always keep their phones available as shadow ghosts may appear at any time and may need immediate support.
Mu You is not optimistic about the investigative approach developed through the meetings. After all, such an investigation would take too long, and the man behind-the-scenes could escape in two days, leaving no time to uncover anything useful.
What he’s focused on now is another location.
Previously in the game, the man behind-the-scenes said: the residence of No.14 is very close to the spatial fissure!
No.14 here should refer to ward No.14, which is Mian Mian.
Therefore, "No.14’s residence" must refer to the home of the sisters Ye Rumeng and Mian Mian in Japan.
Mu You asked for the little girl’s home address before coming here and marked it on the map software.
After opening the map software and comparing it with the ’Chitani District’ map sent by Director Wang, everything became clear: the little girl’s house is located on the west side of the Chitani District, just around a kilometer away from this area.
No wonder the man behind-the-scenes went to such lengths, even arranging for his subordinates to self-destruct, just to divert human attention from this area.
The spatial fissure is close to the area they’re focusing their investigation on. If they slightly expand the scope of their original plan, they might cover the location of the spatial fissure.
However, Mu You doesn’t plan on revealing the spatial fissure. If a crowd were to search there, it would surely alarm the man behind-the-scenes. If he is forced to continue lurking on Earth, it would be hard to find him again.
So, the spatial fissure situation is basically only known to Mu You.
He’s in no hurry. With many people and eyes around during the day, Mu You plans to investigate after nightfall.
After checking in in the group chat, Mu You returns to the game.
[You appear before the Black River outside the western district, with no one around. The cleaning robots who used to salvage bug corpses by the river have all disappeared.]
After logging in, all the robots gathered here have disappeared. Mu You didn’t care, assuming they’ve gone to recharge. He quickly controls his character and rushes to the northern district.
[You’ve arrived at the Northern District Therapy Institute, and stop outside ward No.15.]
[You look into the ward through the window. All the items inside the room have been cleaned out with only dust and empty bed boards left.]
[You switch back to vampire skin and use the Unlocking Spell.]
[With a click, the door lock pops open. You quietly step into the room, noticing a row of messy footprints on the floor. Judging by their clarity, it seems they haven’t been there for long.]
[Time is limited. You pay no attention to the footprints, wielding the Magic Wand and using the Search Spell...]
[Search successful! You’ve found two items related to Louise Cordelier.]
Mu You is delighted. He’s found two clues at once?
[You rush to search along the guide. Soon, under the crack of a wall in the corner of the room, you find a note.]
[Louise’s Diary Page.]
[...Mian Mian and I share secret notes every night. This quickly makes us good friends. She teaches me a lot and helps me quickly adapt to life here... But what’s strange is, Mian Mian always seems tired. She goes to sleep at every opportunity. Sometimes she even suddenly falls asleep while playing, eating, and walking, often leading to bruises and a swollen face... I asked Mian Mian why she loved sleep so much. She quietly told me a secret: when she sleeps, her consciousness roams in another world. It’s a wonderful, colorful world, with no oppression, no illness – all are interesting things she’s never seen before... Mian Mian tells me her dreams in that world every day. I’m deeply fascinated by the dream world she describes... This is also what I look forward to most every day for a long time to come...
A second diary page is found. This diary is all about Mian Mian’s matters. Mian Mian indeed has abilities similar to Ye Rumeng’s. She can also enter the dream world when she sleeps. Too bad there’s no spatial bag here, or she could escape like the little girl using the rules of the bag.