Yao Shen looks out at the unassuming bathroom door with huge trepidation.
It seems he won't have any choice but to go through the door, but his mind feels as if it's underwater, woozy and slow with the weight of the new information swimming inside it.
What does the ghoul mean? Yao Shen is a Ghost King? Or used to be, at any rate?
How does that even happen?
How does one stop being a Ghost King?
The ghoul boy lets out a put-upon sigh. "I can see you're having a mental breakdown, but we don't have time for this."
"So sorry to inconvenience you," Yao Shen says, biting out the words.
"Stop stalling and get on with it," the ghoul says, tapping his foot impatiently.
Taking a deep breath, Yao Shen reaches for the door handle and twists it, opening his non-descript bathroom door into the alley leading to the bustling street.
