Tai Chang Road (RTOOI)

Shellfish Powder (x3) acquired.

Men's Extract (x3) acquired.

Guilü Ball acquired.

Men's Extract (x2) acquired.

Men's Extract acquired.

The staircase up ahead'll take you down to the basement.

Straight across the courtyard, you'll find another staircase.

Go up those to reach Chater Court.

A terminal's on the first floor.

Looks like there's some other guilü sealing the door shut.

Take the stairs again and give the first floor a peel-over.

Y'know, that green door may be hiding something shady.

There's a window cramped at the end of that narrow squeeze.

It's hard to make out at first, but you'll find a stepping stone.

Hop through it to be in Chater Court.

Oh, by the way, you got an e-mail.

The entrance to Metro Garden is right this way.

To get in, you'll have to open the doors by beating the guilü in Chater Court.

Did you see the lift? You'll have to finagle it somehow.

If you get it working, you can reach the second-storey hall in Chater Court.

This building is Metro Garden.

There's two guilü to beat, one on the third floor, one in the basement.

They're guarding the sealed door. ... You saw it earlier, right?

There's a sealed door on Chater Court's second floor with an X on it.

The lift reaches the end of that hall.

All right, back to Chater Court! We wanna be on the second floor.

The sealed door should open now.

Once you go through, take the staircase down to the first floor.

Slow down, Chater Court ain't this way!

The Ghostmaster should be on the first floor of the Victoria, sure,

but you won't get there from here!

Listen. Go back up those stairs to the second floor of Chater Court and enter the previously sealed door.

You can reach the Ghostmaster now. Good. Y'know the way there?

Pass the sealed door and the hall with the lift. Take the stairwell down.

From the basement, cross over and enter the Victoria.

On the first floor was a lit room where a passage should've opened.

Hey! This isn't the way! Take the basement, cross the courtyard,

and get back into the Victoria! The Ghostmaster is on the first floor.

He was using guilü as puppets, huh. And our malice problem ain't gone yet? That means the guilü weren't its sole source... Let's get you outta here.

Listen up! Go beat up all the guilü in this area, one after the other. Don't return to Chater Court, you'll only get lost.

My friends told me about you. I don't talk much, but I'm capable.

I know the Kowloon hutongs like the back of my hands. This'll be cake. So, which element d'you want?

Pick whatever element of malice you think'll be handiest.

The inside of this structure's a total mish-mash.

This chunk we're spelunking now, the Victoria, is four stories tall.

Exit into the courtyard and a street terminal should be around and to your back.

Ahaha! You're the one who came to restore the qi flow, aren't you!

Us Ghostmasters live isolated lives. I know nothing of the outside world.

But Ghostmasters aren't evil. Honest! I'm sure you've met the others by now. They couldn't defy the Snakes either.

But what are the Snakes planning? Ahaha! See, we performed to make ends meet here for a looong time, but...

none of it matters anymore, does it? Ahaha! Look around! There's no one else left to get in your way.

Alas, this is the only place for me. I don't know the other hutongs, nor do I have other means of starting over.

Shellfish Powder acquired.

Men's Extract acquired.

Men's Extract acquired.

Men's Extract acquired.

Guilü Ball acquired.

As I thought, the Ghostmaster ain't our only target in here. I'll do a little recon of the area, but be on the lookout yourself.

It's back on the lift with you. You'll find it in the back room. How do we get it moving this time...

This is where we got in earlier? Okay. Navigate Chater Court to the terminal. Try the old sealed door to get there.

Speaking of the terminal, I think you got an e-mail.

Hey, where are you going? This is the third floor!

You're s'pposed to be on the second floor... That's downstairs!

Yeah, that's right! You got an e-mail! You had one coming in, so... know where the terminal room is? Hop through the window at the end of this hall and go downstairs.

This is the basement. The terminal's on the first floor.

Metro Garden's practically clear.

We don't have business this way.

Ghastly, huh... how there's still malice inside Metro Garden.

You can see it in the building that juts out into the courtyard.

Okay! I'll go open the door for you. Come to Metro Garden!

This is the back room. Pretty small.

Watch out for the two guilü inside.

Hey, you all right?

There was a room of guilü on the second floor of Chater Court. Take the sealed door and it'll be on the right. That's all I've got. Get to Chater Court through the staircase across the courtyard.

Hey, get a load of the Chater Court courtyard!

What happened here...? Aww, malice blocked the skylight!

That ain't all. It looks like guilü are crawling all over Chater Court! The heck caused all this?

Defeat the guilü in Chater Court to cleanse the skylight of malice.

Underneath it is... Oh, I see. That's the guilü's leader. Weird, given the Ghostmaster is already gone. Why are there so many guilü? Listen, when the coast looks clear, you're gonna jump down the skylight.

To say the qi flow hasn't returned means you still have work to do. Let's get you outta here for now.

You have strange interests.

I'm impressed.

Here, let me show you something you'll find... radiating.

Hehehe, you're so predictable, I already knew how you'd react!

If you had something else in mind, maybe you'll find this... cooler?

Hahaha, bull's-eye! Only, I'm not done with you yet. There's more up my sleeve. You're trying real hard in that brain of yours to not give me other ideas... Are you that afraid of becoming an object?

Tsk. That's not how this works.

I'll make you all remember the very things you detest, hahaha!

You think this doesn't concern me? Again, not how this works.

You humans... You people can't cast off your individuality.

It must be sooo rough. Why don't you stop and take... a breather!

Guilü Ball (x2) acquired.

Okay. First thing's the lift. We're looking for a lift.

It'll zap you to the third floor, which wasn't possible before.

The lift'll be swarmed by malice. You be careful, y'hear?

The second floor, below us, is teeming with guilü. I'll unlock the room.

I know a lot about Metro Garden here. I built the building's scaffolding. But that's old news... Okay, now! Clear the guilü on the second floor, and get to the lift room.

All right. We're okay now.

Don't get it twisted, but the lift I mentioned isn't the one from before.

The one you want is inside the building that juts out into the courtyard.

If you take that lift, you can easily go where you couldn't before. Take the lift to the third floor. Avoid going out into the courtyard while you're at it. You'll get lost and never return.

All right, once you leave this room you'll be taking the lift down to the first floor, but don't run off there. Hop back on and go to the third floor.

Whew! That was close.

...? Weird.

I coulda sworn there was a hole.

The guilü are ticked something fierce. Better scope out the whole floor.

There's gotta be one blocking the hole.

This hole goes downstairs. It'll be safe to fall down. Maybe.

This ain't the Metro Garden I knew. I can't pinpoint a route anymore.

Listen, something's wrong. It's the Victoria!

There's a shady malice drifting there that I can't identify. Lemme take you over this one time. You ready?

The warp failed?! That strong malice blocked me...

There's a staircase to the right. Take those stairs to the third floor and enter the Victoria. A guilü may be blocking the front door. Whatever you do, you watch your back.

What's up? Wanna use the terminal room?

All right, enter Chater Court from the stairs to your left and down the hall. Make a mental note of that area 'til you reach the Victoria's third floor. To get back, take the stairs to the courtyard from the third floor of Chater Court. That's your only route.

What a horrible story. She ain't got long to live.

But who is this "Mafei"? From this location, you can't reach the Victoria underground.

Let's get you to Tai Chang Road.

Don't be scared. It's me. Connie... Connie Yang.

Mafei turned me into a wangren a long time ago, and has forced me to accompany her ever since.

She's in the basement.

When I went inside of Xiaohei's consciousness, I met her older sister.

She told Xiaohei to find Xuanji, the wangren that works as a physician, and "return" him.

Hoping I could gather more details, I tried to stay inside of Xiaohei's consciousness a little while longer,

but her sister's existence kept growing larger and larger until, eventually, it kicked me out.

Guilü Ball (x3) acquired.

Shellfish Powder (x3) acquired.

Men's Extract (x5) acquired.

Hey, know where the terminal is? An e-mail came in for you. There's one thing on my mind. There's a giant room there with a stairwell around it. Climb it and see what happens. Once you read your e-mail, head to the Victoria's fourth floor.

That e-mail you got's from Mr. Wei.

To find the terminal, enter the gap there and climb through the window to Chater Court.

On the Victoria's fourth floor is a large hole sealed by malice. There must be guilü down the hole. Anyways, you need to get to the fourth floor of the Victoria.

Head downstairs into the basement and jet across the courtyard.

The route's in sight now.

I got that room's door open for you. You're gonna find a hole in the back.

A guilü in that hole is affecting one mechanism or another. I'll track down which mechanism that is now.

You holding up okay?

I know where the mechanism is. Fourth floor. Out the front room.

Come on, it'll be cake! You can pass through the wall of the building into Chater Court. Go downstairs from the fourth floor once you're in Chater Court. Ain't sure which guilü has the key, so better snuff them out one by one.

Defeat all the guilü in Chater Court to get into Metro Garden.

Snuffed them all out yet? Don't forget the one on the second floor, in the corner.

You know the stairwell? There's a guilü in the room next to it. It's what sealed this door shut. Open this door, hop through Metro Garden into Anton Court. That's where we're headed, but there's no way into the guilü's room from this courtyard.

We'd have to turn around from the fourth floor of the Victoria.

Only one option: we head back to the first floor of the Victoria.

The malice is only getting stronger, so we have to get rid of it quick. We can't warp out if it gets too strong, meaning we can't go back to Tai Chang Road in that state. Come on. Let's go. Are you ready?

Metro Garden connects to Anton Court up ahead on the fourth floor.

Also, did you know that Hyper-Comm lets you warp from most Kowloonet terminals? If you mess around with it too much, who knows where you'll wind up!

If you run out of options, though, try it out as a last resort.

I understand this mechanism! It's a moving wall!

It'll let us into Anton Court.

There should be a guilü on this floor. This wall will move to the side if you defeat that guilü.

Listen! This is bad!

We're trapped inside Anton Court!

The malice is too strong to warp! You've gotta do something!

There's a guilü waiting in the innermost part of this floor. It has multiple elements of malice. Are you prepared for such a thing? Don't get yourself hurt.

Hey, what the heck happened? Something go wrong?

There was a wangren here earlier, on the third floor of the Victoria. Is that wangren... calling for you?

There, that'll get you into Metro Garden.

Cut through the courtyard, take the door to the right and head upstairs to Anton Court. I'll scope out what's ahead.

Hehehe... Where do you think YOU'RE going?

There's nothing here. Nothing. Mafei's waiting for you in the Victoria Mansions basement. I don't need to tell you to take the courtyard stairs down.

This structure is about to collapse, crumble and disappear. Just like everything else here. Just like me! Ha! There will be nothing left for us, but I bet that's all fine by you, huh! This will make you sooo happy!

Drat, it won't open. The door is locked! It's from all the delusion. There's a surge of delusion flowing in this room, but we... we have to help Connie somehow!

Oh, no! My screen! It's-ez...!･･･

Augh! Haah, haah... Other delusions arez flowingz in!

Listenz, that Connie woman is-ez trappedz inside of this room... That's-ez why you havez to hurryz! She can't-ez holdz out much longer!

Is that Xiaohei...? No. I don't want her to see me like this.

Listen... Mafei is afraid of having her own unsightly greed brought to light.

Do you have my hand mirror? Reflect Mafei's face in that mirror. It's the only way to stop her.

Mafei is in the basement. Here is the key.

Basement Key acquired.

Mafei has been so dazzled by Xiaohei's life essence, she has failed to take notice of Xuanji or the role he plays.

Xiaohei's sister told me that Xuanji is the sole missing link capable of reconnecting the "severed power".

It's a shame what became of my purse. The darling fit my hand like a glove, but it came with too much... baggage.

Hoho! Laoli? With the Dragon Mirror destroyed, laoli is all but worthless to me.

Did you really think I would be fooled by that false power? Don't make me laugh!

Hohoho... Fine! Stand up for Xiaohei. I'll drain the life essence I need from YOU instead!

You'll live a long, quiet life deeeeep inside of my body, hoho... Prepare yourself!

Looks like we're done here. C'mon. Let's not stay too long. I'll drop you off properly.

Woah! Why's this happening now that the malice has disappeared? Why is the building collapsing?!

That's it! Kowloon... has started to return to its original place!

We'd better get out of here. If we dawdle, we'll get buried!