“It’s electrified indeed!”

"There are many such traps, and each one is more dangerous than the last..."

Hattori Heiji observed the surrounding terrain and pointed to the corner ahead:

"The stairs are just ahead. I'll lead the way. Everyone, be careful and don't get separated!"

The staircase that the staff were so afraid of looked so ordinary. It was paved with white carved marble and it was plain and unremarkable, not at all like it had any mechanism.

After looking at the stairs for a while, Hattori Heiji turned around, picked up the arrow thrown by Nakamori Ginzo, and tried to throw it towards the stairs.

The forearm-long arrow drew an arc in the air, and with a clang, it landed in the middle of the stairs.

boom!

The originally peaceful staircase split in the middle, like a split wooden stake, and collapsed instantly, revealing a dark hole.

Everyone's faces tensed and they all took a few steps back, not daring to move forward.

After a while, the stairs closed again. Gao Mushi bravely stepped forward, knocked on the steel handrail, and asked:

"If there are traps on the stairs, how about we use the handrails to climb up step by step?"

"That's all we can do."

Hattori Heiji took a deep breath, rolled up his sleeves, and prepared to be the first to go up.

Under everyone's nervous gaze, Hattori Heiji held the handrail and stood at the edge of the stairs. He waited for a few seconds, and when he saw that the mechanism was not triggered, he began to move forward slowly. He climbed more than ten steps without triggering the mechanism, and finally breathed a sigh of relief:

"No problem, you can come up."

Megure Jusan and the others immediately took action, following Hattori Heiji's movements, climbing up the stairs one by one, creeping forward little by little, Toyama Kazuha fell behind, and just as she was about to catch up...

A pair of evil hands suddenly stretched out from the darkness behind.