In a certain place within the Mid Sector 99—
In a location swallowed by utter darkness, dripping with humidity, and suffocating from the lack of air… a place where not even the faintest sound of an ant's step would normally echo.
Yet in this strange moment, musical notes were being woven through the stillness~
"Du du duuu du du~~" Wade swaggered forward with exaggerated sideways steps, humming cheerfully as he advanced through a space where even the sharpest soul sense failed to spread a single inch.
Zwooo
A beam of compressed energy shot directly toward the center of Wade's forehead.
But—whooosh—the shot passed straight through him as if he were nothing more than a projected phantom, then continued until it erupted behind him in a violent flare.
BOOOOOM!
The explosion released a brief wave of light before fading back into gloom.
In that brief shimmer, the outlines of the place finally emerged…
