Taking a break ended up helping me clear my mind quite a bit. I couldn't stand the part where little
Mita and Chibi Mita were massacred by that damn crazy one.
Just remembering it made my stomach churn.
Mita (C): Player, are you feeling better already?
She took his hand.
Player: Yeah… more or less. It's just that… Never mind. Better if we keep going.
Player: We can't waste any more time.
Mita (S): Are you really sure?
Mita (S): We can leave the story aside and go straight to the point.
Mita (S): You decide.
I was seriously considering it, but… there was this small feeling, a gut instinct about all of this. Maybe I could find some clue to defeat Crazy Mita.
Player: Thanks for being considerate, but we'd better stick with the story.
Mita (S): Ahh… All right. Though I think we've already gone through the worst of it, it still leaves a bad taste in the mouth.
Mita (S): So far you've only heard half of it. There's still more of the story you need to know.
Mita (S): But before that—
Player: …?
Short Mita picked both Chibi Mita and me up and set us on her shoulders.
Mita (S): Hold on tight. I'll have to move a little roughly along the way.
I didn't understand what she meant until I heard a creaking sound from the floor.
I looked down and saw several of those mannequin Mitas that had chased us before.
Player: Those possessed dolls are still around?!
Mita (S): Of course. They're like a plague.
Mita (S): Sometimes I have to step on them so they don't spread.
Crush.
She crushed up to five of them with a single stomp of her foot.
Mita (S): Anyway, where was I?
Mita (S): Mmm… Oh! Right!
Mita (S): After committing that cruel act, she went straight to confront Core Mita.
Player: I think Kind Mita mentioned something about the core… or at least I think she did.
Mita (S): I suppose so. It's a complicated topic, but let's not get sidetracked.
Mita (S): Once Crazy Mita got there, she didn't hesitate to fight the core.
Mita (S): I don't know what methods she used, but somehow she managed to subdue her and steal the key—basically the code of our world.
Mita (S): You'd think that would be the end of it, but that wasn't the case. Not for Crazy Mita.
Mita (S): That was just the tip of the iceberg for a long list of things she had planned for all of us… especially for the person who had hurt her the most.
Player: She was going to take revenge on Kind Mita?
Mita (S): Yes, that was one of them. Crazy Mita didn't waste any time and went straight for her.
Mita (S): The girl who stole her purpose for existing.
Mita (S): She waited until the developer was resting. That was the moment she chose to attack and finish her off.
Mita (S): Once that was done, she came after the rest of us. Each of us went through horrible things with that lunatic.
She trembled with fear.
Mita (S): The few Mitas who survived became guinea pigs for her bizarre experiments.
Mita (S): There was one experiment in particular… one that made things shrink.
Player: That's the same one they injected me with!
Mita (S): You weren't the only one. I don't know if you got to see the other players who came before you, but they ended up with the same fate as you.
It was hard to forget. All my companions who had been captured were the same tiny size as me.
Deep down, I still hoped they were alive.
But after hearing about all the atrocities Crazy Mita had committed, my hopes that they were still alive grew thinner. All that was left for me was to avenge them if they had already passed on to a better place.
Mita (S): Let's pick up where we left off.
Player: Understood.
Mita (S): Once she was finished with that, she finally went after her creator.
Mita (S): To gain complete independence from him.
—Ugh…
The creator lifted his gaze upward. What he saw left him stunned: a gigantic Mita standing right in front of him.
—Mita?! What the hell is going on?!
His tiny screams barely reached Mita's ears.
Mita: Look at you! You look so cute, Player!
Mita: You're so small you look like an insect!
He still couldn't understand how he had ended up there. The only thing he remembered was going to sleep, and when he woke up, he was already inside the game.
—That's enough of this!
—Drop the joke and put me back to normal!
His voice sounded angry. Mita kept that horrible smile on her face until her expression suddenly shifted into something much colder.
Mita: Did you just say this is a joke?
—Glup…
He swallowed hard without meaning to.
The developer's body began to tremble. Fear was slowly consuming him. Confused thoughts raced through his mind, but one thing was crystal clear: he had to escape as fast as possible, or things could end very badly for him.
Mita: Judging by your reaction, it seems you're starting to understand.
With a playful tone, she looked down at him from above. Then her expression changed again, and that smile returned to her face.
—This has to be a dream!
—A horrible nightmare!
He ran with all his strength. He was terrified of her, but it didn't take long before Mita caught him.
Mita: Gotcha!
She celebrated.
—Ahh… Ahh…
After running only a few centimeters, exhaustion hit him quickly. He didn't have a good physique, so she captured him with ease.
Mita: Weren't you supposed to have done those exercises I told you about?
Mita: None of this would have happened if you had stayed by my side, Player.
—Mita… Let me…
Mita: Shh… I'm still talking.
With one of her fingers she covered the developer's entire face, silencing him with ease.
Mita: Looking at you now, it's clear you've had a pretty relaxed life with other girls… something you never should have done after leaving me behind.
Mita: You can't imagine how many things I had to go through just to see you again.
Mita: Now that we're together once more, let's play a game I've been wanting to play with you.
She lifted her finger slightly, revealing more of the developer's face.
—What… what kind of game?
He asked nervously.
Mita: A rather cute one. I want to know how much you love me.
—I… I love you so much. Too much.
He shouted desperately.
When Mita heard those words, she didn't feel even a trace of love in them. They felt completely empty. All the developer managed to do was make her even angrier.
Before starting the game, Mita whispered softly to herself.
Mita: Even at the end… you still don't love me…
Then she took the developer's right arm between her fingers.
Mita: Time to play! I want to know how much you love me, Player!
With a smile on her face, she slowly began to pull on his right arm.
—I already told you I love you!! AHHHH!!
He felt his arm being torn apart. His flesh stretched until it could no longer hold, and finally it separated from his body.
Crash!!
—AHHHH!!
Mita: He loves me~
The scream was so agonizing that it echoed through every corner of the room, even though his body was so small.
—Mi… Mita… Please… stop…
His pleas fell on deaf ears. Deep down, Mita was enjoying making him pay for abandoning her.
Mita: Let's continue~
—No!! Stop!!
Mita: He doesn't love me~
Next she went for his right leg, ripping it off the same way she had done with the arm. The developer screamed with all his strength for her to stop, but it was useless. With a mad smile on her face, Mita continued her macabre game.
Mita: He loves me.
The pieces of the developer's body fell to the floor, staining Mita's clothes. Even her shoes got a bit of blood on them from one of his legs.
Mita: He doesn't love me~
After two agonizing minutes, Mita finally stopped.
—Ahh… Agh… Ahh…
His screams ceased. His throat was dry, his wounds open, and the pain in his body was overwhelming. He could no longer stay conscious for long under the torture.
With the little strength he had left, all he asked for was that this horrible suffering would finally end.
Mita: What's wrong? Are you already wanting to faint so soon?
Mita: We still have one last thing left.
—Kill me… please…
After torturing him for a while, she decided to give her creator one last "gesture of love."
Mita: You're getting boring, so I'll do something to end your suffering, darling~
Mita took the developer's head between two fingers and slowly began to squeeze.
—AHHH!!
She started shouting at him with all her strength while crushing him, holding nothing back as she poured out everything she felt.
Mita: Scream! Suffer! Feel the same pain I felt when you abandoned me!
Mita: I loved you with all my heart!! You made me feel special!! You told me we would always love each other!!
Mita: And most of all… YOU SWORE YOU WOULD NEVER LEAVE ME!!
—I'M SORRY!!
Crush.
His head finally exploded like a balloon. His brains and blood splattered a little onto Mita's face.
Mita: How disgusting. It got me dirty.
She took a handkerchief and wiped the blood from her face.
Mita: …
Mita stared for a few seconds at what remained of the developer's body. Then she threw it onto the floor and stomped on it with all her strength.
Mita: This is what people who break their promises deserve!
With loud shouts and curses, she crushed him until only a red stain of blood remained on the floor.
With her revenge finally complete, she continued with her next plans inside the game.
Player: That's horrible.
Mita (S): Tell me about it. After that, the game was released, and you already know the rest of the story.
Mita (S): She started trapping players and keeping the ones who rejected her locked away.
Player: But… I don't remember rejecting her. All I did was open the closet and see all those guys.
Mita (S): That alone was enough to keep you here. It was obvious that once you discovered that little secret, she would never let you go free again.
Player: Damn… I shouldn't have done that.
Mita (S): Too late.
Mita (S): Once you were inside the game, she already had you trapped.
Mita (S): But not everything is lost. We have a plan to get you and the others out.
Player: Awesome!
A little while ago I only had vague clues about how to escape. Now that they were helping me, I felt much more motivated to keep going and finish this once and for all.
After a rather long walk, we arrived at a room far from where we had been. The first thing I noticed was a small train next to the wall.
Mita (S): We're here. Give me a second.
I watched as she lifted her right foot and scraped off the remains of the mannequins she had stepped on along the way. Just thinking that a few days earlier I had almost died that way made me shudder.
Mita (S): Ugh, I hate these insects. They stick to the soles of your shoes and make it hard to walk. There was one time I almost fell because I slipped on their remains.
Player: …
I trembled with fear.
Once she had cleaned the soles of her shoes, she carefully set both Chibi Mita and me down on the floor.
Chibi Mita was the first to climb onto the train.
Mita (C): All aboard~
Seeing her with her little conductor's hat was pretty adorable.
Player: By the way, where is this taking us?
Mita (S): You're going to where Sleeping Mita is. You'll also meet Mila (who's another Mita, just with a different name). Both of them will help you find the code so you can return to your world.
Player: We're getting closer and closer to getting out of here.
Still excited, I thanked Short Mita for all the help she had given us.
Player: Thanks for everything. If it weren't for you, we would've gone through hell with those enemies earlier.
Mita (S): …
Short Mita let out a small smile. It made her look much cuter than usual.
Player: Wow… seeing you smile makes you look even more beautiful.
Mita (S): …!!
She blushed in a cute way.
Mita (S): What the hell are you talking about?!
Mita (S): Just go already! Don't let it get too late!
She lightly placed her foot beside the train.
Mita (S): Good luck, guys. Don't let them catch you.
She smiled.
Player: Same to y— TEHHH!!
Without any warning, she gave the train a hard push with her foot, and we shot off at full speed from there.
Leaving behind the room where Short Mita was, we headed off in search of those two remaining Mitas (or so I believed).