In the mist, scattered toys floated in mid-air.
They swirled about, shimmering with psychedelic colors, as a faint glow slowly drifted past their eyes and through their fingertips.
No filth could be seen, nor any noise; everything was peaceful, like a dream, making one instinctively want to settle down and immerse themselves in this hazy, beautiful scene.
"Mono... it's so beautiful..." Little Six reached out her hand. Mono curled his lip.
Beautiful? She's overthinking it.
It's just quiet surroundings, a few clouds of mist of unknown composition, and some toys floating due to magnetic weightlessness. This is beautiful?
Six's taste is way too low.
Despite thinking this, Mono slapped her reaching hand away and shouted with a serious face:
"idiot, be careful. This is no good place. Let's go!"
With that, he walked toward one of the glowing doors on the first floor.
Although her hand had been slapped away, Little Six's eyes still drifted toward her surroundings from time to time.
Mono pulled her along to the glowing door and, without hesitation, stepped directly into—
—the only door on this floor.
Their figures vanished, and in the next moment, they appeared on the second floor of the Signal Tower.
2X0 The passage upward through the Signal Tower was composed of a series of glowing doors connecting stairs or hub platforms.
To go up, they had to pass through these glowing doors. After reaching the second floor, a long stone staircase appeared before them.
The stone staircase rose at a 45-degree angle, extending all the way to another glowing door at the end. They silently climbed the stairs and passed through the door at the top, arriving at the third floor.
The third floor was an empty platform.
Around the platform, there were four glowing doors in total.
Of the four doors, only one led to the upper floor.
If they took the wrong one, there was no telling what strange place they might end up in.
Mono pondered.
In the past, players were able to successfully reach the top floor of the Signal Tower by following the guidance of the sound from Six's music box.
But now, because of him, Little Six hadn't been captured and brought back to the Signal Tower by Mono, so he could no longer rely on the same method to find the way.
Just as he was thinking, the previously quiet Little Six suddenly reached out and pointed toward a glowing door to the side.
"Mono... go this way..."
Seeing this, Mono couldn't help but feel puzzled.
"Little Six, how do you know to take this door?"
Hearing this, Little Six froze for a moment, then shook her head in confusion and explained uncertainly, "I don't know either, but... I feel... it's this way."
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Mono was taken aback. He silently glanced at the glowing door Little Six was pointing to. After a long silence, a subtle glint flashed in his eyes, and a barely perceptible cold sneer touched the corners of his mouth.
"Alright, let's go this way then." Mono grabbed Six's hand once more.
"Buzz?"
The two of them vanished directly behind the glowing door.
On the fourth floor, eight doors appeared.
"Little Six, which one this time?" Mono turned back and asked.
"Here..." Little Six pointed to the door behind them.
Vanishing again...
Fifth floor... 16 doors.
Sixth floor... 32 doors.
Seventh floor...
Eighth floor...
Even though more and more doorframes appeared, their pace didn't slow down in the slightest.
Finally, after passing through the ninth floor...
"Buzz?"
In a flash of light, Mono found himself in a space filled with darkness. The glowing doors had vanished, and there was nothing around him.
Little Six was gone too?
"Can't hold back anymore?" Mono could sense Little Six's presence nearby. Her breathing wasn't erratic, so she should be fine. He calmed himself down.
He seemed to have been shielded by something, trapped within this dark space.
"Let me see what tricks you're trying to play."
Just as he thought this, ripples suddenly rose in the darkness, and a black—
—shadow actually began to slowly condense—
—and appear before his eyes.
A black bowler hat, a slender build, and cold features. This shadow...
...was Mono?
Mono was surprised for a moment, but his face soon returned to calm as he silently watched the dark figure before him.
"Hehe..." The Mono that appeared looked coldly at Mono, a cruel smile playing at the corners of its mouth. "Did you think you had already killed me? Actually—"
"—I'm not. Now, I've come for revenge. I'm going to tear your throat out, rip apart—"
"—your body, and..."
"...I won't let you die just like that."
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"I will."
As it spoke, Mono watched silently.
After a long while...
"Hey, enough. Are you done? If you want to fight, then bring it on." Mono couldn't help but interrupt it.
Mono was already dead. This was something confirmed by the system, and Mono
never doubted it. So, who exactly was this shadow in front of him? The shadow's words came to a sudden halt.
"You weakling, do you even know... what kind of existence you are facing? Do you know what..."
"I said, enough." Mono directly reached out his hand.
*Bang!*
The black shadow in front of him was instantly crushed and exploded, vanishing from sight.
The surroundings fell into darkness once more.
As he watched, the light and shadows around him suddenly twisted again after a short while.
The surrounding darkness slowly receded and faded as light gradually rose. Trees slowly emerged, houses began to appear beneath the forest canopy, and grass spread out in all directions.
In a mere instant, he had "arrived" in a forest.
Mono felt it looked somewhat familiar... Wasn't this the forest from the very
beginning?
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A familiar voice suddenly came from directly ahead.
"Hey, Mono... Help! Save me!!!"
An urgent shout reached his ears. Was that Little Six's voice?
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Mono snapped out of it and quickly turned his head.
He saw the Hunter, whom he and Little Six had previously shot to death, had somehow come back to life. The Hunter was raising his gun and firing repeatedly at a small yellow figure not far away.
Explosions rang out continuously as bullets blasted around "her" feet. The situation looked incredibly dangerous.
Mono sensed the situation for a moment, then crossed his arms and walked over unhurriedly and silently.
"Mono... Save me!!!" Seeing this, Little Six shouted even louder.
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Mono curled his lips and replied listlessly, "Sorry, I'm afraid of dying. I can't save
you. I think you should just give up struggling."
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Little Six shouted in panic again, "Mono, hurry and save me! I'm so scared!"
Mono's mouth twitched. "You should just go and die. Don't worry, the Hunter's aim is very good. It won't hurt!"
As he finished speaking, a loud *Bang!* rang out. Mono watched as the "Little Six" before him was blown into fragments.
"Hehe..." He chuckled.
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At this moment, he really felt like bringing out a copy of "An Actor Prepares" for the fellow hiding behind the scenes to read.
Although the scene was realistic and the smell of blood was vivid, it couldn't fool anyone at all.
...
Besides, Six isn't that pathetic.
This was simply an insult to one's intelligence.
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