Though thinking this, Mono still nodded and quietly replied:
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I really have no taste. Otherwise... I wouldn't like an idiot who speaks unpleasantly, isn't pretty, can't take care of others, and always loves to cry."
Six's irritated expression froze for a moment before she slightly turned her head away, her mouth uttering faintly,
"Even if Mono says that... I... I still won't... take back my words." As for liking someone or something... hmph...
Watching Six's reaction, Mono smiled, said nothing more, and simply pulled her closer to his side.
Little Six tugged at her small hand a bit, but ultimately let it be.
Leaning by the door, Mono waited while continuing to endure the inexplicable noise. Little Six, however, seemed much more composed, her expression unchanged.
Mono was too tired to complain anymore. Perhaps bizarre people share similar interests.
In the dim room, the screen flickered incessantly, and the strange music continued unabated.
Echoing, it sang:
"Having a nightmare in a boat, come with me, oh oh oh, don't leave me"
"No more bellman, among the sea, we're lonely souls"
"Help her, help her and we'll see"
"My way, my way you'll see, a halo ascending him above our sea"
"Come fun, here comes Veronica"
Mono listened silently...
The melody of the song was indeed quite strange.
Even the general meaning of the lyrics seemed somewhat disjointed.
But he could still grasp some sense from it.
"Nightmare in a boat" probably referred to the The Maw.
Bellman?
Was it the bellman of the The Maw?
Why were there none left?
The lonely soul needing help—who was it?
Could it be that final name: Veronica? Nothing seemed entirely clear.
Time passed slowly...
Mono felt like each day dragged on like a year.
Fortunately, after listening quietly for... half an hour, the blind, Long-armed Monster finally moved again...
Its long arm rose like a spider's leg.
"Click!"
It turned off the television. The screen went black, and the waves of noise abruptly ceased.
It was a huge relief.
Mono felt that if it continued any longer, he might truly be driven mad by this bizarre
rhythm.
Being unpleasant to listen to was one thing, but this blind, Long-armed Monster had just been
replaying the same track on a loop.
Can you imagine listening to the same awful song a hundred, a thousand times in a row? What
kind of feeling is that?
But thankfully... it was over.
Inside the room... the blind, Long-armed Monster slowly shuffled its feet, reluctantly shifting its 'gaze' away from the television.
Then, looking back every few steps, it slowly made its way toward the door. Mono quickly pulled Six into his arms and hid behind the doorframe.
"Swish, swish, swish..."
A massive black shadow passed before their eyes.
Its gaping maw gleamed coldly, sending shivers down one's spine.
But neither of them made a sound.
They had seen far more chilling scenes; everything now hardly seemed worth being afraid of.
Once the long-armed man had moved further away, the two resumed their steps, silently following behind...
Each deck of the The Maw was segmented by various pipes and passageways. To find an exit, it was best to have someone lead the way.
Following one behind the other, after more twists and turns, the Long-armed Blind Monster entered through a large door.
Mono led Six across the threshold as well. Since it was blind, he wasn't particularly worried.
"Mono... there are people..."
However, not long after crossing the doorway, Little Six's voice suddenly sounded by his ear... Mono followed the direction of her pointing finger, looking toward a corner of the room.
Inside what appeared to be a large, dark hall, iron cages were stacked one upon another.
However, the iron cages here were different from the ones he had seen on the shelves not long ago. Inside, each one actually held a Little Person.
Like pigs awaiting slaughter, dogs awaiting butchery, chickens awaiting the knife, or ducks awaiting the pot, a wave of deathly, putrid, and utterly wretched air hung over this empty room.
*Bang!*
An iron cage suddenly fell to the ground.
The Long-armed Blind Monster selected one of them, then dragged the cage towards a nearby door.
The Little Person trapped inside the cage could only gaze out in futile terror, hands gripping the iron bars tightly. He howled, but his dry, hoarse throat couldn't produce a single sound.
It seemed his throat had long been torn from screaming.
The other Little Person in the cages didn't look up or glance over.
Every time that monster returned, someone here would be dragged away. Sometimes it would be someone in the distance, sometimes the one beside you, sometimes a stranger, sometimes your friend.
Of course, sometimes... it would be yourself.
They had tried to escape before, but that monster's long claws and terrifyingly sensitive ears always caught them.
They had grown accustomed to it.
There was no way to resist fate anymore.
They could only wait for death.
For them, death was also a kind of release.
None of them held any hope anymore.
So, facing the sight of yet another Little Person being dragged away by the monster, they didn't make a sound, nor even raise their heads to look.
Because they knew, no matter what they did... the outcome was already decided.
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