"Damn it, what the hell is going on?" Turning off her earpiece, her years of experience kept her from losing her composure.
Suddenly, September Days seemed to hear something, like the sound of a heavy object rolling. The sound grew louder and louder, and September Days's bad premonition intensified. Finally, she saw what was making the sound, and September Days's expression changed. A giant boulder, so massive it almost filled the entire corridor, was rolling towards September Days. September Days quickly ran in the opposite direction; if she were crushed by this, she would surely die.
The boulder behind her was getting closer and closer. September Days had already run past the previous infrared passage. She remembered there was a corner further ahead; as long as she reached it, she would be safe.
But the next scene almost made September Days collapse. Another giant boulder, this one coming directly from in front of September Days.
"What's wrong with me today?!" September Days couldn't help but shout. How could she break free from being attacked from both sides?!
Fortunately, there's always a way out. September Days suddenly discovered a ventilation duct above her. Seeing hope, September Days jumped with all her might, protecting her head with her hands, and smashed open the iron grilles of the vent, successfully squeezing inside.
"Bang!" The two boulders collided. September Days quickly covered her ears. The violent impact made the entire building seem to shake. Once the sound dissipated, September Days quickly began to move through the ventilation duct. This time, someone suspected of having the Seventh Sense had interfered, and there might be more than one. September Days had already decided to abandon this mission. If she were to confront someone with the Seventh Sense now, her chances of survival were slim.
September Days crawled slowly through the ventilation duct, but soon she stopped. Something felt too wrong. She had been moving forward for so long, but the path ahead didn't seem to shorten at all, as if it were infinitely long.
"What's going on now? Is it a Seventh Sense ability similar to an illusion?" September Days guessed, hunching her body and turning to go in the opposite direction. But after turning, September Days found that everything had changed again. The original one-way passage now had three choices: left, right, and the direction she came from.
"Damn it!" September Days had never felt so annoyed, but she had no choice but to pick one, relying on a woman's intuition. September Days finally chose the direction she came from; at least she could get out that way. The other two directions were completely uncertain.
This time, no problems occurred. Soon, September Days saw the exit she had jumped onto earlier. Speeding up, September Days finally reached the vicinity of the exit. To her surprise, the two original boulders had disappeared. Was that also an illusion?
With doubts, September Days jumped out and landed on the ground, looking around. She found that the marks left by the rolling boulders on the floor had also completely disappeared. Was it really just an illusion? Then what was the purpose of doing that?
On the other side, at September Days's original destination, the storage place for the ziwei star gem, which was September Days's target.
The glass that protected the ziwei star was shattered, large pieces of glass shards lay on the ground, and the ziwei star had also disappeared.
"This thing is just like that, I guess." Playing with the ziwei star in her hand, Asagami Fujino couldn't help but recall how a former colleague once borrowed money from many people to buy a diamond engagement ring to propose to his girlfriend. In the past, she naturally lent some money to that colleague. At that time, her impression of such things was that they were small but incredibly expensive, terrifyingly so.
Recalling now, she could create a vast quantity of such items with just a thought, enough to fill the entire world. She couldn't help but feel a touch of emotion.
"It's time to end this. Cthulhu must have finished eating his barbecue by now." Asagami Fujino smiled and put the ziwei star away. Although it was just an ordinary item, she decided to keep it in her space as a souvenir. After all, this item, in a sense, was a crucial point that initiated the stolen star world's plot. If the ziwei star hadn't been stolen by September Days, Ryusei wouldn't have met September Days, would still be a wealthy second-generation heir with some assets, and wouldn't have become the later Demon Lord Ryusei, an existence capable of rivaling true gods.
"Bang!" September Days punched the wall, gritting her teeth, her mood extremely foul.
She couldn't get out at all. September Days had originally planned to escape through the original route, but she quickly discovered that no matter which way she went, she would always return to the same spot, like the 'Ghost Wall' described in novels, constantly circling in place. Finally, September Days even tried jumping out the window, but she couldn't even open the glass. She tried to smash the glass with a chair, but the chair deformed, and the window remained completely intact.
"Is this the only way?"
Looking up, September Days gazed at her original destination, the place where the ziwei star was kept. Only that place remained unexplored. Her original plan was to take the ziwei star from there, then break the glass from inside the room and escape using a parachute.
"Damn it! Don't let me find out who you are! If I do, this granny will definitely kill you!" September Days said angrily, heading towards her original destination. Only there was there hope of getting out.
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