Inside the decaying and dilapidated house, things creaked and groaned as everything around them began to shake.
The moment after the two small figures jumped into the house, the long black shadow followed closely behind.
A long, straight leg, like a sharp sword, stepped over the threshold.
"Six, jump up!"
A huge gap appeared in the high wall ahead, and Mono quickly shouted.
Six did not hesitate this time.
With one step, she clung directly to the edge of the gap.
Mono also leaped up, grabbed Six's hand, and then flipped himself up onto the gap. He turned back, pulled Six up, and continued running forward.
Seeing the two figures disappear before it, the long shadow that had just stepped into the room began to turn illusory and distorted once more.
A white light flashed, and the previously trembling house returned to silence.
Leaping out of the house, Mono crossed the street again and rushed toward another building.
His breathing was ragged, and his lungs felt as if a ball of fire was burning inside. But Mono didn't dare to stop.
Six's footsteps followed closely behind him.
After using another house as an obstacle to block the black shadow's approach once more, Mono's speed was forced to gradually slow down.
Running in the heavy rain, leaping across corridors, and crossing giant steps blocking the path was more exhausting than he had imagined.
Although the rapid recovery of [Cell Division] could provide some relief to his aching hands and feet,
he still needed to stop and rest to recover completely.
But the long shadow that had been following closely behind gave him no chance to rest.
Under such desperate conditions, the heat in his body was being consumed faster than it could be replenished.
A burning sensation continuously stimulated his brain's nerves, making it difficult to endure.
Six also noticed the increasingly heavy steps of the person beside her.
After crossing another giant wooden crate blocking the way... a slightly weak voice finally couldn't help but drift over: "Mono... no, you can't... at this rate... we can't escape."
Their distance from the Signal Tower was still so far. And in Mono's current state of exhaustion,
no matter how firm his will was, it would be difficult to maintain such a speed for the rest of the journey.
And if they slowed down even for a moment, what awaited them was the shadow of terror following right behind.
So...
As the thought flashed by, a hint of... indifference suddenly flickered in her dark eyes...
To protect the light in her heart, choosing to face the fear... isn't that... expected?
Besides, they... were not the same.
She was just a taciturn, always Sealing herself off, never daring to hope, immersed in fear, and unable to bring any light or heat to this gloomy world... Stinky Girl.
But he...
He was innocent... and shouldn't be caught up in this hunt.
The dark shadow's target was her, not him.
He and she were not the same.
He still had a... chance.
She could not deprive him of it...
Hearing the whispered words from his side, Mono's footsteps paused for a moment, and he couldn't help but feel puzzled.
Why was this girl saying such discouraging words at such a critical moment?
Wasn't this just uselessly undermining his own morale and boosting the enemy's?
He was already very tired; did she have to so insensitively and ruthlessly crush his already meager confidence?
Turning his head slightly, Mono was just about to open his mouth to say something.
But in the next moment, a sudden force came from the small hand he was holding tightly.
Before he could react, in an instant, his hand grasped only thin air.
Mono...
A slightly trembling voice suddenly reached his ears,
"I'm sorry..."
"You must..."
"Escape..."
What!?
Mono's pupils contracted sharply, becoming vertical slits, staring blankly.
He thought he was hallucinating, that he had misseen everything that had happened. The small hand pulling away, moving further, the yellow figure receding. He reached out, only to find he couldn't grasp it.
"Thud..." Propelled by inertia, Mono's body fell directly to the ground. Rainwater splashed up, instantly staining the already soaked trench coat with grime.
He snapped out of his stunned state in an instant. What was the reason?
Why let go? Betrayal?
No.
Mono slowly pushed himself up, gradually standing. The yellow figure had vanished.
Just like that, it disappeared before his eyes.
Silence...
The small figure stood silently, gazing at the gloomy, desolate city. The heavy rain continued its torrential downpour.
The chilling, oppressive aura that had been clinging tightly behind him also shifted direction.
After a long while, the calm was finally broken. "Idiot... Ah!!"
Mono clenched his fists, using almost all his strength, veins bulging on them. Angry?
Furious? Unprecedented rage. After going through so much together.
Could he still not understand the purpose of him coming here?
Everything he was doing now, indeed, was to leave this damned place. He truly wanted to escape here completely.
But, the ultimate goal of escaping was to change this disgusting, perverted, twisted tragic world.
What he had always wanted... was to change her.
So how could he possibly run away alone? Why must you always treat me like a clown?"
Gnashing his teeth, seething with anger.
Nothing made him feel more trapped and insulted than being treated this way. Absolutely unforgivable!
"Thud!"
Water splashed everywhere as the long trench coat cut a long shadow through the rainy night,
then vanished into the air.
Ahead.
The distance closed.
Prey that has lost its "direction" is always easily trapped again.
It sensed it.
An aura of despair, spreading.
What made the pitiful soul feel such sorrow? Fear?
The fear of death?
No (dede), this is the thrill of revenge.
She should be like this, because it had tasted everything too.
This was only just beginning.
It was far from enough.
Death is not the most painful.
This was far, far from enough, not enough to atone for the sins once committed.
She should... repent for this.
She should also atone for this.
But,
Why...
Still...
Can't smile
He was tormenting, taking revenge, fulfilling the only reason he remained in this world.
Then why... can't I smile!!
A grating sound solidified the space, as if even time had slowed down.
A crimson glow spread outward from the slender black shadow, enveloping the small, fleeing yellow figure.
Fear, spreading...
Hatred, freezing everything...
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