It was difficult to dispel the uneasiness in his heart.
Perhaps it was because he had seen too many so-called mysterious evil organizations in anime and manga, and was overthinking things. Seiji commented to himself.
No matter what, he intended to wait. Even if he went to bed, he wouldn't be able to fall asleep because he was too concerned about this.
"Brother Seiji …"
"Go ahead and sleep, Little Shi. I'll sleep a little later."
Ling Yang had already gone to bed. He told Little Shi to go to sleep as well while he sat in front of his computer and browsed around as he silently waited.
There was a thread discussing whether something like last night would happen again tonight on Department 22's forums. There were many replies. It seemed that he wasn't the only one who was feeling uneasy.
Time passed by peacefully.
Ten seconds remaining … nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two … one.
It was time.
Midnight.
There was nothing strange about it. His computer screen was still lit up. There was no power outage, and his cell phone still had a signal.
The midnight spell didn't happen again.
Seiji checked on Little Ling Yang and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. He then returned to his computer and stayed there for another hour.
Everything was calm. No demons crashed into the barrier. There were no new noteworthy threads in the forums.
Nothing happened … did it?
It seemed like he could rest assured.
Seiji leaned back in his chair and heaved a sigh of relief.
"I'm probably overthinking things …" he muttered to himself.
After he felt that he could relax a little, he suddenly felt fatigued.
'I should go to sleep.'
Seiji turned off his computer and left his study. He walked into his bedroom and placed his cell phone and wooden sword by his bedside. Then, in a way that wouldn't disturb Little Ling Yang, he silently lay down under his blanket and closed his eyes to sleep …
…
Genji was running.
She seemed to be in a cave.
The reason why she said it seemed to be was because she didn't have the time to look around carefully.
Some bright red flowers were emitting a faint red light that illuminated her surroundings. Apart from that, there was nothing but darkness.
Genji was running as fast as she could along the path illuminated by the red light.
There was a gigantic monster chasing after her.
* Tap tap tap tap … * The footsteps weren't loud, but there was a certain rhythm to them.
The purple-haired girl felt a tremendous fear in her heart when she heard this sound.
'Why is this happening? Why am I here? Why was he being chased by that monster!?
Her last memory was of sleeping in her own bed. He didn't know why, but when he opened his eyes, he found himself in this strange place. Then, a giant spider appeared in the darkness!
Eight eyes that emitted a bloody light, sharp fangs, long legs …
When Genji saw its ferocious appearance, she screamed in fear and turned around to escape.
She is afraid of spiders.
Because a spider had crawled on his face when he was young, he had always been afraid of this kind of animal. The gigantic ugly spider gave her an extremely high sense of terror!
Driven by her instincts, she fled desperately and kept running.
However, his stamina was gradually being depleted. Although her athletic ability was not bad, she would definitely be exhausted if she continued to run like this. She would not be able to run anymore, and then she would be caught.
Just imagining the scene of them catching up to her made Genji shiver.
I'm so scared …
Why would it be like this …
Was this a dream? But it felt so real …
Her rationality told her that she was most likely dreaming, but everything she experienced had a sense of reality.
If he was caught, he would really die!
I don't want to die …
Save me …
'Save me … Seigo!'
Tears welled up in her eyes as she thought of that person, and she started shouting loudly.
"Save me! Seigo!! "
'You promised.
As long as I call for you, you'll come.
I need you, Mr. Hero … '
"Save me … Seigo!"
…
A red light flashed faintly in the darkness.
Seiji felt as if he was floating in midair. A red light flashed past his vision.
What was that?
Where was this place?
His consciousness was hazy. Although he had questions, he was unable to think.
Faintly, he seemed to hear some voices.
However, those voices were too faint for him to hear clearly.
As he floated … his consciousness became even fainter, and even his questions disappeared. It was as if he had become an empty shell that continued to float in the darkness.
However, a voice gradually became clearer.
"Save …"
"Seigo …"
"Save me …"
"Hurry and save me …"
"Hurry and save me … Seigo …"
Seiji's consciousness suddenly became slightly clearer!
Although he still felt as if his brain was filled with mud and his thoughts were incredibly slow, he recognized who this voice was.
He did his best to look in the direction of the voice and reached out with his hand, wanting to grab onto something …
* Thud! *
Genji fell over.
Her body felt an intense pain that didn't seem like a dream at all. This proved that this wasn't a dream.
"So painful …"
Tears streamed down her face as she crawled back up. She discovered that she was injured and was bleeding dark red.
She was unable to pay attention to anything else, as the monster behind her was approaching her.
It had a gigantic body, numerous moving limbs, and eight eyes that flashed with a blood-red light …
Genji screamed in fright and wanted to escape again. However, two limbs reached out from the darkness and clamped down on her!
"Let go of me!!"
The purple-haired girl struggled with all her might, but it was useless.
She was clamped up, and her body was clamped so tightly that she couldn't even breathe.
"No … I don't want to die …"
Her face was already covered in tears.
Many scenes flashed through her mind.
She didn't want to die … she wanted to live …
'Save me …'
She reached out towards the sky, wanting to grab onto something.
Light suddenly appeared in the void of darkness!
"Genji!"
A figure appeared from the light and reached out towards her.
She widened her eyes in surprise.
Upon hearing this voice and seeing his face, her mind went completely blank. There was only one thought left in her mind …
'You're here.'
Seiji grabbed the purple-haired girl's hand with his left hand. As he approached, he swung his wooden sword with his right hand and cut off the thing that was clamping down on her! He then hugged the girl and steadily landed on the ground.
His consciousness became clearer.
'What is this place?
What kind of monster is this!? '
While he was wondering about this, he speedily retreated several dozen meters with Genji in his arms.
"Is that … a spider?"
He cast [Astral Vision] and was able to clearly see the monster's appearance in the darkness.
'What a large spider.'
He couldn't see its entire body clearly, so he didn't know how large it was. However, it seemed to be larger than a normal car.
It made an ear-piercing screeching sound, as if expressing its anger. A faint red light appeared on its body.
"Seigo …"
Genji wanted to say something.
But the next second, the giant spider charged at him!
Before Seiji could even consider whether he should fight or flee, the spider lifted its tail and suddenly shot something white at him.
It was spider silk!
Seiji dodged it, and the sticky silk shot into the ground.
The spider monster continued shooting at him after missing its first shot.
After dodging several shots, Seiji chose to flee with Genji in order to see if there was a safe location.
He ran at full speed and soon put some distance between them and the spider monster.
"What is this place?" he asked Genji.
"I don't know … I suddenly appeared here."
"I wonder where that spider came from?"
"Yeah …"
'This place seems like a cave, and the red flowers growing here seem to be cluster amaryllis flowers.' Seiji thought to himself.
Cluster amaryllis flowers were also known as Red Spider Lilies. They were bright red in color, and their petals curled up like claws. According to legends, they were flowers that bloomed on the path to the Yellow Springs, and represented death.
A dark cave, red cluster amaryllis flowers, and a gigantic spider monster … this didn't seem real, but it also felt distinctly real.
'Is this a soul realm? Whose? Genji's?
If this was her soul realm, why would it be like this? Why was she trapped in a soul realm? 'And why was I able to reach this place? 'I was clearly sleeping at home …
Could it be that something happened while I was asleep?
Seiji wondered as he ran. Suddenly, his field of vision widened as he arrived in a relatively open space.
Seiji looked around and discovered …
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