The girl with white hair and red eyes is serious about revenge

Oops... He seems to be affected a lot... Just as Perlis was thinking, she saw Kitajima Haruto pointing to the street in the distance:

"See? There's a Thebite bunker over there! It's all the Thebits' fault! Just kill them!"

Looking in the direction he pointed, Perlis saw an oval black shadow in the vague mist, which was obviously some kind of building.

I just saw that it wasn't there...and why is there a bunker on the street?

"The one holding the lantern, lead me over quickly," Kitajima Haruto covered his neck with one hand, staring at Perlis, "I'm not a fool who doesn't follow the rules, but you'd better not challenge my patience, you'd better not..."

Before he could finish his words, the sound of gunpowder exploding could be heard from the distant fog.

"Snapped--"

Perlis dodged subconsciously, but the bullet seemed to have been calculated long ago and hit the lantern in her hand accurately.

“Pala——”

In an instant, the glass shattered, the light from the lamp dissipated, and fog suddenly covered everything.

"Oops..." Perlis glanced at the direction where the bullet came from, only to find that the roof there was covered by thick fog. "There's an ambush, Aoi, get ready..."

Before she finished speaking, she turned her head and her eyes suddenly widened——

——Aoi and Haruto Kitajima, both are gone.

All that was left around Perlis was the endless fog and the eerily quiet town of Ankamouth.

7) Sea Mist Room (Part 9) -Added Update-

"sunflower...?"

Perlis walked around but didn't see Aoi at all. There was no one around her, as if all her previous memories were just illusions.

The coin in her pocket began to vibrate slightly. Perlis touched it with her hand and grabbed the vibrating coin. Suddenly, a guess came to her mind:

Without lights, there is no way to anchor shadows...

When the lights are turned off, the space in the fog becomes undefined...

"...!"

Perlis recalled the time when she was imprisoned in the Tower of Babel. In that small wooden house in the rain, she was anchored by the light of the candle.

When she extinguished the candle, she was engulfed in darkness. When she opened the door again, she was in another world.

Maybe Ankamouth has a similar mechanism. Once the lights are off, even if I am not engulfed by the shadows in the fog, my position will change? Is this why Aoi and the captain got separated?

Stay calm, stay calm first...

"call..."

Perlis calmed herself down and took deep breaths through her nose, refusing to be led by the mist to imitate fish.

Now all we need to do is find the house with the light on and enter.

"..."

A halo of light appeared in Perlis's bloodshot eyes, and she looked around, trying to find the house with the lights on.

However, when she focused her eyes, she found a dark shadow flashing through the fog——

——It was a hunched creature that walked on two thin legs. There was something strange on its spine, its body was hunched, and its back was high.

The figure of that thing disappeared in a flash, but Perlis could tell at a glance that it was definitely not a human being.

That's more like...fish...

"......"

Perlis stared blankly at the place where the shadow flashed by, and for a moment she was unable to move.

She rubbed her eyes, patted her face, and felt her breathing becoming increasingly difficult.

Am I starting to see weird things...

Thinking of this, Perlis took out the butterfly knife, causing an arc of electricity to linger on the factor bracelet, making a "sizzling" sound.

Although she had seen that horrible thing in the "Shipwreck Ruins" a long time ago, it was obviously not a pleasant thing to meet it again in the strange atmosphere of the small town of Ankamouth.

"..."

After taking a deep breath, Perlis began to move forward in the town of Ankamouth with careful steps. She looked around for a room with lights on.

As her eyes swept over, Perlis discovered that the nearby buildings had become a little different - the architectural style was older, with fewer modern traces, and the streets no longer had any signs of previous human habitation, but had become more primitive.

In this case, it is impossible to go back along the previous path...

"..."

As she walked, Perlis heard a rustling sound around her, along with the crisp sound of bones and the sound of liquid stagnation caused by the friction between some mucous membrane and the stone wall. This sound seemed to be separated from Perlis by a barrier, and it seemed distant and empty, but still creepy.

Just then, Perlis finally saw a ray of light in the darkness - just at the corner of the street not far away.

"bass--"

Without any hesitation, Polly activated the factor bracelet and instantly penetrated the fog and arrived at the building with overflowing lights.

This is an old house, still a stone building between modern civilization and primitive civilization, looking dilapidated and old. There are traces of algae on the walls of the building, and there are a few broken shells scattered around the edges, which look like they just floated out of the water.

Rule number seven... don't enter buildings inlaid with algae and shells... this one probably doesn't apply anymore... after all, I'm already lost...

Perlis smiled self-deprecatingly, pushed open the somewhat rotten wooden door, and entered the room.

The room was empty, with no furniture, except for a table in the center with a candle lit on it. The surface of the table was painted with a lot of symbols that Perlis could not understand with rough white chalk, which looked strange, but also vaguely had a hint of ancient beauty.

Who lit this candle...? Perlis looked around and found that the walls of the house were empty, with no trace of human presence.

Without thinking any more, she quickly walked to the window and gently pulled the rag-like curtains, completely isolating the house from the outside world.

After this action, it began to become darker and darker outside the window, as if someone had dropped a drop of ink into the sea of ​​fog and it spread out.

A subtle feeling gradually spread throughout Perlis's body. She subconsciously lowered her head and her eyes suddenly shrank——

——Even though the candlelight in the house was bright, there was no shadow under her feet.

......

"Pure white?"

Aoi stared blankly at the flash of fire that just passed by. From her perspective, Perlis dodged the bullet's trajectory backwards, and then was swallowed up by the fog the moment the lantern shattered.

Gone? Why is this happening?

"call."

Aoi shook her wrist, and a flame suddenly appeared on her finger, making the surrounding fog fade away a lot.

She squinted her eyes and looked around, and found that Pearlis had indeed disappeared, leaving only a few pieces of lantern fragments on the ground, and the rest were gone.

"What's going on... Will it get lost if I don't hold it tightly..."

Aoi scratched her head in annoyance. Just as she was about to turn around to check on Kitajima Haruto's condition, she felt a strong killing intent coming at her.

"Well!"

Aoi subconsciously stretched out her hand to block, and was met with an incoming sword -

"clang--"

The sword hit Aoi's arm, but her skin blocked it, leaving no blood. Aoi looked closely and found that the one wielding the sword to attack her was Kitajima Haruto!

"What's wrong with you!" Aoi shouted at Kitajima Haruto angrily, "You..."

But her voice was stuck - Kitajima Haruto's eyes were bloodshot, his eyes were wide open, and even bulging outwards.

He was holding the sword with one hand, and holding his neck tightly with the other. Blood was seeping out from between the fingers of the hand holding his neck, dripping onto the ground.

"You...what's wrong with you..."

Aoi stared blankly at Kitajima Haruto, but the captain showed no intention of communicating with her at all.

"Ahem!"

Kitajima Haruto pulled out his sword suddenly, then raised it again desperately and slashed at Aoi fiercely.

But this time, Aoi, who was well prepared, stretched out her hand, grabbed the blade, and squeezed it hard -

"Kacha——"

The high temperature melted a section of the blade, and the sword broke into pieces instantly, with half of the melted tip falling to the ground.

“It’s so hot, so hot, so hot!!!”

Haruto Kitajima let out a terrifying roar, and he jumped backwards like a madman, breathing heavily through his mouth, his two bulging eyes darting around without blinking.

"I want water, I want water, water..."

He scratched at his body savagely, finally grabbed the kettle, then roughly opened the mouth of the kettle and poured the liquid inside into his mouth.

After doing all this, Kitajima Haruto threw the kettle away and immediately ran towards the distant mist using all four limbs.

"Water! Water! Water!"

His figure gradually disappeared in the mist, while Aoi stared at the scene blankly, holding half of the molten iron blade in his outstretched hand.

"What on earth is going on..."

Aoi looked at the fog in a daze, but did not forget to use the fire on her fingertips to maintain her vision around her to prevent herself from being swallowed by the fog.

First, Perlis disappeared inexplicably, and then Kitajima Haruto ran away like a lunatic. What happened to this town...

Could it be that the Thebits were also...

Before Aoi's thoughts came to an end, she heard the sound of gunpowder exploding again.

"Clap-"

A flash of fire cut through the mist and hit Aoi's side, knocking her away and slamming her hard against the wall of a building on the town's street.

"boom--"

A big hole was smashed into the wall, but Aoi kicked off the wall expressionlessly and stepped back onto the ground of Ankamouth town.

She casually dusted herself off, her eyes glowing with golden light, and immediately locked onto a figure between the eaves.

——He wore an evil spirit mask, a set of black and red powerful armor, and held a katana in each hand.

The [Evil Spirit] of the [Iron Guard], Jun Miyamoto.

"Got you..."

Looking at the figure in the mist, Aoi raised the corner of her mouth slightly and revealed a smile.

The next second, red lines spread across her body, and the ends of her long chestnut hair were stained red, fluttering gently in the windless mist.

......

7) Sea Mist Room (Part 10)

Where's my shadow...?

Perlis stared blankly at her feet. She turned several angles but did not find her shadow projected on the ground in any form.

She looked around and found that there was no trace of shadow on the furniture in the room: whether it was the candle itself, the table or Perlis herself, the shadows were like the black that had been wiped off the watercolor painting, leaving only other absurd and distorted colors.

What's going on... where did the shadow go? Does it have anything to do with where I am now?

Perlis looked at the darkness outside the curtains, her heart full of confusion.

Oh, and there’s also the tips given by Ms. Ayane.

Thinking so, Perlis reached into her pocket and took out the small treasure bag.

In the somewhat creepy white light, she opened the brocade bag, took out a piece of paper from it, unfolded it and read:

"Ankamouth Town Emergency Response Treaty."

"If you are reading this message, it means you have lost contact with the main force. Please don't panic and ignore the abnormalities around you. It is just a clumsy illusion. Please be firm and determined, and don't waver."

"The following are emergency guidelines. Please follow them as much as possible so that we can find your location."

"First, after you draw the curtains, please don't be in a hurry. Wait until it becomes completely dark outside the window, pick up the candle on the table and walk out of the room."

"Second, if the candle unfortunately goes out during the exploration, please make sure you can use a substitute to provide light within five meters of your field of vision. If you cannot, please return to the house immediately and wait for the candle to light up again."