"Can you tell me..." Alice heard Amon ask with a smile, "who the other protagonist is?"
Alice swiftly entered a meditative state and threw all the messy thoughts from her mind away.
She knew Amon could steal thoughts. Theoretically, now that she had reclaimed the Uniqueness, even if she couldn't defeat Amon, He shouldn't have been able to casually steal her thoughts. Unfortunately... she held the authority in her hands but had no idea how to use it.
Facing this Incarnation of Deceit, Alice knew she could never outwit Him. So, she chose to play to her strengths and avoid her weaknesses—she chose not to think.
This was something she was good at.
All thoughts were forcibly cut off. With her mind blank, Alice raised her head to look at Amon's smiling face, took a deep breath, and made the most instinctive response.
—She dropped the book, turned around, and ran.
Faced with such a dangerous enemy, running was naturally the optimal solution. And without a quick method like teleportation, she should naturally use her legs... Without needing to think, Alice arrived at that conclusion.
However, after only three or five steps, she felt a hand land on her shoulder.
Very obviously, that hand belonged to the Amon she had once been unable to forget. Alice's escape came to an abrupt halt. She slowly turned around to look at Amon. He didn't seem angry; instead, His face held a curious smile.
"...You know that won't work, right?" Amon withdrew His hand and bent down to ask her. "You even tried to run on two legs..."
—So, if she got caught after running away, what should she do?
Under Amon's smiling gaze, Alice reached another conclusion. She explained earnestly:
"Sorry, I just haven't seen you in too long. I got too