Things had developed to this point, and the situation was already quite clear.
The Doctor, the Nurse, the Patient... and this hospital.
...Or rather, the girl they had encountered at the very beginning, whose entire body was covered in smiling faces with melted eyeballs.
From the moment they arrived in this world, they had already unknowingly stepped into some kind of trap.
Looking at it from that angle, the collapse of the passageway and the appearance of the ward later on might all have been deliberately arranged behind the scenes by that Quasi-Lord of Anomalies. They had walked step by step into her trap, until the dagger was finally revealed.
The key was that even if they had known the full story in advance, under the pressure of that Little Girl covered in smiling faces, they still had nowhere else to go.
Their side might have appeared far more relaxed and safe than Night Owl's group along the way, but in reality, they were the most dangerous team.
"A bet?"
Raising his head, Bai Zhi looked around.
As time passed, the darkness around them had already spread to their sides. At that moment, it was as if they were standing beneath a spotlight.
The darkness was a pitch-black void, inspiring a bone-chilling dread. As it gradually closed in, their brains frantically warned their bodies, urging them to flee at once.
That was no ordinary darkness. No light could shine through it. Wooden Fish, Traveling Boat, and Campus Belle had tried taking out some lighting Items, but anything thrown into the darkness received no response at all.
"That's right, Big Brother. Let's make a bet."
Looking up at him, still holding his hand, Mu Mu's smile remained unchanged.
"The terms are very favorable to you. All I want is true freedom.