Madman and the West Pavilion Gardener

The hotel has ten floors and nearly a hundred rooms, making cleaning a very time-consuming project.

It took Bai Zhi and his team almost a whole day to finally finish cleaning the entire hotel.

The final result was both good and bad.

The good thing is that no one was injured or killed during this process.

Unfortunately, they couldn't find Gelina inside the hotel. They only discovered signs of vandalism in the electrical room on the first floor, suggesting that she had probably escaped.

... or the outcome could be even worse.

"We feel like a bunch of psychopathic killers..."

He tossed the blood-soaked Sack into the room, and looking at the various human remains piled up inside, OriginDeficit couldn't help but mutter a few words of exasperation.

Faced with such a gruesome scene of dismemberment, most people, unless they are professionals, would have already vomited uncontrollably.

However, these are the normal situations that Player must face when dealing with monsters.

"Be more confident, and forget about the 'likeness' part."

Leaning against the wall, Li Tong lit a cigarette and curled his lip.

"It's getting dark soon. After we finish cleaning up this last bit, let's hurry upstairs. It's too stuffy here."

"... Where do you think she might be hiding?"

Turning his gaze away from the Curtain, West Pavilion Gardener suddenly asked a question.

They had conducted a thorough search of the hotel, and apart from themselves, there were no other corpses left, as all the bodies had decomposed. However, in their attempt to find and remove Gelina, they encountered a dead end; it seemed that she did not exist in the hotel at all.

"Didn't you injure her in the Closed Loop World before? So according to the rule that anyone who gets injured will undergo a mutation, she should have already undergone a mutation. She's nothing to worry about."

Li Tong took a leisurely puff of his cigarette and began to speak with a dismissive expression.

"She probably knew we were going to hunt her down, so she probably ran away beforehand."

"It's not that simple. She's an extreme fanatical religious believer, and more importantly, a complete Madman. Can you know what Madman is capable of?"

Shaking his head, the West Pavilion Gardener's expression became slightly solemn.

"You've seen how strange this world is; even with just a head, she still retains consciousness. I'm worried she might do something even more insane... Do you think she can control the limbs she deliberately severed?"

"Uh... wait, really? Is it that crazy?"

After briefly imagining the scene in his mind, OriginDeficit's lips twitched slightly.

The meaning behind West Pavilion Gardener's words was simple: the reason they couldn't find the other party's cause was an extremely insane possibility—that the other party had deliberately disintegrated itself.

The reason they were able to clean the hotel so easily was because those small Organ Variant had all fallen into a deep sleep, but even so, it still took them almost a day to clean.

Without that [Sound of Life], their operation would have resulted in heavy casualties. Of course, they wouldn't die; in this absurd and bizarre world, even if only a head remained, one could still survive.

But some things are more terrifying than death.

If the other party really chooses to disintegrate itself and transform into Organ Variant, while the large ones can't escape, the smaller ones can still hide without any problem.

The thought that the person he had never met had now transformed into two eyes, a nose, a mouth, a pair of ears, or something else made OriginDeficit feel a chill run down his spine.

If that were truly the case, the other party might have been watching them all along, watching them walk over their heads, watching them pass under their feet, and might even be among the pile of severed limbs in front of them right now, watching them... OriginDeficit felt a chill run down his spine once again.

"... Seriously? Is it really necessary to be so hard on yourself?"

Li Tong had roughly imagined that scenario in his mind, and he couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

"We could just risk leaving the hotel and hiding somewhere else. We wouldn't risk going out to hunt her down, so why bother?"

"You don't understand her. She's always been ruthless and does things entirely according to her own whims. Once, to pursue someone, she killed hundreds of young women and then ripped out their hearts as a gift to express her feelings."

When this matter was discussed, West Pavilion Gardener Xige frowned quite a bit.

"Don't assume she's incapable of such a thing. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if she did something. We should still be careful..."

"As expected, you still understand me better than anyone else~"

Before West Pavilion Gardener could finish speaking, a voice that sounded very awkward, like a mixture of male and female voices, suddenly rang out.

"..."

Upon hearing this strange sound, West Pavilion Gardener's expression immediately turned cold.

Correspondingly, Li Tong and OriginDeficit also made the most correct response.

OriginDeficit quickly left the room and closed the door behind him. As he raised his finger, several round and square Four-Sided Table flew over from a distance and landed around them, surrounding them.

Li Tong threw his cigarette to the ground and retreated into the defensive circle around the Four-Sided Table, while simultaneously pulling a military dagger from his Inventory and gripping it tightly.

The other party seemed completely unconcerned by their actions and responses, continuing to speak to themselves in a faint, ethereal voice that appeared to come from all directions.

"But you're really cruel. I love you so much, but you've rejected me time and time again. You even almost killed me before. I'm so heartbroken... Do you want me to take my heart out and show it to you? I can do that now, you know?"

"Come out."

West Pavilion Gardener's face remained expressionless.

"It's time to put an end to our affairs."

"Sigh, you really are heartless..."

With a slight sigh, [Gelina], who was hiding somewhere, suddenly burst into a happy laugh.

"But it's okay. My mother once told me that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, so I'm going to win yours through your stomach..."

"Stop playing tricks. This isn't a confession scene. I was just wondering where to look for you, and it's perfect that you've shown up here."

Li Tong interrupted the other person impatiently, a cold smile on his face.

"I hate you guys the most. You're like maggots in a stinking ditch, reeking of filth and decay. Did you grow up eating shit?"

"Sigh, I was hoping to catch up with my sweetheart, but there were a few flies buzzing around us. What a pity."

After patiently listening to Li Tong finish speaking, Gelina seemed to sigh slightly.

"It's not time yet. I'll come find you alone later. I hope this time we can truly become one... Oh, and here's a small gift. I hope you'll accept it."

The moment the other person finished speaking, accompanied by a crisp snap of fingers, a violent Explosion suddenly erupted in the room next door, which was used to store those Organ Variant.