The Third Forced Kiss... or Was It the Fourth?

The destruction of that Head Statue did not have much of an impact. This thing seemed to be nothing more than a medium for transmitting power.

Bai Zhi did not know much about it either, but judging from the strange voice he had heard earlier and the arrangement on the platform that had risen before him, he felt that it might be some kind of token that prompted those who came before the statue to voluntarily offer up their desire.

...Was that why they could not enter through the main entrance?

After watching the platform slowly sink back into the ground, Bai Zhi pondered this to himself. He then turned around to look behind him—and met the Young Girl's eyes beneath the white cloth.

—At some unknown point, she had silently come to his side.

Dead Zero was shorter than him, so she was currently looking up at him. The distance between them was extremely close, and from Bai Zhi's angle, he could easily catch a glimpse of the snowy whiteness beneath her neck.

"What is it? Do you need something?"

Bai Zhi raised an eyebrow slightly and quietly took a few steps back.

He had kept God's Perspective active the entire time, yet he had not noticed when she had come up behind him. One second she had still been standing where she was, and the next, she had appeared directly beside him.

—This ability was remarkably similar to the abilities displayed by those Desire Out of Control.

What he had not expected, however, was that his retreat seemed to trigger some kind of chain reaction. The Young Girl's figure once again appeared before him like a ghost.

As her arms wrapped around his neck, Bai Zhi felt a soft sensation against his lips.

Bai Zhi: "..."

...So I