"It wasn't that simple." Mobius gradually shifted her attention from Yaqing to the movie. "If all they needed to do was save Cecilia, then this whole segment wouldn't advance the plot at all."
Mobius seemed to have thought of something.
Seeing Mobius's expression, Mei understood somewhat. "That's terrifying."
Kevin scratched his head in confusion.
"Mei, what are you talking about? What's terrifying? This movie isn't scary."
"...Nothing."
Once Kiana came to her senses, there was no time to wait for the elevator. She found a small passage beneath a bed in one of the safe house's rooms and went through the tunnel to reach the outside of the laboratory.
Just as the Second Herrscher was about to kill Cecilia, Kiana finally arrived. She fired a surprise shot at the Second Herrscher from behind, and Cecilia seized the opportunity to drive Abyss Flower into her body.
"Damn it!! Just you wait!"
The Second Herrscher disappeared.
"She escaped..." Cecilia let out a sigh of relief.
"No, my thoughts went down a dead end." Mei gently shook her head. "I kept assuming Otto was the mastermind, but Sirin could clearly influence this virtual space too..."
Sirin didn't want to kill Cecilia?
Even in the virtual space.
Mei voiced that hypothesis.
Theresa sat in a cushioned chair in the front row, her little legs swinging as she looked especially happy. She raised her smiling face. "Grandpa isn't always doing bad things. He still gave Kiana a chance to save Cecilia."
"Forgive me for saying so, Principal." Fu Hua had a different thought. "The Otto in the movie isn't the same person as the real Otto. Judging from the plot of the first movie, he's the sort of person who would stop at nothing to resurrect his beloved."
"Otto?" Theresa looked suspiciously at Fu Hua