Believe Only Me

Hearing that voice, September instinctively whipped around. It was coming from a somewhat dark corner.

"Little sister—"

"Little sister—"

The voice continued, unhurried and slow.

The instant she heard it, September's first reaction wasn't delight, but fear.

Jiang You felt the hand clutching her gradually tighten and begin to tremble.

"Jiang You... d-did you hear something?"

"No."

Jiang You silently looked toward the source of the voice and flatly denied hearing anything. Instead, she asked, "What did you hear?"

At the same time, a faint sense of foreboding rose in her heart.

"Y-you didn't hear it?" September fearfully hugged Jiang You's arm tighter.

"D-didn't you hear some strange voice?"

Jiang You said, "No. Should I have heard something?"

"Little sister..."

"Little sister—"

The voice continued in the darkness.

September's teeth were already chattering with fear. "I-I think I heard my brother's voice..."

"You're hallucinating..."

Jiang You walked beneath the enormous heart, reached down, picked up some mucus from the ground, and held it to her fingertips to smell.

Because September was clinging to her arm, Jiang You dragged her along as well.

While Jiang You examined the enormous mass of flesh, September watched her surroundings with fear and vigilance.

At that moment, September felt as if terrifying monsters were hiding everywhere in the darkness.

"Little sister..."

The voice once again burrowed precisely into her ears. September's pupils contracted violently, and her nerves instantly tensed. "Jiang You, Jiang You, did you hear that? Someone's calling for their little sister."

"No."

"It sounds like my brother, but he's already dead, isn't he? Could it be... could it be a ghost?"

"You're hallucinating." Jiang You answered calmly as she reached toward the heart.

September helplessly wanted to close her eyes, but just then, she saw a familiar figure slowly emerge from the darkness.