"Sorry!"
With his backpack on his back, Lu Xin walked through the pitch-black hallway of the building and spoke softly.
He was apologizing for not listening to Sister and Father just now. "I'm beginning to understand you more and more. Just now, I wanted to kill him, but I also wanted to turn him into a toy while keeping him alive. In the end, though, I decided to do things my way..."
He paused, then smiled gently. "After all, Old Director once said that you had to use the right method when educating people."
"Big Brother is the best..."
Sister crawled rapidly along the wall beside him, looking extremely excited. "I like what you did."
"Hehehehe..."
In the darkness where he could not see his own fingers, a tall figure seemed to be following behind Lu Xin, bringing with it an intense sense of oppression.
He was laughing too, but his voice carried a chilling, eerie quality. "I thought you were going to fall back into your old habits, but... this time was passable. Of course, it's still not satisfying enough, but compared with before, it can be considered... progress, right?"
"Huh?"
Lu Xin could not help showing a surprised expression.
Father had actually praised him?
Was it because their level of trust had increased?
As he spoke softly, he walked at random.
It looked as if he were strolling leisurely through a courtyard, but he was steadily approaching the tremors that occasionally came from downstairs.
Whether it was the enormous commotion or that mental sensation, everything vaguely indicated that a terrifying thing was downstairs. It brought Lu Xin a subconscious sense of fear... and Lu Xin was following that sense of fear to find it.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, he arrived at an empty