"Everything about you will return to its original course."
As if something were pulling at her, Caroline felt a strange suction inside her body, drawing "her" in from outside—from outside her body to within it.
She suddenly came to, only to realize she was no longer in the corridor of the science building. It was dim here, and she could hear the sounds of a projector running... She had been here before.
This was the screening room inside the school, the place 403 had brought her to. Caroline began examining her body... There were no injuries anywhere.
Yet she clearly remembered what had happened before she fainted... Had everything really returned to its original course?
"Awake?" The door to the screening room opened, and the person who walked in was none other than 403, whom Caroline knew.
403 was not wearing that cheap-looking Human Skin mask this time. His bandage-wrapped face still sent a chill through Caroline, no matter how many times she saw it.
"How... how did I get here?" Caroline asked instinctively.
403 said, "You fainted in the corridor, so I carried you here."
The corridor... Caroline closed her eyes and shook her head hard. The sight of the entire damaged floor remained vivid in her mind. "The corridor... What happened to that floor?"
"What do you mean?" 403 looked at Caroline curiously. "Nothing happened. I only carried you back. While I was at it, I brought them back too."
"Them..." Caroline froze. Suddenly remembering something, she hurried to the projector window and looked outside.
At some point, a huge cage had been placed on the stage below. Inside it were several people... Arno, Haily, and Boston.
They seemed to have fainted.
Caroline whipped around and looked at 403. She had no idea what he intended to do