Who knew why that monster still hadn't discovered Alicia's location. But this horrifying event, which seemed to shatter one's entire worldview, felt like something that would be impossible to see later if they didn't watch now—it might get censored.
Who would be willing to look away?
"Miss Elysia..." Sawamura Sayuri trembled, wanting to speak but stopping herself, then stopping herself only to want to speak. Right after that, as if afraid the eerie thing over there might hear her, she fell silent and merely tugged constantly at Alicia's sleeve, timidly, like a shivering little quail.
"It's all right." Alicia smiled.
She spoke with great seriousness. "That monster regards all of us humans as food, so to it, everywhere it looks is food. It can eat whichever one it wants."
"So! Compared to people running around recklessly, we... are actually less likely to attract its attention. After all, I don't think the two of us could outrun it..."
Her explanation did make some sense.
However, although it sounded reasonable at first, it was actually nothing but nonsense.
It was as if the eerie thing had already shrouded the entire venue with its aura without restraint.
Those who had been one step too slow and failed to escape now had even less of a chance.
It was like catching turtles in a jar or trapping dogs behind closed doors.
Other than finding somewhere to hide or flee,
they had no other choice.
What was that saying again?
You didn't need to outrun the tiger, because all you had to do was outrun your companions. The tiger would eat whoever ran the slowest first.
Everyone counted.
Maybe...
If it kept eating, it might get full?
They definitely had to hide.
The restroom?
Or the storage room?
To be fair,
places like those were