Evil Spirit: Have I Met a Fellow Professional?

At those words, the dinosaur pajamas girl's eyes immediately lit up, and she said through her tears:

"I-I want to go home!"

The dinosaur pajamas girl took a couple of quick steps, then suddenly stopped. She turned and came over to Amamiya Natsuki and Kaguya, took a deep breath, and bowed at a ninety-degree angle.

"Th-thank you... Thank you so much..."

Amamiya Natsuki looked away.

"It was nothing."

Hey, hey, you can thank us without bowing that hard. Don't forget you're wearing nothing under those pajamas. Your little bunnies are bouncing all over the place!

The others came forward one by one as well, bowing sincerely to Amamiya Natsuki and Kaguya to thank them. There was no way to repay a debt for saving their lives. If Amamiya Natsuki and Kaguya hadn't been there, it was quite possible that not a single one of them would have made it to the final stop alive.

Amamiya Natsuki looked at Kaguya and said softly:

"The door's color is wrong."

"Indeed." Shinomiya Kaguya nodded lightly as she studied the Door of Despair. "It seems a little paler. Not as dark as before?"

Amamiya Natsuki narrowed his eyes slightly, then said:

"We're on the right track. This door appeared here to absorb human despair. Since it hasn't absorbed any despair, its color would naturally fade."

Shinomiya Kaguya folded her arms over her chest and mused:

"Then our next goal is to make the door's color fade further and observe how it changes."

"..."

Just then, the middle-aged woman sighed softly.

"I hope we run into you again the next time we enter the door."

At her words, a pall fell over the bystanders once more.

There was no end to the Door of Despair.

Once the door chose you, the only path left in