I Opened a Restaurant in Honkai

He strode forward, and the carpet crumpled like paper before tearing apart with dull cracking sounds. It seemed that extreme temperature changes still affected it. Zhao Bai silently followed Seele through the vast orphanage. After a brief silence, he finally spoke:

"When you saw me, you ran away in a panic. Is there something here that you're afraid of?"

Seele fell silent, then nodded with difficulty.

That was probably the nightmare—a terrifying demon imagined by Seele, something that chased and hunted her like a dog.

"Shh—"

Seele made a silencing gesture and whispered, "It only comes out at night, but try to keep your voice down during the day too. I'm worried it'll notice us."

"Who is it?"

"It's hard to describe... It looks very strange, very terrifying. I don't know what it's called either."

Zhao Bai nodded in understanding.

"Then I'll have to wait until tonight and see it for myself."

Seele fell silent. To be honest, she did not think much of this reckless [ordinary person] gentleman.

The entire day passed in the blink of an eye.

As the last glimmer of sunset faded at dusk, a gloomy moon rose into the sky. The night wind streamed in through the open window, making it sway back and forth with a piercing creak, as though something were walking in the darkness.

"It's coming."

Seele said shakily, looking utterly terrified. Zhao Bai involuntarily tightened his grip on the katana in his hand. He could not hear any footsteps, but since Seele said so, she must have sensed something.

Something was slowly advancing through the darkness, and an oppressive atmosphere blanketed the entire place.

It was here!

Seele held her breath as Zhao Bai clearly saw that twisted shadow—its deep-blue shell, its warped and savage edges, and a pitch-black sun